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Six Months. ; f ...
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diuglo copies, Five cents.
Clubs famished at reasonable rate3.
(ADVERTISING:
Tcr square, one time, 75" cents.
-Less than' one equarc, one time, 50 cents.
;JTwo times $1 00 and all succeeding insertions
half price additional.
Rates per montlf,- $3 for one square, and each
succeeding Eqnarl half rates additional.
Half Column and Column adTertisements re
ceived on proper discount.
Local advertisements 10 cents a line.
Address,- ' !
, OHAS. I. GRADY,
. - Editor,
, Wilmington, N. C.
CITY.
CLUB RATES!!! -Out
' reoUers re informed that "club rates"
s) otttu inquired about cannot be less tbaD
$100 per year. We have put the paper
down to tbe very lowest price, and clubs cf
five or ten . cannot be formedjatny price
less than TWO DOLLARS tor EACH PA-
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Message. We are receiving numerous
orders! for Governor Caldwell's Message, and
to oblige tbe ardent friends ot law and or
der, we have printed the" Message in pam
phlet tonn'and all can have them tor $2 00
per hundred, or $10 00 per thousand ! Re
pubJicans remember it is easier indirect pub
lic opinion than to change it after once
formed. Circulate the Documents ! j!
Eggs 20 cents per-dozen,
S bad 75. cents to $1 25 perjmir. .. '
Photographs cheap at Van OrsdeU'sJ
V-f - ;
Kalz will shortly: have his "Spring" goods.
The us'j ot soldiers' drill to make holes
in the enemy. ; . '
Try those spring hats at T.
Teat Hat Store.
H. Wright's
Huy some of those three for 25 cts, cigars,
ot V. Myer3 & Co.
lr- i-olding county bonds will please
.t-rs notice.
II.
pilZ;
Hostler's wiil
-n of taste. '
receive the
Mck u.-M'tsty and codfish aristocracy is
wliut aii 80uC people at present.
liusiutss is "looking up" as the war is
over, and goods must come down.
. Early onions appeared in the market
yesterday morning, green and fresh.
-itllkv-!
Enough of human lite is wasted in this
world to people many larger worlds.
. S.-p H HrtvMvers&Co..Droblenitor'"wo'rk-
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iug out" all sorts of, family supplies.
It is when the work is finished that we
ieel how -Unfinished is the workmanship.
Old ase is a , relentless tyrant : it forbids
the- pleasures of youth on pain of death.
V mm "
Wisdom daily lets go some early acqui
sition to make room for better specimens.
A Mandarin ' thinks more ot his wife's
feet than of her face the "heathen Chinee!"
Life is a lottery; but he who draws many
corks wHl not ho liketv to draw much else
Munsori & Co;, stick to their "line" of
selling fine furnishing goods to gentlemen"
buyers. T
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When you are hunting, dogmatically
epeaKing, an ill trained pointer is a aisap-
pointer. . - v
A; face which constantly
advertises the
stomach-ache is attractive only to those in
the medical line. ,"-
It is an important part of a good educa
tion to be able to bear bolitely with the
wantof it in others. -
i Never be above your calling, nor be
afraid to aODear dressed in accordance
with the business yos are performing, i
We learn that there is a man in this eity
who is so lent on accomplishing bis pur
pose that he is becoming hunch-backed.
Naomi, the daughter of Enoch, was five
.: hundred v and eighty years old when she
committed matrimony. , Courage, ladies.
The vicious poor often rob their neigh
bors ; the vicious rich not only rob their
neighbors but themselves at thVsame time.
Fulbfiles of this paper can be found in
New York, at the office of Geo. P. Rowel I
& Co., AdvertisiLg Agents, No. 40 Park,
Row. '' !.. .. '
Sound" parties are beginning to retire,
and Tjitb them the hopes of Souther! and
Stegall.
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Let tho people 'remember lIye, fresh
stock of groceries. G. D. sells cigars at
cost, and gives all bis friends careful atten
tion.'
