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... - JKALEIG H VOL. XTV-NO. 110. RALEIGH, N. J. FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 10, 1879. 85.00 PER ANNUM. m -tea ! .a 1 w n. m ju a v v rss NichoUand Gorman are with u."'- Joe Turnsr hs beea depariyrzed. Next. Th Dem x'ratic fitt has gone forth : Insubordination to party will n t be tolerated. Mr Vaurfbao io the Uoue aud Mr. I). Hard in the Senate hare taken the retrenchment ball by the herns. To perpetuate a p.dilirvl party i'.n organization mast be preserved in tact. Je Turner should b a warning t am bit i as politicians. Turner accepted a nomination fur (Vn cress at lh? hands of the Repub lican party. Merrimon accepted an election to the United States Sena'e at the hands of the Republican party. The difference ? Nothing succeeds like success Next. Courage Devotion II onor. Ornboro Patriot. With a courage that does him evr latting honor, and a devotion that the people of this State cannot forget without dishonoring themselves, Vance has stool nobly by his people. Party Organization Demand Vnare'k Klectloa. ;oidboro Mesengr fneatraU We have no hesitancy to admit that party organ'zation will be best served and promoted by the election of Got. Vance, if it must be one of the two; and in him Judge Merrimon would find a worthy successor. Intellectual Eloquent Illg- . Hearted. Crtf otKro ratrW Among all the intellects of the on of North Carolina there is not one brighter than Vance: among all the tongues of her sons there is none more eloquent; among all the hearts there is none that beats for her more warmly or devotedly. Honor to ortli C arolina- ;rmt io 1'Atrtnt In -ri.Jing Vance, to the Senate North Carolina will honor herself more than : .- will honor him, for in him the will have a champion that nevar came scond Dtit of any contest, and uDc who. regardless of self, will ever be in the front to guard and protect hrr fair fame. The Great Majority or tue Peo ple Demand Yauee'n illrctlon. Greensbor Patriot. We honestly believe that the gTeal majority of the conserTative people of this State believe a we do in this and t hs we truly represent tHir wishes I when we say so. and c oeu"e, -.1 , ther, if the Legislature reflects the sentiments of the people who e'ee'ed them he will b chosen without a con tet. From Top lo ltotton. 6te5j Aurora. Let u have a reduction of salaries and let us begin at the top and come to the bottom. Some of our Mute and county officers are receiving almost double what they earn and others are nearer what they Should be. Let the Legislature r.xluce the salaries in proportion to everything else and ligTiten a- much a i rstble, the bur den of taxes which grinds upon our p ople. Duplin .Solid Tor Vance. ;elJsl-oro Mesen9-r. A fneud writes us from Duplin to say that Duplin county is almost unan imouily for Gov, rnor Vance for Sen ator, 'a-ssertions to the contrary not withstanding." No one at all acquaint ed with Duplfn politics believed otherwise. Duplin is so'.id as a rock forZ. B. Vance for anything he wants, and her representative i cannot be in duced to vote otherwise on the St na torial question. Down lVlth the TaxeM. UoHiboro Messenger. Down with taxes is the jopular cry now-a-days, and is one which our Rep resentatives should well heed, for we assure them that the people are not in a mood to bear patiently any greater tax than is urgently necessary to carry on the government the ensuing year. Retrenchment is now a stern necessi ty; jfis with indivi luals and must be with the public purse. The prunu g knife must be freely applied wherever this can U done in keeping with the h nor and dignity of the Male. I ououiy la V hat the People Dexuaud. t or.eji-vt;iecc cf tbe . Fay?tk.villk, N. C, Jau. 6. 1979. I atu nut given to writing much for the pr-, out I am so much pleased with Joar commendable propositions wiili rclciei c to tue public printing that I am aIuiol piauaded it is a duiy townl ou lJ eipifoa my approba - tioo. Your circuUi to th- member of 1 the Lf,irlaiuie i u such excellent taste axd in accordance wah the prom ised reform by tbe Leu.oeraiic party that I canuot te Low tU-t body can do otherwise thaa awmid jcu tbe public DrinliDg. liie f-eopie Lave Imou coua petled u ecoucmixe acd thfy will de mand that lueir itepieeniuve must do, so in public maturrr, and as you so richly me it the public paronae of tiie party- As wen on toe account oi tbe wotJiaJ support you have rendered as for the business like manner in which you have executed the printing, I feel sale io saying the public will bo disap pointed should you uot be coutinued as (The writer of the above has repre sented Cumberland ounty in both branches of the General Assembly with dutiuuihcd ability. Cong reus. By Ttleg.ai h. Washington, Jan. 9. ITocse The galleries were crowded when the House assembled alter the recess. At 3 o'clock the Senators entered preceded by the Vice-President and Secretary of t:e Seuate, aud took seats iu the body if the Hall. The Supreme Court Dext utered, all the Judges clad in robes oi oilier, and took seats iu front of the speaker's desk, to the left. The Presi deut an J Cabinet next ushered iu, tak lug sea's to the right of the Speaker's dck. At 3 20 the committer on ar rai gements proceeded slowly down the ma.u aide, a I pieseut standing rever ently. The butty of tue lato Julian llsruide, oi Ga., encl iu a hand bjiua ckft, auoiutd with wi,ut.s and c owes ol" tl were, was Lht-n cai i led in Aim p'aced on thec-itfa'quo iu front of ppaker's desk. Rev. W. II. llai lisou ciap'.aiu of tho House, i iTert d prayer luvoking cous'-ltioa lor the family of the OeCeaSetl, arid praying that while men con.ddeied the u.