New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-20
WASHINGTON.
THE NORTH CAROLINA ELECTI0N-IMpoRrANT
QUESTIONS AT IssUE-TiIE CENTRAL RAIL
ROAD TAX,
81 TELEGRApH TO TiIE TRlBUNR.I


lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNRI
WASHINGTON, Wednesday, July 49, 1851.
An election In North Carolina on the sd oil Au
gust, which involves questions OF national importance
Delegates to Constitutional Convention are TO DO
elected under law plainly revolutionary and nnconst
tutoRa in character, the present Constitution re-
QuIres like the old one, two thirds vote Of the Lesla
ture for the passage Of bin ordering such Convention
In the present case the bill passed by bare major
ity, Democrats voting against It, The canvass go
Ing on In North Carolina Is OF the bitterest character
both parties understanding success to be matter
Of life and death. Tie Ku-Klux have made
that State the battle ground. 1t is plain that
their policy IL, by obtaining full control
to destroy the present Judiciary and multiplying through
the new one which tho Democratic Legislature are TO
elect on life tenure the entire reconstruction policy
II the KuKlux successful in North Carolina the Re
publlcans there say tho same programme VIII DO AT
tempted in every Southern State The old judicial syS
tenn there provided for tho election by the Legislature or
all Judges, down even TO Justices OF the Peace. Tho
Democrats propose to select out OF the latter an Eee
ton Bsrd for each county, thus arranging for fun con-
troll OF the voters as well in administering the laws
The Republicans hopeful OF success aud late ndVice
show them 10 be working energetically to obtain IT,
Senator Pool has prepared three addresses and letters
treating IN vigorous manner the several issues IN
VOWED which have been printed and circulated by the
Republican Resident Executive Committee. Attorney
aor Pool, Col. French Senate sergeantatArms, Gen.
Rutherford and other prominent Republicans, will stump
the State during the last week Of the canvass. The
local speakers very active and the Republicans are
thoroughly aroused In hopes Of reganing control OF the
State II Is believed that large number or Democrats
will vote the anConyention ticket both because 1t is
probable tho Ku-Klux leaders win overthrow, II they
win their homestead provisions OF the present COnstu-
tion and also from fear that the converting Of Cons
tutional Convention can terminate only IN the military
occupation OF the state by the Federal authorities TIC
State Executive viii undoubtedly resist the Convention
as revolutionary and call the President to sustain the
legitimate Government Tic recent vigorous measures
against the guXlux IN The way Of arrest and Indictment
have created panic among them. 1t has been a'cer-
tanned that since the arrests the KuKlux have changed
their passwords, &C.
Horace F. Clark Augustus schen, md s. T. Fairchld
Of Eew-YorR are in town on business connected
with the Central Railroad tax. They had long inter-
view this afternoon with the Commissioner OF Internal
Revenue relative to the payment Of the tax on undl-
vded scrip dividends Issued by the Company. They
also had conversation with Secretary Boutwell,.
The Secretary OF the Treasury has Informed tho L.
high Coal and Navigation Company that he has no OBJ
jectons 10 their boats being measured and licensed as
they arrive and unladen, provided all are docu-
mented within reasonable tme but he states that u ~
not within hs power issue instructions to tho Collector
at New-York to suspend the operations OF the law IN
marine papers.
The Secretary OF War has addressed letter TO the
commanding officer Of tine Department OF the Missouri,
directing him TO Fl ill the assistance In his power III
provision and transportation TO Mr. Vincent Coyer OF
tho Indian Peace Commission, while making hls tour
hroug New-Mexico and Arizona.
Reports from the Supervisor Of Internal Revenue in
North Carolina show that he dsapproves Of the PROPOSE
ton made by Major Morgan OF the army to employ cti
OF Rutherford and adjoining counties TO assist the
Revenue officers In breaking up Illicit dstllling. He
says that IN addition to tie fact that such course
would tend to produce hard feeling among the people.
the presence o. the military has good moral effect on
the men who are attempting to oydde the laws 1t may
be remembered that the plan osed by Major Morgan
was substantially identical with Gen. Pleasonton's
Revenue Police plan to Congress last Spring
1t not, at the time, approved by Secretary Boutwell,
and there good ground Tor the belief that 1t Is not APP
proved by him now.
copy Of the recently printed annual report Of Presi
dent Barnard OF Columbia College, Hew-York. shows
that he ought to have the credit accorded TO Gen, Eaton
in a dispatch sent to THE TRIBUNE last evening from
this place for compiling statistics OF the colleges Of the
country Prof Barnard used to assist him In bis work,
much less comprehensive list printed by Gen. Eaton
last Winter Spring giving im fun credit Tor IT, But
an examination OF the report shows that the ah0r OF
preparing the list referred to yesterday du not CONSIST
Va collecting names, but In finding ont the character Of
inst tufiOns named and classifying them IN separate
tables to make the lists available for useu pur-
poses. All other lists heretofore published, lncludhg
That OF Gen. Eaton, have presented tumble or heteO
geneUus institutions schools or the most diverse caric-
Ter being sgrouped together with colleges The report
OF Prof Barnard has been several weeks printed anu an
examination OF It shows that the CLASSES OF Cen Eaton
his classes, and the numbers in each class ho his
numbers.