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Gen. Grant to be Re-Nominated
. t and Re-Elected.
, It cannot be denied that there are a
few prominent men in the Republican
party who are opposed to the re-nomination
of Gen. Grant. This opposition
arises partly from an honest belief that
it Is not wise, in any case, to re-nominate
a President; partly from the opin
ion that some other person would fill
the office more creditably than the
present incumbent $ partly, also, be
cause of real or fancied personal eriev-
ci nro Ktit. innsstlv hinsf official rait-
ronage has not always been distributed
to the satisfaction of the parties aggriev
ed. But thisfeelincacainstGen. Grant's
re-nominanon is neuner as strung uui
as extended as" was the opposition to
the re-nomination of Mr. Lincoln.
It is a ' noteworthy fact, also, that
many of the leading men who now find
fault with Gen. Grant and wish to pre
vent his re-nomination are the very
men who were even more denunciatory
of Mr. Lincoln's "imbecility," and
more determined against continuing
him in the Presidential office. Some
of their names will be found among the
malcontents who went to the Cleveland
Convention. This latter class are chronic
grumbles men not worth much to any
party, and being estimated at their real
worth by all parties, are never satisfied.
It is, of course, the province of any
citizen to favor or oppose any man for
a nomination to any office. Hut, when
the sentiment of a party clearly borders
on unanimity in favor of a particular
individual, it is simply factious to com
bat that sentiment. Such a sentiment
exists to-day in the Republican party
in favor of there-nomination of General
Grant. To disregard it would be as
fatal as the attempt to thwart it is foolish.
And it is the sheerest nonsense to
say that Gen. Grant's re-nomination
can onlv be effected by the interposi
tion of official influence. If every man
who holds an office under the General
Onvprnmont wrre formallv tabooed as
delegates, the result would still be the
same. ve do not Deueve max mere is
a district in this State, if the preference
of every Republican was expressed, in
which four-fifths, if not ninety-nine
fcnnrlrrvlth rf the n.irtv would not be
found demanding the re-nomination of
Gen. Grant. His strength Is with tne
people, more than with the office-holders.
Indeed, it might bo demonstrated
I that he would be even stronger than he
is to-day, if he were stripped of all pat
ronage. For the single shadow that
falls upon his otherwise luminous offi
cial pathway, is made up of the occa
sional errors which he has committed
(upon the recommendation of others)
in the selection of his subordinate.
But for this, his enemies would bo
speechless. f
But the people understand this, and
give to it no more than its legitimate
weight. They know that no other
President, with a tithe of his patronage,
. ever made fewer errors, while none,
pot even the most illustrious of them,
ever exhibited more inflexible integri
ty, more heroic courage, more intense
patriotism, greater sagacity, higher or
Surer disinterestedness, a sterner ad
erence to every expressed or implied
promise, or a more ready acqiescence
in the public will when tangibly de
veloped. 20 other .Administration has
ever encountered greater difficulties or
had equally complicated problems to
solve. It required the highest general-,
ship to conquer a peace; but it has re
quired.even a higher statesmanship to
establish what was so gradually con
quered. In both positions, Gen. Grant
stands as Saul among the prophets, in
fact as well as in the estimation of the
people. To attempt to counteract or
nullify this popular estimate of Gen.
Grant's character and services is an at
tempt to' do what is of impossible ac
complishment.
He has equally endeared himself , by
specific acts, inaugurated and consum
mated during his administration. The
public credit has been preserved. ! A
funding system has been initiated
which will pay off the public debt with
sufficient rapidity and save more than
ten millions a year in interest. The
Alabama claims which, under a less
sagacious Administration would have
involved us in a war with England,
have been put in a train of successful
adjustment. The grandest internation
al principle of the age, that of Arbitra
tion, has been successfully inaugurated
a principle of such magnitude ins its
humane and far-reaching consequences
as to constitute in itself glory enough
for any Administration. Our always
perplexing, expensive and complicated
Indian policy has. to a greater extent
than ever before, been placed upon the
solid basis of enlightened Christian
humanity. Wisdom has marked all
the nation's intercourse with foreign
powers, and that most difficult of all
our internal annoyances, Mormon poly
gamy, has by a patient firmness, re
ceieved such a check as to ensure its
speedy and peaceful eradication. Hon
esty and economy in every department
of the Government is the rule, and
their opposites the isolated exceptions.
In short, in all its acts and in all its
policy, the Administration of Gen.
Grant commends itself, as he has per
sonally endeared himself, to the ieo
ple. And those who seek to thwart
the popular expression of this confi
dence and endearment have ass jmed a
task which no human power is capa
ble of prosecuting to a successful ter
mination. AVith or without great
names with or without self-constituted
leaders with or without office
holders or official patronage General
Grant will be re-nominated, because it
is the popular will, so far as that will
is embodied in the Republican party.