-ath o: tbe deceased, thiy should bn ioaptess- d with the so'eniu truth that they were bat mtitals aud would themselves be ver' Aaua pasing away. After reading sciectioLS from the loth chapter of the li:s'. Kput'le of St. Paul to the C rin thuns, Mr. Harrison priceeded to make a fhuit but solemn eulogy of the character of the dcceaM.-d. He eloquent ly appeaUd to bis hearers to bear iu iuiuiI iho certaiu.y of deah, and re member tht uga ii.au might till the hihcs. uiche iu the tempie ol lauje, he mut iu the end com diwn auJ inhabit the narrow hou&e of clay. Rev. Byiou Sandurl .ud, Ctiap Uia of the Senate, delivered prayer in a feeling manm r, aiid alter the ue:ie" dictioa by Ktv. ilr. Harrison, tlm lid of the cothii was removed and tue uaeiu bers approached and tot k a 1 it glunoe at the ieatur.s of ih r iute c 1 league, rtie l-d, of the cotliti a i Leu screw eti ou aud borue out ol" the bail, f Mowed by the President and his Cabinet, -upreme Court, the Sate aud the OT-orjja deleg-iiiou. Ihe rp-aker ac compauud the luuetal c rte ;r I) th drpt, aud on his return the lLuse ad jouicso. To arid to the solemnity of the day, it wa-. rumored just pr vi"us to adjournment tht Gu.-tave ScileicLer' of rxs, was iu a ii ng condituui. WaauisoroN, Jaj. U.h. The case of Gen. G NV C L 'e, to recover the Ailiugtoi estate, via b. gin at Alexan dria on the 21st .n-tant. Schurx has replied to Sheridau con cerning the lattcrs harges against the Indian bureau. A Terrible Kxploxlou. By TVlenrai'h. PiTTSTON, Pa., Jan. 9. This morn ing jut afier a gatit; of miners bad de scended into tue Pennsylvania Coal Company's shaft number 4, ueirtl'i place, a terrible explosion of as k cur red in the mine iuar a carriage way, by which several meu were supp-iSvd to have been kul d. lion. 'oIuuibu Del mo Scrio jsi ly 111. PyTelegrapa. CLt.wF.LAXD. Jan. 0 H.n. C 1n" bus De.ano ei-Societ.v,. i ..t ,1; ehr.vjS :Ve y.,f : t!.c V:n, i. u-.es i: ton iTe--' By Telfirrsph. 1 t'vsr-j UNfl k-s,r. V WasuIXGTjs. Jan. -9 The condition of R?preentative Schleicher, of Texas, is very critical indeed. He is ruflviiti; from partial paralysis and erysipelas in the lower limbs. ItKFOHTI. The Hall .Set In .'lotion Hoth in the llouc aol Nrnale. Mr. Vaughan, of A legbany, and Senator Dillaid. of Rockii ghatn, es terday, in ro.uced in their respective Houses the li'liowinu l ill : A bill io be entnlol : an "act t o re duce and reu'.ate the cost of the Pub lic Printing." Sec. 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina d enact that section 1 of chapter 97 of Battle's R visal, en-tnk-d Public Pnntiug is heieby amended by htriking out eighty cents in line tilth and insetting 40 ceuts, by striking out oue dollar and sixty ceuts iu line sixth and inserting eighty ctuth aud by str.kmg out fifty ceuts in line t.eveu aid ins- rtiug twenty-five cents. Sec 2. Thatsectiou 4 of chapter 101 laws 18TG -77, are hereby repealed. Sec. 3 1 hat this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Supreme ouri. Court met on yesterday at 10 o'clock Present Chief Justice Smith ano Justice Dillard. Justice Ashe de tained by sicknefs. The foilow ing cases were called at.d disposed of : L F Skinner, executor, vs M o Badham, admin:stratrix, et nL-, from Chowan; certiorari ordered. JI. L. Lure et al, vs C H Paxton et al. fro'ii Chuwapsargued for the plain titr ov A M .Moore and J li Hatchelor, and for the defendants by Gilliam and Gatling. , P LI Johnson vs John I Rowland, from Reau fort; argued for the plain tiff bv J E Shepherd, and for the de fendant by George H Crown, Jr. R W v'v barton, administrator, vs E izabeth Leggett et al.fiotn Reainort; 1 for the nl.intitf lv J E Shep herd and for the defendant U Rrow n, Jr. Rank of Washington vs said bank, from R. aufort; the delendauts by Giorgc Jr., on motion to disuns-. Charles Russ and wife ft ml. from Ueaufort by George crediurs of are,uel for H Ik own. vs John E anrued for defendants by George li lirown, Jr ,ou motion to dismiss. George E Rucknian vs Commission ers of iJeaufort coun y. from Ueau fort: argued lor tbe p aii.tiir by Reade, Busbee st Busbee, and for the d.-ferd-ants by George 11 Brown, Jr., and J L Shepherd. Court Adjourned until to day o'clock. at 10 Tony Denier. The perforrpauce of Humpty Dumpty at Tucker Hall last eveuiu was W Ur th K tlnrir in iha nautooiiuiio line ever seen here. From first to last the amli..iM B.r vnlnd with merri ment. The part of Humpty Dumy. ms takn bv Ureinaldi Adams in the rx-rsoni tic-mi inn of the comic, and bis ihoiisacd fra-.ks weie erived by tbe laigeaudi nci. It is really afi excel lent performi.ucj, with lively perform ers. THE GOVEHHOR'S MESSAGE. To the Honorable the General Assem bly of Xorih Carolina: la compliance with the constitution and the time-honored custom of my pre decessor, I have the honor to greet you as tKe representative of the people and to confer with you in regard to the Htste of our commonwealth. To an Executive desirous of serving well his S ate, the meeting of the General As sembly is always the occasion of re joicing as it not only brings