North Carolina Newspapers

Hf f 1 1 hews. PUBLISHED EV ERY THURSDAY . - ; , 1 I ;TONE A UZZELL, - - I PxtOPBiiiTons 1.x office Over W. C. Stroriach & Co.'s ' :. -. ' ' I - ; "' ' Faretteville Street. . , Price, $3.00 per annum In Advance. THE WEEKLY NEWS. the Weekly I THU113DAY , FEBRUARY 13, 1873 (t - local matter: " e. c. woodson; Editor. SENATOR WARING AT HOME. m REPLY 10 IE. IHXER OS PUBLIC TRIMIM 'A TRIUMPHANT . VINDICATION ) I i His Course Unanimously Endorsed. I Our Reporter was prest:pt'at the dis cussion ia; CbarJotte on last Saturday lietwcen lion. Josiah Turojer, Jr., Editor of tbe Sentinel And CapUli. Pi Wjains, Senator from Mecklenburg, on the sub ject of the Public Printing. Our Iteporter took fullnote9 of the discussion, ' but wc didjnot care to burthen . our'? columns with a v subject with which , we believe the- public has already ' been surfeited ; aind wc thore ore stated ia our Tuesday's issue the fact, that CapV Waring'p course hau been unanimously endorsed ly the as semblage alter listening jto the speech 'ofr.Hr.Tarper'a7.to CapC .Waring's; reply. ' We then stated that it might be proper for ua to xeler to the .matter more in detail hereafter, according to rircumstances. r. , -n u i Wq expected thai Captain. ; Wurmg would return -to the city in a day or two," and were anxious that he should revise our report of his remark before they were published. As he has been detain-' cd by serious illness in Charlotte daring the whole week, and as the Sentinel baa - published in full Mr. Tujrher'a ' speech, delivered on Saturday, 'we have con eluded to give a Bynopiis of Captain Warlng'a remarks which contains the substance of his argument Wo do not pretend to report the 8iccch in full. It Avas a calm, manly, pointed, nnanswera-. blejeffort. which carried conviction to every reasonable man who had any doubts on the subject of the discussion, aud was universally Conceded -to be a triumphant and. overwheliming vindica tion of his course on the subject of the State Printing.- . ' The following is our ' Reporter's ac coaTit ot Capt Wanng's ipeech : The speaking was annonnced by naming posters ; to occur at nh& Court house at If o'clock. We remained there till : nearly 2, whci i a messenger came in and informed the audience there in wailing, all five of uj,viuat the speak - ing would take place at the Public Square, immediately inj the business centre of . the town. To Ibis point we made our way, where wei ionnd an au . dience numbering from 80 to 100 per sons. . . - Mr. Turner first-addressed the audi ence, his subject being, jri accordance with the announcement on the posters, i Public Printing, State and "Railroad Kings. - His remarks have been pub- r.sueci in iuu in tne sentwet. Capt. Waring said there seemed to be a slight misunderstanding in regard to the origin of the meeting. He did not desire a discussion on the subject of irublic Printing, nor did be expect to come belore bis constituency to answer at this time tor his acts (during the ses sion ot the Legislature. He . said that in the course be had pursued in the General Assembly of North Carolina he felt as a free . agent to jact , in behalf ot the people of Mecklenburg, and he did not think that the Editor of the Sentinel had a right td point out to him what course he should pursue. When the Legislature was attacked he remained silent, but when personally attacked. through the columns of the Sentinel, he arose to a question of personal privilege ou the flour of the Senate! in reply to the threat ot Air. 1 urner, that he would . appeal from Cesar to the people, Mr. t Turner had . charged - that the Committee on Public Printing hail not repiesented tbqir constituents in not giving ibe printid" to the Senli nel. Iu answer to that assertion, he had said in his seat in the Senate, that Mr. 1 urner might go belore (the people of : jiiecKienDurg ana speau two bours, and li ue, w aring, was allowed one hour in reply, that Turner might then speak uu aoomsoay ; whereupon, Air. Tur ; ner made the announcement' through ; iue ocniMiei mat tne cnauenge was accepted, and without (consulting Mr. Wanng,as to time or place. telecraDhed to Charlotte and bad posters struck off that he would dispuss the mat . ter here to-day. , Mr Waring . was greaiiy surprised when he saw the announcement in the Sentinel, and wrote Mr. Turner! a note, saying that owing to legislative duties he could not meet him her at the the time speciflcd. Mr. Turner -eplied that be wns going at all eventjs- whether he (Waring) went or not. ins the meeting had been advertised. Mr. Waring said a telegram had been rebeived frem his friends on yesterday, Friday, saying he . ought to come. He. therefore, appeared before them to-day through the- advice of his f, iends. The responsibility of tins untimely discussion -Was iubon Mr. Turner's shoulders ; it was not contem . plated by' him, but heidid not shrink ircni a discussion on hjs course before Ins constituonts at any time. - Mr. Waring said he would not at- f tempt to follow Mr. Turner's scattering remarks' on the subject of the Public rnntiDg. .. it was all a tempest in a tea pot, in which the public generally were wui mwc lnterestea ana carea: out little about. ' : . As to his hostility to Mr. Turner, that iuj uie merest UosU. VVhen he went to iialeigh as a member of the Leeisla lure in 1871, Mr. Turner had no -strong er iriend than himself, (Mr43Varing.J uis recora on the Public Printing will fchow that. As Chairman of that Com mittee, he bitterly opposed giving rout the contract to tbe lowest bidder in 1871, and favored 75 cents per thousand ems. and voted to crivo it Mr. Turner knew bothinfr abont rint- ing, and James H. Moore, for Turner's benefit, was first awarded the contract . , . . - - J ... - lit ! VOL. I. at 73 cents. A committee wss appoint ed to measure up the work, consisting .of Messrs. Dudley and Marcom, practi cal printers, both f connected Withj the Sentinel office,' and - Mr. Gorman on the. part of ihoState Auditor. Mr. Waring then took strong ground for tbe Sentinel in all his actions in that Committee, but endeavored to make a contract suitable for all. Mr, Moore said he paid fifty cent? for labor ; we gave him 75 cents. VVhen Mr. Moore charged up his work, then commenced the squabble about the quad em, and the letter m.. The matter underwent investigation. I Here is the sworn testimony on this subject. - Mr. Waring here read , from thetestimony taken before the Com mittee ' appointed' to investigate the matter. I Mr. Waring here referred to' last Summer's , campaign, when ho replied to his competitor in defense rof : the charges against Mr. Turner about Overdrawing, notwithstanding the Com mittee, consisting of McsStk "Dodley, Marcom and Gorman, reported that the difference in the ems shewed that the printer had overdrawn over three thou sand dollars. Mr. Waring said ; he would throw no imputation on the character and honor- of Mr. Turner in this transaction. This contract was annulled and the Committee on Public Printing met again. They met to get the work done. There was ; ring in it. The printing was, then, ptdered- to be put out to the lowest bidder. While the contract was being made sev eral bids came in from" different quarters." The printing 5 'was ' given to John C Syme, of. the . Sentinel office, and the report made'to the Senate of what had been done,;-1 The Legislature .refused -to approve of the action. The contract was afterwards given to Hearne. " 1 refused to have anything-more to do with it. jThen we had a calicos on Public1- Prih-" ting and no pricie for printing was fixed. I offerea till iri the Legislature to five Mr Tiimat ' thA nrmt.xnn Afterwards, at his suggestion, a law was passed submitting the whole mat ter of making a contract for the public printing to a ; Joint Committee who .were empowered, under the law, to exe cute tne contract on the part ot the State. A contract was then made with' 'Theodore N. Ramsay, of the Sentinel te-ffice, for MrrTurner's benefit, and re mained in force until December, lo2. This was never suDmittcd to the Legis lature, and Mr. Turner had no right to complain now of the very Jaw under which the contract was made lor his benefit. This act was ratified oh the 10th of February, 1872 ; tinder this act Mr, Turner received the contract ; under this act no action could betaken by the Legislature unless the Committee viola ted it; and under this att, re enacted and amended by the ; present Legislature, Stone & Uzzell were .made State Printers. - - - . ' " . ; ': y v. . Tbe matter was. taken from the Leg islature and given to a Joint Committee td prevent endless discussion and stnte. The Commitiee have to make the con tract at a certain price fixed by law, and have to take a bond irom tbe Contrac tors. If the law has not been complied with, of course the Legislature have the right to have the contract annulled. If it nas Decn compuea witq, ine fjegisia ture cannot interfere." -v '! ' , How can Mr. Turner object J to , this when his contract of last year was never submitted to the Legislature for action. The Legislature refused to confirm the contracts with Moore, Syme and Hearne before the law - of Februray t the 10th was passed, putting the matter exclu sively in the hands of the Committee. ; In regatd to the conspiracy to buy out or break down the" aentineL be had nothing to do with that, as he did all he could, while a member of ' the Com mittee on Printing in 1871'72,. for Mr. Tumei's benefit. He was never at Capt. Jarvis' room, and had nothing to do with any proposition : looking to; the purchase, of the Sentinel, ,11a knew that Vrem D. ' il. Uarnnger and Hon. A. , Merrimon wrote to Mr. Turner, asking if be would sell tbe tsentmeL -V' Mr. Waring then f referred to the, sale 01 ine . aenunei oy ms. reiij.o.ji.r, Turner, and the fact that Mr. "Turner's lather borrowed the money rfom Ueo. W. Swepson to pay ior- the - "Sentinel." Also' the ; fact that Mr. Turner's: lather had ' given a - mortgage in favor of Swepson, which ia now on'the Sentinel" omce. Mr.. VYaring said with these facts:patent to the world, Mr. Turner, was accusing niin and other gentlemen! with colluding" with I Swep son to break him down. " Why," asked Mr. Waring "what have I to do with tiweoson ? I never bad a transaction with him in tny lite, and 1 dely contra diction of the statement. I in the Rings the ' Swepson Rings 1 the Rail road and Printing Rings 1 . .Fellow citizens did you ever Bee my wealth 1 My creditors around here doubtless would be glad to see some of it. tl neither know anything about tbe Rings or ever saw any or tneir 'operations, Littlefield. it is said, was a master of Rings. I voted for an appropriation for his arrest. f 4 '. " ? iki'AA 'J have done nothing, fellow citizens, in the Legislature but what was. open and- above , board. I may have made some mistakes ; I may have committed some errors.. It so, then to you 1 am rcsDonsible and accountable for my "I acknowledge the public ' services- ol Mr: Turner. I think? he r:has done much for tbe party, which I and i th people fully appreciate The question is now. why did not Mr. Turner get the 'Public Printing !"' I know that when tliof. fVimmittpp. w!s nnnointeJ live or Six ot its memoers expressea tueirurei- erence and intention to yote I for Mr.: Turner ; but why did he not get it? Because he failed to support the nom. inee of the party in the Senatorial cam paign. Jiut tor the course 01 tneroen tineH he" believed 'that our gallant! standard bearer, Vance, would now .be the United States Senator., (Mr. Turner here interrupted the speaker,, by saying tli at. hn hnd told the renresentativc irom! Orange, Mr. Jones, Watson, not , to. rote tor Judge Merrimon, but to supporttho party nominee.' Mr. Waring continued. But vou did not Bay. that in your paperl I believe if i you bad . done so, the result ' would . have r been -, : quite the reverse. Mr. ? Turner had a rlsht to co for whom he pleased tilt the decision ot the party caucus. , Then, as a good party paper, as the organpF-thOj partythe '"Sentinel" should- have en-j dorsed and advocated tbe nominee in its- columns. .But did that paper' doit ? jXoi fellow citizens, his was the Only: pal per in tbe State that refused to support our candidate, and yet he forgets to tel- the people when he . charges upon that PrintiDg Committee .a ' conspiracy to. deprive him of ,the office of Public Printer, that -he filled to endorse the pjarty'a nominee fot Senafot ia, the edi torial columns of the "Sentmel." isow -fallow citizens, to whom did we givetn Publ ic' Printing f To Messrs.; Stone & Jzzell, of the . Dionr ' News, a; paper lat made a most gallant Bgnt in that Memorable Senatorial catnpaign.' These jentlemen commenced the publication ojf the News in Raleigh on their own book. The camejrom Weidon, where they founded