A lady's dressmaker horrified; her, the
other day by telling her she vf ould cut
her body out" in the course of the after-
neon. :
There is apold BdVeftfiemfent which rursv
"Use Coopers Tooth -Brushy , ; tee
Cooper hanged Brstj"how would lieirke to
use. urs?v V:-i'1't!F:1.:?J'
If a person catch IjolcPof jpur ear and
demand wliether sir not hedOhe ttdS
pig by the car, would you' antWe'f nim with
a grunt ? siK&n
" It is said thkt 'doctors' catt mitigate the
t ' ' 5 J t ' ' ' " i ' J. i I i (
pain
in of sieknessV It may be the case many
; . : f tl y
nes,but it is certain that many them
ike dying very easy. j f :1 f
times
make
Mater's . bread delivery is a great suc
cess., The enteprisinioc "Charles" some-
times takes the morning air .to the delight
ot his lady customers.
Governor Caldwell is constantly receiving j
letters from conseryatiye citizens in West- partizanship is made thread .that lhe:"rad
ern North Carolina, praising hiivSction in icat" Mayor ' pays f money outof " the City
refusing to call a Convention. (
Pound partiesin which every one lakes
a pound of "something' ari all the-' rtge' in
some localities'. They are said to' be lively.
A pound of gold,f or even ! ,ilTrriwuld
not be bad to take., v; ;
Notice. Delinquent subscribers are no
tified that unless they pay promptly, their
papers will.be stopped, and when practica
ble suits will' be entered against those not
offering propersexg&se J T ;f j
The shadows of the mind are like ihoie
of the bady. In ths iaornin of life they
are all behind us; at noiin wo trample them
under foot ; and. iCtuejeYeni$ they stretch
along and deepen.pe&ra uT k-;. v n
o lufis ot I
The Post willcfurnished
ten and over at the rate of fifty cents for
three months! I Let none say they are too
poor to pay for their Post. Let Post Clubs
be farmed all over the State to resist Convention.-
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An advertisement in a newspaper is a
geod barometer of the condition of busi-
ness. The oiner aay an. aa fuac a carpen
ter published in a Boston paper brought
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plications. " I -
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Something New. Housekeepers are no
tified that Mri George Myers has been ap-
Dinted sole aeent tor the sale of "Perfumed
Haundry Soap," and has five hundred boxes
on hand which he offers at j the unprece-
dented low
BOX!!!
price ot ONE DOLLAR A
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The contractors on the Atlantic, Tcnnes-
see and Ohio Railroad Company have made
a start in laying the track of the read.
The - Charlotte Observer, says the cars now
run four miles on the road from that place,
and it is the intention of the managers to
lay feur miles per week.
At the regular meeting of the Mechanics
Building Association, last night, 45 shares
of stock, were redeemed at an average of
$101. 95 per share, viz : 20 shares at $104,
1 f oh area a f 100 SO. and 1 0 shares ft t Si 00.
At the next regular meetiag the Association
will be prepared to buy in shares in accord-
ance with Art. 14 of the Constitution
HARBOR MASTER B rvBFUlvT. llie IUUUW
intr jg the Renort of the Harbor Master for
the month of February, 1871:
I Steamers. .
I Bnsrs.
j Schooners;
Total .. v., ............. 30
With an aVerace tonnage of 0,850 tons; of
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B. J. liAWTON,
Harbor Master.
Nine Dax's Wonder. The new and.ele- tinued interspersing of operatic airs, popu
' TTAnfer Tfl;r1anMS rrrtetl on lar melodies, break-down dances, jokes on
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Dock srreet by the Cape Fear Building
Company was built in nine days ! The va-
rious parts were prepared at the Abbotts-
wh Miila hv Mr. H. a. Servoss. and out
together by that gentleman on the Compa-
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ny's lot. All who have witnessed me ceier
ity with which this building nas arose, are
ronvincerl that all the eaenrvand enterprise
I ia not confined to Chicago or the Western
States. Our city . may pistly be proud ot a
company able to compete with any North
ern or Western company lor the Cuban con-
tracts now being made .wun Americans
- -m- : . ..: - . . .
ith hnt'Httle for camenters to do butior
ouiia np w F" r - ? . Tthernewspapers elaborately1 describe' 'the
' i 1.1 a a 4 mTaaao in ii a alflriAaM AT i
the isles", by turnishing reaay maae Dutm.- toiletif the 8 teTrmawaie
ings, all marked and prepared to go np(J, . - it ' of ftet& rt IastlinteVs
Th building referred to is oyer nity ieei
deep and two stories highland finished in -the
fioest stjle'kaowii ,t6'diiffllinesii 'S
Thb Raleigh eUgrdnt attacksour rail
road managemeut as throtling home manu
factures, ? and, .discriminating jn ijfaYqr pf
Northern Capitalists and Northern mechan
ics. Tlie cliargft
Weldon railroad is -not new i one. .Supt.
