North Carolina Newspapers

President. Smith nncl tllo Iense of tli& North CiioIlim ItiUlroad. As Tlie Despatch has undertaken to Justify and defend the lease of the North Carolina Railroad it will also sustain the conduct of Major Smith in his part of the transaction ; not as a partisan of that gentleman or because his action requires any delense ; but as public at tention is almost daily called to.. the matter by a Journal persistent in its false statements and Inferences and seeking to agitate and array public sentiment against the lease, it is duo the public that the facts should bo boldly, fearlessly and frankly given to tho people of North Carolina, who are, every one; virtually stockholders in the North Carolina 1 tail road. Mr. Smith, as President of the Road, had in himself no power or authority to mate a lease, lie am use nis mnu ence for the lease, but he did so to pro tect the Road and the interests of the State and private stockholders, of the latter of which he was a largely Inter ested party. But it is the sheerest pre sumption, the height of folly and the essence of absurdity to say that William A. Smith, himself, leased the Road to the Richmond and Danville Company. The lease could only have been effected through the consent and action of the j representatives of the State's interest in the Road, and not by the assent and action of the President, as Is almost daily alleged. As one of the represen i tatives of the State, , he favored and voted for the lease, but his vote alone could not have consummated the scheme, 'nor had he the' influence, nor the Danville Road the money to have enected the transaction, had it not been clearly In the interest of the State and the individual stockholders that this arrangement be made. mc-uovernor liragg was there as a counsellor and adviser in the matter; Ralph Gorrell, Esq., was there also, in the same capacity. Is there a man in North Carolina possessed of the hardi hood, the temerity and unblushing im pudence to charge corruption and bribe taking on Thomas liragg and Kalph Uorrelll Is there a man in North Carolina - who would believe, though Bill Smith's predecessor swore it, that money could ever have induced Thomas Bragg and Ralph tiorrell fo plot away the pro perty of North Carolina and barter the interests of the people of the State ! w m a 1 a ii mere oe in an tnis land sucn a howling hyenna in human form ; if the btate contains a creature so lost to all honor and every sense of shame as to thus exhume the cherished remains of the noblest son North Carolina ever .bore upon her broad bosom; one that would thus, iconoclast like, blacken the life-record, plunder and destroy the Ireputation and the honor of this. th noblest, the purest, the proudest, and Despatch cordially despise, . bu Dinipi ryvievteu us u auiiiruu' officer and he is sustained only xi.s mflna(rPr' His, politics are another. W,Tndit to ho rerrettel thnt one ?s " - , . n 4i x lzr J useiui ana valuable in the materf1 is not equally r'J -reJts of the State aim iwine.wwte Despatch, Dem. - 5. - -W Kxtract 1rom a Speech qf Hon. Htnry WILSON, of Massachusetts, Delivered at Clreat Fallw, IV. II., Febru ary 24th, 187. absurdity, and Iolitical effect in to gratify a per- A. A the first of all of Carolina's noble dead, let him stand forth before the world and receive the brand of blackest in famy ever - applied to coward and scoundrel writing the record of his own . everlasting infamy and disgrace. But it is said Smith received money . -for making the lease. Did Dick Hay wood, who had an equal share and re- - ' sponsibility iii the matter, take a bribe for his part in the transaction? is it believed by any one who knows him that he is capable of taking a bribe? Will any one about ltaleigh publiclv assert that Dr. R. B. Haywood, witn ". the other representatives of the State, required and received a money consid eration before they assented to the lease? And if Haywood and others took no money, required none, and received none, why should Smith have been paid for that which could have . been obtained without his aid and influ- . The charge is an whether repeated for a campaign, whether j sonal malignity, or prejudice the inter ' ests of the State and retard the progress of the people, it is equally absurd and ridiculous on its face, and is not believ ed even by those who make and repeat . the charge. Smith very properly declined to an swer an impertinent question before a self-styled styled tribunal which had no power or authority to call him. and upon this circumstance, which has been perverted and misrepresented, is based the story of selling out the State's in terests in a great public work. The charge is further false in this, that no interest of the State or people has been sacrificed, but, on the contra ' ry, the State is protected and the public interests of the people secured beyond peraa venture. Ijook at the Road lefore the war, when there were no competing lines and ho combinations of capital as there now are, and when the State was more prosjerous and the productions of the people greater. Starting vith a new road in splendid conditionnd hand somely cquipiKHl, owing but $ijO,0)0 tio.iting debt, the management paid no dividends, but, in five years report ed a floating debt of nearly a million. Of rourse the road paid no