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T 1 1 E . H K NT f N E L. WBOAXP" WO A T ARB RVmSS TUS sta rtvmmt : ti wii natural, it tW c of tbe late I wr tbat rt-o jftate T!rjthratd bft, twne- I V . .-.''a 'rrL.'J'r eountry ccild notleil oy ditastrous the war bsd tt tbdwKc!ion of ihe re Kurct ol or people j. jey could not tell bow welkdisp used tu people w. re to re itoce public credit, and, besides, they could Bot.tell hour the State would be reconstruct ed, nd what sort of State Govern uicnts would I erected. It wi, we repeat, nsural and prujwit to wait and see the resultl of the War ia,l"'VDtrucii..n, and, m the inesntiuiw, tbo credit1' ll'8 stle was im( Aftroo,B(3," " cred it of iti.ite ohf W4.- tsecome good od approximated lt old standard. Tbia at tli aa'drai ' ei" 4 i1d..g. But, BBfaatHjr, reooroiioa ha brought ,bmitytein ol State Government that sffids no reasonable protection to life, property or labor, and, worse than this, il possible, thia State Government is in the bands of a claaa ol men utterly .irneponsi ble, who have net t to no property, who are ignorant, corrupt and vicious, an I whose whole course of official acthm show con clusively their deliberate purpose to injure tbe State, degrade the people, and to ml. and plunder them in every practicable way. These tlatementa are nu stained by tacts notorious throughout the State, and, in deed, throughout the country. Tn Radical State OovrrniiK'nt, and the Radi'-al men alio administer it word and a laughing stock at throughout the Union. The the name of the present Sta'e , are a I y- hotne ami mention ol (towrnmcnt and its chief, in the(icc ision fur a sm er. ridicule and contenipluom Uughter. Every body knowsthia iaso; the Itadicali know it ; tbe Oorernor knowa it ; the "carpi t bag t;ere" know it ; the Judges know it every tody knows iL Every body at borne and abroad knows that the State Government is uaed to promote the purposes and .-nds. and to enrich a huge "King," composed of degenerate Kortli Carolinians and "carpi t buggers." Every lwdy knows this. It it any wonder then that the credit ol the State ia simply uodiing t It is nomi nal ; no one buya the new bonds except at tbe adventured prices. Stock gamblers ban them nd fell them by combiratiens and "Kings no regular kUaiht lorwaril dealers buy them ; nobody intetlt in them ; tbey are bought to be told, they are hawlei ahovl ; they are regarded as spuri cy, doulttlul, insecure. Fair dealers never buy them. Tbey know ho the, new debt was created ; they know vko created it ; they know vho atdmlawat-r the Hi ate Govt eminent ; they know the people of North ' Carolina did not create tba debt, and that the "Ring" did ; tbey know the "King" manipulates these new bond, not for the benefit of the State, but lor the'r own !ene- . ll4lliej know Ihji people don't sanction this villainy and outrage, and henoe, the nominal credit of the State. J ot th$ other dy t,,e New York UerM . laid that North Caroline bonds were worse off than any other bouda, and the rcaioo was, that they were under Ihe curse of a parcel of speculating manipulators, a'iu tbe "Itiug." Tbia was just alter tbe Gov ernor and the Treasurer had lelt New York. That ia what injure the Stiito ctedit. The King" men and "cirpet baggers" whine and curse ua, and tell the people that K4 injure the redit of the State. The charge ia aha oteieasly false. Do we tell nything bat the truth to tbe people? We give the figure as they are; they can't lie. And will not tbe truth bear telling ? I. there, in (act, aomething that oupht not to be told t Doea tbe State Government afford any reasonable protection to lite, property or labor t Are not corrupt and inrompe- ; tent men pretending to adminia'er the Gov-J eminent t Have they not riHgraerd the State I Have they not . attempted to crea'e a debt ot more than twenty sit mlllionsof dollar 1 Have they not burdened the people with taxi more than they are able te br inshurt, isik'fii ioy coi8 dene,, at home or abroad, in this notten, corrupt mockery of State Government t Have tbe people of any party any confidence in' It f The State Government is managed by a "Ring," ooinpoe 1 of men who care noth ing for any party, 'Who uao it to enrich themselves, n gardhsa ol whatever evil may Come to the;6ttc. Kv ry body know this i so : eren tire Kadreahr -themarlv.r w tft bT If. " We know tbt Ihi 'corropt Rascal Governor hat we have, bean the complaints from tl Badicala, daily ; thy telt him h It ruining fh Kite; Mid tliat th measure be and bi "lifng" are pursuing will min tie Radical party. Wc sty, we know ih Governor hear these thing constantly. Ye, the rank! and file of the Radiioat pnrlj rerdt4ng p J thfy ate and f. el t,he corse that 1 upon tbem ; W.aght upon turm by Gorernor ( Holen njl hinUrig" tad "carpet-bafrger.11 -' B telling tb trot.tul tbe Icproos bloat npon the body politic, the "Ring," effect upon the spuriou bond in (h) , ket, we etn't help It ; we intend to coutinoe to wewk until the Stat it relie?ed of th - rot of hungry vulture that r Uifgrac- bef people and eating out tbr uo stance. W tball hold nth recrenei n and thoi Gjt'ox&IrSg.H'.ysSfc ?. ufpifi ann fcorn oi,an luixnsr-t. ""'i Iople, not ony until th'j are a tteoth 2a tb nottrilt of th people of nil partie. but VJtGl they ahtll b tabamed to thow thent slr IB puMic, but hide away in dent and hcarem," Him TTBs g?i't ' and nmpaoioo- mp of alt hose! mei). Thiae "iling" men ; who spend tM peopk't nione; and ruin the rttatt's i-redi-t. ha?e the effrtntrt to turn and My that h')ur$ the crert' ol Siatt r'' ''!)'," the ht.w cn you eecnpe the daumati m' that Jour criniet deaerre ! tTtm lli Wilmington Journal. 