FremoriIBzia
criminating against local freight in his last I
report, .wnere lie also promises, at an early
day," to; change trie - programme, that ou r
dying in justriesma jjiaye, chance ioJUyc.
;So mtait!be UvZt ? 5
;- The fnendsi aac - patrou?-ot: the Jtoller
Skating Association tnust not forgef that on
t-morrw WhtJihctstaQBthlpwam8 "will
be preseiaMAm
n valryis ezhibiteia-s by dtheaieTcraicandi
ates'and the".eQmen!i ottif eyen-
jng beTBgujpeclaUyslfascirlatifig ar Urge
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ulso be j presented toitha -lrsnoeskatcr
making crrcui
cst tie:,;Tneio
healthfuf 8ti:mnl6us;itor
h, . t r tr'. ''; S-
seen in a paragraph copied info the Raleigh
Sentinel, in Vwhich' the'abiur yarn of insane
treasury to give colored wonara pleasure
excursions. All who know'the' acting May
or, George Chadbourn, must 'denounce as
an absurd falsehood the statement that any
money could be wasted invgiving free ex
cursions even if fogged by the local editor.
of 'the Journal. Not tootelicate to refuse,
and not too shameless, to slander the. purest
and best city government. '
Wilmington, N. C, March 1, 1871.
r, - Mr. Editor V I wish to let the . public
know what we did in our concert and exhi-
bition on the ; 22dsiil't. Thi4 ; concert vf as
gfottphf up far the purposejf obtaining a
library for th abbatirSchooli and through
the earnest labors: of thei1?tfeaJhers and offi-
cers2olfth'4$cool we.'t'j43: 91, for
i return my- heartyhanks to my
yesterday threugh - the Post Office' to the
American Sabbath School Unien, $49 for
books and .papers,1 which we look; for
about the last of this week or the j first of
next.
Very Respectfully,
Wu. McLaurin,
Superintendent A. M.:E.. S. S
Well Roasted.---We mean "Mary's Lit
tle Lamb." It had 'become a journalistic
nuisance. Never a day lor a moath past
but that thee little lamb annoyed all the
editors m the lanq. It appeared in their
sanctums and at their paste-pot without
saying "by your leave,". and "ba, ba," was
its unintelligible language". But the "Little
Lamb" has been finally disposed of, and
the Worcester (Miss.) Evening Gazette dees
it in the following lines;
"Mary had a little lamb," V
We've heard it o'er and o'er,
Until that little lamb's Become
A perfect little bore! !
So I propose there shall be dug
A grave both deep and wide,
In which that lamb and all its bards,
Be buried side by side. :
Chapman Sisters. The favorites of, last
winter are again with .us, and ? We predict
for them flowing houses and full purses
The company are from Richmond where
I ilia iiiVkrltf TO irn oil cAPTa nf on frtnrn rra rvi a r
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anu iuc picas suumuu iu piaiocs, Bitjs uo
Neucs :
The Chapman
Sisters and Bishop, last
night as always met with a host of friends
to greet them. The audience was not only
large but appreciative. Bishop and the
favorites seemed to be quite up to the oc
casion, and never acted better. Of the
3 ice) the New York Herald says
15 To a crowded house the" burlesque trag
edy of Mr. John Brougham's "Much; Ado
about a Merchant ot Venice ' was presented
Ust nirht.
The burlesque was " complete ;
I. " O "
Sn nrocpnHnnn f.i it nnk tn kr
" , jf v"":"t 17 ri,!
1 upon tue reiucuiurauuc vi me uismu ui iuc
immortal Will " and yet enough of the
left to make the burlesaue suDremelv
ridiculous by way ot contrast. The coh-
1 current events and inuendoes on the pecu-
S.?S.Wt. nf nnlar nersonaaes. brin
fortij a ueaithy laugh at frequent intervals
j during the performance, fl he house was
in admirable humor last night, and was
very prompt with the laugh whenever the
1 iKe came in. . , . j i - 4
- The pcrformance will- commence with a
new farce, ; written tor liisuop, entitled
friend Waggles.
Thb Washington Jenkinses are not over
accurate this season. Although Mrs. Sena
tor Amqs wore the same. dress ..upon three
AlfFartTii Arrwians pa.h rnortr in th ffailT
10 . iri.ifTefont costume fen
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rf w ------.-r. -T-- i . - r
dresses.
