Office la the "Standard" bttUdla, East tide of
F7ttTiU Street.
LEWIS - - - Editor.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1871.
No paper will bo issued from this of
fice next "week' We suspend a week j
to give our employees a chance to take
Christmas.
How 13 rr ? The Sentinel of yester
day was printed on State paperbook
paper. By what authority was this
paper used? Was It borrowed? If
not, Is It to be returned, or is paper to
tk overdrawn, as well as money? It
ts a rignlflcant fact that The Sentinel
was enlarged Just the size of the State
paper as soon as that paper received the
State printing. Let us have an answer.
The members of this Legislature
were elected under the most solemn
, promises to retrench and reform. They
" repeal the law which allowed the Pub
lic Printer seventy-five cents per thou
sand ems for type setting. They then
voted down a proposition" to give out
the printing to the lowest responsible
bidder. They then appointed a Com
mittee which made a contract to have
the printing done for 87 J cents per thou
sand. They then cancelled that con
tract and gave the printing to The Sen
tinel at ninety cents and a fraction per
thousand! This Is retrenchment with
a vengeance.
Letts have a Federal Court
IIorsE and ornER Public B l i ldings
in Raleigh. We notice that Con
gress has appropriated four millions of
dollars for the purpose of restoring the
publle buildings In Chicago. To this
no objection is made. But while Con
gress Is making appropriations for the
erection of public buildings in other
States it is hoped they will not over
look the claims of this section of the
Union. No where are public building3
needed by the government worse than
In North Carolina. The U.S. District
Court is now In session, but is com
pelled, for want of a Federal Court
House, to sit in tho Theatre. The
building la wholly nnsuited to the bus
iness as well as the comfort .of the
Court. We call the attention of the
North Carolina delegation in Congress
to this fact. We call upon them to
press with all their energies an appro
priation for the purpose of erecting a
Federal Court House, Jail, Post Office!
Ac., in Raleigh.
Two Friends in the Senate.
The Public Printer has two friends in
the Senate of the Sam- Houston order.
Gen. Houston said that he would not
give a fig for a friend who was only
his friend when he was right. When
a man Is right, said he, every body is
his friend; It Is only the friend that
stands by him when he is wrong that
is of any value to him. Such friends
the Public Printer has in the persons
of Senators Edwards and Battle. When
the resolution was pending before the
i Senate, appointing a committee to
audit the printers accounts, from the
commencement of his term, according
, to the uritten contract by the em quad.
! measurement these Senators Voted to
strike out the word trritten. From
this vote it Is fair to infer that they fa
vored the Printer's alleged understand
in of the contract, by which he drew
from the Treasury several thousand dol
lars more than he was entitled to for
the work done. But their constituents
will be gratified to learn that the resolu
tion was passed and the committee ap
pointed to audit them by the measure
ment of the em quad., and that he will
be compelled to refund.
Our friend of The Salisbury Watch
man, in his issue of the l."th December,
says:
The Era may have rendered the
State some service iirthis matter. The
people will be glad of good services let
them come from whence they may. It
is to be hoped that paper will not re
fuse to go back a little further in its re
searches on public printing, and bring
up the parties who did the public work
In lSCS-TO, and show what enormous
jobs they were which cost the State
$22,403 more for about one year's print
in" than has been paid to the present
printer for nearly a like term. $16,250
contrasts small against $38,662.92, and
needs explanation. Who got that pile ;
and if he got more than he was enti
tled to, can he be made to refund ? We
hope the Ia may have a stomach for
the work and will hunt him down and
choke it out of him."
We have gone back In our researches,
and we beg to give the result.
On examination we find that Jo. W.
Holden was State Printer until Dec.
12, 1870, and even after that date exe
cuted much ; printing for the present
Legislature, . and Jo. Holden's bill3
must be added to James II. Moore's to
' ahow the true amount paid by this Gen
eral Assembly for printing. Gov. IIol
den's message covers SOG pages, the
Auditor's Report for the year ending
Sept. 80, 1870, covers 2S0 pages, (nearly
all rule and figures and therefore dou
I ble-price,) Mr. Ashley's Report covers
3GS pages, much of it rule and figures ;
the Treasurer's Report, 50 pages, rule
and figures ; Insane Asylum Report,
Report of Code Commissioners, Ac,
4c, were all printed by Jo. Holden.
So The Watchman will see Jo. Holden
got the "Cat" of the printing at the
first session of this General Assembly
and a considerable amount must bo
deducted from his bills for 1863-'70 and
added to Nr. Moore's bill, which will
give the sum total this General Assem
bly has paid for printing'.