Neither disaffected statesmen, ambi
tious aspirants, factious opponents,
false friends, "passive" Democrats
nor grumbling editors, singly or com
bined, arc sufficiently potent to pre
vent the consummation of this settled
purpose of the people. Nor, should all
these elements combine after the nom-
ination is made, can they prevent the
election of the nominee by a majority
as overwhelming as that received by
the most popular candidate ever ele
vated to tne high office of President of
the United States. Albany Evening
Journal
" And you have been married, Pat
rick, three times, haven't you?"
"Yes, indade,sir."
" And what do you say of it? Which
wife, did you like the best?" .
Well, Becky O'Brian, that I mar
ried the first time, was a good woman,
too good for me: so she got sick and
died, and the Lord took her.
" Then I got married to Bridget Flan
nagan." -She was a bad woman ; and
she got sick and died too, and the devil
took her. " ;.. ; - - ' 7
" Then, fool that I was, I got married
to Margaret Haggarty. She was worse,
very bad, so bad that neither the Lord
nor the devit would hive hex: so I have
to keep her myself." ' . -
From The N. Y. Herald.
Senator Pomcroj's Proposed Na
tional Park "The Wonders of
the West."
Gazing, upon the sunset's high-heaped gold ;
It crags of opal and of crysolite i ,
Its deeps on deeps of glory, that unfold .
. Still brightening abysses,
And blazing precipices.
Whence but a scanty leap it seems to heaven.
Lowell.
Mr. Pomoroy, of Kansas, has intro
duced a bill in the United States Sen
ate, which, wehoie, under pre per re
strictions, will become a law--a bill
setting apart the womlerml vaJiey ami
its strange nnd magnmceni surruuuu
ingsatthe head of the -Yellowstone
River, in the Kocky Mountain Territory-
of Wvoiidntr, as a nation?. 1 park,
fortv-foar'niiScs by forty. Mr. Pome-nivui:-s
to have this region of un
p:rn!h -h-d wonders dedicated to the na
tion at once, in order to prevent its fall
ing into the hands of squatters and un
scrupulous land speculator?. 'J his is a
benu?fnl idea ; and while yet there are
nr. m. .atter.s on the ground ( ongres
L. i.t to secure the district indicated to
tlsT- whole people of the United States
and Iheir dcKtndants forever. There
is no siki grouping anywhere else in
the world 01 1'" beautiful, theinagniii
wif tho rnind. !he sublime ai d won
Horfni in n;duro as we have them in
hi marvellous Pluionie rerio:i of the
Yellowstone: and. as eriani cedars
of Mariposa and the glov. -.?. nountain
walls and domes of Yosemiu- h.ive been
mvpn to the State of Caliiotnia. so
should this Yellowstone region i e given
to the people of the United Slates, to
prevent US UISLIgUrttUVH U.V r.iuuiicia
and speculators, with their gii;-millsf"
sawmills anu cnemicm ioc-luiic, u.umu
order to make it a national park which
will invite strangers to the contempla
tion of its indescribable attractions from
all parts of the wo'ld. fcven in a Dusi
nrxu Tvfnt nf vipw this is the best use
to which this district can be aj pled for
the people and lor tne national 1 reasury.
vV miVht rvvunv a naee of The Her
ald with the descrjptions before us of
these recently discovered iascinating
wonders of the Yellowstone, but for a
general idea of them a lew woros win,
perhaps, be sufficient. They lie in a
labyrinth of the Kocky Mountains, On
hf-tprn side of the main chain! In
the Territory of. Wyoming, some two
imriflrpH nnd fiftv miles north of the
Union Pacific Railroad, and from that
road, over that singularly rougn coun
wr thta .inrrr41fhfa tn thpsf "WlIoW
stone wonders are equal to a summer's
camrjaiim. As Fremont describes the
valley of the Snake River, west of the
T?rvkv Mountains, this whole region
of the Upper Yellowstone, it inav be
truly saiu, is "a volcanic region a land
of fracture and violence ana nre." me
deep basaltic chasm through Avhicbr the
river winds its way, the extinct craters
in the surrounding mountains changed
into lakes, but, more than all, the
thousands of boilimr sDrincs and the
enormous geysers of this extraordinary
region, betray tne volcanic ierces wnicn
have ODerated here and which are still
in active operation.
TTpr with their wild, strancre and
sublime surroundings, we have water
falls which make even Niagara a tame
affair, and a lake, the circuit Of which
is nearly two hundred miles, more at
tractive than the laKes 01 Switzerland.
