North Carolina Newspapers

1 - JJ mm 1 1 r - 1. C.J.. HARRIS, Editor. Ours pre the plans of fair delightful peace umvarped by party rage to live like brothers." .M. ,J3B0W?f,TiibUshh, VOLUMEI. RALEIGH, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 20, 18.77. ; ; -T , : - jj. '- . ; i - - . -. , ,.. ..'.T r . - ' ' ! " t ' : . - - . ii i ' . ster i "The last one of the old office-holders" are !not unfriendly "to the President and his policy Gen. Barnnger puts it too strong. iVe know that Gov. Holden, Col. Keogh, Tiionia's Powers, Col. Youne, Dr. Mott and other officeholders, appointed by Gen. (irant heartily sustain the president in measures which he Awtjir ecption for the purpose bf bMhgfugbut pekce, re conciliation and reform. The ! politicians to a certain i-xtent, were opposed to the Presi dent's plicy. This class is jgrowing less in lumbers and influence every day. When the times lomea, the President will find h mseil sustaiiitd in this Sjate by a united party. . ' ! vvre were ltd to these remarks because we have no sympathy whatever wi'h the cry of t'dowu wiili the Grant dytftisty." ' If there are bad, incompetent, and utifit men In the public service, they should be named, in Order that they may be removed and their placesfihed with competent and faithful tiien who are thoroughly in accord with President Hayes. To makevar upon every federal office holder whose! commission is figned by "U. P. Grant, withput regard to his cord as 'an officer and the effect his re moval would have uponj the admin siration of the government, would he io corrupt the public servieeand disrupt t!ie arty. Let.each tub stand on its own but 'om. j ; ' x . . L ETTER FROM GEN. 11 tJTUS BAR, , ' . UINOER. We publish in this issue a;n able and well uviitteu letter froui the dntihguished gentle nan whose name heads this article, giving his views of the policy of ther present ad ninistration &C; 9 j ' ; Gen. Barring -was strongly opposeti to spcesion, but after the waricommenced, hej entered the Ojnfederate service and remain ed to the close of the contest. . At the sur-; tender he accepted the situation in good r;th ir,M.irtirnrll the; necessary results of the war. He saw at once he necessity, as well as justice, of confering sunrage upon ine imancipated race, and prociairaeu iuu wii an lavor oi u iu iouu. umiw;-. !,- - in this State in tG7, ne nacuijmunj vuiru with the Ilepubl can party. sought any office, State or Inderal, and would nrobably not accept of any. 1 hough Lirmurlv ouuosed to the "GreeJy movement, " iu rls FreHOeiit iiayt-s i.vj mo iL.c.rwiii hP read with interest by every . i i L : . I : .... 11 m true friend of the administration iiv .the btatf- " COMIX'S TO THE FRONT. Thr question of a system? of compulsory education supported and enforced by 'the National goveinment isomirg to the front s a question of the near future, bpon this Wt Mr. Dexter A. Hawkins ot the So cial Science Convention, which wan in ses sion in Saratoga lut .ek, p-ed the follow ing language : . . " Free government cannot, prosper in lg r.oranee. TJie S-uth should institute com- i.nk.rv A(?ii(Mtioii at once and airicuy eu- j...j .immmmtimi.' (ne reinpav 'ithe'Wee klynegi he is a representative man 'u , ver' iEfluential section of the Republican partv, which includes all the; "Liberals," is to take sutfage irom tlie jgnoraui wimra corn crop, wuere iiwy navu uttu jnupci u and blacks, the other to establish free schools tention. Occasionally might be seen a and fix a time, say ten years, uiter wmcu uu icrnvur.t man will be allowed sunrage. It i? ,u iu.u f ...vj nation that the govern- mpiit must inovide lor educating its people, t and thereby it provides ior wii "'-j ; The crops along the; lioanoke are not the country. nnS!S iDS as good as thev are up your county, es niDre the Dieseut year from b,UUU ignorant & , I i i ni IXreis than thy cost of . education in ten penally when you get Wr down. Ihe I vears. When universal education prevails wet weather has well nagli ruined t lie en- ! i.eace and, prosperity will pervade the whole Q crops in some sections, and badly in- would not deprive any man of the areu xyui -ri-ht to vote, butwS would , tave the Na- I notice a considerable lack of energy tional government manage, control and sup- on te part of the farmers along the Sea