North Carolina Newspapers

1 1 . 1 " .. ' '" '- TV"" "a11"- "' "V1"" ' : "" - . . . From The Ashevillo Pioneer. SWEPSON'S ESCAPE. r Attorncj General Sliipp sible. Itespon- Liberty to Steal trillions and Return Six Cents in the Dollar. II HAD XI IK DAM MM; KECORD Thomas 1. CarterThe New Dein- ocratic Chief. To the Editor of Tlie Pioneer : Sir There appears in The Citizen of the 9th ult., an article from the pen of one T. D. Carter, continuing his attack on Mr. N. W. "Woodfin, in which ray official conduct is arraigned in the fol lowing terms, to wit: "Lusk, the prosecuting officer for this district, agreed, too, that it was better to take s.x cents in the dol lar not, however, until "after he re- turned from Raleigh, where it is said he met swepson. was this not, on Lusk's part, offering, officially, a . premium on stealing at the rate of ninety-four cents in the dollar? In other words, was it not giving offi clal sanction to Swepson's stealing op raliona? - If so, ana tusk can sustain any degree or respectaoiiiiy in this community, In the face of this fact, . then Lusk is entitled to all the credit of having given to the stealing busi ness a kind of respectability which it never had before in this or any other country ; that is, if Lusk's official sanc tion can make this business at all re 'spoctable. If a man am steal four or five million dollars in this -district and escape punishment by returning about six cents in the dollar; he will get rich, provided Virgil is reasonable. That swepson aid escape punishment by paying about six cents in the dol lar, on several millions, is now a mat ter of record in Buncombe Court ;" t wero perfected. The business wa3 taken entirely out of my hands, and I was never even consulted by the Attorney General or any one else until it was all over. The paper was brought back to Buncombe Court and an entry made upon the record according to the com promise, and although l was sick and not in Court when the record dismissing the indictments was made, had Lbeen there I should have regarded myself as instructed by the Attorney General to do what was done. I The following document explains itself, and needs no comment by me. It is that which authorized the action of the Superior Court of Buncombe county with regard to the dismissal of the indictments against Swepson. It may be proper here for me to state that Swepson has violated almost every stipulation of the agreement made for him, and in conseqnence thereof, at the last term of the Court for this county 1 had another bill found against him and a capias is now issued against hin ; and as Mr. Carter knows so much about the matter, I hope he will be kirfd enough to furnish the State with the irapor tant evidence in his possession which he promised before, but which fr rea sons best known to himself he refused or neglected to furnish. V. S. LI BK. The-purpose .of the allegations and insinuations contained in the above is to saddle upon me the responsibility of the compromise of the indictments against George W. Swepson. There is not the slightest foundation in truth for any such charge, as I will proceed to show by the statement of a few facts and the exhibition of incontrovertible documentary evidence. I will state in this connection that I have no earthly objection to a true ex- mortgage executed by said G. V. Swep- i t aa a it! I . i i X.. -v i -t l r? i NORTH CAROLINA, City of Raleigh. Robert R. Swepson and Rums Y. McAden agree to pay the Western Di vision of the . Western North Carolina Railroad Company, sixty thousand dollars sw.uou cash, forty-six tnou sand dollars ($46,000) at the end of four months, and twenty-eight thousand dollars ($28,000 at the end of six nionths from the 1st day of May, 1871, for which the Western Division of the Western North Carolina Railroad Com pany agrees to transfer to the said Swepson and McAden a note on George W. Swepson for One Hundred Thou sand Dollars due the said Railroad Company, and now in suit in (Wake Superior Court. Also, a claim on the said Geo. W. Swepson for ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for error in addition in accounts of said Swepson with said company, and also a claim for eighteen thousand dollars, ($18,000) against said G. W. Swepson, known as the 'fllunt Claim," ami the said Robert R. Swep son and R. Y. McAden agree! and hereby bind themselves, before the ex piration of six months from thej 1st of May, 1871, to remove a lieu for'about thirty-eight thousand dollars, ($38,000) on the land mortgaged by said G. W. Swepson to secure a debt of ona hun dred and sixty-four thousand dollars, , due said company, which lien i in fa vor of the Minor's and Planter's Sank. It is understood, and agreed, tliat the said land shall not be sold under the iose ot me wnoie matter; but this is just tlie thing Carter is trying to pre vent. He knows too well upon whose head the blow will fall, and that some of his bosom friends will be the vic tims; hence his digression from the attack uion Mr. Woodfin to assail me, thinking thereby to divert the public mind from the true source of responsi bility in the matter