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; r ;, it 4 ' i I X 4 ii. MP P.: l7 !! tt- i THE SENTINEL. t-.it it or. i:ato Kaiuri'iit) twntnu, I VI. , IMtt. Eeleif Bill Pound ! We ura glad to announce to cut t jdcis, that the Ilousf, to-day, l'V a strong vote, pasKcl the Relief dill, which pas cd the Sennit' on vester. .lav. after a alight amendment, end attti anls, the Senate cmirr. I in the amendment, and the I'ill became a 1 1" Th late hi ur ,.t its i.itiihatioii ,c lear.will prevent our giving i; In n r tenders tin eve ning. B we d. signed t. do. We must, there -Lire. content ourstrivis until Monday, with giving h brief notice of in character. The bill was a rtmmt of various proposition wbicli had been referred to the Judiciary com mittee, and sc nis to have been the only mea sure of pliant relief foi the people, which could be devised in in eordance with the viewa of the Legislature. We understand that the I'ill amentia the Convention Stay Law, and postpouca the col lection ol all judgment auJ txet -uliona until lMa, obtained in the Cmirta. and provides that it debtora will, at the expiration of the atay granted 1t tliia I'ill, go forward auil pay the tenth part of the debt and iuterest, at that time, tho all process ia suspended, no that the lollettion ol the balance cannot he forced until 16!'. The bill also n stores the jurisdic tion ol magistrates to f 10(1 and under, but stavs a magistrate a judgment to twelve instead ol six inotitl. Not having aeer t, 'he I i ' i . i ii r ii"tii e inav be incorrect iu some j confined to oniy a t. w received our itil.-iiuati l'j-ii ul.tr. Iu la t it ia of ita provision, having n troin parties; who were present at its p iss age but did not nad it. At all t tciils, il u.ay U taken tor granted, that the bill arrests, no'e $ roUn; the collection of all debts, designated by the Convention. Stay Law, until 1909, even thmjgh judgmente may have been alreadT obtained. The National Gongma. This body is evidently becoming more inde pendent ol thoae wbo have bitberto claimed to lead. The courae of Mr. Stevena especially, baa indirated very strongly, tbat he thought be bad the Honae in bis breeches pocket. Recently, be baa been made lo fetl that be waa not omnipo tent in that Isjily, and that beyond the CO ' tiona and purfiua f abai body, be could not lead it. The vote on yesterday, on Mr. Stevens' call for tbe previous question, upon, the milita ry bdl from the rerohf ruction committee, waa Efficient to teach him that hh glory baa de parted, and that the party doea not yield ob sequiously to the crack of hia whip. It ia rumored that the proposi ion to place tbe Southern 9'ates under military rule and in fact to revive the v. ar against our deftnceleaa people, waa gotten up to" check mate and dia coarage those who l.J given aome countenance to tbe new plan ol reconstruction, recently aug gested bv Southern gentlemen. It thii idea be correc. it indilatta tbat ultra radicals feel aome apprehension of a modification of the temper of the North, and of a growing spirit ot con aerratiem among tbe Northern people. God grant that it may bp an. J It is suggestive also, to all conservative men North andSt'Uth, ol tbe importance of a uuited and persistent effort to do what they can to a icouraga thai pirit. Chief Justice Chase at Philadelphia, and Mr. Wade at Memphis, when j ll'.y declared tht' as tbe South could not or I . would not accept the Howard amendment, a i plan wbicfi Ibey regarded as exceedingly mijd , arid const rvativr, that the South should sabmit 1 a plan, it seems, meant wha: they aid, and only ; '.ndicated their ar.xifty for reconciliation and adjaatuient. It is palpable, tbat ultra men among the Uepublicars are not ready for sr ttle- 1 ment. They neither desire nor seek it, ami de sign to put it off as long as possible, but thn body of the people of the North cannot, wo , tbink, sympathize with that feeling. Kvcry principle of sound reason, of interest and pa triotism, must prompt very good itir.-n to de sire it. Eftect or Co.m.rf.ssionai. Actios. Tbe Philadelphia Aiittrtcan, (Republican) speakrng ot tbe genoral prostration of business, attributes it in a great measure, to the political eicttement kept up by tbe pr"erjt Congress, and thtr pros- . ect ot its coniiuuance by the meeting of the neit Congress on the 4th of March next. The . neglect of Congress to Attend to the buines in terests of the country, it thinks will prevent the revival of trade. The UjuTertity Agricultural Scrip. Tb bfll granting tbe benefits of the Ag- j tieultural scrip to tbe University of the State, paused the House on yesterday and the Senate i today. The lnends of the University will be grafified at this result, hi, i the public w ill b ' gratirietl tbat tbe bid requires tbe University to give tuition and room nut free of charge, to one student from every County in the State, to be deaignated by the County t'ourt. ScsreIi.