port a compulsory educational system for board oa(j, f r0m Weldon to Margaretts- r. rh mpanaare.easilv-pro- vided : Stop paying the prlncipaliil ttittIa- tional (Iebtand with the present revenue tere .wld:ra G fr comi ulsory education ;.they hold, the should think it was Bnsteptible of improve ! i...ianiH nfnower : they should not fail to tn .thfi lnrrhost idcirree. Why it is i ' - . , . .. i use it to etfect this great enu. PARTY DISCIPLINE. The best evidence in the world mat ine narty is really dead is found it i the fact that a lJ r if aa ThP. American lis papers uarc sijcod. w " . doe-i. A lew years apfo suchj a criticism on ,ht, ipfwiM-s as that above; woula hdve sub i- --v t- t a a i rtv a vrt m i'i iwl jected the paper making them to a very se- veie punishment, tht of the withdrawal of the Jile-feustainiug p.ap.-r"-"""i" view. . aX'cSSiSS oike';a.ureocernicg af d disregard of party discipline would cost . The Titr.inn thfi "life-sustaining pap," which th nartv now bestows. , The democratic party has grown so strong thai ; it Ma ne- frowSrbi ll4i.prM rhroujrhout th State as oppose uie Jiourboua are not in gooa stanumg v , ,SU tn I ?d 8t3ndinS. W1l?.l"e leaders ot the party, viewvu hou or can : it wouiu as soou auuuuuuc . - ; t- ..,,.nii a a uAnn uiitioii (ii'M yl. sua- f 'publication as to deviate from the h has been blazed out lor it by the - .1 . - llu. pension ot i,uth which Bourbon leadei s. The Review should shake leadei s. The Review should shake twitted as Uiug the slaves oi a political party. EXECUTIVE VEEMENCY. The Winston Sentinel of Last week contain-. ed ao article condemning the free exercise of the.pardonitig power by Gov. Vance. The twofpecial cases complained of were that of liedeiick, ot Yadkin, and Chipman, ot VJUlUUru. Alio ittto iviv o taoo mo ou tile in the Governor's orlke, shows that ..... . i. Hedentk was pa rely guilty oi mausiaugn ter. lie wss sentenced paUhe penitentiary for eight yuars and had seryed two years oi '.that t trui. The pttilion loir his pardon was signed by eight huudred persons. Under these circumstances we think J.heGoverhr was fully justified iu issuiri$hli!jrp$ j in (Jhipmau's easy the alditijt Of .hecdn fession ot the real marderetl ivfeNmif ffy man named Stewart. If this s worrf Btate ment of Btewart was the truth then the Governor could not have rion nthsrwiEe than pardon an innocent man who had been "?-.& . i,cubv. v aMj' uijue, nest meu ui tiuillord county have certified to the excel- lent "character of Stewart, thus stirengtner ing his statement made unde oath. People who denounce the action of jthe Governor, are doing so upon their -owii belief ; not a word of proof has been produced showing that the affidavit of Stewart jwas false, that the whole story of the confession of the real nlurderer, was a maiie up tatej without a par ticle of truth in it, and was concocted for the purpose of deceiving Goy. Vance and to obtain a pardon for Chipmaq. When testi mony has been exhibited which proves the falsify of the Representations upon which Govf Vance extended executive clemency in this pase, it will then be apt time to denounce the Governor for what now Appears as the pardoning and restoring tol citizenship an innocent man. Up to this date Gov. Vance has pardoned and commuted thirty-eight persons. In this exercise of -extcutive pow er it is not possible to please every body. Some body is certain to grumble and growl. Under these circumstances! the executive ought to err on theside of mercy rather than on the side of the severest punishment. BOBBING PETER TO BAY PAUL. 7o life Editor of The Register : j -' Sr : Ton do MrJ G. II. ! Williams, City Collector, injustice when you-suggest that the balance against him' ofi the first of May last of 7,100. -92, may have been settled by "robbing Peter to pay Paul." This is an impossibility so far as Jr. Wil liams is concerned, lie has not .collected anyjtax fortius year; everybody knows that his collections from the rent of the marjket stalls would nothave made up that Iargjc snm. ' Inasmuch as Mr. Williams is required to settle with the Finance Committee every m'orfth, and tlte receipt of the city Treasu rer being required ' before that Commit tee .settles with him, I do not see how he could-have "robbed "Peter-to pay Paul" if he is the dishonest