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S nde Copy 1 year, postage paid, $1.50 lli8OBtliarf;'ff..V.vfvS-''1.00 months. .50 XIIK TI1K PKESiiNX SESSION OP LliGI SI ATUI112. : The election , of Mr. George M. ,lif)sc, of Fayettevillewillbe grati-fviii"- lo his many friends, and.espe- ci iliv to the people, of Cumberland, w ) h :i n i 1 1 1 ti ck recen tly. "Fayette--ill how-, has a new "Judged a mem I horjif the Congress and the Speaker of the House. ; Mr. Hose "is a lawyer w ho u ont; ViV the liar since the. war, and had some Legislative ; experi ence. Flo is a gentleman of good standing and good abilities. , He is 36 vears of . age,, ami was educated at Dn ilon CollegeIIe served through out the war having entered the army when but seventeen years of age. He is entitled to wear the distinction of Captain, having won it'by gallan try and faithful service. .The Ra leigh News- Observer savs of him: ' . . ' ' His first public . service was mthe Hou-e of Representatives in 1876 77, wben as :i leading member of the Judiciary com mittee lus gained a reputation for judgment. discrimination and legal attainments. He was auain electetL to the House in 1880, and enhanced his reputation as a debater and a careful, prudent manager -on the Demo cratic nhle of. the House. :. He took. a. very prominent part in the proceedings of. the House, being chairman of the committee on County Government, chairman of the committee on the Insane Asylumr and cLairmau of the committee pa redistricting tlw State. He was also a member of the committee on Privileges and Elections and of tue Judiciary Committee. In the ab sence of Speaker Cooke he was ' elected Sneaker of tlie House nrolem.. : anil dis- cbared the duties of the chair with great acceptability." - . ' . . ; . We congratulate the' editors of the Ashevillc Citizen upon their election to the two Chief Clerkships o.nc in each House. - Messrs. Cameron and Furman have both held places under the appointment of the Legislature, and 'proved themselves efficient aud phu:int "officials. The, resignation of Mr. Gudger as .Superintendent of the D jaf and the Dumb and - the Bliml Asylnin, was a surprise to ns. He has made, w.e have understood, a very capable officer and gave entire satisfaction; Mr. YV. J. !. Young, a native of Wake 'and an excellent gentleman, was elected in Mr. Gud gers's - place. Mr.'Young has been identified with ; this Asylum as one of the teachers for perhaps twenty years,and will make an excellent offi cial. . We regret that Captain Tom Evans, of the Reidsville Times, was not elected .Reading Clerk of the Senate; He was the old officer and , was en: titlAl to reelection by reason of faith ful service, to the Democratic party during the late campaign. Tiie Legislature' was duly organ ized the first day. . We hope 110 un necessary time will be lost in getting to work in earnest. We know that froni ten to fifteen days are literally wasted every session in filibustering and Buncombe speeches. We speak of that we do know and testify to what we have seen, A good working body can transact all needed lesrisla- ... 0 tion and be at their homes within forty 'days from : the time they took up their departure for Raleigh. A short session will be popular. It some $1,100. - each dav. costs anu much can be . saved - by . a diligent attention , to business. The people like close attention,and iH not complain , if the constitu tional limit of sixty days is reached, Provided the whole time is spent in attending to business. There is one cause that will retard possibly the Progress of the business the large number of new members that know nothin2 of legislation.- It' will take weeks for them to get "the hang of lt" fut possibly the fact that there so many new members maynot unfavorable to close work and dis Patch of business. They will not be 0 nrone to speech making is the old :L:VXF1j.aV: memberis and the great curse oft. all deliberative bodies ' will . thereby ' be avoided to some extent. , ' " ;r W trust the; Legislaturo will be'a positive blessing to the State. A pro per economy; sliould prevail. : ;Any tendency, to extravagant ; approria tions 8honld .be squelched early.; ;The people are very apt to find but all of j the sins of draSion and commission. If the Democratic papers shonld try to 8hatpaitheiighi.this:$ Radical pa pers will be sure to turn it on and in a stream like the calcium affords or the Edison electric butneivp Legisla tion should be so prudent? and judi cious thai; there j will be: np; need of concealment or- condoning. Let the Democrats' make a good Vecor3r? for themselves. It will be.