Av: It: 1 rid' Jepar;ur& cf Halls.
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I , J A ! CLOSER j-y t
E'er Zbrtb Wet and SoQthjVia A. & N.
a ii.;UvH6;19 A. .V
Pnr Banfort . and the E t, 90 P M.
For,l7aibiogtoi; 6wit Crwk Hrd nd
Beaufort : Conntie? Tuesday and Fri
fdayg at 6 A. 11. , , . ,
For Trenton PIIokrwilld 1 and Swn
boro, daiIrat7A; M.-T ,3'-:a-";c.
. F -rGnotntrro. Hy Birer and Vander
mere,vdailyf at 7 A. M. , ; - .
O$od hcuriMp Mot ey Ofd.r and Begit
tered Ltrr D-par ment, Irodi 8.30
A. Miio 5,RvM.i : j-x -v-'-T
n Muling Department, from 8 A. Mto
f'2$ F, AX. Office open constantly be
tween tjbese boors except when mails
te being distributed. 1 ;
Bctitdas No.' Mail received or sent
Offlcapptn from 9i30 to.lO'JlO A. m; ,
Ethxxbkbt Hu-'S. P. SI.
Board of City Council -met last niht.
Proceedings in onr next. ,
license tax has been reduced, ; boys.
Now is the time to get up a cheap wed
ding. '
t;; , u , ; ... . ;;
. Freshet ia the Neuse. apd the ater
is no longer in a condition to suit
exoackers.
, An accident occurred "fet the cotton
factory yesterday and one of the female
operatives "was wounded about ooe'of
her hand 8. V - . C-
. We call attention to the advertise
ment A City Tax Collector Uancbck,
in reference to dogs. After to-day the
war a dga will commence, AU
owner i who do not proem e badges will
be in cted for the failure to do so.
A I py, excursion part', the Board
of 1 .do and Press - ij his .cily, ?ill
excurt to Morelmad this morning to
ajoy a mouthful of the delightful and
healthful sea bret ze. Tiie entire party
is under obligation to the affable and
' efficient President of the Board, Col.
ThOi. A. Green, through whose invita
tion they are enabled to enjoy the
treat. We learn President Green in
tends to have the tables at forehead
gnauing vith every delicacy both noon
and nijjut and that he is going to make
Lis friends enjoy the trip. The train
will leave Newberh ffrom corner South
-Front and Hancock streets, at 8 o'clock
v A Al. .
Died, '
In this city, Monday t: August 2nd,
'1S80, M.vky, infant; daugliter of' Sam'l
li. Street, Jr , of Newborn. The funer
al took place jesteniny morning from
Christ Church, this city."
'.Near Bayloro, Pamlico Co , N. C.
July 28, 18S0, Bi itlon Sawyer, in the
3.1st year of his age. .
Comniimtloners and Masrltrate. J
The Board of Commissioners and f
Justices of the ' Peace of Craven
countjvmet at the Court House in
Newbern, X. C"6n ilonday, Aug.
21880," at 10 o'clock A. M.
Commissioners present : Jas. A.
B ryan chairman ; Thos. II. Mal
lison, fcv AV. Latham, and James AV.
liiddle. V:;;J;;-" I
Justices of the Pe ace present : W.
G; Brinson; "William Hay, E. G.
Hill, Thos. Stanly, Edward Bull, C.
M. Edwards, - James II. Hunter,
James Campbell, Jas. A Ernull, E.
F, Carraway, W. II. Ellison, W. D.
Pettipher, C.F. Wetherington, S. B.
(1 aski 1 1 , Jesse Brooks , O. II. Perry
Wm. Foy, Enoch" Wadsworth, Ed
ward S. Street, E. R. Dudlevv Alex.
Bass. Josiah Taylor, Samuel S Per
kins, Cicero Green.
The following Report of James A.
