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For Constable : JOHN 1L CASWlLL For Clerk: JOHN r. WILLIAMS. For School Committee: A. W. SIIAFFKH. I M. VI'.. OILBKUT, Political Speaking. Hon. W. A. Smith and others will speak at HMiloiiville, July 10, IWsulah, July 13, Ononis, M, Wilder's, " 15, Chivlon, 10, Pleas' nt CTvo, 17, Klevatimi. " li. Ingram's. 14 20. Srr.AKixn. Hon. S. W. Watts will address the people of Chatham in Pitts- l.oro. on Satuiihiv. 10th inst. Turn out and hear him. lie will speak at Coiunnl, Salnrdav, July 17. Mori?anton, Tuestllav, ' 20. MnriiUi, Thursday, " 22. ChHrlotle, Saturday, " 24. Kcpiiblicun Headquarters. The Ibxmts of the State Republi can Exviiliv Committee are se cured for lh campaign at the Na tional Hotel. Ualcigh. Thos. 11. Kenrli, Chairman of the Committee, will be found at bis jMwt. at the National during the campaign. Wake County Republican Ex ecutive Committee. A meeting of the Republican Ex ecutive Committee of Wake will be held in Raleigh, on Saturday, 17th July, for the purpose of con sidering matters of importance to the party. A full attendance is desired. W. W. WHITE, Ch'n. Oittsipr OoiiroixATi: Limits. Tho volet's of Ualcigh Township outside the i-ity limits, will tlnd the registration hooks at the storo of Mills II. Brown, on Fayettevillo street. Those entiled to vote who have reached twenty-one oars of age since August, 1874, or who have fume into the tetritory named, si two, will have to register in order to vote; others will call upon W. 1. Hay wood, K., at Mr. Brown's store, and set l hat their names are correctly en tered in the new book. Notice to Republicans. Rooms Rep. State Ex. Com., National Hotel, Raleigh. Chairmen of Congressional Dis trict and County Executive Com mittees will iricasc forward imme diately a complete list of the names of members of their committees with post otllce address. Chairmen will also send in appli cations for sjeakers, giving timo and place for holding meetings. All persons throughout the State opposed to Convention, will please corres)ond fretdy with the State Committee on all matters relating to the Convention and election. THOMAS B. KEOGII, Chairman. F. M. Sorrell, Secretary. V Republican papers please copy. Wake County 'Republican Ex ecutive Committee. Chairman W W White. Barton's Creek R A Thompson. Buckhorn David H. Gardner. Cary J P H Adams. Cedar Fork J L Moring. House'. Creek; D R Chavis. Little River Henry Pulley. Mark's Creek M O Todd. Middle Creek Robt Fuqua. New Light Jno O Harrison. Oak Grove Roland Gooch. Panther Branch-T L Banks, lla eig h Towiiship-A. Magnin. iKucigu ist ward, M B Barboo. 44 1M S Ellison. :M "a W Shaffer. 1th Jsls II Harris. 44 44 5th "-1 V'B Gilbert. Saint farys-J G Andrews. S:int Matthews Geo A Keith. Swift Creek Jno ALissiy. )Xf 5pt Hamilton Jones. White Oak-F G Moring. THE CAMPAIGN. Wake County Canvass. The Chairmen of the County Executive Committees of the Democratic and Republican parties have arranged the following route to be pursued by the candidates for delegates to the Convention. The speaking as to time will be arranged by candi dates: Middle Creek, Thursday, July 15th, at Utley's. Buckhorn, Friday, July lGth, at Lashley's. Swift Creek, Saturday, July 17th, Franklin's. Cary, Monday, July 19th, Cary. "White Oak, Tuesday, July 20th, Apex. Cedar Fork, Wednesday, July 21st, Pollard's. Oak Grove, Thursday, July 22d, Oak Grove. New Light, Friday, July 23d, at Laws'. Barton's Creek, Saturday, July 24th, Hutchison's. House's Creek,Monday,July 2Gth, King's Store. Forestville, Tuesday, July 27th, Forcstville. Rolesville, Wednesday, July 2S, Rolesville. Little River, Thursday, July 29, W.C.Moore's. Mark's Creek, Friday, July 30th, Hood's Store. St. Matthews, Saturday, July 31, Powell's Store. St. Mary's, Monday, August 2d, Andrews' Store. Panther Branch, Tuesday, Aug. 3d, J. II. Adams'. Raleigh, Wednesday, August 4th, Lovojoy's Grove. W. W. Jones, Ch'n Dem. Ex. Com. W. W. White, Ch'n Rep. Ex. Com. Rkoistkr. The Wards in the city having been changed by the act of the legislature, it win bo necessary for a new registration in order to vote in the next August election. Tho books aro now open, and wo call upon our friends to register right away. The following are the Registrars and the places of re gistration : M. B. IJarbee. 