-rneeded in 1 884." Look at the majority of 1876 and then look at the majority of i 882, Every .Vote given,-every act .will be scrutinized by Democrats an Radicals. Let 1 that ': be .considered. We are satisfied that the' economical showing of the Democrats in contrast with the extravagance and. waste of the Radicals when in power, was the most Ootent instrumentality for' the defeat of the latter in the last cam paign. Say what you will the tax payers like honesty and economy ih public officials. A wise conservatism and broad ' and generous statesman ship are needed at this hour. ? In the matter of the Senatorial election the Legislature cannot be too careful. "A blunder at this point may have a tremendous effect. It is the duty of the Legislature doubtless to send to "Washington as Senator that man who can be of tie most service to. the State, and who' can best reflect honor, and usefulness npdh North Carolina. ' Such, at least, is our view. NOTES ON .THE, MESSAGE. Governor Jarvis sent in his ? Mes sage to the General Assembly, and it is of great length. It gives a clear view of the operations of the State Government and contains a great deal of matter "that will arrest the attention of all intelligent, legisla tors. His discussions and sugges tions are practical and business like. Gov. Jarvis calls attention at the outset to the important subject of equalizing the val uation of taxes and raising, the sum from $167,000,000, the present valuation, to $300,000, 000. He says the valuation in some of the counties is very low and the exhibit altogether is not creditable to our people. The valuation is much below the cash value; of property. The great desideratum .j is evidently, and as suggested by the Governor, a ; plan by , which listing of property throughout the State could be made uniform. His remarks are judicious; and states manlike. Many -times this inequality and the low valuation of property have been referred itd by .us and a change of plan urged. Under the present system the burdens necessary to carry on the government are not fairly and equally distributed. The people of one county pay much moro than their proportion' as compared with some other county. This is one of the really important matters that the Legislature should consider. It does not follow because there is an increase of . valuation that there will be an increase of tax. r The rate will be lower simply on the $100 and the amount raised, will be ,the same. The distribution will be equalised,, and fairness attained,.' which under the present system cannot be the case. We hope the Legislature will be able to devise a satisfactory and efficient plan. ' ! Forelsn Shipments, j . V The German barque Apotheker Dising, Capt. Stuht, was cleared from this port for Rotterdam, Holland, yesterday, by Mr. Harding Johnson, , withi. 3,553 ; hafrels of rosin, 206. barrels of pitch, and sundries, valued at $8,520.93; also, the German barque Carl Max, Capt. Beyer, for Liver pool, by Messrs. DeRosset & Co., with 399 barrels gum thus, 50 barrels of tar and 10 barrels of crude turpentine, valued at $1, 595; also the schooner ! Annie il L Lewis. Capt Lewis, for St Pierre, Martinique, by Messrs. Edward Kidder t& Bon, with 206, 274 feet of lumber, valued at $3,712.94. Total valuation or foreign exports for the day, $13,828.87. - ; t. , . ' Forelsm Shipments. ! i . ' : .. The following comprise Uie foreign ship- ments sinco 'cur l:.:t:.Tto BriUsh barque George DavisS CrkX llacumher, to Liver pool, by Messrs. KVt. Spruit & Son, with k2,303 bales o Ccpttoa, Valued at $115,150; and the British J5cL.c oner Mary'L. funn, Capt Hinderi, for HIzston,' Jamaica, by Messrs. Northrop &'Cuir.raingt5. with 147, 743 feet of lumber, valued at $2,363.88.' Total value or. icreia cxrortsior the day $117,515.88. ,T proposed Coast BaIlroadinieet- Ins f Colore People... .. .. ', - -; t 'A number of the leading colored people of Wilmington : met at the U. S. Court room id this city jto .consider tlie matter of the proposed .Coast 1 Line Railroad, which E. P. Martin is ' pushing forward so ener getically. ! James D.. Dry was elected chair man,' G. W. Price, Jr.,, .Secretary, and SL N. HU1, of the Wilsoa News, Assistant Secretary; , E. fV Marti at the request of the meeting, gave a detailed statement of the condition and prospects of the proposed AMut Ho p&ofiiM readtte' call forthe meeting ' on the 17th inst.; and the adyer tisement$of the proposed incorporation. Price, Lowrey and Hill spoke encouraging-. ly of the project.; J. IL Whitcman offered I a resolution.