4t txJ,
New papert the Post Psinitkq Orncz.
filU6rSin.ill. know is only J
a Corruption -of the name f Father Mike
Eagan, an Irish Cathelic1 priejsf jrho iiy'ed
and toiled, . and was finally sacrificed by the
Indians 90! th"e site of the present city of
Detroit.- 1
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f, A good choke is ;told' , by, that: happy
numbuggefH.'S. S;who thus addressed a
Hamberg-ger ; , lGod morni&g Schneider.!"
"We gech tis- den." ''Ha your know -what
6hu?ch that is?" '."Yah, ' dot is der Baptist
Chuch.,' -You see the steeple and that lit
tie ball w-aa-a y up there!" LYaw,I iiw
iiimi'Weli howis that for highT? '-The
merman looKca pieasea, scratcneuj ma neau,
andlsaid;3 Bot is gpetl'j Der best I hear
4ese sixwefiks;aw4pt:is jerygboti The
wagj f, went his way leavinglthe German
smilingrst scratching his head, and gaziag
abstractedly at the little ball so high in the
air. -i s iliK; :ifri. y-n:.!, 1 !- !- : )'
While thus standing, a smile over his
ace, a friend came along, anfl - he thought
o give him ; the same jgood thng and have
another laugh, and said: ; "Hollo, Fritz;
howl! yon was, eh?" "Goot a)l der vile.V
"Do you- know what Churcam dere?"
"Yaw? dere am der Baptist, 1 know dese
Church more as a dozen years already.!'
"You see dem stheeples, und? der leeddle
balls on der top ot dem stheeples -wa-o-o-y
mcst mit der-gloudel'J "YaWjJ see der
eeadle balls." "You see hif.i? Yell hotc
high islt datv Then he laughed and laughed
while the other man replied: "I don't
know: but what for you make so much
augh?1' "It - is der schoke don you see
him-r-der schoke ven I'ask you now high. is
disV "No, I don't see der schdke" "Veil
dotlis funny. A man lust told! dot . to me,
und I made laugh all ter vile. jXJnd you no
seeder schoke? I dinks you peen a bum
ming around; all night, and yjou can't see
nothinkl" i.lM ; w .if: . . -
At last some of Baker's : parfy have dis
covered a confluent toHhe lower Nlc As
; j s j ..-.1 i-i i -1. -t-Li: 5L:.iL'" i
ic-is eviaenuy ,a rivuiet oi. leuprn. uirm, it
would be well, to call it the JuyeNile.
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Fortune is like a mirror? it don't alter
men, it only shows them 'just s-s they are
THE CONSTITUTION.
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It is said that Under tho mesent system
we have 'some bad and 6orn4. incompetent
men in office!: tha w Code o Procedure has
been adopted: uuu.tedi to the wishes and
habits of the' people, and
bat a multitude
largely to the
of useless officers coa tribute
burdens of the people.
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That there may be bad ir incompetent
men in judicial station furbishes no; argu-
ment against electing Judges by! the people
nor in favor of coins back to the iold lan.;
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The advantages ot the present oyer our
former mode ot election aref well displayed
in the extracts I have read from the Western
Address. What was true !then of the pre
n
valent intrigues and combinations, in the
T,(rildnrp n fhaf Aav tin rn ;TOill
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might have4 been so in thLislakre .ot
1868 ahdGoENow if that'body exercised
th fnr.Moa f lioninf4 .TmTWnC
Kimtin th.tthfl;ori ll,vP Wnn ...
well as the people did in the spring of 1868.
ly idoiiot J think s. Some impro-
ions; were to have been Expected
I certain
per elections y
as inevitable, accidents of the times
Such mistakes had been made before in
this State,' in times of convulsion and
change in' politics. Thus it the period of
the overthrow of the old Federal fcarty in
this State and the rise of the Republican
or Democratic party of thAt day, after the
war of 1812, several incompetent persons
were eieyaiea 10 me Dencn. ;rne Dar or
thel State was then ma nlv comnosed of
Federalists-Politics ran nigh and , party
'eelini? was" bitter. Gentlemen of ability
among the Federalism were excluded from
TIlndpd frnm
office on account ot their politics and in
competent men on the otl er side were put
in : yet no proposition was made to call a
Convention to Temedy thid evil, and to put
the Federalists into officle, nor was there
ckrted movement
A tram' rrr inns . rr the 1 adontinn 1 of the
present Constitution,
in Governor worth's
administration, Judges were selected, by
him, unfit to occupy the rosition. The ex-
nnca in nil t.hfA infttunp 9. . wftnt ni
want of
Un h nnv. nf tiU t,rtT in nnwr
.. imo nf th rlahtkSnd. ti make nnh.
lie officers of.' It is spiwbing which can:
not well Lbe avoided at
timM 'nnnW.-Rirr
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system. " !