' Tfcc Cifil Service
A commission to consider and report
upon the question of a reform in the"
Civil Service of the country was ap
pointed by the last Congress. At the
head of this commission was placed an
able lawyer and a statesman of enlarg
ed views George W. Curtis. The com
mission have gone deeply into the sub
ject, and their labors have been pretty
KAmnrh Thpv have held two ses-
VUUiVUgi -
slons. have brought their labors to
a close, and have presented their report
and their scheme to the President. In
the course of their deliberations it Is
understood that they several times sub
mitted their scheme to the President,
nnd that on our occasion it was consid
ered and discussed by the Cabinet,1 the
result of which was that several chan
frf-i were euecested, and. the scheme
eriv. We irlve the
following abstract of the scheme devis
ed and reported by tho commission,
which wo find in The Kexo York Times:
44 The system of civil service reform
thus nroDOed to be inaugurated, is
comprised in the set of rules arid regu
lations which have been prcscriDea to
povern entrance and promotion in( the
service. Tne erst ana mowi uupuiuiui
rule settled at the beginning, and on
strong legal grounds, is that the Presi
dent retains as he must, unuer; me
Constitution, absolute power of remov
al, being fettered by no restrictions, so
that while the term of service may be
considered as duringgoodbehaviour.the
President may nevertheless remove at
finv time without assigning any cause.
This is necessary to give the requisite
flexibility to the service, otherwise it
would become fossilized. There will
be no temptation to unjustly exercise
this power on the part of the President,
nor any presure to do so on the part of
partizans of individuals, because: the
inducement thereto Is all taken away
by the manner in which appointments
to and promotions in tho service are
regulated. There can never be any as
surance, no matter who may be remov
ed, that any particular man can succeed
to the vacant position. This will re
move the liability to abuse to which
the power of removal is now subject,
by so guarding the entrance into j the
service that the exercise of it can by no
possibility have any connection with
the act of appointment. I
The next principal feature of j the
scheme is the regulations governing
the operations of appointment and
promotion in the service. These are:
First, entrance into the service at j the
lowest point; second, competitive ex
aminations at that point, and at every
succeeding stage; third, probation;
fourth, promotion ; fifth, no fixed ten
ure, leaving the power of removal un
touched, as above stated. J
The next feature is the scheme of ex
emptions contemplated. Theseinclude
first, all the diplomotic officers above
the grade of Consul ; second, all judi
cial. officers, Judges, District Attorneys,
Registers in Bankruptcy, Ac. : third, all
Postmasters, whose annnal receipts are
under a specified sum, fay $0, nnd 8e
eral other classes. This, it will be seen,
leaves the scheme to apply to a large
mass of officers outside of the depart
mpnts here, or the larere number of
clerks employed in the customs or reve
nue service elsewhere; all Collectors
and Assessors of Internal Revenue ail
Collectors of Customs and their subor
dinates, all Postmasters above a certain
grade, all Consuls, all Indian Agents,
in fact, every officer of the Government,
whether at Washington or elsewhere,
save as above excepted, is subjected to
the operation of these .rules, j
Tho report accompanying the sched
ule of rules and regulations elaborates
and sustains the scheme thus submit
ted, fortifying it with the arguments
and conclusions which have led jthe
Commission to adopt it. j
The President will also, at an early
day, transmit the report to Congress,
simply for the information of the two
Houses. Although he will be glad to
have Congress give the sanction of law
to the proposed system, he will noUyait
for its action, and long before the apple
blossoms fall, to use an illustration of
the Essex Statesmen, the public at large
will see civil service reform in full top
eration, and certain over-anxious mem
bers of Congress in both Houses, now
loudly advocating reform, will, find it
putting the screws to the incompetent
men they have recommended fori of
fice." As rctrards the question of appoint
ments to office this scheme seems to be
one of the best and most effective that
could have been devised. And after
the numerous corrupt and inefficient
persons, now believed by many to be
In office for no other reason than their
party services, shall have been disposed
of, there will be no great danger, that
such persons will get Into office in the
future under the system of the Com
mission. Iet the proposed system be
adopted, as it will be, by the President
and Congress, and then let all useless
offices and agencies be abolished, all ex
orbitant salares be reduced, and a safe
and sure method of procuring accounta
bility In officers and agents entrusted
with the care and disbursement of the
public moneys be established, and Ire
form in the civil service will be well
nigh complete. 1 :
In the article in our last issue it was
not meant to say that the Committee
on printing knowingly contracted to
pay The Sentinel " ninety cents and a
fraction per thousand," but that it was
the effect of their contract. The Legis
lature can relieve itself, and the Com
mittee of all blame in the matter! by
taking the proper steps at once to have
the money overdrawn by the State
Printer, returned to the Treasury.
Little Fire and M SnokV T
Tinder " this head, The Greensboro1
Patriot, speaking of the fraud perpetra
ted on the State Treasury by tne state
Printer, says: 1
."Mr. Turner is not a practical printer;
knows but little about the details of a print
ing office, and consequently trusts the bu
iness and mechanical management to others.