- which ., was . nassed, to the cf- I feet that the effort to secure the construe- tion of tho proposed road by the colored people of the State ' nieet the hearty appro- val oithe meeting and t that the thanks of 1 1 uuge mcixoy proceeutju mj au the same be tendered to Martin for the Clj: minister -the oath , of -office to such --i".s" r-lx -isr s ii vl I Senators " as nresentea crtmcates Z , a .u w ... j TT- : i I prosecuted the work. . Alfred Howe sn - ccsted the practicahaity of arranging tho I t rmsiruEfl IrttAila nimrtnns tn ttA mfifitiiio1 of ' t' " : ' -- I tnc 17th. in onlet that an approximation or the cost per milcof iron, cross rolling stock, etc., can be arrived A; j committee, consisting of G W.. Price, Hen ry Brewington, It f. Hutchins and F. C. Gadgwan, was appointed to co-operate with .E. F. Martin with reference to .arranging for the proposed meeting on . tho 17th, and the meeting then adjourned. f 1 A New Enterprise Wllmlnston as a . Coastlns Depot. -.". -'- y-V:.. ; Under this head the Charlotte Journal has what it considers good authority : for stating that Col. A. B. Andrews, President of I the Western N. C. Railroad, is contem plating an arrangement whereby he will be able to transport coal from the East Ten nessee mines via Charlotte to .Wilmington direct, delivering it at . this port at a very reasonable price -say $5.50 per ton. The difficulty which the difference of gauge in the roads would suggest is to.be overcome by a simple arrangement which the Journal explains, and which will save all shifting of trains or freight and expedite the transportation from the mountains to the sea. ' Out contemporary repeats that it is assured that the movement is contempla ted in good faith, and that "nothing but a refusal on the part of . the Carolina Central authorities to co-operate in it will prevent its successful accomplishment. It has fur ther assurance to the effect that, if the Car olina Central authorities refuse to 1 enter into the arrangement, so earnest is Coi. A.'s desire to make a coaling depot at this point, he will probably ship the coal by way of the N. C. Railroad to Goldsboro and give the Wilmington & Weldon road the oppor tunity to say whether it shall go by- that route to Wilmington. ' The Journal adds: "This Tennessee coal will now be about as near to Wilmington as to any seaport on the Atlantic and, with this almost direct line of transportation, which is now nearly completed,' it can be carried there as cheap ly as to any other market. It would be a great thing for Wilmington's interests if the scheme is put into practical operation." -: We join our contemporary in the declara tion that "the Wilmington people ought to take hold vigorously of this enterprise, and if any of the former spirit of her people ex ists they will do so.",. Accidentally Killed, - Mr. George "Elmore, ' section master on the Carolina Central Railroad, and a resi dent of Hamlet, met with a sudden and tragic death on Wednesday afternoon. It is stated that he was engaged in lifting some heavy object,, when a loaded revolver drop ped from his pocket and exploded, a ball from which entered his body and killed him. The only persons present at the time of the accident were some five or six color ed section hands, who gave this version of the matter. We understand that the brother of the deceased says the body was found face downward, with the pistol under hv Nothing bad been removed from his per: son, and he has no suspicions of foul play. Mr. Elmore and wife were both natives of Duplin county, and the latter passed through for that place with' the remains yesterday morning. Deceased was vell known in this city, especially among the business men. .