Fayetteville Observer [Fayetteville, N.C.: January 12, 1857]

              THE PARTT MOVEMENT AT BAI.KIOII.—We
have undoubted authority for contradicting the
report that the democratic Legislative caucus had
resolved to make a ehange in tho nth and 6th
Congl—iltml districts so as to make Puryear's
district democratic. We are glad to hoar it; and
glad to hear that the more respectable portion of
the democratic party scout the bill, which is
doubtless a private movement of some aspiring
democrat who wishes to succeed Mr. Purycar in '<
Congress.
We wish we could also contradict the state-ment
that the caucus had nominated a ticket of
democrats to fill the five vacancies in the Hoard
of Trustees of the University. Hut that is un-doubtedly
true. And it is a a melancholy truth. '
The Judiciary and Public Education should be |
kept aloof from party. Fortunately we have but
one p«rty Judge in North Carolina, (Judge Sauu- ]
ders,) and he will quit the Hcnch as soon as he
can ge* a better office. And then we pray the
vraey, for their own sake* as well as for the
nor and welfare of the good old State, never
10 put another such partizan in office. Let us
have pure and upright Judges, if nothing else is
i are.
And then as to the University. It is an In-stitution
belonging to the whole State, not to a
party; atid if it is desirable that all parties should
nise it by sendiug their sons to be educated
there, it must not fall into party management,
and be controlled by partizans, for party purposes.
The Standard defends the caucus action by the
plea of saving of time of the Legislature, and
asequent expense. But it is "a peuny wise
aud pound foolish" policy that would destroy the
State character of the University and convert it
into a party institution. The Standard also con-tends,
with some apparent force, that the Ameri-can
party has no right to complain of the demo-
Its for votiug for none but democrats, since tho
Americans were sworn to rote furuuiie but Aiucri-liut
on this matter, patriots of all parties,
who love the State and would sustain its in-
.iions of learning, especially that one belong-ing
to ttie whole State, have a right to complain.
Democrats themselves will eomplain of any move-ment
which weakens the University in the rap-
• now derives from all parties.
BUSINESS BUOBI THI LEGISLATURE.—We
continue synopsis of legislative documents:
SISKIN., FI NI>.—"A bill to rams" one,
aught previously to be created and commence
sinking) introduced by Mr. Bledsoe, of Wake.
I'r ivides for the appointment of three "Commis-of
-inking fund," and a siuking fund
try; term of office 2 years, and pay of 83
m for each day employed in keeping the
Appropriates for the fund the divi-n
the State's preferred stock in the N. C.
. I, the tax on the stock of the Cape Fear
State Banks, and the dividends on auy Hank
-• >k, for which the present Assembly may sub-scribe,
over and above the interest on the bonds
I to piy for it.
A BILL TO DIMINISH THE COSTS OF Sum AT
LAW—Introduced by Mr. Stubbs of Beaufort,
the House Committee on Judiciary. uro-nat
either party to a civil cause may sum-
DO examine as a witness the adverse party,
who shall receive the pay and be subject to the
penalties of other witnesses; his pay to be taxed
in the bill of costs. That cither party may file
in the clerk's office and serve on his adversary a
distinct and particular statement of his cause; if
the opposite party fails to file a distinct admis-
: the alleged facts, he is to be deemed as
denying them, and if on trial they are proved,
"sis of such proof to fall upon said party,
r the general judgment in the case. Re-quires
the Judge, at the request of either party
to write out his instructions to the jury and have
1 as a part of the record. The pro-
- if dim inution of costs, contemplated by this
not very clear to us, though it may be to
-ion.
MEDICAL SOCIETY OF X. C.—A bill for its
ration, introduced by Mr. Speer, of Yad-kin.
Gives it the usual privileges of corpora-
' ins; and provides for an appointment, by the
"• ciety, of a board of Medical examiners, 5 in
number, who-e duty it shall be to examine all
pplicsnts for license to practice—no person en-titled
to practice without such license, and the
only to be granted to graduates of a regu-lar
Medical College. Examiners'fee, 810. Per-il-
practicing without license not entitled to
•uc for or recover auy medical bill.
DEAT AND DUMB ASYLUM.—Amouut re-cured
from the public Treasurer for two years
ending Nov. 1, l*oU, 8-0,200; expenditures for
»ume period, salaries, repairs, furniture, &c,
119,957 02. Cash balance 8242 98. There
ire now in the institution 45 pupils, and as,
the present board of superintendents, a
thorough reform has taken place, it is supposed
iie number will be largely increased.
00 per annum, from the State, is estimated
ss the least appropriation which the institution
"ill require.
ATLANTIC & N. C. RAILROAD.—A bill for its
ctiou, introduced by Mr. Thompson of
" ayne. Asks an additional State subscription
0,000 preferred stock. The State is already
bsoriber to j of the stock.