dividends immediately after the war, when ev erything was broken down and had to be re-established. It was only under the management of President Smith J that the road ever declared a bomi Jhle ! dividend, and this was accomplished ! through high rates of transportation. unjust local discriminations, forced trib ute from other roads, the closest econo my and shrewdest management. But tho time was coming when these high charges, local discriminations and " forced contributions could not be main tained, andrresldent Smith saw .it. His depreciating rolling stock remind ed him of a rapidly maturing draft' on : his accumulated earnings, aud the not far distant future foreboded tho failure of a management which had been so happily aud unexpectedly a grand suc cess. Seeing, feeling and knowing all this, with his head severed at Charlotte, -his feet olfat Goldsboro, and his body threatened with paralysis by the newly "projected Air Line. from Greensboro to Charlotte, his only hopes as a railroad man his hopes as a stockholder, the hopes of the State, and tho great inter ests of the people all lay in such terms as might be made with the corporations .and interests that had so completely "run round" and sawed off the North Girolina Railroad. It were well for Bill Smith if he could claim the distinction of lessor of the North Carolina Road on the terms fixed at the Company's Shops last Sep tember. It would be a prouder distinc tion than Morehead could ever claim, who mainly projected and built the Road : but unfortunately for his repu tation, his pride and tho envy of his (in this matter) yelping, whining ene mies, there are others to divide the honors men engaged in the transae- 1 tion whoso names will live in the his-' tory, the minds and the traditions of; the people of North Carolina when that I of William A. Smith and all the latter day Presidents of the North Carolina Railroad will have perished and been forgotten. In this article no reference is had to Mr. Chah man. Ladies and Gentlemen I see before me men whom I recognize as toiling men; men who have to 8upiort the wives of their bosoms and the, children; of their love by manual labor. I call t-ie earn est attention of these men to this terrible struggle through which we have passed, ani to what has been achieved for tiie poor toiling men of this country during tne last twelve years. I feel that I have the right to speak for toiling men and to toiling men. l was born here in your county or ot.-anora. I was born in poverty : want sat by my cradle. : I know what it is to ask a mother for bread when she has none to i;ive I left my home at tn years of age antt served an apprenticeship of eleven years, rc jeiving a month's schooling each year, an. l at; the end of eleven years of hard work, a oke of oxen and six sheep, whlcn broui.ntime eighty-four dollars. Eighty-four dollars for eleven years of hard toil 1 I never spent the amount of one dollar in money, count ing every penny, from the time I was born until I was twenty-one years of age.! I know what it is to travel weary miles and ask mv fellow-men to jrive me leave to toil. I remember that in October, 1833, I walk ed into your village from my native town, went through your mills, seeking, t raploy menu If anybody had onerod n:e nine dollars a month I should have accepted it erladly. I went to Salmon Falls, I went to Dover, i went to :ewmarKer, and tried to tret work without success, and I returned home footsore and weary, but notiiscour aged. I put my pack on my back md walked to where I now live, in Massachu setts, and learned a mechanics trade. I know the hard lot that toiling men nave to endure in this world, and every pulsation ofmv neart, every conviction of my judg ment, every aspiration of my soul, puts me on tne side oi tne toning men or my coun try ay, of all countries. I became an anti- slavery man thirtv-six years ago, because the poor bondman was the lowest, most de graded, and helpless type of manhood, j An anti-slavery man from conviction is bvjlg- ieal necessity not onlv the inflexible foe of tho doctrine that capital should own labor ers, but tne unyielding iriena oi tne rignts of the sons and daughters of toil. L.et us see what the Republican party, has done for the labor' ng men of this country during the last twelve years. It struck the fetters from four and a half million labor ing men and women; converted them from things into men and women. In making them free, it struck down that proud, haughty and domineering aristocracy of the South that held the doctrine and proclaim ed it, too that "capital should own labor;" that the men who toiled for wages . were the mud-sills of society ;" that the slavery of workingmen produced "aclassof gentle men, wno were ujj substitutes lor an order of nobility." T2io.se were thedoctrinesjpro claimed in our ears for forty years by the Calhouns, tho McDufties, the Hammonds, the Rhetts, the Ruflins, the Fitzhughs, tho llerschell . Johnsons, and men on that class, who laid down the doctrine boldly ev erywhere that "slavery was the normal condition of laboring men, black I and white." In emancipating these four anda half million black men and women we struck down the power of the owners of workingmen and workingwomen in1 this country forever. They made labor dishon orable in eight hundred thousand square miles of the United States, in tho sunny South, as they were wont to call it. Labor ing men from abroad would not go there te toil : northern lalormg men would not go there to live ; they would not stand by the side of the lettered bondmen where labor was dishonored. IJut by the steady! per sistent adherence to principle of the men trained in the faith of opposition to slavery. who now stand in the ranks of the Itexjub lican party, all this has been changed, so i - -.