- Wt learn tbat Air. IJoideu, the editor of the Standard, left the city last Ijoigbt m post baste for Washington. There's a screw -j loose no doubt, but it ia paat mending by tbe I Ei. P 0. We learn that be is about aa well known in Washington, as be ia in 'North Caro lina. Vis. learn that Mi. Ii. F. Frslrv has sold two I huiid.i,;: kit ton Muiu. htttecu Iuois aud Fisher Streets, tor the tery, handsome sum of $100 per I, ot. trout M' sr. Biti ng 4 Co are the por- i tba-tr-, who upeci to improve tbejn. halt. ' IUmitr. 1 j Wnirntp -L. Spell, of Alamance, who waa i arresu d lo.ri. some tiriit- emu-, charged with ,' having -to!, n a Icr-e Irom A. t Carter, had a ' bearing la-lore the County Court, lust Wednea lSr4 guilty crfcUrg. wb,pp Ml. Atniter. t. S ' . , j 1 ' - - - -y '"" 1 ' " ' - . , .... .- hoeth casolej a legislattjbe. Si KaTE FVh ') ' Ti.e Senate . called to order at 1 0 J o'clock. . A'r Dargan tariua.fy urged the .ccesetty of Mr IU.i p,cs,n.cd petuion lr,.m a citizen m Apje lime batl Inen had of rt. nitn-.o,, Dr. Joatph F. MclUvBenr,- fi" jf relief Kothing bud p,.tet.nK the pa, ol tin bill w d; .Hl tbt people w cl.morour. Lu,d tlie , hnrter of the Wilmington ItaUway ' " llrri1 ' .m.tteti in Hriih'e t'oiuuuin county recently the btoppago tif the Pher- '"' " 'm- J" . ill mi tuu hihw tt.v, autl Uiu Urcibl eiurv of kpobt..k .oMMirn 'h 1 his otlicial paixrs, etc. If relief is ot granted Mr. Clark, from the committee on Corpora- ; niicIi M't-nen woiiltl be re-enncted. The county lioas repoited l.itontbh on the l".iuin bills cmnl ,.l iUfnelt would couiliience ila nes.-ion on Bill to iucoriorate the MtcLlenliurg female Muurlay niit.aud the paatae ol the bill to day Collegu. ! would afTord relief for many. Bill to nu-. rpoiate hiipliu Manutacliirinu Vb rwrH. Hutchison and McNatt tippotetl baaty Company. action in the preinisea, and desired luilln r time Hill to repeal a part of the I I sec of th- 51 f.'r exainimiti.ni tif the bill, chapl. entitleil corpoiaiion-. il th.- Kried ; Mr. klonre of I lurttord, endorsed the viewa of Code. the ".ulleman from Austin (Mr. Dnrgan) and Bill to incorporate the Arituliuial uud -lin-1 hopotl tb rule would be auapendetl. ing Company. Mr Williams f I'itt, atlverting to recent - .Mr. Avery, from the coiumitu e on the .h. li- , eurremea in Pitt county, (alludul to by Mr. ciary, lo whom was reh ired a Oi l iiuUioriiiii i Dargau) aaaerted that hia conaliluenta were lov the SherilTol Nash county to coiuct arrt ais ol al ami law-abiding. The atatemeola made by the taxes, recommending its passage. jenifoiiHUi from Auaon, were unjust to his peo- By the same, Irom tht t omiuittee ou lnteru:il pic. They were not revolutionary. The facta ImprovemesUU to whoiun.is rei. rr-. 1 a bill to were simply these. The Sberiff wua met on the incorporate the North Western Kuilro id I oui i hiohway aud robbed. Ills olliee at Greenville pany, rrrouimended its p.is-ae Mr. Tbouipa in. from the tomuiittee mi C porations! lo nhom was relerred a bill to in. porate Cleavland Sprin;,' Company , recomun i ed ita pas:ii;e. III). I" 1 11 i.ii: to it Cra ourt ii. tioll of A messttgt; was re.tived tir.;u 1', tranamitting the billowing i!:. vi; eatabliah a criminal court in the.oiint. veu, and a bill to t-stabli-.li a . r:miual tbe ountr of New Hanov. r, aiol on i .Mr. Hall, they iiassod tin it .-. v il r.a tiu under the suspension of tin ml. (Hi motion ot Mr. AVigein, the I Ill .. l.ii.l i lroiu the I,.,- on IV, ing amnesty to I'emal. s uatak.n calendar au.'l I t.lerrt . 1 to tin iomiii.it io(.itioi,s mid liriey in. e Mr ( o les ottered additional jotni tices of the peace for Yadkin cmintv tor j u Coni nr red in. A mesnage was r.eenc l I om t i -- lloi.-i transmitting an engrossed re-olmion m I i"r ol disabled soldiers, who nr.- unable lo u-e bin'. furnished, allow ing t In m to n tnru said btnb and draw commutation in lieu thereof I n n.o tion of Mr. Cowlcs, the ru'e were suspended.' and the resolution passed its wversl readings i A. mt-sssige was r.seiy...l frmu tUc House pro- j posing to raise s joint aehct committee on tlie subject of tiu iif adjourument. Mr. Love moved to lay it on tbe table: upon this, on nio- . tion of Mr. Cunningham, the ayes and iay& were called and tbe motion to lay on tlie table prevailed, aa follows Arcs Messrs. Adams, Avery. Battle. Bul lock, Fereboe, Harris, of Franklin, Harris, of Rutherford, Hill, L ai h, I.ove Mar-hail, Mat thews, - cl-ean, Perkins, Speed. Thornton and Wiggins 17. Nats. Messrs. Berry, llronn. Car hvell, Clark, Covington, low ha. Cunningham, Ethe ridge. Gash, Hail. Jones. Ll yd. McCorkle. Mc Rae. Wilier and Wilson 1G Mr. tiash, a resolution proposing to hold night sessions from and after Monday next. -Rejected on ri rctnn. i Resolution in fivornf H,ui. IV (i. J-'owlc J Mr Hall stated that ho ha I been autborir d to withdraw the same, and on his motion its lurtli er conaideratlnn wasindi linit. lv postponed. Resolution in favor ot the Trustees of the Rci Hospital fund, on rac'tion of 'r iison, it wis referred to the committee on Fin i"c Tbe following bills and resolutions p i I their several readings. Resolution in favor ot Hon. A. Merriuion. Dot ; ... .1.,. k:.....l. ! f , , AJIII . KI IIIUIIU'llBIC IUC .J1fU.ll L l.l'-U Jlllllll- f i .h- ... I.,...