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ruBLisitEn 2 VI2It 7 SATURDAY XVot paid in advance, 50 IS'ot paid until six months have expir ed, 300 Not paid till the year has expired, 350 No subscription received for a less time than a year, unless the- price be paid in! advance. '. I III III IV ( kfi fit rfl fe ffl am CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES A8 IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS; AND THE GLORY OF THE STATE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF ITS CITIZENS, OP ADVERTISINGS Onesquareof twenty. one tines or less, for one inser tion, GV cent : every sub - (sequent insertion, 30 cent except it remain in lorsev i eraln&ontfis, when it will be charged 3 for two months, $4 for three, &.ef ,1518 for twelvemonths. BY Witt. H. d . . .oi-tsco in the newspapers should alwiys mark their advertisements with the ber of insertions; otherwise they often forget and letthe ad vertisement run longer than necessary, and when the bill comes to be settled, there is something: 8aid about the cost. And when an article is advertised tor sale, whew it is sold, the advertiser should attend to taking it out of the paper, because it misleads the readers of the paper besides running him to more cost. AT THE CAROLINIAN OFFICE, From and after the 1st of Sept. 1 850. For all such Blanks as we keep for sale, 60 cents per quire. Where Blanks are printed to order, the prices will range from 35 cts. to $1 50 per quire, thus: 1 quire cap blanks Si 50 ner auire. 3 CC (i 4, 5 or 6 " " 10 13 20 44 1 quire letter-sheet blanks 1 J t ( .4 3 4, 5 or 6 " ' 10 " 15 " . " 20 ' 00 85 75 GO 50 40 25 85 75 05 55 45 35 Any blank printed to order which has more matter in it than is usual in blanks printed for the above prices, will be charged extra accord ing to the amount of matter, or the fancy-work directed to be done. In like manner, a blank containing but a few lines ot matter to the sheet will be charged a less price. FALL AND WINTER GOODS, We are now receiving our stock of Fall and Winter Goods, consisting of a general assort ment of Staple and Fancy DRY (i 0 0 D S, Shoes, If ats, Caps-, lionnets, ifcc All of which are offered at the lowest market prices. Our customers are invited to c.ill and examine before purchasing. H. &, E. J. LILLY. Aug. 31,1550. 001-Ct $20 Reward. Ranaway Irom the subscriber on the J6th Aug., a mulatto man named CARY. He is 5 feet 10 or 11 inches high, well built, bright complected, bushy hair, sharp features; has a slight stoppage or impediment in his speech. He is about 30 years of age, and con read tolerably well, lie has a wife at Mr Jas. Kirkpatrick's, below the mouth of Rockfish, where he is supposed to be lurkiiyr, or about Fayetteville. The above re ward will be given lor his delivery to me, or confinement in any jail so that I can get him. MALCOM McGKF.GOR. 14 miles west of b"avetteville. Aug. 31,1550. uUl-tf Visiting" Cards Tor sale at the Ca rolinian office, at 25 cents per pack of 52 card3. And names printed on if desired, plain or fancy, for forty cts. additional, being a lot of cards we are unxious to dispose of. A neat pack at 05 cents cash is cheap. To Colonels of Regiments. Dv the act of Legislature ofl848.it was made the duty of Colonels to give kxkmfts under that act, a certificate of exemption. e have supplied several regiments with blink certificates, and will keep a supply on hand at the l aroliaiau Office. 75 cents per quire. VALUABLE PLANTATION AND TURPENTINE AND TIMBER 2Li and for Sale. The subscriber intending to remove to the west, offers for sale his plantation in Robeson county, 7 miles from the village of Lumbertun, lying immediately on the main road from Lum bertun to Marion Court House. The tract con tains twelve hundred and fifty acres. It lies within live miles of Lumber River, and is very heavily timbered, as none has ever been cut from it. No better turpentine land can be found in the county. The cleared land (about 4 or 500 acres) yields as good crops of corn and cotton as any in this section of country. About 100 acres is perfectly fresh. The situation is high, pleasant and healthy; water good ; with a comfortable dwelling house and all necessary out-buildings in good repair. There are also on the premises a good water grist mill, a gin and screw, all in good repair. Any person wishing further information, will please address the subscriber at Leesville, Robe son county, N C. The subscriber will take pleasure in showing the land to any person wish ing to look at it. ALEX. II. FULMORE. Sept. 7, 1S50. G02-tf. FALL, I 8 5 O. Is now receiving his Fall and