-..-.. ..i .... Porjstont effort Art) mftkiriff t Convince the laboring men of Kcw-Hampshire and to make them believe they have a very hard tiniflj of it ; that they have to pay taxes; are, indeed, almost taxed out of existence, A docutnfcnt is circulated to prejudice the laboring men against the - Administration, on account of the high rates of duties. In my judgment, the wise and sound policy is to taii Euixuries dghly ; to put the burden of taxation upon articles that come in com- etitiqir-Syith our own, and to make a free ist as large as possible. We have a great debt to fty- W e shall have taxation enough for many;years. That burden, the legacy of the sjaye Democracy, will rest upon the labor of the nation for years to come. It Va$!ihy privilege last summer to spend a few sveeks in England. I hardly heard an ythiiw else there but complaints of our tariff. If.I went to a dinner-party, or. met Ihiglislinen on ship-board, or anywhere, they had much to say about our exorbitant rates bf duties. English importers, German importers, French importers, all berate our rates of duties. These identical documents that the jDemocraU are circulating in New Hampshire are not paid for by the Demo cratic party, but by men who want to take care oEtireign interests rather than , our own. Applause. I askedj these men abroad what they want ed. "V"liy,'" thev said, "wo want to sell more goods in your country." I had no doubt or that, luey said, "lou are a great agricultural country ; you ought to raise agricultural products,' and we ought to make tud manqfactured articles." 44 Well," I said.' Vl' find that you bought thirty-two million-dbllars' worth of wheat last year. and only 'eight millions of it in tho United States. JC find that you bought millions of dollars')!? corn, and only a few thousand dollars jof it in the United States." I asked them if tney would give up their agricul ture if we would give up our manufactures, and thVy aid their agriculture was worth a great deal more than their .Manufactures. They came richt to the point, for thev could tell the jtruth on the subject in England; their friends do not liketo tell ithere. Thev said, 4lThe price of labor is too hicrh in the -United States.- You pay too much for la bor. 4tr has a bad effect. It causes a great many of our laboring people to go' to the United States to seek better waares : it makes those discontented who remain at hojhe ; they demand higher wures. and wo have had to pay higher wages, in this country this year than ever before." "Well." T said, "that does not hurt my feelings a great deal. I am very glad they get good wages in tho United States ; I rejoice that the toil ing men and women over here are trettinsr petter .wages." I saw 'everywhere I went, especially on the continent, women engaged in the rough est naid liardest work. Women have to bear heavy burdens there. I saw women doing all kinds of hard work. You have heard a great deal said by our women's rights people of whonvl count myself one about the right of women to work. Thev have that-right in the Old World to their hearts' content. rLausbter and annlanspt. 1 ; i a -j I am glad theft workingmen are complain ing. 1 a&i glad the workingmen in Europe are getting discontented and want better wages and fewer hours. I thank my God mat a man in tne unitea Ktates to-dav can earn from three to four dollars in ten hours' work! easier than he could forty years aero earn one. dollar, toiling from twelve to fif teen hours. The first month I worked after I wasitwe'nty-one years of age I went into tho.wpods, drove team, cut milblogs. wood. rose in the morning before daylicht and worked hard until alter dark at night, and I received; lor it tne magnincent sum of six dollars. ! .Each, of those dollars looked BTAT23 OV KGhTli.CUnoU&A, Treasury Department, Raleigh, April 2d, 182, T1W" following act is published for the in formation.' of .the holders of bonds of the State of North Carolina, , .. t The undersigned, in compliance with the requirements of the act, hereby invite pro posals, to be forwarded to this Department on or before the 10th day of October,. 1872, for an exchange of the stocks of this State in any Railroad company, or other corpora tion, for tle bonds of the State. Said pro posals must be sealed and endorsed 44 Pro posals for Exchange of State Stocks.". : It is deemed unnecessary to set forth the details of exchange, as the act is explanatory of itself. D. A JENKINS, , ' State Treasurer.' w. m, siiipp, ;' -;- W ' - Attorney General. Legal Advertisement, .