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(Oth? (Ihalham Record. - ",,"," ." . . 111,111 H. A. LONDON, Jr., kditok axi rKoraiovK. KATES ADVERTISING. One square, one Insertion, Ouc square, two hif-irUou,-Ono square, vim mouth, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: OnoclT. onoyoar, - Oho r! ,slx month Viitf cupy , Uavo uioutlis, 1 .00 2 .V J.OO VOLUME 3. P1TTSB0R0', CHATHAM CO., N. C, .TANUAEY 13, 1831. NUMBER 18. For larger adtrtiwmonts Utanat eotitracU wit cudo. df tow THE (iOVElINOirS MESSAGE, Our fctory loving readers must ex cine us for omitting our usual "S- hvtid Morv turn wees, but. we can - not publish that and tho Governor's nnJ-sagc. so Me give preference to tho 1 ltttr.' The citizens of North CW , , hn-i ought to read wlutlheir Govern- or savs about public matters that bo deeply concerns thm.-En. Record. Srrrr. ft Noktu Carolina K EC UT1 V K D FI'A UTM ENT, January 5, 1881. Gsvn.mEi; or the Skkat akd Housi Or ReTEKSKNTATIVES : No General Assembly has convened in l lie Male lor I no last twenty yuan jluOHt jjVot i not worth the paper under such favorable auspices hs i on wi,iclj it i(B wrjtten without monev tho-e which greet your coming. As t, build school-houses and par you jmrncTcd from your homes to j teacher. Money is. and must be, iheeapitol. evidences of thrift andfb. heart and life of ererv system, prosperity wero seen in country andjWhilal hope to we rou make the in town. Dimcsr the yer whisu ha 6yt-eni sjj r-ft s noaaible. T W just closed ab;inUnt harvests and ip - nunerative prices have blefced the la bor of the hubaiidiuau:Jtbe mochnmc and tho laborer of every kind hare worked with hope and energy, and have Keen their afi'ieipationa of suc - wssful retu-;s fully realized. Trade And bux!i s of every deciiition liav-i euutwu a iicafnv, steaav m Tt'Hc. The despondency tbat for year has weighed upon our pe -pie hire a pall, opprtssiug their energies, and retailing their pr grse, has lxeu lif;el u;'. and all begin the nw year with a will atid a faith thivt must sue oeed. No where iu the State feJ there lva env divordar, ruA, er &'msuc ri ler.re. but ererywhere the law hare Ik'-h respected. Th t wo ravHjs are working togeth or in pace ari 1 liarmouy. with in 4'reHs'ncr respect for each othvr. The colovc.l population, I am glad to say. are lv? 'oming more industrious and thrifty. Ma iy f them arc prop ry owiifrs and tasparra. Thev teem lobe harnicg thy impo-Uut leusou j aKuaiesalarv. Nor can he. well qual that they hve nol'm: p to r.-).y upc jfe Rli 1H j,,. $r any 0ier lnm but tlK'ir own labor. I hare trid, on 1 0ut privato fortune" at his command every important .cc :sion. to impress j ..rform til the functi ns of the office. this lMwu upoutliem. and to awnro tnem or tne. sympainy ana ueaiay co operation oi tu' wtiitc race vi ineir ciTort- to mnke thomjIvo r- od and iietiu citizens. Thr have hld during the past two years iu thi cry of Raleigh bvo in dustrial exhibitions that were exceed ingly credit b to them. I attend 1 bo h f i hese exhibitions, end made nhoit addres en, and wa u'lad to wee. the effort. of the colored race in thi tlixrrti,u found so much favr aud en eouragomet auong the white. I regard it as n imperative dutv, from whieh tho whites cannot escape, if they would, to that in all tilings j full ami exacr justice is done the blacks j and that they are not left alouo r ' work out 'heir own destiny. Thev j are entitled, by many binding conr-id-; oration", to receive aid andencourage ment from-the whites in their effort to 1 t)0 better moil and womou, and I huvo j do doubt will receive it. In roiivpVance wi'h the law and custom. I herewith transmit tho re por a of the hea If. of tho several de partments of the St"ite government, the Agricultural Department, the Board of Internal Improvements and the heads of the various charitable ami penal ins rutions. From these reports, you will larn, iu detail, much of the operation of tho .Pl"B.llOIMUU!j.,:il,,r.J hv t Diaio government, ami me umertuu i.i i . ... . i ... i .ii.. x ' A i 1 i i 1 . " 7 two year, and I beg that you will give to each of them your close attention and study, lou wdi find the information thoy contain oi much value to you in thc dichargo of your important cutiei. By reference to the Auditor s and Tre.isurer a reports, you wi l hckj that the total reno.ptH f.;r the hscul year ending bep" ember oOth; 180 wore . : fV , J''l; Total disbursements i)l(20 dd IJlan in favor orrecMpt.s..