Here we have a river which, in its
iloon nnnvnn fnr tliirtv milps. is evpn
during the brightest day mostly in the
dark. Here we nave towering river
walls, nainted by the action of the air
and water upon their mineral deposits
in all the colors or the rainoow. Here,
on the mountain sides, we have clus
ters of hot springs, discharging their
water from terrace to terrawe in num
erous pools, the terraces and the pools,
from their mineral coating, naving an
the appearances of alabaster or of mar
ble of different colors. Here we have
fountains discharging black and red
mud, and fountains of water white as
milk; and here, in the 44 Fire Hole
Basin," we have geysers which eclipse
those of Iceland in their numbers and
their strength a most astonishing
sight one of them discharging a col
umn of water twelve feet in diameter
to a height of over two hundred feet.
And clouds of steam rise from this ba
sin as the smoke from a city in flames.
Here we have natural domes, spires,
castles, towers, turrets and fortifica
tions, in numberless fantastic forms,
and the wildest groupings of mountain
Ieaks and pinnacles and ridges, rising
from ten to twelve thousand feet above
the sea. In short, here, including the
most beautiful virgin forests of pines,
we have a wilderness of wonderful
things with which nothing can be' pro
duced for a comparison on the face of
the globe.
We have heretofore spoken of all that
great division of the continent extend
ing from the great Plains to the Pacific
Ocean as the Asiatic section of the Uni
ted States. And so it is; and while in
its climate and in its geographical and
geological peculiarities it resembles
Central and Western Asia, the country
east of the Mississippi may be as aptly
called European in its character. For
instance, touching our Asiatic section,
on the coast region of California we
have the land of the Philistines over
again ; in the Great Salt Lake of Utah
we have a duplicate of the Dead Sea of
the Holy Land ; in the deserts of Ne
vada we have the land of Moab ; in
Colorado we have the Caucasus, and it
is probable that, with a complete ex
ploration of those great Siberian rivers
the Obi, the Yeneisi and the Lena
and their tributaries they will be
found in their awful canyons to resem
ble the Snake River, the Columbia and
the Colorado, more or less. But, while
we shall have to explore the Himalayas
for the .wonders of Yosemite, and will
have to go to Australia for a match for
44the Mother of the Forest" of Mariposa,
there is only one region in ail the world
in which wecan find all the wondersof
the Yellowstone, and that is the region
which Senator Pomeroy proposes to
dedicate, and which we trust will be
dedicated by Co-gress, to the people of
the United States as, par excellence, the
National Park.
A PoPUiiAR Pater, The way to
make ji paper , popular Js to 'pitch in.
But it must be no weak, wishywashy
pitching in. It'must be a furious, fiery,
roaring, tearing, rip-snorting, sky cav
orting and earth-bursting' pitching in.
You must rant, roar, howl, bellow, and
finally blow an awful, uncommon, un
beading and Oxasperati ng blast. You
must "shout, snick, sneer, revile; calum
niate, repudiate, , excoriate," castigate,
and even antedate. Nick name, nasti
fv, knock, down, drag ont dig iiim in
the ribs, and bit .tim in the eye-ball
bim. Gouge ,bim, grit your -teeth, &t
him, whoever he may be, and at length
do bad 'tohini unanimously Above
all, rear,: ride, rip, flip, gnash, 1 gash,
gander pull, and,, gradually chaw up,
spit out and stanip him tot death. Ar
change .- - ? ' ' - " 1
Protest against Election of U. S.
Senator.
On Tuesday the Bepublicans made
no nomination, and with the exception
of Mr. Flythe, in the Senate, refused to
vote. Mr. Lehman, when the Presi
dent announced the election of au. S.
Senator in order, asked leave to offer
the following protest in regard to the
proposed election. Objection being
made, Mr.' I teas not allowed to pro-,
Mil President: Whereas, the law
of the United States defines and pre
scribes the form and manner of electing
a United Senator; and whereas these
provisions of law were complied wnn
by the Legislature of North Carolina,
at the election held in the month of
November in the year 1870 ; and where
as in our judgment nothing has since
tlrat time occurred which has produced
a vacancy or rendered another election
legal or necessary, therefore we do sol
emnly protest against the voting now
held as unnecessary and illegal, and for
finish of nrotest do sav that, as mem-
hors of the Senate, we desire to avail
ourselves of every right and privilege
I secured to us by the Constitution. Hence
i we offer this protest, pursuant to act 2,1
spectfully ask that, at the proper time
u' h pxpused from voting. It em-
bodies in the form of postulates our rea-j
sons for declining to parxicipaie m an
other election for a United States Sena-t
tor ? anil we beer leave to submit a few
considerations fn support of it. Your
protesters deem it not inappropriate to
state that they belong to that society of
. m a 11.:
men who, on account 01 ineir loyauy
rw ho npnAml fJovernment. have been
fryj a V -m v - y - (
denominated hiimble and despised Re-
nublicans. and wno represent; on uus
floor nn insignificant or small minority;
hut notwithstandincr the contumely of
our political adversaries, they are, unf
win 1 nor hv nnv act or deed, to assume
any part of the grave responsibility of
the people when legally expressed at
the ballot, or through their representa-
tive8 in tne uenerai Assemuiy. mey
voted for uen. Abbot, as tneir cnoicej
at the election in November, 1870.--As
Republicans, they supported
him, conscious that their voice for
the time being, would be unheed
ed, under the influence of a eon
trolling majority, entertaining opposite
political views. The Republican memf
bers, by participating in that election
recognfzed its validity, as to timei
place, manner, and candidates, subject
to the conditions imposed by the 14th
amendment. The will of the majority
was manifested in the. choice of Gov;
Vance, a gentleman notoriously dis
qualified, and so acknowledged to be
by those who voted for him. Thus,
there -was actual knowledge on part
of the voters, that he was laboring un
der disabilities, and ihat. unless -the
Congress of the , United States, by sk
two-thirds vote removed the same, he
could not become a Senator. It was
an attempt, on part of the majority not
only to prejudge the action of Congress
but to nullify a plain provision of the
Constitution. It is equally true, that
under our theory of government ma
jorities rule, and minorities are virtuj-
11 i- f i: .1 w.-l. i4- C 1 . -K
any. aisirauciiistrvi, uut iv 10 um
vious, that to preserve the harmo
ny of our institutions in view of
the l tyrannical, dangerous and op
pressive tendencies of majorities, that
the will of that majority, should,
at least, be constitutionally and legally
expressed, otherwise the voice of the
people may Decome tne voice 01
anarchy, 'if then, in contem Ration of
law; Gen. Abbott is the rightful Sena
tor, we submit with great diflidence,
that the party which has hitherto been
so tauntingly ostentations of its supe
rior endowments claiming to possess
all the wealth; all the intelligence;
all the wisdom ; all the honesty in the
State, will be held responsible at the
bar of public opinion, ior naving Know
ingly and wilfully allowed an election,
involving the most momentous intr
fst to fro hv default. antK which omis
sion of duty by disregarding the plain
letter of law may result, in securing; a
seat for one who is called by that party
ft rarnet-baer Senator from the State I of
New Hampshire, but who in fact is a
bona tide citizen 01 iNonn Carolina:
fully identified with her interests, and
hns contributed larcelv to her material
prosperity and political advancement.
As men 01 intelligence, as ocnaiors, vuu
were bound to know, and you did know
the law; and yet in the face of it, you
defiantly 4tthrew away your votes," and
thus wittingly you may have given to a
minority a representation in Congress.
We assume that there is no vacan-
cy in the omce 01 united estates
Senator by reason of the resigna
tion of Gov. Vance; that he was not
in a position to resign a piace, wnn
which he had not been invested, and
over which he could exercise no con
trol.! We mav admit, for the sake of
the. argument, that his election was
voidable only, ana nox voia, Duijine
f-Acf iremftins. that unless Conerress in
tervened by removing he disability,
the practical effect, whether it be void
Or Yiuaoie, la me buuic. vuiuuuio
act being one that may be subsequent
ly ratified : a void act can never be so
ratified. This is the true and onlyjdis
tinction. If the election had been Void,
no act of Congress could validate it,
but being voidable only. Congress may,
by removing the disability, confirm
that which before was illegal, which it
declined to do. But we take the broad
ground that Gov. Vance was ineligible,
at the time f his election, and there
fore his election was absolutely void,
even though he was voted for with oth
ers who were eligible. Ye assume
further as a matter of law, that Gov.
Vance, being under disabilities, the
disability being known to the electors
all the votes cast for him, were thrown
away, and those given for Gen. Abbot,
he being qualified, were tne oniy legai
votes that could be counted; and that
the power of this General Assembly, as
to the matter, were then, and jthere
whollv.exhausted under the act. of Con
gress of July 25, 1866, which prescribes
thnt. on the secontt a aecaav airer me
meeting and organization tiiM-iegn- j-
?. m . m 4 J 1 T I
lature, Tt shall proceed to elect a Sena-1
ior, aim 11 eiinerxiuuae w
a majority on that day,., the -members
shall convene in joint, Assembly each
succeeding day, during the session of
the Legislature, and taKe at; least one
vdle a day until a Senator (is.elected.
"TTnvevon crrtnnd :all the tools
right, as I told you this morning when
I went away " said a carpenteri m a
rather green lad, whom he had i taken
for an apprentice. : "All but the hand-
sawf sir," replied the lad, promptly;
".I couldn't get quite all the gaps; out of
that," . ; : rs -r",
9
A, front Tern nn haviner iust lost his
wife visited a friend, and. befng asked
hoWIoig he would remain in town,
answered : Oh, for about a fortnight-
long enough to spend the honeymoon
Of my. widowhood.' - '
From the Dally Carolinian.
iv:7ji:;i:;:i;Captions ;
Of the. Ads of the North Carolina Legis-
lature, passed at the &s'ion of 1871-'2.
An. Act to repeal an act passed at
, the present session and ratified on
; the 15th day of January, 1872, and
entitled An Act supplementary to
! an Act to amend tne charter of
the Northwestern North Carolina
Railroad Company and for other
j purposes and to fill certain blanks,
i; Re peaU above-recited Act ; amend the
preamble of act . ratified January 3d, 1872,
by. filling up first blank. date therein, so
that the same shall read, "the 16th day of
August; 1870." and by filling up Beveral
blank dates in said preamble, bo that tlie
aame shall read, "the 26th day of January,
1869."
An Act authorising the Comtnis-
6ioners of liobes'jn county to ad-
just the debt of said county.
Authorizes the commissioners of paid
county to use such discretion in compro
mising or adjusting the debt of the county
as they may think consistent with the
:best interest of the people of the county,
'and authorizes them if in their opinion it
Ishall be deemed advisable to employ a
financial aent who shall, under the cou
Itrol and direction of said Board of Cpm
Imissioners, compromise and adjust the lh
idebtedness of the county.
iAn act to provide lor the publica
I tion of an act to alter the Consti
tution ot North Carolina.
Authorizes the' President of the Senate
to hvc published in the weekly' edition of
the Sentinel, North Carolinian, and Era,
newspapers published in Iialeigl), a copy
of an act to alter theConstitution of North
Carolina, passed by tbi3 General Assembly
and ratified the nineteenth day of January,
1872, to be certified by . the Secretary of
biate; said publication to be made at least
six months before the next regular election,
for members of the Legislature. ,
Resolution in favor of W. II. Battle
and D. G. Fowle.
Directs-the State Treasurer to pay the
said persons, counsel employed f by the
President of tlie Senate and Speaker of the
House, each; two: .hundred- dollars tor
ae.rrices rendered in a suit of ooe Stafford,
of the State ot Maryland, instituted in the
Federal Court against the President of the
Senate and Speaker o( the ITouse, to re
strain them from obeying a Law of the
State.
An act to prevent, the sale of spirit
v,. uous liquovs within the corporate
i limits of the town of Magnolia, in
Duplin county. r ' .
i Makes unlawful and punishable by
fine or imprisonment, or both, at the dis
cretion of the court, for any person to tell
spirituous ' liquors within the corporate
limits of the town of Magnolia, in Duplin
county; provided, on the submission of
this act t the qualified voters oi said
town, n majority arc in lavor of prohibi
tion. jAn act to incorporate Rocky Mount
j College. : '' ; "
Usual act of incorporation.
5 The course of instruction to he English
iand classical, literature, mathematics, pure
and applied,' of natural science of philo
sophy, of agricultur, theoretical and prac
tical, and of normal instruction, which
last shall be of the same grade as that re
cently adopted by the Normal Department
i-f the University of North Carolina.
iAn act to incorporate " The Brothers
, Manufacturing Company," of
Cumberland County.
Grants all the powers, privileges and in
cidents belonging to corporations under
the general laws of this State. The busi
ness to be !he manufacturing generally of
'cotton, wool, fleece, hemp,, wood, iron,
i&c, . . 4 ' .,
An Act to incorporate the Murphy
j. Mills Manufacturing Company, in
the county of Cumberland,
j Ueual act of incorporation.
j The object of the Company is the manu
facturing of cotton, piper, floss, hemp, iron,
jlumber, leather, meal, flour and all other
i materials.
An act to provide for the collection
of taxes bT the State, and the sev-
1 eral counties of the State, on.prop
1 erty, polls and income. r -P
The above act is too long1 for a synop
sis to b given, compiising" twenty-nine
pages, so merely the caption is stated.
Resolution to provide additional aid .
. for the Enrolling Clerk. .
. Allows the Enrolling Clerk such aid as
;may be necessary to finish up the business
of his office by the close of , the session, al
I lowing tor such service three dollars per
:day. .
jAn act to incorporate the Cape Fear
Iron and Steel Company. -fr
j Usual act of incorporation. Capital
'stock to be two hundred thousand dollars.
I with liberty to increase the same to five
'million dollars.
An Act to construct a , Turnpike
! , Road from Marion, in the ;Connty
of McDowell, to Burnsville, t in
the County of Yancey. ;
? Grants She usual powers and privUeges,
of such corporations. . "
Reaolution in favor of Lewis Tickle.
Instructs tb Public treasurer to -pay
fourteen dollars and nineteen cents to dis ?
(charge of his ticket lor attendance as a
I witness in the late Impeachment Trial of
Gov. TV. W. Holden. , . . . ...
; An act to incorporate the town of
Whitakers, in the Counties of
I Nash and Edgecombe.
Usual act of incorporation.
iAn act to. incorporate Rocky Mount
. Usual act of incorporatioiu ?
An act io cHarter tJie . town of ;Dal-
j , - . . v ' ' .''. ".-
j Usual act of incorporation. . ; . , c
IAn act to incorporate Prospect
. Lodge No. 30, F: A. M., in the
i- - county ot 'Rowan." r
! Usual act of incorporation. ' : -
i An act to incorporate " The Dawson
. isanK.: ,4 j,4Vr. i,z. -Grants
the Usual privilege and powers
of banking corporations;. .
An act to1 iftcorporate thi& Fayette
j "ville 'Road SteameVmpany.
j "Gives' alf he' .rights; nd immunities
! wliich other corporations have ; also cer-,
itnin other powers for the accomplishment
of the olyect of said act. ,! "
Legal. Advertisement,
In pursuance of An Act of the General
Assembly, ratified the 23rd day of January,
1872, I have caused to be publishecl tne
following stifled copy of " An Act to alter
the Constitution of North Carolina.'.'
E. J. WARREN,
v v president of the Senate.
January 24, 1872. c- ' ;
AN ACT to alter the Constitution of
North Carolina, - i
Sec. 1. The General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact (three-fifths of all the
members of each House concurring), ;
That the Constitution of 'this - State be
altered as follows, to wit :
Amend section six, of the first article, by
striking out the first clause thereof, down
to and including the word "but;" this be
fog the clause relating to the State debt.
Amend section two of the second article
by striking out the word "annually," and
inserting in lieu thereof, the word "bienni
ally;" being in reference to the sessions
of the General Assembly. ,
Amend section five of the second article,
by striking out all that precedes the words,
"the said Senate districts," and by striking
out the phrase "as aforesaid or" in said sec
tion ; the parts so stricken out having ref
erence to the State census.
Add a new section to the second article
to be styled "section 30," and to read as
follows : "The members of the General As
sembly shall each receive three hundred
dollars as a compensation for their services
during their term, subject to such regula
tions in regard to time of payment and re
duction Tor nou-attenaance as may oe pre
sfribAd bv law: but thev may have an
additional allowance when they are called
together in special session, and mileage
snail DO ten cents per iniie ior eacu bcsbiuu.
Amend section one of the third article by
striking out the words "four years," w'lere
they occur first in said section, and mset
intr. in lieu thereof, the words "two years."
being in reference to the terms of executive
nffieprs.
Strike out the words "Superintendent of
Public Works," wherever they occur in
the Constitution, thus abolishing that office.
Amend section six of the third article, by
striking out the word "annually," and in
serting, in lieu thereof, the word "biennial
ly," so as to coniorm to tne provision re
s pec ting the sessions of the General Assem
bly. '
Strike out sections two and three, of the
fourth article, being the . provisions which
refer to the appointment and duties of the
Code Commissioners.
Alter section four of the fourth article, so
that said section shall read as follows :
"The judicial power, of the State shall be
vested in a Court for the trial of impeach
niflnts. a Sunreme Court. Superior Courts.
such inferior Courts as may be established
by law, and Courts of Justices of the Peace."
Alter section eight of the -fourth article,
so that said section shall read as follows :
"The Supreme Court shall consist of a Chief
Justice and two Associate J ustices ; Provi
ded; That this shall not apply to the justices
during, their present term of office, unless
by death,' resignation, or' otherwise, the
number of Associate Justices shall be re
duced to two." . .fi , . - , .
Alter section twelve of the fourth article
so that said section shall read as follows :
'The State shall be divided into nine judi
cial districts, for each of which a judge shall
be chosen ; and in each district a Superior
Court shall be held at least twue in each
"year, to continue for such time in each
county respectively as may be prescribed
by law. The General Assembly shall lay
off said districts in due time, so that the
said nine judges may be chosen and begin
their official term at the first general elec
tion for members of the General Assembly
which shall occur after the ratification of
this section." . The General Assembly may
reduce or increase the number of Districts
to take effect at the end of each judicial term.
Strike out section thirteen of the fourth
article, which fixes the present judical dis
tricts... ' ' 0 . I
Amend section fourteen of the fourth ar
ticle by striking out all after the word
"office," and inserting, in lieu of the part so
stricken out, the following: "The General
Assembly shall prescribe a proper system
of rotation for the judges of the Superior
Courts, so that no judge may ride the same
district twice in succession, and the judges
may also exchange districts with each other,
as may'be'provided by law." j
Strike out section fifteen of the fourth ar
ticle, and insert in lieu thereof, the follow
ing : i The General Assembly shall have no
power to deprive the judicial department of
any power or jurisdiction which rightfully
pertains to it as a co-ordinate department :
but the General Assembly shall allot and
distribute that portion of this power and ju
risdiction, which does not pertain to the
Supreme Court, among the other Courts
prescribed in this Constitution or which
may be established by law, in such manner
as it may deem best, provide also a proper
system of appeals, and regulate by Law
when necessary the methods of proceeding,
in the exercise of their powers, of all the
courts below the Supreme Court, so far as
the same may be done without conflict with
other provisions of this constitution." . j
Strike out sections" sixteen, seventeen,
nineteen, twenty-five and thirty-three of
the fourth article. ' !
Amend section twenty -six of the fourth
article by striking out all that part which
begins with, and follows the word "but" in
said section, and, in lieu of the part so
stricken out, inserting the following:
"The judicial officers and the clerks of
any courts which may be established by
law, shall be chosen by the vote of the quali
fied electors, and for such term as may be
prescribed by law. The voters of each pre
cinct, established as is elsewhere provided
for in this constitution," shall elect two jus
tices of the peace for such term as may be
fixed by law, whose jurisdiction shall extend
throughout their respective counties. . The
General Assembly may provide for the elec
tion of more than two justices of the peace
in th6se precincts which contain cities or
towns, or in which other : special reasons
render it expedient. The chief magistrates
of cities and incorporated towns shall have
the judicial powers of justices of the peace '
Amend section thirty of the fourth article
by striking out the word " townships " and
inserting, in lieu thereof the word ," pre
cincts ;" also in the las't sentence of the same
section, strike out the words " the commis
sioners of the eounty may appoint to such
office for the unexpired term," and in lieu
thereof insert "an appointment to fill suCli
vacancy for the unexpired term shall, be
made as may be prescribed by law." !
Amend sections one and seven of the fifth
article, by striking out the words " commis
sioners of the several counties" where they
occulta said sections, and in lieu thereof in
serting the words. " county authorities es
tablished and authorized by law." !
Strike out section four of the fifth article,
relating to taxation to pay the State debt and
interest. " I
Amend section six of the fifth article by
inserting after the word "instrument" in
said section the words ' or any other per
sonal property." . '
Insert the word " and ". before , the , word
" surveyor" in section one of the 7th article,
and strike out the words and five commis
sioners?' in said section ; also add to said sec
tion the following : V The , General Assem
bly shall provide for a system ot county
government for the Beveral counties of. the
State?'"; t." -. n-yr
Amend section two of the seventh article,
by striking out the .word commissioners ','
and in lieu thereof inserting the, words
" county authorities established and author
Ized by law ?' and in the same section strike'
out the words,," the Register of Deeds shall
be ex officio clerk of the board of commis
sioners." H " "' "- -; ' "!' '
Strike out section three of the seventh ar
ticle, and in lieu thereof insert the following:
" The county authorities established and.
authorized by law shall see that the respec
tive counties are divided into a suitable num
ber of su b-divisions, as convenient and com
pact in. shape as possible, and- marked out
by definite boundaries, which may .be. al
tered when necessary. Said sub-divisions
shall be known by the ' name of precincts.
They shall have no corporate powers The
township governments are abolished. The
boundaries of the precincts shall be the same
as those which heretofore defined the town
ships until they shall be altered." ' i
Strike out sections four, five, six; ten and
eleven of the seventh article, which relate to
rue townsnip pyryssi
A Vncn eonHsvna airh and nlneof the S6V
enth article, by striking out the words or
townships wnere tney occur iu &i op
tions, i ... . .
Mtm'iro nnf. caption three of the ninth arti
cle, and in lieu thereof insert the following:
"The General Assembly snau mane Bub
ble provision by law for the management
and regulation of the public schools, and tor
perfecting the system of free public instruc
tion." . . . . .
Strike out section five of the ninth arti
cle, and in lieu thereof, insert the following:
"The General Assembly shall have power
to 'provide for the election of Trustees cf
the University of North Carolina, in whom,
when chosten, shall be vested all the privi
leges, righto, franchises and endowments
heretofore in any wise granted to, or con
ferred upon, the Board of Trustees of said
University; and the General Assembly
may make su.h provisions, laws and reg
ulations, from time to time, as may be nec
essary and expedient, for the maintenance
and management of said University."
Strike out sections thirteen, fourteen and
fifteen of the ninth article, relating to the
University of North Carolina. Amend sec-?,
tion ten of the eleventh article by striking
out the words "at the charge of the State,
and in lieu thereof, insert the words "by the
State; and those who do not own property
over and above the homestead and personal
property exemption prescribed by this Con
stitution, or being minors, whose parents
do not own property over and above the
same, shall be cared for at the charge of the
State." v -
Alter section seven of the fourteenth ar
ticle so that said section shall read as fol
follows: "No person who shall hold any
office or place of trust or profit under the
United States, or any department thereof,
or under this State, or under any other
State or government, shall hold or exercise
any other office or place of trust or protit
under the authority of this State, or be eli
gible to a seat in either house of tho General
Assembly ; Provided, That nothing herein
contained shall extend to officers in . the
militia, Justices of tlie Peace, Commission
ers of Public Charities, : or Commissioners
for Special Purposes." - , ; '
Add another section to the fourteenth ar
ticle to be styled "section 8," and to read
as follows: " County officers, justices of
the peace and other officers whoso olfices
are abolished or changed in any way by tlie
alteration of the constitution, shall continue
to exercise their functions until any pro
visions necessary to be made by law in or
der to give full effect to the alterations, so
far as relates to said officers shall have been
Re-number the sections in tho.e articles
from which any section bas been stricken
without, the insertion of another in its
stead; and give to any new section that
number which by this method would have
been given to the section for which it is
substituted, and the alterations shall be em
bodied into the constitution, and the sever
al sections numbered consecutively.