HAWKS S HISTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA.- I THE MAILS.—We learn from the Richmond
\Vc are happy to state, that the 1st volume of I Whig that the Postmaster General has diseon-this
work >s nearly completed—the whole having j tinued the night mail from Washington South,
passed through the printers' hands. It is a I thus giving but one mail a day South of Wash-small
volume, containing only 254 pages, octavo ! ington, whilst there are two a day North. This
—small for the reason stated in the Preface, I will throw our mails a day behind, and often
which, with the Dedication, wc give below. Sub- , two days, for under the present wretched man-sequent
volumes will probably contain 500 or i agement of the Post Office Department they are
000 pages, and the price be proportioned to the J generally a day behind time.
No reason is assigned for the change.
Mr. H. W. Home, the State agent, and his „
assistants, with specimen copies, will commence ~mT"' . V"^y' ** tl"' H°US° ™
the canvass for subscribers in a few day, " ""' ,n adj°Ur"' Mr Ko,8e>' said *■* ,ho W»sh-
The Dedication M as follows: ",{-"°n ^respondent of the N. York Times had
made a charge of bribery and corruption on mem-
NATIVES OF NORTH CAROLINA- !*"?*? """T T' .fT* "''f dc,nandcd
1
investigation, and submitted a resolution to ap-i1Mml„
tu,t,Svr,lll^Zll,K,„s1,,W:„1 w
I"'int a ■«■■**•»• <>f »"-, with power to send
TO A I. L A I. 1 K E , f'"" P*""" a,"> P*P«S.
WatBTBBB mill OK WITHOUT inn NOKWII-:
THIS ATTKueT TO pussBvs nil' STORY or ram cnii.ii-
111 'S BOMB l- unriMMin.l mSCUBBD,
nv THKIK cotnmra IN,
THE AUTHOR.
PREFACE.
hi the execution of a purpose loug and warmly
cherished, the author aud compiler of this volume
offers to his countrymen, with all humility, this
commencement of the history of their native
State, North Carolina. The volume is complete
Mr Paine, of N. (V, said be had knowledge of
such an attempt having been made by one mem-ber
tn others in relation to the Minnesota Land
Hill.
Great confusiou ensued, and loud calls for the
name of the offender, but Mr. Paine refused to
give it.
The resolution tinally passed and the House
adjourned.
Senator Hamlin has resigned his seat, having
in itself, as furnishing the most full account that been elected Governor of Maine.
existing materials at this day afford of the first ! A loDg dt.,,iltc „„ 0CCHrred on tho ri ht of
attempts at colonization on our shores. The pe- c u . » » ,■
riod embraced extends fro,,, the year 1584 to Sen»tor Harlan of Iowa to his seat.
1591, and includes the live voyages made under U. S. SENATORS ELECTED —Mr. Sunnier has
tbe charter to Sir Water Ral ich. It is a dis- i i _» JO H , „ ,,> *
tMiu,.c„t. „po„r.t;i,o.n. orf our uh-istory, an •isoila.tedi chLapter, been re-elected Senator in Confgc ress,' by' 3:53 votes
1 Bring little connection with what is to follow: , ,n
for, after the failure of all the efforts made under | Aud Bon. Jae. F. Simmons (Republican) has
the Charter to Raleigh, a Ion.; interval of time, been elected from Rhode Island, in place of Mr.
more than half a century, elapsed before any per- fome. i Democrat.)
manenl settlement was made within our borders, i
In entering upon i,i- work, the writer avail- MoOBE's CREEK MUNI HEHT.—At a meeting
himself of the opportunity briefly to explain his 0f tne Committee appointed at the celebration of
proposed plan, a- in some of its features, it de- ,. ,. ,,, f «, ... ,. „ .,-., ., ,,
|, u,.. - l,-rom est.ab, l,i•shi edi h, i•st.ori•cali modieil;. A. , tllL Latt,le ol M. oore s ( re.k, on the 2,tb *rowb jv
mere chronologically accurate narrative of im- l:l>u 'K'ld :it Wilmington, it was resolved to ap-portant
public events does not in his view eon- point committees in the neighboring counties to
stitute history; though of it, sach a narrative solicit subscriptions to erect a monument ou the
properly forms a part He has supposed that the ]}attlc Ground. to a,,JjU t„ tlll. ugW»tare for
real history of a State is to be read in tbe gradual -,..,..., . ....
- of its pecpU in intelligent . refinement, :mi:.'" la-v Jfl •"■«*«■• at *• ensuing e. le-industry,
wealth, taste, civilization, fa. The Dr*tl0111 on ™e 27th Feb'y; and to obtain a plan
pubiie events that transpire are but the expo- of a Monument to COS) about 95000.
nenta of the condition of the inhabitants, in these Thi following are the Committees lor thi
and ...her particulars. The "people" c ostitute the adjoining counties!
a ualion, not the legislature merely, nor the ■ ., , ,,- ,, ,
courts, not the army nor the navy. These are „.. B ' ''■",'.'' ' un!s. _l, r Wn». McKoy,
side, something of the inner life of the people •*"*> ,JL;n: J;'"". ",'":!""' J "e^UiaB, John
themselves. And the thought has occurred that ¥ , !'• J "" A' S' McNe"li DaviJ Murphy, John
i;n„ .t!h.e„ e_<ffro...r4t .to, c_a_t._cih_ a_n_dJ ".present. a pi• cture of. ^(,.' Hlocker. 1!?lo,ckor;,
this, classification is a valuable auxiliary: its ad- „ T' .',. V.'^'.0, ~",?'-. C°',U §h*.W' W \ A
vantages are obvious in some of the earlier En- f"*™»,T: U. >lcl>owclI l>r. \\ . II. Heatty, T. J.
li-h histories, raeh, for instance, as those of J»"^ JoJ>" B. Brown, Thomas O. Brown.