Bryan, Esq.; the Chairman of the
Board of Commissioners, relative to
the financial affairs of the .county,
vras presented, and on motion,' the
eame wss accepted and orderecl fob?
recorde4 pa the niiautes cf the Board
of Commissioners ; and JJoard " ' of
Magistrates and - published; . and it
vras further ordered; thai the thanks
of the Magistrates be tendered to
the present Board of2ora missioqers
for ;th6-faithfti) economlcat land
efficient manner in which they ' have
man the affairs of ..this- cotin ty.
to wit:. ? ,. - . t ,
To the M(QitraJe of Craven, Couny; t t
EKTHErEK: This i being i thev
dayappointed by- law for-the elec
tiot of Coumissioners of the coiintv,
and cohsequen t ly of the successors
of the present and outgoing Board, I'
deem it not improper as Chairman
of tliat Board, to submit to you the
following report:
Expense of tlittcoutjty for
-1878 uuder our prede- . 1 .
' cessors, were. . . . . . i . . . $15 375 04
Expenses of the ctmniy for
1870 under the present - .
' Board, were 13,471.30
A. reduction of. .....
In the alove is included the
extra cost- of an aS4ess-
ment of the ' property of
, the couuty compelled to
be nude by.-, act of the i
. General Assembly, and j
amounting 'to. . . . .......
2,903.74
$ 451.00
But for which the expenses ,: ' .
for 1 87J, would have been. $ 3,854.74
Lss than in 1878. ; .. .
By a computation of the ex- . ;
penses up to July 27, they
amount to.....;.....;.. 10,069 20
Until the 3 1st of August,,
the ea 1 of the fiscal year, t
it is thought the tutlay
will not exceed.... ..... . v 500.00
Which -will make thorn for
A reduction of...
4 8UG 84
from the expenses of mm.
The taxes fur 1877 and 1878
under our predecessors,
were, on the $100 valua
tion ..
For 1879, under present
Bo rd ...... .........
1,91.1
141.3
50 cts.
A reduction of .........
or; cver one-fourth. - ' : . :
The taxes levied in 1877
' amounted to... $44,274 40
The taxes, leyieii in 1878
amounted to ........ 43,308 48
The Uxes levied in 1879, ou
. $189, 0S0 increased valua
tion.... . 35.670 29
A-reduction Irom ; tax of , -
1878 of... ........... .... 7,737 19
Aud a reduction from lax '.
of 1878 of 8,6 4.11
The tax levied for the debt
in 1877 was........,!... 25.958 56
The tax levied for the debt
iu 1878 was............ 25,454.03
The tax levied for the debt
in 1879 was........;.... 1C,7C5.50
A reduc ion f.-mu 1878 of. . S.(iS8 ni
And a reduction fmm 77 of 9,193 00
This year, if the funding of
the debt is coaipieted,
there will be required to
meet the interest thereon.
and to create a sinking
fund i f $5,000, for the '
cxtingui-hiuent of the
pnncipa', the sum or.... 13,700
A reducti n from the sum
levied in- 1878i of. ... 11,754 03
A.nd from the sum levied in I
1877 of................. 12.ir8.f5o
I would recommend however "to
your honorable body, in vTew of the
fact that a great deal of property is
sold annually to the, State and pays
no taxes whatever, that a tax for
the debt of not less than $14,000 be
levied. By judicious management
in funding the floating debt, many
thousands of dollars should.be saved
to the Ccuaty, end thej tax of
S13;700 now required for in terest
and sinking fund, should, after this
year be materially reduced.
The average number of paupers
at the Poor House lias been largely
decreased. "In 1877 and '78 it was
about 45 to GO; in 1879 and '80it
has be;n about 25 to 35. The1 num
ber, of persons, and I may as well
tcali f hem paupers, as they are almost
destitute, outside of the . poor house,
who' receive assishancei from the
county is; men, women and children,
about 35, costing ' the county at the
present time, 702 00 pef annum, or
at, that rate-y--ivvj -: iri'j j j
I Xt 'has' been the policy ? of the
board , . to , discourage ; ' applicants
seeking, ... admission .toj .the Poor
House, : finding the cost , of sup-;
porting . them when kept with
their j friends, to be - about ' one
fifth .only, of the cost , 'of keep.;
ing them at the Poor House, and for
this reason' there 3 are how but few
inmates of that instiiutron not abso
lutely .destitute, and s needing c?n
scant medical attention. . i ft
" To meet the necesessarv and .una
voidable expense of building a new
Jail- to rlplace the one destroyed by
an incendiaay fire in January last J
a tax of 20 cents on the $100 valua
tion will be required, whicl for rea
sons stated relative to thetax nec
essary for the debt, the sale of 30
much property annually to the
State, and consequent non-payment
of j taxes ( thereon, will yield, itV is
thought, not to exceed 4.000. . The
contract has been awarded to Milton
Harding, Esq., of Gpldsboro, - at
S4,300; The, old brick taken from
the! walls of the sold jail, are to be
us6d as far as possilbe, for'wbich he
is to allow the ; County. SO' per
This wiH give the County about
$G00, which with $4,000, the suni to
be j raised by taxation , makes $4,000,
slid wing an apparent surplus of $300,
which, ; hi weTCTftHTi fTitrrasons
above jstated, the non-payment by
certain: persons of their taxes, it is
thought will be required to complete
the work. But anv surplus that
may exist, will, of course, be cov
ered into the Treasury ol the County,
The Jail is to completed, and ready
fori ' occupation, on the first day of
December next.