-o In pursuance of An Act of the General Assembly, ratified the 23rd day of January, 1872, I have caused to be published ; the following certified copy of 44 An Act to alter the Constitution of North Carolina. .. f E. J. WARREN, j President of the Senate. January 24, 1872. as to-night. that to-daj" the laboring men of New (Eng land fan stand up in South Carolina by the graves oi Calhoun, ol iUeuunie, ol 1 ickcns, of the readers of the slave power, who' pro claimed free society a failure that free men and women when they emerged from bond age into freedom were classed in four! sub divisions, "tho hireling, tlve beggar the thief, and the prostitute" and "look up and bo proud in the midst of their toll." We have made labor honorable, even in the rice swamps of tho Carolinas and Georgia; we have taken the brand of dishonor froni the brow of labor throughout the country ; and in .doing that grand work we have done niorejor labor, lor the honor and dignity of lalHiring men, than was ever achieved' by all the parties that arose in this country from the lime tho Pilgrims put their feet upon Plymouth Ko k up to the 3rear 1800.' Applause. j . And that grand and immortal achieve ment is not all. We have opened that 'eight nunurcd tnousand square miles to tree la boring men; they can go there now,1 they are going there now. The German, the En- glishman, the Irishman, the New England Yankee, the man of the middle States, of tne northwest, can go there now, engage in tho mechanic arts, cultivate the soil, and, in all tho pursuits of life, no longer feel tho degradation that rested upon workingmen when labor was extorted only by thq Jash. Let the man who toils for wages, whether in the mill, on the farm, or in the mechan ic shop, realize what has been done during these last dozen years to lttt from toil the badge of dishonor, and to open the great Sou tli, to the free laboring men of theworld. Let him remember with grateful heart that he owes it all, under Providence, to the lte ptibliean party. j The Republican party was brought es pecially into being, and won the victory. ! when it elected Abraham Lincoln to save the magnificent territories of the United States to the free laboring men of our coun try, their children, and their children's children, "while grass shall grow and water run." It saved that magnificent territory to freedom. Auction-blocks, bloodhounds, the lash, chains, manacles, cannot go there now. They have sunk down to the place from whence they came to the bottomless pit, and the lower deep of the bottomless pit, The Republican party maintains the policy of the small farms against the great plantations. The Democratic party joined with the South on that issue, as it did in everything and on every issue. We passed the homestead bill, and James Buchanan vetoed it, and the Democratic party sup ported him in that veto. Tho object of that bill was to save the vast public domain to landless men, that they might have small farms, rather than that a few men might have great plantations. We were dcfeat&l ; but the first year the Republicari paftv came into power, in the midst of the strug gle for national existeuce, it passed the homestead bill, and saved the public lands to the free laboring men of this country forever and forever. f Hero to-night I point you to these mag nificent achievements ; I point you to what has been accomplished in these! twelve years for the workingmen, tho mechanics, the free laborers, the' men who j toil for wages ; aud I say atrain to vou that those ; achievements surpass all that had been , achieved in our country from the earliest settlement of the colonies up to tho year IStil, when Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated ; President of t hp United States. What claim, ; then, has the Democratic party to the vote j of a workiugman in America ?. None, none whatever. The workineman who large to-ine as the moon, looked Laughter. On the farm on .which I served an appren ticeship il have seen the best men who ever put scythe in grass working for from" fifty-, cents to four shillings a day in the longest days of summer. Yester day Ii visited that farm. I asked the men hti were there what they paid, men in hayng-time last summer, and they said from tjWrt dollars to two and a half a day. This wan' paid on tho same ground where men Worked forty years ago for from fifty cents foffour shillings, and. took. their pay in farm products, not money. I have seen some off the brightest women go into the farm-houses and work for from fifty cents to four-shilllngs a week, milking tho cows, making;butter and cheese, washing, spinn ing, anj weaving doing all kinds of hard work;; ;JC was. told yesterday that many young Tubmen were earning in the shops a dollar aiday, and that those who worked in houses were getting from two dollars and a half alwDek to three dollars and a half. In ibh, in the great debate in the Senate on theS tariff, it was said by those who advo cated protective duties that they had raised the prjee-of labor in the United States so that jcaveraged fifty cents a day. How is it now?'