1st Ward Unchurch's coach shop, lfargett street. I. A. Wicker, 2d Waid Basement of old CajK Fear Bank. J. J. Lewis, 3d Ward Courthouse. J. P. Prairie, 4th Ward N. Dunston's shoo shop. 11. w. Best, -5th Ward Best's Store, Ilillsboro street. LOCAL DEPARTMENT. Juleps are going down. Muzzle your dog muzzle him with an" axe. Lot in have a 'Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals." The city subscribers to tho Era wilt" receive the Daily Constitution in place of the first-named paper. - Tho boy who went in swimming on Sunday got a good spanking on Monday. Every time you are inclined to grumble about the heat, think of last winter's coal bills. Dodd & Avera, commission mer chants of this city, have dissolved copartnership by mutual consent. Oh for something to break the monotony of these dull times. Even the sweet (?) strains of a hand-organ would be a relief. . Have wo no city ordinance pro hibiting the obstruction of the streets with goods boxes, etc. ? If so, let it be enforced. If "cleanliness is next to godli ness," there is a back yard on Wil mington street that must be next door to purgatory. The recent fine rains have done much good in the farming sections to com, but wo fear have had a ten dency to injure cotton. Now that tho spelling-match fe ver lias subsided, let us have a pro nouncing match. We'll put our force- editors, typos', and devil, against the city. Turtle soup is the rage at the Na tional Hotel. We'll wager that our friend Brown will Iiave water melons for his guests In less than a week. 'Don't call on me for three days," is what a Halifax-street girl posted on the front gate ; I am going to eat onions this week if I never have another beau." The Scripture quotation, that we "always have the poor with us," was never more applicable than now. The rich are not with us, but at the summer resorts. (ids. Buford and Humphrey, Judge Marshall, Major W. T. Sutherlin, of Danville, R. Y. McAden, and John Branch, of Richmond, were among the railroad notables at Greensboro on Thursday. . Iri the ease of State vs. R. & D. R. R., which came up for hearing yesterday in the Superior Court, His Honor, Judge Watts, delivered an opinion in favor of defendants. An a peal was taken to the Supreme Court. When you want a good cigar call at the National Hotel. A lino as sortment is kept on hand, and the polite and popular clerk, Mr. Mas ten, will treat you so well that you will never go elsewhcro for some thing good to smoke. A newly-married knight of the yard-stick on Fayettevillo street re cently asked his wife what was the difference between his head and a hogshead, and she said there was none. He says that is not the right answer. Had the cremation business be come as popular as its advocates desired, notices of funerals and burials would doubtless have ap peared in the newspapers something like this ; "To-morrow at & p. m. I shall burn my mother-in-law. John Smith. Those who desire anything to "cool off " with, and wish to be treated well, or wish to treat their friends, may do so by calling on R. T. Bosher, who keeps on hand the finest and most complete assort ment of wines and liquor?, whole sale and retail, to be found in the city. How about that cotton factory? Wilmington has one, Charlotte is thinking about establishing one and Raleigh should not be behind the times. Merchants and capitalists, awake from your lethargy, and see if something cannot be done toward adding this improvement to our enterprising city. We return thanks to John Nich ols, Esq., the popular-' and efficient Principal of the Deaf and Dumb and Blind Institution, for brooms sent us yesterday. They are specimens of the work done at the Institution by the male pupils, and reflect much credit upon the management of that department of industry. Superior Court. Nothing of importance has been before this body to-day. The Grand Jury came into Court and returned sundry bills of indictment for petty of fenses. A true bill was found against Scott Partin, the wife murderer. Several j udgments were taken, and after a few complimentary re marks to the Grand Jury by his His Honor, Judge Watts, the Court adjourned sine die. " Piscato ri a l Am usement. Greensboro, although far remote from the sea and without streams of any considerable size, is occasional ly visited with water-spouts. A catastrophe of this kind took place in that city on Thursday last, which might have injured the Court House building, but for the interference of tho Mayor and police, who, at a cost of four dollars and fifty cents, prevented it from making more headway. Quite a crowd assembled at Me tropolitan Hall last night to wit ness the entertainment to be given by the Orphans of .tho Oxford Asy lum. Failing to put in an appear ance, the assemblage dispersed. We learn that the inclemency of the weather prevented the fulfilment oj the engagement. Wo are informed by the Superintendent, Mr. Mills, that if the .weather'-permits, they will positively appear next Mon day night, and we trust to seo a large attendance. Admission free ' We visited Fayettevillo for the first time on yesterday, and were much pleased with the place. Judg ing from the many chimneys,which