'OIU HO fin H AND CRKOIT. We take the liberty of pulilishinr; the fol lowing letter from one of the leading hi o kers ot New York in regard to North Caro lina bond. What a sad picture is litre prexouted of Hie deplorable financial con dition ol onr Slate, Her we aee how our credit is mined and the r.putaiion ol ti e State destroyed. Jut think ot the bonds of North Carolina, which out occupied the prouileblp,a:liun upon the Stock board, hswked about Ihe streets ot New Yoik tiy rurb-atone btkerand gamblers "like stale fisli m.i,i tin, maikit." Alarmrd at the extrarig-tnt Hud corrupt approprit:iii of money alHruii'd IhOhu!. we believe.r that llie capability ol our -o. pie i u d be overtaxed, we piotvated BKsinii the apiioiiitnieot and election of mi'U to Imiiille these bonds whes" capacity wan untrii'rl mi l who-e honestv was doubt eii. We knew that it would require eipe rieni e, capacity and integrity to save the credit ol the S ate. We kuew that it was ot tile in most moment that the n presen i tiv.w ol North Carolina! on Wall Street should be cemlemeii of largo experience an.i ii,tlui'i,ce, and ot npntlens character to n4"ti o ti ti w in our iieufitne We have eiole-ivored in vain to stcuie such reprewntatites. Our etl'orts have ended dow n upon -, the rood, mnatujn oT tnemls. We h.ve In i n bhi in d In CHUM- wc co id, I not e. in.- -(.(.Ik ' ol "innkiuj: the bent ol it." V, litorials and (Mrrcponilctitn ot Conserva tive piipers here ami elr whetY have lir ct ly ami ni'lirtet y attacked us lor injuring the ciedn ot the r-tnte by outopoki n objec tions to certain otliciHla. Wc believed tben, ax we know now, that "homntv was the polici." 1. .ok at the picture pre-ent-ed below of tl e ci niii'iin ol our '"fq.eciftl tax'' bomti. ,s,t how they aiedi-p -sed ol Real vi bat means tire used to "raise the wind." Ju lje into what haints the credit and reputation ol .North Carolina. have lall en: Niiw VnitK, Oct. 7th, 1HIS0. Mer. KJitvrn: I am in receipt, almost daily, ol your valuable journal and read it aitn much pleasure., puriiculurly your ar tich relaiing to agriculture, in which I take a great interest. 1 have also noticed many able ariiJ8 wiitten by yourselves and others respecting the present deplora ble financial condition of your good old iState. There muat be something radimVy wrong. There must be bad management at home or the present s ate ol thingtcould notexiHt 1 It is but a short time ago that the credit of your State stood in the very front rank. Your tionds were sought tor by capitalist both North and South, and the ve.y nniue of North Carolina wax ty nonj mona with wealth and high standing credit. I do not exaggerate. No State in the Union occupied a more enviable final) cial position than did the 'Old North Stale." l.onk at tha eon'rust betwten those il iy- and the precrnt I You have the same n Imttrious, Irugal people to till your lands and bring to the coffers of tbe Statetbeir je'iriy ci ntiibution. Hut alas, I fear you have a different class of men at the helm of State. There are agent of yonr State now in tbe markit with bi nd for sale on almost every corner ol the afreets. One i alraid to look at a tall man in the lace, from a tear ot leing ai-ked to purchase "North Caroli na Special Tax Bonds 1" You are begged to loan money upon them at the rate of thir ty cent to the dollar, and I have this mo inont an application to b now twenty five thousand dollars, leaving as collateral ee. curity one hundred thousand dollars ot the bonds ' Agaiu I repeat there mnst be So me thing wrong at home, or the bonds of your State would not be thus hawked about the streets as stale fish from the market. Your idea about piiichasing tbe bondj si low pi ice and selling at a high one, is a very timp e affair. I can tell you something better than that. Suppose tSS,100 WM borrowed un sixty day credit, and 100, 000 of the bonds were left as Collateral se curity for the pay went of the note at mntu ri'y. and then suppose the m te is not paid at maturity, who geis the bonds I Now tbe terms of this loan are in the body of the ityte and read thus "with authority to sell the tamjiat the Urokers K ard, er at public or private sale at his ( he lendcr'O option on the non pertorniaoce of this promine ami mthoiit autW Well, suppose the note Is not met at maturity the bonds must be told to I nisbody, and il an outside friend happens to be the purchaser at say enough mon. v tin oat the note and interest hat matter f You see how much better it t trr purchase at 23 percent, than to pay auor .80 per acnl. r I trust you will continue lo et mm mat er before the pjople of the State and in such manner as will awak-.n a little at tention, with the hope that a change will take place in the management of affairs at beadquaters. I am, with mu-h respect, 1 our ol) l serv i, It Can't bb So. No, it cannot be 1 The statement- That Judge Tooree- waa s.eo triVeting' in the oraitry tmt Hunday fr if tbe Judge ia too religion to travel to Court on Sunday he i too piout a man to bjLKrM.,. jJ.urgirJ. around and cowarting over thi!oU0iry on the Sal -ath dy. It mutt be mistake. No that I'ilgrim Ashley wat seen flank ing our town to board I tttver boat tor Barhtlale'l dejet,on Sunday, we think very likely. I'm Pilgrim via Wbeerved ttealing .round ' on the outakirt f tbei town, If h ibed to erode the eight o nan. and would, unquestionably, have been taken tor fugitiv irorn joatice, if be hd hot teen lngd oanpaor. - Ww.