Mortimer and Henry; while in the latest imita- ,, <-oluuiou,:i County.—( ol. Alfred Smith, Calvin
tion of their example in Knight's Pictorial His- !u->m'-:' 1-oruey Ueorge, James Foy, Josiab
tory of England, many portions are almost in- -Mault'b>'> A L- »>'^ius0n.
I'IIOK HMMON.-'B REPORT.—We are indebted,
through our correspondent, to Mr. Folk of Wa-oii.
ty, for a bound copy of Lmmons's ge-ri
port on the midland counties of North
ua. We have had no time to examine it
this morning. The book is tolerably well gotten
up, published by G. P. Putnam &. Co., N. York.
IMPORTANT FROM EUROPE.—See 'he late news
Ironi Europe. It would seem that the powers
that be arc not yet tired of war, for there is ap-parent
danger of several collisions.
ihe Wilmington Herald regards our allusion
to the want of conservatism of one of its late er-as
"unkind ' We did not intend to say
any thing unkind—we have too decided a respect
aud regard for the Herald to do that.
ol in-vested
with the interest of an agreeable romance. HOQB.—The Cheraw Herald says that a drove
.Now it is true that in our short career, we cannot -■ .. , ...
have had as much variety as is to be found ou °' h°8a '" ^f >'li,ce. mm> M,hai at bi> and
the broader field that spreads over centuries in . adJs tuat tuls la t0° n'gu« Tte Pril-'c u°re is 8.
Hon. Edward Stanly, says the Washington N.
C. Times, left that place for San Francisco ou
the Ud iust. He expects to be absent in Cali-fornia
for 12 months, aud will then return to
Washiugtou, his future home.
NEW V»RK.—Gov. King sent bis first Mes-sage
to the Legislature on Monday last He
States the financial condition of the State as favor-able.
The total receipts into the treasury for
the hi-tory of the other hemisphere; and yet eves
we have room for classification. We must speak
of various subjects. The "religion," "laws and
legislation," "education," "agriculture," "indus-trial
and mechanical pursuits," "commerce,"
"extent and advance of settlements," "wars with
native or foreign foes," "manners aud customs
of the people," &c., all demand their share of
notice, and will be better understood as well as
remembered, if they receive distinct treatment.
Hence we divide the time through which the
State has passed, particularly in its more recent
career, into periods or epochs, and endeavor to the year 1856, including tbe balance on hand at
present in all respects, as full and perfect a pic- ' the close of the previous year, were nearly
ture, or rather series of pictures, as we can make ei htcun miUllJlls u( dul| auJ y, expendlturos
of each period. ° . _, ... , , , r
Another feature in our work, of which this i Bcarl>' Bfleen mi"",">' k:tvmS a WMM on hand
volume will afford a specimen, is to be found in , °* upwards oi three millions. The canal debt,
the reprint and consequent preservation of the at the close of the fiscal year ending September
rare and valuable old documents, tracts, kc, au,b last, was upwards of $22,400,000: receipts
wn-h„ickh—furn„ish,„pa„rtuof .tuhe.mateurial for our .history■'.to,■„r t,b,,e„,y.ear. S<2..,-i.a-0„,,0,„0„0,; wh, olie l,engt.h. ot.• caua s We know very well that such documents gene- . fa
rally have but little interest save for the histori- , aud l,u,,llc mmk* 892 mlo*> ""' •»»"« 6081 of
cal antiquarian; but we are writing more cspeci- which, when completed, will be 850,000,0UU.
ally for North Carolinians; and we cannot but The State banking system i- in a sound, healthy
believe that for them, such early and authentic nondition
memorials of their country will possess an inte- mi a. , . .
rest, independent of all antiquarian taste or study. | 1''° 8tote een8Ua "noWa a P»P"'^'on of o,-
To the extent of our humble abilities, we shall 466,212, an increase ol 368,819, (or 2.88 per
endeavor to enliven the dullness and relieve the ' cent, a year.) More thau one-fourth (920,-
qnaintness of these worthy old chroniclers by 530) 0i the inhabitants were born 11, fcreien
su1 ch no.t,es and .r.emar.k, s a- may. . ser,re to link!, countri•es. TIni e acgr„eirat,c vai,uo otc real, and, iie°r- plcasantly together the pas) With the pi - nt ** ° ^tr
And if in this we fail, as W f. 1 w< - m< tim - '"•" eB,*to a *-',2U^,UlU,00'.l. There are 5077
shall, still an important end will be answered. , churches, aud 559 newspapers, The number ol
The soul of history is Titi 111: the reader will enrolled militia is :;:io,VUiJ, of whom 1- 500 ire
have in the reprint of these old publications all uuilurmej. Tne uuuil)ur „,- clll|dr„n ■ ^ g
the means extant of eviscerating the truth for
himself; while the writer voluntarily shut- out b,-',wi'uu 4 aud Ll years is 1,-JU,,214, of whom
tbe possibility of his substituting invention for 951,982 attend either public or private schools.
the sober realities of history: iu bis narrative of 1 The number of teachers is 24,186, only 13,000
fact*, he must conform to the early testimony Lf whom, however, arc supposed to be eoustantly
which he has placed in the hands of tbe reader: _,, J
his deductions, suggestions, reflections, &c, are , emPloJ^- The aggregate yearly expenditures
his own, and will pass for what they are worth j for al1 purposes connected with the common
with the intelligent, without the risk of being j schools are 83,531,942.