to his aid ihe wise counsels of legislators fresh from their consutuents.but relieves him of much embarrassing responsibility, 1 th- re for gladly welcome you to the captol, and promise to co-operate must heartily with you in devising liu aits to p; moe the public good, li is kuowu to you that owing to causes which 1 iued not here attempt toeluci dato, the people of the United States aud in a gie.it measure of the civil ized wo. M have beeu for some years past, aiiti fctill are, passing through a p- ru-d of most retnaikable financial .rouble, iocucing everywhere much d s ress and even disaster. Of course North Carolina has bharcd these ca 1 -ujiues aud her pioperity has been ret ti did as has that of others. But 1 believe I can truthfully say thit she has sufTered as little, if not let, by these hard times than her sisters. Looking at the whole State and com paring our condition with others, we have abuudant reason to be thankful and take courage tor the future. 1 he public health has never been better, whilst the pestilence has played with puiiessfurj among the homes and pleasant p aces of oui Southern and W'tsteru neighbors specially of our gieat daughter Tennessee the pro touudest qui t aud mot reverential obedieiice to leral au hoii y have pre vailed thiougbom our borders, whilst notiug, roobifg aud defiant lawless ness have distuibed the peace of many States, North and H est ot us, accom- pauici d both by aisju aud b.oodolieJ- i Hi? cioKS 04 tue last two beasons nave o'mii excellent itnJ the meaus of sub .s.auucj havi r.ever been rnoro abuu- daut and cheap. The industry of our i mi h ii:is Uten nouioiv luwuawu ouu ut rallied, their farms, stock aud aricuLnriil implements show consid- uihlo improvements; and whilst the casu bl.-p.ej. has sieadiiy enlarged, the amount of breatlsiulls purchased abroad has visibly diunuisht d. This is an undoubted evidence of progress, out uiauulacuriiig eatei prises aud the iii,ei clis of sp-cula ion requiring u.o.e capitsl hive uot equally advanced, o tug io the li. a..ci.d derat gem nt re leiivo to, in cons i icuce of wnich there l;us uecii d ..uii.g our mechani- c 1 p pu a.K ii and prices of all pro o .c:., ii.ciudiug Uo r, huve ruled low. U;iu.iiioeriug iht No. th Can liu. is pie-eu.iueiit.y an sgncultuial tSt ite, oui Legi.l lure should be directed to ward the nupro emeu', of that interest luaiuiy. Iu this connection I beg to call your atteutiou lo the fact that the Lhstaud perhaps rt-i'M' i 1'. agricultural vi r t 1IKY tiOOD.S. Arrived To-Day ! A f-v o.i'.'S KXTRV ni", Prints, fast co'o uit ' f r "i'v r.-t .vil tral. .-verai Ml' !:: I ALI TlK- iu desira?le goods now, I jr i-e ilrst time oilerej. IS Atl.l 111 Uv, , v It MO T SELECT ucy ioi ut jk.iy i. civ beeu upp u . ot. ti tue iv ca-t ana ui&ue&siug iuuency upou industry which sucu roads occasion, I u;ed not stop to remind you. I shall only beg your earnest attention to the ueecs;-y of change and express my de cided opiuiou that no permanent pros perity need be expected unless this icvuus evil is remtuieu. Certain ...t ;.. ..1 n,r t li i r. ill l' li f ,irr thntiiLrh fclVJ. ' ( q ty the most convenient centres, and all pou'ii g iuio tiie nearest railroad lines, iu ght .jo cheap y and thoroughly con. k'.ruiud by convict labor, the coun ties . hrojguvvhich tht-y pass supporting tue convicis; anu as totneotner roaus disciiarging luto these 1 advise that suiue otUtr metnod lor their construc tion aad n-p tiling be deviled. I am happy to ue able to state that a'i lucreseu liiieiesi is manuesieu amuUK a.l clast-ea in popular education. i'his 1 believe mainly due to the action o. t -e last Leg slature in appropriating ui'.my for the establishment of Normal i T I . . . 1. .1 1 ScUcois. in accoroauoe w uu ms iaw, the Board of Eduoa.i u established one lor the whites at the University and decided to locate one for the blacks at Faytttevilie, in a building tendered by the colored people of that place. Ti.ey were established on somewhat; different systems, regard being had to th - circumstances ol each race, it was considered that tue white race had . : . 1 i u . t. n aiieariy mauy tuucaieu, ieaeuei uo iuipiy ueeoed instruction in the art Ol teaching, whilst tne biacKS neeaea teachers instiucted iu both the elements of teaouing aud the arts ot learning For the oue, therefore, a i i .. i.-i.i in 1 six wteKS 6CHOOI vas oem at vuuei Hill during the summer vacations, and lor the other a perinaueut school was eslahlihhcd iu Faj eiteville. Bjth have b.eu remaikably successful at the hrst hesion of the wmte school 2 5 teachers attended, and at the second one,the past auiumer, more than 4UJ teachers were pitseut, lepieseutiug about sixty couo ief. An exceileut corps of instructors weie eiupl yed. Ihe University gave . . ii.tti if a 1 1 rtiu I'iaQ lliC UOO Ul UUIl'liuu- i vi ua avy of its buildings, its libraries laboratories and apparatus. The rail roads very geuerously gave reduced rates. iLe Agent ot the Peabody tund supplemented the appropriation with a haudsomo donation, and every do lar that could by spartd was used to eq.ial'ze the benefits of the State's li,ini-v hv Divine the traveling ex- reuses of the more ludigeut lectures by distingu shed citiz'ns mi i.m.ular themes were of the State delivered al- u Oct oailv with the best resuts. The IlIlOllU bted effort of the whole was to arouse au enthusiastic interest in be half of popular education among a lartoe portion of our people, and to ex cite a spirit of honest p. iue in labble among all the teachers present which will it is hoped do much good The accompanying report of President Bittle is reiened to lor particulars. Ihe colored Normal scnool at Fay etteville was pui in charge of Mr It hert Harris, a native colored man of excellent character and capacity su pei vised by a board of local managers selected from the best business citizyus ot the town, who took a great interest in iu weifate. It has been managed w. ith uuxueoted success. The past ses sion ceiitd with 58 pupils, about 40 of whom have received certificates as L.