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! ' ' : i I r 'ill' IIIIMiBL'Sa I Ml HI III II TIM-WEEKLY AND WEEKLY ERA PUBLISHING! COMPANY. rtutr? of Hubncnption Tri-Wkekly One yenr, in advane, -3 6 month, in adranre. U 3mnabsinaJveno(, 1 month, in a Ivan, Weekly One Year, in advance, Six inantin, in advance, i Spr ch of lion. L. J. Moore, I)eilrrrd in th' Senate vf Sorfh 'Otro ii.ut, Ihf'inWr lsA, 1S71, tt)on the "Hill to a maul the Constitution of the State." 1 " .Mr. Presielent : There are two Mils be fore the Jhate with rt-ferc-ntv toamen lin the Constitution. J One of them was re-ported by the Committee on ( outitutional reform, the other was I nt rehired by in v colleague as a sub stitute for the "Committee' Kill." I inve examined loth or these bills with :-riit rare and caution, feeling; M I do, jje ii:iiMrtanee of the fubject to which th-v relate. I have discarded all Jarty ir judiee and view th" matter as a cit izcii of the .State and a rcpre-sentative i f a jx-ople of whom I am proud. ; I am compelled by what I -onsider luyduty to hupjiort the bill offered by 3lr. Leh man. And right here I desire to e-all the attention of Senators to the fact that all the imiortant ami all present, nec (wiry features, reported in the "Com mittee Ilill" are mcoriKirated in the lltitute which I will give my support, liv way of illustration, we find in both bi"ll a provision to strikeout the clause with reference to the public debt, and b-ave thex matters of State finance in the hands' of the legislature to manage the same, a in its wisdom it may think for th.e bcsi interest of the people. ' The two bills also agree with reference to changing the time and terms of the Su perior Courts also deprives the Town ship authorities of tut power of taxa tion also for biennial sessions of the i.-n ml Assembly, Ac, &c. To a cer tain ioint every memler of the ..Sen ate can walk hand and hand. We, representing the Republican iartv and ihe let interests of the people at large, .-we understand it, are willing to ge no farther. Hut the "Committee Rill" g.H-s much leyond our j-iilMitute, in making alterations in the Judicial sys tem and other departments of the , Gov ernment. Here then wo ."W." What will tie the result ? let us refer to the ( Vmstitution. Article XIII,; sec tion l of that instrument says: No part ft he Constitution of this State shall alten-d, unless a bill to alter the -.'.me shall have been re-ad three times in each "House of the Gencral Assem bly and agreed to by three-fifths of the whole number of members of each I louse respectively. Nor shall any al teration take place, until the bill so agreed to shall have been published six months previous to a new election of menders to the General Assembly. If after sucrj publication the alteration proi-oxtl by -the p recced in General As-embly shall be agreed to by two tiuki of the whole representation in each House of the (ieneral Assembly, Vc. Thrn and not otherwise the same -hall I rt-eome a part of the Constitution." Now, Mr. President, this General As-M-mbly having a three-fifths majority may pass these objectionable amend ments over our heads, hut 'I suppose there is no Senator on this floor but that feels and believes that the Con-j nrvative. party will never have its ( present majority in these legislative; halls :igain, should it exist until the end of time. Then I ak in all candor, j iia majority of the people should vote ; favorably on these amendments, where a:v vou to get the two-thirds vote re- j uiiired at the next session ef the Gen eral Assembly 'to perfect these amend ments so sis to make them a part of the Constitution as is, required by the onstitution as above quoteel. . I ask if it were not better, in view of these facts, to 4chop" off these objec tionable features to us in the Commit tee Hill or come with us and support the substitute with reference to which then is a concert of opinion rather than attempting to put through the "Committee Bill " as a whole forfeit the attainment of certain alterations which we all agree are for the benefit and prosperity of the people. I would suggest, and will make, a motion to that effect at the conclusion of mv remarks, that the "Committee Hiil" bo so submitted to the people that they may vote upon it by sections, raid if it be louud that they are pleased with the whole bill as reported from the Committee well and good and if rot we shall ascertain what portion of the same is acceptable. Mr. President, it is not a little singu lar or immodest that every alteration proposed by the Committee' Bill " vhih is not found in the substitute has for its object and purpo the re moval of some officer to create a va caney,which I have, no doubt would like to be filled by some hungry Con servative brethren.