and published the "Koan- dkc" MpJfpgr trtgeBerfc ice ln-eyer j ..painpaign since, the war.:; Ik is a' 'weUTkhdwn fact Id v'that sect&ni that thevt were, on-one occasion threat-! ekied with arrest byfJoy'ern6r II61dcn ijf they didi 110 jecasejttheir bitter at-j tacks upon the State administration! thev were '-ndt tof'ieftiffhtenea.ifraui: old and' ; fearless 1 evtxi a ; He'sald.' unce the establishment of the Dah.it ews in Raleigh: 'pa per-had grown o.pidlyfboUxasrecar.d.aAlM?Jruia.ft nd extent or 'its ciroalatwn,. ii tliB -i mfiunil Aii M,( crTvirpi hrtff (eputation of Capt. S. t1.' Williauis the. lOticreditofwhi,' in ,; 1868j?wa3 the onservativDemocrat3C 'cnb'd&'pir, Eongress iri n'Tbttrth'-Distric' ..and adeli'gallanfighltitf.: that torloro campaign against thefcotorious Deweese j He 'relerred lso to the war record of the Messrs.' Stone and Uzzell, Propriijj JLora $f) theJNBwsfA yhoj for fourjea breasted the'storm of war iti defence"i)f Southern Independence, - and - bothCf jwhom now bear on tbeir perspns honttf kble scars received in.battieJ VHs ('Mt, Turner done more ? ' j 'Mr; "?iiWarihg-r then 4itferredi. LoJiho Icharires ' made - b'v- Mr' Ttrrnerl- that the !Proprietors of the Newet were badked v. : . tri. J bentmel." Mr. Stone did offer to buy from Mri.Tarner'JtheyBentineL,LfJMti fTurner relused to sell. ' The proposition t'was made., by: Mrj Tnrnet- to lease to ; Stone, after.-the, News was established at Raleigh. . ;."f . ' f Alter reviewingu ine several, icaarges . 1 r tit J 1 I tnuae agains uuo, jut. n uruig jsum u .rfiHI tiAt- rnitiiV'hrft to "WMftnd himnfilf 'ilia acta were ' .hot hid . from his con- hot hid If they-disapproved of his -t here he. wastnterrnpted. 'by Dn-C. J. Fox, who ..mounted the stand and , said "Fellow citizens; 1 1 have in my hand a resolution prepared bv a number of Senator Warinz's consti-r submit to you for adoption or rejection. He read as lollows: " Ilemved, We the citizens . j. of ;, Mecklenburg county,' fully endorse' the action ot our Repre' sentattve, K, P. , Waring, in. the matter of public printing." . . '"' . v. The vote was taken,' and every voice in tne -crowd responded, rveu vi ne negative was taken, and not a dissenting voice was heard. Col. Waring then left the stand amid the shouts und applause ot his friends, and the crowd generally dispersed. Mr. T. ascended the stand, and rejoined, after the unanimous ap-; proval of Senator Waring s .course. , A yote was proposed by him to those of the assemblage'who remained about the stand, but the crowd refiucd to take any action, either of aporoval or disap proval of his question. .'.-"-' V ' Remarks , of Mr.' Cunningham, ! Person, in the State Senate, on Constitntional Itelorm, Delivered on tbe 6th last, .i (. . ; a' Mr. President: One of the issues be- fore my constituents in the last State election was that of Constitutional amendments. ' It is very evident that this subject is one of profound interest to the people all over the State ; and I think I hazard nothing when I say if it can be placed on its merits, divested of l matter, and party feelings and prejudice, the sentiment in favor of change would be overwhelming. Opposition to amend ment naturally springs up in the breasts of a certain class irom an -honestly mis taken view of the origin of the desire for change.. ; It is inferred that the pur pose originates in partizan feeling, and that revision mean3 condemnation of those who framed tbe' Constitution and their adherents.. This suspicion, I say, is : natural, 'at such a ti'mej and under our present circumstances. The fundamen tal law was framed and adopted, most unfortunately, in the midst' of violent political dissensions; it has been m. operation but a short time, and the passions at work when it came" into being arc still at a red beat, and every "question of public policy is affected by ; them. If the Constitution -were older than it' is' it would still be bard ' to dis;- cuss its merit without touching feelings i that are how pecuharly:: sensitive! "but it sprung into life a lew years" ago, and the very persons who consider it as their tion'ate 'still prominent ia the affairs creation oftbecouniryi ri be excitements ot.. the present must pass away before wc can all look at this subject witbou: piejudice; but if there are eviU ttemanding remedies is tne I conn try to suffsr until a new generation comes on the stage I Thesu uety .evis will then be'TortifieaJby, the veneration excited by age, and thus the far future,' like thewefcent' vCiIIfiBttat Aliflicuit to secure reform. Peihaps it is-well .that; mere is always an lusiinciivu ureau ui constitutional .changes:; it is not safe to be ever tampering with .the organic law ot the State, and it 19 best to have thi3 simple, brief, and universally ' kaown and understood. . . . .. . I make these remarks that the party- from which our present Constitution sprung, and .that all parties and persons may understand. my motive?. . I am pre-; Dareci to make allowances for what H regard as - mere ; 'prt-jadices against changes, and :lH claim for myself thej same .liberal consideration. I wish ' to appear; in my true character when I' advocate Constitutional Amendments: jl; would have those who differ with me in politics to be assured that'.when I come to the discussion of. oar organic law, I know no party, and aim only at 'the public good. 1 respect' the sensitive ness uf those who framed the Const it a-, tion as it ii; but while " say lrankl, to these and to all their supporters, that I; do not mean to rebulce them as unjust, unpatriotic or bhndta.by party prejn dices. I do not hesitate to express the opinion that they were not infallible.! They needed more tnm common wisuom, they would have .been superior to most of their race if they would have wisely and dispassionately.' legislated ' in the; midst OI IDS OOllJDg ' pabsjono -v uiu characterized' "thetiniisLandiif there' had been then o party; and no political excitement, it was a very-, grtat task to wipe out the municipal; systemsof ages? - . lvm an nM nonnla into! - n pW coTp,9rfe;cxu;tencc.'J It is seldom in tiiej history of. our race, that such feats have to bo eccomplished, and to expect pert, fection- at one "cfiort, .invthis tremendous etterprise, ii to look for powers; which dp hot belong to ;man 3n his highest eitatec - It - is, therefdreT no severe- iml pcachrnetttioir those who 1 iramed our fundamental 1awr' to