- . , . . Since writing the above , we have seen Mr. King, of Laurinburg, who says Mr. Elmore was sitting on a spade handle, which' he was using as a lever to prize up a cross-tie while the hands Were .putting dirt under it, when the pistol was jolted from his pocket, and in falling was discharged,: the ball from which entered one side of his neck, just below the jawbone.; Deceased was between 35 and 40 years of age, and leaves a wife and three small children. The accident happened at Old Hundred, about three miles below Hamlet. Foreign Shipments. . The British barque J. T. Smith, Capt. Lockhart. was cleared from this port for Liverpool, yesterday, ' by Mr. Eugene McDonnell,- with 1,473 bales of cotton, weigh ing 695,783 pounds,1 valued at $69,000; also the schooner Hortemia Capt Lambert, for Merragoane, Hayti, by Messrs. Northrop & Cumming with 145,404 feet of lumber, and 78,700 shingles, valued at $2,595.84. Total value of foreign exports for the day $71,- 595.84. Mr. JoeJSklcKeithan of Middle Sound, who bad his hand badly in jured by the bursting of his gun on Christmas day, referred to by the Stab at the time, has suffered less from the accident than was ex pected. - He lost one finger and had two or three others badly scarred, and is now get ting along finely. .-' TIIE I,EGISLA TURE. -Raleigh News-Obserter Report. "'.S , WEDXESDiLYJanl 35f Tho Senate was called to order at 12 :25j by the President jLieutenant Governor Robinson,' and the clerk, R. M. Furman, was directed to call the roll of the Senatorial, districts.' i When the first district, was called HCi W ' T TTo 1 o t l' atr r trtrmiirA , state . that would be Woodhonse. - i-The President' formity with law and precedents the tSenatprlttpIdidg. - th 8 TOin 'accoidingly' iS" and forty-fivo Senators were dualiSed. , OMc , . . . nnnrnTn h(zn(r Av VthoTpro-- -i . . -..i J.-? - - -. - - 8taenc announcea cnat ic was in or,- thseat bf MrHalstead. : Tr , I ?"!r" preseniea .; ine ; memo-' j .nnA 1 -r on mowomnaae- ine-ruies m the rial- of James HU;Moore, .Esq., con- 52, --'. - '. I ciiv. ; :,,- ..: :-- i,-' , : i veetiug lur iue seat oi A. iu fv. y ii-, i ctotol ."that-.s. in . -f.y .mii'rauj w. unuia, jiau., utvvrran vine. j ,ubuu UeTemdinT ?roceft,m e ' f prohibitionact of 1881. Cafehdar. , ' tomeysT Calendar.:' A ganization of the Senate, and the first Qn motion of ; Mr, Pilini3rthe ruleV By r? Overman rrivea at. . A. hnsinpss in nriier w&a tho. election of , - , ... . ... . . . business in order was the election of PKrNOIPAI. CLERK. " - ; i!Mr. Pinnix nominated Lt. M4 Fur man, i of Buncombe, who received forty-two. " votes,"," and 1 was d eclared elected - s : HEADING CLERK. - -ri Mr. Caho nominated -Win. H. Bled-soeof-Wake, and he received forty two votes, and was elected, .' ENGROSSIKG CLERK. Mr. Lfnney nominated C. IL Arm- held,, of Iredell," who , received .38 votes and was elected. ... " , PRINCIPAL DOORKEEPER. : r Mr. Scott, of Rockingham, nomi nated Wiley V. Clifton, of Wake. ; . Mr. Mebanc - nominated - W. C. Coats, of Northampton. - Mr. Clifton received 32 votes and .Mr. Coats 7. '. Mr. Clifton having re ceived amajority of all i the : votes cast was declared elected. ; ,;;:1...;... I . ASSISTANT DOORKEEPER. - r ! ; Mr. Linney nominated D. McMath-. eson, of Alexander,-who received 41 votes and was declared elected. ! v The officers . elect presented them selves at the bar of the Senate, were sworn in by Chief Justice Smith, and entered upon their various duties. ;.- ' '-. f... RESOLUTIONS. - , ..' :-. .' Mr. Dortch, a resolution proposing to send a- message to the House in forming that body of the organiza tion of the Senate and of its readi? ness to proceed to business.- Adopted.. - Mr. Womack, a resolution to ap point a committee of three to draft and "report rules for the government of the Senate, which was adopted, and the President announced aa, the committee, ' Messrs.. Womack,: More- head and Purnell. : - " On motion of Mr. Dortch, the Sen ate adjourned until to-morrow morn ing at 11 o'clock. M '; -J?- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES J At 12 o'clock M. the House met for organization. ' The House was called to order by J; D. Cameron, principal clerk of the last House. ? n r J 5 s The roll of counties was then or dered, and the 'members-elect from the various counties came forward to the clerk's desk, presented their cer tificates of election and qualihed by taking the oath of office. .; - . James I, Moore, of Granville, gave notice of contest of seat of A; IL A. Williams. " ;.; ." - . R. W. Parker, of Northampton, gave notice of contest of seat of R, B. Peebles. ? ' . : : The oath was administered by Mr. C. B. Root, justice of the peace. ? On motion of Mr. Bailey, of Meek lenburg, a call of the House was ordered, which resulted in a. quorum being found present. - ' The House was then declared ready to proceed with organization by elect ing officers, and nominations , for Speaker being then in order the fol lowmsr crentlemen : were placed in nomination: Mr. Bailey, of Mecklenburg, put in Mr. George M. Rose, ot Unmoer land. ' - I Mr. E, P. Powers put in nomina tion Mr. J. O. Wilcox, ot, Asiie.i Mr. f Belcher Dut in nomination Prof. E. E. Green, of New Hanover. Mr. Rose received 09 votes,-Mr. Wilcox received 35 votes , Mr. Rose having received a ma jority Over all competitors, of thirty- two was declared elected. ; : Messrs: R. B. Peebles, of North ampton, and E. R. Page, of Jones, were aoDointed a committee to in form Mr. Rose of his election and to conduct himto the chair.'; Mr. Rose on being . conducted to the chair accepted the position in Ja nhnrt anrl orranfiful SDeecb.. HVsaid: : I desire to return to you ry heart felt thanks for the high , Konor - you have paid me in electing me your residing officer., I shall "bring to the discharge of the duties of that office all tne tairness, an me impar but in discharging its duty I shall be .compelled to rely in a great meas LlUllt V iUlU BU HUD . uuumi . j. pvooi,og, ure upon that kind and cordial con sideration that "I ' feel and know each member of this body is dis posed to accord to its Speaker. We have met . to legislate ior ine people of North Carolina, and ; in nnr deliberations here let ' ns not be carried away too much by party zeal and party influence, but let each man resolve for himself that so far as he is concerned he proposes to legislate f-M it for the best interest of-North Caro lina! If this resolution is made and adhered to,-'whenHhis -General As sembly shall have adjourned and the Speaker shall rap 7 his gavel for tho last time, it will V deserve and receive the plaudits of . the people. and they ,.wui say weii;opne. : Nominations ;were then declared ih order for principal clerk, and Mr. J. tionrby Mr. JD.' Glenn, and second- I V jr. x.xvuaimi uUlg uau, Duplin, the ? House adjourned until 1.30 a: to-dayi. -r . SENATE. - "-' - i I" SECOND DAT. . .c TuesdaYj. J an. . 4 18831 IKTRODUOIION OP BIIXS." i Mr.- Dortch-H-A bill entitled an act revising and consolidating the public ' statutes of the State. Calendar. ' '- -. MriHPinnixA Mo repealsthe were,' suspended and .uis .out- was taken up, and after some : disenssion, . passed its several readings . and - was ordered. to be engrossed. t Mr, Pinnix -A bill to provide for a railroad commission and for ..other purposes, was ordered to be printed; and referred- to the -judiciary com- i : r ..... .... .. Mr. Caho A resolution of inquiry as to whether o. J. Halsteaa is en titled to a seat in this "Senate. 5 ? Re ferred to committee on privileges and elections. . ' 1 ' . . ! Mr. " Womack Two bills, to divide North Carolina into nine Congres sional districts, j Placed on calendar.1 Mr. Dortch tA resolution provid ing that the judiciary -committee of the two houses .. constitute a . joint select committee to take . into con sideration the necessity or the pro priety of increasingthe number of the judicial districts in the State and of '-. the establishment- of criminal courts, and report by bill. : Adopted and sent to the House' for concur rence. Mr. Dortch -A resolution to raise a joint select committee composed of ten on the part of the ben ate and twelve on the part of the House, to take into consideration the report of the commission to revise and con solidate the public statutes of North Carolina. Adopted and sent to the House for concurrence. r i? ' f , Mr. Clarke A hill to authorize the election of county, commissioners and magistrates-by , the people in the va rious counties in the State. .Referred to the judiciary; committee. Mr. Clarke A bill to provide, for the working of r the public roads of the State by taxation. Referred to the -judiciary committee. . Mr. Payne A bill concerning the registration of ? deeds. Referred to the judiciary committee,1 . ; -. ' Mr. furnell A bill to repeal cap ter 141,laws of 1876-77, entitled "An