General •Issembfy.
confounded with thefdett of early records. Hut,
of course, this use of earlier documents will be
constantly diminishing as we travel upward in
the story, through period after period, because
of the diminished necessity of reprinting that
which, beside being generally known, is easily-accessible
in other forms. One exception to this,
however, will exist in the case of important and
hitherto unpublished mantacriptt.—An appendix
of documents with notes is not an uncommon
suffix to a volume of history; we merely make of
them a prefix.
With this brief outline of the chief features of
our work, it only remains to be added that we
shall issue the volume- successively, as Cast as
they can be properly prepared; and, soliciting
from all our countrymen such aid as they can
render in furuishiug us with family papers, local
traditions, old documents, or otherwise, we can
say no more than that, embarking in our under-taking
as a labor of love, our first effort shall be
to tell the simple truth; and our highest am-bition,
so to tell it that North Carolinians will
not be ashamed of the narrative.
NEWSPAPERS.—R. A. Kzell, Esq., has retired
from the Warrcr.ton News, and is succeeded by
Mr. W. A Walsh, at present employed in the
otfice of tbe Raleigh Standard.
The Asheborough Hulletin will be continued
by Messrs. J. M. A. Drake and Wm. M. Parker,
Esqs., instead of E. B. Drake, Esq., who has
become Editor of the Salisbury Herald.
The Conference of the N. C. Free Will Baptists
proposes to publish the Free Will Haptist Jour-nal,
weekly, at 82 per annum. Address J. H.
Jackson, Kiuston, N. C.
Gov. King alludes to the imputations upon
the republican party put forth in the President's
message, which he declares to be wholly ground-less,
and proceeds to give at length the views of
that party on the great question of the day.
RAILROADS ra. CANALS.—The New fork canals,
the greatest works of the kind in this country,
have gotten into a bad way by reason of the
"sharp and exhausting competition of the rail-roads
." The State Auditor recommends the im-position
of tolls on the railroads for the protec-tion
of the canals.
A MILD CLIMATE.—The people of Havana
were complaining, at the last accounts, of a "se-vere
cold storm," the thermometer having fallen,
on the 24th ult. to 48° above zero—the lowest
figure it has reached there in 20 years. This is
27° higher than it was here ou Friday last.
Wc arc informed that Mr. Villicrs, brother of
Lord Clarendon, has been appointed Minister to
the Uuited States from Great Britain, and that
ho is probably now on his way to this country.
Nat. InttBigtncer.
MONTPELIER, Vt., Jan. 7.
t'ti/iitol Burnt.—The State Capitol here was
destroyed by fire last night. The most serious
loss is in the apartments of the State Naturalist,
which is irreparable.
Punch says it requires an early start now-a-days
for a man to get rouud his wife.
FKOM A NEW CORItESPONDKNT
RALEKIH, Jan'y 9, 1857.
"THE HARNETT QUESTION "
This all-absorbing question was the order of
the day on its second reading in the House of
Commons last Thursday evening, when after an
animated and exciting discussion between Mr
Shepherd in favor of a bill giving to the citizens
of Harnetl county the election of seven commis-sioners
whose duty it should be to locate the site
for the public buildings, and Mr White of Bla-den,
in opposition to the bill, it was rejected by
a vote of 4(> to 59. This question will still re-main
unsettled and in the way of aspirants for
Legislative honors in the counties of Cumberland
ond Harnett—it must still be an important ques-tion
for them to determine which is the saSHM?
■urn of the -'Harnett Question," and any error in
so important a matter may seal the destiny of
many a man whose services the country would
inter foryel, upon whose tongue grave Senators
and Legislators would hang,—silent as the grave
—while the clarion voice of Demosthenes would
be revived iii (he legislative halls of No. 0a.,
pleading for the rights and liberties ofthe people.
I say this is an important question for political
aspirants to settle. I well remember that during
the Presidential canvass last fall, Mr. M**** was
Sub-Elector on the Buchanan ticket and Mr.
15**'** the Sub-Elector on the Fillmore ticket,
for the counties of Cumberland and Harnett.
They lover met in Harnett but once during the
canvass, and as - ,s Mr. B. announced the
name.-..f Fillmore & Donelson a- candidates of
the American party for President and Vice Presi-dent
ofthe (J. 8., Mr. M asked bim "if they
were sound on the Harnett (^lesti.m?" Mr. H
declined answering—nothing more was said on
either side—and Buchanan beat Fillmore jQO
votes in the county <>f Harnett.