- Tho "Committee Hill" provides for the speedy election of Judges all over the State and a re duction of the present number. I am adverse to this proposition because .the people put these Judges in office and the number ih my opinion is not more than sufficient to transact the business nt present done in the Stat. It is a known fact that at prevent in many counties of the State the dockets are in effect a "vstay law" also that the "Su preme Court reports are twice as vo lumnious as they were before the war, showing an increase of business in our Superior Courts. We have eighty thousand 'newly enfranchised citizens in the State whose homes should be i rotected from the ruthless invader uiirw iwpsons are sacred in the i I V av. -- - ' " of the law. Who are no longer eye V. .. -J-" I j.t from the temple or justice wnen i . , ... r. .,-,w,t-;t- ! i.nuireaie'i in l'" F:tv.. hut have now free access to Court oi . justice for a ml r ess oi ineir trie""' :t mil then we hael eight superior ourTjud-e-i tidc a cWity Court wmex The ju- ration of these Courts has transferred to the superior cpuris, . Jn he t vofk niiu 11 wi " - J " tha Jnp. I old county Courts w done inthebupe- rior Courts tinekr Ahe nrcsent sy sten i. . In view of these fccto I do not UjmJt proper or expedient, just noj at J0' Ite1U "S?It iSS" dSS ! no? intense inSer j ent Supreme Cotirthe reason ,r puj- t ncr this feature in the " Bill is ap- parent. It was for f tne IT-."4 , quelling the fears . : toe . wh reference to their Homteteadi and per- t honal property exemptions, liui ine pe-ople are not so easily deceived they . will understimd that the, attack upon the Supreme Court Is m-nly eh- laved until other urrangements ;aro perfectedT They have started out 1 1 IllllJirillllk-llU B 11 Ml EM . "V I I .11 ii ' II I I T r U I .1 I MM I II r.I E I I 1 II il I . II if ! i. w . ii iifift iiiiiiiii-i . r mi iii tii". jr i i i i ii ! ii iii j 1 1 ii . 1 1 !i i ii rf 1 1 n rr iii.,- ...... i i ii i :i i ' 1 1 in . - i w : . -t .- - - ' - .1 ico.'Vol. 1, ..i RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1871. - ; No. SO. by an attempt to remove the Irife- rior Julges, and when they have ac complished thi. if an effort Swill then lx? made to overthrow the Judges of the Supreme Court. Another ohjectionial feature in the Committee pill," and perliaps to the people generally, the most objectionable is that it, In sub stance, provides forthc re-establishment ofth "County Courts," a-'system of administering justice which makes us sliudderwhen we remember the "style" In which these courts were conducted while they had an existence4-a perfect little tyrany in each county of the State; men pr(si(iing over their eleliberatibns acting in the capacity of Judges, who knew no more lav. than a man who never saw the inside leaf of a law book. These Judges, controled as they wero and as thev will be, if these '.courts be re-e-stablished, by one or two! men, and used as a machine for their political ad v incement, and for the perpetuation of their party in power, without reference to the happiness and prosperity of the GLfiple. 1 he object ot the committee ill " is to subvert the whole judicial system ol the State is another reason why I shall vote against it. (This, fact is apparent upon its face, and X presume none of i t s suprorters wi 1 1 attem pt to con trovert this allegation. The "Commit ter Bill " provide-s for prescribing the mile-age and per diem of succeeding Legislatures. It will look singular to the ieoplethat we, while receiving, $o per day ami twenty cents per mile, are urging upon them the necessity of con fining our (suewssors to the nominal sum of three hundreel elollars' for two ye-ars' service, and ten cents per mile traveling to and from the Capitol. I be-lieve tho people of the State; have suf ficient confidence in the representatives they will send here, to allow) them tev regulate this matter. During the war mcmU'rs of the Legislature received fifty doilnrs per elay. Suppose it hael iKen a enstitutional provision that the-y should not receive but three dol lars icr elay. This one reference ap pears to me to bo a sufficient reason why the compensation of Ixgislators should not m i incorporated in tlie organic law. I am warned by my conservative friends, that, notwithstanding all the objections J have stated to the Com mittee Hill," and many morei which -I might allude to, If I tfo not come up and support this " bill" that tne place that knows me now will know me no more." This, Mr. President j may be so, yet while my plae-e "does knowme" I shall never prove false to the prom ises I made my eonstituents when they sent me here. I am their servant, and it is my eluty, alike my pleasure, to bo goverifetl by what I believe to le their wishes. I sometimes eloubt whether I i ought not to vote against any and all 1 amenelments to the Constitution at this ( time,but upon reflection thought proper j to support the bill offered by Lehman, i The Senator from Buncombe did my collogue and myself great injustice when he, in his speeclv, remarked "that this substitute bill was intrexluced, and is I Ming advocated for party capital, and in no view ot Deneiiting tne I tell tlie Senator respectfully nor any other Senator on this t! reople" that ne, xfr, feels more interest in the welfare of the peo ple of North Carolina than 1 1 do. No Senator here has the preservatiori of Jicrgood name and fair fame j more at heart than I have. It is erroneous to think, as I regret to say many, do, that because a man joins the Republican" arty, he at once becomes an enemy to lis native State. I take honestly the other view, and believe it to be a "good citszen's" duty to support the Republi can party, which has saved his State,- as well as tne whole American union, from destruction. Within the limits of North Carolina "I firstsaw the light," and when this body of mine shall sleep colel in the arms of death, may my last resting place be under her hallowed soil. I love my State, and desire her prosperity with all my heart and soul, anel ne who would assert to the