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E3f AICKABL.E STATISTICS FOR
i WILMINGTON. t
We wish to call the special atten
tion of our exchanges to one fad in
connection with the health of Wil
ininji on. People at a distance; with
out erase or investigationyhave (iome
to till conclusion--' that 'this' place "is
su'kl j. Compared with any South-;
er city it will be found to he a very
great mistake. We have this to say,
tint the health of Wilmington from
year to year will compare exceed ing7i
jy we'tj with any town in North Car
olina, nd we" mean precisely what
we say. We showed the other day
that ilie death rate of Wilmington
for 1882 was fifty per cent, less than
l!ie death rate , of Charlotte for the
same year. If the health statistics of
Raleigh were accessible, ' we. would
willingly institute a comparison be-iv--n
it and Wilmington..
We desire to call attention to the
following instructive and remarkable
pifttement. On Wednesday, last the
pastor of one of our churches gave
ns the following statistics:1 Since
Deeemjber 188 1 a period of nearly,
fifteen months there have been but
three deaths amongdiis members, and
they number 'mprbv than 400,
The
diseases of the three k who died
were
precisely those that exist everywhere
and are not attributable to any local
" pa-use.- "'--'-.-. : ' v:vlV';- v
But this is not all. The minister
stold us that the ; congregation num
b re d more than 800, and of all there
had been but four deaths. ' There
has not been adeath among the hnn
flreds of children of the congrsgation
wittiin the nearly fifteen -months.
There are 200 children in the Sab-
3iath so!
N ow
airii)or w
100I alone, . " ;: '
is this pot a niost ; encour
lowing? . What city ' of the
size of J Wihningtoii . can rival it?
Vvliat town in North Carolina of
2,000 inhabitants can fairly compare
with it.
So don't talk about fWil
being a sickly place any
mingtoi
more if von nlease.
Tlie iealhs amony:' the whites in
this city are as fi-w to the IjOOO as in
aii V town or city from N e w York - to
lh (in! f - o f ; Mexico ' we ha ve ' po
h'uht. Wilmington ought to he a
favorite Winter and Sumratr resort
and if the proper enterprise obtained
is would be made such. rJ;
THE HOUSE ADDRESSES., -
e have read with unfeigned plea
sure the 1 addresses delivered in the
I "'ti'd States House upon the late
preventative Shackelford.: Mr; La
am, of the First Districtspokejfirst
anl with rhetorical fervor and.admi
I ration. Ilia address, was t somewhat
florid but there was ra strahWf gefttt-;
i ne sympathy and admiratioWrunnftrf
, through it. Mr. Randall of Pen'nsyl
I . vania, formerly Speaker of the 3onsep
sPk bnfly but in excellent taste,and
W!tn Jmpressiveness. He admit-ed
- Shackelford's modest , and' strik
lng worth. Gen. Robert B ; Vance,
f the Eighth District is a Christiair
antl a Methodist, and his seHtiment
thw occasion were; not' 'onljjni
("lively solemn, appropriate and
"sf' J,t they were prompted donbt-
s h' the fact that he was ; not
0l!,y peaking of a fellow Repre
"tative from the" same ' Com
'mo.vealth and of the same party
p uu mure, uui ne was speas-
m
cotnmemoration "of th6 -worth
of
"st ho had
11 1 fidelity m the fear and love ' of.
. ,a had eone to receive the triiita
and the diadeni . Mr,' ;Leedom;
J,o, followed Gen. Vance. His
t was the longest and .'in 'some
"Pect8 the most instructive. .'"'He
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had been studying the , Colonial his
tory pf the Cape ' Fear section,! and
aased it with success, i We must make
room v f or a paragraph or Iso. r Mr: -Jjeedom,
speaking of Mr. S's senti
ments, said :';
V $
I 4 He was nroudof his birth-tiace:: ftroud
of the old - North State, ' and her earnest 1
champion.? He gloried in the record of the
achievements of her famous sons in the Co
lonial and-Revolutionary days; their names
were treasured words with him, which he
held most' sacred., and when he would re-
cite their 'deed of gallantrv: he seemed, in
his enthusiasm to loser i sight of ; his own
identityv land. . ascended f fb the loftiest r
heights; and proud as he may have been of
Jiis nauve oiate, sue jiau aa uiumi cause, to
be proud of him. j In the lives and actions
of these defenders of liberty be .found I the
example for his own , following. ? fc
From New Hanover and Brunswick coun
ties both of which are within the Congres
sional district represented by the! lamented
Shackelford in the dayrwhen : the princi
ples of Jfbetty Wferfr- trembriflg ui 4he haU"
ahce and hanging by a hair,? threatened . by
English dominance and tyranny, came
those distinguished5 patriots, - John v Ashe,
Samuel Ashe and Judge - Maurice Moore,
whose intrepidity and grand abilities, , even
in that early day, attracted the attention of
the world and brought into subjection and
submission the enemies of liberty on our
soil. ' And there their- memories have been
.kept green, and fathers have taught their
sons, and these their sons, that the declara
tion in the North Carolina 'Bill of Rights, '
adopted by the State Convention of which
these men, were members, in 1774 'That all'
political power js vested in and proceeds
from, the people. ' was, a .holy and sacred,
truth to be maintained l and' cherished for-5
ever; and it was from a. constituency proud
Of its traditions, proud of , the prowess and
independent spirit of . the Ashe brothers,
and of the scholarly t and elevated charac
ter! Of the great ' jurist and honest judge,
Maurice Moore; whose letters signed 'Ani
ens,' addressed to the governor of the pro
vince, shook English domination in Ameri
ca to its center, that of all the men who
walked in the path of those who had so il
lustrated the higher qualities of manhood
John W. Shackelford was chosen as the
representative, of the people to-day as a
sign and a token that the .same love of lib
erty, the same regard : for the rights of the
people,' prevailed in that ; country to-dav."