and attach the blame to me. But this strategy will not succeed. He will find that I am not to be deterred by his bragadocio threat to write a book ; hope he will do so, and in order to assist him in that enterprise, I call his special atten tion to the document exhibited at the son and his wife to IN. W. Woodfin and R. W. Pulliam, until the expiration of six months from May the 1st, 1871, and that the terms of sale shall be on$ third cash, and the remainder of the purchase money payable six months from the day of sale. This contract is not to be construed to release any civil liabilities of said Geo. W. Swepson to said com- the matters above J pany, except as to stated. Executed April 22d, 1871. It. Y. McAdi is. (Signed) R. R. SwErsdx. ' By R.YMcAdiJn. We recommend the acceptance of the conclusion of this communication, and above proposal of Messrs. R.-KJSwep request that it constitute one pajre of that book. It must be observable that the author of the communication re ferred to has gone out of his way to tick a quarrel with me, and since it is ns will to provoke a reply, he cannot complain of the consequences to him self and friends. hoso di pit," says the wise man, lisrgeth a "shall fall a stone, it therein, and he that rolkth shall return upon him." But lefore proceeding to vindicate i myself from the insinuations contained J in the foregoing extract, it is worth .while to enquire who this Mr. T..D. j farter is, who, like Jonah's gourd, in j a single night has grown to such pro-. J f tort ions ; who has advanced to the i front of the Democratic ranks, seized ' their standard and become their leader. ! Is he the same Carter who, while the ! war was going on, to avoid conscrip- ! son antl R. Y. McAden by the Western Division of the Western North Caro lina Railroad Company, and (hat on compliance therewith and payment of said sums of money, the j said criminal prosecutions pending against said Geo. W. Swepson, for matters connected with his management of said Railroad Company, shall be dismissed, and that no further prosecutions shall be insti tuted against him on account of his said management, or in any way connected with the same. April 22d, 1871. (Signed) W. M. Siiipp, Wm. H. Batti.k fc Sons, JAS. B. HATCH ELO id Approved: (Signed) W. W. Rollins, Pres't W. D. W. N. C. RJ R. Co. Asiieville, N. C, April 2U,!1871. V "k onrvnpAc?i in anil rnrmncf r f f Ka u,nL'Yclulncd .ut Board of Directors of the W. Dj W. N. GRANT. . ill's 'Acceptance of the Pliiladcl phia Nomination. - On the 10th, the President and- Vice Presidents of the Convention called at the- Executive Mansion and presented to the President the following official notification of his nomination, to which he replied immediately, in the letter printed below; " Washington, D. C", " - T - June 10, 1872. lo the President : ! Sir: In pursuance of our instruc tions, we, the undersigned, President and Vice Presidents of the National Republican Convention held in Phila delphia on the 5th and 6th instants, have the honor to inform you of your nomination' for re-election to the office of President of the United States. As it is impossible to give an ade quate idea of the enthusiasm which Erevailed, or the unanimity which ailed you4 the choice of the people, we can only add that you received the entire vote of every S ate and Territo ry. ( i-;; . Regarding your re-election as neces sary to the peace and continued pros perity of the country, we ask your ac ceptance of the nomination. ' Thomas Settle, President National Republican Convention. j VICE presidents. Paul Strobach, Ala. Klisha Baxter, Ark. 0. A. Sargent, Cal. Sabin L. Sage, Conn. Isaac Jump, Del. Benjamin Conley, Ga." Emory A. Storrs, 111. Gen. Sol. D. Meridith, Ind. ;W. H. Serves, Iowa. John C. Carpenter, Kan. It: M, Kellv, Ky. Lewis. Frazier, La. P. F. Rohey, Me. Thomas Kelso, Md. ' A. II. Rice, Mass. Eber B. Ward, Mich. C. T. Benedict, Minn. . R. W. Flannerey, Miss. J. F. Benjamin, Mo. John S. Bowen, Neb. Win. II. Y. Hackett, N. II. Douglass S. Gregory, N.J. II. B. Claflin, N. Y. - Edward Cant well, N.-C. Jacob C. Muehler, Ohio. John F. Booth, Oregon. H. W. Oliver, Penn. A. E. Burnside, R. I. . A. J. Ransier, S. C. Wm . II. Wisner, Ten n . A. B. Norton, Texas. J. Fairbanks, Vt. " Charles J. Malord, Va. X'harles Hooten, W. Va. Gen. Lucien Fairchild, Wis. Dennis Egan, Fla. George M. Chilcott, Col. .John F. Cook, D. C. John R. McBride, Idaho. John W. Donnellon, Wyoming. J. F. Hollister, Utah. F. Breeden, New Mex. L. ;'B. Church, Montana. Executive Mansion, Washington, D. C, June 10, 1872. Hon TJiomas Settle, President National Itejniblican Convention ; Paul Stro bach, EUsha Baxter, C. A. Sargent anil others, Vice-Presidents: : Gentlemen: Your letter of this date,! advising me of the action of the Convention held in Philadelphia, Pa., on the 5th and Cth of this month, and of my unanimous nomination for the Presidency by it,is received. I I accept the nomination, and through your, return niy heartfelt thanks to your cpnstituents for this mark of their confidence and support. j If elected in November and protected by a; kind Providence