Quite an amusing scene occurred in the Senate
this week, on a bill to emancipate a slave who it
seems i- almost perfectly white. Some friend or
advocate of the measure, just as the bill was
about to be called up, requested Mr. Page, the
door keeper, to go out andiiud the petitioner and
stand him at the door of the Senate so that Sena-tors
might see now wktb he was Page made a
mulaki in <h man, and brought in a gentleman
»*h 1 it - ma 1- for Superinti ndenl if
Oam BOM School*, against the present worthy in-cumbent.
Thinking that the election was about
to come in, and that Ins looks might help him
out, he took his stand in full view ofthe Senate.
'" king "as swi ■ 1 as the last whispers of a spring
morning," until, ; , called upon the Sen-ate
to look at bim: "he's as white as any of you."
Some one discovered the mistake—a roar of
laughter followed—ihe candidate for Superinten-dent
turned off in a rage and wanted to know
'•who the devil disputed it?" the vote to emanci-pate
the petitioner was taken and the bill was I
lost by a decided majority. Whether the Sena-tor-
were afraid that the passage of this bill
might be charged to the candidate tu to murh
done for him by the Legislature, and that way '
defeat hi. election for Superintendent or not, I,
have not been able to learn.
The friends of the P. \ \\r. Railroad are doing
•■very thing they can to secure the passage of
that mea-urc It certainly has equal if not supe-rior
elaima upon the Legislature, to any other
measure. The town of Fayetteville deserves what
she asks for, as au act of justice to tbe largest
commercial and manufacturing town in the State.
She deserves it in return for the liberality of her
: on - ntatives to every other section and every
other scheme of internal improvement. She de-serves
it because every dollar expended iu ad-vancing
her interest will yield a like return to
the treasury of the State. The completion of
that road would add at least two to three millions
of dollars annually to tho exchanges of the State,
and make Payetteville and Wilmington what
every true sou of the "Old North" would be
proud to sec. That road will come in compe-tition
with no other scheme: it is s rival of none.
The discussion on the State Hank still continues,
many members insisting that if the Bank is re
■bartered all its bills shall be made payable at
the mother Hank. There is a manifest determi-nation
thai this Rank -hall have no advantage
over the Cape Fear Bank in its charter. The
bill to authorise the N. <'. Railroad to i-«ue bonds
bearing eight per cent, interest, has greeted con-siderable
debate f.r the iast two days, and will
not be disposed of before 1 -morrow (Saturday.)
An effort will be made to reconsider the Har-nett
Bill, with what -nee.-- is uncertain, as every
body seem- -iek and worried out with the busi-ai
-- 1 heard one member Bay he heard so much
about it all day that be dreamed about it all
night.
1 understand the bill to remodel-the Congres-sional
district of 11 lekingham will be withdrawn,
and 1, ipe it may be true A- a member of the
lemocratic caucus i- reported to have said in
caucus on the nomination of Trustees: "It is s
small business—(he democratic party is too large
• 1 do so mean a thing."
Mr Banks of your place has been invited to
repeat hi- Lecture ou the Romance of Scottish
i -. in the Commons Hall on Pridaj 1 n-ing,
the '.'til ilist ; and BS the invilatiou comes
from the ladies of Bnleigh, who were deprived of
file privilege ot* bearing him before, he certainly
must teel very much flattered by it.
Tiie Supreme Court is in session, Chief Justice
Nash being absent ou accoaut of the severe iil-uess
of one of bis sons. H.
On Thursday, the Senate w.is engaged the
whole day in discussing the Danville Connection
Railroad. Messrs Rat II uiston and Cameron
spoke in opposition, and Messrs W. 11. and J.
W. Thomas, and Myi r- of Mecklenburg, in favor
of the bill. It was rejected, yeas 14, nays .'12.
On Friday, the bill to charter the Milton
Junction Railroad was lost, aye- 18, noes 81.
Mr. A. Myers introduced a bill to incorporate
the town of Aosonville.
Mr. W. H. Thomas a bill to establish free
banking ii. this State
The bill to re-charter the Hank of the State,
amended as stated in our last, passed its second
reading, .i-4 to 7.
In the House, on Thursday, the bill from the
Senate exempting the coupon bonds of the N. C.
Railroad from taxation for ten years, and fixing
the interest thereon at a rate not exceeding eight
per cent., was debated all the morning. This
bill provides for funding the debt of tho Road,
amounting to 1850,000, by bonds above referred
to. Messrs. Scales and Rlcdsne spoke in favor
ofthe measure and Messrs. I 'aldwcl! and Meares
against it.
By joint ballot of the two House-. Messrs.
Thomas Settle, Jr., of Rockingham, Dr. It. Dil-lard.
of Chowan, William W. Holden, of Wake,
R. A. Hamilton, ofGranville, Dr. J. F. E. Hardy,
of Buncombe, were elected Trustees of the Uni-versity.