appear to be monuments of that destructive element, fire, and the debris scattered around, Fayette- ville has suffered much from rave nous flames. We have often heard of the hospitable manner in which the people of this antique town receive strangers, but we are now, glad to say we have been blessed with an experimental knowledge of the fact. Our Prediction. We predicted some time since, that one of the first steps the Democrats would take if they secured power, would be to organize a chain-gang for punishing poor white and colored men. We notice that the Democratic Board of Aldermen of Raleigh have in augurated this mode of punishment for such as are convicted of trivial offenses. When the son of a rich nabob violates the law he is allowed to pay five or ten dollars and retire like a gentleman, but the poor man has a ball and chain attached to his leg and driven around like a mule. This is pure Democracy. The annual meeting of the stock holders of tho N. C. R. R. Co. was held at Greensboro yesterday. Hon. D. F. Cald well presided and Thos. B. Keogh acted as Secretary. Rev. G. W. Welker presented his credentials as State proxy. Gov. Brogden appointed the fol lowing directors on the part of the State: Messrs. W. A. Smith, R. Barrin- ger, John C. McDonald, S. II. Wi ley, W. R. Albright, Henry W. Fries, N. II. D. Wilson and R. F. Patterson. The stockholders elected as direc tors, T. M. Holt, R. B. Haywood, Moses L. Holmes and D. McRae. D. A. Davis, Thomas B. Keogh and P. B. Hawkins were re-elected on the finance committee. Col. Holt offered a resolution in structing the Board of Directors and Hon. W. A. Graham, trustee, to in quire into the practicability of pur chasing enough of the "construction bonds" to save the control of the corporation. ' Maj. Smith, Mr. . Wilson, Col. Holt and Frank Caldwell supported the resolution. It was opposed by Messrs. Batche- lorand Graham. The resolution was adopted by a large majority. Frank Caldwell, in a speech of great ability, supported Maj. Smith and the Board, dealing heavy blows on the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad and other conflicting interests. He made the "fur fly." ; D. A. Davis, W. II. Jones and R. S. Tucker were appointed commit tee, on proxies for next year. The Board of Directors met and unanimously re-elected Hon. W. A. Smith, President, and J. A. Mc- Cauley, Secretary of the Company. Maj. Smith has been President since July, 1SG3. His great ability as a railroad man hits w on for him the confidence of the private stock holders of the N. C. R. R. Company. Treasurer Jenkins" Reply to G. H. AUbrd, Esq., Chairman of the Late democratic Sleeting in Metropol itan Hall. State of North Carolin ,ina, (nt, G, 1875. J Treasury Departmen ltaieigh, July o Green II. Atford, Esq., V Chairman etc., Raleigh: Dear Sir : Your note, accom panying resolutions adopted by a meeting of the citizens of Wake county, held in this city on the 20th ult., was received at a time when I could not promptly respond as you requested, owing to official duties. The first resolution above referred to is as follows : "Resolved, That the Treasurer be and he is hereby requested to dis continue tho exchange of the mort gage bonds of the Raleigh and Au gusta Air-Line Railroad, for the de preciated bonds of the State." - A brief history of the transaction of an exchange of bonds in 1SGS with the Chatham ltailroad Com pany (now R. & A. A. L. R. R. Co.) and a statement of t tie ) reasons for my action thus far in surrendering the bonds of the company, will serve as an answer to said resolu tion. -. ;-;.::- .V :.v-;.: l. An ordinance of the Constitution al Convention, ratified J 1th of March, 18C8, entitled "An Ordin ance to amend the charter , of the Chatham Railroad Company," di rected the Treasurer of State to deliver to the President and Direc tors of said company the coupon bonds of the State to an amount not exceeding twelve hundred thousand dollars ($1,200,000) for the purpose of enabling said company to finish l ts road. The ordinance further provided that the Chatham Rail road Company should deposit with the State Treasurer: the coupon bonds of the company of same amount, date, c., and to secure the principal and interest of which the State should have a lien upon all the estate of said company. The requirements of the ordin ance were complied with on the part of the State and the Company in an exchange of bonds and the execution and delivery to the State by the company of a mortgage on its real and personal estate. It should bo borne in mind that the bonds of the company were, in the expressed terras and meaning of the ordinance, a deposit followed by a lien for the security of the same. The Treasurer, therefore, held them as a deposit. It was also provided in the same ordinance, "that the Chatham Rail road Company V may, at any time before maturity, take up the bonds of said company deposited with the Public Treasurer by substituting m lieu thereof coupon bonds of the State or other indebtedness of the State." -f vr v:--.