in health and strength to perform the duties of the high trust conferred, I promise the same zeal and devotion to the good of the whole people for the future of my official life, as shown in the past. i-asc experience may grume me in avoiding mistakes inevitable with no vices in all professions and in all occu pations. ; When relieved from the responsibili ties ol my present trust, by the election of successor, whether it be at the end "of this term or the next. I hope to leave to him, as Executive, a country atlpeace within .its own borders, at a . I!..." ' I - ,. ... DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR , , i Should be taken for diseases of the Urinary Organs. DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR Should betaken for all Throat and Lung Ailments. Legal Advertisement. DR. 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DR CROOK'S WINE OF TAR j Has proved itself in thousands of cases capable of curing all diseases of the j .Throat and Lungs. : , j : DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR CJTATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, -r. ' , Treasury Depaktment, i n,, KrteigK April 2d, 1872. . The following act is published for the in formation of the holders of bonds of the State of North Carolina. - undePiffped, in compliance with the requirements of the a. f hpw posals to be forwarded to his Veparent on or before the 10th day of October, 1872, for an exchange of the stocks of this State in tllZ '?ailJ?a4 Pany, or other corpora tion, for the bonds of the State. Said pro posals must be sealed and endorsed " Pro posals for Exchange of State Stocks.' ' It is deemed unnppsajTO- n oof v-i. k details of exchange, as the act is explanatory xf iteelf. ; j; D. A JENKINS, estate iTeasurer. W. M. SHIPP, Attorney General. AN ACT for Exchanging the Stocks of the State for Bonds tcith which such Stocks I were obtained and for other purposes. Sec. 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: That the Public Treas urer and Attorney General shall advertise for six months in such newspapers as they may select, and invite proposals for an ex change of the Stocks held by the State in any Kailroad or other corporation, for the honds by which the State acquired such stocks ; or any other bonds of the State rnot special tax) where the stock is not specially pledged for the redemption of bonds issued to such corporation: such bids shall be opened on a day appointed, and those terms be accepted which may be most advantage ous for the State ; Provided, That in no event dollars as a compensation for their services shall any of the said, stocks be exchanged, during their term, subject to such regula- tions in regard to time 01 payment anu re duction for non-attendance as may be pre scribed bv law: but thev may have an additional allowance when they are called .-a 21 - 1 T : 1, I a m. nf the General Ail puisuauco wi j-t-- - a -nftAA hasird dav of January, 1872. I have caused to be pubhshed the following certified copy of " An Act to alter the Constitution of North uaroiiu-. E. J. WAHK- President of the Senate, January 24, 1872. j ; A 1ST -ACT to alter the Constitution of TSTnrfh Hnrnlina. ! o, rnv. nAnorai a ssAmblv of -North CaroUna do enact (three-fifths or au nipmhprsi nf psich House concurring;, That the Constitution ; or Amend section six, of the first article, by strikinsr out tne first clause wierwi. to and including the Jord "but ;" ,tnis ; . v. Ainn ir.iir.r tn tha State aeou Amend section two of the second article wnr-rt annually, ana inserting in lieu thereof, the word bienni ally ;" being in reference to the session! -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; tne parts so stricken uut xxam& orcrnfa trt tho Stat PPTIS11S. I Adrl n. now sfintion to the second article to be styled "section. 30,". and to read as follows: "The members of the General As semblv shall each receive three hundred the this State be for less than their par value, or for less than three bonds of same nominal value, issued in aid of Chatham . Railroad,' January 1st, 1863 : and provided further. No stock m the North Carolina Railroad sha 11 be exchanged, unless in the earner olTter;it Is'proposea to take twenty shares of stock in the North Carolina Railroad, ten shares in the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, and twenty shares in the "Western North Carolina Rail road Company (Eastern Division,) and to ay tneretor two bonds of one tnousand dol ars each of the State, issued to the North Carolina Railroad under acts of 1848-'49, chapter eighty-two, or 1854-'55, chapter thirty-two, one bond of one thousand dol lars, issued to the Atlantic and North Car olina Railroad, under acts 1854-'55, chapter two hundred and thirty-two. or acts of 1856. chanter seventv-four and seventv-six. and two bonds of one thousand, dollars, is sued to the Western North Carolina Rail road (Eastern Division,) acts of 1866-'67, chapter one hundred and six or in the aforesaid proportion. - . j ' Sec. 2. That any Railroad or other cor poration, which has heretofore received bonds of the State in exchange for bonds of said corporation or person holding such State bonds, shall be entitled to a surrender of a bond of such corporation, upon the re turn to the Treasury of any State bond of equal amount, issued under the acts of the General Assembly or Orainances of the together in special session. and -KuleacQ-l Amend section one of the third article by striking out the words "four years," wvaere they occur first in said section, and insert ing, in lieu thereof, the words "two years," being in reference to the terms of executi ve officers. ! M 0 Strike out the words "Superintendent of Public Works," wherever they occur in the Constitution, thus abolishing that ofllce. 