-Hchers. some of bich grades; the second year began with 74 pupils and is now in progress. The same donation was made to this school by the Pea body fund as to the white school and the came scheme adopted to equalize its benefit. The report of Mr. Harris, to which you are referred, will be as surprising as I anxYure it will be pleas ing to all whotlesirw the real welfare of our colored'citixns. I sine rely hope ihe appropriation for both schools may be reuewed and the law be made to embrace both sexes. For though females have atten led both schools by permission, yet tbe Board of Edudatioa did not feel tit liberty to ex pend any State money in their aid, which a little ungallant for so chival- rous a people as odrs,. who are so well aware that as a general rule our female toacheis are better than the males. The excelleutly wprdd memorial of the teachers themselves, which accom panies the report of Prof. Battle, is especially commended to your favor. BOARD OF jlOUICULTCRE. The establishment by the last Legis lature, in pursuance of the Constitution, of a Department of Agriculture was a r very important step indeed to the wel fare of this State, as was to have been expected tbe law.. has in some respects proven defect iv, land will riure some ameudiog at your hands, but in the main it is au admirable one. It is the first 6tep ever made in the direct interest of agriculture aud has been hailed by our farming peop'e with grat satisfaction. So far, this bereau has cost the pe ple nothing, the tax on license to sell fertilizers having' yielded sufficient; reveuu fur all its puipjses. As foou as possible after the passage of the law in 1877, the organic za'iou of the Board of Agriculture was completed by the election of the two intelligent farm rs who now oc cupy beats in it; a Commissioner was elected, Secretary and Treasurer ch( sen and work b gau immediately, For the results of the first two years, I refer you to the aocomp m.ying report of the Commissioner, Col. L. L. Polk, which sets out every :hiug in oetail. I regard the beginning as excellent. The chief diiticu ty in tho way of do ing any new thing among a peop'.e so conservative as ours is in securing ihcir prouipt co-ope ratio a. Ic sas found very uifticult at first to awaken an ac tive interest in the opt rations of the bureau, but the impression ouce pro-duct-d is lasting aud enlarging:. Special atientiou has been giv'n to the analyz ing aud c!as fication of fertilizers, including mails, to th re-stocking ol our liveis with flsh,aud the preparation of a handbook of information decern ing the State and its resources. Much good j'.ns been atl'tcted I am sure, and an interest excited that will lead to ttill mora a serious drawback to fi.-h propagation is tue numerous dams and obstiuctious of tbe streams; and public sentiment in in many places prevented from bearing upon the owners of these obstructions by the sneers of the ignorant and unscrupulous. This will disappear when results aie seen, and the laws passed in aid of this important matter wi.lthen be helimd in their ex ecuti jn by a wiser popular opinion. The trouble to the preparation of a . ' J1- been the sep eoan - TO THE AFFLICTED. Frenches Arneca Unlmeut is the be.t known for Kheuraatlsm, Neuralgia, fairs in the ha -kaad si e. Headache, c., &c. ft never fails to give immediate relief. Afanu taetu ed ty g FRFNCH Wholesale and Ketail Uruglst, Petersburg, Va For sale bv Win. Simpson, K. if, Heartt, 'Jrugirlsts, Kaielth, N. C. novi-tl6m a7TTJT?Tn rPL4 W V A K H dred years Horses, Black l irge portion of tbywj 8ers old. beneticient character, he-uud. The inoperative. There is no p wt XJ to tue Chief Executive or any head o department, to quicken tbe diligence or rebuke the criminal neglect ot his subordinates; and many of our best laws take the chauce ol the chance of the local favor or disfavor with which they may be regarded and are alive or dead as that may be. Proof of this is found in the new number of the statutes in relation to subjects concerning which excellent ones are already iu existence. It is not a good thing or a bealthy sign, perhaps, for a people to multiply great ly t heir list of criminal offences, but for the curing of this serious defeat in the administration of our laws, I caa see no better way than the imposition of heavy penalties for the omission or re fusal, on the part of any public officer, to perform any duty which he is re quired to perform. It has not only been found impossible to get the statis tics required under the act establishing the Board of Agriculture as before re marked, and also to get proper and timely returns from the County School Boards and Managers, whilst several coiiDties in tbe last election for Con gressmen failed to send full and proper returns the votes cast, and some even failed to return any at all, and so on through the list. It is to the last de- . . . . gree discouraging to tnose wno ear nestly desire to do something lor the public good to find that those whose special duty it is to help, will not do so, and can refuse to do so with impunity as germain to the woik of the Agricul tural lmieau. 