assert that it is de fective, ui .they. themselves: will best njerjt the reputation: fap wisdom, and patribtisfflt 'Which all ; good men desire, . by exhibiting t consciousness lofthe greatness nt thciB undertaking ) andnbf tjieiMiability tat enot by, being ready arid anxious ta discover and rectify mis. takes:- I concede. Jib thenx honesty and publ ie i spiri tj arid V considering s them Uoaest and patriotic, I expect to tee : tpetQ . acting ia coisistence .with: this cfcAleterV"tby Reining- in! ("efforts i to rbnder more perfect the .suoremd iaw of t durlaadr and I have a right to: call on : mem toid "in- promoting . tbe poblio good, at honor: them.v by . expecting to aefttheta Isstenriwi.th" patience to object tioris aad join withjftlactity ln-renioving grieVaheeeiXiii When l they do" this, : only. naCTow-rhJadediblgots rwilla say Ithey hatd;ttt1tined themselves; All sensible people eow'and in coining generations will regard them with the more. respect ind will consider them as pr6ving their claiih'W seful statesmanship. "To err j is human,"t- be willing to see and rec- i iiff ju erors is the ' highest wisdom1 of -i mani'.Surely, ihen," t 'dqpbt: appeal in Vain Jo men, of allspaTties,j7coniieitp the consideration pf.CoDstitutionaJ ret , form without passion or prejudice,' and, jto remember, -in this- matter we are not j jworking foi,-!party or against .it,wo are no eondeninifig- men, . but, seejdng ' to pedure the 'permanent proeperiiy ol' all '-T am, r;Mn-; president,"-Jrvery - clear in niyjudgTehtf,that dur ronstittitioh'is' defective' and thd defects are5 sd grave", that they' denrahd1 the immediate atten !tfon;T of - every tiatrfoi.'' vlts : ends lire6 gooa, ancr not one' or toeae ' would, Itbich; -'fiqual and' impartial5 rights every class, ''rrace 'and individual ;' are proposed ; and should be most sacredly' maintained, on these pbinti we -are all agreed. ; We want a' government of law, andfun'der ' which1 all'' are politically equal. lTX6' Question - affecting ",th ese! subjects ehould bcmaintained.and none( I am' sure iirJbe7 raised ' by aiiy one entitled to a' "respectfnl'hearingl " But,' Mr. President, a' constitution may aim, at tbese'ahd still bo' very defective, and; ours is now, generally felt and sadly felt, to be a case in point. The objec tions to it may be summed up in two general statements!, and would bo' prac tically sustained 'it the' persons , who framed it "were now, after the experience we haye gained, to sit in free and open Convention.; ;' 7 " V';: ' J u It is too cumbrous and it is too ex. -pensive ; ,it is so prolix and intricate in wording, and provides for sucb a need lessly expensive polity ,that it ought to be entirely revised , by a new Convention ; but as this seems to be impracticable in the passing fermentation of party poli tics, we . should aim at the next good within ... our reach,, legislative amend ment. This process is more slow and less sure Legislators cannot,. like mem bers of a Convention,' give their whole time to such matters, but they can and should accomplish: something. , It is better to secure a partial reform than none at all ; and on this account I con sider it pur duty to give our earnest attention to Constitutional amendments. I greatly prefer : to pass at once on all the points ; before the people . in the late State election. They "are allim portant. all proved by experience to be worthy ot immediate action. :r j , It is evident that our Constitution is so compjex, so obscure in some, points and so intricate iu others, tha: it cannot .bccpine, as all Constitutions ought to be, a familiar subject to 'the popular mind. - Indeed, our fundamental law ought to be so plain that he may run who reads it, and so terse, comprehen sive, and laminar in terms tuat it will nass into popular maxims, and .house hold words,, and be incorporated into our modes of thought,and into our very system of common conversation. ;We should aim at sucn brevity, simplicity, perspicuity and . happiness . of. expres- sion,and never be satisfied till we attain ed it ; lor no Constitution is sacred and uvea and acts in all the - movements ot society that cannot be graven on th; popular heart, much . less one that re quires a volume to hold, and that only proiessionai lawyers can understand. ; . r This branch of the subject may be disposed of by stating what we need, and then pointing to, .what, we Aac we need a manual that the plainest ot our very diversified people can understand, that our children can master among their .first lessons, and thr t cannot be honestly misconstrued by the most illit erate in great and vital questions : and we have one nearly as abstruce as Coke pa Littleton,, long enough to weary ubilosotiher who would reduce it to memory, and sd equivocal rn some fun damehtal; points .that a set of learned and ihgenuoiu lawyers could' plausibly argue it until t ho ablest Judre would be confounded. I willingly agree it was not intended to leave important points in doubt; but we hnd there are such delects, aouDtiess unavoidable in a first attempt, and it is; through such ambiguities that corrup-i tion and tyranny, ever ou the alert, una openings , to the conquest and,, ruin ; of; free States.. ,? -..-,.- .. -. : . ! ;We: now. seo these; breaches, in oar; breastworks, in the walls ol our citadels,' and we know, that freedom and .justice afe ever warred on by a vigilant enemy,; and surely it we are wise we Will at i-nce. repair our wcakfdelences.i'5 ir.j'- : : i But, Mr. President, the second general objection - to : Our Constitution is still more important, and it is one that loudly calls for a relief, and relief at onee;I ' ,eotaiLi a system more . expensive; tlisn our Wantg require, and more heavy'; than our impoverished people can bear ;' indeed, it. authorizes an establishment' more imperial than republican, and that; is not-only opiessivcbut dangeronslo civil Jiberty.T; Sir. thereis a close aiid natural relation between: official extrav agance f and .! royalty, 11 and v between; economy hod ireedonu; Ihh'x i : ! I Liberty is hot protected, but destroyed! oy.inc muiiipucaiion oi oiuces buu ine. increase of : salaries., i ProgTesa; in -thi direction tends Xc the building up ot an official nobility' who 'are'pecsioned bn the' public, and to-the poverty and (degradation of the masses; every day ac customing the. people, to the idea oXa; clftB3if ho are to live in dignified