--This winter is the most prosper ous winter the United States has seen in its historjy 4 : Everybody is at work. There is very little suffering anywhere. Why this 'chanypl Why this improvement? It is .bcvauVoJwe have smitten down the slave system! : broken down the slave power, lifted dp't dignified, and honored labor, and tried lo protect and diversify our own in dustrje.' To-day tho laboring men and women Of our country are earning from three oi four times as much in a day as they couldiea'rh forty years ago, and a days' workf shorter now than it was then. After I had! learned a mechanical trade in the place fwhore I now live I worked fourteen and lU'tcen hours a day, month after month, to earn Ibrty dollars a month. There are hundreds of men there now who in ten hours) can earn a hundred dollars more ea sily tajf I could earn forty in fifteen hours. I urn Kixjatful to God that this is so. I do not e.fre, anything about a few men or cor porations . piling up a. great amount of money j The wealth of the Astors, the Stewifrtfi and the Yanderbilits has no al lulehjehts for me. I believe God made this world torgrow good men and women, and not tq pile up money. That is ray belief, and Ih';intto see the men and women who bear thft burdens and do the work have a full sii-o of all they earn, and that an honesH flays work shall alwaj-s have a fair Loud applause. Garden Classical Schools, HIALV A.D ,EJIAL.13, OI413 COUNTY, K". " C T.- S. WHITTINGTON. A. M.. riocinal. willopen the 7th Session the .wth "July, and continue 20 weeks, lioarjl, good families, near the Institu tion, $$ier month all found except lights. Tuitib from ?10 to 16.50. Contingent fee fifty jbems. - - , , - Students coming by Railroad will stop at Greensbbro', where conveyances will meet then!, if jwe are advised of tho time. Tef njsj cash, in advance. :For particulars, address the Principal at Gre'ejisl)t)ro N. C. Juhfrij, l$7-2. 1 otpd. rrt AN A CTor Exchanging the ', Stocks of., the State for Itonds -with which such Stocks 1 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 Railroad or other corporation, for the bonds by which ! the State acquired such stocks ; or any other bonds of the State (not 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 shall any of the said stocks be exchanged for less than their pat value, or for less than three bonds of same nominal value, issued in aid of Chatham JTailroad, January 1st, 18C3 ; and provide "'her. No stock in the North Carolina lti d shall be exchanged, unless in the same offer it is proposed 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 fay therefor two bonds Of one thousand dol ars each of the State,! issued" to the North Carolina Railroad ; under acts of 1848-'49, chapter eighty-two,' or 1854-'55, chapter miriy-iwo, one Dona or 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 1850, chapter seventy-four and seventy-six, and two bonds of one thousand dollars, is sued to the Western North Carolina Rail road (Eastern Division,) acts of 186G-'67, chapter one hundred and six or in the aforesaid proportion. Sec. 2. That any Railroad or other cor- E oration, which has heretofore received onds 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. Ordinances of the Convention, authorizing such exchange. and upon a return of all bonds issued un der any particular act or ordinance, the cor poration shall be 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 off 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 bienni sessions AN ACT to alter the Constitution of . North Carolina , Seo. 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 ing the clause relating to the State debt. Amend section two of the second .article by! striking out the word "annually," and inaorfi'ncf in licm tfiOT-Ort-f fhix -nrnrA f .A.JA . AAV bUUA .VA, nuv 1 1 V ft. ally;" being in reference to the of the General Assembly. Amend section five of the second article, byi striking out all that precedes the words, "the said Senate districts,'! and by striking out the phrase 4 'as aforesaid 0' in said sec tion ; the parts so stricken out having ref erence to the State census. . ... Add a hew section to the second article toibe styled "section 30." and to read as follows : 44 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 for non-attendance as may be pre scribed by law; but they may have an additional allowance - when they are called together 'In Especial:, session,- and mileage shall be ten cents per mile JFor each session,. - Amend section one of the third t article by striking out the words "four years," wiiere they, occur first in said, section, and insert ing, in lieu thereof, the words "two years," being in reference to the terms of executive officers. ' ... Strike out the words "Superintendent of Public r 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 - confoim to the provision re specting 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. , I 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 nients, a Supreme Court, Superior Courts, such inferior Courts as may be established by law, and Courts of Justices of the Peace." j 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 Justices; rrovi- aea, xnattms snail 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." j 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 twice in each year, to continue for such time in each Amend seetiona eight and nine of the evr entfc article, by striking out the words or townships' 'where they occur in said 'sec tions. , . ; 1, - Strike out section three of tho ntnth nrfi. cle, and in lieu thereof insert; the following: " The General Assembly, shall " make suita ble provision by law for the management and regulation of the pfiblic schools, and for perfecting the system of free public instruc- Strike out section Jive 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 of the University of North Carolina, in whom, when chosen, shall be vested all the privi leges, rights, 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 such provisions, laws and rot?