-fegf that we miased seeing the Pilgrim, and h.. bug vmKhms rP oag" u. Tinfi,. I)inel, of Bangor, iw. i.. -.-lr u one of its, wealth- l' V" vw" I VSVUSU..m.77-l . . ,J fflefed ot thijlcitl and ., I m save, nmooff other oequests, iu,uto, divided in different turn, to tnitjea, to w Sled "'purely wtely lor cbnt.bl pie.V' 1.00O.b to btor 4 JkVW. -wA"c?fe MHO, -. wf --i-." - Ln)i.T,,L' 4 i wUicn may twawi-vjji-o lv nd aocialty,- nur a,vw iw '. -nroof of bit " ipreeitioa of ht frwnfl- i,io and not btcauae h needi tt.- T n :. UALEIGJT. N. . 1 " JJUHIU. I FayettaviiW (N. C.) Egle..Oet. 7th, li. KKRSOA WS PA TRXT COTTOli WIL LOW. ftay.Bt W tMH tsarTtlerrtTt4 fine of the old citizens of Pavettevilk. Mr. John Kershaw, who was tor nearly treutv jeat comwoted with Blouat't Creek Facto ry, m ttiiw town, has .mB,tljr patented j invxntiun that proiuUtw w te ot great d- vaotage to Cotton Msnulscturera. We fer to A'ernA-iw's J'.iUiU Cotttm WiSote, which W a maohine intended for opeulng and pri-paring Cotton, as it is brought t thelieumeatu its original baled atata, t.r carding and weaving. The capacity ot this willow is one bale ol cotton every forty live minu'ea. It will rpen the ( olttm thoroughPr and with M-rteit ease, and re quire.le powct tl an any willow now in use; and for the qu..li!y and quantity of the work it will pertorui, it has no equal; and it does iir woik without injurirg the atap'c of the Col ton. H. (J. Hall Kq, Sup, rinierdcnl of the It -avi r Creek Factory Qe"sr this place an i ipi-rienced maclntiist and mauutacturer, iiud liimsell an luvtnii r, seaki in very high lerms of Mr. Kershaw's improvement. Oue of thee WMk.ws is 1rj ortion Bea ver Cieekj Faitory, where Mr. Kershaw is prepared to make them and his Wool card ing macbiins. We nrc gHd that our townsman has the honor ot Uin the origi nat .r of nu ll a belli til to the Cotton Jtfan utaciuring luter.sl; and, knowing his merit anil ability, we lake pleasure iu com mending hiiu and, Ins invention to the public. The Wilmington Journal, -o gives a lengi hy account ot the yesterday, "contempt Cant w. It's case now Itciujr trieil in Ju;!g Court. It sayti : "Itv rejiiiliir app.iiutiueot, ami according to the rule si rve.i, tbe Mor, Mr Joseph II. Nifl; the City Manual, Mr W. V. Cana da ; the City ' leik, Mr. li. i j llu.lee, n.l the Superujti ndent ol City schools, ti,n. A'len Kutiie-lor 1. w re Iwlore Judge Oai.l well yesterday to answ -r to a charge of con tempi ot t'. urt. Tne mutter if coitempt ctiarjed was the . tlisj.ovse-sion ol the Spe cial Court Clerk of the office temporarily assigned him in the Ci:y Hall With this little war our readers are tamiliar in it moat impoitBnt detail. But another matter ol "contempt" appeari d in thecac. After re citing the facta which led to. and the man i.cr i f, the C'eik'a di-posacsion, as contain ed in the affidavit, th. rule al-o went on to impute "contempt'' to ihe Mayor, Jos II. Nell, lor the Insertion ol a newspaper ad ver'iseineot, giviug notice tliat application would lie made to the legislature at its next Mission to abolish the Special Court i(. this city. It appeared on the oath of the pnb lisbcr of the paper in question that the ad vnrtis -ment whs Inserted by order of Mr, Nell, with the express declaration that if Jinloe (Jautwell wished to know who in serted it, he was til bli" informed, and that ti.e publisher was at libcriy to convey this information immediately. Here followed long argutucn'i by 1I n. P. J. Person and Mr. Loudon K q , who ap peared for the respondents, upon a motion to discharge the rule, which we for the lack ol space are unalile to give even a syuopia. At the conclusion of the agrumenti His Honor, according to tbe Jourtml argued thusly : "The Judge stated the queti n to be whether the act ol the Geueial Assembly embtsce all clas a ot contempt. From the decision in the case'ol the State es. Moore, he concluded there wat such a claaa. It billows. Mien, that the moiion isirngular and ought not to be allowed it ought not to be entm-laintd. He insist.! d tliat the Su preme Court did convict of contempt Messrs. Moore aed others. Judge Person here arnae and rtnteil distinctly that the Supreme Court, for be was one ot the Couuael in that case) did acquit. those gen tii men ol contempt, anil merely convieted tbem of mitbetuxTior as Attorneys ot the Court ) The Special Court, the Judge resumed, hml a lig it to sit one week or longer il its business required it. The records show no adjournment from July 'till October, and at the time the contempt was committed the Court was in session. A a matter ol law it made do difference whether tbe Court Was in session, and this was not ne cessary lor it to receive a contempt to its authority. But the Court not having been c ually in BesRioo, it relieved tho matter ol an embarrassing serious p' sii.o i; but chaily a contempt, under tne act of As sembly, had been ooinniitlaib-a proceed ing dueclly tending to interrupt tne pro ceedings ol the Clours-one can scartely conceive of a proceeding more dr ct. The motion ws therlore r fused. De fendants Inquired to answer. Toe Judge then proceeded to sta'e that, Mr. Durfee was merely acting in obedi.nce to tbe authority of the city government, The ml a to him, he meant no eon leuipt ol Court, wid be d.tchaigfSJ, . 