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 conform to the provision re specting the sessions of the General Assem- Strike out sections two ana tnree oi tne fourth article, being the provisions which refer to the appointment and duties of the Code Commissioners. ! ' -j Alter section four of the fourth ar&cle, so that said section shall read as follows : "The judicial power of the State shall be vested in a Court for tho trial of impeach ments, a Supreme Court, Superior Courts, such inferior Courts as may be established by law, and Courts of Justices of thePeace." Alter section eight of the fourth article, so that said section- shall read as follows : Convention, authorizing such exchange, "The Supreme Court shall consist of a Chief regulator of the Liver. DR. CROOK'S WIKE OF TAR Should be taken to strengthen and build up your system. DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR Makes Delicate Females, who are never feeling well, Strong and llealthy. DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR Will preven t Malarious Fevers, and braces up the System . DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR Is the very remedy for the Weak and Debilitated. - , DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR Will cure your Dyspepsia or Indigestion. I tion, skulked into a little iron furnace in Mitchell al)out three good-sized horse-shoe nails a week ? la he the same Carter who. when the war was over. nnuinjr Gen. Robert F. Hoke, a gallant Confederate officer, in the city of New York, had hira arrested upon a false charge of - conspiracy, and had him, in default of bail, crammed into a common jail among thieves and felons? Is he the same Carter who recently, before the Senatorial election, charged Gen. M. W. Ransom, our present United States Senator, with acting as Swepsons cor runt pimp to offer Mr. Woodfin a bribe? And isn't he the same Carter! whom Gen. Ransom forced, at the peril i of the loss of hi3 ears, to admit that all ' - such accusations were false and that he had lied on Ransom? Isn't lie the: same Carter who has charged Judjre! Merrimon over and over again with j being Swepson's corrupt, confidential j agent to plan and promote all his ! fraudulent schemes ? Hasn't he made j the same charges time and again against Gen. Clingman ? This T. D.4 TTarTer "iJ-the same Carter who, but a few short months ago, was as conspicu- ; ous a libeller and lampooner of the gen-- tiemen x nave just nameu, as ne is now a notorious culminator of Mr. Woodfin and myself. Until he makes good his charges against these gentlemen, the public will consider him unworthy 'of notice in any community that regards private character as of more " worth than the foul breath of a lying black . guard. Now, as to my connection with the of their support writers in most Swenson compromise : At the time the 0115055 formerly were Democrats .and C. R. R. Co., the undersigned Com missioners, will accept the terms of compromise offered by R. K. Swepson R. . McAden for" Geo. W. Svepson; which is recommended by jV. M. Shipp, Attorney General, Judge Battle and Sons, and Jas. B. Batchelor, At torneys for said Railroad, provided the same is promptly and faithfully jcarried out. and that the mortfrasred lands be absolutely released from all payments in favor of the Minor's and Planter's ! Bank, or its officers, and that the trans-1! i ier oi me ciuims snail oe wiinout re- s course, anu, provnieu iurtner, mat tne ! interest on the hundred thousand dol j lars bill, or claim, be paid up to the I time of its liquidation. But for reasons j satisfactory to the undersigned j N. W. i Woodfin, he will express no opinion or 1 make any request in regard tqthein dictment in Madison county. , (Signel,) J. L. Henuy,1 N. W. WOODFIN, , W. G. Candler, W..W. Rollins, Corn's W; D. W. NVC. R. R. Co. The lrospect Ilrierhteiis. Mr. Furches returned to his homo in this place, last Tuesday. W learn from him the most encouraging pros lects thus far in the canvass. He is receiving many letters from gentlemen in various portions of the District who never before voted the Republican iicKer, assuring him and influence, These peace with outsiae nations, with 'credit At' home and abroad, and with out embarrassing questions to threaten its' future nrospcritv. I With the expression of a desire to see a speedy healing of all bitterness of feeling between sections, parties, or races of citizens, and the time when the