. Mr. Moreyv of Ohio, also' spoke.
There was a subdued propriety of .ex
pression and yet a very real 1 appre
ciation, that were grateful to North
Carolinians.' Altogether the ad
dresses were in good taste, and well
prepared. Thus closed the last
me-
morial exercises over the late
Williams Shackelford. r 1 v
John
- ALAS ! THE POOR SHEEP,
t is a positive expenditure of
e and lead pencil and printers ink
refervenrto the - dog-tax and
to
sheen-kiHirisr Question in North Caro-
Jj&fcf-'-ii therewefe no persons to be
reached except, the members of the
Legislature we would never refer to
sheep cultufe again in these columns.
But we are' encouraged to4 bring but
facts and figures occasionally because
jt ia; by the power of iteration that
public sentiment is- formed. When
ever the intelligence of the State" de
mands a dog-tax there j will be one
levied; ; Legislators are proverbially
much more concerned with their pop
ularity than they are with the inter
ests of the State at large. They
will never raise a finger to protect an
important industry until the jieople
at the polls issue their instructions.
t The following letter speaks for it
self: .' :!..'-.
Warrektokt, N. C, Feb. 21, 1883.
Editor Morning Star: Recognizing you?
as one .of (the strongest : advocates of the
no-dog law -and alls7ieep law, I write to state
to you a 'act of recent occurrence in this,
county. ; If by giving publicity to it any
good results might come you are at liberty
to make use -ofTit. 1 My father, . Mr.: John
E. Boyd, of thiscounty. ; had thirteen of
his sheep killed a few days ago by a sheep
killing dog that belonged to a nearo: It is
a dead loss to him'tis the negro is insolvent."
lie tens- me mat a larger number of sheep
are killed in his neighborhood everv: vear.
rand the farmers have almost -despaired : of
TaisiDginem nai- sort, pi liegisiature
have we. ?' Afraid to do an act of justice
because by so doing they might receive the
displeasure of a few ignorant voters. i .
L i r Q if lry truly. youre, H?l- v..
. ; - ' ; - ; - H. A. Boyd; ..,
I We did not propose .writing a line
during the present session of the Leg
islature in regard to V wool growing
but a few facts will1 be 1 in order to
supplement Mr. ! Boyd's nbte. That
there is much ! profit, in . wool produc
tion the .statistics of -the, cpuntry
show. According to v the :census in
1 880 there were 1 42,381,389 sheep in
th e conntry. ' In 1870 the : wool pro
duction amounted to 160,000,000.
pounds. In 1880 it had increased to
24,000,000 or more 'than; 60 pef
"Cent. increase. The amount of capi-;
talia; placed lvai rl58,644i2T0;T the
amount of r prodnctiDnr-at4 $267,699jf
504. ' The' United r States ' consumed
55,964,236 more pounds of wool than
were grown. So there is a large dej
mand for wpol and the prices are
high enough; to mke it, pay. -l-' , ;
There is tnucli f progress ? in the"
grade -of sbeep and. it is known that
almost every section I of ther 'United
; States, as of 'N 6rth Carolina,: is ' well
adapted, to sheep raising. Every va
riety, and quality of. the staple Jan be
produced. K ':t'i i--
; f A writer 1 in the New" ' York South '
has this encouraginw'jview.1' He . says;
: "It is thought that if the. Southern States
were to; engage extensively In wool grow
ing the product would be increased forty or
fifty million pounds. In speaking of the
competition of South America and Mexico,
and coniparing ? their revenues with those
of our; own country, Mr. Randall says:
'Taking all things into consideration and.