6m rntiniv aa to Ur. (janadav. ttie Marshal, aud Gen. ltu herlord. InHhe cate ol tbe otiierrl delendant. Mr. Nffl the Mayor, the rule whs continued as to h ui, and 11 o'clock We Inesdsy, the 13ih, appointed a the time an answer may be filed. Oscn.i.ATioat of Railway Thain. Sir Charles Fox state in a letier to a con I era porary, his opinion that the oscillation of i ad way traina, more (Specially Jit high ve-hx-iii-, produciing wbat-i mdiaanly mail ed "gusge eoncuiwiona," is oh used iu viry great measure by tbe use of wb:l, the tires f. which are portiotn'ofYcomH fnted ol cylirnhn. It is we I known -to engineer tliat the tire of railway Wheels are general ly, oued to an inclination ot 1 in 20. it is cons 11? it 4 th ifrt ttiVMt rj fifst isBtf tMi liCvd by Mr. George Stephenson in the eipeeta uon of iacililatiiig the paattg ol vehicle routul-cnrve bv their adapt intt themaeive through th ;ir variout dittutUH to the dil- J lereul tengtn ot meiwo rauaoo ,iir:w tbey were fUBning ... Tfi, boWCTter, int tbcaeiopictice. No advantage it ftmnd to.arUe in th ott of conical wheels in paat inu round curvet, and a much evil reanlta theltt.om as on straight lines.Bir Cbarht hat rail wav ab.oad. in th rollina tik ot which ha ha denarted from the usual fmra of wheel, and ha uted only cylindrical one, and be baa bee gratified with the aatis'ac tory report of lb teditr- of trm tup pliad with them. lottdun Uttr. ; ' ; X .. ., ,,i , , t " . ! ' . Candidate for th Mayoralty aa beeom- f "VrtJW tltlbtat hi h faiait trjrj th? rMiaena Ol ismwuerii u. uaotsiwi vv poftnoity to path biaat into their fsvor- aul )Oiive,-TTna-r -poi-. a,. SATURDAY OCTOBER 1G, ISJ, 6PBCJAL TAX SOSJDS Of TBS tiTATK op xojtrasoiJXA, itt0r' ' -wrr-fc" 'rfayirtayvw . Sjr SraaekM llwiafc, Oc4, 6, mu. Jfeurrj Henry Cle$ tit t .' ' . . Ganreaataa t la reply to your itiqatric about North Carolina and her Ixuuls, I cat make only a- brief atatement, I h ave (be city this evening. Publication have been made in several or th newspapera recently calculated to create a prejudice against the new nr special tax hood, Whether tbey have originated in thr jealousy of the old "bondholders, or may have been inspired hy a desire to depress tlieae bond in tb uiaikct, in ord. f that they may be blougld up at low rate lor the benefit of tpecula tora, it it not material lo detetmin. 'These special tax bonds stand on a footing ami lar to that of protcrrid stock in crtaiu corporal ione,. and ol mortgage houdad sued by rail load companies. Jit was not a matter ot choice witb the Icgis'amfe of our State as to whether the bond tbonld have a special tax iinpoJ iuaurat rtwir twyTxmnt, la laoi, tbe legislalura dniiasu some bonds wlthi ut this tax leature, but the Sflpime Coutt pronoumed them un coDSjjjiuonal and void. Under the decis K& of our court, the legislature c mu it fiicreaac the debt ol the Stale tor intended improvements, except to complete untSnisJf id works in which the State bad an inier isi at the time when the new ('institution w us adopted. And even in those cases a special tax must be imposed in the act liiakiiiK the appropriatititi to payoff the in terest as It b. c unes due. 1 need not re mind you that tbia new ComttiturbtH was adopted in compliance with the requ si tioos ol Ihe government ol the United S ati a. It msy, wiib ptopiiety, be added thaf, w hue sonic of the provisions of the ut w Constitution are distasteful to many of our citiens, this clause seems to be univer sally approved The legilaiutecai not add loihe debt lor new obj r.s without tbe siinciion ol tne majori.y el the people ol the w hole Slate, and it is well undiistood thtl in the preaeut concition ol things no such vote can le obtained. The matter thi n stands on this footing: The Constitution of the State eomfielltd tbe l.ms'a'ure to impose this tax, and the ob ligation was compliid wiih and the tax Imposed on all the property of the State. Tiie several acts were accepbd by the com panies, and they are not repealable or sub ject to alteration by a subsequent h gisla ture. The Conatiiution, too, by one ot its provisions, requires that the money raised by this special tax thatl b nfiplitdanly to meet the interest on the bonds. Hence these boo '.s would seem to rest legally on as firm and solid ground as a private debt secured by a nn nifiige. The obligation could only lie gotten rid ol by revolution ary aetion, which I do not think is contem plated by any oue t the present lime. Tb taxes imposed in these seta are suffi cient, when collected, to discharge tbe in terest at it becomes due. In fact the Gov ernor informed me recently, that at the rate at which the returns were coming in from the counties, there would be in tbe Treasury more money than was necessary to meet the interest. TuerewW'maNed valuation of the property in the State doe not exceed '.'60,000,000, but the real value is at least fifty per cent, greater, or not be low 373,0OO ,000. I have been in many part ol tbe Stat witbiu tbe last tour yean, and have been gratified to tee that there bst been ( steady and by no means a slow increase in it wealth. Tbe Value of the personal property is twice what" it wat at the close ol the war, while real estate ha advanced in value Irom thirty to Hlty p r cent. This lias occurred without the aid, to any considerable extent, ol capital or. immigration from abroad. It is due sim ply to the fact that our ptoplo work more and spend leas than they did lormerly As things are progressing,, in a tew year tbe va un ol our property will Im quite ejusl to what it was in 1800; and as the speiial taxes are in the form of act rain per centsge of the value, the amount raised will increase in proportion to the whole value ol the property of the State. The exci at above what ia