act to establish county governments A Calendar. . . Mr. Pemberton Bill accompanied with a memorial from certain citizens of the town of Albemarle, to repeal local prohibition act 'relating to said town. -Placed on the calendar. Mr. Scott, of New Hanover Bill to amend chapter 200, laws of 1879, so that the provisions of said chapter shall not ' apply to New Hanover COUntV. " : Mr. Payne Kesolution 01 instruc tion to the Senators and Kepresenta tives from North Carolina in the Con gress of the United States in relation to the tariff snd internal revenue laws. . TThe resolution instructs for the modification of the tautt and a re peal Of internal taxes if possible, but if not possible or deemed advisable, that they be modified, and "the Rev enue officials be made amenable to State laws for violating the same. Referred to the Judiciary Commit-. tee. ijj ; -; - MESSAGE TROM THE HOUSE ; transmitting ; the intelligence of its organization and- of its readiness to proceed to busineas, and proposing to raise a ioint ; committee of three on" the part of the House and two on the part of the Senate to wait upon his Excellency, the tiOvernor,5 was concurred 16, and the. - president ap pointed, Messrs. Alexander and Haves to represent tne senate, ouosequent ly Mr. Alexander reported -that the committee had waited upon the Gov ernor, and his Excellency -had signi fied his intention to communicate by message to-day . to tpe uenerat as sembly. . ' -.'" MESSAGE TROM THE HOUSE transmitting I a communication from his Excellency, the Governor. 4 PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS. The president announced the fol lowing committee : ' Messrs. Jones, Caho, Black, Purnell, Morrison, Dot- son and Clark. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The House then proceeded to per feet its organization by the election of its remaining officers. Mr. W. T. Burkhead, of Rowan, was elected Reading Clerk Mr. Julian, of Rowan, was elected Principal Doorkeeper, and Mr. J. P. Norton, ol McDowell, was elected Assistant Doorkeeper. Mr. W. J. Barrett, of Lenoir, was - elected En grossing Clerk, r On motion of Mr. Glenn a jnessasre "was ordered to be sent to the Senate announcing the organization of the House and proposing a' joint comidit- teeto' berappomted to wait npon the - Governor and ; notify, hint of the or-' ganuatipn of t the Senate and House. The.chair appointed as" a committee' on tne , part oi ine riouse, juessrs. Glenn. IIolt and Holton ,; Mr. Bullock bresented the" memo rial OI . leorge 11. .TarKer, JCiSO., 01 Messrs. Bower- and ' Lenoir each introduced resolutions relative to re-' -pealing the U. S. Revenue system, j .The following bills were introduced arid disposed of. as follows:' .j . i " By Mr." Bailey, of Mecklenbu'rcr--' A bill to repeal the prohibition law. rjacea on the calendar. - By Mr. Bailey of:Mepklenburg-r A biH,o punish embezzlement by at- f A bill to ap-; point a, railroad commission. - . Calen- dar. - . . rv - . , i By Mr. Page A bill', to. provide for the election of magistrates; J udi ciary' committee " 1 - - ' .-.'- ; - By Mr; Page A bill to amend the oharter of the: Atlantic i Coast Line. Committee on corporations. , ' Mr. Bauey, of ; Mecklenburg, dur ing the introduction of bills, raised .the point that no bill relating to the charters , of corporations; could "be entertained by the ' House - unless ac companied by the . State .Treasurers receipt for the tax. . . V Y- A message was received from the Senate announcing the concurrence of the Senate in the House resolution to appoint a committee to wait upon the Governor and notify him of the organization ;; of the ;" Senate and IlOUSe. V.-iy '-.' -Atr The Private Secretary of the Gov ernor was announced, witn the mes sage. - ;: v . . :;.i v', - . --:;.'