They might have measured long or short
and made out their bills accordingly with
out his knowing anything about it unless
his personal attention was called to it. And
when it was in this instance he promptly
gave the Stato credit for the amount over
charged and that's more than any radical
official ever was known to do yet."
! While The Patriot cannot say any
thing relative to the corrupt Legisla
tion of 18C3 and I860, and the general
public thievery of that era, that is not
fully merited and strictly true, we are
nevertheless surprised that Mr. Duffy
should thus unequivocally endorse a
public fraud openly perpetrated by a
leader of his own party. I
Mr.Turnermay be very ignorant of the
art of printing, but as apolitical sleuth
hound on the track of a public swindle,
ho is keen-scented as the best. He pre
tended to track a State official with
two and a half yards of carpet, but it is
made to appear that a public swindle
was perpetrated in his own office, in
volving many thousand dollars, and he
could not see it.
But the richest thing of the season, is
the statement of- The Patriot that Mr.
Turner has promptly credited the State
with the amount overcharged. 1 nis will
be news to Auditor Adams, whom The
Sentinel has tried to bully into auditing
tho accounts of the State Printer, ever
since last September, when the Treas
ure Department detecting tho fraud of
the State Printer, refused to pay any
more of his accounts until an invest!;
gation should be had by the Legisla
ture.
As Mr. Duffy knows so much, per
haps he can tell us something about the
$5,000 .Swepson gave Turner not to
open on his operations. I Perhaps ne
can also give a better reason for the
long silence of The Sentinel regarding
Swepson, than "a pleasant intercourse
between their wives."
, We also call on Mr. Duffy to explain
tho enlargement of The Sentinel to fit
the size of the printing paper the State
furnishes the State Printer, which fact
becomes significant when it is noticed
that The Sentinel is frequently printed
on paper bought and paid for by the
State. j
The Republican party of North Car
olino had rather convict the Democrat
ic party of a public fraud, and fasten
upon that organization official corrup
tion, than to lay it at the door of one
man Mr. Turner. Thus far The Era,
and the Republican press and people
of the State, have only changed this
public theft upon Mr. jTurner, and
his man Friday. But if the leaders and
press of the Democratic party had rath
er shoulder this burden of official cor
ruption, we arc perfectly willing, and
and shall not fall out with either The
Patriot, or its party for endorsing the
conduct of Mr. Turner.
As things now stand, the Democratic
party will endorse this thing. Let
them do so. We hope they will, but
at the polls next August, the people
will not.
We salute you, Mr. Patriot.
We Decline.
The editor of The Sentinel, in his is
sue of the 19th December, proposes to
" double the salary paid by Long Perry
& Co. to Hon. Lewis Hanes if he will
find any witness who will say that we
Josiah Turner, Jr., had the least
knowledge of the mode and manner of
measuring the State work."
This is a very safe proposition for
The Sentinel to make, for several rea
sons. -First, no sensible or honest man
would say that Josiah Turner, Jr., has
the least knowledge " of anything ap
pertaining to printing, or that he has
any other useful knowledge.
Second, the proposition to " double
the salary" does by no means secure
the payment of the salary after it is
doubled.
Third, it is believed that after The
Sentinel gets through with paying the
bills outstanding against it, and re-im-burses
the State for the money over
drawn on the public printing, he will
not have enough left to buy him an
egg-nogg for Christmas.
For the above reasons we decline fur
ther to " disturb the. equanimity " of
the editor of The Sentinel.
There were some good people in this
State who thought the accounts of Ku
Klux outrages were mere partizan in
ventions. But when men were con
victed in the Federal Court of Ku Klux
ing, many of them on their own "con
fessions, and Gov. Bragg, the Chairman
of the Democratic State Executive Com
mittee acknowledged the existence of
the Invisible Empire, and promised to
help put it down, these good people
were undeceived, and they expected
to see , this General Assmbly make a
rigid investigation into the grave
charges made against its members and
officers of being in some way connected
with the wicked Klans. They serious
ly believed that men who were break
ers of the laws should not be makers of
the laws.' They therefore asked this
General Assembly to enquire into ; the
truth of these charges against Its mem
bers and officers, but their petitions
have been rejected, and those members
presenting the people's petitions threat
ened with expulsion for so doing.
If a majority in this Legislature did
j not belong to or sympathize with the
i Ku Klux in their hellish deeds, would
it not receive these petitions from the
people, and make the enquiry asked f
What Does IT 3Iean ?
A bill haj passed the Senate restoring
a law of evidence, enacted soon aftei
the War, tried and repealed. The law
in question allows defendentsu indicted
in the same bill for any offence against
the laws of the State, to testify in be
half of each other. ' A trial of this law
bo fully convinced all parties, that so
far from promoting the ends of justice
it only defeated them. It was believed
to have opened awide the flood gates
of perjury. Under its operation there
were few convictions where two or
more parties were indicted in the same
bill-for any offense. And so it must
ever be while human nature remains
what it now is. The law was very
properly repealed after a brief trial
which convinced most, if not all men,
that it only added to the crimes of the
country while preventing the punish
ment of other offenders.