' In view of the foct that the lease
oflMri Stanlv's buildinir, does "not
expire until 1884, and of the further
fact, that the taxes are as onerous.
as J thej. people can well bear, the
Comrutssioners have deemed it ex
pedicnl to take no steps for the
j) resent, toward the erect.on of a
Court House. . : . - I
The j Commissioners have been
exacting, but'not over scrupulous, as
ha? been said, in 'taking the official
bonds of the difierent .officers of the
county.? They are made the sole
judges of the fitness and solvency of
these bonds, required, in effect, to
become sureties to the same", and if
it can be shown that they knowing
ly Eiccept an insolvent or insufficient
obligation, thev are held personally
liable for any defalcations which!
may occur, 'iney baye lelt tnem
selyes constrained" therefore, and
paicularlv so, being aware that" the
Clerk of theSuperior Court is liable
at jany'moment, to haye control of
the funds of the orphans of the boun
ty,! not Inerely for the (protection of
th4 county, but for their individual
safety, to require the " best and
strongest bonds which could be ob
tained, j 1 . ;.; l i : '-:"
For : this reason !Mr. F D. X. Kit
burn, fqrmer, Treasurer of this couh
ty having failed to present such a
bond as they felt justified in accept--in,
in fact, liaving failed to have
his bondsmen justify to the amount
required by law, his office ;was de
clared vacant, and the present
efficient incumbent, Mr. Thos. J.
Latham appointed Treasurer. - ;
The Commissioners, wish it cbV
tinctly: understood, that in rejecting
some ot the bonds "presented ffor.
their acceptance, they! intended no
reflection upon the honor or in
tegrity of any official. It is their
proyince to t decide, not uponhe
moral character or fitness ot those
elected to office, but to judge of the
solvency and sufficieucy of the bonds
which : those, parties may offer for
the faithful perfornian'ce ( of, 1 and ,
security of. the ' trusts and moneys
committed bj the people to their
keeping, and to accept or reject
those bonds, impartially andfearless
ly, . as. their judgment, assisted by
knowledge or evidence, may dictate.
. .But .for the fact that they have
been unjustly censured, and in some
instances T maligned by reason cf
their action . in regard ! to thoVe
bonds, the Commissioners wcud
not desire : the matter . mentioned in
this report, and simply lay it before
your honorable body. in order that
jrou, and- through you, the people,
may know their true position.' .
The funding of the county debt,
by which, ; although only! " par
tially completed, the taxes. have
already been reduced 50 cents,
on the t S1G0 valuation," or more
than one-fourfh, . has been v-x at
tended With; great trouble and Yast
labor. In : some instances it has
been a matter of exceeding difficultj'
to induce the holders of judgments
to gie the subject even serious con
sideration; and I feel fully warrant-
ed in sayimr, that but for the person
al influence of individual members of
the Board of CpmmisMoners: man
damuses ; amounting in the aggregate
to-about c " 0)0wpuld -notiihav
been tunded a all, anUvriv-at this
meeting you fuW.havo.;tcen com-
pelled to -leVr -Jitu.x2o per Cent
greater thantrdt jiow required.