title of citizen carries with it all the Erptection and privileges tothehum leSt that it does to the most exalted, I subscribe myself, very respectfully, your obedient servant, ! j ' . U. S. Grant. Proposals for Wood. matter was first spoken of, I was not and all are men of standing j . shcville, which was the headquar- am high'respectability, engagecj in the t ; s, who ! various pursuits oi me. They know HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, OfVKK Chief Quartermaster, . Jjonisvillc, Kentucky, May 14, 1872. Stialetl Proposals, in triplicate, under the usual conditions heretofore published, will be! received at this office, and also at the olrtces of the U. S. Quartermasters, at the several posts named below, until 12 o'clock, M, Wednesday, the 2Gth day of June, 1872, for '.furnishing Merchantable Hard Wood, irom the 1st of July, 1872, to the 30th of jJune1873, at the following military posts in the Department of the South: II Atlanta, Ua., Aujruta, Qa,,t ! : Crab Orchard, Ky., : . - Chattanooga, Tenn., U.Columbia, S. C.,. f Chester, S. C, ! Cliarlotte, X. C, Elizabethtown, Ky. Frank fort, Kv., . Fort. Pulaski," Ga., f 1 Fort Macon, N. C, ! ?- Newport Barracks, Ky. ; j Nashville, Tenn., ; ; ij Newberry, S. C, j ?ij Opelika, Ala., ; Paducah, Ky., T II C 1 . X ' g A. ters of most of the contnictors. were interestetl in effect inir the com iromise and getting their monev. but i and capable man and that is the kind as soon as I couui ie reiiched, iwas'01 man mey aesire to represent the Mr. Furches to be an upright, ihonest befifigeil with importunities to airree District in Congress. Mr. F. to it, representations being made to j wordy politician, but a matter me that unless some such arrangement j could be effected, the contractors and j hundreds of Jaboring nu n, mechanics, merchants,-and farmers, throughout! the country would be hopelessly ruined. I These jetitions were very hard to resist, but I declined to take any res ponsibility in the matter, and I sup-' pose, at least I learned afterward, that ' the whole matter was remitted to the ' Attorney Genera! of the State. Judcre a m w . ' nipp. l naci enieiva upon the prose cution of SveiKoii in good faith, for the purpose of punishing him for his is no i of fact ! and working man a man who, never i yet was known in his professional and ? private obligations to disappoint in a i promise made, by any act of neglect of his own. Such a man, the people can repose confidence in and entrust with ; 5 Italeigh, N. C, h Fort Jolmston, N. C, !J Humboldt, Tenn., s Jllnntsville, Ala., i Louisville, Ky., llbanonKy., ' . Lancaster, Ky., ij Lexington, Ivy., 1Lincolnton, X. C., i 4l Mobile; Ala., . Mount Sterling, Ky., 1 Mount Amnion, Ala., iftShelbvville. Kr.. ' J.Savannah, Ga., - their welfare, it. S'atesville and sleep sound Amertcxm. y over recent- 700 cords 100 " 200 " 400 " 800 " 200 " 20J " 400 " 400 " 750 " 450 " 700 " (00 " 200 " 200 " 200 't 200 " 400 44 200 44 200 ' 200 44 300 44 300 44 200 44 200 44 200 44 350 44 200 44 100 44 - 200 41 200." f00 44 500 44 200 44 200 44 450 44 DR. 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CROOK'S COMPOUND - SYRUP OF POKE ROOT Builds up Constitutions broken down from I Mineral or Mercurial Poisons ? ana upon a return oi au Doncis issuea un der any particular act or ordinance, the cor poration shall De entitled, to a cancellation and'surrender of any mortgage executed to the State for securing payment of such cor poration bonds, or State bonds ; coupons on said bonds may be exchanged in like man ner and cut on and retained on either side to make equality. Sec. 3. To facilitate the exchange proposed in this act, the State does hereby relinquish all claim for stock in the Western Railroad above one million one hundred thousand dollars, and surrenders to the said Company two hundred and twenty-five thousand dol lars coupons now in State Treasury with held on a former exchange of Company bonds for stock in said Railroad ; and also the State doe3 hereby relinquish all claims to stock in said company above six hundred thousand dollars upon the return to the Treasury of the five hundred thousand dol lars of Wilmington, Charlotte and Ruther ford company bonds, and coupons hereto fore issued to said YVestern Railroad com pany ; Provided, That any person acquiring a share of State stock in said corporation, shall be entitled to all rights and privileges with the private stockholders in roting, and in the election of the directors whose num ber shall be determined by the stockholders of said company. The State also relinquish es all claim to stock in the Western North Carolina Railroad above four millions of dollars. Sec. 4. That as soon as the proportion of sharesrof stock for which the State appoints one director in any corporation, is exchang ed, the right of the State to appoint such director shall cease and determine, and one director to be selected by lot shall be de ducted from the number appointed on the part of the State ; and upon acceptance of this act by any corporation and such guar antees given for its fulfillment as shall be deemed