- i Resolution in favor of Mrs. I. Ditk, Kxet utrix of the late Judge J. M. Dick Resolution in favor ol the Public Librarian. Bill to incorporate the Rocky Mount Mauu fscturing Company. Resolution for the relief of Hmry Williams. Bill to incorporate the Board of Trade in the city of Newliern Bill to change the name of Wayne Ft male Col lege. Bill for the reRef of tlie ' jtate of the late Hon. L. O B Branch, on motion of Mr. Hall, it was referred to the committee on Finance. A message was receivi.l from the IToiise transmitting a bill to change the jtiriwlicti.rn nf the ctioi ts mift the rules ot pleading; Therein, with inndry amendments, w-birtv were mncur red iu. On motion nf Mr. Ftritee, the Simite ad journed '' HOUSE 'F OMMONS Satihijav. Feb. !l. The House was called to order at loj o'clock A. M. Mr. Wythe presented a petition from cili.ens nf Henderson county asking n lief againt.t the collection of debts. Referred. REPORTS OF COMMIT! Kh-. Mr. Bryson, for the committee on ( Tnr iki e Lands and Western Turnpikes, ri ported btek, favorably, a bill to amend the charter of the Cheowa Turnpikei, Mr Waugh. for fhe commit!.-.. ..u l'iop,,,i lions and Orievanc.es, reported l.a.k, favorably, a hull to lay off and establish a new county by the name of Vance to be formed of portions of Cherokee and Macon counties. n., n j,, protect tbefi-hing interest on the eoa-f of North Carolina, iu rcsixiuse 'to the pravi r ,. no n,.,r, uh-tslrom lin-Inw county Mr. Perry, of Carteret, lor the committee nn Claims, reported back a resolution in tat or of Walter I.. Steele, a-king its reference to the .In diciary committee. , Iteh rti -I nreordingh Also, favorably, a resolution In f nor i f Hrton S. Reeve. Ill'- ! 1 TH - By Mr If, dm It. a r. committee on tli . By Mr Oranberr.y. a i tion of tht people a h imi mi i - ''III! loll to ,H- h Io'itiini. ul. Ad I I '"'"I j I'1' '' ' --'-liili-.n on tlie con h- i t. pr.-s4-nt taxation i for the payment of inlerc-t on the pu'.lie debt I This reaolutiou was adopted. I . . j t He pient ly. on motion of Mr. William-, i.i pin, ih,. vote was reconsidered, and tin n on motion (Jf Mr. Cowan, the resolution was rrlerr.dto the committee on Finance, with in-irut lim,s th.a they report on Tuesday next, i By 3ff. Latham, of Washington, a 1 ill lo amend sec. 5, chap Revised ( ode, entitled "County Trustees '' By Mr. Murrill. a bill to incorporate t.lfe Jones County Savings Institute T . ( I -I..U t.S I ... ot Scotland Neck, Halifax MmJv ' " - - -'" , , rt bvll to By Mr. "McClaromj, a bill t,. ir.c,.rji.rali . ' Rocky Mount Academy, New Hanovi r cuntv 1 By Mr. Oamhril, a bill to amen I the hart, r of the town of Jefferson, Ashe Count v. ' An engrossed lull, to amend the charter i I tbe town of MurlretVr., passed lis several readings under a tuspeusiou ol the rules ' An engrossed bill to change the jurisdiction of the Courts, aud the rules of pleading therein,', bad ita first reading. 1 Mr Dargan moved a suspension of the rules 1 that tue bill murht hare i m mi.,t i,,t mn.;,l... - . ... ',;; -ST-mrS Huts opposed a. suspecsit.n rtf the rules. Church, ' Jpiaupai He wa a friend of relief, but wanted time to examine the bill. It evidently Headed auiend- ment auTijicHng." uTtttBatelyT'tPe-piupci ly f I debtors to the liavtiient of creditors. had been sulwt ouentlv robljeti not tht Court , as t rroneously stated by the new paM-rs o! t In .-it espis iallv. Mr Itargan .lis. launisl any design to reflect Ii ,.r.,uislv upon the cilieus of I'itt coupty. His r liinks had Ineii based upon newspaper -t il. in. nis that had uol been CoulradicUd. Mr U i-.m nt Periuimans opposid postpone Intel a'l. I n-k. d for the Yeas and Nays. Me favored tiie i in in. . I iste passage of the bill. ; 'flic rules were susiendetl. Y'eaa M4 NavtH. 1 I ne lull was read thestictiiid time. I I Mr. Peebles offered t he following amendment. as an atlditiotial sectiiui : "fit itOirlhrrtvnritil, I , fhni no deed ot trust or mortgage lor real or j ji.isonal estate, made, signed, or registered , during the next twelve months succeeding the I 1 ratification ol this act. shall be valid at law to J pa-s kiiv property :i against creditors, or pur- 1 1 clia- rs for a valuable t oiisider.ilion from the ; donor, bargainor or mortgagor." I Mr. MeNair moved that ine lull be printed I ui . 1 made the special ord. Thursday next, nt lJ.ilock .M. ''hi notion was stihsoju. t.tly tnoditied tat Mr. Durham's inotantti so as to fn the hour of X.. M . fin Monday Us.U for '.he ronsideratjon ol the bill. I Messrs. Dargan. Boyd, Kverett. liuess, and others opposed this motion. Mr. McKsv said he had examined the bill can lull v and was in favor ot it. Ht thought, however, that no provision had Im'4-ii made in the case ot small judgments issued by justices of tin peace, and now in the hands of consta hies. Relief was needed in this particular, and he tvoulid suggest a reference of the bill for a hail hour, Willi a view to amendment, if these cases were not already embraced in the bill. Mr. Waugh entertaiued like views with re gard to small judgments in the hands of con stable. His constituents needed relit f from these more than all others. If these cases were not provided for he would vote against the bill, though a Irietid of relief. Mr. Durgan