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bonds, b&tring interest at the rate of seven per cent, per annum pay able semi-annually, and due at fif teen years from date, signed by the chairman and countersigned by the secretary of saldcommisslon, and sealed with the seal of the compa ny. The coupons, as they become due on $aid bonds, , are made re ceivable in payment of any taxes or other dues to the State.' For the purpose of securing the payment of the bonds. and Interest a3 the same may become due, the said commis sioners were empowered to exe cute and deUver mortgage deeds with power of sale ai provided by the act Hon. David A. Jenkins late Public Treasurer, was agreed on as Trustee. The act provided for the ap . polntmentof three commissioners to manage said-road and itsaffairs during the pleasure of the General Assembly, and to build and com plete the pame to its termini at Paint Ilock and the Georgia or Jennessee line, near Ducktown, ac cording to the charter, of said Wes tern North Carolina Railroad Com pany and the acts amendatory thereof. The act required -the Commissioners appointed ; before entering upon heir dntlts" to exe - cute a bond payable to the State of North Carolina to be approved by the Governor, In a sum necessary to secure the State but in no case less than double the amount of the net earnings for the year. precedent The Western isortn Western Carolina Railroad, property, franchises, in - eluding road bed, superstructure, equipment and all its real and per- sonal estate was sold at public sale, at the Court House, in Salisbury, on the ?2nd ..day of June, 1875. After the sale was duly confirmed bythe Circuit Court, and a good iftd lawful title conveyed to the State, I appointed Wallace W. Rol- lins, of Madison, W. S. Pearson, of Hurke, and William P. Canaday, of New Hanover, and took a separate bond for $25,000. with sufficient security from each Commissioner, to protect the interest of the State. The act provides that said Com missioners shall have such convicts as are not necessary for completing tho npnltpntiarv for laborers unon tne unfinished portion oAhe Wes tern North Carolina Railroad as they may require, and may use r- tf such portion of the net earnings of the road in its construction as they may deem proper. 'By order of the Circuit Court of the United States for the sale of the Western North Carolina Railroad, the purchaserYwa9 required to vr iw0n-ras9 on the day of sale, which was done. As soon as a per fect and indefeasible title to said road cannot be secured to the State, and as soon as the necessary ar rangements could be made for tak ing care of convicts, they were put to work on the road. The Direc tors of the Penitentiary have furnished the Commissioners of the Western N. C. Road' additional 0 convicts at different times amoun ting to 302. More might have been put to work on that road, but the law requires the Penitentiary to feed, cloth and guard 'them, and it has been impracticable for the Penitentiary to support the large .and increasing number Of convicts out of the limited appropriation for that purpose made by the last (Ten- eral Assembly. No appropriation was made for an active and vigorous prosecution of this great State work which has been too long neglected and which is destined to be of vast impor tance to the people of North Ca rolina. Soon after he had pur- chased "this road and commenced work upon it with the limited means at our command some of the liberal and patriotic citizens of Wilmington, actuated by a com mendable spirit of State pride, which has ever characterized the leading men of that city volunta rily contributed $10,000 which paid for iron enough to lay about three miles of new track of the Western North Carolina Rraiload. When . this road is completed to the Ten nessee line near Docktown through one of the most valuable mineral regions in the United States, where various kinds of ores are deposi ' ted In the- bosom of the earth in abundance, and where nothing but convenient railroad facilities are necessary to unlock the strong vault of the mountains and open their golden treasures to the world, and when this is done, and when the East and West united - by Iron ties, by the strong and indissoluble tics of a common interest, a com mon brotherhood and a common country. North Carolina will there stand as a giant in the gate way of the" Nations enthroned in her property wealth and power. The other branch of the Western Knrth Carolina Railroad down the French Broad River to Paint Rock on the Tennessee line, Is also of great public importance, and when completed It will, enable us to ex tend our trade and intercourse from, the Seaboard to the Mississippi Valley and the great West. College for the CHored People. The people of the State of all par ties are gratified at the prospects which are opening before the Uni versity at Chapel Hill. We trust the day will come when .this insti tution will be and ornament at once the pride of the State, and when It will confer greater f advan tages of all kinds upon the white young men of the State and upon society, and upon the whole people by Its reflex action; than it has ever conferred heretofore. But we cannot expect to prosper permanently, gentlemen, if we violate the eternal principles of right and justice. About ten years ago the 'Congress of the United States donated to this State a, cer tain quantity of public lands, to be applied to the support of an agri cultural college. This; donation was made on the basis of. popula tion, and included the colored peo ple of this State as a part of our population as represented in Con gress The scriD for these lands has been sold and the amount 'received. namely, one-hundred and twenty- five thousand dollars, has been ap- I plied exclusive to the support of the University at Chapel Hill. The I people of the State, Includiner the 1 people of color, are annually taxed to the amount of seven thousand five hundred dollars, by way of ln- terest in the sum of one-hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars refer to, and this .amount thus raised by taxation oh all the peo- pie, and applied vexclusively to the benefit of the whltrJniversity at Chapel Hill. It is right to do this, while at the same time no provls- ion is made for a college for the colored people. Is it In accordance witn justice to aevote an of tnis interest to one race of our people, and neglect the other race ? I am aware that suggestions of this kind 4 re not agreeable to some of our people, and that in making them I am subjecting myself to animad 1 version, and even to reproach, but these schools begins with the rudi I am here in the Executive Chair, ments for the little children, and not to consult popularity at the ex pense of principle, but to do what I believe to be right. I therefore respectfully recom mend that steps be taken by N this General Assembly to provide for the establishment, of a :ooiiegB nr cne education of the colored youth of the State. Education, iTnfflf6 youratten- m to the Interesting report of the tion to the interesting report Superintendent of Public Instruc tion. Education i3 of the greatest value and Importance to the people, and it should receive the cordial appro bation and encouragement of all. The following is the most reliable information at present In relation to school statistics In North Caro- jjna . Male white children of school age, Female white school age, 128,580 children of 119,930 "248,519 Of 77,583 of 75,415 Total of white children, chI!dren age, Female age, colored children Total number of colored chll drcn, 152,998 Total number of children of schoo; age, 401,508 2,702 1,372 White ihool districts, Colore i school districts, Total, - 4,070 Public s. hool houses for white children, 1,934 Private srhool houses for white children, ' 545 Public school houses for col ored children, 1,371 Private school houses for col- ' ored children, 140 Total, 3,990 169 Academies for white children, Academies for colored children, Colleges for white children, Colleges for colored children, White male teachers in public 5 22 o schools, 1,294 1 WbiteMemale teachers in pub lic schools, 783 Colored male teachers in pub- lie schools, ' 629 Colored female teachers in pub lic schools, 283 Total, 2,894 It is the main purpose In any sys- tern of education, to teach the child how to think and to think accurate- iy. . When we look into ' the causes which make and unmake Indivldu-1 ala and nations, we may discern that intellectual and moral culture are both essential to. make a useful citizen. All those ' countries where every child is instructed control and govern other lands where" only a partial system of education is put in practice. The-bope of our State rests with a more thorough system of common schools. The - position which she willin the.future hold in the -Republic must greatly depend ,upon the correct ..instruction given to the people. Our children must be elevated in the scale or intelli gence ere the perpetuity of the Re public can be well ' assured, and nothing should be permitted to swerve us from our etiorts to popu larize education. The plan of giving a free educa tion to every child of ordinary mind in the United States is a no ble one, and deserving of the high est commendation. But in this State more especially there is great need that manyyof our , teachers fihnnlri hAfWfoi tanolit- ThArefnrft it is of Drime importance that there fAw FTiirh Finhools or Graded Schools established where our teachers for both races can be instructed 'how to teach. - . . jEvery child has a right to an edu cation, and that education, should be such as will aualify.the child for 1 any position in life which it may be called 'to occupy. . i Every one knows that an intelli- gent workman is always worth more than on who is ignorant of even the rudiments of this voca tion. It is the purpose and aim of a common school system to prepare pupils to discharge the duties of life W - A . with credit to themselves and their Rtato Whon this in orYnmn IshAr! it will promote the happiness and safety of the citizen and the nation, A good system of commou schools, well carried out, will prove itself the friend of man and the best of human agencies for the preserva tion of free government on earth. Graded Schools, , Allow me to call your attention to the importance of graded schools. Several of these "schools have been established in this State, and they are conferring signal benefits on the communities , in which they exist. The education which is received in gradually i ascends until the larger and older scholars are thoroughly instructed in the higher branches of learning, thus fitting them for the active business of life without fur ther instructioijor preparinflf tbm rorycuilege, where they may make still further and higher progress in tearing and knowledge. . We should have many schools of this kind in 8pectfully and earnestly recommend , ' u i Assembly authorizing cities and towns of more than fifteen hundred inhabitants to tax themselves by a majority vote, to support, graded schools, in which the opportunity for an education shall be free to all, the whites to themselves and the colored people to themselves, accor ding to the Coustitution and laws of this State. Secretary of State, The Secretary of State, in his re port, makes some suggestions and recommendations which I' think worthy of youi attention and con sideration. I believe that the re cords, books and papers in the office of Secretary of State have been properly arranged in regard to or der, system and convenience. The Secretary has with much labor ar ranged the records and papers of his office according to' counties and in alphabetical order, so that they can now be conveniently referred to. I respectfully call your attention to the limited space allowed to the1 Secretary of State for keeping and preserving the records of his office ' The Legislature authorized the Secretary to sell the surplus laws, journals and documents, which he has done, ; ' j 4 ! ' , Letters 'are frequently received from foreign governments asking an exchange of official publications with oar State, which requests can not be complied with, as there is no law authorizing- sstich ; ' exchange. They frequently offer ' In exchange for car books valuable and Interest ing works, but we' cannot exchange without means and authority. I respectfully call your attention to the purchases of stationery made by the Secretary for the State for the vear -1876. and of carriets tnrCthn Supreme Court room1. J I recoml mend that a thorough and search ing investigation be made into his official dealings ; and transactions Involved In the purchases referred to. The Secretary of State demands this1 investigation' In' the name . of justice, that the truth - may be fully known In regard to the manner in which he has 'discharged his duty in thLj regpect;' x Stale Jjibrary. I recommend, to yourconsldera tion the report of 'Thomas R. Pur Hell, late State Librarian, repeating former recommendations . for the erection of a suitable building for a State Library. . . '' I recommend the erection of a suitable building on Capitol Square for a Supreme.' Court room and a State Library, v Vr'" 7 v vi BesignalUms. x Anderson Hitchell, Judge of the 10th Judicial District resigned June 2Qth, 1875. . C u D. J&I. Furches was appointed his successor in office, August 2, 1875. Stephen D. Pool, Superintendent of Public Instruction, resigned June 30th, 1876. , Hon. John Pool was aoDointed his successor in office. July 1. 1876. ttA rn,nm.a Catfio a annftA Justice of the Supreme Court, re signed July 31, 1876. W. T. , Faircloth was appointed his successor in office, November I 18.' 1876. ' - t : .ThomafR. Purnell, State Libra 1 rian resigned. November 6th, 1876. . James F. Taylor was his successor in office, 18th, 187C. appointed November Hon. D. A. Jenkins, Public Treas urer, resigned to take effect Novem ber 22, 1876 1 1 have appointed Dr. John M. Worth, Public Treasurer, from and after that date. Conclusion . In closing this my last regular message I commend to your care and Drotectidn the interests of the I neoDle and the honor, of the State. ' - A. A & I All our State Institutions have been well conducted, and I cheerfully hMr ffwjfimonv to the manner in which all the officers have discharg ed their duty. Let us, gentlemen, begin the second century of our existence as a free people with feelings of devout gratitude to God-for the manifold mercies and blessings with which Ho has ciowned us for the last one hundred years, and with an unfal tering purpose to do as much for our posterity as has been done for us by our ancestors during the century out of whose glorious light we are passing. May this light increase in splendor and purity through all the coming years, even the light of civil and religious liberty ; and may our State, the land of our sires and the home of our affections, be nmoug the feremost for that career of pros perity and greatness which shall characterize the States in our com mon Union, and thus participate enuallv worn all of them in the benefits and blessings which we trust the future has in store for us. CURTIS H. BROGDEN. - Executive Department, Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 20th, 1876. OUR PROSPECTUS FOR 1877. 4 4 1 THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST THE WEEKLIES! 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We lay before our; readers to day, the AnnualM ssace of Governor -n-A. xr-n. Dmo'mK L i -!5 ". u",WB ?y,10wvu 'c: com menaai ions to me i-rgisiaiure. The document is well gotten up and SDPaks for itsel SRead it. 2 A Party Press. We understand that a caucus of the Republican party ? will be held at an early day looking to the per manent establishment or a Hcan paper in Raleigh. ; ( We trust, mat, now, as ue wwhuu w um- I erford B. H ayes .seems to be a Tore- gone conclusioniutheRepublicans of the State willJ coriallyopHoper ate to aid in the successful estab? lishment of a Republican paper in Raleigh pn-teolid basis; With over, one hundred and ten thousand votes in North Carolina, and an organization more perfect thanSn any Southern btate, the Re publicans of the State are not only undismayed' but buoyant. et the Dartv by all means have an effec- tive organ at the centre. ' ' The Legislature. This body drags along .its slow length. Nothing has been, or will probably be dpne, of much interest to the people of the State until after the Christmas holidays, .when leg islation will be, inaugurated under the amended Constitution. , We are pleased to say. that the Democratic party has, thus far, evinced a dis position to act with moderation in all matters pertaining to popular rights, and. we are full to confess a spirit of conservativeism has, shown itself in all matters that; have come before the body. Tell us where is the "Reform.' Does anybody remember,; says the North Carolinian, what the Democrats were talking about at the beginning of the campaign, or last month, or even two weeks ago? It was "reform," an-.Vup rising of the people." a rebuke. to incapacity, a protest against mis government, that we were going to see: it was an going to be written so clearly in the election returns to see that no man could fail it. Well, the election is over, the general result ' is before us, t . and what is Its meaning ? we do not pow speak of the Presidential con- test, which a few fraudulent votes in an obscure corner oF Louisiana or Florida may carry for the Demo crats. The Republican party, can afford to lose the Presidency, and ! J . .-'' . . . yes ciaim a victory wortn more than all the offices and all the patronage in the United States. We have only to point to the names of the States that have j given Re publican majorities and contrast them with the States that have gone Democratic, to disperse t for ever the foolish boasting which has been made the basis of this whole campaign. Is that an uprising of an indig nant and righteous people which sweeps the country, nearly every State, from Texas to Virginia, and stopped palsied and abject at the time where freedom formerly marked its boundary ? Do all the reforming majorities live under the fervent sun of the cotton field and the cane brake, and are the granite hills and the prairies of . waving grain me nomes oi corruption Is Georgia, or Mississippi, or 4Arfcan. sas tne etrongnoiaor -t patriotism, and are they the .enemies ; of the country who live in Iowa. Maine and Penyslvania? Nay. even is the political honesty of New York to be ..found Houth. of the Harlem Jilver among the classes of Tam many, nd is the whole broad area outside inhabited by,, three and a half millions of public plunderers or sharers of the spoils r Step out and answer, ye eloquent WW WW MMU ff a J Sf, cui ij J $t orators, who invelehea against cor ruption in office and against all the manifold iniquities of the Adminis tration, jlou have won .Missouri and lost Illinois. Contrast the two States in point of energy, . intelli gence ana social ana poaucai prosress. You carried A rkansas and lost ; Kansas, carried Georgia ana lost unoae island.. Bet the two lists of States side by side, and then get up and say the states that have voted the Republican ticket are Ignorant and retrogressive ; States, while the Democratfo States are the strong-holds of preform J XJareyoa do Itr a The Republicans in New York came up to the city with .50,000 majority. They were overcome by the roughs, led -by the notorious gambler Joim Mobbisky the same mass of corruption and crime that Tweed used to enable him to rob the peopled Is this a result for conscientious dem ocrats to rejoice 4 ' Tilden only carried Connecticut by 1748 mpj mty The Legislate j has ben , carried by the Republip cans, VOTE. a fair count," We still bell a that will make the electoral vote thus : :: TlLDEX. 6 Alabama, 3 . Arkansas, : ; 4 Connecticut, . 21 Delaware, ,11 Georgia, 1 : 6 Indiana. I 8 Kentucky, 7 Maryland, California,,; ; 10 6 - 6 3 11 15 12 8 8 15 9 35 10 12 8 11 5 uoioraao. ; Florida, Illinois, ! IOWSj Kansas, , Louisiana, Maine : Massachusetts, .13 Mississippi,. . '.Michigan 11 xaissouri, 5 New Jersey, ilMinnesota, Nebraska. ' 3 New York. Nevada," 3 'North Carolina; New Hampshire 5 Tennessee, Ohio, v y 22 Texas, Oregon. 3 Virginia, Pennsylvania, r 29 West Virginia, Rhode Island,; : h 4 ; i ' South Carolina, 7 v Vermont, r 5 Wisconsin; V 10 Hayes, 185 Tilden, 1S4 t ' WAke County. To day the old county officers go out and the new ones are sworn in. The old Demo cratic and the new Kepublican. 'I Old Eyes made New. Those nsjwhov nave to use glasses from bad sight and weak eyes would d weii to go to John W. Coles' and get la pair of his fine Scotch pebbles, the finest glasses for the eye in this country.' ' Besides, he keeps a fine assortment of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry.' His store may be found on the south side of the market, Raleigh;' N. C. U o and see hi m . 4 New Hyatn!5ook--Latest Out. -i-A1 neat and con venien t vol u me, entitled Spiritual Hymns, is Ju3t from the f press. It confidently claims to be the best adapted to all religious , meetings prayer-meetings, praise meetings, protracted meetings.1 Sunday Schools, etc, embracing, as it does, the old and he uewliymns that are most pure, inspiring, helpful and scriptural in sentiment, and most used in all parts of the country and among all denominations. . A large number of the-hymns in this valuable collec tion are those sung i n the Moody and Sanky meetings in England, ,New York, Philadelphia, and now in Chicago. The book is the result of twenty yearb experience in the publication of religious literature, and in pastoral and evangelistic 1 -bor, and is believed to be the best adapted, of any convenient-sizid, neat'and cheap work in the market, for pulpit use; prayer and praise-meetings,- anniversaries, Christ mas, - Christmas trees, Sunday- schools, all spixiial occasions, etc. With the hymns of this book there are nearly all of the best of both the old and; the new tunes the tunes now most used in all churches. Price, wholesale, ; bound in heavy, neat, durable board, ten copies for $3.00, and same rates for larger or ders.1 -Sample copies will be sent for 'thirty cents. In fine leather rep binding, forty cents per copy. Address, H. Y. Ohio. Rush, Dayton, For years theemocraf s of North Carolina have promised great things for the people if thev would . only, install; them into power. Well, they now have a Constitu tion of their own framing and have got full control of the Legislature: We hope they will redeem their pledges. Notice Emancipation Celebration. ; There will be a public meeting at the Court House Friday evening. Dec. 8, for the purpose of takinir Steps looking to a proper celebration os the 14th anniversary or the proc tarnation of em negation. An th colored citizens bf Kaleigh and the county , are earnestly urged to be present. O. HUNTER, Pres't. U. 1 PROUTOR, - end others, Vice Preside Mbbd, in this city on the eve ning, of; vtjijb ? 4th inst, at . the resi dence oJ. A. McDonald, by Rev. Mr.; RIch,t Mr. Ih. W, SorreIl to Miss' !P16ra' Mcbpnal I, all of this ieity. . j f,.s i--i. Because of our limited spjtce we are unable to publish the lessage of GovBbogden. It, I a sensible and pratical document.' He maku some suggestions to the Ijegislature which that body would do well to act upon. Carolinian. , , There is no chance in the tmllti. cal situation. ; There l snrtiA pt. citement in the Vdoubtful States" but we believe it will all nri ricrht. Let all keep cool,; J t.! . Hayes carried Kahaaa -hv 40,000 majority : - f - i ui , BROPOSALS FOR COPPER AND Slater's work fort the XT. FL IVnrt House and , Post Office at K&lelich. X. OFFICE OF SUP. ARCHITECT. 1 - 4 e TaHAfcUBY UaPARTMBST, wasmnKion. v. novj 29. is7 Sealed proposals will h tmMvaA sf this office until 12 m. of the 12th dav r.f December. 1876, for all ths ooDDer ind slater's work required for the. roof of the U. S. Court House and Post ofSoa at Raleigh. N. CJ - t v Copies of tne drawings and specifics. tions and i any other information may be had on application at this office, or at the office of the Superintendent of tho building ! JAS. G. HILL, Super?isine ArchiteoL
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