sufficient by the Treasurer and Attorney General, all further rights to rep resentation by the State either by directors or proxy, shall cease and determine. "Sec. 5. That as soon as maybe practica ble, the Public Treasurer shall receive the bonds offered in exchange, and in the pres ence of the Auditor and Attorney General. shall cancel the same. It shall also be his duty to transfer the stocks and execute such conveyances of the other interest hereinbe fore mentioned as shall be deemed necessa ry, such conveyance to be in a foiin ap proved by the Attorney General. Sec. G. It shall be the duty of tlie Auditor to make a minute of what shall be done by the Treasurer in the premises, and to make therefrom such entries in the books of his office as may secure a just accountability on the part of the Treasurer- because of the transaction hereinbefore mentioned. Sec. 7. The Pablic Treasurer shall make special reports upon the subject of this act to the General Assembly at every session. Sec. 8. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Ratified the 1st dav of February, A. D., 1872. i 44 wtd. AN T-PROOF PROVISION SAFES. DR. CROOK'S COMPOUND I SYRUP OF POAE ROOT Should bo taken by all requiring a remedy I to make pure, blood. DR. CROOK'S COMPOUND j SYRUP OF POKE ROOTi. Cures Rheamatlsm and Pains in Limbs, Bones, fec. Democratic deserters who but- ly proclaimed themselves as Greeley Radicals, have already commenced to abuse gentlemen who will not desert as t!uv !mvo dmm and follow the tnick crimes, anu una not think that private ; they have made. Out upon such bas tard SDCcirnons of Democratic faith. Charlotte Bulletin, I)em. interests ought to intervene to suspend the operation of the law. After many j earnest solicitations 1 went to Raleigh I with the President of the road. While fit RfllfM'rli T rfilr n it cm crcrrxAt irtria f r i anybody, and knew nothing of the Carolina the benefit of tho Homestead? lermsoi ine arrangement until they tiov. i. aniweji ami ins menu Who gave the poor man of North Augustine, Fla., i Spartanbunrh, S. C. (ji Sumter,' S. C, : ii Union ville, S. C, if Yorkville, S. C, The above are tho estimated quantities that will lie required fct each post, according tQ;ho present distribution of troops, but thtf Government reserves the right to in orcise or diminish the same at any time during tlie continuance of the contract. - ; Contracts will be awarded to the .lowest responsible' bidder for each post. ' ijjlunk proposals, and any additional in forjjnatton can be had in person, or by letter, on implication to the undersisrned. . i. 'JAMES A. EKIN, . ; Deputy Quartermaster General, U. S. A.,! j Chief Quartermaster, Dep't. of the South. :-.jpnei:, lS7i; j -i-Ht. DR. CROOK'S COMPOUND ! SYRUP OF POKE ROOT; Removes Pimples, Blotches, and beautifies the Complexion; .-I " ' ' r- -i DR. CROOK'S COMPOUND : j SYRUP OF POKE ROOT; , Is the be5t Alterative or Blood Purifier made. DR. CROOK'S COMPOUND" ! SYRUP OF POKE ROOT; ! Curta Scrofula, f Scrofulous Diseases of the Eyes' or Scrofula in any forml DR. CROOK'S COMPOUND' "V! SYRUP OF POKE ROOT; i Cures all diseases depending on a depraved corditiori of the blood; DR. CROOK'S COMPOUND SYRUP OF POKE ROOT; Cures Scald Head, Bait linen m, Tetter; A new article, made light and airy, cover ed with fine woven painted wire, and are entirely secured from the encroachment of au insects, creeping or jiyxng. xney are convenient to ship, being nested together, three in a nest. Three sizes. . ! ' , No. 1, Stained and Varnished, 6 50 J No. 2, " " 8 00 No. 3, " ' " , 9 50 ' Grained Oak or Walnut, 50 cents extra on - each. : ' ; v v.,-". Also, LARGE SAFES, with deep Drawers for Bread and Cake ; lined with tin : draw ers lock. Two sizes, both large. No. 2, with Drawers $13, Stained and Varn. No. 3, " 15, " " Grained Oak or Walnut, 50 cents extra each. NB. LARGE SAFES or Miik Houses Can be taken apart and shipped in a small package. ' PURE SPARKLING WATER! E. S. Fabson's New Patent Water Filter and Pukifier, is the only practical Filter in use. They are made to fit in all sizes of Water Coolers. - Persons having a Cooler, have only to bring or send the inside diameter of the Cooler and get a Filter to fit at a trifling cost. Those not having Coolers can be supplied with Porcelain lined or Galvanized Coolers, of any size of our own marrufacture, at as low prices as elsewhere and a Filter to fit. ' These Filters entirely remove all impurities and foul odors from water in passing through them, i Liberal Discount to Dealers. E. S. FARSON, No. 209 Pear St., Philadelphia, Pa. May 16, 1872. 51 w3m. ' Justice and two Associate Justices: -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." . I ' 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 i district a Superior Court shall be held at least twice in each year, to continue for such time in each county respectively as i may be prescribed byaw. ! The General Assembly shall lay off said districts in due time, j 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. 