The Charlotte Democrat., 1888-12-07
Correspondence of the Charlotte Democrat
Meeting of the N. G. Historical Society.
CHAPEL Hill Nov % 1883


The second meeting of the N. Z. His
to.ical Society for 1859 was called to
order at O'Clock by President Battle.
Minutes of last meeting were read and
approved. DR.. A. w. Mangum presented
the first of series of papers on the Con-
federate States Prison at Salisbury. He
stated that the building was built and
used as cotton factory, afterwards as a
school, aud when the war came on as
prison. By a deed dated Nov. I'd, 1861,
it was conveyed to the Confederate
States. The building was of brick,
l0Ox49, three stories above the basement.
The first prisoners arrived in Salisbury
on the 9Th of Dec, 1851. Alter the pris
oners Of war were exchanged only the
Government prisoners were kept here.
They were of nearly all trades, aud
were confined for disloy atty, aiding the
enemy, &c.
The testimony of escaped prisoners
shows that they were we'll treated before
the prison was crowded By so many thou
sands at the last part of the war, when
the exhausted state of the Confederacy
prevented proper attention being paid to
them. ~
DR.. F. P. Venable presented paper on
the Ultimate Relation of the colored race
to the white in North Carolina.
In this State the white children of
school age number 353, ,4Sl, and the COL
ored 212,7sa The attendance of whites
is 124, ,653 or 35.2 per cent. The attend
anoe of blacks is II, ,466 or 336 per cent.
Fhe attendance of whites has increased
26 per cent in years and of the blacks
7l.2 per cent in same time.
Of the white teachers examined in 1885
SO per cent received 1st grade certificates
and about 38 per cent I'd grade certiti-
Gates.
OF the colored teachers standing the
same examination 26 per cent received
1st grade certificates aud 40 per cent
second.
The value Of colored public school pro-
perty is reported at $2O3,28l, against
$t49, ,824 for the whites. Number of pub
lie schools for the whites Ais; number
of public schools for the blacks 1929.
The length of the school year is about the
same for each. 1n secondary education
the private schools give the whites an
advantage.
In higher education the advantages Of
the colored race in this State are cert ainly
tutions have been provided tor them by
private or denominational contributions.
The value of these is stated by the U. s..
$3.50 900, against 6 colleges for the whites
with $47O,OOO worth of property. Fur
ther the blacks have 43 professors and
GAG students, and the whites 40 professors
and 1Ol4 students.
The blacks have the only regular medi-
cal school in the State and the professors
are some of the ablest white ph ysicians of
North Carolina. Each race has a law
school, and the whites have several pri-
| vate law classes besides.
There are four we'll equipped theologi-
cal schools for the blacks aud none tor
the whites in this State. The future is
fraught with danger. The negroes are
being rapidly educated, and the whites
not in proportion. Ii Anglo-Saxon su
premacy is to be maintained in North
Carolina, we are pursuing very suicidal
| course.
Mr. w. J. Andrews, the Secretary, read
paper on the famous picture of George
III which, as it hung in Mrs Elizabeth
Steel's tavern in Salisbury, Gen. Greene
of the coloDial army turned to the wall
and wrote on the back: 80 George, hide
thy face and mourn" This inscription il
still visible. The picture is now in the
possession of the Secretary. We hope
that Mr. Andrews will present before the
Society many more papers marked by al
much care aud thought as be revealed in
this, his first effort. B.
RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 5.-The annua
meeting of the stockholder of the Rich
mond & Danville Railroad Company was
held here to day. n resolution was adop
ted looking to the issuance of $2,5oo,OOo
in equipment trust bonds. The following
officers were elected for the ensuing term
President, John H Scott; Board of Direc
tors, J ohm H Inman, Samuel Thomas Cal
vim Brice, John G Moore, Harris G Fab
nestock, George T Stone, John H Paul
John A Rutherford, Charles M McGee
John Barbour, J 9 Maher and Samue
N Ingram. The lease of the Georgia Pa
cifc Railroad by the President and Boarc
of Directors was confirmed.
eB The real estate property of tn
State National Bank was sold at auction
last Saturday at the court house door a