V
I
2, to a I 3 c D i? t r.i c u t.
l .ASilDOROUGH, ffr. -r-
t : TO QUERISTS.
Thcextent-ofrcoran
in laving oiTaycafa provision for a wid
ow and fainflypiiidjttw.appared
some weeks ago, but tho qution; was
overlooked tiU withaa few pya.s5!v
v v-What is to be considered l a "Meeting
. - negroes within the prohibition ofour
. Acts'of jGscrabf, xbeattewicdtoiri
' iuc Ume, according to rcqst.-V.;..
. . 'eeubjocjlof collecting Dcts con-
v ; - - tractcd by a , woman; before marriage,
. &c promised this week, . w$ appear
i as soon as we can get an ppwtunlty of
a thorough examination of, tho authori
,,, tics. '' ' ' 1 1
, An Enquiry, asto the burthen of proof,
vnea it appears that the name of the b
; Cgor has been erased from a Bond or
their scaled instrument," ' is cttile, and
will be duly attended to. V.; .(
GUILFORD SUPERIOR COURT,
3d Monday of April, IBs Honor Judge j
Dick presiding.
: The State
HzekieimMor,
r gun.) 13
; It appeared in evidence, that a forged
bontt - bad been presented ,at the Salem
Agency cflhc Bankrof Cape rJt ear, lor
$800, vJa& discounted before tin forge-
. ry was detected The main question
was as lb the identityof thedefendantr
tStac;r'(reprctc4 ty Mr. Pom
dexter, Solicitor General, and Mr. J. T.
Morchcad.) offered WproveVthat short
Iaftcr this forgery was committed, pa
pers of tbe sainc character (JfirgJ
were presented by this defendant . at the
pank i in Ilillsbojough; and that f they
were' in tJiesame hand . writing that
these were, now. before the court. The
papers r from 4 IEllsbbrough were pres
ent in court ' But his Honor -rejected
the evidence. ... '-V' V-.
' '"While the State was proving - that
shortly rfer tlic money was drawn from
thd Bart at.Salem, the defendant was
seen at New Salem, in Randolph Coun
ty, iii possession of more than $200 Id
Cape-Fear bills it was objected by the
defendant's counsel G. G Mcndenhall
and J. M.Iorclicad, that Bank bills
were on tlje-.amc footing as other pa
per writif aa l consequently must do
produced ii court, or notice given for
the other f id-? to produce tliero, before
anyproof couM be given br parot, of
tlteir eiistancc, pcrport &c, and alleg
ing, as one reason of the extension o?
the'rulei that '.'the : bUL. If they were in
' fact seen as described by the witnesses,
might, be count erf tit i and in that c
venVwouU t raise r no presumption a
gainst the defendant. n But the ourt o-ver-rulcd
the objection, remarking that
Bank bills were, for many purposes (and
this fur one) tto be regarded as money.
The defendant was convicted, and
gcnlcnsc' to'.thc. Pillory, two hours, to
prisoned six tnontlis. But ah opjieal was
takcn to the Supreme Court.
J .Foor debtvrtsTlvi last Lcgiflaturc
of Va. has parsed a law in favor of poor
debtors. The fobWiugarc its provisions:
'fhc bill eiitliorizcs each white person
W the State, being a husband or najent,
against whom an execution mdy licreaf
tcr ftsue upon judgements for which the
..wise of action fchall arise, after the first
of uust.to set opartaow, beadktcad,
bed. 4:e, lialf a dozen knives and forks.