' Why, then, is it proposed to revive
the law? I But one answer presents
itself. The rules of evidence in the
State Courts have been adopted by the
Federal Courts. In the Federal Courts
there are many indictments for con
pniracv and ku kluxing, in which nu
merous dependents are joined. If these
men are allowed to swear for each
other, hundreds of them will be able to
prove an alibi, or any thing else neces
sary to secure their acquittal. That
this is the object of the revival of the
law can scarcely be doubted. Such will
be the opinion of the people, and they
will hold their representatives to a fear
ful accountability for it. The decree
has gone forth that the murderous con
spiracy must be broken up and destroy
ed. This is the decree of the good peo
ple of the State, as well as of the Fed
eral Government. It ought to be res
pected. It m ust and icill be respected,
and those who set themselves up in op
position to it will go down before the
storm of popular indignation that will
be raised against them. Let the advo
cates this measure beware. It can yet
be defeated, if they will take proper
warning. That warning is given. Will
they heed it ?
Civil Service Reform.
Wise suggestions on the subject of a
reform of the civil service were made
by President Grant in his message
Acting upon these suggestions, Sena
tors 8umner, Tnimbull, Logan, Fen
ton, Alcorn, Ferry, Tipton and others,
attempted to inaugurate the movement
in'a manner that could not have failed
to prove effective. They proposed a
Joint Select Committee of four mem
bers on the part of the Senate and sev
en on the part of the House, to make a
rigid investigation in the .administra
tion' of every department of the govern
ment. Especially was the proposed
Committee expected to inquire into the
expenditures in every branch of the
service, and report whether any and
what offices ought to be abolished,
whether any and what salaries or al
lowances ought to be reduced, what
are the methods of securing accounta
bility in public officers or agents in
care and disbursements of the public
moneys, whether moneys have been
have been j paid out illegally ; in short
to overhaul the entire system so as to
ascertain its defects that they might be
remedied. ' The Committee was also
expected to suggest the necessary leg
islation for restraining the public ser
vice from being used as an instrument
of political, or party patronage, and to
report by bill or otherwis.
To the great astonishment of the
country many Senators, who pretend
to be the especial friends and cham
pions of President Grant, made a vio
lent opposition to the proposed Com
mittee -on retrenchment and reform,
and thus, for a -few days, succeeded in
placing the administration in a false
attitude before the country. But the
sense of tfre country, as expressed
through nearly all the leading Repub
lican journals, was so decidedly with
the views of the President and the re
form Senators, who are the real friends
of the administration, as to compel the.
opposition to yield something. It was
finally agreed fo adopt Mr. Trumbull's
resolution, i but not without having
emasculated it of the part having the
reform of the civil service in view the
most vital of all its parts. For a mere
exposure of frauds amounts to but lit
tle unless the system that gave rise to
them be so reformed as to prevent a
recurrence of them.
And thus the matter stood at last re
liable accounts. We have an abiding
faith that the party in Congress will
speedily unite in support of the recom
mendations of the President and the
reform Senators, and adopt the most
effective method to carry them out ful
ly and completely. Indeed, the latest
dispatches from Washington are such
as to justify the hope, if not the conclu
sion, that this has already been sub
stantially agreed updn, and that entire
harmony now reigns in the Republi
can party, i
" Is The Bulletin certain that J. II. Moore
is an old Whig?" Raleigh Era.
We are not certain. But, we did regard
that person as nothing more than the key
used to open the Treasury vault. The evi
dence showed that he -was not pecuniarily
interested in the public printing; he was a
mere cat's paw, used by the monkey for the
occasion. Besides, whether Whig'or Dem
ocrat, ho was not a representative man, a
mere public servant, and, consequently;
neither party should be held responsible for
his misconduct. Not so with The Sentinel
man ; he is really the criminal, and upon
him the disgrace must settle, and the party
he has been driving and directing must be
responsible, not the Democrats of North
Carolina. Charlotte Bulletin, Dem.)
,' ' ' " ' " - - .
Exchange of Cibcuits. Judge W. A.
Moore and Judge S. W. Watta will ex
change circuits next Spring. i
r, . h. - .. . . 1 '
inTcstiffatioii.
'The Standing Committee of. the Sen
ate, to which the emasculafedYrespiu.4
tionj of Senator ,Trumbuiloesras In
structions, consist! ; of Senators Buck?
Ingham, HoWe Pratt, Harlan Stewartf
Pool, Bayard - and ; Casseriy Much
complaint is made by the Republican
Senators, who were the original sup
porters of Mr. Trumbull's resolution,
that not one of them has been placed
upon the Committee. Without ques
tioning the motives of the majority,
who' opposed the resolution, the feel
ing is pretty general among all parties
that they have committed a blunder in
excluding all of Mr. Trumbull's friends
from a place upon the Committee.