The election of Judges by the - people for
the first time, when j everything was still
resounding with; the clan ef arms is more
remaikarebr general good selections
made than otherwise.: Several of the Judges
received nominations from both parties; so
eager were both sides to' have the prestige
A ri. nam, of Inner frierf and f-ithfhl
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publie servants on, their, respect
o 0 i s 1.
irrfespectare tickets
they VahthoutloppesitiotLr and a thing
these 'candidates receivekl an undivided
Fine printed Business Envelopes, Six Dollars, luls nation ior. a; numoer jyears-past -nd t autBfnesTteiboraaa and oppression; Of 1
-?" 1 1 1 1 1 I ! ht" ' 1 : Ma betted becrintfrl I. f ? M ' ? 1 Uto. rlmi 1 ' ';'
anv , annearance of aeon
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to bringTthe whole judiciab: system of the UUUI uu"f y "rf. e8 Da unnm??5SJ l.
8Ute into Contempt iol party purposes. ke ltne breddollarsr each of the rfmjut Tay part of our .Constitution this
i: 1 ' . !- . ninptv flnnnrv Rolieitorsi and it a malrpa that n1M nf nntv (rnvmmnt,tiaka.n
vteof- tha" whole people' of all parties in
Kl lp "the siaturVad:. then11 ;'ha thei
be Vrfo (rPxR??ty bias" as'the peopled
was, or tha the gratifications of the Judges'
of their choice professionally orolherwise1
would be be Her than tfy? are noWj
The official manifesto he i"orejquoted from
declares the j Code of Civil - Procedure is a
declaredjsto he burnt on? some' u.Wcc Fri
.day." 'But the Code of Procedure if i tirlV
open to all the objections ' made' against U,,
is not the Constitution. ? It is an ordinary
act of the Legislature ; it can be modified,
amended, i suspended or; repeated flout and
put by the present Legislature.'; It has been
intdified, -'axqendeoTand parts of it repealed
over i and over , again by the Legislature.
The operation of one of its most !impbrtani
provisions has been suspended by. the pres
ent Legislature for twoyearsiand the act
suspending it is f published in thel' same
newspaper,-, which contains -Hae address of
the one hundred and five. ;i?iHf3i :ft'l 'a:iJf
c The Constitution provides a Commission
cr epbrta Code:to thepglsUture.i
There it- nothing .in it which compels the
Legislature to adopt whatever the ; Code
Commission may report! They may adopt
it in whole: or m part,r they may reject
the whole or a part, and so they have done
from -time . to time from the first report
which was made 'taihem. If the grievance
of Jthe Codeis;. intolerahlethe ". ; Xi'egisiature
ought to change it and they can change it
They are responsible for not changing it, if
it is the full 1 measure of evil which '.they1
represent it to JbeV 5 But even the first! Code
reported imperfect as it may, have been-and
as often as it "had to be,- On that ;'account,4
amended by the Legislature contained salu
tary ancl ise i refori Wch' may be in
cluded in the grand sweep of denunciation
indulged in by the One hundred 1 anc) five.
Those reforms have been1 adopted and tried
in England ; and iii; many of the States, of
!fijMTpare4Uhothr
States around. hqri has: ben?nigardly. rathf
er thah profuse' in hety expendiluref
' money for a inOdwatepuniher; to,
dispatch the business of the people. , Ho
otherwlS0 the11 h -tlie number of officers
01 tne exPense thereof necessary for the due
administratiori of ' Justices been irlcreasedj
1 ' ' " a Till '' t i t - a ' .1
or compared wun me , pio. "jouny. ;ourt
Bytemhow waged upon the people? Instead
if "-"piying ie omcers conneciea wita
" " ipfrff-.'
miuibues, me j jumper ox ; iuem ana
I 1 1 . ' z : 1 i i -' . .
tnereiore lessens tue comparative cost rot
legal proceedings. The Constitution, j in
tact, consolidates instead of multiplying
officers as some plain example will show.