contra ry knows not of what he speaks. "Tho life of the Republican party depended upon the introduction of this substitute now before the Senate," is another mistake under which the Sen ate is laboring. I tell him the Repub lican party in North Caroling is built upon a "rocAr" a foundation which can not be easily destroyed or washed away. The " so-called " Conservative party attempted to overthrow It in August last, but the honest people of the State, by their suffrage, upheld it and established it upon a firmer basis than before. Its action with reference to the Convention was sustained by the people. And I how predict, that if this "Committee Bill" if . forced through this General Assembly, in its present " Omnibus " shape, it will meet the same fate of the attempt to change the Constitution by calling a Conven tion of the people in August 'last. It has been often remarked since this bill has been under consideration, that tho August election was "not free.V It appears to me Mr. President? and I am governed by the returns, that it was the freest election held in the past four years. I refer Senators to the returns of the August election in 1870,! and the returns of August election in J 871, by comparison, it will be seen that In the election of 1871, the Conservative vote fell off from its aggregate number in 1S7. onl v sixteen hundred votes., which I think we can safelv say voted with say - ... . .I Z A- II "Un This ue iwyuu-'w""" 7 " Vni nrxtltiitlnnnl Convention BilL" , i comparison, of tho election returns, shnws n. KfDublican train or over nine ttuntsnnd votes. Where were these Re- ruoucnii uma m viwm... v. 1 think it safe to say, they ' were frightened from the exercise of their "'o tTtr T rfrelid i of the klans" d'uxV'ed awaV to a i o-roAt extent And bv the prompt and gterfe proper Inter jumi "r1 .ea. 00S"ns r?U xany r5 oar hum-1 bfrShSe cfuL ahS Len tmder the ! fi ".-grf free ballotv I5ut, anK:flraen uieir th freSand tfrexer?i iun oi Vytt:" frM mr,j: lean i Citizen the right of the ballot." , And when this day comes, tho Repub- ican party, lecauie of its liberal prin- Ssplatform, wiU be the Icfol of of the people. . " . 0 t W U -II Ii l.ii! ill 4 if lltu III i- 1 1 Iffl Iti ; A L iilllyf l li III Jk; i , 1 . I i ,u - . i . V IX II J "3 i - V ' I I AJI i II It II II VII I IV I Ml V W V I J M VVVll Al . M Speech-of Senator. B. U. Kin, On thi mfjectrf Public Debt of the State, ; deliterea in the Senate of Jiorth Carxt s Una, on the Wh Dec. 1871. 31k. Przsjdext: I do not suppose that I can add anything to the many arguments made. upon the subject now under consideration, viz: Compromis ing the Btate debt and levying taxes to pay the interest thereou suffice it to say that it is sufficient for me to know that the people are not able. In my opinion, at this time to pay any taxes to' meet the interest upon the debt of the State, in addition to the taxes now imposexl to pay the contingent expenses of the State and county government!. I take the position that the organic law does not require an impossibility of any man or body of men. ; I most respectfully contend that the clause in the Constitution of the State requiring the levying of taxes is of no higher obligation than that imposed by the Constitution of the United States. I know something about that clause in the Constitution requiring taxe.s to be levied to pay the old debt of the State, as stated by the Senator from Orange. That clause was introduced, after tho Finance Committee had reported, with out recommending any such provision. This clause in regard to the levying, of taxes, known as section 4, article 5 of the Constitution, was. introeluced as stated by the Senator from Orange by a known repudiator as a separate section; I opposed the adoption of that section as will appear by reference to the journals of the Convention. I of fered an amendment to this section jnodifying it, and leaving the matter discretionary with the General Assem bly; my amendment was at? iivst ac cepted by the Chairman of the Finance Committee. Subsequently another amenelment was offered to my amend menti Which was voted down, and then much to my surprise and regret, my amendment was rejected. It was how ever contendejd at the time, by mem .bers that voted for the adoption of the 4th section of article 5, that the General Assembly could postpone the levying of taxes, notwithstanding tho rejection of my amendment. i Mr. President, I do not profess to be a lawyer, but I have no hesitation in asserting, that no construction in re gard to the levying of taxes required by the 4th section referred to, has ever ben given by the Supreme Court of the State, and that no case asking or requiring a construction of this section has everbeen before the Supreme Court of the State, and therefore no decission lias been made. The opinion relied upon by Senators and read as a decision was, it is well known by every person who has taken the trouble to .examine, a mere outside expression of the Judge, called by the legal profession obiter dic fum, and therefore not a decision in law, as, the point was not before the Court. Cam much surprised that the learned gentlemen on the other side, quoting outside expressions in a case not before the Court as law, after the great legal argument made by some of the learn ed Senators, that the opinion given by four of the Supreme Court Judges in regarei to the constitutionality of call ing