Every thing, it is said, should have
been done withlthe utmost fairness and
impartiality, and all shades of opinion
should have been represented in the
investigation. ;
The reason given for the emascula
tion of Mr. Trumbull's resolution is,
that the subject matter of the portion
stricken out has already been submit
ted; to a special Commission of able
men who have given it the most thor
ough consideration, and agreed upon a
most effective system of reform, at
least; so far as relates to appointments
to office. An abstract of tho report
of said Commission will be found em
bodied in an editorial in this issue of
The Era.
Senator Conkling, of Newr York, of
fered a resolution, which was adopted
without opposition, instructing the
Senate Committee to investigate the
management and affairs of the" New
York Custom House for the last ten
years. As it is alleged that many
frauds and swindles have been perpe
trated there during the period covered
by the resolution, this is a very im
portant movement.
What Shall we Do?
With the brilliant success that has crown
ed the Republican party in their adminis
tration of public affairs and the confidence
imposed in it by the people as evinced in
unmistakable signs in every election, there
hf rianerer of carelessness and neglect
in imnnrtnnt matters. Caution should bo
exercised in making all nominations for
office: The political hacks and tricksters
n-i-rt Ii9va in riAarl v fivfiiT State of this crlo-
rious Union, foisted themselves upon the
party for self-aggrandizement should be
treated with the contempt they deserve and
none but honest and honorable men, whoso
characters are above suspicion, must be
nominated for all the offices of honor and
trust i in tho orift of the neoole. Let our
watchword be? Principles, not men ; hon
est v. not policy.
The above, from that excellent Re
publican paper, TheNeicbern Republican
is both timely and truthful. Thepnnci
Tiles of the Republican party are right,
and are endorsed by a large majority of
the people of the State. Under their
banner success is certain, if the Repub
licans only exercise a proper discretion
in makinsr nominations for office. Let
"the political hacks and tricksters " be
everv where discarded, and honest,
upright and able men brought forward
to represent the party. Such men can
h found without difficulty in almost
everv county in the State." And an as
surance that such a course will be
adooted will have the effect to bring a
large number of good men into the Re
publican party that have not heretofore
acted with it, though republicans m
principle.
I Revision of the Bible.
A meeting: of Episcopal Divines has
been held in New York, at which one
of ouf English visitors, the Very Rev
erend Dean of Chester, delivered an ad
dress in which he said :
Changes of much importance could
be made without impairing our general
version. In the epistle to the Ephe
einn rirmhts harl arisen, from the ab
sence of the usual salutations, whether
11 v thA word of St.-Paul. In
several manuscripts the words Ephesus
had reaa ljaocucea, or tjoiossi, uut me
fiispnvprvnf the Sinai tic manuscript had
-9 7 vm. "
settled the question, because a blank
was founa in tne.nrst verse wnere me
word Ephesus stands in our translation,
proving it to have been a circular letter,
the blank to be filled in, according to
which congregation it was sent. In the
same book, chap, v., verse 9, ("For the
fruit of the spirit is in all goodness,
righteousness and truth V) the word
"spirit " should read "light." By this
change the whole context is illuminated
and made to shine in all its graceful
beauty. In I. Timothy, vi : 5, the ex
pression that "gain is godliness" should
read ''godliness is gain." Not even a
miser would pretend that the first is
correct. Further on it says, " The love
of money is the root of all evil." If it
is tlie root mere couiu do no omer ra
iKv tit should nnnear "Loveof monev
is a root of all evil." In the Gospels
the oft-used " strain at a gnat and swal
low a camel" is evidently a misprint
in the early English editions. When
it is read "strain out a gnat and swal
low a camel " the perfection of the fig
ure is seen. In St. Luke's account of
the passion of our Lord where it says,
"Nothing worthy of death has been
done unto him," the substitution of
" by "i for " unto " is more logical and
correct. In St. John. "One fold and
one shepherd" should be "one flock
and one shepherd," achangewiiich car
ries a i wider, kindlier sense than the
words of the present version. The An
glican Church was not arrogating any
thing in commencing this work, and
the best proof of that was that Ameri
ca was invited to co-operate.
. , j . . , ,
Hoy. Thos. Settle. The Washington
correspondent of The New York Times,
writing to that paper under date of Dec. 17,
1871 says : , 1
Hon. Thomas L- Settle, United States
Minister to Peru, arrived here this morning
on leave of absence, obtained on account of
ill health. It is poss'.ble that he may not
return, as ho is being urged by leading Re
publicans of North Carolina to accept the
nomination as their candidate for Governor.
Jle will probably leave here for his home,
inVhat State, on Wednesday of this week.
