NORTH CAROLINA. 



and hoods for $54*53.000, asked the I'nit.-d 

 Coofia* trguarantee $100,000,<> 

 and appoint an officer of the army to 

 ihr lUstraotion: but the bill failed 

 -.' another was prepared 



tte Senate, which proposed to 



pitl stock to $100.000,000. to can- 

 mi all stock and contracts exc. 



fa UK* government* of Nicaragua and 

 Rcm, and $3,000,000 to be retained by the 

 , , vhaniru for the concessions and 

 privftem it had obtained; the United 

 vat to reimburse the canal company for all it* 

 leftttmete expenditures, and then the canal was 

 to be constructed frm the proceeds of bonds 

 guarantee by the United States Government. 

 This bill wat finally passed. It provided that 

 i Stales Government should issue 

 $10:000.000 of 3-per-cont, bonds to supply funds 

 Lid shoold receive in return $70.000,000 of the 



aether bill, but took no final action. On April 

 J. 1806. President n. ...mted a board 



:frts to investigate and report upon the 

 feasibility, permanence, and expense of a 



. . --. i ||ejefl '*" route pp- 

 ioeted,so as to determine the advisability of the 

 Government taking part in the enterprise. The 

 board consisted of Major William Ludlow, of 

 the Engineer Corps ; Command :i.-..tt. 



of the navy; and Alfred Noble. When the 

 oompanv proposed to have the canal made with 

 the credit of the Government the estimate of 

 cost was pot down to $09308,660, not far from 

 Mr. Menocal's estimate for the actual work. 



The board made an investigation on the spot, 

 aad concluded its studies in November, 1805. 



-.rtod that there were insufficient 

 upon which to found a final judgment as to the 

 and cost of a canal, and 

 that a survey and examination be 

 made for the Govern! -.* mid take eight- 



esa month* and oost $350,000. The estimate 



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M)RTH CAROLINA, a Southern State, one 

 of the original thirteen, ratified the Const it ut ion 

 Nov. SI.1789; area, 50 square miles. The 

 population, according to each decennial census, 

 was 888.751 in 103 in 1800; 555,500 



: 8 in 1890; 737,987 in 1830; 753,- 

 419 in 1840; 809.089 in 1850; 993,622 in 1860; 

 41 in 1870: 1.899.750 in 1880; and 1,617,- 

 1H90. Capital. Raleigh. 

 Gevemaieat- The following were the State 



ng the year: Governor, 1 

 HMt Governor, Richard A. Dough ton ; 

 rHary of State, OcUvius Coke, until 

 . wtn he died; Charles M. Cooke was 

 PjhHed to saoeetd him; Treasurer, W 

 rth; Auditor. R. M. Kurmnn : Att 



. M. Oshom: Adjut.-, ,1. K 



' I'ublie Instruct 



b a PppolUt; Commissioner 

 mmiesioDSf 

 f 

 ?> cv *ru WilUam T. Fairclotf 



*natJasttea\I). M. Kurches.Be- 

 I A. C. AVWT. Walter Clark, and 

 w. A. Meatgomery , flaBiuuaiu. 



I ilnc.it inn. Die n-nti>nnial -oinin-n'-. 

 ft- irl'rai.-d a 



Hill..lunr 4. .". and i. An uration was d< 

 bv Alfn-d M. \Vaddidl n-jtiVM-nt in^ the o] 

 alumni, and ! by Adolphus 11. Klh-r 



iiger, a pot-in !> Hi-nrv .1. StiM-kard, aii 



mea l>. L\n<-h of tin- . 

 at ing class. Addresses were m ad l>\ M 



..nd M. [,),, D I'-. Weeks. SuWrinti 

 amounting to $18,000 v an aluii 



building. Tin* uiuvrrsity received 

 ingtheywir from the Mason and 



I'd.- " train-mi \ .ju->ti.in " \\a> ^M^ : 

 by the trustees who adopted a ruk thai 

 b- ii"t allowed to join fraternitirs until n 

 <>nd half of h- sophomore y< 



Tin- Agricultural Department was coi 

 datc.l by the Legislature with the A L:riciiltnrul 

 and Mechanical College, and ap|T : 

 were made f<.r >upp< 

 lege graduated a da 

 lege gnwluatexl a class f -J'J in .lune. 

 lege graduated ">. It ha- had an addition 

 nearly $20,000 to its endowment. Timr 

 lege sent out a class of 15. At the dim: 

 inent $8,100 was subscribed towai nal 



building to the lai nl I'.axtoi 



and $5,000 wa^^'i ven for improving th f 

 Salem l-'einale College graduated, at 

 third coinniencrnienl. from ii 

 ":{ in the regular course and !) in special Mu 

 At Greensboro l-'emale ( 'oIK'^e, fniindcd 

 the senior class numbered 2o. I ' 

 at Raleigh, graduated !> youn^ la<i 



The H :ual and Industrial 



Greensboro, closed its third year in M 

 number of applicants to the school 1 

 twice as many as could be accommo<l 

 more room has been added. The LT.. 

 numbered 28. In July the board 

 acres north of the institution for $!','. 



The summer school of the university at 

 Chapel Hill was attended by 104 lead 

 t ||OM- preparing' '< teach. 



st. ilc Institutions. The Legislature 

 appropriations for these for t he biennial 

 as follows: Raleigh Asylum, regular ^ISQ^^H 

 20, special $11,390.48"; If organ ton AM 



regular $180,000, special fJ" I 



Hospital (colored), regular $75,000, spe- 

 $20,000; Deaf and humb Institute a; \< 

 to,,, regular $70,()0(), special $21,.VMi 

 Infinite. $s(MNMi : Soldier^ Home. > 



r.tiary, $49,000: State l*ni\. 

 000; Normal and Indu-tn.il S. -h.,,|. regular 

 *10,000; Agricultural and M-- 

 chanioal College, regular 

 000: Agricultural and Mechanical Coll 

 ! i. $10,000; Colored Normal Schools. - 

 Oqihan Asylum, $20,000; Colored Orpha: 

 him. $6.00d. 



The Penitentiary report gives the foil 

 statistics: There was an average nun: 1 



in 1 *!ir,. :', more than in 1 

 these, 180 were at the Cenrtal I -nit.-ntinry 



'JO were at work on the Caledonia f.i 1 

 n tin- Northampton farm. 1 Mi on th- 

 fax farm, and 73 at the Cattle Flaym- far; 

 mine; 67 were employed buildin.L r for tin- 

 oke liapids Company on the Great Falls (anal : 

 and 4-"> for two months building a dam f 