stated that the provisions of the bill extended ample relief in this instance. The motion to potponH w as le'iccted, Teas 25, I navs 7 i The o'lestiim recttrrin I offered by Mr Peebles. I -Mr. Waugh opi.iised tl on the amendment allien, Inietit and i'P' I amendment. .Mr. Peeblis) depn cated the disposition evinced i by tut nus ot tbe bill to prevent amendment Every stay law stood, he said, by tlie suffer ranee .,1 creditors, ami their rights should not I . . . Mt wholly without protection. He cited pinion ot Judge Story in the premises, ail , that, should the bill pas without amend- din j men!, appeal alter appeal would lc taken to the I Strr remr t'ourt, and every barrier to thecoliec i tion ot debts would I swept away, j Mr. Whitfield favored tbe bill and opposed I the Hineudttnent. 1 Mr. Perry, ot Carteret, was opposed to the bill as it stood. The Senate had stricken out rlie provision retiring debtora to make oath at the Spring Term, that they could not raise the Huth required by the existing Stay Law, without a ruinous sacrifice of property. With this provision be could have supported the b(ll. The Lid as it stood wasalike regardless of the rHghtsot trttfitoia'autt Hie obligation ot.kbtor. -Mr- Baker was iu .favor ol rebel todtbture, but unwilling to ignore the rights of creditors He fetirtd tttf relief proposed by this bill would prove a delusion und a suare. The question recurring the amendment w as 1 rejected, yeas 31, nays 05. I The following amendment offered by Mi. I liiyson was adopted : i'r'tridtd That executions on Justice judg ments granted on debts contracted prior to May 1st 1805, already rendered shall be staved for twelve months from tb (Into of the ratifica tion of this act. Mr. Hutchison offered the following amend- ment.' "Beit further enacted, that nothing in tbis act shall be construed to prevent (iuardians collet ting one tenth of claima due their wards. at Spring term 1807, according to the provisions ot the late ordinance to change the jurisdiction i of the courts." Mr. Hutcbiauu said that he favored relief, but held views similar to those advanced by Mr. Perry, of Carteret, and thought that some pro tection should be accorded to creditor-. ' The amendment was rejected. I Mr I raw ford, of Rowan offered the following iiiin nduicnt : "ll( it lurthex enacted, that all writs in actions on contracts made la-fore the 1st day of May l(li, shall constitute a lien upon the defendant, but afti r said judgment, property shall be ap plied I'ro rain, without regaid to priority, in tlie ilate ol the w rits. Mr. Crawford was for relief, but could not support the lull without an amendment of this nalur, . Mr Promt urged the adoption ol tins amend- ' ment. I In-.i(Mi,,n i.eiirriiig the, amendment whs rciect. .1 Mr. MeNair offered an aiiicndiueut allowing F.xccntm-s, Administrators, Trustees and Ouar- diai.s, w ho qualified prior to the first of May ", until the year H?o to settle their estates, jlti jetted. . j Air. Westmoreland offered an amendment that i the provision of the bill should not apply to , the counties of Stokes aud Forsyth. Rejected. I (Anxious to give the several positions of gen- t i.eineii, "ti tins important inn, we are rtluc- , , ,.,.i,.i -,-t f,,. .i. .. , " Y""'-, ' , , T.f " . . " I ' " I .i.c l.si (l lU0 pnx edin.'s till Monday's issue i Diitin u Two Oi.ii Lawks. Two deaths o.. unci in our ity yesterday. Mis Mary T. Hull o.d, age about h"-, years, and Mias Susan Odes, iht afxml 8"i years. They were both no led for their many virtues and rhristiun devo tl'tn. fail, Hanrtrr, The ' Loyal Georgian aaya that b4,0HO iier- sons, formerly in the Methodist Kiiisconal ! v. i. 1 . j- . .. . V For tbe Sentinel Th BTorth Carolina Ballroad. Tbe TefcoBt apoecbrrrf th Hath Josinh 'Juxaei, L on the N. C. Railroad, will certainly do good in directing public attention to tin prea mis nnblir works lint bis remedy, of "aelf examination," will give us Ho I lireCtor.-. should be "appointed annually by the dividends, will nut advance the price of onr , GnTnor.'" atocka. It U the old civ ol retrenchment and Tlj' Hoard Is the real governing power, liny retorui. W'e beard it tin Ibis Hoad hen the make ami umiutki I'nuitleiita, Siiperiidi'tideiits contracfa were for, trhen tiw elmp www luill, i mill all olhi r olliccrs, ami liny can remove them when the hotel waa erected. We have beard it : ul any lime. Hut it did propose a wnlc of he in the Mall, of Legislation ami b, I .