Assaulted. The Goldsboro' Messenger
says, on Thursday night last Mr. John May
hood was assaulted by two negro men,
while in his bar-room, and robbed of all
the money in his possession at the time. :
We understand that he identifies Bill Ad
ams and Frank Emmanuel as the robbers,"
and that warrants are out for their arrest.
DEATI OF t GENEI&ti LEONIBA3
Polk.- An ex-Confederate, writing for
Tlie: Westminster Revieic, gives the fol
lowing account of tho death ot tne
Bishop-General : ' I
" The death of thedistinguisneaman
was a melancnoiy one. it, occurred
while our army lay in front of Kenne
saw. Johnston, with a group of offi
cers, among whom was Polk, were
makinsr a reeonnoisance of theenemys
lines from tne summit oi jrine iuuuu
tnins. ft loftv. solitary mount, wnicn
jutted out from the range, and formed
tne apex oi an acuic augur, w" !j
mir imp wsim mi i iiiiL; m.hk j
was a verv hazardous one, being com
manrlPil. or rather reached by guns,!
o A? 4- V r r"t rWTTa I Snrxi
trnm nn r nnrnim 111 Lilt; uujijf o "-l
i amhlnre in such a con-i
. 1 . .tiuinfo.! hr vncriJ
- . . i j . : .-. ftvnr im
lant enemy. ;jfv uaiufrj m i
mfidiatelv fired one shot, which we;
afterwards found out was but the pre-
lude to one of the most feanui snemngs
I ever witnessed. The group were
coniino hptwpfn vounsr Beauresrard's
battery and the Fifth company of
Washington artillery, Johnson being
on the works looking through a field
elass. That first shot could not have
missea mm two ieei, uut u"j
id to it was to turn his
classes to the battery that fired it. Polk
. . -m 1 : .-. 4.1 r.-
had in tne meantime scpanutu ii"
tho rrrann nnrl VVJ1S WalkiUff thOUffht-
fully away with his left side to the en
emy his neaa aown anu , jus uuiivis
clasped behind him. The second shell
lit the crowd struck him in the
arm, and passed through the body,
tearing out jus utaui., anu uuou-nf-
bij riaht. nrm above the elbow. He
dropped on one knee, wavered, then
-1-Tw-Jl- ! 1 v
fell on one siae aeau. j. uau jiuiuij
turned my back when I heard the
murmer of horror ruu through the
line, 4t Gen. Polk is killed." Johnston
said not a word, but ran to him and
lifted him in his arms. Hardee uttered
a cry and also rushed forward. He was
East all human help. The members of
is staff tenderly lifted and bore him
from the field. .
1 PROCEEDINGS
OF THK :
North Carolina Lfiiislatnre.
SENATE.
TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY. "
Friday, Dec. 22, 1S71.
Senate xnefat 10 o'clock.
President in the Chair.
" The Journal of yesterday was read
and approved.
On motion of Mr. Love, the rules
were suspended in order to take up the
bill in relation to county claims, provid
ing for their payment according to the
order in which numbered, except when
specially ordered to the contrary, there
by guarding against partiality in set
tling these claims.
The bill meeting with considerable
opposition, Mr. Love moved that it
be amended so as to apply only to the
forty-third SenatorialJDistrict, and be
ing so amended, it passed its several
readings.
On motion of Mr. Graham, of Orange,
the rules were suspended and the bill
incorporating the Bank of Hillsboro'
passed its several readings, and was
engrossed and sent to the House.
The bill for the relief of the W. N. C.
R. R. Co., authorizing the Treasurer to
pay certain creditors of the read, com
ing up, Mr. Gilmer said that as the bill
calls for a loan of $225,000, to be secured
by the bonds of this Company, the
Senate should consider whether the
condition of that road were such as to
justify us in making another effort after
having expended $9,000,000 on it, Per
haps it were better to let it go into the
possession of those able to manage it.
Mr. Flemming said the rolling stock
was worth $1,225,000, an amount suffi
cient to pay the, loan asked for and
leave a handsome balance. Mr. F. ably
supported the bill. Postponed till the
2d of January, 1872.
Mr. Albright, from the Committee
on enrolled bills, reported.
Mr. Waddell, from a standing Com
mittee, reported several bills.
On motion of Mr. Edwards, the rules
wrere suspended and the bill to allow
the Sherifls of Granville, Washington
and Beaufort counties till the 1st day
of April, 1872, to settle county taxes,
passed its several readings.
On motion of Mr. Albright, the rules
were suspended and the bill to incorpo
rate the Cape Fear Iron and Steel Com
pany, and the bill to prevent the sale
of spirituous liquors within two miles
of Sylvan Academy and Cane Creek
Church, in Chatham county, passed
their several readings.
Mr. Linney, a resolution to allow II.
W. May, Sheriff of Alexander county,
till July, 1872, to settle county taxes,
passed its several readings.