looking to the f uture.I would sooner-advise
any one,'; even in an exclusively economi
cal point of view, to purchase the cheap
lands of bur own Southern States for the
objects of sheep husbandry than any part
of South America. ; , -. . The
seven-cent South American wools washed,
will cost fourteen cents, and washing will
add one cent abound to 4he cost; add an
bther cent for commission,' and also United
States duty, and the wool is brought to
twenty , cents a pound, - independent of
freight and insurance, which will carry it to
about two shillings.' ' -' The United States can
produce wool of much better quality 4han
the coarse South American article at this
price and realize a pronV Dr. Randall fur
ther says that vast sections of the United
States especially the southern" portions
possess advantages for sheep husbandry in
climate and soil not expelled by tb most fa
vored situations in Hungary or Australia,
and in this respect are decidedly superior, tc
the South of Russia." i: : p
The . writer in vthe South says i ; the
Southern States can. produce wool at
one-third the cost that tho Northern
States can that' is it cost 127; 'cents
in the North and but 8 .cents in the
South. So the South has a great ad
vantage both rin-sheep-growing and
oitori manufacturing over the cold
North. C It should be remembered
that tho population of the country is
increasing rapidly. Whv, since the
census iwas taken now more than
two and-a-half years, the influx of
foreigners alone exceeds 1,500,000..
Think of that. ' All these have -to be
clothed, - About the year Ai D. 2,
000, a North Carolina Legislature
will discover that sheep-growing is
really important and ' profitable
much more than dog-raising. ".. "
The No-Fence Law for New flanover
- County. -
' We learn that memorials to the General
Assembly are - being carried around, and
are beibg generally 'signed by prominent
citizens and land owners of this county, in
both city and jcounty, - asking the General
Assembly to enact -such a law, for New
Hanover county. .- , ; .: -.' ;
A fence , only i about ' eight miles long,;
commencing at .the daep water in Futch's
Creek, and running thence along the line'
of New; Hanover -and Pender, will fence
the entire county, fwith the exception of the;
Point Peter section. It is well known that
the lands lying on the Sounds, which are
the most valuable farming lands in 'the
county, are rapidly becoming almost value-'
less because of the scarcity of fencing ma-
terial... "We learn that in Federal Point
Township the citizens , have generally
signed a memorial without regard to party,
"race or; previous condition of servitude."
A Good Start. ' ,v,"
! The Southern Ore Company, of this city,'
have now; on the- way here a shipment of
several tons of ore, which must be unu
sually rich. Mr. Beno shewed ns yester
day a gold button from the works, which
weighed over, an ounce, and is worth
$21.50. j Seven pounds of the ore yielded
this very large, per centage of gold ; and at
that rate, one ton of the ore will, when re
duced under the process of - the Southern
Ore Company, yield $6,325. This is really
a fine beginning, and we congratulate the
stockholders on their excellent prospects, i
Accidental Snootlne., ,'; , . n .-.
On Thursday, the 22d, Messrs. B. G.
Empie. il Dawson Durham- and . Braswell
Durham, the latter a cousin of Mr. Dawson
Durham; were out gunning in s the neigh-
borhood of Rocy Point; when Mr.i Daw
son Durham fired upon a-bird which sud
denly flew up from a cover; the shot taking
effect in the face of his cousin, the "two at
the time of the shooting being bn opposite
sides of a small thicket1' and therefore not
seen by each other. l- Seven shot penetrated
the skin of Mr. Braswell purham's face,
one going entirely I through the lobe of one
of his ears and making as perfect a hole as
if it had been bored for an ear-ring. The
wounds were quite painful, but of course
not serious.
Foreign "Export J y. -': J'-:':
The folio'wihg' ' were u the . foreign ship-
ments yesterday :, ;The?rGerman .barque
(hnstdniim.ybh JXeineckSi bapt. Fretwurst,
for Liverpool, b Messrs Paterson DoWn-;
ing i&j Co. wfth2740 barrels of rosinj iyid
250 casks of; spirits. Jturpentine, valued at.
$ll,181.3ifandl i0aei;iNorwegiau 'barque
Progress Capt.1NieTsen,for Hamburg;t by-
Messrs. DeRosset & Co. with 3,605 barrels
"of rosin,! valued at $6,450. TbtaI'Value' of
foreign exports for the day $17,631.34. .'''