Winter supply of GOODS, Among which are, Superfine Cloths and Cassimeres, Sattinets and Merino Cashmeres, Kentucky Jeans and Tweeds, Vesting.?, well assorted, Black and colored Silks, French and English Merinoes, Do. do. Muslin D'Lains, Alpaccas, well assorted, 2500 pieces Calico, Domestics, 3-4 to 10-4, bleached and brown, Irish Linens, Lawns, and Diapers, . Merino long and square Shawls, Plaid and other woollen do. Anker Bolting Cloths, at reduced prices, With many other goods, all of which being pur chased for cash by the package, will be offered by wholesale or retail at low prices. Sept. 7, 1S50. New Fall and Winter GOODS. We have just received at our old stand, north corner of Market Square, a large and well as sorted stack of embracing nearly every article kept in that line. Also, fashionable Bonnets, Hats, Boots, Shoes, Umbrellas, &c. We solicit an early call from our former customers, friends, and the public generally, as we shall endeavor to please in styles aad prices. ALEXANDER JOHNSON & CO. Fayetteville, Sept 14. 603-3t the the 260 TO BRIDGE BUILDERS. The Cape Fear Bridge Company invite Plans to be submitted, and Proposals made, for the oiisirucuon ot a substantial Bridge across Cape Fear River about three miles above town of Fayetteville. The river at the point selected is about leet wide at low water. The ahnt.mint rnP th. Bridge to be on either side of the river at low water mark, and will be required to be 50 feet high or thereabout. Maj, McDugald, on the east side, or James W. Strange, Esq, on the west side of the River (liv ing near the site,) will take pleasure in pointing it out to any person who may be desirous to make contracts. Proposals to be" made on or before the 20th of October next, and addressed to JOEL WILLIAMS, Sept 14. 603-3t Fayetteville, N. C. STOLEN. On Friday night Sth inst, the subscriber had a new double-barrel Gun stolen from him 2 miles north of Fayetteville, on the road leading by Mr Isham Blake's, and a short distance from his house. The gun is a new one the barrel sup posed to be 42 inches, of fine finish. No particu lar mark recollected, as I had just bought it. A liberal rjeward will be paid for the Gun, or any information left at Mr P. P. Johnson's store or Capt. Jno. Stewart's, will be thankfully re ceived. WM. GILES. Sept. 14, 1S30. 003-tf SlOO REWARD. we win give iuu reward tor a necrrn man named HANNIBAL, if delivered te us at Halifax Court House. Va.. or S50 reward if soriiror! in jail in Fayetteville, or any other jail, so that we get nim again. i ne saic negro man Hannibal is about five feet high, rather a brown complexion He has a scar over one of his eyes, and has one or two of his front teeth out. About 23 years of age. vve will give the above reward to any per son who will secure the said negro so that we get him again. POINDEXTER & EDMONDSON. Sept. 14, 1850. G03-tf Xj' Miss Ann Mclntvre will open a SCHOOL at her residence on Person st., on me jstmy oi uctooer next. She solicits a share of the patronge of the public. Her prices will be moderate, varvinsr from threetosix dolls. per quarter. Drawing and Painting taught if desired, tor winch an extra charge ot $5 will be made. Sept 14, 1S50. G03-3t SALE OF VALUABLE Real Estate. Will be sold at the Court House door, in the town of Fayetteville, on Thursday the 3lst day oi uctooer next, the following valuable real estate, ordered to be sold by a decree of the Court ot Equity. 500 acres on Cape Fear river, joining the lands of J. Kirkpatrick, Jonathan Evans, and" others, known as the plantation of John Kelly, dec'J. Two tracts near Howell's Mills, the mill place and the summer residence, containing about 1S00 or 2000 acres, formerly the property of J. Kelly Also, 300 acres on Cape Fear river, known as the Dodge or Casey place, about 5 miles from town, joining McRae and others. 10 acres joining the summer residence of Jona. Evans. 200 acres on Gillis' Branch, on Rockfish, near David Murphv. For further information, apply to Jonathan tvans, sen., and Charles Montague. Terms of sale (, 12 and 1 months credit, bond with approved security, with interest after six months. ARCH'D A. T. SMITH, Sept 21. GOl-Gt Clerk & Master. Stnte of North Carolina -Robeson County. Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions August Term, IS 50. Catharine McLean and others vs. Alexander Johnson and others. Petition for the division of slaves. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that Alexander Johr.son and his children by his wife Mary, to-wit: Gilb' rt L. Johnson, Neill Johnson, Margaret, who intermarried with Mc Donald, and Flora Ann, defendants in this case, are not residents of this State; it is therefore or dered by the Court that publication be made for six weeks successively in the North Carolinian, published in Fayetteville, for the said Alexander Johr.son and his said children, Gilbert L John son, Neill Johnson, Margaret, who intermarried with McDonald, and Flora Ann, to appear at the next term of this Court to be held for the county of Robeson, at the Court House in Luinberton, on the 4th Monday of November next, and plead, answer, or demur, or the petition will be taken pro confesso as to them, and heard accordingly. Witness, Shadrach Howell, Clerk of our said Court at otfice the 4th Monday of August, A. D. 1S50, and of American Independence the 75th year. S'DTI. HOWELL, C. C. C. Sept 21. GOl-Gt pr adv S3 25. State of North Carolina Robeson County. Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions August Term, 1S50. Benjamin Lewis and wife vs. William G. Oli ver, administrator of Joseph Page. Petition for account. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that Mary Conoley, one of the heirs at law and distributees of the estate of Joseph Page, dee'd., is not an inhabitant of this State ; it is therefore ordered by the Court that publication be made in the North Carolinian, published in Fayette ville, for six successive weeks, for said Mary Conoley to appear at the next term of this Court to be held for the county of Robeson, at the Court House in Lumberton, on the 4th Monday of No vember next, then and there to show cause, if any she has, why the prayer of said petition may not be granted. Witness, Shadrach Howell, Clerk of our said Court at office, the 4th Monday in August, A. D. 1S50, and of American Independence the 75th year. S'D'H. HOWELL, C. C. C. Sept 21. 604-6t pr adv $3 25. MISS BINGHAM Will resume her school on Tuesday the 1st of October. Sept 21, 1950. 604-6t TAKE NOTICE. Application will be made to t he next General Assembly of North Carolina for an act establishing a new County, to be made from the counties of Chatham, Wake, Cumber land, and Moore, lying on both sides of the Cape Fear River. ; 604-3t Notice. Application will be made to the nekt General Assembly of North Carolina, for amendments to the charter of the Fayette ville and Western Plank Koad Company. FAYETTEVILLE, I. C, SEPTEMBER 28, 1850. 1 VOI,. II NO. 605. SO- Liberal deduction ,for large advertisements by the year or six mo it Its MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL COLLEGE. The Medical Lectures of Harvard University will commence at the Massachusetts Medical College in Boston, on the first Wednesday in November. Obstetrics and Medical Jurisprudence, by Walter Chaktiviivg, M. D. Materia Medica and Clinical Medicine, by Jacob Bigelow, M. D. Theory and Practice of Medicine, bv John Ware, M. D. Pathological Anatomy, by John B. S. Jack son, M. D. Anatomy and Physiology, by Oliver W. Holmes, M. D. Principles and Operations of Surgery, by Hen ry J. Bigelow, M. D. Chemistry, by E. N. Horsforu, M. D. Cli nical Lectures at the Massachusetts General Hospital three times a week, by the professors of Clinical Medicine and of Surgery. Surgical operations are very numerous, performed week ly in the presence of the class in the operating theatre. The safe and effectual practice of ether ization is taught in this school. Practical Anat omy is amply provided for by the most liberal arrangements. The anatomical museum is oneof the largest and richest in the U States, and has a fund of $5,000 for its increase. The Eye and Ear Infirmary and other charities are open to students. Fees for the whole course, S0. Matriculation S3. Dissecting ticket, $5. Graduation, $20. Hospital and Library gratuitous. A descriptive pamphlet may be had by appli cation, post-paid, to David Clapp, Printer, cor ner Washington and Franklin streets, Boston. The Tremont-street School, for private pupils, having all the advantages of the Hospital, Dis secting Room, and of daily recitations through out the year on the branches of medical science, is conducted by Drs. Bigelow, Storer, Jackson, Holmes, and H.J. Bigelow, four of whom are physicians and surgeons of the Hospital. Boston, Sept. 18,' 1S50. 