The present Superior, Court Clerks do all
I . U . t. ' i JS t it. . - '
luo "uaiucaa luriueiiy UOUB U?iue . JHCUm-
bent ot that officeahd the: clerks and .mas-
1 tcrs 10 .WAl7. anf much tha was. done by
tbe Clerks of the Gounty Courts. Two
officers in each! county are thus! -dispensed
yvith' Iq e&cb ot the ninety counties - f the
State' theT? have been formerlj,! un-
dert5ie old County Court system, a Cod t y
dispensed wi 11
and the duties of these ninety officers de-
volve upon and arer discharged npw by
twelve Solicitors for the whole State. It is
therefore plain that there are now three
officers less in: every county of the State
au ? afre .were unu e1
agination in tne number or omcers for jthe
, t j-
Wot t0 mention other items of expenditure
8avecl to evcry county by lessening j tho
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I fcue aiu"iouj J Jsi1? uuuer ? iu
old system.
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The extra allowances alone, usually voted
by the old bench ot Magistrates, to
County and Superior Court Clerks and
the
the
County Solicitors, was very great., It was
cpon an averaSt, throughout the State, one
l""v v Tww.ww -.. . -w -wr,- '
more than the cost ot the increased number
of Judges on the Superior and: Supreme,
I Curt bench;- A system 'which decapitates
De lIiree flanarea omce "oiae ?lc"
mimsucuiuvyua.gr. wuim ,, v ,
l annual iy, ia uu j"jr tuaigcauw biiu uui-
I ii. - ' rJi A :tL. i-4.i-J.i;
upiying useless ouiwca ai i-c cAiivaaui
at the commencement ot tne war at an ad
ditionalst olilOOO.thanjtc reduce the
Courts, with their neihuudred and eighty
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J ,iv.LTr.""i Tf tr.Tf;. -"r.T
1 name innn saTPniiOTtkiiii ir..'iuuijmnrKi
ft ra-r "";?tTS
mm" .-. .x. - - "-,-. r. ? -; 7 j. : .
ancousiuerate uu uaaijr ai.i,cmcuis, us
1 ttte Plan of cottntl ernment and its ex
it faiftd premise thai their; action wouitl'
"nlll.ahn.'! m i tU.-il.!-L ' - ill'" . i t
u iu mc Binwug anu oriental i iy:exasrcriwantbat
btjic ot une- outs mostauting.uishett.anaice8W-A,:r:-.i',; iA.
' T r w -T ' 3 1 ! m V U - M tiLIIjl f IJUUftm VL IjU U U t V X'VSdX iinir LI lir "nil ljii khb n-t
I - J J : . J i ,riB vs p " . whi ii ..flwwovM ElHtt
rates ot compensation, is n Deiier ior xne i tears, otners may ao ai tney please and yield
convenience of the people; is it less expen I to the blast'bf party lry hich assails this
sive to have four more Judges - than we bad I part of theCosstitutton; "Iihall c
pense.
Upon examination they cannot be susiained.
The present is hot necessarily more expen-'
ive thaaf the old planHndr if it nasecn11
Imprjoperfy made aartheholejmatteii n1
thelhudi of the Xtgisiature and theynaywvi
ange it in! this respect, at their will. It. f, ,
ifiicult to obtain any reliable, datVlto
iui(4lratitimate f Ih el probable necessary" '
' mpty expenditure Under the. present1 gjiJh
emviinTincect' that it has beenf great-
5?
exceptional mstan-
fligate extray agance i ?
county funds,, .un au-
thoriz
Constitution have been
u; Iju to inflame the public ralnS and
ttiiutiiisU aa argumenagainlstnhepTan ofT
cotibty government therein providedJori
We know, however, What the amount of w
taxes was in 1860, levied and, collected jot
.... t .u-
cauniv n turDosea dt r life time tJnnntv
Court; irresponsible to JahdV indepedenfof 4,4
the peope.?It Teache4therfenwmoui"8nnl
of 564,000 one hundred . and aixty-fotfipf I
thousand .dollars, more than the, double of
the,:cost pt the whole State government in vs'fH
all its branches, legislative, judicial and ex-
f ecujivej jabout the same' time.utn6w
thajt the fficesof Clerks and MasterslOoun-5
ty ourt Clerks, County ;SolicitcWari i s
dens , of Jthe Ppor&ayf jare,, aboiiahed.tn r
Wlihnow, therelore, tliat there f are now in ,
North Carolina-fewer officers connected
wi!h the Courts of theseverat counties tharr'
there ever were. : Until I can be Batisfled bytH ' ' '
reliable f acts that jit it otherwise, I cannot r r
ejmadei to belie vo ( that a LBjieajwMcJi 5t
coniblidlfeVoffices and thus diminishes the".