.: ' bX-flS
Foreiffu Export. . .ir ? u .. t ,:4 1 . ,.' . A ;
v The following., were . the , foreign shir
ments yesterday:. . The , German barque
Lucy & Paul,-Capt. Andrierfor Newcas-
tle-oh-Tyne, ; by ;Messrs. Alex.. Sprunt &
Son", "with' -3,300 barrels sof rosin' and 75
casks rof spirits turpentine",' valued at $7,
575: 'and tlie barque Olacierf Captr McKen'
zie,- for Gaudaloupe-'withyi 76,253 feet Of
lumbet and 60,000 shingleis, valued at' "3,
130.'; Total vahiation of foreign' exports
. for the day $10,705 ' 4 ' . , " "
it . m- -t i
Cotton Hf ovement. " 7"!
The receipts of cotton at this port during
the week ending yesterday ? foot " up4 3,394
bales, 'as against 2,243 bales" for the'eorres-'
ponding period last year. r ,v ,
The receipts during he'crop.year to date
foot up-115,10ij bales, as against s 125,004
bales up to the, sam? :date; last year,; show
ing a decrease of. 9,903 bales. 1 w ; a : .
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"WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY,
Raleigh News-Observer
sport.
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; -' SENATE.'-:;
: V FOBTYTHIBJ DA
WEDKESDfY,- J eb: 2lst, 1883. , ..;
iMr.r- Hill, of citizens f Dublin.
praying that they be not transferred
io oampson -county.
BILLS.'
Mr.' King, of Cherokee; resolution
irt aid of the exhibit bf th Stte'8 re
sources at the exposition lot 'tM New
England -Mechanicsf anavMariuf ac-
t.tt rare Tnotiiitn -v.t'''; vysfJ J."8;V 'ft fiffTu,- '
Institute.
TI1M RAIT Rn A n riOMMISSTniff mi T
I Pill came up as ;specil order, Ipr
ating railroad commissmi
question was on J the amendments, to -tpe
original bill. . , The amendmeht as . ,
to exports,; ifcawajClosps
f j Mrf Dotioikffere
to jthe": majority ' bill,yp1roy tdlng for
one commissioner, at a salary ! pf $3,-!'
500, with a clerk at a salary of $1,-
200, to be paid by , the; State. M Also,
to amend by striking put sections 20,
21 and 22 of the majority bill .. :'; ; .
1 1 Mr; Boy kin, in1 reply to H Senator
Linney, said that he , nnderstobd ;ihe
Senator to agree that the State could
not alienate, its pH
the Senator agreed t to. s t Judge. Coo
ley, in his work'.i on Constitutional'
Limitations, says' that the ."police
powers of a,. State " 'extend C to
the protection of lives, Kmbs, health,
comfort and ; ' quiet of , all per
sons, and the protection of all prop
erty within the State, Again) under
the police power, persons and prop-,
erty are. subjected .to all kinds of re-'
strain ts and bnrdens, in order to se
cure the general, comfort, health and
prosperity of the State. !1 Again, all
contracts and all rights ? are subject
to' the police power, and all regula-;
tions affecting them must be subject'
to! change from time to. time as the .
general wellrbeing of the community
may require, or as the circumstances
may change, or as experience may de
monstrate the , necessity. Hence, if.
the power to change contracts and
all rights is a police, and if a police
power cannot be . alienated by the.
State,' as the Senator admits, then the
State has not parted with the privi
lege to control the railroads in mat
ters necessary to the good of the
public. ,r;;-;; ,;V; ' X ",
' The amendment'; striking out sec
tion 16, h allowing commissioners to
prescribe schedules, &c.,was adopted,
and the provision inserted, giving
the commission power to recommend
what . legislation it thought proper,
was voted in!
f The"am'endment of-;3r.Morehead,r
that all the officers of the commission
should not belong to the same politic
cal party, was adopted. r - .
Amendment rof Mr. Purnell, to
strike out sections 20, 21 and 22, pro
viding for an assessment on differ
ent! railroads for the purpose of pay
ing the expenses of the commission.
Mr Purnell called the attention of
thefSenate to the decision of Justice
Gary concurred in by Justice Miller,
in tho case of the County of San Ma
teo vs. Southern Pacific Railroad
Company; and " argued that even if
it Was not in violation of the! State
constitution, it clearly was of the
14tH amendment to the constitution
of the United ' States. The amend
ments were adopted. ; :
Mr." Dotson's ' amendments ; were
adopted. : -
Mr:' Watson raised thevpoint that
no quorum7 was voting,' but did not
make it' in time. (These1' were all the
amendments to the majotity bill.) r '
Mr. Pinnix asked to substitute the
minority report for ' the bill, aud 7 it
was brought before the Senate.' It
was put to the vote, and Mr. Pinnix
asked for the; yeas and nays. Order-:
"ed -yeas 15, hays 29, so ' the sdbsti:;
tute was not adopted. . , , , V
Mr. Watson said the; fate of that
bill was the fate llbther. bills on the-;
subject had met witht that-the peo.1
pie had asked for the last 6ix years 1
The bill now pending on the subject
was not worth the paper it was writ
ted bn.t '-' s
I Mr. Loftin moyed to table the, bill.