2m HATS & CAPS. I would respectfully call the attention of my friends and the public generally to my new and large stock of Hats and Caps. Having selected them with great care, I feel assured that if there is any thing in the shape of a hat, cap or turban, in New York or Philadelphia, that is calculated to please the public, they can be suited at my store, north-east corner Market Square, Green street. I am prepared to furnish country merchants at wholesale on the most reasonable terms. I in tend selling for very small profits. DAVID GEE. Sept 21, 1S50. $5 Reward. Strayed away from the subscriber on the Sth inst, a large sorrel mare Mule, with a large scar on the rump. Any information in regard to said Mule will be thankfully re ceived, or $3 reward will be paid for her deliv ery tome 4 miles from Fayetteville, or at Fay etteville. HUGH G1LMORE. Sept 21, 1S50. RANAWAY From the subscriber on the 22d of July, a negro man named MORRIS. He is G feet 1 or 2 inches hirh. but slender built : yellow complected; rather blink eyed ; has a scar on one cheek. When last heard from, he was making his way towards Lum berton. where he has relations I will give TWENTY DOLLARS for his deliv ery to me, or his confinement in any jail so that I can get him again. JOHN S. WILLIS. Prospect Hall, Bladen county, N August 5, 1S50. y'JS-tf N. C. $10 Reward. Ranaway from the subscriber on the 9th inst., a negro boy by the name of WESLY. Said ne gro is 27 years of age; about five feet nine inches high ; weighs about 1G0 or 65 pounds ; has rather a saucy look ; with a scar running across the forehead, above the eye-brow, and he is of a dark copper color. He has a large natural gap between the upper front teeth. The above reward will be paid for his appre hension and delivery to me, or for putting him in any jail so that I can get him again. Any in formation concerning him will be received if di rected to me at Rollins' Store. Moore county, N. C. THOS. HARRINGTON. Sept 21, 1S50. 604-tf FAMILY GhOCERY. WM. K. LUVt Has opened a Family Grocery on south side of Person street, near the Market square, where persons can be accom modated with small quantities His Groceries were recently purchased in New York, and are of the best quality. Sept. 21, 1S50 004 -tf ml EQUITY SALE. Will be sold at the Court House door in the Town of Fayetteville, on a credit of 12, IS, and 24 months, on Monday the 11th day of October next, a valuable Plantation about four miles north of Fayetteville, on the west side of the Cape Fear River, late the property of Hugh Campbell, dee'd., known as Pine Park. Said tract contains about 800 acres, a considerable portion of which is low-lands, the remainder heavilv timbered with Pine. ARCH'D A. T. SMITH, Sept 21. G04-3t Clerk 8f Master. A CARD. MRS HAWLEY will resume her School on Monday the 14th of October. Sept 21, 1S5U 604-4t FOll SAL, IE. Cotton Bagging, Rope, mess and prime Pork, Bacon sides; Randolph Manuf. Co's Sheeting and Yarns, at Factory prices ; and my usual supply of other articles. T. S. LUTTERLOH. Sept 21, 1850 It Lamp Fluid, A new supply just received and for sale by Sept 21. S. J. HINSDALE. PURE GENNESSEE FLOUR Can be had of the undersigned, either by the barrel or at retail. HALL & HALL. Sept. 14, 1350. 603-3t NORTH CAROLINIAN Wm. II. Bay ne. Editor and Proprietor. FAYETTEVILLE. X. C. SEPTEMBER 28, 1850. THE TURKISH AGENT, whom we ment ion ed some weeks ago, as about to visit this country, to examine the progress of the arts and sciences among us, arrived in New York, some days ago, and proceeded to Washington. The Intelligen cer says : This visiter of the far East to the remote West is the first subject of the Subline Porte who has ever come to the shores of America in the service of government; and although he comes as a simple agent to view our country, its internal condition, power, pursuits, productions, institutions, &.c, and is invested, we believe, with no diplomatic functions, his visit may lead to diplomatic relations between the two gov ernments, and eventually advantageous commercial intercourse between the two countries. fWis accompanied by three secretaries, and John P. Brown, esq., secretary of legation at Constantinople, and lady, a daughter of the late Commodore Porter, and several gentlemen connected with our naval service. He seems delighted with what he has seen of this country ; and, in his interview with a gentleman connected with the Argus, remarked: "My sovereign has got hold of one end of the rope, the American people -the other. The great French Sultan f meaning Bonaparte ob served that extremes are often brought together. I hope the ends of the rope may meet, and surround the world like the equatorial line." His excellency was accoutred in an un dress uniform of Ottoman naval service, with a red cap fitting tight to his head. THE CAPITOL of the GYStates is to be im proved very greatly, as will be seen by the follow ing from the Union : The Senate were yesterday engaged on the civil and diplomatic appropriation bill. Thjey added an