number ft officers will necessarily increase,
1 '"!' "'i .: : ' 9 f . ' . 1 ',!-' W , ' h i".?
coun
j pcuuiiuiea. vex lamiy l uo not
fjeeve that with' any reasoiahle?,aiTange
meni which the Le2islatu16tifomake.
thhe j aggregate county tax f'6PihXSg '
cessary Expenses ittierebiV' will ,everuridert
ffifpjri snt planoucli $504,006 TAeatf "
pari; pf the present tax as every one1 fenbws,
is tfn account of ttnepreiaVnrl& Very often
unwise legislation of Hhls Vndlormer Gelae
ralsselnblies; cand for theiaynJen bfjold ;
deU irnprojidently pctriCted bef the f
iwarvara badly managed by the: old cofinty
hm'iof. county cavernment. -Bnti 4h
douniy taxes arnr;oneront and Oppresslye, is ' " 1
liete nd remedy other hatt2 Cjalifng ; a$n ,f
yentiohl tp Cbapge, the Constitution of he .vi
State? Hi thick there is. The Constitution ;
establishes the office, 'thetnode of electing
the tenure of office and defines the powers
and; dtjties of the .County Commissioners
uonstituiion;-a.it yxit facets, xana v.):
' t 1 t a i . -M
Som afterwards of township authoritie?.
me language, u seems 10 me, : is , very
f uc ,- ,.t!lJ,:.
j oiue-commissioners 10 exercise a gcncruL
supervision ana control 01 the penal , ma
; ... - . . - ri .
charitable institutions, schools, road uud
J bridges, levying of taxes and finances of tho
I country, as may be prescribed by law," A
Clerk and two Justices of the Peace in each
I mi .1. ; t i n .i i i n
AOWUSUip are prOYiaeuaOT " WUO AUail COU
8tjtut a Board of Trustees,, and shally un
der the -supision ot the -County Commis
slonefe, ! veurr ,r.lr -Vol the taxes arid finan-'
ces, r
; of the Township as
I law." It is to be re-!
may ,
markl - J trr is a difierende ioktha
m . n utf to confer : authority; upon
lan-i
the!
.Ci'uiiiiisbioners to control the levying of taxf
es, &c., and the words used in conf erring
autrity ! upon . the ' Township Ttuitees.
The'latter it seems Vunder the supervision
ot the Commissioners" and "as may be pre-
scribed by law" have "control" of the taxes
r T?lT Awnsnips; me uommisaionera
nave control of "levying" the taxes "as may,
, r. J , : f .. a -.. ; :
A8 may be prescribed by law"confers the '
powpr and imposes' the duty upon the Leg-
r" " tv c6u'a u.wij goicruwMH
i 01 iuo otaie. xue commissioners are SUD- !
jectjto the Legislature, the Township Traa-
j tees fare "under" the Commisaioners. The
practice ot this and of former Legislatures
I has been to exercise its constitutional right
I to regulate the government, of counties just
as well in the matter of official salaries, tax
v ; t"'u' lHS-
I tion,' or it would seem without even reading
I the; Constitution and - therefore -with no
I properly directed effort, to. reform abuses,
popular ciamor and. inaignation nave beep
teveue agjinsfc.it sou up people naye Deen
sausiacuun wnu a sjiicm waicn iney have
i not xairiy ineu. ;ia-.ingr" counsel Ot their
I i' t.i . fn aj.-- . - ..
io nothug
- j 0f jthe kind until 'the matter is fairly tried;
J fairly discussed,' and fairly condemned? by
y I t-ie ?peop jn'tbne, thisjplan
7 1 of county' government will be fully realized
l ji-iw fvHic. vi iuc
I - 1 . . -- - I.', a. - k . i' !- 1.
fVfr.f UT-WttfFM.
Kf.fs trtha nann a ar r- 'nava i.u.r
rafter
1 1 any government dependent tupon m popular .
iu I will ana popular control.
Concluded in our next.
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