opu lence a an appendage of authority, and; :rwjdenii)g the gulph .betwqen .tne goy-f crnmg and the' governed. ' .1i;,'t j 4 History has yet to find an instance of apeople who lost: their Uberties from the amall number and moderate salaries ot their omciais, but its pages are loaded ; with solemn lessons of the decay of freedom and law,by4hejraultiplicatior( of salaried; elassesWi However. pcor .WQ; ai- if. we can Jc.eep.nnt a government at all'we caOj and ahonhj;! have every drBcer? we actually need, and every -employee ot the State, should be DroDerlv; paid, j But, Mri Presidents all; this", ia clearly possible at avastlyjless expense I than that entailed by our oresentt Con T stitutioaland indeed it is hardy .more 1 uian necessary 10 - aituae la tne matter, a 41. uaa yteaiuiiy uisensseo ueittce me , people: 'ymis iU .CCtio 1 I would mticb; prefer to see. .adopted i all the amendments which - were belore, tbe people in the late State election. I advocated all of .them,; every one seems, to me of importance, and: I hope to Bee . 1. JX 1. 1. 111, m... 1 Odr township eystem is both complex and burdenaome.it to tall VerevolutioQ- izes the; municipal habits of oux people,: thereby causing great coniu&ion without; any Jjood- reason, and I itisi ruinQUslv.'- erpajise. pt the clause 5 a tf regard to. the so-called .ubli . obv-fct Will 'jiot speak--it isuffisient to say that : part which it is proposed to 6trike put is of no use as a defense ot an. honest debt. and will be effective only as a; covering, for fraud.! No State, under the Coustitu-; tionof the United: States, can repudv ate an honest obligation the clause .in the Federal instrument is ample and Effectual, and needs no State guarantee w far as-it 'relates to the obligations which justice and good faith require to be met, and our provision la a doubtful-' ly Worded covert ior transactions. o the kind that have brought us to the-, verge ot ruin.rwiU never bej needed fot the defense of acts of good, JaithtjiAd m be u shelter lot corrupt! appropriations. Experience has proved that biepniaV sessions of the , Legislature larec; ampjy sufficient, and experience also,8how3 that, annual sessions are gederally as long as , biennial,' and thus this latter methods' doubly expensive and offers, no-corre a: ji i m. L - - .... - ponaing gooa wnaiever. ; x-,ri aii i ThnTwwiainm fir & RIaIa ApriRHQ urn useless, and look as if dignified only , tp, make ofiicesaad to lurnish prohtable jobs to individuals at the public expense,. The United States takes a very complete census every ter' years, and to add a State1-census every ten years, - at a post each time of $75,000, looks like a reck less and criminal waste. . ' . i , The proposed amendment in regard to the pay of members of tbe Lcgislar. ture ' would ' .work u a great , and glorious revolution. Before tbe war our sessions did not average 90 days, and as the pay was $3 per day, the : average, salary was about .$250. per session, while the new clause offered , allows an addition of 20 percent, to this. The whole comoensation of! members at $300 each would be (51.000 the whole per diem at. the session of, 18C8r'69, (305 days long at $7 per day, for, each mem ber,) was $362,950, more than 7 times the cost ot legislation under the new system offered. Had this plan been iri operation in 186,-' the people would have saved in one year about f -il.uuu in tbe single item ot legislative expenses. Is it wise to refuse 1 means for , such enormous savings to a State on the very brink of bankruptcy t, . J v . : t. . :- Our amendments propose, to abolish an office unknown to us before the war. no more important now than . then,-. proved to be uselctj by experience, and the lolly of ! whidJi . is patent without argument to every man's consciousness. Wa havA fa i laca nnaV1!hf a finnoinnton'. dent of Public Works than, we have of a i Commissioner' of j Agriculture, an Agent of Immigration, a Minister of Commerce, a Secretary, of Mines, and a Superintendent ot Manufactures; and who would advocate all or any of these offices with salaries -. The . proposed clauses in regard to Judges would, by no means make our judicial force too small, as the experience of many years of a wise, honest, efficient and fathful. ad ministration of justice demonstrates and they would save the salaries of five 'Judges, no mean amount to a people so impoverished that the masses ot them are likely soon to have no interest in our Courts, as they will be ; too poor . to go to law." The more taxes i the citizen pays for Judges, the more . lie will be a prey to wrong and lawlessness, as the less means he will have to . enable him to appeal to and to stand in the public tribunals i and it is a cruel mockery to take all a man has to support Judges from whose Courts be ; is excluded by poverty thus brought on bim..?.; --- Mr. President, my time will not' per mit me to enter into a lull discussion ot our Constitutional provisions in regard to the interest on the State debt ; . but the subject is Of tool great : importance to be passed over, in silence. This part of our fundamental law has been so far! disregarded, and disregarded Irom - the highest' law of nature -stern, absolute! necessity. It make a requirement in the face of one of the oldest' and most universal maXims.-i" Solomon,", it is said, "was the wisest man, and Sampson the strongest,"1 but neither of I them could pay money when he did not have it and could net gee it - and yet this is exactly what our Constitution (requires us to dd. ' We can flow barely keep our State machinery moving; and here is an absolute command to raise two millions! of- dollars for interest "alouej: jAs it stands,; it greatly impairs ! our-credit abroad ; it enjoins rhat is ' not donc anfl cannot be done,, and thus the distant public seeing; thia ciause, "iud; our action, infer either that we are deal' broke,,or that our State officials . are Utterly reckless of Constitutional obli-f gallons. 1 Either inference is ruinous toj our credit, and helps to . increase our iniabiiity tQ redeem our finances ; and the clause ought at once to be changed from its peremptory! character , to ttrins, which .will rallow the , Legislatture' to; act on its' judgment asUo what can bej doneat any given timtp -T" ,'t'l:. i Thislwill . 