necessary to pay the or ginal interest will constitute a sinking fund for the discharge of the principal of tbe debt. The rijiecul Tax Debt amounts to the highest estimate to 340,000. Huji cling tbe bonds, against the validity of which tlut Supreme Couit has decided, the rcruainiug'ilcbt swells the aggregate ot the -Slate's obligstioU of all kinds, whether immediate or contingent, to !!i,2H Mt. The pa j un nt of this debt depends on two tilings, namely ttheabili'y ol the Statu to pay, and ber willingness to do so. As to her ability it may be assumed that her present pio,.eily it ol ni. ro Horn ten timet ihe value ol her liabilities. No ! oue will deny that a man who. is tbe owner of prop erty ol the value of oite thousand dollars could pay debt ol out hundred dollars only. I must oot b forgott n, too, that most ot this debt it not payahlebort of a par tod of i wHttf niwfrtren thirty ;is. Neer y half of it i only to be paid after the lapse ol tli longir p. tod, and by ihat Nsiuie luv wcana ui L il v umvc will lll'n. p n -bably be five fold or ten fold what it now I . The expenditure lo be nude, at the result ot these obligations, is almost en tirely f T work of internal improvement, which will largely add to the ability of tha Sit' to pay. There it not Jue pf thuja unfinished works lor which the late appro priations were ma.le that is ni t in iisell proper and necessary undertakings aed a audi was begun long since. . It ibou'd also be remembered that tbe State owns on connection witb tliex and other works, stocks, bon is tad mortgages, which 1 ih aggregat amount to tbe sum of $27,481 000, and are nominally neatly qhtj to her liabilities. Tiie completion sit the worki will enable ber to realize large turn from tin sources, I know that last wtuter responsible parties offered to pay tb jatM I3.0U0 009, in her out anding hoflda for her siock ia th North Carolina or ten-' trsl Kailroad. In other words, she eiuld kin gmm.bmM.lMjmiJ3aiiL in thaf, road, and had the aadafaction of know itng that tb nna, wttlioul toy lot to h rwlt, oBipltd woik which had sd tu hw wenlliv nnil ueneial prosperity. Wnen to work now la era grew are cooipiereti, tuey win, uy u tn crea if taiabte Weattb, mid also by tb vaiu of ih tioxkt and otbar tecuritie greatly aid in 'he disctisrge of tbt obliga tion created. forWtaftipie, when th Wet era North taroiin BsUroaii ttdlidithed. for tbs completion ol Which the jiiW.s Voi&l onttectfotit tt8'JTVriise5xiid t.wgl, ed th suortert hoe helweea ihe Souih west and th ports wf North Carolina and yirgtci. To large iOTuat o( travel along It, and th 44snd ntliee freight wtiwh wouie! go to Hortois; m our own port, would greatly whaac tbe vlueNf several t tl' "ad in tl wutral OTtt-eteTirprty of th State. It may b wf to remind vou that North Carolina la larger la tenittat? than either New York wr Peanaylvania, balnjtn are I v oo'iir ou iig iuouajufi4 square sours, Tbe lat prof us r Einoas, who made th agricultural surveys both f New York arid North Carolina, m a omcial report aied that a certain c. unij in the laiber State, it it wen drained and cultivated ia the beat mttntter; wat capable of priHluelrgrnw.seJ corn tnan at m time was grown In tne wfeol. M'sis of Nsw York. Hbottld this b reganlrd as extravagant, it will crttu less be conceded by iho; who have given attention to the subject, that tli natural advantage of North Carotins, tot SffVtcnl tnial and other branches ol industry, sur pass thiave sd either of these great state. The financial Condition of l'f nnsylvauia and "Maryland, wss thirty years ago little betbir than that of North Carolina 1 now, after the disasters ol th lat civil war, and yet no States in the Union are in ad vance of .them m solvency and public eon frV. : ' ' ' r: When I do attempt to enumer tft the ad vantages which North Carolina possesses iu her good climate, her mines and minerals, wat.r power ami agricultural prodiictiiins, and her capai iiy to ive support and wealth to a large population, I should be compell ed to et. ml this letter to irreal htniith. I content niiself with sayiuir. then fiNe, that i Ihou is not the slightest doubt that she is abundantly able to discharge all her obli gations. On the second point, vix : her wijliajincBs ia du , I have Uuin ttitay It will lie see n Irom tbe above statement that the Sxcial tax debt is on such a foot ing that its payment doea not depend upon the action of miv I u uie legislature, and thai il can only be gotleaadHd ol by a revo liltionury movement whichWould over throw the present Sta'e Constitution. Sieco the result (l the last Presidential cylntcat, 1 do not believe any such calculation exists in the State. Thn who are dbsatiefied witb criain leatures in the new Constitu tion expect only to change them in the mode in which Stale Constitutions are usually amended. No alterations so made wjll affect the validity ol the bonds',' the pawiiciit of whicu is secund by these sue cial taxes. The old bonds of the State have not this advantage, and may hot be as promptly piovided for. The people of the State generally are satisfied tint it would in the end cost more money to repudiate a debt than to pay it. The surges' ions ol certain papers in North Carolina, republished occasionally in this city, thai the whole or portions of the dibt ought to be repudiated, have cer tainly injured the Stale ctn-iderably by depressing the price of tho bonds and caus ing toss oiNfnoncy, m tne nrst place to tne railioad companies, and sicoudly to the State. But for this undoubtedly more money would