Ratified the 19th day of January, A. D.,
1872. ..
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
Office of Secbetaky of State,
Raleigh, Jan. 22d, 1872.
I, Henry J. Menninger, Secretary of State,
hereby certify that the foregoing is a true
coov of the original act on file in this office.
- . , i Hi J. MENNINGER,
jan. 25. w6m. - Secretary of State.
w. T. ADAMS. 1
T. B. ADAMS.
W. T. ADAMS & SON,
Manufacturers and Dealers in
STEAM ENGINES,
SAW AND GRIST MILLS,
Ploics, Ilarroics, Cultivators, Hoisting
Machines,
and all kind of
CASTINGS.
All work neatly and promptly executed,
by skilful workmen, on the most reasonable
terms. !
The senior partner has had over 40 years
experience in the business, and feels justified
in saying that he can give entire satisfaction.
WANTED 100,000 pounds old Cast Iron,
for which the highest market price will be
paid, in cash or exchange for work.
Works one Square West of Court
Mouse.
, Raleigh, January 23, 1872. . 33 w3m.
TATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
Northampton County.
Superior Court. I
Andrew E. Peele, Plaintiff, Publicatkm in
John B. Odgoam,Defendant. J Attachment.
Notice is hereby given to the Defendant,
That the Plaintiff has commenced an action
against him by summons, and has also ob
tained a warrant of attachment, against the
defendants property, to recover 356.98, due
by two bonds, together ; with interest on
$284.42, from Pec. 16, 1871, till paid, and for
costs, and that said summons and warrants
of attachment, are returnable to the Spring
Term, 1872, of said Court, to be held in the
Court House, in Jackson, on the 20th day of
,May, 1872, and that the defendant shall then
and there appear and answer the complaint.'
- ; This notice shall be published once a week
for four successive weeks in The Carolina
Era, a newspaper published in Raleigh.
i Witness, Noah B. Odom, Clerk of said
Court, at office' in Jackson, under the seal
of said Court, this 16th Dec, A. D., 1871.
130 w6w. -N. R. ODOM, Clerk.
? : ' i
S" TATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, )
I Pitt County, j j
Ini Superior Court.
James A. Thigpen, adm'r. of McPortus,
1 against John Portns, Phoebe Portus,
i Win. H. Tytus and J. H. B. Tytus, heirs-
at-law, defendants. Petition to sell Land
i for the pavment of Debts.
It appearing to the Court, that Phoebe
Portus, Wm. H. Tytus and J. H. B. Tytus,
three of the defendants: in this case, are non
residents of this State: It is therefore order
ed that publication be made for six succes
sive weeks in The' Carolina Era, a news
paper published in the City of Raleigh,
notifying the said defendants of the filing of
this petition, and that! unless they appear
before the Clerk of the Superior Court of
said County, at his office in Greenville, in
six weeks from the date of this publication,
and plead, answer or; demur to the sjfia
petition, the same will be heard ex parte as
to them, and judgment grafted according to
the petition. j
1 Given under my hand and seal of said
Court, at office in Greenville, this January
2d, 1872. W. L. CHERRY, C. S. C.
? A. H. Mansfield, D. C. 31 w6w.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
, , , v Wake County.
, , . , - Magistrates Court. ,
R. F. Davidson Plaintiff, Summon9 ln
S. W. Whitiker, Defendant.) Attachment.
' Whebeas,' a Summons Issued for the
Defendant, S.i W. Whitaker, on the 13th
January, . 1872, and returned " not to be
found, and it appearing to the satisfaction
of the Court that the said Defendant, S. W.
Whitaker, is a non-resident of the State of
North Carolina,' it is therefor ordered that
publication be made for four weeks, Sum
moning the said S. W. . Whitaker, to appear
at my office in the City of Raleigh on or
before the 15th day ot Febuary, 1872, and
plead to the said complaint, which is an ac
count for work and: labor, amounting to
$196,or judgment final wilt be rendered
against the said Defendant, in accordance
with the said complaint, this the 13th day
of January, 1872.. , ; ,i v . f t
j 32 w4w. D. A. WICKER, J. P. ;
JOHN MASSEY is running a Saw Mill
at Carey. He will furnish all kinds of
Lumber at short notice.- Any order left at
this office will receive prompt attention. .
nuay 10, 1872 . f 31 w4w.
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