-..: The General Assembly, at its an nual session of 1871-'72, passed an act entitled "An act concerning the Chatham Railroad, amendatory of certain acts, and authorizing a change of name to that of tho "Raleigh ; and Augusta Air-Line Railroad company." in which it was provided as follows: "The said Raleigh and Augusta Air-Line Railroad company may at any time hereafter discharge the bonds of Chatham Railroad com pany deposited with the Public Treasurer, in the same manner and not otherwise, as the said Chatham Railroad company is now author ized by law to do, and the Public Treasurer is hereby directed to re turn to the said Raleigh and Augus ta Air-Line Railroad company the said bonds of said Chatham ltail road company on payment in the manner above described until the whole amount of said bonds of the Chatham Railroad company held by the State shall have been surren dered." In view of the provisions of law authorizing the Comp'any to take up its bonds and redeem its mort gage, the only question for me to consider was wnat is State indebt edness? . ; . I think on one occasion prior to the decision of the Supreme Court, January Term, 1873, in the case of Raleigh & Augusta Air Line Rail road Company vs. David A. Jenk ins, iJuDiic Treasurer, was en quired of by the President of the company if I would accept in ex change for the bonds of the company and redemption of mortgage (in connection with other bonds) issued for internal improvement purposes during, but authorized under acts passed prior to, the war, (the bonds referred to I presume in the resolu tion transmitted by you) and my reply was that 1 did not feel author ized to accept them in the absence of any direct legislation providing for their funding or redemption, though admitting at the time that the coupons of said bonds had been funded by ray predecessor, Kemp P. Battle, Esq., under the "Fund ing Act" of March 10, 18GG, by the advice of the Attorney General, but basing my declension to accept them upon the fact that the "Funding Act" of August 20th, 1SGS, excluded them from its operations. Reviewing the history of tho leg islation in reference to the State debt, I find no statute plainly and unmistakably recognizing the bonds in question as indebtedness of the St ite, of equal validity with other bonds, until the act ol 17th of March, 1875, entitled "An Act to compro mise, commute and settle the State debt," which contains this provi sion: "That when any person hold ing and owning any bond or bonds ofjhc State of North Carolina, is sued in pursuance of any act of As sembly passed at any time before the twentieth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hun dred and sixty-one," which date embraces the bonds in question, "shall surrender and deliver such bonds, together with all the unpaid coupons belonging to the same, to the Treasurer of the State, then in that case it shall be the duty of the Treasurer, and he is hereby- re quired, to issue and deliver to the person so surrendering such bonds a new bond of the State,", &c. - The following rates of exchange in reference ? to the bond3 issued during the war as referred to, are set forth in the Act: III. For the bonds issued since the 20th of May, A. D. 1SG1, in pur suance of Acts passed before said last named date, and the bonds de scribed in this Act issued to the Chatham Railroad Company, 25 per cent, of the principal of the bonds so surrendered." : It thus appears that these bonds are placed at the same rates as the bonds given for the Chatham Rail road mortgage bonds in the original exchange. . J' ; i Anotner Act, ratified. 22d day of March, 1875, entitled "An Act ex planatory of certain Acts' and to en-, able parties holding bonds of the State issued for Internal Improve ments under Acts passed : prior to the war to sell the same," after ro- fernng in a preamble to previous legislation in relation to. the Rail road Company provides as follows : Sec. 1. "That it was tho true intent and meaning of the Ordinance and Act above referred to, to , authorize and empower the Public , Treasurer to receive any of the aforesaid In ternal Improvement bonds In exe cution of the provisions of said Act and Ordinance.