(i the p. ! Hock, both State and individual whuh.it tv.. i.... 1...0..1 i. ; ;.... ..i i.., mi.liu.liiiiii.il would have lessene.l somewhat the in times of war. We have heard it on Deep River, w the Cherokee Turnpike, on the Allan tic Road, on the Wilmington. Chariot te and Rutherford Road, on the Albimaiie Cuii.d. and on the Western Kxtenaimi. And now, when this N. C. Road s.iuandtrs a million and a half in a single year, we hear it again in the bold in vective of my eloquent In. ml. Again and again have committees of investigation Iwu appointed. Hut there has been no real reloiui The storm subsides and things resume tin it wonted course. The disease is not simply "pains in the stomach." It is no local malady. It ia one that pervades the whole system. The evil lit in our nolicv of ioint manaicim lit. be tween the State and individuals. I'his poli. y is one without a tiled responsibility. It in spins no real, no pride, no ene rgy, n,. .onli denct', no hope. Capitalists ami Ini'inns nu n ; see this. They refuse any slock slu rs the I State Is concerned. Politician. I nirn publtr men bv trade and habit, do not see this U-caiise thev are. more or less, identified with tbe pn-s-nl polit y, and they hope to promote, at least, certain personal, local and poliln al eit,s. bv pandering to and perpetuating it. My honorable friend is p'easi I to ti ;. . I bit myself and those w ho agree with ice in tin-" views, are only "looking out I' ,r a -cipcgoAi, and that we "have found him in the person of the State." lie docs me injustice. I made no complaint against North (jarolina. She has acted with rare liltcralitv ittlthe gn at work ot Internal Improvement. I only giioc t)iat the mismanagement of ab ln r public i,:k gii. her now, in her hour of nee, I, no r.tmrs torihc millions sp.nt in build, ng: them. M .-t o these works make money; but it is all m dered again, and no mortal man ciu s;,.p the drains. The State g.ts no dividend-, mi l lor atocks, amounting to the vast sum of ll.:!i;, Mi.M; are worthless in tlie marker. I f.jamp no man nor set ot men for thi state i t th:iv'- I voted, mvsrlf. tor the . resent svstetn in tl Legislatures ot 43 it and 'I. Rut I did it iu ignorance i f the experience ot other cmintru-, other States and other corporation- on this subject. Since then I have had n 't hing tn do with public affairs in the State 1 m.oii IomhI out the error we had committed and. in my business arrangement-, lent loose. :,s t ir i pnssible. Irom all Railroads in w hich t i i - Mute eierte.l a controlling influence Tin re-'nlts o ihe war have recently cat upon nn i c.-c-ide table amount of N". . R. II tk. At the Stickholders meeting in July pointed, with others, on two , were required thoroughly to. v, t. I ilo.it. atll 'le i- ip that OT. III, ings of tlie Road Three dav- ii t. disclosed the fact, that the all i ts . it tl pan? were in utter e..iifii...n le-i.r.l. r I" ded all its depar.ments. No man cm I I t. ll it debts ; nn skill could clo-p i1 leaks Mr 'fur ner (ails "our system one wide aol ct:aa gant expenditure and waste." aii.iay- that ' stand on thi' verge tit bankruptcy ami mm " A meeting of the Stockh"hh is ,- p-omp'ly called. lo consider tbr citfidii iii ..i'atl i'ir. Many of them had long susp, etc, I tie tvni agemetit. and had made repeal. i :! o ; - t . I feci reform, ltut it w as all in vni n D T at after defeat had pnralinl tin ir x. tti." -Many had sold their st-M k. and all had l. conn more or less indi fferent. In th mood thev met in Raleigh, in Ieccml.or la-t consideration, the Stockholder, tdm mmislv, agreed to a-k the Legislature - t amend the charter as to trix them the e, ritr ling power. No one seemed to opr.-e thr -Eighteen years' experience had satisfied all. tint the present system ot joint management wmiM not work successfully. Tnere w i- a ditr, rence of opinion in regard to tin- fr-ale of the indi vidnal atock. But on tlte main .n-tioii (, renrganiration there w us no ditiermce It w i regarded as the only means of suing tin- Road, the State and the private Stockholder- Mr. Turner made a speech, in w hich he ventilated liis ideas'ttf "self tgiliriiBfion,'ti4iid in wbu-tr be gvetbe Stock holt h?r om heavy aud just blows-tor their past neglect and itifliffj'ri ne e -Bnt I did - not -understand hiiu to "pp ise tlu main amendment to the charter, and. tin relore. did not care to enter upon the detent e of the Storkbolders. My thenry is that the system I joint management so divides riponsiiiilny. as to paralire the energies of all per-mis and par ties interested in the Road, or coiiceine.l in iis management, and rem lets it impossible t tia the blame on any particular man or u l ol im i. Since the publication of Mr. Turner's sptii h, I find that be has fallrn into gropa i rrorii and in t Consistencies, in regard to the history of the Company, and that he does the miiate Si... k- Company, and that he does the iti i holders much injustine. He says ' T t th, ilav of (iov. Reid's election, in loli. d present day, a period ol sixteen yens. Road has lieen. as it ia now , und. r the this t..ll romplelr and tri'ire conlrnl of the Stockhohh is, tl.eir residents, Superintendent,, and Dip et ors." This paragraph di-closc--. at a gt)ce. Mr. Turner's strong party proclivities, his igiimuucc of the Road hi' is appointed to i.,.uia:', . .o l the r cklessnt-ss of all bis statemi nts Two, out of the five Presidents of the Ho id, to wit; Messrs. Cameron and Hoyden have been State appointees. So, too, from the nay the State came into the Company.. to the pres ent time, -he has had eight out of the twelve Dinctois, and has always voted in the Slock holders' meetings, through her proxy, three I.. one against the Stot kholdeis. ith this large preponderance ot ower in favor of the Mate, it is nonsense to talk altout the St.M-kholdei-controlling the Roatl, "full, c uoplel.