a Convention by the General As sembly by less than a, two-thirds vote of both branches of the General Assem bly, upon which case their opinion was requested by our present-worthy, firm anel efficient Governor. I look upon this as a similar case to the otdside opinion referred to in the University case; if the gentlemen are right now, and the Opinion in the Univerity case is good law, then as a matter of course, the opinion of the Judges on the Con vention question is good law also, and our so-called Conservative friends should have taken due notice thereof and governed themselves accordingly. I now come to the matter of consci ence which appears to affect some Sen ators; in regard to the levying the tax, I do not believe Mr. President that the attacks of tho conscience disease, will ever prove serious. I have no doubt it will be wry slight, and will very soon pass entirely off without serious injury to the patient. In fact, sir, I think that the disease of the con science is speedily passing off and that the patients are now convalescent and will soon be entirely relieved. Why, sir, this was a Summer disease, the pa tients were attacked very suddenly last July, but improved very much after the result of the last election in this State in August. Mr. President, I do not profess to be competent to construe Constitutions. It is well known, however, that a large portion oT the last General Assembly was composed of tho men who assisted In framing our present Constitution, when the matter was fresh in their memory, and upon their consciences, but, the conscience disease had not then made its appearance; at least I have never understood that any of our friends upon the other side were even suffi ciently afflicted with the disease to in duce them to even propose the levying of this tax. In fact, sir. the last Gene ral Assembly with this clause of the Constitution staring them in the face, failed to levy any tax to meet the in terest upon the old debt. But, sir, how is it with the present General. Assem bly ?' They failed to levy any tax to meet the interest upon the old debt, the disease of the conscience at that time being very slight, or at least not sufficient to stimulate them to action, when it is well known that the interest upon the State debt is past due and is required to be paid semi-annually. Mr. President, as 1 before stated, I do not. consider, myself competent to construe Constitutions, but sir, I will eome shall be called by the General Assembly unless by the concurrence of two-thirds of au the memners oi eacn House of the General Assembly," can bconectiy construed to mean that a toventlon'can be called by less than xAife all the members of both Houses of tie 0AM&ath, c Lf levying bl taxes'to meet the interest s Mn:Iimn the ame Fo meSn repudiation,, more especially n-hin it is known that section article 5, elating to the levying of taxes, was introduced as a new sectiorby a well known repudiator; - (as tedby the Setorm ( -h fer reel to. must or should be construed to agree with the views .and' principles of the author. ., Mr. President, in my opinion tho Constitution should be construed as a whole in all its bearings., ! do not con-! sider that the General .Assembly is' even morally boioid to levy this tax,1 until such time as the people will be able to pay without ruin. In other words. I consieler the section referred to, to be directory, and not mandatory ; and in my opinion there are other por tions of the Constitution that sustain me in that opinion. I submit, sir, that it would be impossible for the people at this time to pay any such taxes, in aei dition to the necessary State and Coun ty taxes required to carry on the State and County Governments. A learned Judge once said, what is not good sense is not good law. . It would be unjust to our jeople, and contrary to good sense notwithstand ing the conscience disease? to levy any such taxes upon the people for any pur pose. . The taxes now, sir, areas much, and in some counties more, than the people are able to pay. Then, what reason or justice either is there in levy ing taxes upon the people when it is known they are utterly unable to pay them? Sir, I am willing to vote to give tho creditors of the State all tho stocks that the State owns in the differ ent Railroads and otlijlr corporations of the State, and no more ; and I do not consider that 1 shall be in any danger of contracting "the disease of the con science,", as that disease is just disap pearing, and, in a short time, will bo heard of no more. Ishallthereforevote against levying any taxes upon the people for the purpose of paying any of the bonds of the State whatever, for where is the consistency of levying this tax upon the people? Are public debts of any higher obligation than private elebts? 