. rt-; On motion of t Mr. late," a select committee of five was ordered to pass 4ipon all resolutions and bills relative to tne repeal 01 tner revenue system. Adjourned. ' - . THE REPORT OF THE 8EC- RETJRY OF STATE. ; ; Raleigh News-Observer. ' I The Secretary, in opening his re port, refers to the crowded condition of his officev. and v: asserts that .until more room" is given .proper care can not be taken of the public records and documents. - ' f Within the two last fiscal years 1,189 grants have been issued, cover ing 122,915 acres of vacant 7 public"' land, lying chiefly in the extreme eastern and western counties.' ; 1 here are now on file 3,205 , deeds to the State for lands . sold for delinquent taxes, covering some 284,838 acres of land and representing $20,264.48 in delinauent taxes, 1 he cost on these deeds amounts to $10,000, which the I State has already paid in the settle- ments with the , sheriffs. It is pointed out however, that the number . of acres given above is not accurate, as the same piece of property has more than once, in some cases, been sold for delinquent taxes v " ' : The, Secretary specially requests the GenerarAssembly to provide ad ditional, legislation by which offend ers against the insurance law may be punished.' the present law. having been found insufficient by the courts, Though a department seal has been in use since tne war, tne secretary has found, upon investigation, law authorizing the use of such seal. He asks the Legislature to authorize the Department to use' the seal hereto fore used, and to validate its former use. , - - - . Since the last, report three num bers of the Supreme Court Reports have been issued, to-wit: l he 84th, the 85th and . the; 86th. Of these numbers 272 vKumes of the 84th, 361 of the 85th and 4j61 of the 86th are on hand. '. There are also on hand 208 volumes of the 76th Report : 198 of the 77th: 114 of the 78th; 51 of 79th; 9 of: the 81st: '13 of the 82d and 10 of the 83d. He suggests the expediency of printing small editions of such books and thinks they ought to be stereotyped. He suggests also that the Secretary be allowed to di rect the printer to print for sale not over fifty volumes of each journal " and public document.: - " The Secretary is required to copy into an election book all the abstracts or returns of the 'State canvassing board. The canvassing board make out and sign their abstracts in dupli cate. One of these is bound with the county returns of which it is an abstract and filed away. The other is of no especial use, at least no direc tion whatever is given for its dispo sal.- It is suggested that these extra abstracts, original in fact, be bound up togetherj from time to time, and thus form ' an election book, and for the season that thus only can an ab solutely correct election book be had. An election book is a great conve' nience for reference and ought to be continued.' The mode of making it should be reliable. -- The total - amount of collections from all sources, made by the depart ment and paid into the treasury du ring the two fiscal years ending the 30th of- September,. 1882, is $51,- ,657.49. 1 Raleigh News-Observer. Dr Wortha report of,, the opera- , tions of the treasury department for . the past two -years contains much that is of interest) - ' -The authority to " compromise the State debt, under the act of -1879, expired on January 1, . 1 882, - and si nee then noth ing . has . been "done ' in that ' '.matter. . The amount of old debt recognized by . the Legislature - was- $12,027,045. v There has been compromised "of this 8,820,745, leaving 3,806,300 Of 4bo . old debt outstanding, which ' if com promised would amount to $988,870. : The , debt " already , compromised amounts in new four per cent, bonds . to $2,601,641.25. Should the balance of, this pld. debt be compromised the , 4 per cent, bonded debt would be in creased to $3,589,5 7 1 .25,the interest : on which wonld.be $143,532; at pre- sent the interest charge for this debt is $104,025.' .There; is another class of bonds known as the North Carolina . : Railroad construction bonds,of which 795,000 were outstanding. These- bonds, f were ; funded into new 6 per ? . bond8,the creditors throwing off $240 of inteaest oriv each bond.' Of these $1,720,000 have been refunded, : , the annual interest on which, is $103, 200. To pay apart of this in terestJ tire Treasurer has received from dividends 1 ' of the North Carolina R7R. $29;460. .Provision .. was made for the pav- ment of all the interest on the bonds, and there is now a considerable fund on hand "credited to the interest ac- count;c1ise'V tiers nave no acceptea tne compro mise,,thu8 leaving the interest money, applicable to those bonds in the trea- 1l he ordinary expenses of'lhe gov ernment for 1883 and 1884,-being le- gislative-year,are estimated at $544- 000 for 1 884, $48 9,00G ;Thc taxa tion required to nieet this, as we un