The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-08-03

from the coal fields in Chatham county to
Cheraw, in South Carolina. This road would
nave been about seventy miles in length, but no
work has ever been done.
SoUOOOO bonds to the University Railroad,
IRON Durham, on the North Carolina Railroad,
10 Chapel Hills, Smiles-never commenced.
- SSOOOOOO bonds to the Eastern and Western
Railroad, from Henderson in Granville county
on the Raleigh and CASTOR Railroad, along the
Virginia line to Mount Airy, i'm Surrv comfy
the headwaters of the Yadkin-never com
SS5O,000 bonds to the Edenton and Suffolk
halroad, from Edenton in Chowan county. on
hlOemarle Sound to Suffolk Virginia on the
Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad, making S5 15O-
VOO, which falls under the action of the Supreme
Court
SO far rs the unfinished works" are con-
cerned (as in each case a special tax has been
levied) the taxes collected will be set apart bv
the State Treasurer and paid as interest on the
bonds created for each. and rendered legal by the
supreme Court. This fact and the action of the
treasurer, made imperative by the Legislature,
VIII render these bonds more valuable than the
old bonds, rs in this case the payment of the
interest becomes certain when due i'm conse-
quence OF this special appropriation for that
SPECIFIC purpose, and in the case of the old
bonds the accrued and maturing interest cannot
or Will not be paid unless the Treasurer has or
may have sufficient funds in his hands to meet
the interest after paying all the ordinary and
extraordinary expenses of the State Govern
ment.
From all the information can gather it seems
certain that the interest the old or $40 600 600
debt of the State will have to be funded, GER
tainly for one and perhaps for two years 1t
now appears that the mistake was that the State,
In her anxiety to meet her debt, commenced too
soon to pay the interest after the close of the
war. The only payment made on the old debt
was $500, GOO of interest in October 1868 The
Interest was always paid promptly previous to
the Rebellion, and North Carolina bonds COM
manded premium at their then OS6D par
value in gold.
,1 4 -rI,,,
respondence received yesterday and to-day from
Rockingham county, in this State, detailing the
particulars of several outrages perpetrated in
that county by parties well known to the local
authorities. Among these infamous acts, one
occurred on the 9TH inst, two miles southwest
of ThompsOnville, by which a poor white wo-
man was taken from the house of a colored
family named Randolph and subjected to the
most terribly brutal and indecent conduct i'm
aginable in the presence of her own father. On
the oath inst, near Ruce's Cross roads, several
men, in masks, appeared at the house of n
cOlored man named Moses LomaX, and dclibe-
ratey fired through the cabling and shot n daugh-
ter of LOmaX through the skull, from the effects
of which she died instantly. They then entered
and began to beat the inmates indscriminately
Soon after Caroner Calvin Freddy empanelled
a jury and investigated the case, resulting in
testimony, alleged to be clear and undoubted
from reputable citizens of Rockingham county
that this woman, Mary LomaX, had been bru-
tally murdered; Lindsay Cummings, colored
man, badly beaten; and Moses, Charlotte, and
Isaac LomaX, and Phyllis Cummings, injured by
| these raiders. 1t further stated to the
Governor that these men, whose names are given
as Patrick Simpson, Thomas Hutson and Zan
Barham, are still at large, and that the Coroners
jury have been unable to agree upon q verdict
through fears of intimidation. This informa-
ton comes to Governor Holden from such we'll
known citizens of Rockingham county as Thomas
A. Ragland c. j. L. Williams u. Groom, and
Hon. Thomas Settle one of the judges of the
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whom have Joined in an urgent appeal
to the Governor to send troops into Rockingham
county Immediately, to put an end to these out
RACES and to assist the local authorities to arrest
and bring to justice the perpetrators of these
bold offenses against the laws and well-being of
society. In view of all the facts referred to,
Governor Holden despatched Adjutant-Gen
Fisher this afternoon to the scene of disturbances
with two hundred stand of arms and authority
to organize battalion of militia (half white and
half black to assist the Sheriff in the arrest of
these raiders and bring them to trial. The
militia are to be under the Immediate control of
! the Adjutant-General, and from our knowledge
of that officer, he will do his whole duty and
protect the citizens of Rockingham in the enjoy
ment of all their social and domestic rights.
| From all the facts can gather, these disturb
| ances have not grown out of politics, but
devilish spirit of wickedness on the part of a
| few bad men, who ought to be summarily dealt
with according to the severest tests and punish
ments of the law.
All the detailed militia under arms in North
Carolina were withdrawn from Jones, Lenoir,
and other counties, and dsbanded several days
ago, under the impression that everything was
quiet within the limits of the State and the full
conviction that there would be no further use
for troops to quell disturbances. 1t may seem
strange, but it is nevertheless true, that the
General Government declined giving arms to the
Governor of this State, and that the three thou
sand musllets he has had under his control, for
purposes of protection, were kindly loaned him
| bNt he GONprnOr the NOrthprn
THE JUNIOR.