On that motion Mr. Morehead ask
ed the ayes and noes." Ofdered Sev
eral Senators gave notice explaining
their votes.' ? - 'yfft
, PETITIONS 1 - UV-. i
were intrbduced as- fbllos:!
.Mr La wrence;v opposing thfe newi
county' to be 'formed ircftn the . coun
ties of Wake4, Chatham and Harnett
' i m-CHf fr BILLS f f1, '';.'"'iV;;'
were ) introddecdpassedtheirj first
reading and were preferred as fol
lows J.jAiJ? Tf. '' "'i jfjpi?- .'-'v.; ; :
'. i Mr. Bealj ' to Vegulate the - pur
chases for State' institutions.' Cal
endar; -i'J 'vn--r -.
A f Mr. Thompson,- relating tb the re
pairs rif bridges 1 in , Onslow dunty.
Calendar. ' ' 1 ': -;
To change the corporate limits of
the town bf Jacksohvilleiii CalehdarC
T :, "calkndak;: - t
was taken up and the 'following "bills'.
were disposed oi as toiiowsr .usij
: t-,l' JIIK .SPECIAL OBDfcE tYi
an act to provide f if !the -State's in
terest in the Cape.'Fear & . Yadkin
Valley Railroad, " ' ' ? '
The juestion was' first put 'upon the
adoption, of -the minority rep'ort,, ; t
, Mr. Phillips -explained, the ininori
tv renort. and saidjif ithere was any
thing that his people wt;re councerned!
in. it was the sale ot tnis roaaf wnicn
y the had looked: forward to for a long
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MAECH 2, 1883.
time.' That forty-seven miles of the
road was in running order, and that
from the Gulf to Walnut Cove, in
Stokes county, was graded, and that
in his .opinion any. company which
ooaght this.road would lay the iron.
All he wanted was a provision ' com
pelling them to build the road from
Walnut . Cove, - where the iron was
laid, to the South Carolina line; that
mis provision oniy made them do
what they said they would do.
Mr. Overman said that this syndi
cate were all good men, but this bill
was a clear sale, and that we did not
know how long it would " remain in
their hands. He moved to amend'
the bill so as' to have" the "convicts
furnished upon the same terms as
they were furnished to the W. N. C.'
Kc K.; , that it provided - that they
should pay in cash for the convicts;
that "it was 'only about , $20,000 ; a
year, and that if they could not pay;
that they conld Dot build - the roadJ
"-Mr. Bower said that in 1880, Vhen:
this road .was in a. sinking? condition
an appropriation Of, ; $30000 -was
made for this road upon-the' promise'
of building the road to5: Mt; Airy.
That ! the people.:of the West had
looked forward ; to having a road, but.
that the substitute of the Senate was
a cold-blooded proposition tos repeal
the -charter of ithis road arid ' thereby
destroy their hopes of a road. iThat
this syndicate-: never intended to
build the i Yadkini branch. That he
wanted the road sold, but would
rather have a public sale than to sell
under this bill; and - let' all, bidders
coine.-r That hewas opposed, to
the $97,000 "of bonds" going into the
Treasury; that they were' issued' for
the construction of this road, and he
wanted them to go for that purpose.
? Mr. .Rose favored the bill, and said
bis people .were more interested in
the building of this , road , than any
other people; that unless something
of this sort was done the road would
have to be sold; that there was out
now $185,000, which was all of the
State's interest; that his county and
town were each 'put $100,000; that
the State in 1879 subscribed $30,000
to the mortgage" bonds,' and those
bonds were in the treasury; that the
syndicate proposed to pay them with
interest ; that in 1882 the road was in
trouble, and $150,000. was borrowed
on $300,000 of bonds - and the per
sonal guarantee of the directors, and
that in other, hands there were $20,
000 of bonds, and that all would be
due in j. Aprils and that North Caro
lina would either have to pay. $170,
000 or the road would have to go un
der the hammer; that there might
be others who would be willingr to
.bid ' this road in If' sold, but they
would never build one mile of it, for
they would not want to have it bnilt,
for it, would compete with their lines.
If the sale was made to the syndi
cate they Would pay the State $8ff,
000 in cash and pay the $150,000 of
bonds. The difference between the
minority report and the majority was
that,the ; majority, proposed; to keep
the money in the" treasury, while,the
minority wished to take it out. of
there.; ... ,- ",..':..'-'- 'J...
