THE
LEGISLATIVE MANUAL
AND
POLITICAL REGISTER
OF THE
State of North Carolina,
FOR THE YEAR 1874.
COMPRISING THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THE STATE OF
NORTH CAROLINA; A MAP SHOWING THE COUNTIES
AND THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS; A
CALENDAR OF CHRONOLOGICAL
EVENTS, WITH LISTS AND
TABLES FOR REFER-
ENCE.
- " Facts alone are wanting in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. Facts alone can influence the minds and actions of men." — Dickens.
Compiled by authority of the General Assembly of North Carolina, under the direction of
W. H. Howerton,
Secretary of State.
By JOHN H. WHEELER, late Treasurer of the State, and Author of the History of North Carolina.
RALEIGH:
JOSIAH TURNER, JR., STATE PRINTER AND BINDER.
1874.