1 think not. It is well known that all the Conventions and Legisla tures that have assembled since the war, have passed laws, to say the least, to relieve private debtors from paying their debts, and I might truthfully call them repudiation laws. These laws ha e been ad vocated and passed by a large portion of both political parties, anel have gone so far as co exempt tho property of the debtor from debts con tracted before the passage of the laws, !tc. It is well known, Mr. President, thet the larger portion of the private debts have been wiped out by legisla tion, or I might say virtually repu diated. A very small per cent, of the private debts have been, or ever will be paid. Bankrupt laws, stay laws and homestead exemptions have wiped out nearly all the present indebtedness of individuals. ! In other words, private creditors have been legislates! out ot tho money justly due them ; arid now, sir, I woulelask with what consistency can Senators now advocate the levying of taxes upoii the people, to take their property to pay the public creditors, when, as I before stated, all the Legis latures since the war has been to relieve private debtors from the payment of their debts? i Mr. President, I have universally opposeel repudiation in every shape and form. In the Conventions of lSGo-'WJ and 1S68, I voted against all laws look ing to the repudiation of private debts, but I have been overpowered. Now, sir, after private indebtedness has been wiped out, a great effort is being made by eloquent speeches, Ac, about the honesty and integrity of the State and the people, to produce tlie impression that the people are- willing to be taxeel eutofthe property they have left, to pay the public debt of the State. Away with such sentiments! Such arguments fall harmless, notwithstanding the elo quence of the speakers, and will be vetoed by the people wherever an op portunity is ofiered, anel the voice of the people shall be hearel through the ballot box. : I will state however, that I did vote in the Convention of loCS, for the Home stead allowed by the Constitution, as uneler the circumstances I believed that onzaccount of the great loss of the peo- pie by the war, that itwoulel be just and right to allow a Homestead. M. President, it is said by Senators who advocate the levying of the tax now, proposed in the bill under consiel eration, that twenty cents on the one hundred dollar's valuation of property, and sixty cents upon the poll, is a small amounttowards liquidating the old debt. In answer to this I would say that the DeODi' Ie are now taxed almost beyond their.ability to pay, and that this additional tax although small, will greatly increase the already heavy burden of taxes upon them for the nec sary State and county expenses. I would say to Senators who think that the people are willing to pay this ad ditional tax, that, in my opinion they are mistaken. I do not believe that they are willing to pay this aelditional tax, and that Senators have travelled more in this State than I have, if they have found people willing to pay this proposed tax in addition to the heavy taxes now imposed to pay the contin gent expenses of the State and county government. , ) For the Carolina Era. . Mr. Kditok i I beg space in your columns to suggest to the Legislature a very important amendment to the Constitution. As the Constitution now stands all "the funds arising from the sale of swamp lands, and other sources, for the literary ,fundt cannot be used for the purposes for which they are in tended,' but only the interest on them. Let the Constitution be so amended as to allow and direct that all the funds arising from such sources be used for the education-of the children of the present generation principal as well as Interest. - The ..present generation needs it as no other ever has the next t generation will be able to educate its own children without the aid of this fund. - - - " If the plan suggested had been adopted from the beginning our people would now he mucn oeuer eaueaieu than they are. Nothing but the inter- est was usea, ana uie cousequeoce wiw that the fund was an lost in tne late war wiuiuut ever, uaviug ucucuiitu anvbodv. " This circumstance ought to te sufiicient. In connection witn the reasons already given, It seems to me, to justify the amendment proposed. 4 Beaufokt. ' Remarks of Mr. T. A. Sjkes, j OF PASQUOTANK , In the House of Representative Doxm her lo, 1S71, da the -Resolution to raise r Committee j to enquire into certain charges cgahst F. N, Strudicick and other members of the Home, introduc ed by Mr. Jfabson, of New JTahover. - - - ' . .. i - . - Mit. Speaker: I desire to submit a few brief remarks on this resolution, and I desire to be understood as speak ing, not as a partizan, or in the interest of any party, class or sectiem, but in the interest- of the whole people of the State, regarding the interests of one as the common interest of all, and, I am ' prouel to think and trust, with that honesty of thought and unbiassed state of sentiment that should inspire the breast of every! North Carolina repre sentative, who would not prove recre ant to the trust) reposed in him by his constituency, anel who would not, like Esau, " sell his Jbirlhright for a ine-ts of poltage" The time has in my mind, fully ar rived when the'dijrnity of North Caro lina should be vindicated, and bands of midnight assassins, who elo all in their power to make law abiding citizens afraid to lfe down in their own dwell ings, and all - other fit subjects for a dungeon or prison house, .should-be tried, if suspected, convicted if guilty, and punished to tho fullest extent Of the law. Mr. Speaker j it has been asserted here that we have no right to pass this resolution. Now I ask, in the name of reason, how this appears. This Legis lature at its last session passed a resolu tion to inquire; into the truth of the rumor that John Pool, our V. S. Sena tor, had co-operated with Gov. Holden in putting down the ku klux klan in this State, and that he had openly de clared that a state of things