! Mr. Holtoh said .his people were
interested in this road arid had looked
forward to its ' completion for a long
timej biit it looked , like bad faith
when ; the Representatives of the'
Yadkin section had done" all in their
power to help this road along, to now,
when a part of it - was graded, come
and propose to sell the road and in
that sale to cut his section out. That
Fayetteville, two years ago had act
ed in bad faith' to its "creditors : in
annulling its charter arid getting but
of paying the money which was sub
scribed for this very stock ' of which
the gentlemen' had boasted of That
if they intend to" build the Voad to
Mt. AiryK what-objection could be
to placing these amendments on this
bill;: v'That-under this bill it could be
transferred and it might go to parties
who would notecomplete it. He hoped
the. bill would not pass. . ', ;r
' Pending the-discussion "of this bill
; by Mr. Holt, on the hour of adjourn
ment arrived and j the ..House , ad
journed.' l , ,' ,
. i ' ""Senate.-:.:: :
. . . ,, FORTY-FOUBTII PAY.'
MEMOEIATPJITpQJirS, ETC. .
Mr. Lyon f ronv citizens of Bladen-
aski ng f or appropriation to- aid in
building fiaiiroad wfrom Yorkville to;
La mberton, ) Robeson cpqnty-J f,
I f By the same, petition of citizens
of Bladen, asking a new township.. -J
I Mr. Webb, from citizens , of . Bur-'
gaw, Z in - Pender, . asking that their
prohibition .lawbe.-noxepealed.:;;'-:,
'"'".;';'B?LLS'.-' ; T J
Mr. Poole, to amend the laws . rela
'tins: to the practice Ot dentistry ,
V 1 Ml1 Dortch, inaking it" unlawful
for ariy railroad, steamboat ebmpanyy
ifccVto give the Governor' br lany
State officer, judicial officers or mem
bers of the Legislature, or-delegates
to political conventions free passes,
the; act to take effect tKe 1st of June,
'1883. Asked to be -printed... tSo:or
dered . . ' -- ' .
Mr. Webbj resolution . relating to
justices of A the peace; resolving to
go into election at ; 12 m.' .Friday.
pMarch 2. . , .
H Mr. Peraberton, bill to create. the
office of railroad -.commissioner and
'for other purposes.-! . , j ,v , t -t '
f Mr. i Whitf ord,i ! to amend the, con
stitution of Nortb l Carolina; section
1, article 6., , . ' " ..lV ,
-' Mr. Caho, to incorporate the Inde
pendent ; Order of Good Sons.. and
Daughters of the East? by request.-: ;
NO. 18
Mr. I Webb, to incorporate Mount
Holly Manufacturing Company, Gas
ton county. . , - -
THE JUSTICES BILL. .
; . Biir j came up as special order to
amend the constitution of the State
so as to create , two additional Jus
tices of the Supreme Court, and to
provide ior toe election ot tne same.
.The bill was put on its third read-'
ing-yeas 26 nays II. -TheVill then
passed third reading. ,
Mr. portch, by request,' bill io". in
corporate the. North Carolina Savings
Bank. - , , .
' I A RAILROAD BILL. ' -
i Bill' camo up as special .order to en
courage the building of a i railroad
from some point on - the Western
North' tCarolina " Railroad, between
the town of Salisbury, in ' Rowan
county and ,Newton,-. in the.: county
of Catawba, to the Tennessee or Yir.
giniart line, ; via Taylorsville s and
Wilkesboro. fMn Linnev's bill.rh -
The question r&sHhen Wihe ti$S?
Bogoui me uni upon us imra .read
ing. t:.'j ., - ; - M ;
' The-vote stood yeas 97, navs 12
So the bill passed its third reading. : ;
-Bill , came up as special ! order, to'
change ithe mode of electing -school
committeemen . : ' : . . r
Mr Watson said it was the duty of
the Democrats to vote for: this, bill.
He said he was appealed to by his
people to divorce the school law from
county government.
' Mr. 'trayhorh.' got the ayes and
noes onsthe passage of the bill. The
vote stood ayes 15, nays : 20. , So
the.bill failed to pass its third read
ing.. ,i - - i ..
v Mr. P(armer called up the bill for,a
graded school in the town of Wilson,,
Passed jits third reading ayes 37
nays 2. ! ' '
Mr.: Poole called up the bill em -
powering counties, cities,., to wnships
and towns to subscribe to the capital
stock of the Albemarle & "Raleigh
Railroad Company. - ' ' "?