At the evening session, the Harnett bill being
on its 2d reading, Mr. Shepherd called Mr. Stubbs
to the Chair, took the floor, and (alluding to the
petitions from Harnett county against the bill,)
said, that the petitions did not really contain 583
names; some names were put down in each of the
petitions, and some even put down twice in the
same petition. Besides he had been informed
by some gentlemen that their names were put
eil by them, by voting upon the question, should
this bill
ancy—t:
Nay*.—Messrs Badha
Which prevented the bu.lo.ng from being re-, Daucv, r,argun, Davidson, Kborn, Ferebee, Gib
Benbury, Blow,
e
ir
Kam, Green, Hargrove, Hester, Hill of Stokes,
Mr^hepherd said he would be unjust to his Speight. Stray!...™," Stubbs, Tate, Thomson',
fnend ,„ he other end of the ILouse, would be \Vuril, WmAmi Withers-,,:!. '
unjust to Ins colleague ami to Inmsolt, he would be ^^ . _
reflecting upon bis name as s gentleman, and do-ing
injustice to his constituents, did he not reply
to the remarks of the gentleman from Bladen.
lie alluded to the passage ofthe bill in the Sen-ate
by ■ vote of 32 to In, and said when you find
such men as Gorrell, Wiggins, and Raton voting
aye on a measure, it could not be far from right.
He ridiculed Mr. W.'s picture of what Toomer
might be. He said if there was a majority in
Harnett opposed to the bill, why not let it pass aud
then the people could decide against it. Sir,
said he, S majority of the people are in favor of
tbe bill. He knew the hand-writins ofthe seve-
MARRIED,
Near Rockingham, on the 2d but, by the Rev. M.
McQueen, Mr LAFAYETTE 0. WILSON, of Vs., to
- \LI.IK A. MoALISTER of N. C.
On the 16th insi.. a, ihe residence of Mr. Angus
Martin, l.y the Rev. M. McQueen, Mr. CALVIN
PEMBERTOS to Mi.-s FLORA A. MARTIN. ISoth
of Montgomery county.
On tbe 5th inst., m-:iv Ellisville, Bladen eountT, bj
Stephen Hare, Esq. Mr. AARON C. HARE to Mis*
ELIZABETH C II VI.L, j-oungost daughter ol" Chas.
Hall. All of Bladen.
DIED.
..«•_•••... IIU nir 'i no o nri-ii 1 11 11^ i.| (i;r «r\r- . —,,
ral petitions, and they were prepared by a crafty „cccm,„„ „. (.„;,u„,:ir, c ,-„,„„. Mr JJJJJ
and talented gentleman ol Harnett county. He
was aware of a strong opposition to him. and so
intent were they to have a force in the other end
of the House, that it was saii when a certain
gentleman was defeated for the Senate of Chatham,
and a certain Commoner also defeated, not ex-p<
cling any efficient aid from that source, they
bad turned with longing eyes I iwards Bladen
county, and it seemed they were not disapp
He was perfectly willing for any one to attack
bis course, if they did not impeach his honor.
Mr. White replied, saying if he was to be dl -
fe.ted by place or the influence of place, he was 1
willing to submit. He thought that as Cum-berland
once belonged to Bladen, Bladen bad!
now a perfect right to bi heard iu the affairs of
Cumberland. He continued hi- speech with 0 n
sidorable animation
Thi whole discussion was eharaeti rized by
much life and Ore. Th< bill was rejei ■■ i by ayes
l'>, noes 59.
Mr Bethea introduced a bill to incorporate the
Rockfish Fire Company.
Mr. r'crcboc intioduced a bill to incorporate
the Southern Air line Railroad Company—pro-poses
to build a railroad from Norfolk to Wil-mington
via Kdenton and Plymouth.
A motion to make the Faycttcville and Coal
Fields Road the order for to-morrow, was rejected.
The Wilmington and Rutherford Railroad was
made the special order for Monday, at 11 o'clock.
The North-western Railroad was made the
special order for Wednesday at 11 o'clock.
Mr. Clark introduced a bill to incorporate the
Mouutaiu Railroad Company—proposes a rail-road
from Lenoir, Caldwell county, to the Wil-mington
aud Rutherford Railroad.
Ou Friday, Mr. White, of Cabarrus, intro-duced
a bill to incorporate the Concord and Fay-cttcville
Railtoad Company.
Mr. Holmes introduced a bill, accompanied by
a memorial, to incorporate the Farmers aud Me-chanics
Rank of Wilmington.
The debate on N. C. R. R. bonds was continued
without a decision.
Mr. Meares moved to reconsider the vote on
the Harnett county bill, aud then moved to lay
that motion ou the table, which was done by
Fees 52, Noes 38. Mr. Meares stated as his reu
son for the motion, that he learned there was a eeived.
probability of the matter being settled among the
members from Cumberland aud Harnett.
A bill to pay Tales Jurors throughout the State
was indefinitely postponed, 7'i to 31.
FROM ODE CORRESPONDENT.
RALEIGH, Jan'y 10.
In the Senate, to-day, nothing of importance
was done, the whole time being taken up iu dis-cussing
a bill concerning the killing of stock on
railroads.
In the House, to-day, Mr. Leitch introduced a
resolution proposing that a committee of live be
appointed to examine into the charter aud affairs
ofthe Cape Fear and Deep River Navigation
Company. He also introduced a bill rest ring
jury trials to the county courts oi Robeson.