1 desire to call your at tention to the su -dec: of our forests. I will not undertake to poiut out the 1 f A many ana most important tunctions which they fulfill in the economy of na ture and wnicn tue invesiguions oi scientific men are bringing every day to the attention of the world, but will content myself with referring to them as a source of wealth, health and fer tility, aud to the fact of their rapid and wasteful destruction. .Depleted rs thev ar our forests todav are perhaps worth more intiinsicaffy, . . nrooeilv managed, than the lands they stand upon, whilst the valus of those especially which shadow thahighlaads round about thy sources of our source-, is simply incal culable, considered with reference to rainfall, destructive floods. &c. Ihe proof of this is plain to any one who nas observed tue condition of those vallevs whose hillsides have been en tirely stripped of timber and converted into that shame of southern agriculture old fields. and yet iu the face of the increasing va'ue of timber and the de creasing value ot the lands from wnicn it is ruthlessly swept, the destruction troeson. Mau? counties already feel the evil keenly, aud not many years hence if some remedy be not applied the outcry will ba general. I confess I do not see my way clear to that reme dy. I am aware of the difficulty and thg danirer of interferrimr with the owners legtl right to do whit h Dleases with his own. If ha see proper to cut down all his timber, dry up the spring which feed our streams auu precipitate ui& boh iuiu vum vnu nel changing their currents and delug ing all the low lands below him, and impoverishing himself and, his chil dren, I can't see how he is to he hin dered. But the people of other nations are finding meaus, by bonuses,exeaip tion from taxation and other devices to rvbtore the forests on denuded, lauds ; and many of our connties are adopting laws with regard to enclosing their lands, the effect of which is to reduce the expenditure of timber for the farm ing purposes to the minimum. As guai dians of the interests of an agricultural people, I commend this whole subject to your serious attention. I an re quested by tbe Board of Agriculture to say that they concur in the iecom mendaaons of the Commissioner. I call your attention to the rep art; of Dr. Ledoux, Director of the Fertilizer Central Station. It is gratifying in the extreme, you will perceive, that the quality of the Fertilizers sold in the State has steadily improved, and the marked value of the improvement amounts to more than $100,000 in two yeais. This is caused obviously by the fact that, knowing their wares weie to be subject to a rigid scientific test, the dealers were careful to make them come up to the mark, and many others have quit the market altogether. PENAL AND C HABITABLE INSTITUTIONS. I ana happy to say that the affairs of the Penitentiary and the two Asylums have been well managed by their respective boards, and are in a satisfactoiy condi tion. The Deaf and Dumb and Blind Asylum makes perhaps a more satis factory exhibit than it bas ever done since its establishment. VVith a large increase of pupils there ha$ been a de crease of 16 per cent in the Mal of ex penses. As you will see by the Superin tendent's report, with a reduced appro priation from former years,; the Board of this Institution have saved $ 15,056. 12 out of the amount with which they have erected an elegant and much needed addition to the main building at a cost of $7,57o53. and have still to their credit in the Tresury $7,489.57. Thousjh results have not been quite so satisfactory with the Insane Asyium, yet on the whole it has done well. Notwithstanding, the number of its in mates have increased and some extra" oi din-try andcosfly improvements have hr-en made. Expenses have been kept do wn, and it has lived within its appro pr ations I recommeud that the Board authorized to build on tbe ground! a s -parate residence for the Superinten dent, and that bis pay be fixed in cash as are the salaries of all the other prin cipal officers of the various institutions of the State. I also recommend the re peal of section 29, chapter 6. of Battle's lievisal, under which the State p:iys for the transportation of patients to and from the Asylum to whom the Clerks of the Superior Courts will give a cer tificate that they have not property sufficient to pay their own expenses. Under that act the State is often im posed upon shamefully. Ic is the nature of public charities to invite such abuses, custom legitimates them, and they become a base for still greater abuses. The only safe way is to us the knife promptly ou their first ap pearance. It i known that much of the laws as . O. liox ZJZ.-" oct 25-dly d on the statute dook in Asylums and IN ANY QUANTITY FRO, T ELLINGTON'S SAW Having every Futility for the ROTJGrH XXT V3r a . a. - -J- am orenared to fill all orders promptly and Wtth 13 Jeer's xperien.