man that sucli a trans action would make him, and which I most earnestly deny and call for proof. I j JUSTICE. Raleigh, Sept. 8, 877. Baltimoee, September 11th, 1877. i To The Editor of the Register : L Sis: 1 will only give yon a few "jot Rings by the way," that you may not think 1 entirely forgot you. To begin then, Kvith the beginning: When we left .Ral eigh Monday morning, we had quite an interesting crowd aboard, consisting most ly of merchants from your town, but rep resentatives from other places: Fayette Hlle, Apex and others enronte to Baltimore. As we came on our erowd increased until ; we had repre sentatives from nearly the whole of mid dle,, and eastern ISorth Carolina, with a small sprinkling before we reached Portsmouth, of Virginians. I notice that the crops along the line jirn enerallv verv irood. especiallv the J C3 i , . , md , surrendered to "Gen era! Green" and of course nothing is ex- peered from farming inithat style Ville. There is some of the prettiest f arm- land alohs there that I have overseen anyWiiere, and is so level that you can look - h d d 0f acres at one time, and the appearance! of the subsoil, I i "vi w r- s c-j not ro imrroved is a wonder. ' Nothing 6ccurred during the trip that would interest your readers. Everybody wyD na8 ever rode on a railway tram is fe ' iliar with the chit-chat, as well as the i r i. w(nlar iinsr-linor, bimtbim, nng-lmg Dun, bim : so necessary U the running of the train, but of no use whatever. After a comfortable night on board the Eavline Steamer, wejlanded safely in the Monumented ciity, where we will try to piek up another item! by and by. W. II. B- sTP,A,rvQ.Henry J2. bikes, a young : eommitted to jail on Fri- day last on;the charge of stealing a pan nf shoes and a piece pi sole leather trom th t 0 th store of C. M. Parks He was charged wflrrknt. - .ntft.'WOiii.lint(i nnd rennired to I III I V II I lil I ?1i I.I j Y Ctl i. Ctil.X l.AJ 1 ... -r-- - . . - - :1. i in " v - . giye a bond of $100 in each case, failing tn j0 he . wks eommitted. The p f nd inUossession of the de- fenlant, who admits jhe taking, but said he intended to return to the store and pay for them. ., TTrtder the operations of a search rwar rantnn the nretaisesiof the prisoner who lives some miles west of town, upwards of L $50 worth of goods, identified as the prop ,rtv of CM. Parks; were recovered, anc a!arre trtiantity 'Otf "goons oeionging to r ; Xf r other persons; notj 1 " Tr , , " t - luentmeu . ri uus l OQroifecoraer- T tttt v TO PROVE JtFFEOTIVE . APaull in' farmer, having cattle trespassm I (Tf his grain-fields, posted up the follow Notis If any iriaiVs or woman s eows o dxen gits in these here otes his or her tali ;ni l.r nfF ; oa tbr V'fiise .mav be. 1 am 1 f ill y Vi. y y I OhristiJin and pay mi, taxes, Diu who lets Miis .critters run lnse; says i , - r L" San Francisco iPost upon darn a S UPPOR TINQ THE A D MINISTRATION. LETTER FROM GEN. RUFUS BARRINGER. Charlotte, n. c. August 30th, 1877. Hon. Lewis Ilanes : My Dear Sir: I fully agree with you that the policy of Mr. Hayes is having an excellent effect on our people. Many Ke publicans, however, doubt the, permanency of this policy. I have myself no such fears. The color line once faftrly broken, all the con ditions are changed ; organized violence is at an end; proscription looses its point and power; redress comes from the opposing ranks, and often the proscriptionisis are themselves proscribed. This is just what we are now realizing throughout the South. It is, indeed, a marvelous change. Of course, there may be occasional outbreaks, but the general order and good feeling is remark able. ' I do riot claiuTfor Mr- Hayes the whole credit of this good wort ; it results in part from the peculiar complications of parties. The surest guarantee for its continuance lies in the fact that the Democracy are changing front on the negro. Few Republicans believe them sincere in this, but the facts point to a different conclu sion. The campaign of 1808 was fought on square out Democratic issues hatred of the civil and political rights of the negro, and hostility to the incidental powers of the govt rn men t disguised under the terms "white supremacy" and the sovereignty of the btates." This campaign was followed, under the violent and revolutionary teach