Mr. Folk presented a minority report, from the
Committee on Constitutional Reform, iu favor of
Mr. Foster's bill to protect laud from excessive
taxation. The House refused to priut it by a
purely party vote. It states dearly and em-phatically
why and wherefore he thinks the bill
should pass.
Mr. Settle introduced a bill to incorporate a
Company to build a railroad from GrreensborOUgh
to the Coal Fields on Dan River. Nearly the
same charter as the Danville Connection. Asks
tor no appropriation.
The hill to exempt the N. C. Railroad s pi r
cent, bonds from taxation was indefinite!] post-poned,
by yeas 67, nay- 4o.
The Hou.-e adjourned during the discussion
upon Mr. Lewis's bill for the benefit of mechanics.
In the afternoon. Magistrates were appointed.
Alter the business was through with, the Speaker
left the chair and the House had a frolic.
pti
MIN W. SIMMON'S. aged 50 ye in months mid 2 I
At Pittsboro,' on Sunday, the Itl. inst , HENRY
•(' -AV McLENAHAN, au.. of Dr. S. MoLeaahao, In his
Hlli year.
In Chatham Co., on the ii.li inst.. Mr. THOS Me
DANIEL, aged ebon) B0 years.
j■AVI-.TTKVIU.K MARKKT.—January VI.
BACON— 11 a :.' LABD— 18 ■
COTTON— " MOLASSES—
Fair to good, 12) a 12] Coba, 60 ata
Ordin. to mid. II a 111 N. Orleans, 00 a 00
COTTON BAGGING— ' SALT—
22 aJo Li v. Sack. 1 50 a 0 00
II 1 20 FLAXSBED, I 40 n 0 Oil
N. C. 8PIBIT8—
7 •.'•"> a 0 00 P. Brandy, no a 00
1. 78 ■ 0 00 Apple •!". 66 a 70
6 25 a 0 00 NV;,'. . 66 a 00
5 76 1 0 00 W110L—" 17 a 18
IT UNINT!NT-s',
a 90 fellow dip, " 50 ■ 0 IHI
I 10 .1 I 20 Virgin, - N a 11 00
SO ■ Mud. 1 SO ■ 0 IHI
76 a 0 B0 Spirits, 12 1 :.:
90 :. 1 OO
Gunny,
Dun .
FLOUR—
K'l!'.
Super.
Fine.
- ' '
<;i!.\!-
Corn,
Whi '
Pi 1-
Rye,
REVIEW OF THE MARKET.
Ii e in—Small lot of new sold at quotations.
C n- We report firm and steady market.
Flour—tilight variation.
Corrected by JAMES O. Cooc
WILMINGTON MARKET.
Turpentine, *•: for virgin and yellow, ii for hard.
Spirit! 49. Itosiu L' 87 to 8 10. No transactions in
other articles.
At New York, Southern Flour dull at 11 83 to *8.
Middling upland Cotton baa risen to 13}. Spirits
Turpentine has risen to 50 cents. Rosiu 1 62.
At Cheraw, cotton 10} to 12j. No receipts during
the week. Bacon 11 to 11. Corn 80 to H5. Flour 'i
60 to 7 50.
At Charleston, cotton 11} to 12;, an advance.
Total receipt- uf cotton, ^602,280 twins, against
1,610,689 last year. Decrease s,:S00.
A CARD.
DR. MAC RAE has relumed and resumed his
Practice. Office two doors below the Female
hool.
Jan'y 10, 1857. 72*»t
HARPER'S WEEKLY JOURNAL.
Q»Jl'r',<'lML'N" copies of this new work may be seen at
^5 the ll.ok Store, where subscriptions will be re-
We will deliver it in Fayetteville, free of
postage, at $2 5U, cash in advance, (which will be a
saving ofthe postage to subscribers.)
Jan'y 10. E J. HALF. & SON.
tiii\a*i: tticjAit < A\F •SI:KI».
f I M1K BUbaoribcf aUfonu Pltttora aii'l Farmers that
!u' has obtained LYon John Kirkpatrick, Ks<j , of
this county, his crop of seed of (his valuable plant,
BOOM ol' the properti«l of which arc aai<I to bo as fol-lows:
Firsi, An acre of "the stalks properly cultivated,
will yield from 400 to 000 gallons of pure syrup, equal
to the best New Orleans.
: 1, It surpasses all other plants for fodder ami
for I i Dg green to cattle or bogs, on Boeonnl of the
greal ebon lent e ol rag irj joi< t erhien it contains, sad
wn iu close drills yields an immense crop of
Third, It is so certain and prolific a croptli.it plan-ter*
in-iv be sore of succeeding with it asaeyrmn plant
any where South of the State oi New York.
1 :. - seed IS ffered For sale in packages sufficient to
plant half an acre 1 feet x 1] lect, at =$1 per package.
If scut bj taail, -iO cts. must he added to j.;iy postage.
SAU'L 1. BUNSDALE.
Jan'y 12, 1857. 72-3t
T'
The following are the yeas and nays, in the
House, on a bill to repeal the sec. '!, .-h '■'•'>.