existed in the State, which justified Gov. Holden in declaring certain counties in the State in insurrection, and to-day, when it has been proven by competent wit nesses before competent and legal au thority, that certain members of this Legislature are identified with a Ban ditti, a band of eassasiins, who have done more to degrade the National po sition and credit of North Carolina than any other political curse that has been in our mielst since the war; who have made night hideous with yells and shocked humanity with barbarous deeels of bloodshed and murder, and ail in the face of being members of the General Assembly of the State. The eyes of Conservative members of this House are opened to the fact that we have no power to inquire into the facts as regards their guilt or innocence. "Oh, consistency, thou art a' jewel." Mr. Speaker, I live in a section of the State that bid fair, a year and a half ago, to double her taxes by the influx of immigration, comprised of a class' of men who brought with them capital, intelligence, education, and mechani cal and agricultural genius, and, sir, many more would have come but they have been driven from tho idea, their money gone, their .influence lost, and our section thereby impoverished to a fearful extent by the existence of this damnable institution cr association or midnight murderers in our State. Al though I am proud, to say that in my im mediate midst there is no such thing, and if this resolution was put to a vote in mv county where" we have a Repub lican majority of about 414, I venture the assertion that we could carry it by at least 700 majority. And now, sir, in conclusion, I assert here, that it is unfair, when the fact clearly exists, that the sufferers by these outrages are entirely members of the Republican party, about three fourths colored men, women and chil dren, and that in the palmy days of our now elesolated and ruined State tho thin its would have been sifted to thpir verv drce bv honest spirits Iik TtnrWr. Ashe. Gaston and others, an in view of the fact that Republica members have been always willing and ready to assist in ferreting out wrong and dishonesty of any sort in high places, that members of this body, to-day, refuse to let - us investigate wrongs that exist in our midst, but numbered with a body of men that seem bent on shielding these prison deserving fiends from even an investi gation of their conduct, and keep us from vindicating the honorable as we wish to do, and exposing the guily, as it is our bounden duty to do. Oysters. . Wo give our readers the following recipes for stewing oysters, which we clip from our exchanges, and leave them to decide, after trying them, which is the best : Stewed Oysters. One who seems to know whereof he speaks, gives this useful information to lovers of bil valves : We suppose that nine out of ten housekeepers will contraelict us point blank in a statement that nine out of ten of them do not know how to stew a dish of oysters. , By the ordina ry routine that nearly every one fol lows, either the oysters are stewed and ehriyelled out of 'all semblance of them selves in shape, size and flavor, or else the soup and " thickening " has a raw taste that spoils it. Here is the right method ; try it once and we'll warrant you won't need telling the" second time; Pick theoysters out of the juice with a fork, as dry as iossible ; stew the juice, thickening w ith the milk, of which the soup is to be made, until thoroughly cooked ; then drop the oys ters in. and just as the' cooled soup be gins to show, signs of simmering, emp-4 t rich soup and plump oysters, lucious enough to make you thinK you never tasted real oysters before. Wil.' Star. f Oyst eb Stew. Another way to fix 'emiaccording to our scientific friend Of 'The JLvnChMtrg Jews, 3 TO put as ( manv. crood fresh : oysters,"--with- their ; liquor, as you .think; you .need, into at 1 pan on tne stove 10 uuhiuvu. t Drain the mic on into a sauce-pan ; as . soon as it jjoiiuu. uau jjuuuu uiuuir ter and some pepper:-when: this boils 4 add a pint 01 cream, anu imcjweu lit tle with flour: aner uns doiis up one, put m the ovsters and more salt if nec essary. Serve very hot. Right. k 'iTlie-following letter of Gov. Cn ki - j theapproval of ihf pul lie."'" While stern and risrorous ll juI- ministering the laws of the State, we are glad to know that the Cover :or is eqifally ready to extend executi veklem encv wherever it can be done without detriment to public interests. Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 14, l lo the Sheriff of Anson County: 71. Dear Sir: From representations made to mo by good citizens of county, and in e-onsidemtion r youth of Jim Coppedge, andof the fact that his step father and an older lrotn er have already been executed for. the offence of which holms oven i that i thor- s my j convicted, I am fully pei;uaeloel; the majesty ot the law has bee-n oughly vindicated anel that it i duty to interpose with executive ency in behalf of the unfortunate Hem- ; pris- d:iy, i oner. I cannot believe that in this when so many of our most intel igent and influential citizens are -invoking t p-enprjil nmnestv for erimp -n r!!t ; ! fhflt. nf whlpti Tim "V-iriwrtiro lio-a liwm ' convicted, it is in accord with.nubll sentiment or christian humanitv.l that more blood shall be shed in this case. It will certainly do the murdered man, Mr. Kedfearn, no good to hang Coo- pedge, and