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1
BILLS
were introduced, passed ? their first
readingj , and were referred as fol
lows: j . -
Mr.' AVaddell, relative- to the us.e of
nets, etc.,' in fishing in New Hanover
county.! Fish. ' ' ' -
"Mr; Wilcox, to promote tho . effiV
ciency of the N C. Board of Healths
Propositions and grievances.
Mr. Stanford, for the relief of - the
sureties of John A. : Mc Arthur, late
Treasurer of Duplin county.... Calen
dar. , ( ; ,.-
.Mr. Poe, relative, to' the use of
"stickers" and other bogus tickets in
elections. Calendar. T
CALDENDAR
was then taken up and disposed of as
follows:; ' . '
. THE SPECIAL ORDER,
the unfinished business of -yesterday
and last night,' being an - act to pro
vide for ; the sale of the State's inter
est in the Cape Fear and - Yadkin
Valley Railroad. r-:,.
i Mr. Tate- said the stock in this
road was worth $250 f a share, and
that the Reason that $10 was offered
was for the consideration of advan
tages received in the bill, and that
this consideration would make a con
tract.? He had no objection to fixing
a. time for which convicts should be
furnished, but he thought that ought
to be under the control of future leg
islation, land he moved to amend so
as to subject it to the control of fu
ture legislation. t- , , . -
Mr. Phillips thought a time ought
to be fixed, but his amendment, would
be amply sufficient, and he would
like -for this Legislature to say;if
they, were willing -for them to have
convicts above Walnut Cove or , riot..
I Mr. Rose had ' yesterday objected
to the amendment of the minority re
port but:, said the gentleman" from
Stokes (Mr. Phillips) would offer an
amendment modifying his minority
report, which would be acceptable to
Mr. Phillips then sent lorward his
amendment to the f minority" report. r
i Mr. Bower off ered a substitute pro
viding that' one-half df the convicts
should be kept at work .on; the Mt.
Aiiy line . and Yadkin Valley lirie,
each, after June 1, 1885. ' . ;
1 Mr. Bower Said that; after the road
f was built to' the South Carolina line,
which would be about 1 1 885 that
then the; Mt. Airy line - ought f to be
built; that , it ost $20,000 a mile to
build roads in North'" Carolina,; and
that this road had 5 fcost$ 1,4 00,000
that now to sell itfor $88,000;, would
be a eood trade . Thev j ought . to
have a 1 good trade, but he wanted
something to compel - them to . bnildp
Mi.- Rose said that he was opposed
to .Mri Bower's amendment;; that this
"road according to Mr.' Bain's certifi
cate, had only cost ' the State $185,
000 He would admit that the. differ
ence between $185,000 and $1,400,000
-was a sniall matter. H ;m ! , ' r
: Mr. Bower asked if the State had
not at two different times given this
road $600,000; $4b0,00a' at one time,
and $20p,000 at another. ' . . 1 -'
, Mr. Bower only wanted some pro
vision made to ;,f oree the Patterson
branch, to be built; , That $25,000 of
the bonds were' given 1 to build the
road to j some & mills in- Randolph
county, and $25)0f to build'to Dan
bury, and only? $20?000 to build to
Mt: Airyi'a distance .of 80 miles. - .' ,
T Mr. King " spoke ' in ; favor of the;
bill, and thought 1 1 that theJPatterson
branch would be 'built, that it would
not .do to bind' them down too tight
as to the convicts as, the Western
iNorth Carolina Railroad had the
right to demand her 500 fc conyicts
from the State, t and that if this was -done
then this road "would be ham
pered by such a provision. . ,
f Mr. Powers, of - Cnmherland
.thought that all differences had been
settled,rand that the bill would pass-
without opposition, but was sorry to
see the opposition of the gentleman
from Caldwell. The"road . had to bo
old or it .would be lost to the State;
It had virtually been , on sale '. f or thc
last two years and coulJ not be sold.
He thought it a good trade,and hoped
the bill would pass,
y Mr.1 Bower's amendment was voted
down by 63 to 43. ' ? "
The minority report, as amended, ;
was adopted. ; , . .
? Mr. Tate's amendment was then
adopted.- - :x --..
; The bill passed its third reading-
ayes 83, nays 28. , - -
' " ' SPECIAL ORDER.
Vro incorporate the town of Cas
well, in Pender county. i: Passed its ,
second reading. " t?, -
! calendar (resumed.) .
I "To incorporate the Bank of Salts-'
jbury: Passed its third reading.' "
i An act supplemental to an act to;
incorporate Newton . -cotton., mills.