derstand 'it, need not be greater than 28 cents on the $100 worth of prop erty, together with the other present sources or income. . The Treasurer says: I have re ceived from the W estern North Car olina Railroad company, $520,000 of- lts mortgage bonds, bearing interest at six per cent., per annum from the first day of January, 1881, issued un- der chapter twenty of the laws of tho special session of 1880, and required ; to.be delivered to the Treasurer of the State by, sections twelve and twenty four of said , chapter, upon which- no interest has been received. There was a balance in the' treas ury October 1, 1882, of $286,455, of .which $32,265 belonged to the edu cational fund and $254,189 belonged to the general fund. -v- SM ALL-FOX. Wilson Denies the Report tbat thes Disease Is Spreading In tbat Place. ; Special Star Telegram. :, - : sWelson, N. C, Jan.-5. The report that small-pox is spreading'in-Wilson is untrue. There have i been only;. two: cases ; one is convalescent and the other was promptly removed to i the. country. Every precau tion has been used to prevent the spread of the disease. '.' ' . ,. " .' i ' , .- John E.'Woodaiip, Mayor. TENNESSEE.': A Summary Blode ot Settling an Elec- tion Dlspate Tne Defalcation In the .State Treasury f:" '.'v' S .s 'A By Telegraph to the Morning Stat.J Chattanooga; Jan. 6. A disagreement about h oldie z a local election at , Cleveland to-day resulted in theCity Marshal, after : the election had proceeded for an hour,; ta king the ballot boxes and hurling them and their contents into the lire. The Sheriff, who was holding the election, disputed his right to do so. " The election will have to be held again. 1 v "''' ; V- f A': . -:-.. jnashvtlle, Jan. 0. a special: irom Milan, Tenn.. . says that State Treasurer -Polk, accompanipd by Van Polk and a Mexican servant, reached Milan. Wednes day night, and left Thursday . morning, it issupposed, in the direction of Northern Mexico, where the Polks have an interest in a silver mine. Their baggage was checked for New Orleans. Col. Marshal Polk's family stayed at Milan Friday night and, went to Bolivar, their old home, this morning. The; House of Representatives adopted a resolution for a joint committee to inves tigate the shortage in .accounts m tne lrea-. sury, , and ascertain whether the money was lost by! speculation or loaned to personal .-; r friends, whether the defal cation i is 01 ; reeem occurrence or oi long standing, ' and whether conceived , alone bv the , Treasurer or with the connivance of others, and report the BDsult as early as practicable. ; It has thus far ... been positively ' discovered by proof that " the defalcation began five years ago;' also; that one check drawn by theTreasurer for 57. 000 went to pay his interest in a sliver ; mine .in Mexico, and it is believed that he . also supplied money to pay for another in terest of one of his partners in tne mine. it is . Known - mat $i,uuu of public funds belonging to the Treasu- -, rers account are on deposit in two of the Nashville banks, and it is hoped that there are other sums in other banks. .Folk bad been interested in r various 'speculative schemes in Tennessee in large amounts. GEORGIA.- A Negro murderer Killed by bis VIc- . o tlmDeatlis at Savannah.. ; By Telefrraph to the Mornuw Star.) Darian," Jan. 6. To-day on the turpen tine farm of Mr. Hayman, about twenty miles from here, a neso entered Hayman 's house, while the latter was at dinner, and fired at and -wounded! him. Hayman knocked the negro down, took the pistol and shot : him. Both have died of their wounds. Hayman was a respectable citi zen in good Circumstances. ; He leaves a widow and children. ; . son, ex-Mayor and President of the Ocean Steamship Company, died this morning. aged 68. ? He was formerly an officer of the U. o. Jtavy ana,atterwaras a uonteuerate Colonel. , . - , - v Dr. W. M. Charters, a prominent citizen. died to-day, aged 78. r , - ..; , v COTTON. A Summary of the Crop to Bate. By Telegraph to the Morning Star.l : New York, " Jan. 6. Receipts of cotton at all interior towns, 102,547 bales; re ceipts from plantations, 228,789 bales ; crop in sight,; 4,596,703; total visible supply 01 cotton ior me world, 3,17, 705 bales, of which 2,563,565 bales are American, against ,iuo,uua ana 2,041,235 respectively last year. - - . - 'Mi ' 1 in Jr. 1 ii