ings of poor Frank Blair, by such a harvest ofKu Klux outrages and wrongs that the Democratic managers thought it advisable to change tactics. In 1872 they went to the other extreme, and put up Mr. Greely, the embodiment of ltadical abolitionism and Federal consolidation. But there was method in this madness. The country had become fearfully alarmed at the discovery of gigan tic frauds, and practices of bribery and cor ruption, affecting all parts of the public ser vice, Federal, State and municipal especial ly the Cndit Mobelier at Washington, the Twedd ring at New York, and the operations of Littlefield and others in the reconstructed States. This made "Civil Service Reform" a popular cry, and hence the elamor for "Honest" Horace Greely. But this nomina tion was deleated by its very absurdity. It left, however, followed as it was by the singular and sad death of Mr. Greely, a marked impression on the country. It strikingly illustrated the madness and folly of our race and sectional strifes, and pointed to the necessity f'r new -issues, especially Civil Service lteform. From the day of the defeat and death of Mr. Greely, Democrats more particularly began to cat about for a new programme and policy. Iu due time a more bold and liberal class of statesmen came to the front, to mould, guiue and direct the destiny of theold Democracy. Thecam paign of 1S7G found TUdeu, Lamar, Bayard, Lord, Hampton, Key, Morgan and others, comparatively new men, the guiairsg spirits ofthe contest. The "fecoil L,ora resolution, bva Democratic house, virtually put the . .. - - 1 XT'.. f."!... past policy oi proscription, auu uu-iviua-infc' at an end. and somewhat necessitated a change of party tactics towards the darkey. Here Hamutou led the way. io secession ist, but a gallant soldier; an early advocate for peace and reconciliation ; a declared friend to negro s-uffra:e; ignorirg all race and sectional animosities, ne inrt w nimsen boldly and cuutideiilly upon the colored voters ai;d earned mem by oU.UUU lor "hontst home rule." ine .campaign iu South Carolina was ciosely watched by my elf and others here i a Charlotte. It was not wholly free from intimidation, bribery, bluster and deception, but it was thejuer- sonal policy of General Hamptou that won ; aud so it must always win, when honesty, frankly and boldly put. 1 rom that day to thi there has been no political outrage in South Carolina nor, indeed, iu the whole South, i r.cepiing probably the Chisolm af fair iu Mississippi. Iu less than teu days after the result in South Carolina was known a d's inguUned Democratic politician of our S hte f.dv.rtised that he would "address the col-red p-ople of Cnarlotie." And from then clii now the pany machinery has been steadilv ai w rk courting the ballot of the black rVaii ; crushing out the Bourbons, and prep u it g tiie masses for the inevitable change oFthe Democratic party programme. '1 his ail looks strange enough in a party that has lor half a century done little else than seek I " uoc.'y, to despise and degrade the poor ignorant African. Here is "retribution," and heroin is the fatal miuke of Ben Wade, Mr. Blame and others. If the hoary headed abolitionist could witness, as 1 no, the bitterest Demo crats now addressing crowds of diny negroes with oily tongues, and iu the loviug toues of a "muti and brother ;" or could he see Gov. Vance and his party lrieuds in trie N. C. Legislature appointing negro magistrates, or Gov. Hamptou and his party luiiowers actually voting a Radical carpet bagger tne Chief J ustice ot tne raimetto iate ; or couiu he realize the whole brood ot Democratic politicians small aud great clamoring for negro sclioois auu negro a-yiuuis, a,uu voting taxes for their support, ne wouiu stanu aghast with amz ment, ai d, 1 tear, would swear somehow Ban Wade a id Wade Hamp ton had got very close together. And such are the results oi -peaceaoie se- cesssiou. .Now, how could President H yes close his eves to these Iac's and these eveufs ? He . .i t ix . .....I M itnt iril saw tnat "Joeai sen goveiuuicuL oik, uvu, service reform" were the vital wants of the day and that the time had at last come wnen the ruling classes at the South must be trust ed. Let nim staud lirih ; he win not be de ceived. The Southern people nave had be fore them a bard a