Passed its third reading. " . ,
" fi- :' KldHT sessiox. 1 ; -' 1
j Hoxiiemetat 74 o'clock;' Mr. Speak-
er- Rpse. in the chair. " ; -. -. -1 ) " i
" ,- ; ,1. CALENDAR. 'l
' Unfinished businessof to-dav: L
"An act toexterid aid to schools by " V
local . assessments. - Passed its second V !
reading. , ,t ; -:, , ' -i , : - . -
l o amend chapter 8, laws of 880. ,
Third reading. . . : U . . '-
; : special order;
tOctnake ' appropriations ' for the In- !
sane Asylums,(appropriating $58,000 1
for,. the Asylum at, Raleigh, $40,000 .
for the one at Morganton, and $20,-
000 for the one at Goldsboro.)' 'V "
"Mr; 'Overman moved to strike otitv
the, $35,000 for the completion of the
Asylum at Morganton. j , , . .
' Mt.. Robins spoke to the -amend- "
ment, and referred to the item of ;
whiskey on the ' general bill of ex- '
pense, bought; from Pescud,' Lee &
Co. He wished ; to. ; know who was : ,
the company. ; '
After a discussion, participated in
by Messrs.1 McLoud . and : others, the -amendment
of Mr Overman was lost. -.!
SENATE. - 3'-' "
; . ,,:. FORTY-FIFTH DAY. ; .
Friday, Feb. 23, 1883. '
V " ' , BILLS.' . ' "
4 Mr. Ramsay; forbidding local op
tion .where prohibition prevails. -
1 ,.Mr.', Walton,' bill to .j amend the
charter t the Granville Railroad :
Company, was called up, and passed
its third reading. -! -.? A
4 Mr. Dortch said he ; was directed
by the committee .on the Code to inw
trod Uc'e a bjll andliave it put on its
several1 readings1 immediately; that
the report - of the code- committee
would, be off ered to-morrow. The,
bill was, offered . and read. ? It . is a
supplement -to the .Code providing
for its puhlication, distribution, &c;
provides. -f or ; . two volumes, and if "
necessary : may be . stereotyped and
published in the State or out, of it as
the commissioners mas choose, but
giving preference to the State; that
the Code will include only such parts .;
of the revenue act as. the commis- -sioners
may see fit to take in, that
there shall be published of the Code
not exceeding ten thousand copies of
each volume, and provides for free -distribution
to the government and
State officers, all the judges s and so-1,
licitors, and county officers, includ
ing 1 registrars, magistrates and
sheriffs, all the members and clerks
of the Legislature. . Bill passed third
reading. . , -
. Mr. Webb asked a . snspension of
. the .rules, and the bill to amend the
act : to incorporate Spring Shoals :
manufacturing; company, passed its
third. reading. :
; Bill' to'" incorporate the Hoffman .
and Troy railroad company, passed
its third reading. ':
j Bill to establish a standard weight
of a barrel of pork with amend
ment adopted, making ;the standard
weight two hundred pounds passed '
'.its third reading.-' - '
Bill. ; to incorporate ; the town of ..
Garner , Station, in Wake county,
passed its third reading." v -
Bill to amend and re-enact con
cerning the charter of the Danville
and New River Railroad passed sec-.
ond. reading yeas 36, naysone. ,
ifBill to incorporate the Acme Man-",
ufacturing ' Company passed third
reading.i;-;?; ,-):--- r. '
. . Bill to establish a ..monetary ,; table-,
.passed third -reading.; , ,
Bill to promote female" education.
MrPemberton explained that it re
ferred i? to t the Greensboro Femalo
College;; Passed third reading.,., v .
? Bill in relation to the appointment
of cotton weighers ' for Goldsboro,
passed third reading. -
'V Bill authorizing and directing the
board of, directors of the penitentiary . -ito
furnish stone for the erection of a
moriurrierit at Goldsboro to the Con-;
f federate -dead. ' Mr. Dortch's 'bill. -'!
Passed third readin gl - j . " . ,
, ' Bill . to j provida a room, in the agn
cultjural building for the sessions of
Supreme Court, and also a building .
r for the nnscellaneous and -Supreme1
Court Library. ;:Mr. Poole's bill. ; It u
remodels: the - western' end of the
I building for the Supreme Court, and
puts an auaiuon ior ine iiorary, ine
room now being used as a library to
be used as a State depository for the
keeping of "the -"great Ceal and the ,
. State records It provides ; f or : the .
sale iof f Camp Mangumrto help do
this,-besides appropriating.ten thon- i
Jsand a year for two years, etc ,
Mr. Linney moved to strike out
Camp Mangum-wTierev'eTi appears,
as we might' need" irf or a penitentia rr
ry form.
Bill to ; incorporate' the town of ?
Third 'Creek, 'in Rowaripassed third,1'
reading -yeas 31, nays 1. -a - :
coxtixued ox .fourth page.'-
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