- and entire," through "thtir President, Silperiiilend ents and JJirectort." But this aiguniMit cuts two Wayr. II, by atiine hook or crook, I ho Stockholders bave'been able lo get mutinl o the Road, and have all the time In en misman aging it, why, pray, 'did not the Slate, through her eight Dircctora apd her all powerful pro , intertt-reand stop tlic- iiiismaiiHgement I n . serf, with confidence, that according to this agreement, the State Directors, and the Slat proxies, have, through many long years, I ecn guilty of gross neglect of duty in .Ii . I their high trusts to the people of North a'-.ong litis. Again he says, t to tbe .Stockholder i "In lb.')2, the Legislature gave you what now ask, to wit ; the control of I he Road At the first meeting of the StockhoMir. after tin. literal surrender on 1 lie part of the State, y... rtjteted it. You refused to fake what you now. ask to be given you. I need not guy f f,irrr.l it then, upon what I thought to be sound prin ciple." ,v At one time heavers the Stockholders ban altenyt had control of the Road ; ami nt anoijiet im -denounces mem iur uavipg rMuu mat coa trol ! He "favored" the measure, bow- proposed t in 1 A2, as "sound principle,'' and publishes a' ! speech designed (without aajing. jo) to kill the C ver picasurt be then, faTored. But this uaragrapn, line V"e urei, i ... "irrorl iunTrtrrTbe tnitndml cliartrr rcjectea m ls32-';l did not uroDose to give the Sum khol- den the control ol the Road. On the coutraty. it orovided extiriasl tnat eight 01 tlie te.te iciJia.l.iM iiiL influence nf the Stale ill lie' general im i lings. This scale, not the tonli.l it the Hoad, was rejected. And this little cu ct s-ioii i allowed on other lioads in which llie Slate is interested) W as deleated ill the Stis k holder's inciting by the influence id ihtuw rep resenting lb. Stale, and was no doubt done lor parti purpoaiii. The rejection was effected alt r it hard struggle, by a vote of I. "01 t" 4r.o. A large majority ol the individual Stock holdeis present t oted for the scale, to w it. "! to Mr. Turner is nl-o mistaken ill saying . "la vored" this incisure til S,VJ-';I. His name does not appear in the Its! of voters, and be was not i Stockholder in the Company until 1 S5li, when the share arc transferred from .1. Turner, Sr. to .I. Tinner. .Ir. and tin latter is inade a State I "Hector Si ill in- in. Mi I inner en irg.s hut t he Sto. k- I bohltis. some of w hoin weir contractors, -win I died the State, He inisst-shis mark. The Stockholders, as a bodv, with thtir President. (b.v. Murehead, made des)cratc efforts to bring c. rtnin delinquent eontraclors to accnunl. h'V. Mor. head reliisi-d to the last to accept the w ork, or to pay the estimates put upon it II waa not until the Road became a political machine and t h' influence ol the State crushed out nil oppo sition on the part of the individual Stockhol ders, that tin work 'was accepted. That Col Fi In r, who was one of the Stockholder's President-, tayored the acceptance of this work, Iocs not alter the case. Though chosen bv the Stock holders; hi Heclion was rtmlly due to the, irre-i-tiblc pressure of the political power of the I State. After the rejection of tbe amended char I t.-r ol 18.) '.':), many of the original Stockhol ; .h is saw the direction affairs were taking, and i -old out iii disgust The Road has IwcnaState ! o political institution ever since. Mr. Turner i nod certain other public men, moat of them f hi.Tc pottrician. owning little r m stock in tbe Road, w ish to continue it aa such, thinking fAWr I tuna has now come. Alas! for the people ol i North Carolina, w hen her public works are thus t used for political ends. If ber stocks and bonels j iti thisc w orks w ere now at par, or even 50 cents in the dollar, they would nearly pay ber State I debt, or il sold or pledged, they could be made to complete every unfinished Road in tbe State. H i. though the power and apirit of the i Stockholders have long Bince departed, under j I be baneful influent e of their fatal connection I with the party politics, of the State, they have I now and then come lo tbe rescue, and attempt I to correct many of the very evils and abusea , s . loudly complained of. I will refer Mr. Tur ; in r mi'! the other State Directors to the rcsolu lions, if the Stockholders, requiring the Board to ,',.'. quarterly statements of all expendi ; lures t th.c against officials and employees ' -trailing" and "trallicing " on the liosd . to I thii-e against "Dead Heads." to tlioae against I hxpr, 1- in' nop.ilies on their line , and to their I loi.g and persistent efforts to have the Ixwik I and in i mints properly kept, ami (heir more I recent attempts' to look into the loss ol the -inl iiitr fund and the misaing cotttm. lint Mr. T inner assumes tbat Ix-eause the I'r. :,h tits of the t Jmpaiiy have usually Iwen I taken from Directors elected by the Htockbold I er-. therefore, the Stockholders have bad con- trn1 ot the Road. No such conclusion follows Wt.rtntMl'i point ! lact tbcjt; have been no (lis -t ntemi I tim-t line" drawn in the action or conduct of tin- two -i ts f Directors. It is not pretended I ! that as a body, the State Directors have differs -I t- frmu thetitliirs. The idea is tbat the joint management h is ilivulea tne responsibility, and wi'ikim d the obligations resting on all parties in the management ot the work. It ia clear that without a fixed responsibility resting on some man or set of men, there can lie no etli cii hey'. 