- . Sec. 2. The Public Treasurer be, and is hereby authorized, empower ed and directed, to receive any of tho Internal Improvement bonds of the State of North Carolina hereinbe fore described which may hereaf ter be tendered under the provisions of said Act and Ordinance arid in execution of the same." It is clearly seen that I have no dis2retionary power under the man datory provisions of Sec. 2, above given, but that it absolutely re quires of the Treasurer, who is a mere ministerial officer, tho per formance of a plain duty which he has not. the legal right to disregard. I suggest that if the act last above mentioned had not been passed, the recognition of these bonds as in debtedness of the State, by tho "Funding Act" of 17th of March, 1875, would have given ample power to the Treasurer to accept them in an exchange with the railroad com- 1 call attention to the language of the decision of tho Supreme Court, January Term, 1873, beforo referred to in this communication. "We think it clear that tho Public Treas urer ought to receivo tho State bond3 issued in exchange for the Chatham Railroad bonds, as it was one transaction," and suggest that the Internal Improvement bonds issued during the war are embraced . in she same section of tho "Fund ing Act" with the bonds issued to the Chatham Railroad Company in exchange for its bonds, are of equal value and are directed to be funded at the same rate. i I may be pardoned for saying, in conclusion, that, in the discharge of my official duties I havo ever had in view tho interests of tho State, and have endeavored to execute the laws as I understood them, or. was legally advised in reference to them, and I do not deviate from that course in obeying the statutes di recting the exchange of bonds with the Railroad Company. Very respectfully,. ; , Your ob't servant; D. A. JENKINS, State Treasurer. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. N OT ICE OP ELECTION, 'f : Rv virtno of an ordinance of thn Roard of Aldermen passed Juno lJth, there will be an election held on , 7 - .TXJJL.Y. lGtli, lrc, to determine whether the Roard of Al dermen shall liavo authority to issue One Hundred Thousand Dollars of tho city bonds. Thoso approvin said issueof bonds shall vote "Approv ed"; and those opposing, "Wot Approv ed" The s&id bonds will not bo sold or in any manner used to Increase tho cit3r debt, but shall bo used to fund the pres ent indebtedness of thp city. The noils wm be openea ac mo polling places used in tho late election. - The books of registration for all tho wards will be found at the Mayor's of fice, and those not already registered can have an opportunity of registering. JLy order ot THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN. 1-tde ORDIEJilltfCK. Rn if. nr(lninfil. That, thn nnestion of issuing 100,000 in bonds of tho city of Rn.1oirh. rn.vftblf. one-half In -twentv vears and ono-half in thirty years, bear- . i X . . it. . A . I. ing mieresi at uie raio 01 kix iwr cum. per annum, pavablo semi-annually, be submitted to a vote of the qualilied electors of the city on the 15tli of July noxt. Those approving the said issue of bonds shall deposit a ballot with the word "approved,"and those opposing, a Kollnt with th ivnrria "not annrovfid." Be iWurther ordained, That tho said bonds shall bo of the denominations of one hundred,, five hundred and 0110 thousand dollars, witn coupons wincii shall h rftRfiivahlo in navment of taxes and debts duo to tho city, thoy shall bo signed by tho Mayor . and Clerk, and liv 1I1A ' Trooarirnr and Auditor; and when perfected shall bo deposited with the Treasurer. They shall not be sold or in any manner used . m -m A . 1 A. I. . 1 1 to increase me ueraoi mecny, uut nau be issued to the holders of such of the past due bonds, coupons and city or ders or scrip, as shall bo approved by thATtnArrl nf Aldermen and the Auditor. in lieu of the same : and the said bond, coupons and scrip shall be delivered 10 tho Treasurer ior canceiiaiiou. ( Be it further ordained, That to carry into effect the jjrovisions of this ordi nance the polls be. opened at tho polling niann napl in tho lata mnnlcinal elec- tion, on tho said 15th day of J nly, 1S7S, under the same restriciions ; a wvru nnlicable to the late election for AUier- mcn : provided, that all returns of the result or uiosaiu eiecuou suau.vu miwo tn thl ivravor and Board of Aldermen. and thattha Chief of Police shall pre serve order at tho polls ' ' r lie it lurtuer oruaineu, auai ajc-vjtw Tr Williams., Clerk- bo instructed to procure the Books of Registration usetl Rpr?trar to rovlso said ' Rooks and to receive the names of all persons entitled , to registration in the city,1 not appear ing thereon. lin it further ordaindd. That notico of the election bo published in one or more of -tho city papers and that notice. lo also given by posters ; and that the Board of Aldermen publish an address tn thn AiPitnra of tho ttv orivlns: their reasons for asking an approval of the issue or bona.