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THE 'SENT IX Eli 1 1 1 , -rxr ,- wM. K. if:i i r..To .,!vi.s Wrdnotlu) I.m.lin:, Il. 13, IM Notice to Subr'tibcr. Thci.iio olai.uiiib.i .. . ui mi..-.c n'i l is. expired. Tbry have failed to rrnrwthungh no tified Af:.riiits issue, I In- papi r will be dis continued to sr.. h lis b ive l.ol.d to pay, out- itf (if tlic lift. Vf ri'-'F.l be colnpi lied to do this, but nw-riity i- upon 11 ' Jan 84 tf. We warn tlie people that ni.tiiy of their Ke prcsctitativis in t lie Lci-lai ur.-, and political tricksters ami demagogues generally, are rtoin; a great deal ot harm, and -rv unworthy of pub lie confidence. We say, without any fort ol hesitation, that the great muss of the people are being deceived by to called "hading nun." We are not a radical ami neither do He sympa thize w ith t le radical party in any rcspi-ct what ever ; but at the risk ol displeasing the public "saints" and "salt of the earth." and in deliance of the strong party combination which now controls this State, we intend to speak out n op position to bad management. The last Charlotte Pemncral i loses a shoft article, in which it alludes to the plan recently proposed ny aouweiu Bru;u,(u, - - v: ... , ..1 . ..I- .,...,;,. oasis 11 SCllieUlCUl Ol V'O I lianom. ........... , and cloaca with the above extract. The Derrtf,1ike 1he Sentintl and it rctcm poreries, generally, does not like the plan, but not for the same reasons. We only can favor the plan as a basis of present and final adjust ment If it is not accepted in that -spirit, we can see little good to grow out of it. But the above extract, with the know ledge we haTe of the Legislature and the movements of Southern gentlemen generally, we regard as unkind, and originating in a mistaken view of their aims and desires. It there are political tricksters and demagogues in the Legislature, who look to party ends, in national matters, we are totally ignorant of it. If there are political atricters who are playing the demagogue, among men claimed to le conservative in na tional affairs, in what they do towards promo ting an early settlement of cur difficulties, we do not know it We suppose that in this State in reference to national matters, there are but two sides, two interests and two parties ; the radicals and conservatives. In the Legislature, this is certainly the only distinction, only dif ference in national affairs. Nor is there any evidence of a partisan movement among those Southern gentlemen, who drew up the plan ol adjustment at Washington. They have always differed and ttill differ among themselves. They propose nothing which does not embrace in its benefits or injuries, all the Southern people alike. The proposition itself contains no trick ery, nor does it aim at any partizan purpose what ever, aswe understand it. It simply looks to a settlement of the difficulties between the Xcrth and South. 11 Southern men think it will not hold water, will not answer their purposes, let tLem reject it. But we can see no just grounds whatever to charge either those who favor it or those who reject it, with playing the partizan trickster or demagogue in this matter. The Congress. The passage ot the bill providing a Dew gov. eroment for the State of Louisiana by th House on vesterday, will doubtless cause much sur. prise and regret. B'lt it is simply silly to be surprised at any thing now a days. Whether this-bill will become a law and will lie applied lo all the other States, i certainly tnt knoitn. but one thing may be relied upon, that if the ultra spirit w hich predominates our the House, a!o.prevails over tlie Senate, it will he done, either during the present session or by the next Congress, We will lay the bill befnre our read er to morrow A Iloui'K Calodt. We are glad to announce that, by the vigilance ol Dr. Jobe, the Sjiecial Mail Agent in this State, the Deputy Postmaster at Huntsville, Yadkin Co , X. C, was arrested this week, for purloining money Irom the mails. On the examination sufficient evidence was pro. duced for his conviction, and he was committed for further trial, to the jiil at Winston, because of the insecurity of the Yadkin County jail. We have had several complaints Irom that ollice, of the non arrival of money, which had been sent us, and the development shows who got it. We advise all persons connected with the mails, to be honest, or very sharp in their roguish ness. or Dr. Jobe will catch them. Dr. Jobe suggests to the people the propriety of being cautious in sending money by the mails. The department is in no way responsible for Insses, and when it can be done, money ought to ( sent by Express or private hands This is es pecially necessary, until the department can fully organize and get into complete working order the mail system in the State. Jtogue must not prtruiru too much on the patience of JJ t. Niw PafKH. In a lew days a specimen copy ..1 ttie Mfjftnnt ' otK-or l, N. C, will I issued, and will be Ffarted at that place, as si.on as sufficient encouragement is given The specimen copy wlin'h we have seen, is superior to ordinary weeklies The Pren wilt be devo ted atujwt entirely to tne domestic interests of the County ot Cabarrus. Us .inny and the State, 'and will generally eschew p..oii but when necessary, will warmly support and defend tl,e principles of constitutional liberty. 