'relieve! our honor; and our. credit, and" cleliyerj the people ' from a diirk.cloud that pbsenrcs the , whole horizon of hope ; and I cannot but trust that there will be some judicious action in this case so eme.rgent. so: wortliy oi our immediate and uinst arucst atien- "tit":' i.--. j; sec: Vi' of AftXivj tion. . ... .. .. ,,. ' Iti is proposed in to provide that no one shall 'hold tunre than one lucrative, omce.at oncu,wb:hfi part of the office be .national or not i and surely i is .' not necessary to argu4 the wisdom'and justice of su3h a policy The sense of official dnty is relaxed bi an opposite course now., tolerated men are permitted, from the greed of gain',' td occupy positions to au pit wnicn tne canpot be faithful and a, State bavin; Ssalar, td'wialQ diWharge a'State' isklary, to the'eares 'ahd resnsibiiities bjooor' and interests to so; extent which the words ol our language will s hardly characterize..; ; '' '-: : I Mr." Presidetffi none if these Samettd-mcnfs-affeci thefights bf any. ' Every dna.iti Xheni is snpported sj the plainest nitmosJUsaataBtial consideration of bublidinterest of economy and juitice V fjhe will be" of effect only 1 when ritifiVd $y the poTopie and why not bring- them, lelort tbMaiMSenied.ti-;.' : tuy jliiWoukt i,ke.. to - see. many other feiorm iocept ttterat villUke part or these if I cannot get ill ; indeed au impcialiTeis-thfrdemund, fflay jtrfgjntf6rojrmrthA J jWill ake whatever. rJWafiUTO of, it I can get. ABdnbope au Jabor br others.; rather ,nan resign . myseu ami my peoRic to fiair-Sl 'f"iiIii. . Remarks of Senator Worth of Ran- aoipn, on ' tne- constitauonal AmeadAieats, Delivered on the 6th iast. .. ; t,-v-vij ..- Tili J PnESlDENT : Th o; ' gentleman jfrbht -Bea'ofbrti' -hi - his concluding re marka,r having firmly stated that he knew that- a very large majority of the people "of, North Carolina were in favor of many of the proposed amendments to the Constitution,; and . that he was de termined not td be. bound by any cauci f ior patty leaders; he was ready and re solved to .vote, for such amendments!, as wished, c ihide me 'feel1 like shout-' iHgtime hadcomafK-fff ,!,.. -Mcl President. , that, Constitutional Amendttient question, .has been made, aparty J uestiohfiydring1 the can vass Jiast?ummer'; in all my part of the Stated the principal question: , raised against it. Was, that it was not submit ted to the people, i.n. sections ipstead of a'whbie, the canvassers," dfteh illustrat ihg by' staying' that to'gct! twelve good Ellis they had 'to 'swallow! six bad: ones., ;8ub.mitt?.d in sections, they were content.- . r,. ,.A.'Lvi ."r '' Ji'f : ''" How. docs I 'the' mattc'f stand to-tlay t' A'" 'Committee ! of six teen, eight from' each political' i party, was J. appointed;, at i. the-, suggestion of the Democratic side ot the House, to consider the matter. V At the first meet ing of the Committee I pro posed,' as this had been a party matter, to compromise thus :; . If you will agree to pass the bill a3 a. whole, to avoid any Constitutional quibble, you may divide it to be sub mitted to the people in as many divis ions as you wish, and we will go for it ; nearly every member of the Committee agreed that tbe proposition was fair. and that they were disposed to agree to it, but postponed? action for1 another meeting. tThat night the Republicans held a. caucus, and, s far as they had the power, ruled their party into a pledge ' against all! the" "proposed Amendments. The organ of the oarty opened with a strong , recommendation tuat; au ;!nands .5 yote ; agauac every Amendment every time. The Committee of, 16 met again and agreed to submit the Amendments in 18 different sections. As soon as the subject comes up' the Senator irom Pasquotank opens against ail the amendments, and intimates . that to disturb the Constitution will make another ' war, and goes ' on at length with a rehash of the last Summer's speeches in the canvasd.1 : Next follows the Senator Irom Wake, saying that there are some things in- the proposed amendments that ho : approves, . but it there has to be another election next Summer to ratify the amendments,, ho is ! against the whole thing. ? Now, sir, it is plain to be seen that the whole argu ment is mere pretext and quibble, and, that they are determined, if possible, to J . C . . 1 . . -. . 1 .1.' . - t : ueiuat iue wuoie ming, ou amitvr iu What shape it may be Dnt. i ;Now, air, 11 we fail to get any part of. the amend : . . J . , . j ...... :. -1 -. I menia passeu aitms session, ineu n 13 tod late to prevent taking the census of 1875, and you have; another 75 or 100 thousand dollars wksted for nothing.. I am glad; sir that there are a few of-the ReDublican Dartv that cannot be whip ped intd voting against what they know; the whole people ot the ' State wish Sir, the great trouble about getting them up to the scratch is the Judiciary. They, have a great many; Judges with good salaries, long terms, and a holding over clause for two years,' and they aro de- termined -to hold on if it is possible.1 to. sir. after air our propositions- for concession and compromise, we have to fight it out on square party ground.-! I know. sir. a very large part of the Re-j publican party in my part of . the State are pledged for the amendments, it sub mitted in sections as now proposed, and many of them have declared in favor of the clause, diminishing the number of; Judicial Districts, ': ' -'" "'" .. -A ' Oxford Items. Our Oxford corres respondent', under date of yesterday ( sive3 us the followinff'items :' r Kcv. A. D,' Cohen and ; family have arrived in Oxford. ' Mr., Cotitnv will, at A very, earlv day. receive inmates at St. John's Orphan Asvlum. We have heard of several orphan children, who intend availina' themselves t of this, favorable "ffV. mu-vj w. Tj aaa ot .mung ,iuemseives,xot uueiuiue&s. 15 ft. 1 flu, Aju-Kfi,'ai.m" -nf Rtl John's Collese for the biineCt ol the orphans, cffNorth Carolina, was a noble exhtbitlon of charity on the part of the MasonfCyfrateruity, anA fhJ1 tI)e highest commenaat:on., - - . . , ,4;The,Express office at this pbec w'a4 robbed a tew. (lavs ago ol tvi o pcKages ot monev. coatainin-',, about two bun' drcd dollars in allOne ol the paf-Kages beloosvd to J. L, Jones, Esq., and, the other to AValker Mitchell, Esq. Certain circumstances have conspired to fasten suspicion strongly on Ferry Skidiuore,. a colored, maty- woo, is , gcncrany cn known to our citizens. , Ferry has been lodged in iaiL and , as he . pro vses to possess i supernatural powers, uesays ue will Ci:ue ut in three das. ,ttIIi3 eecen triciiiea Tor s-imc months past warrant the belief that his" mind is disordered, -': -'. - Q " ' " . ;;r;'Mr.1KE'mryha9 been' ,: appointed SuperiiAeudeaTorthe Iloanoke ntid Tur iw)ti ui .Mi" u.i t J;,i-; ,i 1 Mr. Abrrtbaui Martin died la.-t wek at bis resideucu iu Ayeraville, Hocking; baa) jpowt jf sgtu oyer iw , -A colored boy' named JRiclurd IIAll, was sent by a: .gentleman to--WHming- too to the post omce on toe evening of the 26th ot December, And sinae which time.hfl haaiBotibecn hoard ot-HT' j " EdgewmbViiAunty paid $7973 fcran "dy fax in bnc season.' ' ' ' r s ' a in our iunaamentai iaw put u I cari'-get' Only these, "for one I will :and Wait: Ir mothers, f; I JST0. 47- ;. -. COLFAX DRAMATIZED.:" I The Credit Mobilier exposures Lave produced "some Very " fine 'parodies and metrical, divertis'emcnts7' bcitrecn ' the scenes of the investigation now going on !n jWasnington City. The following from the Louisville ; Courier-Journal !is, e think, the best of the kind that fho f y. 'it. drami has yet produced. As a Sbakspearian imitation, ;"we have rarely seen' its equal,' and'wo think our readers'- will enjoy the bom-thtusts ad ministered to tne smiting' vice Presi dent, who TcCently delivered a lecture io the Young Men's Christian Associa tion at Philadelphia ; ' t ' tFrom the Louisville Courier Journal.' ' JULIUS COLFAX. -jl New Version of ,a Familiar Pas-. "... r .JV . ! , ; "I,..,. 1 Scksk 1. The-Market place. of South Ben a Enter Schuyler with crowd of cltl tens Behuyler ascends the rostrum, . - , First Citlsen Th noble Schuyler is "as? ' eended. Silence ! - ; -IScanyler Friends, iiooslers and country- men, lend me your ears; - I come to plead for Sohuyler not to praise -i him; - For sons of Beelzebub, with tongues ef gall, Charge that yeur darling Schayler love ill f - gain, - ' ' . ' .. And In his secret coffers heapeth gold Bestewed upon him fcy lils brother Ames. ' Credit MobUler and Facino bonds . He pulls out his handkeschief and weeps. Plrst Citizen Poor soul I his eyes are as red I as fire wltn weeping-. Second Citizen There ia not a nobler man ! in South Bend than Schuyler. Third Citisen Not one who dislikes money more. First Citizen Nor one who loves office less. oond Citizen Now marfc blni, he begins ! again to speak. Schuyler You all did love me once, not i- . without caase: - ! What cause withnoldg yon now to love me still? . O Judgment f thon art fled to brutish beasts. man men nave lost ttneix. reason j liear ; My heart's In Philadelphia now with Grant, A.UQ. i must, pause 1111 it comes dock to me-. First Citizen Methinks there is much rea- son in nis eavlnei! . .- Second Citizen If we consider rightly ct. the matter. Schuyler has had great wrong Peace ! he speaks. Schuyler You all do know I olt was beg ged to run For President and for Vice-President, - And 011 1 did refuse was this ambitious? When that the poor have cried, Schuyler - hath went : - ' -- - - t When that your women smiled, Schuyler- First Citizen MarklSyeh&rwords, he wouldn't ran for office : -v Therefore, 'tis certain he was not ambitious; jsFcona citizen Me jtissea my paoy. therefore he Is not nroud? Third Citizen And oft ho rocked my in liuit in his laD. v And oft with comfits stopped its lKle cries. xnere was a ucnuyier ; wnen : cornea suou anoiner t Schuyler And shall such men say I have - an itching naliu. . And sell my vote for gold? And shall 1 now -'.-. t -Contaminate my fingers with boso bribes, And. sell the mighty share of my large honors? , I'd rather be a dog and bay the. moon Than such a Schayler! Exeunt omnts. ibCKNR 11. rime, mianignt. senate (Jtiam ber. , Present, Ames, Schuyler, Patterson and others. MeDhistonhiles in the rear. jingling a bag Of coin. lt tecnuyier ue not airau, mis cnamuei;f full of noises. Sounds and sweet airs that give delight and nurt noc y Sometimes I fall asleep, and then in dr earn ing. .-' The clouds, methinks. do open and show . ricnes. Steady to drop upon me; that when I wake I cry to dream again. - Ames lniswiu prove a orave cnamoer . ior vou : - - - When you shall draw dividends for noth ing. - - - .t- on ue lame a Dunuie or ureuit Mobilier bonds, printed in gold. sjcnuyier u, K.ing Oakes i O, peer! O, worthv Ames 1 Look what a glittering treasure have wo: nere i " Patterson This bond Is mine. , Schuyler Nay, put it down ; by this haud. I'll nave mai Dona. Ames Your Grace shall have it. Mephistophiles AsideVMJo on. I'll lead ,- you inrousn. . Teothed briars, sharp 'furzes, pricking goss and tuorns. And land you in a filth v matted dooI Dancing up to your cnins, im l-oiana comes . . - i Fromtoe to crown xo mi your snins wiiu 1 perches, . I'll sing tne goia nuniers a propuesy. x song "lie nevr smiieu again. ' -t , Exeunt omues. t THE RTJ. KLTJ X TO DONEO, BE PAK- Our dispatches infor u?, it is be lieved in Washington that nearly all tha Ka-klux prisoner now in confliiement will be pardoned very soon. It is stated in the same dispatch that the Govern ment will prosecute vigorously all new instances of Kuklux persecutions and that all appeals for mercy and leniency for-future acts of violence will be regarded with disfavor by the President. The above intelligence is a strong ari gumant in favor ol the North Carolina Amnesty Billt whichcomes up for action in the House of Representatives to inorrow. ; . If the Federal Government will soon pardon the individuals who were? tried and convicted be tore the Ccnrts of Kii Klux crime?; surely ihe North Carolira Legislature will hot be less mercifully disposed towards their o wn fellow citizens. ' ' 1 ' v ' Although we know that in, many in stances, the trials in the Federal Courts have been little less than mere f;;rce?, and that by the wiU coustructioa given.by the Federal Judgca to the Enforcement Acts of Congress, many pe3tns who havu been found guilty of constructive violence "anl corpira-v ; j et we are p'crtst d 1 6 sec a sins j - ot ret u ro-ln'g j us -lice HHun letted by the Admi listraticn, as fort-shadowed by our Wnshinloo dispatchi-9. - ' Public sentiment at the North is fast moving ia in ne chaiitablo currents. The recent action of the lon er Ilougc of Congress in restoring the names of the Southern veteran s of the war of 1812 to the pension roll?,'. am! ''the liberal and pitriotic spicche-r" delivered by such Iiepubliearis froui.i he Noi t!i as Farns ' worth, Bingham. .-and Willird, to Say nothing of the t-HVii Vof UulTcr, of Mas sachusetts, ' in favor pvnsbminji, the rebels," tend to 4muy thai bs.teihcss and prejudice at t lie Cortli rc dving out and that vengeance cud p.ilui.cal malice are giving place t-j higher and nobler sentiments., -r ; . . 4 . . , . ' tforth Carolina Radicalism should no bf fmorc ,v vindictive : and ; tvrhical than Northern Republicanism, "Vix. ? The President ' will seOn; pardon all j- - - 555 -THE .:EEKLT"NBWa" '"t ' ' r ' ' - . ; i n ratjsof adtertising. 1 One8qaare,oh4nsertlon ti Oft One square, two lueertiona -1 60 r One siuaret three insertions... s Co One square, four lnsertHMis..wfcW One square, three monUjs.h,...,. 22 A f ' One square, six inonths ' io w One square, twelve iuouUih.;"", li 04 I For larjrei' adveftlsemente Uberat-con-j tracts will be m;ide. Ten lines solid noo. the Ki u Klux prisoncrsj ; Will not thqj North' Carolina; Lcgi$Uue, , rcxhibit. y the same spirit to their own. people by passing the . Amnesty Bill vnovfbefore " fhe Legislature?; ;-? J; !".''." NOItTU CAROLIJJTA i Last wetk Wilmington had ,;tl!.sat- isf action of seeing 16$ cirtain its mar-' ' ' '-:-v-! f '"'.M '-'fn tiki f f li. : f The Register of Deeds of Kw Hano ver issued "lr marriage .licenses last Week,'. !' v . VU . t j.l .-4, JrjI.4rU' The house of LL Q.EsteesEdgocombo'i county, was destroyed by fire ou Friday j - It took last week' 51 beefcs,.?3:hoss and 5 sheep to, eatiaiy the .hungec.ot The Milton Cfyroniela says M.lho ( man ,vho runs two saw milk and' does "our is hting is i now ready for busiBess.Mt aconic, that. Davidson Col ego has 1C3 students." All thestudents fare in one of the four 4 college - elassesv 1 1 here .4)eing n prfr Wilmington came near baviriff a 'first : claui accidnnt otpt a. lcnrospnA Inmn f-r.. plo8ion,which topk place in Mr, Steven- on's boarding house en Saturday-. " -,u Tho Commissioners- of McoklenbUrff county intend"memoriilizTg the Legislat ture to autlnorizo them to sell the present county jail imd to ercct'a riew ouc.s A . colored prisouer named Geo.- Green, made. his lescape from, custody while being taken from tho Court house'. - in Wilmington to the jail. lie 'was charged with bigamy. ' The Southern? Home 'learns. of! an ' accident in Gaston county by whloha Mr. William Killian was killed,- The unfortunate man and . his jon were riding in a I' wacron. which ' was na'ct.? and Mr. Killian i being "caught beneathi it, was crushed tjo deaths j,;; ' y.j4; ; t: The Charlotte! Democrat' alluding to. the late protest made by Representa tives It. C, liadgcr and others, against, the paying ol McQueen for killing one ot theitobeson .county outlaws. ; says i "Wonder if Mri. Badger and his coU leagues are not opposed to tying the feel; of chickens together when, being -con-, veyed : to I maikct ? Those that havC tears to shed may shed them now." '-' 4 Says the Goldsboro'Jcsfnftfr .v On the 1st instu, two colorcd men and Lewis. Sanders, delivered to Sheriff Taylor at Snow IliUJ the negro Octavious Carra- way, Aviioi last fail killed, tho colored girl Susan llhodcs, near La Grange. The murderer when found was' in a dying condition from from exposure severe cold contracted , iwhile laying out in the woods, lie died in tiitf'jail at hnow , Ilil! on theS follqwin uay. ft Destruction - from a Cyclone - AsriNwki.h, January 20. A eyefone here caused ! great destruction. The stbrm was so sudden that many vessels in the bay and at the wharves, wera unable to get to. sea and were wrecked. The steamships generally escaped. A thrco masted schooner, the Royal Arch of Boston with coal for the Pa cific Mail Steamship Company, was driven stern Brst through the Compa-. ny's mole, at which she was lying. , . The- barque lUnent, ol lioston, went at French j wharf and wrecked it, as well as herself., ';;,! ' -v , 'A. The schooner,,' C. II. Kellcy, of Boa- ton, broke adrjft and went on. shore, but may possibly be gotten on. The Halifax! schooner, J. W. Halls," fell afoul of the French steamer, and suffered some jdntnagc.' Other sailing vessel wcro BaVed, principally, by the active exertions of the Panumu railroad people, v j The damage done tho Pacific Mail wharf,' with whiale.oil and other produce ou it, cannot be less than three hundred thouiaudjilollaK . ,-, ' ;.; , . One -'-half of the French wharf was carried away, with two car loads of indigo tlijat were, on iti; - - s The Liverpool Company' wharf suf fered muih irobi the barquo which whs laying u'jmsidc of it wheu the stoira conimtnccd. ' j 1 '' ' l ' It may be as;eitc;l that r. there is not a sound wharf to day iu App'.nwall. ; Three filiall coasting Bchooners were sunk at their mooring. Very fortunately the fhnry Chaun cey was kept outside, and ihusfcaped tho storm in the haibor. ' - . Cccria Fiuanct'H. ; Atlanta, Ftb. 11. Husjiell S ye, ol New .York. Jurites Cliaries. Nutng, Chairman of tlie ILiuae Finaute Coin- mitlee. ins before tin ;eilature Atiiborizir.,. the iittuK Hi t'ltUaK'U-' tV Il'l'l:ll1- tll'.Ur.Uil civ He asys he b A iti unobjectionable !- !i;?iatioiirtTiitbe irtH'iV a bond3 of Georgia " cnuM tliest-tiniCt rcrl before tlieJSta be tl:4p3ed fi c-iuie.' i- 2tew k or f in . Luropc, , alprico that the at cy thti:j: iw emit aiut influenaa! State off Georgia wbj entitled o cum mnnd. John A. Stewart. Duncan Sher man, Mortott Bits. & Co.. Duji-i z Co., concur iu the viewa . - ltii-il Sage. " Tli5 Joint l'inan Cnmnui; of -' boUi IEotist-8 arc consideiauig the ; liietsage"-) from tho -ifjovenior, in reSw-'utte'to Lu .financial c nditiiju of of tJie , State .Tl.e views of' p he Kiim;mdr nuiVnn&VM. will lie fcrven to-, night in confjiltiitioo with tu Commit tee. Tiitre ict a feeling to levy a dirtct tax on peop'4 lor tiireoiilliori if dl hr3. rather than recognize the bonds repudiated b the last Legislature. i Spain aRepablie WAsnnrGTOir, February 11. Stcrc tary Fish received a dispatch i'r.m Gtn. Sickles,; at Madrid, at 8 o'clock tonight, that the Cortes nss adopted a Hepubli can form of govtrnment by a yir.of 2.19 to 33. . :i - - The Erie Stock. New Yohk, Feb. 11. The uie nas declared a dividend ot tm and one- half per; dent on prefcrrj and one and three quarters per oi common stock. The nc ts ff; the-, road for tho year prfiVtvKQ jmfiion. Iition of the" Death, Penalty in - - Missouri.' ' - ' .'.- I St. Locis, February 11. The Senate has passed a! bill authorizing juries' to institute liJe imprisonment tor the 1 cam penalty. v; i ,.ty