amendment providing 1CH),000 for erecting two wings to the Capitol, for the purpose of making more convenient halls for the two houses of Con gress an arrangement which we trust will be executed without delay, for the present hall of the House of Representa tives is decidedly one of the worst in the world for hearing ; and, secondly, they appropriated 810,000 for the accommoda tion of tlte Turkish ambassador, who has recently arrived in the United States. He is now in this city, dressed neatly, but in the extravagant style of the Turkish costume. He visited the hall of the House of Representatives yesterday, and receiv ed a cordial welcome. The Central Road. The surveys upon this route are progressing rapidlj. We learn, with pleasure, that after a care ful reconnoissance of the whole country over which the Road will pass, Major Gwyjin, the able and accomplished En gineer's fully of opinion, that three mill ions of dollars will be amply sufficient to put it into thorough operation. He pro nounces the country, we understand, to be, almost without exception, the most favorably adapted to the construction and success of Rail Roads of any that has ever come under his inspection. Raleigh Register. Gone to Liberia. On Wednesday last, Daniel Williams, a negro man,.and his family, 12 persons in all, left New Berne, on the Schr Ann Maria, for New Yurk, en route for Liberia. The whole family was free except its head, Daniel, who belonged to Messrs A. Wade and C. Slov er. The sum of Si, 000 has been made up in New York for the benefit of the family, of which $400 was applied to the purchase of Daniel, about two thirds his value, and the remainder is to pay their passage to Liberia, and settle them. Daniel is a tanner by trade, and also an engineer. We understand he expects to rm at the tannin? business in Liberia, or to be engineer in a Sugar aim. vuite a disposition prevails among the negroes of New Berne to emigrate, and we should not wonder if a considerable number leave for Liberia during the next twelve months. -JVewbern Republican. DANGEROUS EXPLOIT. At Baltimore, on Thursday afternoon, Herr Ryninger accomplish the feat of walking on a single wire from the roof of the Powhatan House, foot of Broadway, to the European House, on Thames street, below Broad way. The wire was about the thickness of those used on the tele graphic line, and extended about four hundred feet, commencing at a height of lorty feet, and gradually descending to the ground. This wonderful feat was performed with the greatest ease and facility and apparently with as much con fidence on the part of the performer as if he were walking on the ground. Tin vmi nrnft rpliirion ? 41 No sir ; I profess my faith and prac tice my religion. POST OFFICE INFORMATION. A single letter means any weighing J ounce avoidrupois or less. A letter weighing oer lo z. and less than 2 i-regarded as 4 letters. Newspaper, means a paper of 1900 square in ches or less. fso P. M. can frank a letter weighing over J ounce, except on 'official Business.' Postage on letters from any office in the U. S. to and from California, or our Territories on the Pacific, 40 cents prepaid or not. 'Newspapers and pamphlets 3 cents each, sea postage, and the inland Postage to be added, if any. P. M.'s whose corn's were 200 or les9 for the year ending June 30, 1S50, can send and receive written letters free, not weighing over oz. each on their own private business. They can frank to California, or any other place in the U. S. pos sessions, but not bejond. Postage on letters to China, &c. may be 75 cents or 45 cents. Postage on regular, or transient papers 1 or 1 J cents, and 50 per cent, commission on them. Total postage on papers to Great Britain 4 cents, 2 cents to be paid in each country; to any place through Great Britain 4 cents, prepaid. The Postage on letters, to or from Great Brit ain is 24 cts., the single rate. The franking privilege 'travels with its posses sor. A Post-master can frank through any of fice he may pass in travelling, but he cannot send franked letters from his own office at the same time. Postmasters whose annual compensation is not over $"200, may frank names of subscribers and money to newspapers. Postmasters are entitled bv law to the follow ing commissions on the amount of letter postages received by them in each quarter of the year, and in due proportion of any fractional part of a quarter : but no Postmaster can receive a larger compensation from commissions than $.000 per quarter: 40 per cent, on the first !?10O ; 33 " next 300 ; 30 ' " " 2,000 ; 12J on all over 2,100 ; A commission of 50 per cent, is allowed on postage of Newspapers, Pamphlets, and Maga zines; also two cents is allowed for the delivery of each free letter, (excepting free packets of printed matter, such as Speeches, &c, though made up in letter form,) to officers where the commission does not am t to S500. On letters received for distribution at such offices us are designated for that purpose by the Postmaster General, a commission of 7 per cent. is allowed. Postmasters whose annual compen sation is not over $200 may frank names of sub scribers and money to editors. At otlices where the mail is regularly to arrive between the hours of 9 o'clock in the evening and 5 o'clock in the morning, 50 instead of 40 percent, is allowed on the "first $100 of letter postage. Table of postages. 1-2 Q2 Letters not over 300 miles, 5 Letters over 300 miles, 10 Dropped letters, 2 Letters by British mails, 24 Newspapers not over 100 miles, or within the State, for each sheet or supplement, Do. over 100 miles and out of the State, To be prepaid if not sent from the office of publication. Pamphlets, Magazines, Periodi cals and all other printed mat ter, except as before and under- A fraction of ' oz. over not to be 2 regarded. 1 oi. 2 oz 3 oz i0 20 30 20 40 60 2 2 2 48 96 144 1 cent. 1 cts. Hot.. 3cz. 4 oz 4j 5J Circulars and handbills not over ' single cap size and unsealed (to be prepaid,) 3 cents. The Cunard line of steamers is under contract pay with Great Britain, for carrying mails, and all the postage except 5 cents on "letters carried from the U. States by that line, is received by Great Britain; but the Collins' line is under con tract with the United States, and all the postage except 3 cents on letters carried out by this line , is recen ed by the U States. OF RESIDENCES IN THE VICINITY NEW-YORK. The City of New York has, of late years, become so crowded the pure air of the country so thoroughly shut out, or if let in, so speedily vitiated and the bickerings of commercial life so frequent and intense, that it is almost entolerable even as a place of business, much more so a9 one of resi dence. In view ot these circumstances, thousands of heads of families have within a short time formed the resolution of locat ing their charges in the country, within such a distance, however as would not pre clude their doing business in the city. To meet this demand, large quantities of land have been recently thrown open in the immediate neighborhood of New York, and divided into such 'plots as were most desirable to purchasers. Numbers of these sites 'nave already been taken up, and hundreds of beautiful and substantial cot tages and villas erected thereon, which, in many instances display a very marked perception of whatever is beautiful and effective in architecture. TiU feeling of disgust for a residence in the city is be ginning to be felt by nearly all whochew1 a desire for occasional repose and seclu sion j and the subject of country resi dences is becoming one of absorbing in terest. Nearly every one who has made up his mind to the permanent establish ment ot business in New York, is either discussing this matter with himself, or taking some active step in the premises. With many, the principal reason for lo cating in the country, is a conviction that a city like our own, hedged in as it is with every pernicious influence, is not the most proper place in which to bring up a family; and we must confess to a belief that they are not far from being right. What won der is it, then, that so many who have such responsibilities resting upon them should seek to escape the annoyances inseparable from a city, by taking refuge in the country ? A venerable looking old man, upwards of 70 years of age, was convicted of forgery in the Philadelphia Court of Quarter ses sions on Friday. The accused was for merly a teacher of writing and the forgery was committed on ene of his pupils. From tho Richmond Republican. HENfiY A, WISE ON BACHELORS. In his Fafe Northampton adifress on be half of popolar Education, Henry A. Wise make a proposition which will be resist ed to the death by those, "miserable men," (as our neighbors of (he Ennuirer feelingly calf them,'V who live in a sfate 01 single cursedness. That we may not do Mr Wise the sligh test injustice, and that we may' place him in his position apon the momentous ques tion which he has mooted, we gie his own words, from the report of his speech in the Richmond Enquirer. After describing the sobjects of taxation for the support of his Free School System, Mr Wise, with sfefnaftd inttexiblcgravity, speaks as follows: The richbaehefor or man who had no children and much property, sboald be tax ed most of all, if any distinction of persons at all were made. He who has wealtli and no children needs the protection of the State and community in which he lives for the security of his person and of his pro perty. Has the childless miser a suit pending involving thousands of his hoarded gold ? Who is to be the jury to try the fate of his dollars? Can they read and write and cypher ? Does the bachelor sue for injury to his character ? Ho the juries where he lives value reputation ? Docs he want a piece of work done requiring skill ? Are the mechanics where he lives men of skill, well instructed in their bttsi ness ? The free schools would give him juries capable ot conatrueing his will when he dies, and a mechanic skilled enough to construct his coffin, or it might bea Divine to preach his funeral sermon! He has lived for no one but himself, has helped no poor man by supporting his daughter for his wife, has obeyed not God's command to increase and multiply his earth, and ought to be made to aid in instructing the children of those who have obeyed that command, perhaps too well, by having more children than they can provide for. If a bachelor would get the worth of his free school tax, let him go ami get a wife, ami then beget lawful children, which he will not be bound to support We think we do Mr Wise no injustice in supposing that it is fact of bachelorship rather than of rich bachelorship against which he would level his batteries ot taxa tion. A poor bachelor, as well as a rich one may have a character," to be pro tected by intelligent juries;" may want a piece of work done ' by iskilful me chanics' in fact, may need a coffin" more than a rich bachelor. As to the 'funeral sermon," no bachelor, rich or poor, ought to expect the pulpit to hold him upas an example to the rising genera tion. It is then against bachelors, against single life, that Mr Wise lets loose his taxes, to worry and devour. Poor wretches! Is not the condition of these bachelors deplorable enough now ? Homeless beings, who only know the genial warmth of a household fire .vhen they drop in upon some more favored friend, and thaw their frosty souls at the glowing shrine of domestic happiness. Wretched men, whose puddings arc at the mercy of some unknown cook, and whose linen is superintended by barbarian laundresses. Men of long, lonely hours, who have no companions but musty old authors, and with no mourners but the fleas and chin ches who were not to revel in their neglect ed sheets. Yet some consolations are vouchsafed even to these unfortunates. They congratulate themselves even in their misery that for them there are no elaborate bills of rent anil marketing, of dry goods and shoe-leather, no days of gnawing care, no night made hideous with cries of off spring. Poor, deluded beings! Even feeling perchance a sort of complacent con tempt for married acquaintances! Alas, miserable wretch of a bachelor. Little knowest thou the dangers that are hovering near thy peaceful couch. Iieware, thoughtless man! A Conven tion big with the destiny of thy tribe is at hand. The man of Accomac is after thee with a sharp stick. He has resolved to make thee pay for thy character ("an article, he admits, which is of little value) for thy ricketty washstand & single bedstead, lie will compel thee to settle in advance for thy coffin knd thy funeral eermon. He will force thee to pay for the education of other men's children. He will exhaust them by taxes, till he suceeds in his ini quitous design of obliging thee to renounce they solitary joys, and drive thee at the point of the bayonet to multiply and re plenish the earth. Poor, ' miserable vic tims, we think we see thee in the hour of thy calamity, thy independent brow droop ing and relaxed ; a poor man's daugh ter" holding thee bv one arm, while at the other elbow comes'tbe tax gatherer, egging thee on to thy perdition. At tlic foot of the altar, in flowing robes, stands the clerical sheriff; noose in hand, while Wise ; of Accomac, with grim triumph upon his curling lip, "gives away the bride,'' and adding insult to injury, exclaims to the oppressed and insulted captive, Go, and beget lawful children." The wife of President Fillmore is to be presented with a magnificent coach by a few friend' in New York State, in honor of her being the first lady from the State of New York, who has resided at the White' House at Washington.
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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Sept. 28, 1850, edition 1
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