Rev. Code:
Ayes —Messrs. Bethea, Blanton, Bledsoe, By-
I.UIII. Caldwell, Cansler, Cox, of Perquimans,
Cramp, Dargan, Dills, Bller, Blliott, Folk, Pos-ter,
Gather, Gentry, il!n--. Hackney, Harrell,
Hester, Hill, ofStokes, Honck, Humphrey, Jones, *'-; Ultras, "n
Kelly, Leach, Leitoh, Lewis, of Nash, Little, e*ob ■••«*••*• 7 M
Lyon, uf Orange, Mann, .M irtin, Masten, Meares,
Montgomery, Mosely, Ogbarn, Patterson, Pear-son,
Pickctt, Kamsour, Rankin, Reeves, Richard-son,
llou'li. Bashing, Bcott, Settle, Siler, Speer,
Stewart, Stiles, Stray horn, Tate, TomlinBOn, Tom,.
Waddill, Waogh, White, of Cabarrus, Whitson,
Williamson, Wilson and fancy.—05.
Nays.—Messrs. Badham, Barnes, Blow, Baz- inel -' r 26 years of age. Iha nwner is
JOHNSTON
MALE AND FEMALE ACADEMY.
JOHN \v. STCART, Baa,, i ,. . , ,
M,s- BETTIE JO&U, / ''""-•'P»1»-
HE -lil SESSION of this H Bommeaes
n t!iv l'.'t i| January, and will close on .lie
19th of Juno, will; .oi saamiuation, exhibition, and
in address by some distinguish man.
s,, arm) is the repntatii ( Mr Btuart as ■ nupe-rior
teacher and scholar, thai we prteasse it is net
to/ essar, i" sa, anything in his praise llu has f.een
in our ,-niji oymeni : t -•■■ n wars, and so lar as »•■
know or believe, he baa riven universe1 satiafhetion.
Miss Jones ;s .., tii--1 ii >nor grade to of Ureensboro'
i • . ■ ' II I ,■ in— I-.-.- iimu III le i as i us-ing,
in an smigenl degree, all Ihe |ual ties *
to constitute i suocessfu ich r Fonag saen Ue-siring
to prepare for ege, will do well to patronise
- - IOOI, as Mr. Htoarl has had eonaideraMe expe-rience
HI this business; sad wherever lii»* scholars
have gone, they have taken ■ high stand, thereby
• thorough preparation. CooBg la lies will be
taught evi taught in ts sale schools
of ihu country.
ion are -i« follows, viz: I'rimary
i, >io: ciaasics lltlOi higher English branches
20; Preach and Drawing M
per liienlli.
ST. D. TlltNER,
Cbm'n of Trustees.
Leaehbarg, N 0., Dee. Is. I860. 7°-*H
COMMITTED
ri 10 Ihe Jail of Cumberland county, on the 6th inst ,
I a negro man named NKll.L. who -ays he
to the estate ol Marj McLean, lee'd, of Harnett Co.
Ihe said boy is of a dark color, aboal 6 IV.-I 8 or 8
hereby noliticd to come forward, prove property, pay
charges and take him away, or he wiH lie dealt with
according to law.
WM It. BOLTON, -Itiiler.
Fayetteville, J ii. _i 1_ 1867. 72*tf
ter. Bridgers, Bright, Bullock, Dancy, Davidson,
Eborn, Perebee, Gillian, Green, Hargrove, Hill,
of Halifax, Jarvis, Jenkins, Jennett, Johnson,
Iicwis, nf Wake, Long, Lyon, of Granville, Ma-son,
Moore, Outlaw, <)uterl>ridge, Parker, Pitch-ford,
Hand, Rmnlcy, Sauls, Scales, Slaughter, STATE OF NOKTII CAROLINA,
Speight, Stubbs, Thompson, Ward and Withers.
—37.
[The repelled section prohibited any person or
; corporation from passiug or receiving small notes
of this and other States; and any one so offending
to be fined $5, and to be deemed guilty of a mis-demeanor]
Tbe following are the yeas and nays ou Mr.
ROBESON COUNT*".
Superior Court of Law, Pall Term, 1856.
Allen liinian vs. Jonathan W Began.
I Iriginal Attachment.
(T appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that
the said defendant is not an inhabitant of this
State, it is ordered l.y the Court that publication he
made in the rajetterille Observer, a newspaper pub-lished
in the town of Kayettcville. for the spaee of six
weeks, notifying the said Jonathan W. I'o gaa to ap-pear
at the next term of the Superior Court of Law
Elliott's small note Rill which passed its 2d read- for ,1,e Couu,J of Roheson, at the Court House in
Lumherton on the fourth Monday In March next, and
ing in the Commons on Wednesday last:
Feats.—Messrs. Barnes, Baxter, Betbea, Blan-ton.
Bynum. Caldwell, Cansler, Clarke, Crump,
Dills, Eller, Elliott, Folk, Foster, Gaither, Qen-try,
Glass, Hackney, Hall, Harrell, Houck, ilones,
then and there to plead or repievy. or final judgment
will be given against him.
Witness, Uex aider McMillan, Clerk of said Court,
at office in LunbcrtOn, the fourth Monday in Septem-ber,
A. 0. 1866. This December 22d, 1866.
72*6w] A. MCMILLAN, C. S. C