painful and an untried experiment a sad ana sorrowiul duty. They may not have acted wisely iu allowing the fire-eaters to diag them into a gigantic civil war uuder the delusion of "peaceable seces sion ;" and they may have made a fatal blunder in resisting negro suffrage and other ,,..1 thu wiir to tne bitter eud. But it was all in keeping with their theory ot gov ernment aud of duty. Manfully did they make their sacrifices to the Gjd of war, and nobly did they vindicate their claims to consistency and honor. The President has done well to trust such a eopie ; aud nis liberal sentiments aud generous treatment of our great Confederate cavalry mau h ive r...i u nhnrd that nas revived tiMcrusu- lious aud aio.ist i a , rations for the natioual pece ai.d u.m. mat will never die ur decay. Tney only .aafe now that he will go forward with his purposes and give them and the whole country "appointments that are tit to be made." Our Southern peo ple heretofore have been sorely tried. But in all their resistance and remauatiances, they have not so much complained of mere military rule, when there was the least ne cessity for it, nor of mere Carpet-baggers waen they came with honest hearts and r clean hands, for they almost universally ac cepted the whole programme of the Yankee Carpet-bagger, such as free schools,the town ship system, county governments and the "Medly code." But they have complained, and been utterly shocked and outraged, at the stupid, coarse, indecent and infamous characters, too often place l or voted over them as rulers and officials, both in State and Federal affairs, from Governors, Con gressmen, Judges and Legislators, down to the lowest revenue officer or township com mitteeman. Let the President only assure the South that be will iu due tiui3, and in his own way, remove every trace of this Infamous and humiliating rule, and guard against its possible return, and many thousands of her best sons will rise up and defend him, just as Hampton has so nobly done. But I share your fears. At heart, most of the regular eaUticians, the last one of the old offlce-hol-tfer, and nearly all the place seekers, are unfriendly to the President and his policy. Heretofore, the machinery of government was run by party alone and the people had to submit : good was hardly expected. Now too much will be expected, and even demanded. Every scheme will be resorted tc. and everv error and inadvertence laid hold of, to thwart and defeat the proposed reforms. My hope is, under Providence, in the justice of the cause ; in the largest lati tude of discussion, and in the now aroused patriotism aud courage of moderate men. Let honest Southern Republicans, whether few or many, come to the help of the Presi dent and his department officials, and see that they are not misled, deceived or be trayed. All this requires that self-sacrifice, fortitude and fearless front Southern Re publicans ha ve of late been so often called uoon to exhibit. But the end is near at tiff pres of hand. They see the essen the national party, as organized in 18tf7, re- cognized aud adopted by all classes, races and sections ot our broad and blessed country, and their chosen chief sounds a last bugle note for euduriner ueace. sincere reconcilia- tion, "honest government" and permanent prosperity. Most truly yours, RUFUS BARRINGER. Death from the Bite of a Rattle snake. On Thursday of last week, while a number of colored persons, both male and female, were dicing for medical roots in the Bee Tree range of Craggy Mountain, one of their number, named , i . J Elvira Seneca, better known asYiraLytle, was struck by a rattlesnake upon her right leg; just below the knee. Her screams brought several persons to her side who killed the snake, and thenren dered the unfortunate woman all aid in their power. AVith the i view of keeping tlir. nnisnn from commimicatinsr with her , I ... 1 4.:...1 :,-UfUr ..r,A tUnl w.vj U . 1 . . -1 . 