$M,27r,71 J 7r lut quarter eufing Sc-jitembcv dOth had peen pam in uiai quaiLr-r, lu umauce j in hand w ould not havc been so great. It is hkeJv. however. Hiatus great an amount wdl not be paid in thi quar tcr ending September 3th 1881, so that this need not alter any estimato. J no poi sistent euon oi ui. v oiiu for ten years to get our KtaUi debt adjusted has had its reward, under the State debt, pasaed at the seasion of 1879, he has taken up tho old bonds of the State to January 1st, 1881, as follows : Forty per cent, class $3,570,500 Twenty-fire p- r cent. '"'ass. . 1,902,045 i.:f. t ,.i .... i noQ nnn x inuuu pur im. t-i-B. . . ct "d out of the people, and Trfonn m . . 47 irrn 94 c j within their res)octive spheres, im- 1 0lal ' ' ' U' I portaut work for the State, for society He has issued in lieu of these new , and munanity They occupy no in four per cent, bonds of the State, to i considerable place in the machinery the amount of 2,211,810, upon which jcf tbe State government, and the in- the interest was promptly paid on the j lst day of January. Tho old Ixmds taken op were recorded us required by law, and burned in my jjcrosenoe. KDirCATION. Tbe report of tho intfciident of Public, excellent Super- j Instruction will J give tho cond'tion of tho schools and their work. Tho two normnl schools , fcfl'ablish'.d by the Legislature of i 1876-77 have proven a decided sue- cess. Tha appropriation for each of ; these schools should be increased if I jslble. They are doing a line work j iu preparing and qualifying teachers ! for our common schools, iu wliich I , have h?en gratified to notice recently : an increasing interest among the piw ; and people. Education I regard as ; ic:lt inieivtt of the State, an in- twfe"t to H to deposed of by i a low paragraphs in a mess g. lint j wh;lo j- ((Vail mysel( o anothor j occasion to address you on thid sub joe'. I cannot now dismiss it without pleading .vith you for mora moncj' for the children. Ju tho discussions I have hi en iu the papers, tho system ha n luuiuly tho topic. Vciy lit tle has been ha 1 about tlie money to cany on the system While one bvs tem mav lo better than another, the j.hnt you will not forget to provide Uio lionov. Thi can onlv be d- n J bY taxation. Will you impose it ? I .jt ti1 wj'n approve i'. The tux for tohools k now o.dv eigl.t and a ,bu,i WiltB on the one hundred J 0lkra worth of property, and twen ; tr.fim ri ,m fh to11. Tlirap fbiiM th -t ou ouch would not be burden some bv wie lecislation The salarv oi tue r)ivritiier;aenr oi l tuuic in trurtion should b largely incrsiaied, and I trust you will do this lx-for the lime corr.ee for the gentleman elected to tht position to qualify. Icrij of d?grdip; this rery hit portan'. office iato a mere aleikahip, ae has Uon tlie cae, it should be dig nified and elevated to a rank eo high that it will rr.mmand at oil times the boat talent of the State. It may not always lo the ease that a thoroughly capable and efficient offi cer can be found like the present faithful incumbent to make the sacri fioea ho doo iu the cause of educa tion, in rcmainmir here on such an in jor the most importnut of them, uu . .i ... . - 1 u;r exjsinig law. j The a-t of 71) proposes to pay only jfiftflf-n hundred 'loliurs a year to him who is charged with the great respon j sibility of superintending th.e educa j tion of four hundred and fifty tl.oua j and children. Then, as if to belittla : aui cripple the ofiicxi still further, th baine act declare 'he liall uot be ol- i lowed any sum for traveling xpen- ! ses. I than Nothing is clearer to my mind the Superintendent of Public Inrtruc ion ought to go ut in thi different f-ecioiuof the State and ad- diess tho veonle. iueiverib the schools instruct the teachers and encourage (be c hildren. This indeed, und much more, the law requires him to do, :us will be seen by reference to Battle's Revisal, chapter 78. Ho cannot do it on his present salary and pay his own (.xptnsco. j SWJLMP LANDS. I There arc kirge bodies of swamp ' lands, belonging to tho Board of j Education, which und-r tho present i iaws, are not subject to entry and 1 graut, like oilier vacnnt lands, or to !side in any way. Some of these lands I if chared und we'l drained, would be ! valuable, vvliile others are of much ! less value. Thev are all liable to be the public, and, so lonir i n -v - rr.,nK:n nR i1ir4 rjin ; view anvtning to tne tate. I wug- i that von fix a price uixn these . anfls ancj tt,uko iheya f)Ub;rf.t io en ! trv and t like otbcr vaoant andfi .j procGeds of thc PUtry of all va j fiRTll kll(lH now liaho 0 pmnt goeH ' by kw to tho educational fund, and i f.- khould the y,YOC.,e,tt of mmp lan(U j havc 1)Cver b.n Rble to ; tlw f,i.dom of Jancl j uot KVf&mv ,ail(is Knbjeot to entry ; and grant, and swamp laud not so Bul)joct u h true tje liile OJ10 k l,Mi ,7, tt'- lT i 1- A oard of KdiKiat.on, but it hi but the. , ()f fhe Staii never stand in r of t, L , tL fc th Hal6 'of these lands van give than no'. These lands have lain idle in the hands j of the Board of Education for half a j century and more, yielding nothing to I an' one. Jt is Detter, in my opinion, iilf,f i1ltlv ,.uu iflf,. i,utl(qfl w;u m. tbeia, develop thm and make Jbem Ta? taxes. 1U C3AB1 'f AiiL AND mil USSflTU JJOKS. These institutions have been well managed by those iu charge of them, !ni! T ttai4v4i Imf vnii PinrMt OTUtninn into them too closely yourselves. Theyalrfiorb one half the taxer col- tcrests they havo in charge are often the motii difficult to dfal with. Crina in all ita degrees, infinity in all its forms and the waul of fcight, speech and heaiing mail its sorrowfulness, ara tire subicis thev irrap'ole with, to punish, to cure or to ameliorate. You arc to make tho laws and furnish the means bv whieh this work is to bf done. Too much thourj cannot be given to ihe part you h-ive to lake in and wianatreuionL 3:t and care responsible their policy ri.KITLNTIARr. Tiicro n as been ruu h work ai.ne en the walls and buildings of the Peni teutiary since the adjournment of ihe Legislature in 1879, considering the scarcity of means at the command of the directors. I advise that you make as largo an nppiopriation for the completion of the building as, in your wisdom, you deem proper. It is the design of tho directors to make tho institution Blf-snst anting by em ploying such of the convicts as have to be kept within its walls at some useful trade, but this cannot bo done mril sui able buildings for lhaf, pur pose are erected. .Impressed with the importance of expediting on the work on the building as rapidly as possible, the Treasurer, with ray ad vice, permitted the directors to use the receipts from the hire of convicts on the Western Nonh Carolina Rail road for the support of the convicts and the furtherance of the work on the walls aud buildings. This fund was not specifically appropriated to any purpose, but has leen treated by the Treasurer as a part of the receipts of the labor of the Penitentiary, like the hire of any other convictu. By the report of the board you will see that the entire number of convicts on the 30ih day of October waa nine hun dred and ninety-three, which is con siderably less than was in custody at the close of any ona year for the lart three. I do most earnestly hope that the numbwr Will continue to diminish. Tho most effective way to help on this diminution is to make punish ment for cairn 9 swift and certain. Hvil -doars mutt n&dfcrti&nd that while the law, will Hot psrmit cruelty in ofileers, it wi 1 not tolerate idle ness in convict, but will require and enforce hard, and constant work. They murt be tau&ht tha leeaon and driven by experience to learn it, that it is easier to live at home by hones; htbor thau in the Penitentiary by en forced labor THE INSANE ASYLUM. The Asylum at R:.leigh has lived for the pas! two years within tho an nual appropriation. The patients have I eeu well cared for, but the buildings have not had 11 needful re pairs. The institution has been and is now crowded to overflowing, with one hundred and ninety or more ap plications still on file for admission. There is scarcely a week that I do not have, a painful appeal in person or by letter, begging f r the admis sion of a friend or relative into the asylum. The obligation to provide f. t ihe safety, comfort and proper trentmen of tbese unfortunate peo ple is so weighty that nothing can e reuse its longer neglect. I beg that you will m-ike a sufficient appropria tion to complete at once the wiug and main building of tho asylum at Morgautou, no th;vt it can be occu pied by the iusne not now jirovidod for. who u:e the objects sf the charity and c ire of the State. By reference to the report of the commissioner Ind the architect, which is herewith sent, it will be seen that to prepare tho wing and the main building for the reception and custody of patients, will require fr construction eighty thousand dollars, and for furniture twenty thousand. Thee reports, you will find, contain full information concerning the work done and to be done, and I beg that you will exam iue them closely. If you make this appropriation,then it will be necessary for you to make suitable laws for its opening and government. THE COLOSED ASYLUM. The colored aylum at Goldsboro is now opon and has in it ninety-one patients. This building was erected probahly with a little cost as any public building in the State, and hy rmshincr the work rapidly on the main building and south wing, the commissiou.