have been raised bv tbe tale of" the securities, and tbe ability ol the corpora' tlons to nniKh the worki would have been greater. Thit effect, however, will be but temporary, as, when the facts ire under stood, the credit of the Slate will revive. In conclusion, I have to lay that I regard the special tax bonds ol tbe Stat especial ly at a late investment lor inch perton as ar seeking that class of securities The attacks now directed against tbem, whether made for political effect or to nut down the price to that parlies ber can bay them up t low figures, snd thereby make large profl s, will not in the end seriously affect their value. As I shall leave th city to-day, you will excuse my saying that I have no personal interest in these quostions, neither owning spy bonds, nor hsving since the war been engaged, either directly or indlrectty, in telling tliein. Respectfully yours, Stc, T. L. CUN(MA.N. Cuba Stcrrt llttlinq of Non inturrcliu UU (Jtneral R. K. Let Offend tht Preii deneyKmancimtunU be QradwU, We copy as follows from the Lnaievile Cuuritr Journal; New Oki.kanb, Oct. 4. R'-spontibl par. tins, who are just from Cuba, report here that a number of Ihe wealthiest Cubans, who are opposed to insurrection, have held secret meetings, and resolved to unite with the resident Spaniard tor independence Oeneial Hubert E. Lee was rtsolved upon lor President ol the Republic of Cuba, sad the position offered , him for ten yjars. Among other resolutions wat 00 guaran teeing protection to life and property to all alike, and another providing lor th eman cipation ot the tlave to be gradual. The documents offering General Ie the posi tion of President bate been forwarded to htm. ' , A negro man, while stacking fodder in a field on th premises of Mft. J!!k.ftb?ut two mile east of Brownsville, Ttnn., last Saturday even ng, wa struck by lightning and ins antly killed. Persons' who saw the luxly ol the unlortstnate negro ay that ev ery bone in his bodv was crushed almost to atoms, and yet his fl.sh war uobrolun. Full return Irom thsatetigtadlr election show that the Democrat have gained large ly. Laijt year th Legislature wat Repub lican in both branches. In tbe new Legi huure the Democrat! hive two majontyin the nfrt bfanrti, aooV the Rascalf (etrsja rnajority in th lower branch. - Mr. Gladstone I to make Mr. J a met O'Cfihltfll. I bssttuftfof tln jrreat Daniel, t baronet.' i A Nevada editor can see Into a den of rat t tesneket from the back window, and St the front stands a buffalo bull ready lo go jloT him. ..T .Cuban prirattmi; llornttt k U irt tt. taioed at Wiliuingtoo indifiuttel, but bir nrew will b released . . '- -f-sjsint'M'-niifjt vast, assure tlx Academy of Science that e)inmnu water-crest 1 an efllol' nt snti.hite iscotfni!MiirtKtV-U luliiKKube ateqi ed in a tWuthtn oi asur crcstJt will hast all it oxiou prcpertie wilhouf Injury to ill aroma. . , : ' A young lady of Cinclnnaii oamed Athof, only seven teen year of age, and Very band coin and prepossessing, is preparing to en ter tb rostrum to baxue suaiost th doc-- tcuia Im -Dhto. woman. ijuKiaito. wi.Utu.r.i.yv-ft JtW'ji. pyuii. j?.i(k;CT.5jrxf..-t.,,j. , -fiAi her-wjfi- rioule. tndt 1"', aiff th fomb'tl tit'P- r. ,V.nf, " in rfl there 5 a bright prospect of a very aoirua- ted controversy between tb two pttioiVt 4bampion. ( , . r - hi th tttrk-nial InlfliiriiM.r ami Expreas, .9afjAiMt.ia.lfajji ri.thii..tii;rii.,niiw that tli counlrv is tundra 1 back on the Radical lrtv lafbwt a iH.n.a.M elavua of men .it.t . 1 '.,.... '- ".. that we cWt viioi amorig u -will turn rhtir hack .bit that rty aiaaitiitf teel fof admission -UeW tha 4km ratee (mfty. i ll ur inttanee there it the n.n. James ST. AsCley: Oraai' G.iven.or of Mont ms.snd th bosom friend of Connver the envict From a ptcfe delrtwied by him a ort time t aoe, wbersia b jwv hi mdhetio to h "v erable Dem.HratjO! tloctune" ot a white mao't goverun.ent. the mind is filled with ppreliehtlott lest he will ttndon the sink lug Radical hulk with which h ouirlit to g dosj a to Ui lowest depth that Jt pan retch, an J endeavor to get alioard the so find and strong DciiKxratic thip which it just preparing lo tart out on prorperoirt voyagea. - To aoeonnt t tt.U painful ap prubensbsB) it i unly necessary . to remind tl reader bat Montana, , whither Ashley was transporter! to rule, ti few weeks ano. in ber election for delegate, gave a Demo cratic mjorliy ol about two thousand, i .. Then tie i . li.ni jam in f. Rutii-r, th man wboe name t imtinsiubly linked w An tpofint, pirtitris, piano, IJitUic Gap ca"al, u new it. itti, ii) prunaitir a lar ger picket lor other tfW! sessions and a larger IVoiilty lor frigl,leula( woineo and children titan any oUn-r mm. it it hinted at that there is also dang-r to the Demo cratic party from his i'oiite iiinlTti sppi al for admission into i's tank. Nothing could be more dist leasing sad dUastious than thah&ie dew .lioiild Ih. opened to ibis hero, with all his shining poa.exsiunt, Ia1 the sugiiient iou i f our uunitx-rt take .any bnpe Intt that, and tntt fitut netves wtli never tremble. Again, there is Parson B ownU.w, the torch ami iu pen line Senator Irom Tinais stxi. who, in the late . lei in. 11 in that Slate, went dead against lb.) lUdic d candidatu Stokes, and stoutly rur Ihe Cons, rvative candidate Senter. II tt. r lr would it have tceti torus had bo gone dead against a alone wall lliau ever we had aoen tbe ilay that he suppoited a man whom the I) tno crats support. From this, an I " th.rcir cumslances that have lome 'toour