1 J.1 . oody, a com was ucu , VU1AX, , 1Vj woundeu iimo, jusl auuvc mc is.iicc. j-jicj the!ftstarted for the nearest settlement, about three miles off, the woman walking. When about half way she became ex- hausted, and had to be carried. When thev arrived at the nearest house some whiskey was procured, and about a quart and a pint administered, but without ben- eficial effect. In a short, time the poison penetrated her entire system', and she was a frightful object to behold ; her body was swoollen to twice its natural size, and her legs and arms were putted to double tl,o?r m-dina.rv nronortlOUS. In tins con- i i dition the -woman survived 24 hours, dur ing which time she suffered the most ter rible agony. She was a 'married woman, but has been separated from! her husband for several years. She eaes four chil dren to the charity Of the world. Ashe- ville Pioneer. : " Nor skek his fuuther merits to dis close.'1 A go-xl old lajly in this State once attended the funeral of a man who had made a little hell of Ine neighbor hood for forty years. In the very ranks of the villagers who were present more than twenty had been cut and hacked and kick ed and bruised by him, and Ids own skin was completely tattooed with scar?. But did this good old lady make any unpleas ant remarks ? Kot a bit. of it. She was a Christian woman, and ; she said as she lrnkpl down into the comn, " Well o n 7 bow, he makes a real; quiet corpse !" Portland A rgus. sort of a TuixV Air Sentiment. Why is this called Jacob's ladder ?" asked a charming woman as he and she were going up the steepest portion of the Mount Washing ton Railway. " Because," he replied, with a look that emphasized his words, " there are angels ascending and descend ing occasionally." He squeezed her 'hand. Philaddj)hia Press. Juvenile test of Pbayer. Hot long ngo two little girls in the West filled their shoes at night with corn and then prayed that God would turn thieir corn into mon- ey . The next morning, when they looked into the matter, their shoes were shoes and their corn was corn. At this failure their faith was shaken or rather, as one - ' -1,1 J?. li it TT- ot them expressed tneir ieenngs, wpre rather suunkv when we found COl'n USt as We leit ll, auu UO imuucj . Chicago Tribune. r ! Eukfka. ! A Roman who recently re turned from Philadelphia informs ns that the Keely motor consists of a pround of hoarding-house butter shut up in an iron box. This statement will do much to re new confidence in the power of the mo tor. Rome N. Y.) Sentinel. Killed His Wife. Berry Leonard, col , near Castalia, abused his wife by stamping her with his feet and otherwise injuring her on Saturday nigbt, 1st Inst., of which inju ries she died on Wednesday ot last week. Rocky Mount Mail. - J A TEMPEST IN A TEA : PO T THE STATE DEBT. As a Richmond paper pat it, the question now is, will North Carolina lose the Baiti- more emigrants, or will : Baltimore lose the North Carolina trade?. North1 Carolina, according to a few of her papers, is agitated from centre to circumfer- ence. ' She has lost everything but her hon- or, and that she intends to preserve if she has to go to New York to buy goods. Well,- what has caused this storm of indignation? The answeV is, that shortly after the strikers were overpowered, and concluded toemi- grate from Baltimore to the plains of Kansas, one Beasley,)Who, in the language of the in corruptible Deweese, probably conceived the idearo "turning an hoiw8tiTenrjy,lnaac Gov. Vance to designate him to turn the tide of emigration towards North Carolina. Beasley, no doubt, thought Gov. Vance's letter had knighted him, and tha; the Bal- timorean's were all anxious to move forth with, under his guardianship, to North Car- olina. Acting under this imniilso Ha An proached Mr. Latrobe, who is the Mayor of Baltimore, and stated that there were four adjustment of the state, dept. ine peupio or five hundred familes in the city who of the United States, if they will, can make were anxious to go to North Carolina, and provision to compel even a State to pay its that with some encouragement from the hones debts.: It is not unreasonable to sup highest officers in the city, there could be pose that the; disgrace to the whole country little doubt they would go. . which will follow repudiation of their hon- We are told that the worthy Mayor was est debts by a few States wiU a 7r" wicked enough tn v that. h wnnw Jh. ity of the States to amend the Constitution Vise any of his people to go to a State which was staggering under a heavy debt which it would not pay ; that he would not advise a ,u t ,, oc them to go to a State that practically repu- diated its debts. Now North Carolina