-rs were able to have it ready for use by the 1st of August Ust. The act. passed for its creation provided for its opening, but when it was readv for use a Question arose io the fund appUcable to that pur a n"V:ntf w;,b th nose. Alter consuming wru me Treasurer, we found that thetaxlevied bv the Legislature of 1879, for the support of the insane, would raise a fund in excess of the appropriati n for the asylum at Raleigh, and as the act creating the Goldsboro asylum re quired all the colored patients to be removed from the Raleigh to the Goldsboro asylum, we determined to use this excess in tha support of the colored insana, and consequently or dered the asylum to be opened on the let of August. The expenditures have been economical, and vouchers are on file with the Treasurer for the same. This institution needs some legislation for its management. I call your special attention to the re port of the commissioners, and the necessity for an additional appropria tion of twenty thousand dollars to complete the north wing. When the wiujr is completed, the building, it is thought will be sufficient to accom uiodato the colored insane of the State. It will be both humane and prudent to make the appropriation, and thus relieve the counties as speedily as possible of the expense 1 and care of the.e persons. Whatever ; legislation is perfected for the custo j dy and caro of the insane of the State ! must embrace tho government of the ! aylum t Morganton, at Raleigh and ' at Goldsboro, and I would adviso ikafc it all be codified into ono ac'. ; Whether the:-;e institutions shall all i be under ono board of directors, chos t-n from different pmisof tho State, or whether each shall be under tho exclusive control of a local board, is an important qe!ionfor yon to con f idcr. My opinion is, after consider ably thought and investigation, th& it will be better for each institution to have its own local board, audi so advise. In thifii connect ion I will call your attention to section 7 of art. XI of the constitution, aud to chapter 1)3 of Isa'tles Revisal, on "Public Chan ties," passed in pursuance thereto. The requirements of tho provision, of both the constitution and the statute, are still in force, but are not coin plied with. An efficient board of publio charities, comp sed chiefly of physicians, could bo made of great service in visiting and inspecting the penal and charitable institutions of tho Stat, and especially in looking into their sanitary condition and medi cal treatment of the inmates. The adoption of the amendment to the constitution concerning the in sane, tho deaf, the dumb and the blind, renders necessary t ome legis lation determining who shall and who j shall not be considered indigent. Af ter you have fixed the rule, I advise that you require all indigent appli cants to bo receive! first, and that no pay patient shall be admitted till all the indigent have been provided for. THB IMSTITUTIOJf FOB TIIK DELAJT AMU BUMH AKD BLran. This well-managed institution nteds ao legislation, that I am aware of, ax cept the appropriation for its sup port, which need not exceed, the di lectors say, thirty four thouBaud dollars a year. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. This department, although in its incipiency, is doing a good work for the State, in the development of her resources, and in fostering her great agricultural interests. Much has been done. to inaugura'e and perfect a me- hodical system of immigration. We are begin ring to reap the fruits of these labors, and we hope for a large yield in the future. In the matter of immigration, tho attention of the department has been turned 'hicfly to England, with a view of in ducing small farmers of that over crowd d country to seek homes in North Carolina. A few hav already done so, aud are well pleased with the chauge. Many more are expected to C'-'me during this year. Cd. A. Pope, tho general passenger 'agent of the Wilmington