knowl edge, but which we n cd not gu Into here, "the mind is lill.d with lout suspicion" that some I nil play ia couleiu plated, and that Brownlow threntens to ib cla e him self a Democrat There are hosts of othirsot -this sort who sre meditating precipitating them selves upou the llcuiocr.ilic pariy. We may give their names lierealter. We lisve not satisf ictorily learned that Mr. Wendell Phillips, is amoiiK ibein. L at he may be, however, we wsrn him in advance that we bare jio room in our mnlst tor such a lire brand, lleechi rlias bleu hinted a', but ha cannot be trusted, knowing a we do tho rapid nismier in Which be turned his chat at the Cleveland Convention in lttblj. Greoly has not yet lorrually asked petiuia sion to join us, but we are expecting every day that he will. We shall endeavor to consider hi case without prejudice when he does. Mr. Charles Sumner, ol Uaasachaaetts, in his late speech iu a State canvaaj completely lorgot lo tay anything 1 about State matters, and branched off. in his usual stilled stylo, into national affairs. We eapeclally hope there is no covert squint towards the Democratic party in this, and that he is not endeavoring to get upon the tame hcgHsrable political ground with John tiilney J),rtams. To Sumner and all the Vest ol these genrlrme w un nutesjuscicutiousljsHyo.mil), . ; StintiBS DaATBofAPiMW. Rev, Mich ael Ferrau, pastor oi the Catholic Church in Lynchburg, Va , wa found dead iu tiis ned at tbe parson uie In that city oh Thais- day last. The deres d Was a native ot couuty Rotitb, Ireland, where he wa bom iu September, I B.IU. His parents emigrat ed to America and settled ui Norfolk when he wat quite a small tad, and there be was raised. He wus ediiea'ed tor the priest hood at the American College in Uotue. He haul charge of tl e Lincbburg church for the past four year, but his health bad not been vety good for some time. An In quest was held upon th body ; th evidence showed that th Lad retired the night bw lore complain! g of illness, and kept tl housekeeper attending to hi wants all night ; tli it he was subject to gasping spells which he though was asthma- There We bruia on bis bead, tad arm and groin, which the surgeon slated could have beeo caused by a lall. 'The die. ased was very restless during lbs n'ght, and lrqteiit ly got ott nt lilt bed. During "tie "I her visits the houti keeper nicoverd that the foreheaXl ol the di coated had beau bruised Jbe Jury rendered a verdict that the de ceased cs me to his diatb 'by u Klown causes. To live comfortably in San Francisco ie quires th " needluL ' One ol the Oincin aati excur-ionist say that soma of ;lm party paid thirty-six do) art, gold. tot a fine t nrtfiotrt ' It h fohr h.-rs.-, fcir n V. afternoon ri.le. Ten dollar are ihsmsndcd for aetvuiitejiti back tor rimilai service, and on dollar and flt'iy c ntate two dollar each to tran-pojri the bleeding traveller to the train or boat whxtr it to eonfey htm away, hi sol relief from thi exhaustive pressnr. 1'h botelt advertise their charge at three dollars per day, but manage to get five or til in the bill, by including the room which they call parlor, through which you sre obliged is pas la. order 10 reach yonr strmg elnst-v -, To- rny the- rsinry ol a thava, or a clean pair ol boots, yon ar tequired to disburse twenty-Hve to fifty cents lor each oiHtrati.sn. and th wssblnir of ke rr hitf or thirl iuvolvet au amtnitAti equal to tbe cost thereof at bom. MiiclKexcitenv-'ijt prefallt is Craig' couh-' tT. ViraiNa-.tn consequeirce ot the isit of the two Germans who own inch an wtoe--- tlve tract ot land ta Uote-tourt nd; that eotinty;- It t slmteT thstthsri)nmb7ro acre claimed by Ui u niueti larger than beret olora annnUiited-80 (XtO acres, some piscin; ft -wWr , - tslrwl;!- id'T b the case, ft Isrge number of ptr.nnt will lose farm o which tbey and their an c tnraJjsrj brew .yPS lT si JiU sy jearsK and which ttiey bsiiuv property buionge I to thuuwlTC, , " Postmaster Oeneral Crmwell ha oisrird negoiiatiooi wnb the Urilieli post ufhc Department lor a further rnliictinn of IctV. r postage iwtween the United sHtste. and (ral iiiisain.14 tnisi rcurjc.iori i aree.1 compriing a'ses post,g ol Iwo cent , and an inland cbarg of two tsu ia each toontry. , ( v.- : :v TKRiasLs scs.rs os ;smri0AR& -Lhor4 B OWlI Ol Ul)pJI3 C.miDtnUblrl OB ttasut.- . rts it. i - j. . - .t Ji Ir haa sailssi Sil tss a i r''w''S"BBMsstaf wansssjs. Wltvv SS" f f ft. f ms i m vi Twsryaas t rated (a ttigHsh water a fi.ftnirUt stro. ,A I VMMhger named Hcntf Parsons tell th . t'ory in. kVer Ut ihe. JUjudt sVss.tlsv says b Carted from Lfmrtoa lor Cornwall ' na an ssmrshm. scrfhttnin'ri il 1V fits wirii" aad Iwo children. ..j'ralwrlng to go hy ea, he'tiHtk. pag Qn', the- steniuer . Idy Woslehiiuse y t und, wh.n andr way,' that th cargo consisted of ptratRne, petrolerrtu, pur spirit, tfi cassphur, iiasetd oit iu Oder nut. h and, fcowder, Umng to tea in i volcano was not. pleasant, . Never tbelest;, he Wen Ha. i'e.d, unly lo be. arouae4 by a C'ry of trr. 'Theactta'etoene Which ar vividly oWtiuwJi , ' I tit lit bled ut sat the botth and sun; nt to' know what was the matur. when tb stewardes replied, "Cm, sir tb latrallina ha caught fire P. and liV a the spinning fart fl wheel aero iy tnind, that th hai relsl had aotuMd, which rt :withia six teetof nie, w re charged wiia Uiis dretdtul citnhltstihle. I got r-r hoys and their cloth a our, aad ilulf niotliar, having come over t' us, took theei bark with her into tie ladies" cabin, fcfid I set to woik to get our luggage out, a J trpettej the ilia to enrr tsrry moment V hil thut engagsrt 1 heard the hi roar'tiif lika a livnar, kud tha thick sj'l.tt;i ) riit e tj-d hot, giiiwing with Us iutetia.ty t,( the firm-. Nothing conld bav saved n had It, not lt n, under I'rovidt nce, lot lb coolnwa, eottrsge, and skill of Captain Hlgginaon, and the unda.iiitt.it gsllanlry of bis crew, aided I y soma of tits passengers, among whom I noticed mea ot tbe artillery, ma rines, slid 60 th regiincnt, h.