is ablaze J Themoun tains are not exactly on fire ; but there is is something smouldering here which will consume Baltimore, if it doe3 not chastise the wicked Latrobe. At any rate if he is not compelled to tave back what he said, Baltimore is to be ruined commercially. The merchants of our good old State will go di rect from Beaufort to New York and Phila- dlnhla . . an , n. yes, it is sup 1 posed that the wretched Latrobe has some North Carolina bond3 which are dishonored. Why should he be allowed to discredit this gind old State simply because we owe him and will not pay him ? The fiat has gone forth Baltimore must be destroyed, even if our editors and Beasley have it to do. Who can face an honest public and say that May- or Latrobe is not risrht ? Can a State reDu- , . . . .. . riate 113 aeDla ana preserve its good name wnen tne same conduct on the part or an m- dividual would forever damn him ? The State of North Carolina previous to the war, descended from her sovereignty and became a trader; she indulged in the luxury of becoming a stockholder in all the railroad companies within her borders, and subscribed for $9,680,000 worth of stock, as toiiows: North Corolina Railroad, A. & N. C. R. R., Western Railroad, $2,794,000 1,359,000 1,359,000 386,000 3,698,000 1,443,000 Western Railroad, Western N. C, Railroad, Wll. Char. & ti. 14. R $9,680,000 Instead of navin? in monev or labor for hPr sinffcr individuals did. she eave her obligations payable in thirty years, with in- terest, at six per cent. Those bonds were that CAVliatlfiLlVA XI Ul ITU LUSUJ , vum . money built the railroads in this State. Men like Mayor Latrobe advanced it. Money to erect our public buildings and charitable in stitutions was obtained in the same way. , After the war there were issued bonds for internal improvements under acta -of the Legislature, passed before the war, as fol lows: , Western Railroad, ' $200,000 Western JS. C. Railroad, 220,000 Wil. Char. & R. R., 493,000 Chatham Railroad, 215,000 $1,128,000 Besides this indebtedness, created to pay for State stock in railroads, there were 4s- my. 'Heads were being blown from their sued bonds for other State- purposes, as fol- bodies, arms and legs torn from their sock lows: ets, and souls sent to one world or the other, Fayetteviiie & western fianK roaa, $ ou.ow Oiiston & Weldoa R. R. & Neuse River, 25,000 Favetteville & Centre Plank road, 45,000 Warsaw " 10,000 Tar river. ' 15,000 Insane Asylum, 75,000 Albemarle & Chesapeake canal, azi.uuu Cane Fear & Deep River Nav'n Co., 145,000 For certain purposes (act of 1858) 1,011,700 Here we have a debt amounting, without interest, to $12,508,700 for which North Carolina had full value, before the war. No interest has been paid on .this debt since January 1, 1869, and there is now due about $6,500,000 on account of Interest ; which leaves the State in debt on its ante-war bbli- gations in the snug sum of $18,888,137. -This represents an honest debt, contracted before the war, and the State has now within, her borders property representing the principal, I' k - ill- .fill im i L' X '. mw aoyuun b wugro uuiiw ui iuucuiwuroo created since the war. The ante-war bonds will mature about iW. if at that time none - of the coupons shall 'have been paid, there will beduofor interest on this $1208,700 the sum of $15,760,962, an amount several millions larger than the principal. . Nnrth Carolina nractically reDudiates this debt by refusing to pay any of the interest : . ... . , Last winter the creditors offered to take 40 ' J ailed.- Addison Johnson, stone cut cents in the d jllar in new bonds, but our State ter was up before Magistrate T. T. Best, Administration declined to do anything. on last Friday, charged with assault and In the face of all this some of our , papers rape upon th person of his step-danghter, are denouncing Mayor Latrobe, for an hon- Mary J, Starr,l3 yeara'bf age :?Iiojwit est expression about a faithless debtor. The ness against jum save that of . the child. last Legislature made provision to erect 20 oon mansion ior tne governor i yei refuse to pay our honest debts and denounce an innocent creditor for refusing to trust us any further.! I : , Why should Mayor . Latrobe advise his people to come here? J- . It is true that under one or tne articles oi United States, a State cannot beeued But suppose that, owing to this wholesale repu- diatlou by afew States, the Constitution should be so amended as to ; give individual creditors a remedy by which they can com- pel a levy annually of a tax sufficient to pay their bonds,; what would become of the property holders and inhabitants of this State? The ante-war and post-war debt, twenty earsiiOTeeTwiiFfffflouTit woneTiaiFtne rail value of all our real estate. The people should wake up and look after their Interests. The press and politicians are lulling them to sleep with the ideas that they will iiever have to pay their debt. - Interest never rests, it runs day and night, in rainy and sunshiny? weather. There should be an uprising of the people for som$ kind of an to permit indivjduals to States. originally adopted, allowed States to be sued by individuals. Immediately after tne rev olutionary war the States were suea tor monies sequestered or confiscated in tne hands of debtors of j the British loyalists. Under this pressure the power appeared so great and troublesome to the States that Art. XI, of the amendments to the Consti tution, was adoptedi Now no State Tn be sued by an individual. The power which! made the amendment can revoke it. New North State. THE SOUTHERN POLICY, THE PRESIDENT PLUMES HIMSELF ON ITS CONCEPTION, BIRTH, GROWTH AND PROSPERITY. A correspondent of The Evening Times, who interviewed President Hayes while on the way to Fremont, asked the President how he came to construct his policy, which I VVOo was seemingly so at variance with his re- cent views while on the stump in his Gub- ernatorial campaign, and if it grew upon him gradually, as circumstances seemed to require. The President replied as follows : "Well, those views began to take form in the words of my letter of acceptance- I con sidered the situation of things in the South ; saw how impossible it seemed to restore or der, peace and harmony ; saw the violence and bloodshed at their elections, how white Republicans as well as black were shot down during their political contests ; and I asked myself, why is it? How long must this continue? Those: men down South; the white educated citizens, are as good men as you or I. They are christians, not thieves nor cutthroats nor bandits ; yet they see these things and tacitly approve if they do not take part in them. Why is it, and how long will they continue ? While thinking I these Questions over my mind reverted to I - the scenes of the war, and an incident at the battle of Cedar Mountain came to my miod. It was a hard fought engagement, and for a time we could not tell how it would end.. We who Were in command had determined that if a certain movement resulted in one way we would give certain orders, but if it resulted otherwise different orders would be given. -With our field-glasses we were watching the course, of things. All at once I saw a commotion in the thickest of the fray. The- artillery had got to work and and were throwing shells fast and with un- erring aim into ihe solid ranks of the ene- i ana unprepared ; ana yen xtjuiceu auu wu- gratulated m fellow-officers that we were victorious. How could this be ; why was it? It was because we Wereat war, That one wqrd solved in my mind the problem of the South. The people there were at war. There was a conflict going on. . The socibl and political relations of the people were not natural, not- harmonious, -There were dis turbing elements among them," and while they existed or were unduly , active, theie 1 would be:confltct;itSt thecameVof the col- flict be removed and there will be peace and ultimately harmony andproVperity ' ' "But," said the reporter, "we do not see much; "disposition in the South' to manifest a loving temper towards us of the North," i The JPresideni mildly retorted ; en' I "flow do you know? You form your I '- itS ' ' ': .'. a l. ' "I :-J! 'i.il- ' reprpJBBl UB puputu Bcunai'ieeuug oi uie I people, either North or South. lI think most I of the people in ine.souin, as l know they are In the iHorin, tire ,more aisposed to en- nthant unfortunately get controlof the news pa pen-, But even these, or most of them, will come courage fmternal harmonious social and around au right in ume.v a Held to bail in $3UU, wmcn was lurcien- w i bu. r 7iw7 kxtimtivi,.