The entitrLde&r when funded, wil
not exceed $145,000, which althouaih
havhig 30 years to run, by proper
and, judicious management ot the
sin kins: 1 una of ?o,uO0 per annum,
buying and compromising there
with the bonus, and at all times in
vesting it in the principal, can be
paid oil m a much shorter time, and
the taxes can, during the same
period, be gradually decreased.
Twill also state in this connection.
that if the A & X. C. K. K. is leased
for i $30,000 per annum, net cash,"
that in 14 years its entire debt, prin
cipal and interest, will b2 paid off,"
and that the proportion of that sum
wnicn tuereaiter win oe paiu to
Craven county as a dividend" upon
its stock will exceed two thousand
dollars annually. This will give to
its stock a cash value ot $40 to
$50,000, and by tliat time, with
prudent management, the debt of
the county should not greatly,' if at
all, exceed that amount, when by a
sale of the stock, now almost valu-
less, the entire debt can be paid off,
and the county once more free and
unencumbered, its taxes ought not
to' exceed for every county purpose,
40 cents on the $100 valuation.
The county Treasurj" is to-day in
better condition than it has been
since the war. Holders of claims,
for the first time in years, have been
enabled to have them paid in cash,
at their face value, 100 cents in the
dollar, upon presenting them to the
Treasurer. Interest on that portion
of the debt which lias been funded,
has been promptly paid, and funds
are in hand to meet such coupons its
may hereafter be presented.
The schodl fund, amounting to
$4,018.g4, $25G.04 apportioned, $3,
702.00 not apportioned, has been
provided for, and will be credited to
the 1 accounts of the different dis
tricts in time for the fall opening of
the schools.
The Treasurer's accounts have
been examined by the Finance Com
mittee to the 31st day, inclusive, of
July last; and I am pleased to state:
to you, that they have not only
been found correct in every particu
lar, but neatly and beautifully kept,
and that he has in his hands, be Ion g-
Concluded on 4th page.
tg n il fl n rs j:
1 i
W 1 lUi L!
Shingles! SJiinwles!
For oolo In loto to oult: a
full supply of G and C Inch
Cyproso Ghlnfjloo, Hoortc
and Gapn;: for .bulldlnj
purp ooo o , , V 1 1 1 b o cold
low. Ordero 'solicited;
; ELIJAH Ei-LIG.
Call at Alex; Klillor'o and
try1 oomo of tho " boot
Coohcn Duttdr In tho city,
tat al times cool and firm.
Vo- keop our- Duttor in
otono jam and pacRod In
Ice.) Aloo on hand, a
cholco artlclp . of T4orth
Carolina yinotrar,4 at 40
cents per gallon-' .
sfrMAC - WATTTED !
.ri '''' .; ' y-"-;;;;-. "
Highest market price in cash for
a good qualitv Sumac, leaves free
from stems, "rt ' and berries at all
times and in u y quantities. Parties
.vlsomay'-hxvve, during the coming
season, sumac of the above descrip
tion, will find it to their advantage
to, call on or address the subscriber.
Bags furnished responsible parties.
Call for circular, giving full direc
tions. Also Hags, Bones, ScraD Iron,
Metal, &c, bought in unhmitel
quantities.. : .
Jonx II. "Warden",
South Front street, near fiddle
: . ': ; . Xewbern, N. (..
! Cut this out for future reference.
--lt!-.'. - "
NEW GOODS!
GIlil W GOODS! ! i
;, : f . .: ;-
Another new, and cheap as
. sortment of
DBY GOODS,
Set.
HI
FANCY GOODS,
Plain and Figured .
DRESS LAWNS AD PIQUES,
1 GRASS CLOTHS,
f I All colors; j
lilk Handkerchiefs, all color?.
Ladies Misses' and Chiidrens' Ifaucy
. . TlOSf,
ill Silk and Cotton
PARASOLS,
FANS,
Linon Cotton and Pluoh
: t v-
TOWELS, j
IIOSQUTTC NETTING, .
also good !
. Linen Handkerchiefs,
at I O confo,
Good Towels,
at 10 cents per pair. .
Together Yniji a complete
stock of
Gents1 Furnishing Goods,
Just received at
;V. SULTAtl Cl CO'S.
7EniSTEin BUILDING