and Weldon Raib oad, the Richmond and Danville Railroad, th'- North Carolina Railroad, and the Rnlelgh ami Augusta Air Line Rail road, with the approval of these com pini"s, has recently entered into ac tive co-operation with the board in its efforts to promote i;nmigrat:ou. We can but hope for good results from the co-op-ration of so intelli gent and energetic a man as Colonel Pope, with such powerful aids as these lines of railway iu this great work. Tbe details of ihe labors of the board in this work and the plans at d purposes of Col. Pope r-r elaborated more fully in the report of thc board, to which I refer you. If nothing else had been done, the protection given to tho farmers against worthless fertilizers, has more than ten-fold over compensated f r all the labor and expense of the do partment. Before this department was established, there were many tons of stuff sold in the State called fertilizers, which wcro not worth the cost of transportation.. This imposi tion cannot be renewod so long as the department does its duty, and tho farmers rely upon the analyses made by the learned chemists em ployed by the board. Tho new map of the State, which will bo ready for exhibition and dis tribute before your adjournment, has cost tho State Geologist years of labor und research, but. it is so fnr su perior to any ever before published that its excellence wid compensate for the delay, labor and expense, in its publication. He has attained a degree of accuracy aud perfection ll. .1 Ml 1 11, . . max. Will rentier Jiuutiie e,uiu nuu . . , , w T t ii. . fJtion. After mature reflection, 1 1 . i Ti;a erv.,i greatly incline to the criminal cir many years to come. His Seconal' ., J . it j u. volume of the Geological Report will also be ready for distribution before your adjournment, and will contain much valuable information about the State, her wealth and resources, never before published or known. The expenses of the completion and publication of tliis map and report has been borne entirely, for the last two years, by the Agricultural De partment, and in estimating thc bene fits of this department, a just share of the benefits of these valuable works should be given to it. As the whole expense of the geo logical work, under the laws of 1879, chapter 50, has to be paid by the Ag- i n l i Tl 1.. ncuiturai iJepartmeni, x oeg , sujr chapter be repealed, and the Board of Agriculture authorized to select the j geologiafc, ae they do the commission i cr and chemist. 1 furtbor adviso that the board be authorised, out of the funds of the drpaiirueni;, and with the o cest i flat iue secuuu bwuuu in aix . uso oi fjiivict U!or, and material furnished by the Penitentiary, to put , r , .".1. .11 nn on iasli snuare, or sucu otner dollars a year. Tim n.wilrvrif.fd Mil. place as you may direct, an agncui-' tno laws amending unit, reptuiuu ami juuhu pcwn;..lul.e,..i vv, ..- o..., . . .. - tuialbuildin" for th uso of the de- i amended, till in many instances it is j tide sold. The communis s weiv ao tho wost, soma in Crayen county, partvei t The rents paid by this '. difficult, even for a skillful lawyer, to shocked that it led to a convention of others in d:e and Jb-iiht.x. i hy fi 4- t ... i,. ;,. in.v.wi 1 .4-l! r.v i.ftv whiil lho statute law i". 1 dnisrirists. which was held in tho city . said to be intelng-nt Substantial po- Reum is probably one of tho most extensive and valuable in any State in tho Union. This museum is much visited by persons in search of inlor mation concerning tke wealth and re sources of the State, and here they find specimens from nearly every county to interest aud instruct them. Tbie valuable collection ought to be permanent ly located m a uuiujmg oe longing to the State, known as the State, "Agricultural Building," where it can be safely preserved. Aud besides it is but meet and proper that there should be at the capital a handsome building, dedicated to tho great ag ricultural interests of the State, s ) that when those engaged in this pur suit visit the capital they may know there is a place whero they can learn something of the agriculture and re sources of all sections of their State. TIIK SUPREME COURT. The Supreme Court Judges are greatly over-worked. It is almost impossible for the preseut number to do tho work that goes iuto that court. They certainly cannot give to the cases the thought and patient inves tigation thnt tUy desire. Pur this thero are two remr dies one, to in crease the number of