Mr. Jones, from the Committee on
Judiciary, presented a bill to amend
the charter of Newbern. (Allows
the Aldermen to prevent the erection
of wooden buildings within certain
limits of the city). Passed under a
suspension of the rules.
By the same, from this Committee, a
bill to allow the Commissioners of the
city of Wilmington to authorize the
Mayor to issue bonds for payment of
old debt. Passed. .
Mr. Jones introduced a bill to amend
the charter of the city of Charlotte.
Calendar.
The bill to exempt the active Fire
men of Charlotte from jury, militia
and road duty, passed its several read
ings, was engrossed and sent to the
House. i
By Mr. Whitesides, a bill to change
an alley in the town of Shelby.
A message was received from the
House that that body had passed the
bill extending the time in which cer
tain tax collectors are tosettle,and other
bills. Referred. J I
Senate bill in relation to the probate
of deeds, having been amended by the
House, the amendments were concurred
in.
On motion of Mr. Brogden, the bill
incorporating the Farmers' and Me
chanics' Association, and that incorpor
ating the Guilford County Co-operative
Association, passed their several read
ings and were engrossed.
Sir. Albright reported several bills
as enrolled. I
Message from the House stating that
the bill incorporating the Falls of
Neuse Company had passed. Calendar.
Mr. Graham, of Orange, a bill to pun
ish the purchasing of goods under ialse
pretenses. '
On motion of Mr. Murph v, the rules
wTere suspended and the bill to incor
porate the Fayetteville Building and
Loan Association passed its several
readings.
A bill concerning public highways
placing the same under control of
County Commissioners, was appropri
ately referred, i I
Mr. Moore, from the Committee on
Cornoratlons,' reported tho bill 1 Incor
porating the People's Bank of New
bern. . The amendment in
relation- to
interest was stncKcn out, anu tnen iiuv
bill nassed. ?'
Mr. Bobbins, of Itowijn, bill to
amend section 4, chapter 1 1, private
laws of 1S70-'71. t - i
He also offered a resolutl nvdirctjtii.
the Printing Committee to,jiave prim
ed and laid on the desks of member.-,
the report of the Shipp-Mitrtin-15at h
elor committeo, which resolution
passed. ' !
Leave of absence was grnnhd to tl
Assistant Secretary. : 'I
: A resolution was adopted ojilerinc
that extra copies of? the Librari-in's
Keport be printed. - M I ! .
Several bills wero report x as prop
erly enrolled. 1.1-
On motion of Mr. Fleram ing, t Jie en
ntPfldiournod till the second daybf Jaiw
uary, lbt-.
nOLTSE OF REPBESENTATIVi:.-.
TWENTY-SEVENTH
DAY. i
Friday, Bee.
871.
T rem met at 10 o'clock
Speaker Jarvis in the CI
liair.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Gntyson,
of t!.e
T.nr.nl nf vnstrMihiv was read 'and
ontirnvivl ! I
Vnrions rommittces submittal
re
norts.
! INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTIONS.
Afr. 'Atw-iiter. a resolutio
n in favor of
John H. Hill, Sergeant-att
arms
m tno
House. Calendar.
Also, a resolution in fav
or of
);ihm 1'
Latta. Calendar.
INTRODUCTION OF BJEIA
Air. Tlroiidfoot. a bill tJ
incorporate
the Fayetteville Road Steamer
we-riv rfirrMl :
vom-
Mr. Atwater, a bill in ritaird to imu
riage license, lteferreu.
Mr. Crawford, a bill to
118,. private laws 1S70-'71.
On motion of Mr. Craw
hnu'iulj eluii.
Vv-tll'IIUtll . '
brd, the biil
kou im and
nhnvfi mentioned was1 ti
Twissod its several reading.
r -- - - - . r t "
Un motion oi xr. joiit-sj
of Caldwell ,
the resolution of instruction to tlu
Treasurer, in regard to thp Sparta :mi
Tai'OKv.l1aiiiirl Morion naul AslliiVill"
!xjtav. .o . ...v. - - - -
Turnpike Company, was taken lip nn l
passea its several reauiiig.-i.
On motion oi -ur.-.vsiu.,om io aim m.
phnn. ... nrivate laws 187(H'71. taken t'U
and passed its several reauings. J
On motion of Mr. Broadfoot, the U,
lowint? bills were taken ut and i;m- 1
fl.oir cnvprnl rpj-idiiifrs '.,
mill to incornoratc; tho Brother
Manufacturing Company of Cu
Innrl roiintv. I
n!;er-
TUll to incorporate the Murphy
Milis
Manufacturing Company, Mi the con n Iv
or Cumberland. ' i,.,,
On motion of Mr. Houston, tlju bill
to incorporate the Catawba and Liieo! ri
Mininerand Manufacturiiig Company,.