I eloubt not if his VOICE COULD i;e heard from SPIRIT LAND, the Jie would utter a plea in behalf of me r- cy. Ihe law has had two whose lives have been taken yictim fox its vindieation " anel now I believe all good and right thinking mem will ap prove of my determination to Inter pose, tho executive' prerogative so as to save the life of the prisoner. Enter taining these views I herewith send you my warrant commuting his pun ishment to imprisonment for life in the States's prison Knowing the fact that in some por- rong t ea lo tions of your county thejre is a s prejudice against Coppedge, anel ing that in a moment' of excitement there may possibly be an attempt to commit violence on the nrisoner. suggest to you the propriety of remov ing him to the penitentiary before you make known the fact that his punish ment has been commuteel. I dot this out of abundant eaution and toj pre serve the peace of the State and the good name of Anson county. Your rbedient servant, TOD R. CALDWELL, j Governor. (From tho Carolinian.) ! Immigration. ;We published to-day that pjrtiein of Governoi Walker's message rel relating to immigration ; .it will be noticed that it almost literally expresses tlie plan and argumentatioil, on that important subject, of Mr. J. L. Labiaux. We understand that 2lr. Giline is to advocate the scheme eluring this .Legis lative session. Let the "Southern Board for Immigration" be established forthwith : i "The great need of Virginia today is capital and population. With an area "of 24,512,000 acres, unequalled in richness and variety of soil and produc tions, capable of --sustaining: a popula tion of five millions, with more miner- al wealth and greater natural commer cial and manufacturing facilities jthan any of her sister Atlantic States!, she yet has a population of but erne aiid a epuarter millions, and but 8,lli5,00U acres under cultivation. Her vast mineral wealth is almost wholly unde veloped, and her great manufacturing and commercial advantages have been, but little utilized. j Situated, as our State is, midway be tween the northern and southern i por- ns of the Union, with a climate un- lualled, and with all these natural elements of wealth and prosperity in bounteous profusion, how is it I that Virginia is 10 eiay uie renin insieau of! the first State in population, anel the twelfth in wealth? The causes which have produced this result are not jtlitii cult of ascertainment, and it is not nec essary now to discuss them. The question rather for our Immedi ate consideration is not ho muclj the cause of the evil as the remedy for it. The remedy for this that which is to place Virginia in the position which her advantages entitleel her to occupy is to be founel in a system of immigra tion which will attract to her territory a population that will develope those natural resources and superior advan tages with which nature has endowed her. 3Iuch discussion has oeciirrcd upon this subject, anel many plans have been suggested, together with tjome abortive attempts at execution. To fully understand the requirements nec essary to success we must cle-urly torn prehend the conditions to be metJ In the first place, we must place ourselves in a position to successfully compete with all other systems and combina tions uoVin active operation. Here tofore the tide of immigration has set westward, and as a consequence large anel prosperous cities have sprung up ( by magic and great States have been I formed, hlied with an energetic, pros perous and progressive .people. This immigration has been induced anel con trolled by a combination of the great railroad, steamship and mon led cor porations at the North and Europe, ex erting a powerful influence abroad, and securing cheap and fertile lands! to- rytVi rif vulh rfHionna'Mr't nnrf VMrvtfl trans. nortation here. - ! J " A Faithful, Offkxji. oho who ' Wc hoje this Is not to be jaken as cv has attended the United States Courts f idence of a determination lot the Gen- In this State for the last ; two or three years has failed to notice the officiency of Cob Samuel T. CarroWj the Marshal. Promnt in the discharge of his : ardu ous and responsible duties, courteous 1 hnmonofnnriqnnprs Jitfilritive trf inrnrs. U) ail uavJlig uu&iutai lit iu iuuul. he ho i tho rs'flfhtmn1nn'H jQ the right plate;" I-ong may he life t Innd long-may his: genlal;; smile grate, tional Court, in North Carolina. , ? . - ? vV .. ..:..'': ..J x .?' frTf vn vrofif an nrtirlA n Tha Sni- tinet pf the. 19tb , we should cohcl jde" that it can stilre-et monev of -Swenson without security. Hatea of V-dvertlaiafii une squaro, one time. & 00 1 50 r m-dttmt-",'' f three time s, - LI...' 2 00 A square is the wtdth of chlumn. and 11 inches deep. . -, . rj , : j2Sr- Contract AdvortiscmJnt take-n :ii proportionately low rateC ' ; Professional Cards not excwdlnjr 1 nqtia re will be published one y,ear for Ulf ; ...... I ttnrayra ana Diiguiea. A few. days' ago, the. morning train r V 1 1 tin 1 i from the jXorth brought among its pas sengers to this city a gentleman, whoso veherable; appearance, quiet dignity and j gnivo demeanor attracted the attention of many, j lie was accompanied by a tall man, within -whose ..eves' el welt a keen and piercing light, indicating that his was a nature of shrewdness and sub tlety. Arriving at the depot the two gentlemen procured a carri ige, and af ter giving certain instruci ions, to the dri ver, drove