-e In the business. .1 mauagemeut of lumber and can a ways fiurnisi uMv capacity for turnf -ie ont work is as J sim. I t 5, m suniDiv orders to rue e; , . ..1- phaeu "iwhere. Estimate AS!1J' undei stood ny ai-ia.vr The work on the Western insane Asylum has been fully commensuiaie wi h the appropriation, j The re port of the Commissioners wm give all the particulars. No work ever un dertaken for the State bas been done better, or more cheaply, and wnen nn ished all its surroundings, considered, it will, in the opinion of many, be the miM d sirable institution or i s kiuu hi tbe United States, I trust a sufficient ap propriation wili be made to finish the wine now so near comrJ dion, and furnish it for the reception ot patients. This can be done at an early period oi the summer ol 1S8J, and will give mucn relief to many distressing cases which cannot find room in the Asylum at RiloWrh For reasons wefl Known to all who are acquainted with Oie State of the Treasury, but littla has been done towards providing an Asylum for the colored. An appropriation was made by the lastLegislature, but no tax was levieu to raise money, and at an early dav the Treasurer notified me that, he could not paj.my warrants. Unwilling t do nothing toward an object so much needed, I appointed a tsoara 01 om missioned, as the act required, and re quested them at least to select a location and make a beginning. Afttr proper deliberation aud examination tue Board finally located the Asyium m ai Goldsboro, as being near tie centre or our colored population, and purchased a beautiful site containing nu acres ou th? railroad.aud Liittie mver wnuiuoue mile of he town, f or 9-,UUU, a large parr, of which is farming land.j A de sign has been accepted and the founda tion of the building laid, as w ill appaar by the report of the Commissionors. It now remains for you to provide the means to erect the buildings, which I respectfully recommend be done. The care of our insane is a heavy and grow in? hniden. but humanity and the Con stitution are alike imperative thtt, it shall by done at State exppns?. Let u.s not try to evade a plun duty b it face it manfullv. nsinsr due care to prevent ext avaance and waste in the ma ;dc; of doing it. THE PENITENT tARY J Th P-Miimntiarv svstein of de ilin ? a. t -' ... w'.th our criminals is eourpii'auveiy new in this Sttte, and as is far the most os'ly of all oar now by iaslitu- t.ions and is almost daily hftp.omirnr more so, evt-rthing pertaiuiug to it is vvv , , deserving of y ur earnest aiteuuou ti. m.n iita. .,f Riic.h a sVstem is to punish offenders with hard lab r, ;,i, tA rofiirm or deter, tham ana Oil I1DI ' -. - nthdps fi-m the commission of crim The economic problym is to mike thi labor suuDOrt the institu.ion The pUn adopted at present' is mush more than doing th.s if tha work D-ing d -:;e hu the convict- was paid for in ca:-n Tha nnmher of convicts now! off hand stnA their distribution is. shown by tfe report of the very competent; and ener getic Board of Directors and Suporin ! tendaut. sent herewith. Thi able force kept in the enclosure has been con stantly employed upon the wall's aud buildings, aod by placing a cash valua tion upon the work done, it will be seen that they have earned handsome waeS over and beyond their keep. The returns from those enlaced on the various railroads show still greater wages valuing their work by engineers, estimates. These estimates are- very liberal toward the company for whom the work is done, yet it will be seen t ie convicts have earned more than fottr times the minimum fixed by the Legislature at which the com pan io should be charged. VALUE Of CONVICT LAB03. From this we may draw some valua bla conclusions: ls That convict labor s almost if not quite as valuable for road construction as hired labor, 2d. That .convict labor i more valuable u?ed iu this kind of work than employ ed at trades and mechanical wo. k in close confinement. 3d. That the health and general tone of the oouviots is better in out-door work. 1 1 fine need by these cous:deiatious, I am induced ;o say" that in my opinion it is our policyr tro-provi-de labor for them ou public Jworks, altogether, after the completion 'ofthe Penitentiary buildings, having wit aiu its walls only such as Lorn fee.!; -ness. and the nature of their crimes, ean-nofr-be seat outside. Iu addition to the completion of the roaus beguu by tiie btate, to which labor has beeu a i ready assigned. There ars a cumber oi l cal railroads and turnpikes greatly desir ed in many prts of the State, and val uable swamp lands to be drained, at which convics might be empl.y ed with great profit to the State, the countits or commuuities supporting the con victs. I think thai w henever any county or community will obtain a chaiter for building a railroad or a turnpike, draining a swamp or dyking a river, and will undertake to support the hands, they should be given the con vict labor. There aie many fertile val leys of greater or less exteut, remote from railroad facilities, such as tbe gieat valley of the Yadkin from Salis bury to Patterson, where well-to-do farmers, 1 am suie, would bo induced to attempt the building of -narrow-gauge railioads, if thbyjWere given the necessary libor; and many ei-ceileni turnpikes would be constructed as leedors to our iaiho.id., aud many ricn swamps uaigft be dialed iu the saaie niauriur. luthii way-the increasing cost of the Penitentiary woul t be kepi down and a vast benefit to the poopU, be accomplished. DYJ1S FOK TUE ItOA::OK;3. As a further iilusiiaiiun of this idoa, I be 1-ave to call your attention to the situation of that rich aud oiicj productive region the B auoke couutry below Wei km. At one time tue Eypt of cur State aud a source of great wealth to our people, those splaudid aud inexhaustible lauds are last becoming a wilderness by rea son thy desuuctiou of the kvees which confiaed the Roanoke within its banks. Iu the demoralized state oi li bor there and tbe reduced condition ol the pi inters, it has beeu found imp: s siblo to replace them, and thy wnole region will be lost to the State for gen erations if something is not done t re claim it- If the countries or citiz-jns interested, well undertake to support ih.M piniwiJs a.r.n iair guard. I reouin- i furnished Jluiiaheture of afly . QtSa pushed , 'aud economy. I - l XXJ3.1Ttthema!iagemeao - -D;e to hive the cars on satisfacto - tf ."C. U.K. running across thet havsiue Ridge by this time, as wa confa deutly expected, when your preuyce. sors adjourned. No eueigy or de'er ruination has beeu wanting, but insuper able obstacles were toutia in uie na ture of the country and the insufficien cy of funds. Naked labor can make ittle progiess, iu suou a. wuik m.- tiog a lttihoad tracK tnrougu our v est ern niouatams, unaided by all the modern app'iauces and material now used in sujii operations, ana wnicn cost more money man uie . ouijju.y could command. Uwmg to tne geo logical peculiarities of the formations through whicn tue iraca. is cut, v.ol slidesof earth and rock some of them as great as oitecu ,v,ivc - iave been continuity falling into tue track as fast as it couia Da removeu. But the work is now almost uonf, aay- ight is nearly through the gi eat .tuuuei. Iu a lew weeks Horn mis uay ueeu- will pass the summit, anu t ie track can be completed to Asdievide easily by mid-summer. Owing to tne conuuion uuuj xieaa- -r " i ... -l-rt ,it1i..1a Ury, 1 Dm not pui eiino wiu " " amouut oi iron wnicn jl was ize t by law to buy, th mgn greauy tempted to do so by the low price, ioi which it was oflyrea. .ooai umeo w rails only were purchased, the cost of the whole being a li'tle over .7o,000. The remainder of the appropriation will furnish the iron necesHary to reacu Asheville unless it should risu gie.itly. iu market. By the reports oi Jiaj. v n- son, fres'.aeur., it wm io . 1 A - r-m n -1 I rl i ! earnings, by his escimaies as cu6ium) of 427 nands (about th average number furnished him) have been nearly ivo.- 000 per aunum or tfuo.oou ior i-ue jreia 1877- To being aoout -j-;ou.w uum per hand, grojs. The co t of supporting, guarding and overscemg them has beeu for the same tim about $98 000. T-eir health ha-j .bee 1 excyi- lent. As uearlv a cn no ascormm u their net .in;.-, d.edaoting every- tll-'g and inctudipg me sick, me womeu and all others not at worn on the road pyt- hani uom a:iy ca'i-e is 121.3 ) On the wholo the expanmeab i l c.-n-tructing that roid by th-. convict lab r ;'e co; ev. ry H .- h..K ii,-tn ;t sn c-'-SS. a n ps it .ti-oued, the nu uuer kop . np and neeeary fct-?p taken by your O i V tO lin.:5i o.l ' I OJO. w My jjmiectiou as hen-toforo ag.er a up n. The Fqua I f hand - employed n the . i ... ...1 V. . th l!;ir()iiili K..R has finished g-adoig to :i iV. i 1 Cil.iiOiiOe c the to au ot .Aiur )iinv. 1 have re- ceived n. ofti , i r i . .... U Tmrjhi-lr UOI. XJ. vy. wi'u--, r i' . ..n 1'insiajQC oi i"5 ...t,.r,i R.iho.d makes a very fiats terini rep)it of tbe progress or tno i. A ...a Yw nnncicts OU his line. Uavin determined to extend it in the direction of Greensboro, the company beirau work at or near Ei.vpt m ilarch, 1878, with 100 convicts, and there is ni-03oect ot soon wwu6 completed to Greensboro, nt a lina section, and ba etit to thfl country t'uniu v' v x- - It will opjn a a groat bn ii ih whir-.h i etit to in "j- -r.wi.::. passes, to Fayewsviue auu ko "" Ttid hands on this road have ned net about $ per head. eai The Chester and Lenoir Narrow Guage Rail Road Company has finished its hue to Dallas, in Gaston county.and the grading to Newton, on th.W. N C. R. R. Prom that point to Xenoir, the , great r part of the grading is done, and the wortc is being pushed with ' energy. ' They have been furnished with 50 Con victs, aud the number has been kept up. I cordially commend this enterprise to your lavor. . , it is r acuing out iu a direction peihaps more important to the welfare" ,of the S ate than that ot any other railroad, except the W. N. O. It not only . points to. the most remaikablo aud exte-ntdve iron and obpper mines iu tiie Soa'Ji Cranberry, anu the Ore Kiob tlso J;he salt lima and plaster deposits of Washington co., ' Vug. uia, tue e-heap importatioo of wincu would peihaps dj more to renovate- t .e ancirlture of our State than anytuuig which couli perhaps beaea:ifcd. I regret to say- thuif wor'k'' on, the iSptrLHUhurg and AshevUle Rjad uas ojeu suspaudod, j ist as ;iW! hadi attained tiie crossing of the Blue, it.dge iuto the beau'iful valley of the Pienoh Broad. Two hundred Lds had bseu kept vi t that company under a con.r .ct a.a'1e oetor I came into of hcj, at a &m.il trite, wuich contract was. rt sp cteU by my board untij September, whin fi niing ihe company in a failing couditicii aud uu able to pay tiie bauds, men were Ai.nUiawii ami pUoed ou the vV. N . C wjik-, beyond tuj RiJge.. f'ho AlLtiitic 'and North Carolina Radio d bas beeu environed with dit'' licultus tva1 aiiicc my accession to otnc--, oviiue oi which were dailod to Iho ' at.eutijii oi the iat L fsiature. A suii, beguu iu the tato courts to impeach the validl y of the nioitage bonds ou the grc-uud of u5ury, was lot towed by a . counter suit in the Pcdeial Courts to foreclose the mortgage aud sell the road. Theoe have at length boeii compro mised oil terms wbioa it is thought will eualld the road to live and meet ist interest promptly heiia.ter, the actu- mulat-u luteiest be ag lundedaud timo of pay me .t exteu ted, the boud iio.drs ourifciiduiing $10,000 ol bonds aud coupousto be caaceiled. Wnen it ca ne bo tue uaads ol toe p.ts-nt road it was appaicutiy iu tue ias. extremity of ," uxiiduio i. Its roadbao, track and briugja were worn out aud uiiiale, los rolliug stock iuu dowu, its ompljyees unpaid, its interest neany twelve iUviiLhs ill default a'id a lloatng debt oi aoouv ff7,0J0 due. All this has bacu changed, xue ro tdbed fridges a. id roll ing stoCi ate now macui nuproveu, that doatiiig debt has all uocu paid, employees aid pud oil weklj, . ar rang-meats m.idj Lo a j it is boued debt, an old tax oeot duo ihe United Spates compioaitsed at 0,o00 is being paid at ttie r.te ol JoiX) per uiuuth, l,oo0 being already paid; aud the Pi esideat reports $10,000 iu tbe treasury ou the 1st oi January to ni;et interest wneu.the lirst niolllnieut bj comes due in Juiy next. its groas receipts for 1877 were about 12 pei oout. greater ihau the year pieVioas, aud up to ditte ol report oio still greater ioc 1878 Ibese aro certainly very giaa iyiug rc.-ulls, aud give p.si.iVo assu rauco taat mo r au cau take pare of itsoif if run oa business princi ples and by business men. It u a source ot much regret to mo that thj. plau adopted by the Board, tpp.ovod by me tj reach this end caused muoli local opposition, a id subjectod all coiicernjd .t ai3"iiUi'?feiou tuar, tuo gieac desire have i --r shown ai. i.iyself to save thu S-saVthlroelleio certaiu cuie for .Seiofula. If V,'oets. 1 of acyservice toyouiu-' d tuat wiiea re to be sure u.t iQip,easioni Will be removed. ANGOLA BAY. It is also a source of regret that the work of cuttiugacanal through Angola Bay was uot undertaken as. provided bylaw. Tue Board were reaiytodo so at my re quasi and offered the oou victs but found it practicaly impossible to do the work owing, to the omission of the act to provide the uocessary meaus for its execution, tbefje being authority for neither a survey to hi ma te, overseers to be employed, nor imp;emeuts to bo furnished by the Board. ' A little amendment to the law in t?iis re.ipoct will eaabia tha work to be done promptly. NAVIGABLE WATERS. It is gratifying to see that the gener al government nas begau to take an interest in t e improvement of our nav i able wafers. Sut veys of the Neuse, . vliin- mid the Cttawb.i, are in progress or contempiai iou i audr ifte- norted uoon favorably, 1 would suggest Mint, a lfsullltioU of v ur honorable boly in this behalf would materially strengthen t ie hands of our represen tative: ia Congress iu ootti oiug tho necessary appropnauous. FINANCIAL Tue T.easurer's report w ill .engage your earnest attention. You will see that whilst tha utmost eoouomy has been prac'-ised yet the funds in his hands have not bean fluffinent to meet all the objects provided by law. ' T jj reaiou is s'.mp'.y th tt the last Legisla ture increased the tppropriatioa, with out increasing the taxes. B.it little r i,ir t.h ai40.0)0 appropriated lo buv iiroa lor the W. N. C. R. R., has biin expended, aourooriated to. none of thi $i0,0OJ the colore! Insane Asylum, whilst f 13,000 or tne sum the Western lusaae; Asylum given to .o., rid out of tuts year s uulbs, an w cvj o- " - - , tat other small items whi;U could b-JS postponed havo beeu car nod over iuto this year's account, iu order that tha Treasurer should not ba oompehed t borrow. Tuis deficiency, it will be no ted is only in legard to the spoci al apr propriatious and is to some ex.eut tnhntable to t le lwugthauing of the rii.-al vear. from October to J auu try. r?fl u r.rrtted. and I have no doabt, is very surpnsing to the Fiuanoe C mmutee oi'tlie last Uei leral Awm- who th 'Unt too um wvui'A VII. : .1.1 ait (H wit revenuj, and so wouiu, a ,d more, u idor a batter scheme of as ss3iueut, I cau not conceive it posaiblo o tie.io one which would operate m,re u .rq iuy, unjustly or prejudi cially to me treasury, the rule tor ev ery county, tovra and township, is dil lorent, aud the values of property situ ated iu the same locality and ot ilu same character, are as variaut aud un eqil a the unaided, arbitrary aud ol tfcu iadiffareut opiuioas of the asses jors may chance to be. Very little proper ty is assessed to anywhere withiu tho neighborhood of its value, bat th a d es not ma ter; the eseut al ida is to have the assjsniont b-iar the same uni form proportion to the true value of the propeH ty t x,d. Uoless this s ac c ired, one man piysa vastly bigot c tax than his ntUhor, and oue tow iship or county tuan the adj iaiu towuship or couuty. Aid it is in the power, inX (CONTISUED 0NyFOUUTII VZ )
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Jan. 10, 1879, edition 1
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