,was taken up and passed its third read
ing. 11 I
i On motion of Mr. Withers, tho bill
.to amend the charter f the orth
Western N. C. Railroad (bmpanV, vr.s
taken up and passed , its
inor ' ' I
lscver.il
read-
j
V. .- r t..J.-v r
n motion oi Air. jo.Miier, ui ,
john-
etnn tho. rfwolutioii instructing
the
Ipubiic Printer to have e:ctra copies of
'the Librarian's report, printed lor the
lmr. of the Librarv. passed.
Mr. Lucas introduced U bill to
i.re-;
Tar
of Ovsters M
Creeii. livae county, ltqierrcu,
. . " . -.. i
t
On motion of Mr. Ashq
a bill
o in
Uornomtf. the Raleicrh Fertilizing I and
Manufacturing tympany j wasuiKeii up
rn i : . . " , . ...
nnrl phrswI its several rcauinirs.
On motion of Mr. Withers, the hill
to incorporate the Bankbf Hilbboro',
was taken up ana passed us huvenu
'reulinrs
()n motion of Mr. JUcAlee. tne
tilt.)
incorporate the Literarv and Drai
inati-'
Association ot Jb avettevnie. was
aken
'up and passed its several! readings,
i Mr. Gregory introduced a bill to pro
hibit the sale of certain ajrticles dmlMg
the night time. Referred. A
(Mr. McCauley introduced' a Mill in
-plation to dower: Referred.
r . -
i Senate bill in relation to jouU
con-
racts passed third reading.
i -r-r . 1 I P
Tuesda.k 2d
nouse uuiourueu mi
lay of January, 1872.
Dickens. An ingenious
romanwr
kAv.tn 4Via v-kllrvL-f rtrr T5totiwv ?
j:" Oliver Twist," wiio hailHomcj
Times" in the "Battle of Li
e," and 1'
li:jYi:iMr
been saved from " The Wred
k of tho
Mary " by " Our Mutual Friend," " M' ii:-
las Nickleby," had Just finished, reading "A
Tale of Two Cities" to "Martin Chu..l -
wit,' during which time
the Hearth" had been
"The r Cricket m
chirping inchily,
while "The Chimes" frori the adjacent
church wero heard, when "Seven I'oo
Travelers " commenced to f ing a " Christ
mas Carol." " Iiarnaby Itddge," thcfi
IT- .
rived from the " Old Curiosity Whop
some " Pictures from Italy ', and " Sk
with
m bv IJoz" to show " I.ittlo Dorrtt ."
wIkv
OS uuav Willi JL - J v jl ci -.- ,
when "David Copperfield," who had beeit
taking "American Notes' entered and'iik
formed the company that the "Great Kxl
pectations of Dombey &fe.n" regarding
"Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy'1' had not been re
alized, and that he had seen ''Boots at tho
llollytree Inn" taking "Somebody's Lug
gage," to "Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings,"!, in :
6treet that has "No thoroughfare," oppofcite
"Bleak' House," where mo " Haunted
Man," "who had just given one off Dr.
Mangold's I'resenptions " to an - " uncom
mercial Traveler." was brooding over '.'flu
Mystery of Edwin Drood."
CLAIMS.. Tho U. S. Claim Com in in
kion
reported to Congress on tho 14th 0S0 eases.
The following claims of r
State, were allowed : !
psidents of
rhi-
North Carolina Wm. Pice, 395 ; Ilrn-
ryC.Lashlee.R18; IraOliv
e,i)5; Win
N.
Andrews, 1,095; Jolm l
Adams, W)j ;
Mrs. Malinda Howell, f iw.
The Tollowing were disallowed :
iNortn Carolina Jonn t . I'hiler. Ktai
'lU'V
Unchurch, T. B. Smith, K.Tl Norris, Jaiu -i
II. Rhodes, Daniel (Jooch, George A. Hoalt,
Martha Jones, A. M, Nelsoh, M. P. -Stone,
James flower, Anderson Glenn, Willifont
Unchurch, Ambrose Overbaugh, Arthur
Hill, David U. Gardner, TlJomas Wonible,
Miss N. C. Stewart. James M. Boll, Wmi II.
Bennett, T. T. Dail. Samuel Dupreo,
wxKinson, jona.. xr. juevy.
MonE Impeachment. :Qn
Tuesday ust.
Mi C. C. Bowen, member oil
the South Cnr-
olina Legislature, introduced
a resolution
to imj)each Got. R. K. Seoti
of that State.
In the course of his speech,
that he meant to impeach
Mr. Bowen said
he guilty State
officers seriatim, and stated
that Scott had
confessed to twenty-two roil
ions fraudulent
bonds. The resolution wad
postponed tin-
til after Christmas recess.
It is rumored that Scott
admitting his j
Conviction, by Senate, if
House, wilt resign.
impeached by the
; If Scott has been stealing
, he fchould he ,
: impeached and driven from
the State. Ofll-
j cial rogues snouia not be
ger than it is required by
tolerated no lon-
law to get rid of !
I them
f