rapidly awayi 1 I This circumstance,-' perhaps would h'ave aroused no further ati ent ion, had it not been linked with oth t develop ments of a sael but interesting nature4, the facts concerning which kve propo-o brie'fiy to thorning. lay Ixfore our readers this The reasons we 1 rive for sup- prt ssmg names will be tboiuugniy un derstood bv ull who have jaiiy regard tor tho misfortune eif othcr.4. , , WHAT Tin:Y came troiv -j 1 ilO venerable 'gentleman to whom refcTenee has been made, resides In one of the most prominent title's of New York. For 'many year lie fciractie'e'eL law. but just prior to the war, his health failing, he reti reel from the profession in which he had won honcrs anel dis tinction, and for a wh.le tnweled. Ho. vwteel Lurepe and all its gay and at tractive capitols, and ilnally, after an absence of two yeaas, returned with in vigorated constitution and "cnewed en ergies. His physicians, ho ever, deem enl it unadvlsable for him to enter again upon his profession, and recommended a pursuit which called fordss care and vexation. Thereupon he bought an in terest in a banking house ir the city in which he resided.- lie ds widower, with two children, asonanei a daughter, the lat of which we have t do. 1 ! Just one year ago to-day she was THi: PRIDE OI' HER FATTIEIl'3 HEART, and the light of his home .! She was possessed of a beauty extremely f fasci nating. A form, tall-and fully devel oped; a face well rounded';;., cheeks of dama.sk hue, and eyes of large and lus-. trous tendorneiss.; Sho was piissionate anel often quick, and while) her nature was gentle and kind, her will waa strong and impulsive. ., . . , fc j Of course she moved in the highest ranks of society. ,Her father's wealth, celebrity and posltiem gaini her this privilege. She was fond ol balls, pari ties, the opera, anxl in fact eif every spe cies of exciting pleasure. One evening, while in attenelance at tho opera she was introduceei by a frlen I to a fine looking and apparently' we 1-bred .gen tle.. .an. litis a))earance a id manners e harmetl Iicr, and for the 1 rst time in her life she felt the experienceof a new.: emotion In her : heart. r The evening; Went-by, jiind at parting her new friend I receiveel a most cordial anel pressing in pressing 111 troiniseI to vitation to visit IieT. lie do -f). and in a few evenings raiifd 011 her. The more she saw of him the 111 or . u . idiejWas - CHARMEn WITH HIM, until at last, after repeated visits and meetings at parties, balls, 4c., . she A ll .- . ..!.. ... l,r n.lfh hlin n. II Apparently Fatisfactoryjl referencr-! having been given as to branding and character, her no objections to liis visits. her lover father mud-. And now we must hasten to the do? . t j : M. - A.X ( and give the denouement of the unfortunate af fair, j ; ' I In July last thcc daughte nied by )ier fa then, went Springs 16 pass the season. t ticcompa-' lo. Saratoga ! IIerc lover j lowed, and (who was now affianced) fn the course of .true love never run d- J smoothe r. ButalasI lor Oman's votion and man's decci(fuli ess. TJIEltC CAME AN EVIJj lloui:, lier lovinir and passionate liiture yiehl- ed to theisoft insinuations pf a devil, anil she fell. What follow.can be toi fnetlv. it npi)ears that mo man wno h l won nnel ruined her was a roue of tho worst kind. Ho had melt his victim, and. like others, she iiad U 11 beneath him. 1 ! After accomplishing his cruel design:- hejllcd, arid she awoke to ft realization of her terrible situation. Tho proud to he, during a temporary absence of her denly left the Springs. lather, puel- , ox TIIE TOWJ Whither she hnd cone mi one could te l, ana when 1 occame tajown 10 me jiuii iit ni heart becamu 10 ;tured with agonizing suspense. Days weeks and months passed, and still no tidings of th missing one. . Detectives ,wero en gaged, anel for the last two nionthshavc been searching for her. j , . ; j At last information was received that the daughter was In this city, an in mate of a house of ili-fam 4 Immedi ately the heart-fci okeu fa lier, accom panied by a celebrated de Ibctive1, left, his house in se-areh of her, and upon their arrival Jound the errmg one. I ' . FOrXllVEX.' I j AVords are inadequate te express the character of the nad meeti ng between the father anel his ruiiieeX draw a veil over the seeneJ Child We rind leave it I. ; -- 1 to the imagination, . i Suffice it to say that t ie daughter wns only too glad to be receiveel and forgiven, and yesterday evening's train" bore them back to their houjjc, whe;re, it is honed, in the presence of loving lip:irfs and surrouneled bv familiar ob jects, fche may feel the blessings of for- giveness, ana m ner reciaimea ine nno nappineus aguu. - uvnutviwt j-jjuw can. The Insane Asylum, ao t tion of the House on, the .jrtsvehu'o" bill iye understai.d the tax fori the support f of the Insane Asyluni was sfrlcken out. er$ Assenibly to mike no 1 provision for thet Support of that rjoble 'institu tion 'brpiiblic charity. It Is hoped that the Senate will reston the section, and that the House will the e-onstitution.be so, a oncur.. Let ended ihat j the .State shall only be required to'sup- v.wmf f!i fndinrnf. inmnp. If IhOlio'hf nrl ,.M(4. nut nntir thnt fn'rtone. which i mav be before the passagd another re' cnuo bill, let the usual provision be tri'ilp: .' Tr reTnso to lew tho neccssarv tax Tor this purpose would be to fix on indelible stain upon tne character of the Btate.