'Wirliont crTlAttft there can-1 .. cta-s. Rut apply Mr. Turner's rule and reverse I he argument, bow does be standi Badly as liov. Morchead, Col. FUlier and Mr. Webb have roaweed-d irr-svpentiiDg lbs Ruattjr-hQW dq JLhej compare with the two State Presidents, Messrs. Cttmt rrm and Boyden t Morehcad triumplicd over every difficulty, built the Koad, and retired lighting The contractors ami plunderers. Fisb- r devoti d Ins whole soul to the work, gave us i two smalt dividends, and left it to offer up his Iile on the field of battle. Webb brought the Road through four years of war, in fair running order, and saved us 687 bales of cotton, besides a Urge amount of supplies and other properly. Rut in July the Htate, lor the first time, look control of tbe work on political grounds, and we behold the result! I will only say that no I'r. sidetit, put in by the Stockholders would have dared to act as Mr. Hoyden did. A decent rescct for thoa who elected him tvoiihl have forbidden it But who cares for the State f Does even Mr. Turner in his general pbillipic, utter on word against thw Slate Board of lHfi5, or their model Presi dent : So far from this, the State inquisitor, Josi ih Turner. Jr., begins bis grand work of -, it i nnination. by venturing a lame apology for his Honorable friend il So much for the "wIm of Htdf-fxaiiiination. Here is the root oft In- vil. it is under the shelter of this mongrel management, this divided rpsponsil.il ity, t' 'it all the abuses of this Road are covered op The Board of '05 and their President, all is 1 1 1. . .Hid a pitiful attempt is made lo make a "-i 'i- goat' of n third man, Mr. Wilkra. ith jly carried out the wild, extravagant and wasteful jH.liey ol the Bonrd that elected htm As lo Mr. C. micron. Hie other Stale 1'ns.i .1. tit, he exhibited capital sense in soon di -coy .ling ll,.- impoibilil y of operating Ih" l(,i, -ill ec.-fijll v under the pit sent -V-tini, ,iii, promptly resigned alter a few months tnal. I propose, in A siihsc.pii'Ut iiujubc. to slmw why nn. I how this Road has been nilsmanag. .1, atid lo indulge in a little "sclf-cxamination.'' RI FFS BARRINfiKR ( 'n Mii.oTi i-;, .Ian. 1KI1T. i.amiii:tii i . tKiF ke:i:i. a l.MiiiF st ITI.Y ,H MT HECEIVKD AT THE I l:d' st'I'l'I.Y .TI'MT HECEIVKD AT In i. Ht-.re ,.f WII.MAMriA HAYW(K)I , M-ll i tin I Oil HUNT. U;l:AW.fc XHtXN PMNTATKAt. A ,l. ,,t TIIIHOFFICP.. i.! ir A ! I ll OK '. HK'IIAKDKO'V, ATTORNEY AT LAW Clinton, N. C. VV"'I A l l FM. I'lioMP'fl.Y T. XHJE VUUC. TW :"'l'i "iT efulm'a and atWlawiness entmsteil fi his sawe I'ht rarmSTi- iiftm j missiii j iiiil; 'l.--llllJ1 (). .1 ' . "Q11" I Kr.l-hausrastlctsOig. r, ,.. The CaU of Chief 7atti6 CaAM Seipo&deu to in the Rnnth " it was nmac Known that au U Justices of that Supreme Cotirt united in decrartng the illegality ' of tlie acts of military ci)0n Concerning civil cms, aid that that hlirh tribunal wmIiIh&m prinuipi's i hat, iii view of constitutional proris- ioiis,iuist sweep away the foundations of pros etiptive stTtitiiinliKin. The rumor that Chief i .Iiisiu- Chase gave no counjfanaHee to that form i r pariWiiiahlp,w Mc1i would inaka our political l.il i ii t'i its loiiniiuuona, in au attempt by anad t nn n, in C'.aigre.M and out of) it, to Usurp the I'n -i.l.iicy, iu. li iiu.l of law, fact, and public po. , , v, also Mryisgreatly t,. ipiiet the aenaitireneaa i t popular njtjirehension. . ' -to, to,., vflttn ihesainc functionary, tn a spirit woiihy .1 n just mind and the highest judicial ' posi.i.ji, in the land, to say nothing of atates , in . ii, ike I .,ica-l, in eirect prouoaBeexl at Pbila . d. -.li.,i iif4aiiu,t a destructive poUcy of rabid p.btuiaiis, heated by success iii tlie election, ii.. c.,i.,i native uitoti took decided heart and ' h- I"', j lie tlicre said .' The Congress of the I nited States hasofTered i its ti rins, and I will take the liberty here to say that I t Ii i ii k more generous, a more magnani I moiis (imposition was never submitted to a peo j ph . who hue liei n iii rebellion, thau the atneud I ment which has been proposed by Congress. I t Apphiiisc i t:'.s, rumiHunitict thai kun ht , r, '',',,, (... r anjithingto prvfxm, if tkty think j tin i, n u Utter iiwif, a more yeitertm moda, a iiuhu ix iti r cutc'iiaii to trevrt luptut iaa har iiutnti and I'rutriiy vf thU grU Und, Let tKnn cornt r't'rirtml und jirojMiH il; amd tht ftoflt mil luteti and jnd-:r." Reti riing to the above declaration, we spoke as follow s : Judge ( base, notwithstanding Ijie menacta ag-iin-i hiiu lor consulting or conferring with tic I'r, bid, ul, looks to an alternative lor tbe rejertion of the constitutional amendment. - Hi ti in lit diflers from the ruck of Radical press. I es, since that they breathe nothing but fire and blood to tiie Southern people, in the event ot j such rejection. e "stj'he