judges, and the other to so regulate appeals as to di minish the work to be done. Since the abolition of the tax fee the cost of taking a care to the Supivmo Court has been so insignificant that tho most trivial cases, as I am informed, are taken up ; many, indeed, simply to delay execution. It would give considerable relief to the judges, I am advised, if they had the power to employ a man to atteud upon them in their coasultution, to gst the books they require, and to hant up the references. This help can be given them without the cost of a penny to the State Treasury by im posing a tax fee of ten dollars on all appeals in all civil cases, and five dol lars iu ail criminal cases, for the bene fit of the Supreme Court Library. This person should be the Supreme Court Librarian, and required to give bond for the custody and safety of the books. He should bo requir ed to make and keep a complete catalogue of all the books belonging to the library, opn at all times to the inspection of the judges, and at all times subject to their control and orders. I advise that you give them this assistance, imposo this tax fee for the use of the library, and restore the twenty dollar attorney s tax fee. This, in my opinion, will greatly re dnce the work of the court, without doing iDjns'ico to any one. The costs now in a case in the Supreme Court are about nine dollars. They are less than they frequently are in tho court of a justice of the peace. Fifty dollars, twenty for thelibrary, twen ty for attorney's fee and ten for other costs, would not be unreason able, with the law still in force that allows the poor to suo in forma pau peris. Even if you should determine to submit an amendment to the consti tution to increase the number of indues, then some eueh help as I I j rj have suggested will be necessary, for it will be two years before the in creaso, if adopted, can go into effect. TnE SUPERIOlt COUhT. The dockets of the Superior Courts in many of the large counties are so crowded that in some of them it is almost impossible to get a civil case tried without a special term. The time of the judges is so much taken np with their regular courts that it is not often that a judge can be had to hold a special term. I regard it sb tho imperative duty of the Legis lature, imposod upon them by the constitution, to provide courts for tho people sufficient for the transaction of their business with promptness and dispatch. This necessity for more courts can be met in two ways. One, to increase the present number of Superior Court circuits and judges; the other, to establish two or more criminal circuits, each circuit to be composed of several counties where more courts are so greatly needed audm such counties the court should be iclieved of all criminal tnnsdic cuits, and earnestly recommend their adoption. I believe this system will work well, and after it is tried will be popular. The judges and solici tors of these courts should be elected by the Legislature, and the salary of the judges made sufficient to com mand the services of the best law yers. The judges should he required to hold at least three courts a year in each county, with power in some one to order other terms if noces- sarry. No court requiring a jury or witnesses, either civil, criminal, in- ferior or superior, should be held in the month of June. Our people are eminently an agricultural people, and to take a lame number of laborers oufc of tho fieldg for a wee1tf a8 is don in mauy of the counties in the busy month of June, is a serious injury to the farmers of the county. CODIFICATION Or THC LAW. I desiro to press upon yon the im-; portance of appointing a commifision to codify the statute law of tho State, Tho last codification was Battle's Re visnl, which has been amended, and 'know of nothing to come belore you "of more importance to the people . . . i i 1 . .1.1 - T CM . . ..:..t ......... 4- .. . I.. ...... I I, ..... hi.in ml IU tlllllll 111 than this, and I beg you not to ad journ without appointing such a com mission. The people will bless the men that give them a code of plain, simple laws, so arranged that they and their county officers and justices of the peaeo can learn Iheir duties j and intelligently discharge them. THE TAUDONING POWER. I herewith transmit the list of re prieves, commutations and pardons granted since the last .biennial mes sage., witli the information in eeh case required by the constitution. From this list it will be seen that I granted in 1879. Reprieves .7 Commutatians 2 Pardons 16 Total 25 im i88a Reprieves 4 Commutations . 