1 In ( "proprietors of the I'rru are practical punters mid industrious men, and will, if encouraged. 1 publish a good papeT. The people of Cabarri.s j nd vicinity should give them every eiii-ouragi - ', uient i Two colored niei. n. Charlotte we see by the 7"im. urge the colored pc.ple of that section ! mil tog" South. They ci - I.t that colored ' . .....I l.il. V....1. i: J , Lwpare -V.-""""' tbanlD me im .", ' " o iur tu-nseivu- "The Land We Lore." Tlie February number has come, and spread rttrfv, n- ffir r. iUr rt sWif rhtrrBiwe "writ Kaihgm-t will t.nd something to l.i ' k.hl;. We like it a'!. Us cuisine is tout a ..! to i.i:r t..-t. . I'liiiiicr.-o n an Editor's taste . . .crni. i t -1 e. T:,. J '.i, iii. a- be w. -is railed in days of yore "Inner i will study with interest and "fare 'lie rineipli of Agrii-tiltiirc," by Hon. I h.is (!. ( hut-on, and learn much Iroin the pe rusal of that article, lb' will also lead with profit thi- (way on 'Ouahci,'" from the peB of l'mlcssor Wake, and learn bow to distinguish ( the different grades i f that savory article, as , well as the best modes ot applying the same to ; his gmuDils. Wc regret that the learned I'm ; fessor has not taught us how to pronounce the disputed word. Iu former times we remember that one of our worthy citizens was much ! hnnhed at bv a Mctronolitan iiaoer. for his ill- o - i- ll- I dependent way o! speaking its name, and wore and wore, during a whole gubernatorial cam paign, the name of "Jld Uiranny." We are not I iiuite sure but it was sometimes spelt with an I " r." But all that is changed now. lb, ' I are '- Those who once wore the grey, and are not lameii ot it now and who of the brave ones are f will Unit mucli to instruct ami incase incur in the "(Suppressed part of Gen. Beauregard's He- ()f t,)(, )tu)ll(, l' f Manassas." called the Hull Hun races by some, "The College Hospital at Gettysburg," - The "r-kctch of (Jen. A. I. Hill,'" a genial and well-written article; and in the multifarious camp stories, camp jokes and tun of "The Haversack " "Shak-peare at Hilton Head," and "John Brown." be "whose soul is marching on." are a little provoking, but not to the aforesaid (ireys. Htatesmen ui! peruse "Maximilian and his Kmpire," by den. K. G. Lee, with profound in tenst : and Southern statesmen and patriots will feel prouder of their native land after read ing "The Enterp' and Energy of the South.'' by G. Manigault. Those whose delight is in song and story will j find something Utter than vain recreation in "The Song of the South," by Lucas, very sweet and very sad ; "The Victory of Faith," by Col. Hawkins, while in prison, a most splendid poem: "The Search ot the Sages," an excellent lyric, hut not quite equal to Theo. Hill's kindred poem, "The Star above the Manger ,'" the poem by Dr. Tuknor, called "Pnge-Brook," the Tery loul of wail, over desolated homes, ami in the story, in prose, by Mrs. Downing, of a young Louisiana girl who has just entered the inatri monial state, and who, ns the name ot the story is "Perfect through Suffering." we greatly fear drew a blank in the grind lotti ry of lif Only tilt first chapter of her married life is yet pub lished , but we shall follow her on, as her his tory is unfolded, praying that our fear-, may not be realized. It is of course well w ritten. "The Last of the Crusaders," by C. C. Read, is continued in this number ot the Magazine and has considerable merit. There is also a cnntirinatinn ot "Twi Ive Months in Spain," by V. ". Barrinser. Esq . .This number contains '',e incidents of travel from Madrid to Cordova, which are quite amu sing, and sketched with a skillful hand We suppose that Mr. B. laid in abundant treasures while attached to the Spanish legislation, and we hope he may find leisure and inclination to scatter them now in commendable prolusion, i afltr having hoardvd them so long. No one could do it more handsomely or gracefully, than he. To end our notice : There is a purity in the "Land we Love," that is really ri lushing. The articlis are nearly ail w ritten in good old honest Saxon. There is no liippcry nor shadow of dilettantism. They suit the cultivated tastes "f our people Ajid we rrj"ice. that the enter prise has succeeded so well. We see it stated that 12,000 copies are publishe I ever? month. II this be so, the distinguished editor has achieved the success w hich lie -o emiinntiy de- Tua English Board of Trade has issued some valuable agricultural statistics of Great Kritain and Ireland during the past year. Of the jfl.UC4.000 acres ol land in Great Britain. 28. iOt.h'17 acres were Cultivated, and of the 20, 332,641. acres of land in Ireland, 15,549.706 were cultivated. In Great Britain, 0,27,784 acres raised grain crops. 3, 5.Vs .';)() acres garden tegetables, 904,037 wire under bare (allow, 8. 694,224 raised grass crops, and 11,141,814 wen pasture or meadow lands. In Ireland, 2,173,433 Wres raised grain eropa, 1.4S2.0U1 vegetables, 28.060 ere under bare fallow; 1,009,495 raised grass crops, and 10, 002. 05 were pasture lands. In Great Britain, there was an acre of grain laised to every 2.62 persons, and in Ireland, an acre to every 2 61 persons. Wheat is the chiel grain crop raised inGreat Britain, barley next, and oats the third. Inihan corn i not raised in Great B(itain. Oats is the chiel crop raised in Ireland. The irioyeiiient ol cotton is becoming liirjie not only in the ttlimbcr of bales, but in value. The reel ipt ol cotton at the ports lor the lour weeks eliding Febiiary 2. Mere shout three hundred thousand bales, and tlic exports to for eign ports during the same time al.out one hun dred arid eighty thousand bills. Tin-gold val ue of the exports was about eighteen millions i. dollars. Tins large sum, in connection with the value of exports of tobaec... pr.ivi-n.n-, aid oth er products, will account lor the. depre sum in eicliangi" and the partial failure of the i If irts to advance the premium on gold. It is not mi probable that thyexporl ol cotton wiil average, till earry summer, one hundred and fifty thou and bat per month. -,V. Y. WvrlU Ovkk seventy six hundred bales of cot Ion ar- i rived at this port yesterday, vir : 4017 in ship Sorrento, Iroin New Orleans; 1340 ju bark Scotland, from do. : Wi in schooner , L,zie uatcrjeiaer, irom no II in schooner Ln ban tre. froi Savannah . 400 in schooner Kxpr.-.-Irom tiitlveston, bain brig IIa.e, Irom ( haihs ton 1 liis l otion, at $J5U per Uali uunMii'it. j lo'uver one million of dollars, i.l.liO,aijO I The value of the Sorrei, to arid bi.-r cargo is nearly I $700 000 The underwriters are not di-pl ased j Hhen such a risk i mis successluiVj as in this . instance - lUnlpn J'tt. F,l, )l h ' A,ourig man in W 'hii-linVf nenty yearn of age I " in.. .. . i i no nr. A Virginia papw. ricordehe.. carriage f a Musacbusetts white toltritr t. solilitr to a colored wo man. WORTH CASOLTJTA lIOISIATtTBJ. RESTATE. ' ' Wkmibday, FeFl3. The Senate win railed to order at 10 o'clock. Prayer by the Hev. Mr. Hardieof the Presby terian church. Mr. Bpeed presented a elition from the Trustees ol Elizabeth City Academy, asking for authority to sell said property. Referred to Com m i tier on Propositions and Grievances. HkrVItT of I OMMITTKFS. Mr. Wiggins, from Iheconiuiittee on Finance, to whom was referred a resolution in favor ol Wm. Bradford, recommended its reference with accompanying documents to the committee on Claims ; also a resolution in favor of It. x Hospi tal, recommending its passage. Mr. Moore, from the commit tee on the Judi ciary, to whom was referred a ineinoriul trom citizens of 1'n ion county, relative to the removal trom office of .1. I). Williams, atiiagistrate of said j county, reported adversely. j Mr. McCorkle, from the c.uiiiiiitlce on the Judiciary, to whom w as referred a bill to amend sec. 7, chapter 40, acts of llili, recommended that it do not pass. Mr. Brown, Irom tho committee on the Judi- ciary. to whom was reteired a bill in favor of widows, recommended that it do-not pass. I Mr. Kcllcy offered an additional name for Justices ol the Peace lor the comity of Duplin ; concurred in. j mil-.. Mr (iMsh, a biil authorizing the appointment ! of a clerk w ith a salary of $T0O to the Conip ! Holler of 'the State, referred to the committee on Finance. Mr ilson. a bill to incorporate the Char- , lotte Water Works Company. Hel'rrred to the ' committeeon Corporations. 1 .Mr Hall, a bill relative to inspectors f..r the i city . I Wilmington. Ueferred to the Commit- I tee on Proposiiions and (iricvances. Mr Love, h bill to harmonize and give through . fieiyht on the aiioiis Hail Koads in this Slate. ! Heferred to the committee on Internal Improve- i ments. On motion of Mr. Koonce. the rules were j suspended, and the bill authorising the ap- 1 pointtnent of special mugistraten in each incor- porate town in the county of Carteret, was taken tip and passed its several readings I On motion of Mr. McCorkle, the rules were i suspended, and the bill relative to supplying artificial arms to disabled soldiers, ami lor other purposes, was taken up on its third read ing anI passed. On motion of Mr. Hall, the rules wetc sus pended, and the private calendar was taken up. Bill for the relief ol the estate of the late Gen. L. O'B. Branch came up, and on motion of Mr. Wilson it was recommitted to the Fi nance Committee. Resolution in tavor of A. F. Armlield. on motion ol Mr. Avery it was postponed indefi nitely. Bill to amend the charter of the Oceanic Honk and Ladder Company, in the tow n of Beaufort, passed its several readings Resolution in favor of A. E. Jacobs, was re jected on its second reading. Bill to incorporate the American Mining and Manufacturing Company was amended, and passed its several readings. Bill to pcorporate Pigeon River Mining and Manufacturing Company, of Haywood County, passed its several readings. Bill to incorporate Monroe Lodge, J'o. 224, in the town of Monroe, passed its several reading-. Bill to incorporate the VVaynesville Baptist College in tlie county of Haywood passed its evernl readings. Bill to revive and re-enact the charter of the Shelby and Broad River Rail Road Company. Referred to the committee on Internal Im provements. 'Bill to amend the charter ol the N. C. Joint Stork Publishing Company, passed its several readings. SFKCML OBDIR. On iii, .lion of Mr. Hall, the Senate resolved themselves into a committee ol the whole, Mr. Wilson in the chair, ia order to consider the bill to lay ofl and establish the County ot Vance, to be comoaedof portions of Craven and Beau tort Counties. Mr Sjieed moved to amend by striking out the word "Vance" an t insert "Pamlico." Apreed A discussion o some length ensued, Messrs. Manly, Hall, Speed ami Berry opposed the bill, and Messrs. Thompson, Jones and Covington supported it. v On motion of Mr. Manly, the Committee arose and reported progress. The Speaker resumed Hie rhair, and the Clisii man. Mr. Wilson, reported adversely to the bill Mr. Hall offered an amendment to the bill, h aving the decision ol the matter to the people of ( raven and Beaulort, which was rejected. The question arising upon the passage of the bill on its second reading, and the aves and nays lieing called, the bill was rejected, by the casting voteol the Speaker, ayes 111. nays 19, and the Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Wednesday, Feb. 18. The House was called to order at 10 o'clock, A. M. REroHTS or COMMITTEES. Mr. Waugh, for the Committeeon Proposi lious and Grievances, reported back favorably, a resolution in favor of W? B. Marsh and John I'eebles; unfavorably, a resolution in favor of S. W, Chad wick. Mr. Allen, from the Judiciary Committee, re ported a substitute for the bill to amend Section 21, chapter 34, Revised Code. Mr. Kenan, from tile same committee, unfa vorably, a bill for the protection of Guardians. By Mr. Perry, of Carteret, for t'.ie Committee on Claims, favorably ; a resolution in favor of the State Librarian, and a resolution in favor of Mrs. P. P. Dick, relict of the late Judge Dick B BILLS INTRODUCED. liy Mr. Woodard, a bill to sitlioiie a special t for the County ot Wilson. Court Re-Mr. Allen, Grape 'Growers. bill for the protection of liy .Mr. Bright, a bill authorizing the Chair man of the County Court ol Lenoir County, to sell theold Jail lot in tlic town of Kinston. By Mr. ilorton, of Watauga, a bill to amend an act to encourgt- tne raising of sheep in the countn-s or vt atatiga ana Aie. Bv Mr Miitciiiaon, a bill to incorporate the X. C. Orphan Asylum. INFIMSHKU ill HINF.ss. TU1. IJ,)UV. re.uuied consideration of ih. bill tv autiionze the Public Treasurer to negotiate a ' loan lor the relief of the Treasury and to estab- i l.-Ji a N. C Saving's Bank. - Mr. Willinins; ol Martfn, rencwetl his motion ' to lay tne bill on the table. Not agreed to. Mr. Morebead offered ameiidnieats reducing the loan Ui $,000,000, and striking out the I !h section of the bill, in relation to fundinir. lie then moved a re eominitlal of the bill t., n... Ml McKay tliought the aniendinent would 1.1.1,1,1 the Can. but was willinij that the bill itould- be- recommitted. H hoped however that it would be considered in fuU committee. The motion to recommit was adopted.: A resolution in favor of the State Librarian, paaaed second and third readings. ' - I Mr. Moore, of Hertford, niovedo take frojn me lame, a moiiun to reconsuier me vine v which the bill to extend the corjxntc limits of the town of Elizabeth City bad been . b 1. utc. 1. Mr. Latham, of Washington, opposed this motion and moved Its indeliuiie R-tonemvat. After discussion in which .Messrs. Latham ot Washington, ltuss, ami UranUny i pp.ed re coiisideiation, and Messrs. Momv ol ller'tord and Henry urged it, tlta Hooae reliiu d Ui pual pone indefinitely the motion to rnon-i li r. The motion to reconsider wns tiu-u n i.-eted two-third's not voting in the afJirmativi . sl'Kl ll. nllDkK. The House priMfeiled to consider lli' bill to aim ml the charter of the Western N C. Huil road company. This bill after discus-ion ami amendment. passed 2nd and 3rd readings. Mr. Wa'igh, by leave, introduced a bill to stay executions in courts of Hi cord. Mr. Everett, a bill to ullow persons who lost an arm or leg in the service of the late Confed erate States to retail spirituous Lienors by a measure less than a qicirt, without paving any License. By Mr. Kclsey, a resolution instructing inipii iv by the Judiciary committee as to the expe diency of passing a general law for the relict of Sheriff. Laid on the table, on motion of Mr. Latham ot Washington. By Mr. Clark, a lull authorizing the sale of j part of the land belonging to the Vine Ililt Academy in the county of Halifax. By Mr. Teague, a bill concerning creditors. By Mr. Wilson, of Perqnftnaiis. a bill author iing the County Courts of l'i Piuimoiis to e!.s t '! County officers. ! By Mr. Kichilson, a bill to authorize tin exchange ol 'certain bonds issind hiui-i: tii-' war, for internal improv. in. nt purp. - tm t ew bonds OX I ll.hMUH. A bill to amend an act to regubite satarit s nd fees, passed second and third readings A bill to convert the debt due tlie State from the Atlantic A N. C. R. R Co. into capital -luck, passed its second reading. A bill concerning Surveyors. A bill to authorize certain counties t" siil. scribe for stock in the Cheraw and Lai In Lis Railroad Company. A bill to pay tnlit Jurors lor tl.iir s-nun in the trial of capital felonies, and A bill to amend an act to extend the time fr perfecting title to land, passi if second and Third readings. Bills placing physicians s. r i . s and . eoiiuts on an equal dignity with b 'n -. to ululate and change the f. es ot Count t .o.:' S.'iieit..r , in aid ot the Literary Fund, fir the n-btf ol Wards; to establish Homesteads, to punish un lawful hunting, and to change tin- time tot the meeting of the General Assembly, were laid -n the table on second reading. A resolution allowing mileage to ..!i.-ers an t members ol the Legislature. I. r the aojouincl session, pissed second and third re ulii.gs. , A resolution, introduced by Mr. Iloiderby, providing for joint inlotiual con-id. ra'iou by the two Houses, ol the plan ol reconstruction recently proposed by Govs. Orr, Shaikeyand others, was referred to the committee on Feder al Relations. Messrs. Foard and Wilson, ot Forsyth, wire allowed to record their votes, thti burner lor, and the latter against the Stay Law passed on Saturday last. I The House thel) adjourned. (Mr. Teague's name was omitted inadvertent ly Irom the record of yeas and nt .ni toe Siy Law. .Mr. Teague voted against tin- I id i 'For the Sent!!,.'! "Paid by the Public. " ; Tlic Constitution of North Carolina, adopted J in 1776, ordained that an 'ni versify fhonlil lie j established, ami fit teachers employed in its service, w ho should be ' paid ly t!it jmUtr." i The University has been established. So f ir the i oriler of the Constitution has bee.n carried out. The last provision, howevei, that competent ! salaries lie given to itn teachers, to be ";! In , the public ," lias been almost utterly disregarded. ' Those salaries have in some degree been derived from lauds, it, granted by the LrjcisUttiM-. but in a much lurger degree fmiu tiirir ow n i earnings. The (arts on this subpit are not well . known. But the truth is, that s.ni e its t iuuda- I turn, the. l.'uiversity has recaivui ibcttHx.. Imtn. i the Treasury ot the Mate only $17.0mi,) seven teeu thousand dollars, for the services it has I rendered for seventy years '. That sum U scarce ly an equivalent lor the gratuitous, instruction it has given to scores, or hundreds of our poor and ill serving young men I W by, Virginia ap propnates, rr year, from the Tnasury ol the State, to her University, and South Carolina, ersry yftr, to her College, a greater sum than ; North Carolina has so appmpna'c I in mro.'. ijr In the poverty and dcrressio;i of to day those States rontinur that act of justice, The needs of our University tire no le,;. Why should not our Legislature be ns ju-t as th y t It would simply obey the injuiielii.n ol tin Constitution, nothing more. . The Instructors in the University have pr. v. . I steadfast in their duty in the lat rive In in? 1 years. It is hardly too much to say. that I. tit fir their sell denying ereverance. the Institn- i tion must have closed its doors. The Trustees, I no doubt, did all they could. The country rs i much indebted to their resolute purpose not to i give up. Yet the continuance ot the University I is due mdre to the Faculty than even to tin in. i They received during the w ar tlieir old snlaritu, adjusted to times ol peace-, iti t'nrfederritr i munry. For many months the daily income ot i those gentlemen, was less than the wages of h ' common negro hand. Yet the Stateliad placed . a great trust in tlieir hands, and they ilisc'harire't it manfully. Not even hunger droe them irom their posts; nor did the promise of better phi ces and better pay seduce them And now they get, I learn, not more than half tlieir salaries, and that is Hot more than hah' the means ot a ' comfortable living. Is not this a time when the Legislature should uniernbrr the or der of the Constitution, and see to if that the deficit ol salary which they can not earn shall be "jjiij hy tht pulUii:" I was sorry to see that the resolution to give seveu thous and dollars this year aso was w ithdrau n. No appropriation of public monies would be more useful, and I will add more just. I have written too much lo enter now on wliat w is my main purpose in this communication, viz: to insist that the constitutional rule, llmt teachers e "fuiid liy tir PuMir," the wisest, and, in fact, the oni true method ol public in struction. The rule implies that all instruction in the State shall be under the control and direct supervision of the State ; shall be planned, m m-gt-d, sustained' every way by the State. W til not our legislators and wise men think ol this ( I am satisfied that we shall never have m North Carolina a ssten ol education that shall be suited to our needs, complete in its parts, i-co- Jiomical anil sufficient iu jts administration, onu that 'haTf be worthy of a Republic, and that will fitly prepare our children to lot n ise men and good citizens, until the Legislature .shall introduce auch a systcra, and ttte-'Mafe bevetrte , entire and permanent charge of it. ; HENIOK. 1 i, JTor Uia Sentinel. The Borth Cwolia Etilroad. 7i IT Tke ouestioc recurs, Why hare all partic failed in the management of this Road f It has beer the pet, the pride ol the State, it nas nan br Us oilier and Directors our first men. ; Twice, in effect, has the State paid i's debts. Twootli. i Uoads were built (as was argued i to insure its eoniplile success. Its receipts have j cousluutlj' lucrcused and arc now nearly Ucl le i what Hi. y wire in 1 800. Bui, niter all. tilt! 1 Company has gone steadily in debt, and its j stock is how lower than ever before. I I repeat why lire these things so .' It is idle I to say that it is"in)riiig lo "oifr own ItirTlfTi'rcnrc, j neglect ami bad management. ' The question ! is, What has made us thus itidill'. reiit to our j own i'.tir.sis, through a ' period of eighteen ' vears, and under !ie different aduiinistralions ( sir. Turner charges no special fraud or con up lion, ami I doubt if any caulieshowu. Thai is j not the complaint. The great interests ol the State in this Itoad and the just rights of tlic Stockhohlers have been sacrificed, not so much by incapacity, bad faith or crime, as by a habit ual neglect of duty, and loofe notions of respon sibility on the. part ol those in charge of it The records of the Directory the real govern ing power- show that the pecuniary success ot the Company has been made subservient to all the local, personal, sictional and political in tin i nces surrounding and besetting it. It is erro neously regarded us n public work, and has fall, n a prey to public plunder. In point of birt, it is a private corporation, intended to make money lor the Stockholders the State in cluded. , Tin- Ix'st wry ice a Railroad can render a rum ni'.M.'v, is to pay dividends to its Stockholders, this is a sure index ot efficiency. Efficiency -.. ores salety, dispatch and fair dealing. Pay i.. i. lends and you make Railroad stocks popu ' .: Make them popular, and you stimulate the ron -t ruction of rival lines. Competition redu-i-i s ii res and freights, ami tends to the diffusion t 'ii -, eiilerprize, plcuty, prosperity and pleas lo. -throughout the land. The system thus ex it ii.ls ami sustains itself. See this illustrated, to -me i xteiit, in Georgia, where Railroads have Is on built and operated aolely with a view to iin ir paying. In that State they have paid and ao paying now . and we behold ber rising from her ruins and stretching her arms in an air line ben- t.. the very borders of North Carolina ! Now I charge that the Directors of the X. c b ulroad , instead ol catching the inspiration ! I tiiesr large and noble views, and acting ac- I ronlingly, have devoted themselves almost ex- . Ins'velv to the consideration ol all the miserable, . petiy. selfish interests arrayed against the Road. ! r" thirds nf their time is spent in passing j m.. ri..ns in favor of fhis or that man against the j Company Instead ol leaving such matters to tin proper olticers, and exacting of the latter a j i ngbi nccnuntability, the Board has constituted ! itstit n tribunal of appeal from their offices, for i I ali i xtortioners and plunderers from one end ! ( line to the other. The Directors all seem t have acted the part o! Collecting Agents and Attorney". Each lias songht to get all he i I I -it the lifi-ti for his neighls.rs and irtetid-, mid all appear to have lieen more devo td to the particular counties, towns and section-they represented, than to the inter, ts ol the sin. kholdt-rs of the State. In turn, officials and employees catch the spirit of the Board. Loi -euess and disorder reign supreme. The Hmd suffers on all sides. It is overreached by everybody, and is made to bleed at every pore. Tne extent of these evils will lie billy real i 'd by business men. when it is stated as a t'ir-r that up to a very recent date, the Board I'Tei ,-ised no suiervisiou over its officials and . -mployers It c ntcntrd itself with the pub li .i.ed reports, or mere verbal and meagre state merits in regard to the condition of the several . Ilii ers; and did not have so much as s stsnd ii'g committee to scrutinize the monthly or quarti rly expenditures made by the different officers! Not even the Treasurer's accounts win -un i n-i I in detail! The most they did w i-in aiiooiiit an occasional committee to see ti, it hi i vouchers corresponded with his books .-Ll.e work of an hour. But the claims on which those vouchors were founded were rarely or never examined But l ow . I. .es it happen we havesuch Boards! I' r. s.ilis from the political connection ol the Stai .-. in the management of the Company. The a'., .n.ii.iint .,aUi a ru ss 1 aiuira -fT.,itriA t tt ax (VPn f sr i . ' t. .. .... .1 ;.f .k..c... ' ' --, "- f ..v. .ut , try. t'uillicai power is necetmariiy aemorauzing.. I oTiiiiitl-jA the l-firtit State Ulreclor are1thO')ir" lb. ir predilections in public life arc canvassed, coiubiuatioiia are formed to influence the dec ' tion ot the four Stockholders' lrirectors, and j t tin i control the choice of officers and the policy I ot the Road. If the State appointments are uol 1 marie ou party grounds, they are certain to be ' selected on account ot mere personal or local 1 con-iderations. Thus the hoard is invariably made up, in great part, of men, selected, not be en in-.- of tlieir pecuniary interest in the work or peculiar fitness for the duty ; but tor reasons and i motives positively ail verse to the interests ot the Company. They are all apt to be politicians, ' w ho have fiii mla to make or enemies to punish ; prominent .aw yers, who have neither time, taste ..r t.ileiii for the dull routine ol figures and sta tist i. -: or shrewd wire workers, who are always 'Ii Ii, and prove dangerous men, where public I inter, -is are involved. The grand result is sn army of officials, em ploy"! s, contractors and dead heads, no divi dends, a rapidly increasing debt, a constantly i depr. i i iting stock, destitute stockholders and t a bankrupt Slate ! Li st I should be charged with exaggeration , ami misrepresentation in the general views here i tAprcssiil, I propose to give a few names, fig 1 mi s and facts, taken from the records. As Mr. , Tun er has lalxircd with a commendable zeal to-relieve the stockholders of their "pains in the '..much." I will do what I canto ease, the I. vm Is of the Stale. I have no desire to abb-Id the ditccli'is on t! e ptut of the stockholder; some of tin in have acted badly enough. Hut I tny theory i-. that the State Is the cnnti-ollinu' power; I hat her iuflui ncc has, to a gnat ix 1 1 in . I de iioralin d the w hole corporation, and that if i nnv particular perjuin or pctsona can I held re-ponsible for the mismanagement, it Is the r5t iti-ami her I lirei tors. Ig'ne In low I he State Directors for the last two yi nrs, as a fair average of the whole class, si l.i'itiff Governors of opposing politics. I ' altui a Id the stock held fey each, in his own ght, -o l.ir.as the books show. And 1 accoin i psn each list uilh afvw remarks on the pro feedings and policy of the respective Boards. . STATE til It I ' loll- toll 1 111.1, RT liOV. Hot. DFX) WiH l..an, Xo Stor k. ( N. Brown, 5 Shares. J. M "Leach, " " A Johnson, 6, " ' II. P Dick. N. Hoyden, JO " W A. Smith. '"(. W.'fiwcjtst.n, 11 Now. I a'k the whole batch of' politiciane, 1 both treat and -mall, to say in their hearts if it was ju-t to the Stale entrust her three mil lion- in this r. rtd, to tiny set of men who ow lied unit thirty five shares, ot stock, or at tar ; tbet lit ty five shuris f But what (lid t'li j- io' Wlnit ' ii-onti( ( H-ct ' TF trit! t(. I'hey louiiil rhe Road les- injured ill its track. ilu I .r i. lima 1 1 a i It'll, it M tllt4a"ltllirv ) uim arwl ridges, its depots. IIISM-lliliery "boj'S, sii(i i ig sti:V, ib'ab ahf leiviTmgTirie South'.' its' tf.s ff,frV, ibao khVlWirTme Soutlf Its' ' . ,,,, othpr tuvttVlc. T0 it , c-.,,k:, I advantage over private perannsand other Roads, in procuring labor mijtaatwULYMlbfaf'T months it ws without a tival ia both trelgbtt A I mid travel. It had an Incnm of f 989,878.88. j Tim Board tit JHtl. sqoandwe4 Jtojghgtoog ; this cuofu4ouajuin,,andswatad- bjaidaa m in- m-m mid debt ol l least f00,00000 K ThnoniMr ; have, easily declared t Dividend. ' But' Instead of doing so, they bought, when not needed, I material and supplies, valued. In May 1886, at " is.'l-Vi'-r.-'itl. 'Ihr,y also handed over to their -ii. . i ss .1... contracts for a large amount besides, - " I Iniirvard nothing in saying, that an immense 1 proportion of these material hnd suppliea, not ! being required lor immediate use, Attn lost, stolen, .Ii suoyed or wasted. - -a.' Tin y employed douhlu the quantity ol labor, both -killed ami i linoll, actually needed, aad ' ' i paid full double prices tor cverytttinf thev bought or hind. With the Stockholders starr ing and the Statu bankrupt, ttieJ iodulgad ka , all -ori.