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 iudges may also exchange districts with each other, J as may be provided by law." ! Strike out section fifteen of the fourth ar- i tide, and insert in lieu thereof, the follow ing : The General Assembly shall have no power to deprive the judicial department of any power or jurisdiction which rightfully Eertains to it as a co-ordinate department ; ut 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 i 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 Twmflict with other provisions of this constitution." Strike out sections sixteen seventeen, nineteen, twenty-five and thirty-three of the fourth article. Amend section twenty-six of the fourt article by striking out all that part whic 1 '11. J l1. 11 A 1 t Aim oegms wiin, anu ioiiows me wora "uut ill said section, and, in lieu of the part s stricken out, inserting the following: j "The judicial officers and the clerks ojf any courts which may be established bv 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 shallextend throughout their respective counties. The General Assembly may provide for the elec tion of more than two justices of the peace in those precincts which contain cities or A - 1 . IB a. towns, or in wnicn otner 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 put the word- " townships" and inserting, in lieu thereof, the word " pre cincts j'lso in the last sentence of the same section, strike out the words " the commis sioners of the county may appoint to such ofllce for the unexpired term," and in ; lieu thereof insert " an appointment to" fill such vacancy for the unexpired term shall le made as may be prescribed by law." Amena sections one anu seven of the fifth Amend boctions eight and niueof tlie he -enthrticle, by striking out the words " or townships " where they occur in said . sci tions. . . Strike out section threo of the ninth arti cle, and in lieu thereof insert thefollowjni" "The General Assembly shall - make .suita ble provision by law for the management and regulation of the public schools, and for. perfecting tho system of free public instruc tion." Strike out section live of the ninth arti cle, and in lieu thereof, Insert tho following "The General Assembly shall have jKiwer to provide for the election of Trustees of the University of North Carolina, in whom when chosen, shall be vested nil the privi' leges, rights, franchises and endowment heretofore in any wise granted to, or con ferred upon, the Board of Trustees of said University; and tho General Assembly.! may make such provisions, laws and reg ulations, from time to time, as . jay bo nec essary and expedient, for tho Jaintcnanct and management of said University." Striko out sections thirteen, fourteen and fifteen of the ninth article, relating to the University f;t North Carolina. Amend sec tion ten i Um oleveu!h article by striking ' out the words "nt tlie charge of tlie State," and in lieu therc if, insert I ho words by the State; and those w ho do not own property over and above the homestead and personal property exemption prescribed by this Con stitution, or being minors, whose parent . do not own property over and above tho same, shall be cared for at tho charge of the State." Alter section seven of the fourteenth ar- tide so that said section shall read as j 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 profit under the authority of this State.! or be eli- siblAin a seat in either bouse of tho General Assemhly; PioviiUd, That nothing herein contained shall extend to officers in: the militia, Justices of tho Teace, Commission ers of Public Charities, or Commissioners lor special Purposes." j Ada another section to the lourteenth ar ticle to be st vied "section 8." and to read aW follows : " County officers, justices of tlie peace and other officers whoso offices are abolished or changed in any way by tho alteration of the constitution, snail continue . to exercise their functions until any pro visions necessary to bo made by law in or der to give lull effect to tho alterations. . so far as relates to said officers shall have boon made." p. I Re-number the sections In those articles from which any section has been stricken without the insertion of another in its stead; and give to any .new section that number which by this method would havo been given to the section for which it is substituted, nd the alterations shall ho em bodied into the constitution, and the sever al sections numbered consecutively, j Ratified the 19th day mi January, A. D.-, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA", Office of Secretary of State, ' Italeigh, Jan. 22tZ, 1872. I, Henry J. Monninger, Secretary of State, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original act on file in this ofllce. II. J. MENNINGER, jan.. 25. w6m. Secretary of State. Wilmington North Carolina LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. OFFICERS: ROBERT II. COWAN, .K)HN W. ATKINSON, F. II. CAMERON, hit. E. A. ANDERSON, President. ! . Vice President. Secretary. ! Medical "Direc'r DIRECTORS : j J W Atkinson, General Insurance Agent 1 11 Granger, President of tho Bank of .New Hanover. FW Kerchner, Grocer and Commission Merchant. C M Stedman, of Wright and Stednjn.fi. T II McKoy, of W A Whitehead Co.. Fayetteville. R II Cowan, President. II B Filers, Commission Merchant. A A Willard, of Willard Brothers. W A Cu mining, of Northrop fe Cum mi ng. G W Williams, of Williams cfeMurchison. Eli Murray, of E Murray fe Co. A J DeRossett, of DeRossett fe Co. Robert Ilenning, of Dawson, Teel A Hon- -ning.' Alex Sprunt, British .Vice-Consul, of Sprunt and Ilinson. P Murphy, Attorney at Law. J D Williams, of J D Williams it Co., Fayetteville. Jas C McRae, Att'y at Law, Fayetteville I B Kedy, Merchant, Kenansviilo. J T Pope, Merchant, Lumberton. DR. CROOK S COMPOUND t I SYRUP OF POKE ROOT. Cures old Sores, Boils or Ulcersl ia&.: CA JV VASSEJIS WA NTE D For " Our! Own ITireside." An Illustrated Paper, 1G pages, published Monthly. Subscription price, $1.50. , Every Subscriber receives a Valuable Chromo,! A Fruit Piece, which sells for $5. Send 2 cent Stamp for. Sample and Prdhiium List. 4- Addre-ss W. E. GUMP, Publisher, i .Dayton, Ohio. fBtSXJH THE Ti0Zm .-Bew Yoik Office, 27 BEEZMAH ST. ; January 20, 1872. ! 50 6m article, by striking out the words "commis sioners of the several counties" where they occur in said sections, and in lieu thereof in serting the words,' "county authorities es tablished and authorized by law." Strike out section four of jthe fifth article relating to taxation to pay the State debt and interest. p 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 tine 7th article, and strike out the words " and five commis sioners" in said section ; also add to said sec- j tion the following : " The General Assem bly shall proVide for a I system! of county government for the several counties of the State." . -.---- i Amend section two of the seventli article, by striking out the word " commissioners " and in .lieu thereof inserting i the words " county authorities established and author ized by law ;" and in the same section strike out the words, "the Register of i Deeds shall be ex officio clerk of the board of commis sioners. j' , Strike out section three of tho seventh nr ticle, and in lieu thereof insert the following: "The county, authorities established and authorized by law shall see that the respec tivecounties are divided into a suitable num ber of sub-divisions, as convenient and com- Eact in shape aa possible, and marked out y definite boundaries, which may be al tered when necessary. Said sub-divisions shall be known by the name of precincts. They sliall have no corporate powers. The township governments are abolished. The boundaries of the precincts shall be the same ! SPECIAL FEATURES AJNI: ADVANTAGES. l;t. No restriction on Residence or Travel. 2. No extra charge on the lives of Females. 3. Policies Incontestable after Five Years. 4. The Rates of Interest on the Funds of the Company higher than those on the Funds of Companies located in other States, thus insuring largor Dividends to Policy Holders. . 5. The li rectors and Officers of tho Com pany are prominent NORTH CAROLI NIANS, who are KNOWN to be men of INTEGRITY and WORTH. JS. The Company is established on a solid and permanent basis, steps haying- leeii taken to increase the j CAPITAL STOCK OF $o6o,(K)0. 7. ALL THE FUNDS OF THE COM PANY ARE INVESTED IN THIS STATE AND CIRCULATED AMONG OUR OWN PEOPLE. This fact should commend tho Company, above all others, to North Caro linians. It is well known that hundreds of thousands of dollars in Life Premiums are annually . sent North to enrich Northern Capitalists, thus continually draining our people of Immense amounts which should be kept at home. On this ground the friends of this Company confidently appeal to every son of the Old North State, and ask their support for this j HOME INSTITUTION, which, while' it offers substantially all the advantages of Northern Companies, help t build up HOME INSTITUTIONS. AGENTS WANTED in every county in the State, with whom the most liberal terms will he made. Apply to I JAMES D. BROOKS, General Supervising Agent, I or, THEO. If. HILL, Local Agent, , apr 24 w6ni. 1 Raleigh, N. C. ; WANTED AGENTS ! s ?100 to $250 per month, everywhere, male and female, to introduce the Latest improv ed, most Simple and perfect i Shuttle Sewing Machine ever invented. We challenge tho world to ' compete with it. Price only $18.00, and I fully warranted for five yearsf making the elastic Lock stitch, alike on ixun sides. . The same as all the high priced shuttle ma chines . . j Also, the celebrated and latest improved . COMMON SENSE j FAMILY SEWING MACHINE. Price only f 15.00, and fully warranted for five years. These machines will Stitch, Hem, Fell, Tuck, Quilt, Cord, Bind, Braid and Embroider In a most superior manner. And are warranted to do all work that can us muse vuiun uereioiore aenneil the town- ;-"e uone on any nign pneea. machine in the ships until they shall be altered." J world. For circulars and terms, address S. Strike out sections four, five, six, ten and WYNKOOP A CO., 2054 Ridge Avenue, IV eleven of the seventh article, which relate to i O. Box 2726, Philadelphia, Pa; 1 if is. the township system. ma 23-w3m. ?! i 1