3 Pardons 46 Total 53 The applications for Executive cle mency" are numerous, and are often pressed with a zeal and a persistency that is hard to resist. I have given to each application a patient inreeti eation, and have only exercised this fearful power when I believed mercy required, justice approved and the good of society did not forbid. Yet, after all, I think it probable I have granted micv when it was not de ferred, and refused it when it ought to have ben granted. This duty gires me more care and anniety than any other connected witli the Execu tive office. No one man ought to be required or permitted to discharge alone so delicate and often so painful a duty. If he be a good man, the responsibility is too great; if a bad man, the power is too great to trust in his hands. There onght to be a b vvrd of pardons, and I advise the creatioa of such a board, even if a change in tho constitution be neces- j Rury. In some States tho Supreme Court compose such a board, ia oth ers the State officers. In oars it migLt be either or both. CAPE FEAR AND YADKIN VALLEY RAILROAD. The work on this road has pro gressed more rapidly than was ex pected. The grading has been com pleted to Greensboro and fifteen miles beyond, and it is now ready for the iron. Negotiations for the sale of the first mortgage bonds of the com pany, authorize I by the act of 1879, are going ou, and it is believed enough money will bo realized from the sale to iron and equip the road to Greensboro. O uly $30,000 of J50, 000 appropriated was paid out by the Treasurer in adjnsting the indebted ness of the company. The only, aid the Stata is now giving this impor tant work is the maintenance of the convicts, for which she is to receive the first mortgage bonds of the com pany. Upon those already received the interest has been promptly paid. The State, then, is taking tho same kind of security for her convict labor thaf. capitalists take for their money, which pays for the iron and rolling stock. This the State can well afford to do for this or any otlier section and I advise its continuance. By such a use of the convict labor the crime of i (he State can be made '.to contribute largely to the development of sections much in need of better transporta tion facilities. This road, I believe, will s ion bo running to Greensboro. It will then be only necessary to fill the gnp of thirty miles between Fay etteville and Lumberton to open up another and shorter line of railway from Wilmington to Greensboro. With that or tome such connection made aud the road pushed as rapidly as possibly into the Northwestern conntief, the benefits derived from a road running diagonally across tho State will be felt and appreciated by a large belt of the State from Wil mington to the mountains. For tbe earnings of the convicts on the road x . v. ... .- of directors of tie Pen 'tn ary. WESTERN NORTn CAROLINA RAILROAD. The purchasers of the State's in terest', m this Toad hare thasfar com plied with their contract with the State. They have paid promptly tbe hire of the convicts and the interest on the first mortgage bonds of the eempany, as theycontracted to do. They have paid off the floating debt of the company and havo laid down about two miles of new iron. The $30,000 deposit is still in the Citizens National Bank of this city, as collater al security for the faithful perform- j ance Gf their contruct. Owing to hindrances and delays of t.ffecting their organization, the work ( upou theToad has not progressed as ! rapjdiy flg wag expected; but there arfl noW f? ve hundred convicts at I work, and I am informed by the own erg ag soon M tbe open weather of fprjUr comes, the construction will bo pushed rapidly lorwara on notn - ... m t t t lines. DRUGGISTS ASSOCIATION. j "Within the last two years several ! persons have been poisoned in tbe Stte by mistakes made by drngisls ; oi ltanign, at wnicu . i . i an association raft of a- bill was ioiraea, ana iue nrau prepared to protect the public ag-ur.si like mistakes ia tho future. This bill will be presented to you, .and j -t worthy of your consideration. PROniCITORY LIQUOR ASSOCIATION. There is sold iu the State another poison which numbers by the thous ands its victims slain, debauched, de graded, impoverished, wrecked or made miserablo and heart-broken The results have so shocked tho Christian people of the State that they, too, hive formed an association, and will present their petitions, pray ing for a law prohibitiog the sale o! this great destroyer of hnman hatroi- ness and human life. You are fresh from the people and are well inform ed as to public sentiment, and ara the best judges as tD wlseflier ii jr better to undertake to prohibit or regulate the sale of intoxicating li quors. That legislation i f some kind is needed cannot be successfully con tradictod. What wTe now havo o? tbe subject is either ertded or openly disregarded. We have a statuU against its being pold on Sunday, aud yet I suppose th.ire is not a" city, town or village in tha State where it is sold at all that it cannot bo bought on Sunday. So too, wo hare one prohibiting its sale to minors, aud yet they buy it openly, without stint, so long as they havo the mouey with which to pay. In fact, there m but little regard to any law regulating its sale. If the traffic is to continue un der the license of tho State, sora more stringent regulations are abso lutely required. Upon this snbject I offer these suggestions. Require the county commissioners to be very much more particular to whom they grant license. Increase the tax on licenso and permit none to bo taken ost unless the applicant makes his ap plication in writing, and pledges himself to faithfully observe any re strictions placed upon the traffic and agreeing to any forfeiture of his license for any violation : C nfer upou tac county commisHioners the unques tionable right to refuse l'censo in any eourit and to revoko at will and re quire the board to make rigid inves tigation info the cond-tct of each person licensed. Require the Attor ney General to have published in convenient form a digest of all laws regulating the traffic for freo circula tion, and require each licensed liquor dealer to keep one posted up in a conspicuous place in his place of Impi ness. Make any violation of any re striction as a misdemeanor, punisha ble by floe and imprisonment and au absolute forfeiture of all licenso and allow no one to licenso who has vt r forfeited his license. OXFORD ORmAN ASYLCK. I cannot closo this message with out com mending to your favor this noble charity, which is gathering up, feeding, clothing and educating the penniless aud parentless children of the State. Under tha protecting wing and fostering euro of tho Ma sonic fraternity, that good, big-hearted man, Mr. Mills, is prepnring the little orplmns to be useful men and women. M-uiy dear little ones will be saved from the vices aud dangers that beset children left without some one to watch over them, by this or ganized ' charity, that would other wise fall and bo lost. The aid now given by tho State to this noble work is only threo thousand dollars a year. I beg that you will mako it five thousand. Tho Grand Lodge of Masons, finding the capacities of the building not sufficient to the demands, ordered others to be erect ed. It will cost the fraternity no little to preparo these buildings, and alley will be obliged to appeal to tho charity of tho pcoplo for hflp. In view of the increased usefulness the State can well afford to increase her investment, I do not call it dona tions, for to have one hundred and thirty of her orphan children takou care of aud educated, as is now theVsase for threo thousand dollars a year, is not giving, but receiving, not spend ing, but investing in good intoreat bearing security, that will, in years to come, bring her largo returns in mental and moral riches. CONCLUSION. To these matters, lying within tne appropriate sphere of your duty as legislators, I call your earnest atten tion, feeEug assured that they will receive such consideration as their importance commands. The citizens of North Carolina are lobe congratulated that her interests are entrusted iuto tho hands of men whose past records and personal characters warrant tho assurance that such interests will be faihhfally conserved. I shall heartily co-operate with you in all y u endeavors to pro mote the general welfare. Wishing you a harmonious sec don and invok ing in behalf of yonr labors th guidance of the great Law Giver, I am, very truly, Your fellow citizen, Tiios. J. Jauvis. Immigration. The p'ans instituted by our Depart ment of Agriculture for inducing iu- ! migration into our Shite, we re grat ified to see, are working o;tl good re sults. Rec-ntly lift) -five persons from England have come into our : pie, just thc bind our State so needs. X;ws and Observer,