iix pldieiL iwc diahcslwo basin.", one
pot, otyj oven, sit pieces of wood or
earthenware, a kxmi and hs appurtcn
fftccs. a Fijinnin vleel, pair of card.?,
nxe, five burrels of corn, one barrel of
flojir, 'irtO pfuhds tt bacon or pork, and
Violin rs' wortii of hay or other fornjc,
I ' . 4. I.. ' . ! I
fiiav haw, tvliich articles are exempted
AlJ ' '.I - 1 .11' -
trotn execuiion; provineu ,a jntmjii
nl i.rcH ertv is delivered tn to the of-
tlevr td athidavit inudc- U'lore a
magistrate,-' ;'lhat.' there u no other
property owned, except such exempted
articles; and. provide that where such
pwir persons shall dla intestate, the same
articles shall he set anartfor his widow
br ririlarii children, and be exempted from
execution as aforesaid; and declares all
mortgage,?, deeds of trust, and liens up
on any such property to lo null and void,
and gives to Circuit Courts, and the
CotmtV and Comnratinn Pnnrta iim.
the sale of any property exempted by the
act irom execuuon.
? JUDGE PEARSON-We copv the
following from the letter of a gentleman
to us. who attended Haywood Superior
Court last week:- C'3frfti Gazette
"The morql see'of Judge Pearson on
tha bcncli, the better I am pleased with
his appointment; in fact, I thiu! him one
of the most able judge in the State, and
certainly one of the. most ngrceablc to
practice before, f . When in court he sus
tains the dignity of the bench, but when
but he is one of the bar. ' I have never
seen any Judge with whoso charges to
the Jury I was more pleased, than I am
with his; he is certainly a very clear
i i.i i-i-f
ncaaou man, una wkc mm m every point
of view most adinirably calculated for
the station ,hc (Ubj; He hal. clear views
on eyerv uestiwi which is presented
for his decision, and has the happy tal
ent -of communicating; his thougnts tb
others in a clear and distinct manner.
He is;cnUrelfr.6gi prejudice and
partiality in his charges, always leaving
the matters of fact to rthe jury, and
charging On the law without even iuti
ciating an opinion of jhw own. x
: . 't .- ' 4 . "vy V
Justice iVory.--ThefbQowingn
plimcntary notice of this gentleman, ' is
from the London Legal Examiner.-
"IVofcssor Story" has long, twen known
to the jurists of every country in Europe,
as one of the few great Masters of Ju
risprudence : that tlie world at present
possesses i and one, who has been main
ly instrumental in pushing forward those
legal reforms, which have, of late years,
done honor to the United States."
A Valuable Witne$,K-Ax tlic Taun
ton' Assizes, a ;.few days ago, a coun
tryman who was put into the - witness
box to give a prisoner the benefit of his
evidence as to his character, on being
asked by the counsel whether he ever
knew any harm of the prisoner" at the
bar, replied "That he never new much
harm of him, only that ho was given to
thieving a; little." ' Has ho ever stolen
from, you?" (indignantly.) " Ofcver more
than once or twice, I believe. . f -
Duplin Con.v.At the last Term
of Duplin Superior Court, Judge Naslif
trial for murder." Tlio prosecution. was
managed by Mr. .Solicitor Stanly, the
defence br Messrs. Henry and . G.
Wright' "f Tho jury returned a verdict
of man slaughter. v'T , .
' . - Fayeltetillt Journal, il
r "'a'5UB,"as Pu uo ,U5
' t Bladen Cou v.At 1 the Sonns
Term bf Bladen Suiwrior Court of Law,
Judg'? Settle presiding,; James Davis and j
ivife J Jjzabcth. and A. Dc vers, 'were put
ontheir triat fat Negro steahnrThe
prosecution was managed by Mr. Soli
citor Troy, assisted by &L Holmes,
Esa;The defence by Messrs. Stranw,
O. Holmes and Barker, f The Jury re
turned a, verdict of 0ot Guilty." ' - .
A prisoner at the bar of tho Mayor'
Court, being called on to plead to an in
dictmcnt for. larceny was told by the
clerk to hold up his nght hand. The man
immediately held up his left liand. "Ilold
up your right hand," said the clerk.
ikww'ouhonTahWloulwlt,
J keeping his left hand up, "plcascyour
honor, i am loff-handed.
yFrom the Washington- Globe.
HAIL IMPROVEMENTS. ' '
It will be recollected, that the
Postmaster Geceraly in his last an
nual report, recommended a re
duction of posagcV, etjual to about
twenty per cent, on the entire
revenues of the department. Con
gress adjourned without taking any
step to cfTtct a reduction and left
the department with an accumula
ting surplus, which, at the end of
the present month, will amount to
about 700000 cash in bank. .
Believing it to be the will of Con-
eress, that the whole revenues of
the department shall be, devotod to
the extension and improvement of
i . 'I ' .... - .
j the mail strvite, the lost inkier
Gctteral has applied. hirosrlf to as
certain how and where this surplus
can be most advantageously expen
ded. The advertisement?, issued
from time to lime, rjiave shown his
progress in coming to conclusions,
and not the least important of then
will be found in this day's Globe, i
It is expected that tfie rail road
between baltimore' and Philadel:
lhia will be finished as f;ft a$ Wil
mington, Del. before the first of Ju
ly nextj and it is desired to contin
ue ; oyer that road to Baltimore,
connecting with Philadelphia at
present by a steam boat," the two
mail lines now run daily ; by the
Camden and Arahoy rail road from
New'York to Philadelphia. J "
According' to the schedules pro-
fosed, travelcrs and the mails may
eave tew York at 6 o'clock in the
morning,' and arrive in Batimore
by 9 o'clock in the evening of the
same day. Thence they, may go
out in a $tekni boat o Norfolk1 at
if o'clock, arriving there at 5 o'
clock; in the eyehin- of the same
day, making about 280 miles in 35
hours. ;! Eight or nine hours more
will carry tnem to Hallifax, N, C.
making ;)50 ; miles in about . 43
hours." -';:t; ?:j?'-t; '
Or, if the traveller wishes to pass
along the inland line be may go to
Washington by the rail i-oad frota
Baltimore, where he will.arrive a-
bout ! o'clock in the morning and
pass on by), theatf iraboVt on the
Potomac, and the Richmond "and
F jedericksbufg rail road, may be
in Kichmoud, Ya by 6 in the eve
ning, being about 3& hours ' from
New-YorV. r ..' .
1 It is proposed als6 to throw the
iravei anu mans uora xne
South west and West, into " Haiti
more early in the morning, so that
they may be in Philadelphia by 1,
afternoon, and in New-York by 9
or lOthr Hninc::. .
These rrr. ents, if effected
will so fav travel, and lessen
tue expense u it, that tne number
cf travellers will be greatly tin-
creased, much to the advantage of
me ire veiling jmes anu me cities
through which they pass- They
will v equally expediate the , great
maib, and will supersede the ex
press betwcen'New York on the
one hand, and Halifax, N.O. Wash-
i0gton, C. and Fr, In irk, Md.
oo the other; . if. as r - think, a
Speed of eight or nine Liiics an hour
can he obtained on the turnpike
and National roads west, it may su
percede the express as far as Colum
bus, Ohio;;2;. .
If, however, the mornin? and
evening connexion cannot lie made
sat naitimore .as proposed, anq tue
j department shall be obliged to cbn
rect therewith the second one a
bout midday, travellefg wil be
obliged td spend a night in Phila
tlclphia, and thci e will be a day
- ; Mw or1e, April 20.
: .LATER-FROM EUROPE.
' -The packet ship Burgundy, from
Havre, 19th March, Capt. Rockett,,
arrived yesterday, by which the
Editors of the I)a;g Express are
furnish edwith their lilcs op to the
dav of sailTne."
,.,v-,--FRANCr. ;.-
Business in Paris ciy glnomy,
-The pourrier Francais presents
some consideratio.ns on the present
commercial crisis. The number
of failures in Paris, says that Jour
nal, since .the commencen0nt of
18S7, has been four times as great
as during the corresponding period
bf last year. The markets for the
sale of provisions are glattoncd;
purchasen are scarce in the great
provision marts of Sceaiix and Po.
issy Yet, the mania for specula
tion, whichJiatprovcd so injuri
ous in England and America, had
not made its appearance among us.
The harvest has been abundant.
The real cause of this distress mu;t
be taught fur in the moral position
of the country,, and in the want of
confidence 'and publid lecunty,
The fame torpor v, hjcb Govcrntrnt
had sought to i::: til .into the minds
of neu, has corar.yjnicated itself to
their physical energies; and the
material, world has re echoed e;.;1
re-produced the sentinent;, which
pervades the political system.'
liloomand despondency have hence
insinuated themselves throughout
the whole frame-work of society.
,-The. mayor of Jyons, says the
Paris Messenger, left Parts, having
come to the capital for the purpose
of communicating to the Govern
ment the deplorable slate " r.f the
sifkweavers, in consequence of the
stagnation of tjie silk trade. The
magistracy it is stated to have insist
ted strongly;on the urgent tiecesity
of supplying the thousands of suf
ferers w i tli bread, s hp afford i ig
theta employments n:: tKe; public
contain
a census ofhe population of France,
dovided into department!", cantous,
and communes, and amounting to a
total of 22,540,910 individuals.
This census will for. the next five
years be considered the oHlcial re
tu ra of the pop nlation . . , ' ,
" RAILROAD SURVEY.
il The Editor of this paper has just
returned from accompanying the
Engineers on the survey of the
Paettevjlle & Western Kail Hoad,
and he n glad in being able to state
to those interested in this undtrta
kingf that it is progressing in the
most satisfactory manner. The
Party com mcriced on last Alohdayi
at tLa mouth of Grane Greek, and
descending the River, crossed Ab-
bott'tlCreek, abouiiimile Jandil
half above the mouth. They then
left the flat land ami made directly
for, the gap of Flat Swamp moun
tain intending to' strike Lick
CreeJ, at Green's Inill, " arid to as
cend that to the summit land, be
tween the waters of Uwharie and
the Yadkin. JVe ; went with Mr.
Bennet, (who ' has charge of the
survey, in the absence of Mr. Cush
man J for . at least 25 miles of the
proposed route, and .have. his au
thority" for saying that if nogreater
d iCiculty is presented than what
we witnessed, the country must be
concidercd in the highest degree
favorable for a Rail Hoad indeed
9-iOths of that distance may be al
most called a dead level, and as to
the rest, it is not calculated that
thtre is forly , feet in the mile of
raise or fall at any place." The
friends of this' great enterprise hive
every cause for congratulation, (or
although the next 12 miles (thaf Js
about Gwlaric, Caraway creeks)
are supposed to present many seri
ous and formidable difficulties yet
the whole of the - remainder of the
dbtanct being so eminently favora
ble, that the" average will; be; kept
low: Resides we have grcat;confi
icnce in the zeal and ability of the
two gentlemen, Mcn. Bennet and
Nelson, to whom this end of the
survey' has been entrusted, by Cap
tain Cush man: they declare with
gseal energy, that if a route erm
be had it shall be Runted out; and
from the untiring industry which
we saw. them exhibit day after day,
whayeordoubtri heywi Unmake
this declaration good. With Capt.
Cushman ;we have not the pleasure
Lan T111!? but "we doubt
not his entire capability, for the
conducting of this woik: It is suf
ficient that he has been selected by
Major McNeil, as the chief assistant
in the Corps. . ;
. The other end of the route is un
dergoing a survey, under the im-!
mediate direction of Mr. Gunnin
ham, whom we have heard sr
of very well: we understand 4 t!;.t
it is proposed to connect this survey
with that already cor,;t !:udat
Ch is holm's, with which to Jnat
point, we learn, Capt. C ,itn is
well satisfied. 1 .
Uefaro , distnissinj tljis" subject,'
yre must be pcrrtitt; lto iear wit
ness to the very fntleraanlike and
orderly dcp:rt;::cnt of the whole of
this party: It fcemcd to us tl
every individual was determined
to da his duty faithfully, afid'dili.
genty. . -VTt mtift also Cammend
tha public spirit of" the neighbcN
hood, in cHording the Engineers
every -assistenco and convenience
i a thei r power towards , carrying
forward the work. On the, whole
we arc more than tyclj pleajed with !
our Tisit, and feel our confldence
issue higher thanTever, astnlaT
sdecessful issue of the. enterprise.
. ' Carolina Watchman.
ASUBOUOUGH, N. C,
CANDIDATES. ,
: M ugh McCain, Esq. tho present
Clerk of tho Court of Pleas & Quarter
Sessions of Uiis County, b a candidate
for re-election. , - , "
1 uO?Ja"nes Elliott Esq. U a candidate
for tho office of Clerk of the Court of
Pleas and Quarter Sessions of this coun.
r Sco his circular. whicS appears 6a
our first pagcl;s.wfe--
(ff It is understood that Dr. Parsons
is a candidate for tlic office of Clerk of
the Court of Pleat cc Quarter Sessions
of this County; ; ' . -f
- gjf Col Joshua Craven,' the present
Clerk of the Superior Court of this Cou .
ty, is a candidate fjr rc:lcction. , y
I- DCf Mr. John Sherwood is a candid
ate for the offico of Clerk of the Superior
Court of this County. Ho will shortly
pu Wish a circular. , K
tij Moses Sv aim Esq. : ia a candid
ate for the office of Clerk of the Superior:
Court of thisCounty. . Ho will ,also '
publUh a circular in a few weeks.
-. (JMr James M. A. Drake, is acan
didaie'lbr tho office of clerk of the Supe
rior court of this county. , . ' "
. OUR Gf3TJNT(V COURT.
Has been in scwion nil the present week.
The quantity of business transacted wai
as usual, no great tctatch. All the lit.
iatcd cases of any importance w-pnt by
appeal to ihc Superior couirt.
On Tuesday, the court proceeded (a
majority being prescn) to appoint a spe
cial court, and allow the members of H
pay, according to the fate act ttKkkxo'
bljv7 Tho'bcnchof ur County Court
will therefore booccupicd .forjlio ensu
ing year, by John RTroy, Esq. Ckair
inn i), and John Cransoft, -Tbonto Ak
ledge, Tliomas Frultr'and Michael Coi
EssV Jmlicesj with "i, Com pensatioa
of $i,0O a day..vi4"V:;
- Wo think this measure trell cakmla
ted to restore some degree of confidence
among the people,, in the proceedings of
the Connty Court j as it is apparent that
a better selection of Justices, could not
well be made, . It is greatly to bo hoped
that their toornhipt wi!! discharge the
duty assigned them witn promptness and
diligences r r ..."v;"Tl,r-;;;.
inc loliowirT m a cr
ntinuationfrom
no.1 7, of ourca'Ii paying Subscribers?
some of wl.-rn )ycrbliverlokcd in tlc
commencement of tho list, and otlicrs
have since pn!J . y
. No t :.! " ' '. t mado of thoso who
have j : ; 1 f r In dian a year. -
VuIIiamHVuboriV George ' Albright,
At ' :soa Elam, R. Hicks, Joshua rty
J id E. Icach, Robert Julian, JIoscs
Ilnniond, Samuel Crown,,: Ricliard
Eldcrr William Iscly, William Wooa,
John Elder, John Basingcr, A. Rcnchcr,
William Commons, Pryant Ragan.
1 ik: " 'i-i .j : . ,
It is statcd in tho . New York Com
mercial Advertiser, that tlicrc aro 82,??
colored persons belonging to Umj Meth
odist rEpiscopal church in tlio UnitcJ
fetutcs 71,181 Jrj in tlio Slave States.