-sides jailor paasehge.e It a-p.ars that during the plunging and rolling of the ship a cask of paraffin hrok adiltt, nd pitching on dsxk isnarted ita hoOis and began to leak; this wa followtd by another, wificii niore ambitious, took a "header" into a case of me'ehes, Tb matches. nsenting the assault, immeslisle ly broke into fl inn and igmtid the parQlne, which aiised the barrel to burst, and ia aa instant the deck Was a sheet o! tire. Th captain with great promptnera and tkill, availed bimscll ot the raging storm tntbtp a heavy tea, which chei kd tb blase and washed much of tht paraffins overboard, and enabled lb banda to rig the hose and handle the buckets, which theyldtd with a will; they Hood lo th blazing gang way, Mid heaved the esski ot paraffin overboard aft in flamed, wbil other dashed bucket of water Over the burning woodwork ol tb saloon, the bu'wsrks, and a lioat banging on the davits overhead. AlwltMM an hosr ol itesprr aork and lutear horror the lire wai. xtinguishe i, lad wt had III ph ssnie 81 assuring th wnmaukvnd that all danger fn m lire was over, I do not know how others felt, but for my own part I have never experienced toy. Hung like it. t bav been rri tnsay dBngi ra both by sea and land, bar doubled ihe Ca and weathered, tit Horn in tbe tiidtt weather, but never did a fearful death so stare nisi in the laco, and when I thought that my wit and two bright by war doomed to perish iiefor niy eye in th same manner, and I thought of thr little innocents at bom tkui bereft ol lathor and mother, my leelings can be bellr r unaglmd -tiisn dtacribed. Immediately after all dan ger wa over I wa Md-wi!h violent lick newt, not sea sickness, but aomething quit differstut ' About au houVand a half after another cat of lucif. rs -burst into flsme, atid 1 saw a man frying to fun it though th entry-port or gangway; R waatoo I ge, and burst in hi arms, hundred oi biaiing btixis Iselng whirled by tht galoaround a as we stood on lit saloon deck,' The effect :' wat terrific.1 "' "' . ;.... ' ; All through tids dreadful tima tbe thip Tore at full speed into the dai k night, and faced the tremendous seat, and being steered Irom smid-hips on the saloon deck, tha man at th wheel tto'td at bl post unmoved, although at tima th sheet ol flam made an arch ol lire over hi bead and emvd to threaten to blind him, in . .. , . l From tbs Ut. Louis That, Sept, U STAUUUR Dir0JiC&A UOSBASD PATH II Ti WlimtiMa TODJttiKRT It will It recollicted by the render of Ih 7iiwi that a week ago Philip Uesidor fer wa arrested on th eom plaint of hi wife who charged him with committing I'tiijiiry In hit lostimooy before tb Cirouit Court, f ;.r tb : ptirpos ol procuring a dU voice. It appears that about a year ago : IKsdorier and hi wile, finding that ia their domestic sfldrs they ould only sgro In dinrelng, decided to aeparate on tbe lot owing terms , - , . i , . . She wut to receive acsab payment of 1 1,000 and leave tlie city, and out year after the date ol ber withdrawal wa to be paid an additional ft .TOO, and lathe meantime he wss to secure a divorce en th groand of desert lo i. Sh k ft th city and took up tier sliode 'in . (tincinnnfL JleasdatljfJ an pfitdlora' d istsblisiied a divorce with out any rasl.-taaoe. - A week ago, tb yar having tiuirod, tlie rem. ned to tht city tor ' Hit purpose of collating her little deposit, arid Instead ol culling npon ber former husband ah vit'tel tome li lends, who per- ' suaded I er to institute tuit, ' She const ated, su.jp.wirtg a civil action had been commenced for tne recovery of the money and when she learned thai aa arrest b-ui It en mala she "refused to prut- cut vibe n) that lr husband .wat'aot guitly 'oaiiy'triinti.af , tufluence 'whatever, 1 aad tliat th'i divo.ee was ob aimed, with ber knowledge and ccftl, Wbea she called up .u him he conaeatcti to ber" re-rJeivin-g I he ft tM0 aad it was accordingly paid over, w hen sh refi s4d to foUow up the snit, and the etus Wat scoirUn'igly dis niisaed yoaterday tor want ot proaerution,- In postesaion ol lb money, Mrs. Henrietta lltssilon.r left the city, aud promised' to grvv bnr tortnT bffhand n 'furrher tronM. ' Thi!e irrvn wutrh nntikw many nrhef t 4 In tlw courts, amMiurti! u'arly unlike those' wher two men hy tuucl for damages on arcotttftrof hrsing tltew -iv. - liraoieforter, on tit roouary, actually paid a large sum to assist his spouae to "desert" biin, which, juviotding to tbe Iswt of tti Is Statu, fornislu avaTTXgrwmirf1crtirc.7.,":',-..T '" Tyti t u. ti nt of Ibe Vnlvotsliy of Miuhl" jtsn'have determined to have ft m Uctur . rs this tsma, and .have Isnt d Auo Dickinson, Mr. Stanton, Jiisa K.eld, aud G. V. Tiaia. : - -A 4r'irsiiin Tli ft t re. i T nrv S . ., KJ.ewi HC,.'.i .nliJ. H ..!, t l hrtNtMS biiitti'I, wei.i aivi-t " tr t put pi) inf etigairmg m a tlu.-t, w.-r.n feJ,-d Ht th " depot Monday inoiuing, and twtiid oti-. to keep tijs) peace. idtnuiy t.M))ner,
The Raleigh Sentinel (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Oct. 16, 1869, edition 1
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