words that we have italicized are tlie suggestion cfMateiiiauship of adisposition not to give up the ship. I iH finally bring it, by aome nicnn-t, into bate harbtir. We welcome with sincere joy this declaration from so el al ted and intliiential a s.,iirc Nor do we allow ourselves nt this lime to doubt that tbe sentiment will ha responded to by many ReytuM trans of toe more conservative type In ttongrtwii. After it is settled legally that the conatitQ tional umemlmtnt is not adopted, and the way is t bus matte tdear fur iilher buggesttone, the et -elm led States, in turthi-ranon of the idea of Mr. Chase, may meet in general convention, and take steps looking to terms of reconciliation upon consultation w ith the l onaervative ele ment in the North Or a movement may be initiate, for a national constitutional conven tion. In this connection, we cannot forbear staling I that iv .- have high authority, from other sour ces th in the careful and well inforuicd Wash j ington C"rTrroTt.lertt of the Boston AiiwClser, t R.idical.l ol the reliability of the nevnt state j men I ot ihe latter, as lollows . ( "Mr Cha-st has recently had two interviews I with tin )'n .-idi ut. The first of these was con I cerning judii i il matters, ami had no connection I with a -nUsi 'iftffit ihf irttTtil meeting nf 'Cabinet I ininistirs. At the second interview, by appoint lornt lor that purpose, be was asked and gawe j hi opinion- upon the iiu-stions Isrfore the count ry . i mm -ily advising the President to , luuuutucnd the adoption ot the amendment of , the Coiititiiti.tn a a just basis of settlement, ! or, if h. was it --t prepared lor that, to taks I ground in lu,,rol siii, stunting for the second and third section-. ,f the am. lulmeiit univeraal . in. ity and impartial suffrage." A I the abovr id. a and facta arc important in i un.s'tioti with tbe actual responi in the South lo the call of the Chief Justice for a plan ! of r. c .lailialion and restoration, by which all the p, .pie ina b united for a grand advance 1 iip..;i theTdgli road of asture.T national prosper ity i T h. plan which his now gone to the country ; originated with the most judicious, men of the I Can, linas, ha-bieu considered by men of tbe I Srmtti bayttfg i.L.,.i4,Ullf f.f Lat aeftifin, i i distingul-hed stalesinin and military chiefs I here, and has bu n endorsed largely in circles ' of cori rTaliv Republicans ot the North, It has 1st jwi syjajuit (4 to b aiLatora at Richmond, and has lujt.il rou ivui in good spirit!, tbuugb. i not- w-itu iiiuiiaoiii il approval. 1 he Legislature I ol North Carolina will probably have the honor of first nctinir npotr s men an re. .that, - like tlie I -Metdilt'iibufg i)i larliun ol lndepcidncc, may the initi ition of what shall lead to great and i be gjori cu rc-ulis Much will depend, how j ever, upon the -pint in wh'rph it will be re ceived nt the North. If patriotism shall dic tate thai party shall stand still, while measure . for a reunion of "State ami lamia, and hearts," shall t-e the il 'iiniiaiit qucsUonforcoUiudefaUiiU until setthd in tlw luKrel of all the peopla of tbe country, then. our dark day and perilous period i, past. H is in the apirit with which the new plan is received, not ita details not in the pnepvet of its adoption aa a whole that we have hope If it is generally received In a good spirit, and w ith kind feeling-, all the rest will loiiow aa Ihe light the day. i:u moiil:: i;yv stoke 1 1 T1IF. T1IRKK SToHV niJIl.DINO, I P( IU KCir & DODD. NO. , HOI T II HI I 10 ii F M .if k o t Square. I'l'i III 111 11 A iHil.lt nsVltO NOW fKVFPIKD lin n ir h ;-;,,n on jUiV't tsHr wiUbegliut to "nil on ll,, n ,,, h" n.l.s nml eiist.iitii-rs. V- pi. ,e iinis.. ivok i , iie ev ryeflort to sell arti- I' o hue ' r l.u -uiesi., iii s km prKM as tber .Stl I, IKI ll IM- '1 ill I lift- I 'il V . until .M, n iisuiK nml other Dealers in onr line nf lillsHles ll .1" ti, ll to exiituiiie our guotla anil prices, hi- lntj their shs ks. pi, my ol btort lioorn and ax poet to keep ,u bund a targe nMHiirtinvnt of rVroorWei, Iffore pit.' We l,.o, , nil' tiillth mil u wi ran hny nt as low prices as anv othara, we., l 1.1,1.. -I. li. was; a lihOKa, s viil sflWd us s bv- mc jirotit. fr 1 li,. U l.H-.ati.r, ..f Chatham Co.. Is slill with n ami .vill h p, urn a to cie hvi okl frientla ant ac ipiauitjoi.'' s. cm him a cull. In ei v short lime we expert miulil tnonr bnainma an n.sniiiiieiii ,,1 Iu . o ssls, Hata aud Hbotw. lhw le-i f hi -h ill U tin ii in Ihe newnpaiKirs. I H HIdU H txl)I), Pel 'l'.fir KaleiahN. I. iirt A'lioiv W AVN rKi. nvii t-isTFUB wwt urir.vnoMH ah tf.ach- er,. n. i romp. unl lo Hnneh KnHsh and th rnitl in. ntn of I iiiut h, llm other w canueU'iit lolwacb Bnc- h"h, Musi,- on riaitu ami llitt ruihui.tuU of Freucli. J;. f- r. ii, -ex 'hi n n,l rcpitred. Atl.lres i Miss T. rebtl !' I'sTeUovillO, N. N N unci! w'e triti rnhlri T'fii-,,.,ft c, i..l mo riftn ru.t nl inn.. tuVari tdof trfxl Pfstsre-sreotn Stot mile IdtUKJHADODD. Feb 1 1 tt ; " hi is -a
The Raleigh Sentinel (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Feb. 9, 1867, edition 1
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