- ulations, from time to time, as ;-ay be nec essary and expedient, for the maintenance and management of said University." ; Strike out sections thirteen,! fourteen and fifteen of the ninth t article, relating to the University of Nortti Carolina,; Amend sec tion ten of the eleventh article by striking out the words 44 at the charge of the State," andin lieu thereof, insert the words ,'4by 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." Alter section seven of the fourteenth ar ticle so that said section shall read as fol follows: 44 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 gible to a seat in either house of the General Assembly ; Provided, Thai nothing herein contained ; shall extend to officers in the militia-, Justices of the Peace. Commission ers of Public Charities, or Commissioners for Special Purposes," , ; r Add another section to the fourteenth ar ticle to be styled 44 section 8," and to read as follows: "County officers, justices of the peace and other officers J whose offices are abolished or changed in any way by the 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 made." . j Re-numbefthe sections in those articles from which any section has i been stricken without the insertion of another in its stead ; aud give to any new section that number which by this method would have been given to the section for which it is substituted, ?nd the alterations shall be em bodied into the constitution; and the sever al sections numbered consecutively. Ratified the 19th day f January, A. D.. 1S72. ' I ; Should be taken for , clisojLSP of tin? I i I ; . Urinary Organs. DR. .CROOK'S WINE OF T Alt ! r Should betaken for nil Ihroat and Lung Ailments; DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR j ' v '. !'-'--RenovatesindJ Invigorates the entire system. DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR onoma De kept in every house, j - . and its life-giving Tonic properties tried by all. DR. CROOK'S WINE OFTAR j Restores the Appetito and I I , Strengthens the Stomach. DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR ! i Cures Jaundice, ! or any Idver Complaint. DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR ' ! - j -. Cures all Chronic Coughs, .; and Coughs and Colds, i , more effectually than any i " ! ' - otherVemedy. DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR ' Makes Delicate Female, ... 1 who are never feel ing wel 1 , ; . ; k . ! , Strong and Healthy. DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR s llaa restored many persons .;' ' J who have been ' y i t unablo'to wortrfbr yvantt- DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR Removes pain in Breast, Side or Rack. DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAr"7" Causes the food to digest, removing Dyspepsia and Indigestion. DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR Has cured cases of Consumption pronounced incurable . byphysicianH. DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR All recovering from any illne.sH i will And this the 1 I best Tonic they can take. lars held fiOHTllv rftSnftfltivplv n mo-rr 1o nrooni-iWl two hundred and twenty-five thousand dol 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. i . Amend section fourteen of the fourth ar ticle by striking out all after . the . word coupons now in State Treasury with on a former exchange of Company bonds for stock in said Railroad ; and also the State does 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 Jtuther ford company bonds, and coupons hereto fore issued to said Western 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 priyate stockholders in voting, and in the election fjC4h 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 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, Office of Secrexart of State, Mdleigh, Jan. 22d, 1872. I, Ilenry J. Menuinger, Secretary of State, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original act on file in this office. H. J. MENNINGER, jan, 25. w6m. Secretary of State. Wilmington North (Carolina LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. DR CROOK'S WINE OF TAR i Has proved itself ! in thousand of reuses , capable of curing all diseases of. the I Throat and Lungs. DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR - Is an effective regulator of the Liver. DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR Should be taken to 6trenerthen and build up your system. DR. CROO 'S WINE OF TAR Makes Delicate Females, who are never feeling well, Strong and Healthy. OFFICERS ROBERT II. COWAN, JOHN W. ATKINSON, F. II. CAMERON, DR. E. A. ANDERSON, President. Vice President. Secretary. Medical Direc'r the proportion of snares oi scock ior wnicn tne 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. Ihat as soon as may be practica ble, tne I'uoiic 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 fbjin ap proved by the Attorney General. Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the Auditor to make a minute bf 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 f 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. Katined the 1st day of February, A. D. 1872 r 44 wtd. Uavs Iixav. lMe,;tsfYnt ? i - f r new York Office, ; 27; BEEKMAIT ST. January 20, 1S72..'; 59 6m ANT- PROOF PROVISION SAFES. STff Willlair 5- OF NORTH CAROLINA, Granville County. Superior Court. Thame, James A. lirame, and supports the Democratic party, with its his tory of forty years' hostility" to the equal rigius oi minions or toiling men, Wnotonly illogical and inconsistent, but indifferent : and careless. I can seo how the lawyer, the . manufacturer, the banker, even the farmer, ! who stands on his fee-simple acre mav " i'trniwrjiiiu wckci, ou i j cannot see I how the emancipated black man of the ! South can do it, or how the laboring white I man wh. works for wages can do if. against ' Andrew Bowden, and Arabella G. Rowden, ''.bis w fe, James Stanback, and others. Peiiti n to sell Land for partition. Ths cause coming on to be heard, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that Andrew Bowden and Arabella G. Bow den, his wife, aro non-residents of this Statd add supposed to be residents of the State of Tennessee : Orf motion of John ,W. Hayes, Attorney for the -Plaintiffs, it is therefore ordered, that publication be made for six weeks in the Qardlina Era, a paper published in the cit.y of Raleigh, N. C, notifying the said defeacTatite of the filing of the complaint in this btoi-eediug ; that the same is for sale, of - 1 - . A . t 1 . . . . ruai suie, ior paruiion amonssi me neirs at lawfahd next of kin of Samuel Brame, deceaspq, and that they make appearance at the Ofljce of the Clerk of the Superior Court, for G rah ville county, in Oxford, on or be fore tliCth day. of Juhr next, and answer, plead r demur as they may see fit. and l that iipon their failure to appear, the prayer order for sale wade according to law. . -. ALVl ETXS, Clerk $6 50 8 00 9 50 extra on may, -J-i, Superior Court of Granville county. l wfiw 1 A new article, made light and airy, cover ed with fine woven painted wire, and are entirely secured from the encroachment of all insects, creeping or Jlying. They i are convenient to ship, being nested together, uiree in a nest. i : Three sizes. : " No. 1, Stained and Varnished, No. 2, "ruv-r- - - No. 3, " " Grained Oak or Walnut, 50 cents - each. -t Also, L ARGESAFES, with deep Drawers! ior lireaa ana uake; lined with tin: draw ers lock. Two sizes, both large. No. 2, with Drawers; $13, Stained and Varn j No. 3, " i ir! " " Grained Oak or Walnut, 50 cents extra each. N. B. LARGE SAFES or Milk Houses Can be taken apart and shipped in a small' package. -: PURE SPARKLING WATER ! j E. S. Fakson's' New Patent Water b iltek and Purifier, is the only practical Filter in use. They are made to lit in all" sizes of Water Coolers. Persons having a Cooler, have only to brinsr or send the inside 'diameter of the Cooler and get a Filter to fit at a inning cost. Tbose not leaving Coolers can be supplied with Porcelain lined or Galvanized Coolers, of aujr size of our own manufacture, at as low prices as elsewhere and a Filter to fit These Filters entirely remove all impuritiesand foul odors from water infrassing through them. j i Liberal Discount to Dealers. -H E. S. FARSON, No. 209 Pear St., Philadelphia, Pa. May 10, 1872. 51 w3m. 'office," and inserting, in lieu of the part so stricken out, the following: "The General Assem biy snail prescribe a proper system of rotation for the judges of the Superior Courts, so thatTtfo 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." f Strike out section fifteen of the fourth ar ticle, 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 pertains to it as a co-ordinate department ; but the General Assembly shall allot and distribute that portion of this powrer and ju risdiction, which does not pertain to the Supreme Court, among the other Courts prescribed in this Constitution or which may be established bylaw, 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." ij 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 thos9 precincts which contain cities or towns, or in which other special reasons render it expedient. Tho chiof 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 last sentence of the same section, strike out the words " the commis sioners of the county may appoint to such office for the unexpired term," and in lieu thereof insert "an appointment to fill such vacancy for the unexpired term ' shall be made as may be prescribed by law." I Amend sections one and seven of the fifth 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." j otriKe out section lour of the fifth article irelating to taxation to pay the State debt and interest. . j Amend section six of the fifth article by inserting after the word "instrument" in o.iiu section me worus or any otner per sonal property." i Insert the word "and" before the word i" 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 : " The General Assem bly shall provide for a system ot-county government for the several counties of the State." f 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." . Strike out section three of the seventh ar- ! DIRECTORS: J W Atkinson, General Insurance Agent 115 Granger, President of the Bank of New Hanover. ... - . - F W Kerchner, Grocer and Commission Merchant. j C M Stedmari, of Wright and Stedman. T H McKoy, of W A Whitehead A