- of silly oruumeuution aad foolish di-...... pi n and fancy work. See for this, the coat if a single item": "Varnish U.OOO.t They gav V, high s.ilariis and exacted no labor in return. Tlie v paid claims sot justly owing, and allowed on other debts more than was lairly due. And so on to thy in. I oftlie chapter of waste and es trav.ignncc. I know it will be said by some, that Mr. -Wilkes is to blame for all this; by others, that Mr. liny den is responsible. I say toe Board, and especial'y the State Directors, are to blame. They elected Mr. Boydc-0, and they elected Vt. Wilkis. There was no wrong in this. But if tiny had their senses, tlidr eyea and. their eara, . they must have known what was going on; and they did not interfere to stop the abuse. There . was their error, and It is tuts that fixes tbm . with full responsibility. But to (how the ! mwnof this Board, I select from their n trim a single item. As early as July 1803, before we . had any law fixing the value ot Confederate debts, and long Ix lore other parties ever thought of adjusting such claims, this Board made Met to provide fur paying certain notes given tor negro hires during the war and payable fat Go tolerate currency. And tbey actually agreed to allow on these claims, at the rate of from fltft to ifl.'iO hire per annum! Thus securing to cer tain slave owners for the years 1883 and In a t w( Ive months hire, fully half the whole Taiwe . of their pnirirrty. W'ben the "scale'1 we plisrl, this Board tailed to modify or repeal their or dcr, though most people are forced, and many glad to take the scale on such debt. I CM show that another Road the Charlotte 8. (' - adj'isted all such claims "at from $8 to $4 per month." This order w ill lose the Company: thoi:s,iiidi, nutt tt may x, huadreda of.thot'":.r -sands of dollars. The subject is exhausted whea I add, that most of thi money goes to parties, who though strung war men, refuted to take our currency, and who were not required by the officers ot the. Company to do so, wheel it had millions on baud, though saying tooth ers "take this or nothing," This Board closed their career, as might be cxp. ctc.l, with a report, full of errors and awla stati mi nts, and politician like, with a large supply ol undeserved self praise. Their epitaph shout, i be: "They were liberal with other peo ple's money ; they gave to those who were too hm t work . and they were duly blind-to the funds ol their friends." In another number- probably the last I will pay my respects to the 'IliJornJ Board" of 1888, sud gie the prar:ical results ol joint manage ineiit. w ith some high- authorities s gainst it. . RITUS RARRINGER. CharL.tte, Jan., lt)7. ' , mroUTAXT TO FARMERS. 11: Mr illums in will leave for Baltuaor oa J Momlm 4ili. if Fobrusi j to parehas Uaane awe Itc n and "ther sun her supplies, tint our Farmers U nesst to mnki eroii i srties lntmxiti will Sod it so (heir uiterest is cli i.u him hernr that tuns. U. I. WILLIAMSON AGO ' "inn.ission Aort-banU k AaettoeaMira. Jn 1', Uit l Mll tS KTOLliK ! REWARD. s JTOLf N Klii.M VY KTABLK8 IJI JOHKnTOK iiiitv ..ii M..ii.Ist iitiiht the 2th. bus- km .Ml 'l . I li .rt-e mule, iuoum eokand, I soar ensVw '. hi. k. ii i and in.. use col.ir. lbs two ' l-mil: fr j the l. " t- in il.. 0..renimeiit arid hraSsloJ. IsrlOpay r. ssr.l l..r tlieir roeovairy. aniiTyss, ' J. W. B. WiTMON, -I ' I " i' Kalessk, . L - I'KIVATi: HOA.KUI1SO IIOC'SE, I'RfCK OP BOARD REDUCED. ! 1 I.VTftlWHn scenmmodsto or' linm l r- . ! the A. mlHy with ffood seensaasoaaltnsi sr-ol.ni.s ' r -iiri-rn t'iit"m rill fH r tlwir inf' n't n crrr m caft- ;'; MRS. M. 3. rrSTtiTAIL X.. Ian 15 Faettevill. M lj itvi W yds. fr.mi the Capitol. Ii (, WublU. M.Q. rjAatOL. WORTH & DA.MEL flipping A 4 ouimlsslon MerclusuU, WILMINGTON, N. C. t D I: A Li lis IX UAUOIXU. BOPE, I BON I1KM, l.ime, llsster, ( ineut, llair, Uenniits ferevsta dual. o .ho . .t froni Oomrnment Agents). 8alt, llav an.l all kinds of Ooal. Af.-msh.r luuglia liawikiue 8eper Pbtiepaate f Lnue. Agents f ir (lie I'ailsdulpuis Hoathern Mail HtMm- slilp line. . . : f . ARenu. for ilowlspawl s weokly Mtsemahlp llMrreaa Sew 4ork. , Ak-huj for Jonas ftrnith Co'a., Una of Rev; Tok nail . keu. Feb li-llM-Ciit Tf w Clii'lM L IU UbLAfsHKH. .' . , UIxECT IMPORTATION. W, ore rlally cipeftuijr a Cargo of 2M hhds. prliae ew ( orii tuba MoIsmmi. Orders are respertfuUy solieifcl, fvmm tosmt the timen. - . -WORTH DANTaX. Feb l. I ,4 Jw 1ANHV AM) ItVWINS. b. t;,-uitfttity bv the box. - ...... I'LTJUAM, JONES A Oa Wholesale Oroesra. lei bit tf "11 MA A U.gc l..( . I KMf f f, uv luiwl si llav. ITLXUM. JOKKH ca Wholussla Orsosre. A N T L Ii tle iNinCa hear Hank notes am) fl 500 in Bank of North I aj-.iiiiiu uoCMI. ' ' ii'LLiAM, Jones . co. Wholesale Orscere. ' Feb I ; : if I- ' A 1H aV-tl U A Kll rttherl sr.rt Pftwrlcre.l, C. . . .. .... Coffee and Conunoa , j Itrowu. fCUJAM. JONES CO. Wbolraato erossw. Feb fi l.'.tlf LANDRRTII I CARDE.1 isEEM, AI AIMiE HLTI'I.Y Jl HT RFXIE1TED AT TH llU Kt,. ..f . WILtJAMS 4 HATR'OOD. Jan SI-ltiMin III.TOV :. niCIIARDROle, ATipilNEY AT LAW Clinton, N. O. t TTTLtrtTriiOT'rtlOSIrTlT TO THI COLUtO-. , of '.. .bH other bnsinsee sntrnstsd te Feb 4 ?ms.
The Raleigh Sentinel (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Feb. 13, 1867, edition 1
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