Co., Fayetteville. , R H Cowan, President. i H B Ellers, Commission Merchant. A A Willard, of Wfllard Brothers. W A Gumming, of Northrop tfeCumming. G W Wrilliams, of Williams fc Murchison. .JM1 Murray, of E Murray fc Co. A J DeRossett, of DeRossett tfe Co. Robert Henning, of Dawson, Teel & Hen-ning. Alex Sprunt,- British Vice-Consul, of a prunt ana ninson. P Murphy, Attorney at Law. -J D Williams, of J D Williams & Co., Fayetteville. . : Jas C McRae, Att'y at Law, Fayetteville I B Kedy, Merchant, Kenansville. J T Pope, Merchant, Lumberton. DR: CROOK'S WINE OF TAR . Will prevent Malarious Fevers, i and braces up the System. DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR Is the very remedy for the Weak 1 and Debilitated: DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR Will cure your Dyspepsia or DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR . ! Rapidly restores exhausted I 'strength. DR. CROOK WINE OF TAR ! Should be taken if you feet weak debilitated. , e SPECIAL FEATURES -AJSi'I ADVANTAGES. 1st. No restriction on Residence or Travel. 2. No extra charere on the lives of Females. 3. Policies Incontestable alter Five Years. 4. Ttie Rates of Interest on the Funds of the Company higher than ! those on the Funds of Companies located in other States, thus insuring larger Dividends to Policy Holders. y 5. The Directors and Officers of the Com pany are prominent NORTH CAROLI- JNiAJNo, who are KNOWN j to be men of 1 JN TEGKIT x and WORTH: 6.. The Company is established on a solid and permanent basis, steps having been taken to increase the CAPITAL STOCK OF $500,000. 7. ALL THE FUNDS OF THE COM PANY ARE INVESTED IN TH IS 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 Eeople of immense amounts which should e.kept af honi'e. On this ground tho friends of this Company confidently appeal to every son of the Old North State, and ask their support for this -1 HOME INSTITUTION, DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR j Has cured so many cases of i I Asthma and Bronchitis that it has been pronounced a specific for these complaints. DR. CROOK'S WINE Olf TAR Gives tone and energy to Debilitated Constitutions. DR. CUqOK's'wiNE OF TAR T I Possesses Vegetable Ingredients; winch makes it the ; . best Tonic ki the market. DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR Should be taken if your Stomach is out of order. PURIFY YOUR BLOOD. D It. CROOK'S Co mpoiind Syrup POKE ROO of DK. ('ROOK'S COMPOUND . . i Builds up Constitution broken down from ! Mineral or Mercurial Poisons. which; while it oners substantially all the advantages of Northern' Companies, helps to build up HOME INSTITUTIONS. AGENTS WANTED in every county in the State, with whom the most liberal terms will be made. Apply to 1 JAMES D. BROOKS, . 1 General Supervising Agent, or, THEO. Jf. HILL, . ljocal Agent, apr 24 wGm. Raleigh, N. C. DR. CROOK'S COMPOUND i SYRUP OF POAK iiOOT ! Should be taken by all i - requiring a remedy j 1 to make pure blood., . ; . 1 i 4--, -- - ! DR, CROOK'S COMPOUND ... SYRUI' OF POKE ROOT. ' Cures all diseases depend! ng on a depraved cor. d i tion 1 ... of tho blood. -. DR. CROOK'S COMPOUND SYRUP OE POKE ROOT, i j Cures Rheumatism and I Pains in Limbs, Bones, Ac. DR. CROOK'S COMPOUND ! j SYRUP OF POKE ROOT.! j Removes Pimples, Blotches, I and beautifies tho Complexion.; DR. CROOK'S COMPOUND ' SYRUP OF POKE ROOT. Is the bkst Alterative or Blood Purifier made: WANTED AGENTS ! DK- Pmpound - . .; I oxvux ur runi'i UOOT! Cures Scrofula, ' j Scrofulous Diseases of the Eye I j or Scrofula in any form j $100 to $250 per month, everywhere, male and female, to introduce the Latest improv ed, most Simple and. perfect tide, 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 sub-divisions, as con venient 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 riney snail nave no corporate powrers, township governments are abolished boundaries of the precincts shall be the same as those which heretofore defined the town ships until they shall be altered." Strike out sections four, five, six, ten and eleven of the seventh article, which relate to the township system. Shuttle Sewing Machine ever invented. We challenge the world to compete with it. Price only 18.00, and fully warranted for, five years, making the eiastie Lock stitcn, alike on both sides. The same as all the high priced shuttle ma chines. ! Also, the celebrated and latest improved COMMON SENSE FAMILY SEWING MACHINE. fulh Price only 15.00, and fully warranted for five years. These mrhinp will KHtT The Hem, Fell, Tuck, Quilt, Cord, Bind, Braid The and Embroider in a most suDerior manner. And are warranted to do all work that can be done on any high priced machine in the world. For circulars and terms, address S. WYNKOOP fe CO., 2054 Ridge Avenue, P. O. Box 2726, Philadelphia, Pa. ma z.i-w:im. DR. CROOK'S COMPOUND . SYRUP OF POKE ROOT. Cures Scald Head, Bait Rheum, Tetter. ! 4..,. ! DR. CROOK'S COMPOUND I . SYRUP OF POKE ROOT. : 1:11 raa sVIrl Js j v uuiot, ious or, uicers. CANVASSERS WANTED Forj V Our Own FlreBlde." j' An Illustrated Paper, 1G pages, published Monthly.! Subscription price, ?1.50. Every Subscriber receives a Valuable Clirbmo, A Fruit Piece, which sells for fo. Send 2 cent Stamp for Sample and Premium. List Address I W. E. GUMP, Publisher,' .! , - . - . Dayton, Ohio. r: