.LE, S. C.
■ary. 3. 2851*
M oor •I”*?., anthoriiei
Urclarina dite ibis office.
BJ’S hariiif: carried home
[little ;or no bnsiness
»pa.«t ten daja. Per-
^tcii the work before
Bar; is the da; named
■CH.
pu to press, nolhing of
Icil at the seat of Qor-
Irc is now in session,
intelligence as to bnsi
psent able and efficient
ilepartment, has been
• diniivr f)T the Demo-
HtTb
war against Persia,
jtetred Herat. France
three powers, Eng*
-aod it is 'presomed
Ih circles, that K apo-
lle.
, duel between Gen.
Ir Hargrore of Gran-
ll; adjnsted.” B; the
itb or hfteeuth bloodless
lei;. Pit; the; were
lit is proposed to the
Igire- THAT DITCH a dose
la Tttit’iinj off in that
Hen.- John E. Ward,
lendered a high sppoiiit-
abroad.'h; the ineom,
W heloiigs to the Un
til. Deiiiucracv, and the
jlhiiik.s it l.kiij there is
i'Ort.
re will be two eclipses
tu;i. The first will ot-eur
Ii will lie invi.nihle in
titru Jilates eiist ot the
. aiiti purteil :;inl risible
second is an annual
Wiii ronimenceon the
I Jiiigiit ill tiie United
lv..sible 111 tills coBiitr;.-
large poriiuii of Asia,
lie-whole of Austrialia.
|,fiud that J il Ilaiigh-
lo the Western Rail
! niav differ Iroin him
fracliiaUe elmraeter
[ lit, w'e liiast give h.m
ent reasoning i.i favor of
litv for it, and the de
pt* upon tile -stale for
jse iuinieiise treasures of
liu the-Deep River ral-
lertinentlv-intimates he
my so important a, Toork,
his future eourse in
Ml prove Ais words. We
litii; from Air H.'s late
E.'ie tuiiowiiig nnequivo-
Insed to vour railroad ! !
|.-urroiiiidiiig eireuiiiStaii-
ulelj i-reposterouk.”
;as executed at Clinton
be muraer of Air Jacob
[been a hardened wretch.
Ecaiiuiis for pardon to
of which, written on
ji, he dated in “The in-
le learn that on big wa;
■marked that he would
■to spend Christmas in
livado to the last.
lotel belonging to B.
was dcstro;ed b; fire
hretkb; iiisorance.
fik of Fayetteville h**
per cent.
Bt will be supported by
ilia in the approaching
ps been selected without
Bt except that of the
s and general prosperi-
aj*r.
[CURTIS.
fuNDY,
CA-MPBELL,
ROBERTS.
MATHEWS,
IcL. McKAY,
JNO. WIXSLOW,
ITER DRAUGHO-V.
ive to ivithiiraw from
Icomniisgioiier
il CAMPBELL.
eliiies being a candi-
aer.
I
1
.V
8GHSMB.
It U of^ tbe ca«e that poR^ P«]»-
dence or whatever else tharewiH is pleiaeti to
tens it, cBetates the co^rae 'iHiich a - pablic
joamalist panato.To-be ton there are occa-
•sions whea tact and caation-prove ntofhl ad
juncts, and there are snbjects which most be
handled with care, lest too noeb clumsiness
break the delicate renel. Bat there arc also
occasions witen all considerations of selfish
policy are lost in the magnitude of interests
involved—and there are times When a journal-.
Ist feels that his duty must %e done, however
great the personal sacrifice which may follow
its performance. We are well aware that what
we are abeot to write will provoke in certain
^uaTteTs a tpirit of retaliation, and we may
pessi.bly be held responsible by short-sighted
men, oanaiag politicians and that class of indi
viduals who prefer intrigue to frank «nd man
ly action, for injuries to the interests of this
and other comnsunities, which may follow from
the aoiicompliance on the part of " the powers
that be" with the wishes of those communi
ties.
So let it be. We are willing to bear tbe_
burden if there is any to be borne. Let ‘truth
be told though the stars fall.* It is with no
evil intent, nor with any acrimonious feeling
that we take up this subject, tliorouglily to
sift and explore it, and, if ueeds be, to expose
some of its deformities—and we call upon all
fair minded men to bear ns oat in the declara
tion that what we do in this instance is what
ought to have been done long ago.
The leading officials connected with the work
in the hands of the Cape Fear'and Deep River
Navigation Company appear to be quite at
loggerheads; and the fact that each attempts
to fasten on the other the charge of neglect and
iucompeteucy—and further, the fact that the
work is as far from completion now as it Vtas
eight years ago, Iscertanily suggestive of some
thing more than the bare sospicion of gross
neglect or utter incompeteucy, or else the iin-
(practicability of the work in queistion. One
concliasiau or the other is inevitable. Sophis
try cannot evade it ; impudence cannot face it
back, while facts and figures prove one of the
three, and perhaps all of the three.
Now wkat are the facta and figures ? We
propesc'briefly and as succinctly as possibly to
«view 'file VtStory of this great scheme of in
ternal improvements ; and we will confine our
self to plain Biide’dable statements such as can-
aot be gaiusaiJ or disproved. This work has
hcKU in progress for eight years, steadily and
wblioal interiaissioB, at a coat of $600,000, of
which Slim the state has paid $460,000 and
private iiidividilala $40,000, and tlie company
is now iadebted to divers and sundry radividuai
ceatractors for a bal.mce, on which judgements
have been obtained, and the work,-which every
body seems to consider in full operation, is
ready retrograding—in abnsinesapoint of view.
At this very time (all official reports to the
contrary netwithstaiiding) an Indian in bia
liirch canoe could not pasa from Haywood to'
Fayetteville; uud we assert, without fear of
coutradiction, that at no period, from the in
ception of the work to the present hour, have
there been filteen consecutive days when a boat
laden with s tingle ton of produce could pass
all the locks and dams between the two places,
except at such times as when the rise in the
rivers was so great as to make a smooth sur
face over the dams. The principal source of
revenue to the citizens of the comities along
the Cape Fear above Fayetteville, were for
merly toil-timber, lumber and naval stores, in
the product and shipment of which thonsands
of dollars were snnnally msde—and had the
Legislature, eight years ago, resolved to de
stroy this source of income to tnose people, a
more effectual course to accomplish that end
could not have been devised than that pursued
by this Navigation company under the seal of
state authority. Those products are now rot
ting on the banks of the river, the producer and
purchaser unable to ship them, as formerly, be-
cau.se of these “ otistructions” to the navigation
of the stream. This itself i.s no inconsiderable
evil.
But to the work, in proper. No southern
engineer is thought capable of conducting so
grand an enterprise, and therefore the North
furnishes a chief for the company. He conies;
is provided with carriage and servants; rides
np and down the bunks of the river; makes a
very favorable report of the practicability of
the work; gives his estimate of the cost (185,-
000) which is endorsed by another “knowing
man,” and the Legislature votes the amount
without hesitation.
Fat contracts are given to favorities; the
"scientific explorer” from the North is retained
as chief engineer, at a salary of $5,000 per
annum and expenses paid; spends possibly as
much as six weeks in the year in the state;
.things go on swimmingly, and the whistle of
the steamer is soon to echo through the valley
of the coal fields. In the meantime several
fortunes are mad* in coal-mine spccnlations;
sundry lag-dams and locks are built; the sub
engineer reports the work as "done according
to contract;” the chief examines and approves
the report, pockets bis salary and goes home to
•njoy it. A freshet comes— a common enough
occurrence on the Cape Fear, although this
particular freshet was, as the officials any, "un
precedented”—and, lo, the works are so injured
that “without immediate repairs they will soon
become useless” (rather a queer expression,
seeing that they had never been otherwise.)
But the money of the first appropriation is all
gone; every cent of it disbursed "according to
contract.” The Legislature assembles; the
friends of the work are men of influence and
money; they get npa fine report, endorsed by
some other Northern light of science who wants
a good job, nnd as the State is already “in for
ir,” another appropriation is msde, which “will
certainly complete the work.” A general ex-
TUI jlflflllaiAteTill AH. f AYtTTlVIHt,H.6.
Binfnatfan is mad*) past errors are resolved to \x»ld have been io beftwe—to how juare'
be avoided; the former work is discovered to' tyedrs of work and tbillions of money may the
^ almost worthless, and a thorough repairii^
locto and dams fr^nd-to be necessary. Con
tracts sjre made; .repaiia^Kto and completed;
all parties are blessed with fat jobs; the engin
eer prepares his report, and the work seems
upon the eve of its final accomplishment. - But
unfortunately another freshet takes piace-^
which, as the engineers say is a very niiusnal
occurrence—the river on.'; rising thirty-six feet
in twenty fear hours, (and only six or eight
such freshets per annum) and all the high
hopes of the state and its protege, the Naviga
tion company, are blighted, or rather inundated
lor the second time. And thus tlie work has
beeo . going on for eight years, at a dead loss .to
the Stole of nearly .half million dollars, .and an
equal amount to say the least of it in damages
to the people along the river, particularly
those of Cumberland and Haruet, by the pre
tention of the shipment of those] commodities
enumerated above, through the mediuni of
whose sale a handsome revenue was. obtained.
The late report of Mr Douglass, chief engin
eer, is proof SBOugh of these statements. Though
commeiidably earnest in his efforts to make the
best of a bad bargain, Mr D is compelled to
admit that the works at Jones’ Falls, Silver
Run and Red Rock are decided failures; and
he even goes further, and recommends their
abandonment and the selection of other loca
tions for locks amd dams. The first named
point—Jones’ Falls—bus been iiiider contract
three seperate and distinct times, and each
“finished according to plans and spccificatiou.s
of the chief engineer,” and (laid for by the
treasurer after receiving the a|iproviil of Uie-
engincer. Now it is recommended that Jenes,
Falls be abandoned, with its wooden locks and
dams, and that “rock dams,” costing infinitelv
more, Ue constructed somewhere else.
Air D. tell* US that 'the sickness of the Pre.s-
ident and the necessity of constant attendance
in person on the part of the resident engineer
at Cross Creek preveiited those-officers from
giving their . immediate. personal attentioa to
those works,’ and that ‘llie contractors fafied
in the performance of their duties? As Mr I),
has omitted to.iuforni the Directory what kept
him out of sight ofAhe .works,, (lerhaps we can
supply the intelligence. A pleasant mansion
iu the Key-Stone State is far preferable to
Uic miasmatic vapors oftbe Cape Fear 8wami)S,
especially when the 'State of North Carolina
pays a man a handsome bonus to stay there.
Who would hesitate with such a choice before
him?
But really Mr Douglass does these contrac
tors a grievous injustice. The work w as “done
according to contract,” was examined every
few-days by-the resident'engiireer, and 20 per
cent of the payment retained nntil the chief
himSelf should deign to leave New York for
the purpo« of examining and approving the
work under the hands of the Navigation com
pany.
The C. P. and .IT l^yer Navigation company,
have been blessed with severaKchoice scientific
spirifa willn'n the last eight years. First they
rejoiced in Col. Thompson, a portion of whose
“report” we subjoin at the close of this article.
Then Cajit. Smith was imported. But all the
efforts of Col. Thompson, Capt. Smith and the
Directory, with numerous agents, engineers, sub
agcnts.aud sub-.engiiieers, failed to dam and
ock the Cape Fear river, owing to the “unpre
cedented” freshets to which that stream has
been .subjected within the last eight years.
Next in the order of succession comes Mr Dong-
lass, and with $300,000 in hand, the last up-
proprialiifli, he proceeds to rebuild and patch
up the rotten, decayed and dilapidated work of
his predecessors. A freshet or two had floated
the timbers of several dams down to Wilming-
tou, to the iiijuiry of the shipping in that port,
and the papers of that city, the very locality to
have been enriched and otherwise benefitted by
this "improved navigation,” were bitter in their
maledictions upon the work. Afr D. went vig
orously to work, and at a cost of $50,000 built
a new dam and lock at Cros.s Creek, a very
clever, substantial structure for wood and mud,
but pos3e.s.sing this very unfortunate disadvan
tage, that bouts laden with produce could not
and cannot now reach the first landing below it
without the aid of a high river from heavy
rains. This fact, no one acquainted with those
localitie.s will deny, and the testimony of those
who know nothing about the matter is ofeourse
worthless and invalid. But further still, in
reference to this darn: the engineer wa.s unfor
tunate enough to build his structure np to a
bank of soft alluvial soil, the deposite of pre
vious freshets, and another "unprecedented”
freshet occurring, the river made a clean breach,
of 150 feet around one end of the dam. Eight
thousand dollars repaired this “nidbrseen” dis
aster, and the lock and darn “are now in good
boating order,” the only diffieulty being that
the gates are entirely out of order, and, if tbe)'
were not, a rise in the river would be the only
pas.sport to navigation below the locks. The
lock aud dam at Silver Run are nineteen feet
high; bat five feet now are required to back the
water to the next dam so as to render the pool
navigable. A wooden dam twenty four feet
high, with a dozen or more miles of water pres
sing upon it, in a high river, during an “unpre
cedented” freshet, would be very apt to trouble
the port of Wilmington with a visit. Yet these
are but isolated instances among many others
which, had we space, we might accumnlate in
one vast body of evidence against this heavy
draught upon the revenues of the State. But
it is now proposed that these wooden works be
abandoned; new sites and new localities cho.sen,
and substantial structures of stone and irou
erected. Engineers, Directory and all agree in
the opinion that the navigation of these rivers
cannot be secured by th e works now existing.
But if eight years of ceaseles labor, heavy
salaries to competent engineers, and the ex
penditures of more than a half million, has left
tbe river in a worse condition than it possibly
Sfitoe not took before'tl^s scheme is fiaally ac
complished? • Will- the people wait “until au
impoverished treasury 'and a snnken State
credit disgrace North Carolina, before they put
the bnu of their displeasure npon tlns monapoly
of Ho people’s money ?
For Heaven’s sake, howr long is this to lastl
Is not the feasibility of the plan pioved to l)e a
myth? Is it nbf shown, demonstrated beyond
the possibility of a doubt, that this, work can
never be accomplished with cither benefit or
honor to the people of the State? Millions of
dbllars Wasted: absolutely parloined from the
pablic treasury, fo enrich a few individuals
>•> airimpracticable scheme, which has
for it.s ostensible object the adrancemeut of tlie
State welfare, but which is really plundering
the treasury and despoiling the people. A
reckless expenditure of the pulilic treasure it will
be if this fegislattire appropriates, money for
the completion of a work which, eight years
ago, was declared to be, by “an engineer well
versed in the practical sciences” capable of
completion for the sum of $185,000—but which
has cost the State already nearly a half million
and lias all to be done over again.
If the State lia.s already fruitlessly expended
a half million, is that any argument that she
should sink millions more? If -Major Gwynn,
eight years ago, fell short in hin estimate $420,.
000, is it not fairly presumable that his forth-
coining estimate may bcsomeivliat questionable.
A five tlion.saad jicr annum .salary to some
one, we will not say who, will follow a
favorable report, and we shall consequently have
it. But we offer to the Legislature of the State
ouii RKPORT, and in the name of the people, the
tax-payers out of wlio.se pockets come these
periodical draughts, wc ask and demand a
hearing. We cull the pro.secution of this work
a monopoly vf the people's money—because wlien
large ajiproiiriations are made for it, as must
and will be the ca.se for session after session of
the legislature, should the work be prosecuted,
every other scheme for popular benefit and
State ndvancemcnf will go by the board. The
friends and beneficiaries of the Navigation Com
pany know what we mean; let them make the
best of it. The works are doubtless already
mortgaged to the State—but they are mere
encumbrances as yet, and further appropriations,
while they cannot successfully prosecute the cn-
terjirise, will be but a proflig.Htc and rcckress
expenditure of money in a scheme for private
and personal emolument. Who has receivad
one dollar of benefit from these works? The
State? Let her records answer! The people
along these rivers? They have been deprived
of what revenue once acrued to them from' the
free and unobstructed navigation of the streams..^
The Gompaiiy? They are insolvent an.d - bank:
rupt.' Who then are the recipients of whatever
benefits accompany the prosecution of the work?
Those birds of passage who. wiqg their flight,
from the frosty rookeries of the North to our
sniiiiy fields, and, having..filled theic-hungry:,
iflaws w ith Southern gold, fly back,'perhaps to
croak over the iniquities of the slave owner,
aiid bewail the unhappy lot of the sous of Ham.
The claims of the East have been disregarded;
the Western people have been neglected, and
complaints from every section of the common-
wealtli ara becoming rife and loud. Th« public
treasury is being drained for the support and
encouragement of a work, the prosecution of
which has enriched f. few private individuals at
tlie expense of the people, while not a single
benefit, nor the tithe of one, has acrued to the
State, either past or in prospective. The men
who have heretofore conducted the work will
not admit the charge of incomjietency, nor will
they confess to neglect. What then is the
legitimate inference, the nnavoidableconcinsion?
Tliat the work is impracticable and ought to be
abandoned; that the public treasury has dis
bursed money enough to this indefeasible, disas
trous Echerne, and that eight years of trial and
repeated failure stamps the whole enterprise'
with the seal of condemnation.
We have fairly and justly stated tlie case.
M e leave it with tho.se in whose hands are con
fided the intcre.sts of the whole State. It has
been remarked, wc learn, by some of the friends
of this measure, that when the Legislature can
not be coaxed and cajoled, it can be driven-
into lavorable action. M e wait to see the re
sult of thi.s threat-
M hat we have written has been dictated bv
no selfi.sli or ungenerous spirit. AVo liava
avoitled as far as jio.ssible anything like crinii-
nation; and it we have spoken .scverelv in some
instances, it was richiy merited, fully deserved.
Let the re|treseiLtative,s of the (leople calmly
consider this matter; and, if they feel that they
can, with a conscientious regard for the inter
ests and welfare ot the whole eommonwealtii,
again emiity tlie coffers of the state into the
Cape Fear and Deep Rivers, while other and
more important intereiits afe languishing for
want of mere encouragement, why then, in the
name of heaven, let it be done!
adapted to those rivers, as indicated by their
inconsiderable fail per mile (it being somewhat
lets than two feet throughout their whole
length) their consequently sluggish current, and
the extensive natoral pools already to be found
throughout their length.
Knowing the iinportunce to tbe friends of
.this improvement that the question should be
ascertained iu tbe shortest possible time,
whether sneh a navigation could be obtained
Upon these rivers, to connect with the present
Steamboat' navigation upon the Cape Fear lit
Fayetteville, and with a view to expedite the
Work, after organizing a party and procnriiig u
^itable boat, I began tlie descent of the river.”
Then follows a detailed description of the
rivers, an estimate of the number of locks,
dams, &c, necessary for rendering the waters
navigable, plans of the dain.s, S|ieciAcations &c,
which we do not consider iieces.sary to repub-
li8h-.-tlie whole concluding with the following
extraordinary statement, to which we especially
call the attention of legislators. ^
“After a careful investigation of all the cx-
pen.ses necessary to aecomplisli this work, upon
the plan proposed, the items of which are pre-
.sented in a separate sheet, I find it amounts to
{including 10 per. cent for contingencies)
$185,000,” ******
M’m. Beverh.vnt Thompson,
^Civil Engineer.
Raleigh, Dee. 22, 1848.
"I have carefully exauiiiied the notes and
.alculations upon wiiicli the above estimate of
the cost of the improvement of the Cape Fear
and Deep Rivers was made, and have no doubt
that it is full and ample, with good manage
ment under the direction of a competent en-*
gineer, for the accomplishment of the objects
contemplated, and I fnlly concur in all the
views and deductions contained in the above
report.”
M’xi,t!cr QwyN.N.
Cost of the works up to this time,—Six
HCNDRED THOCSA.N'D Doi.LAKS. Fnrtlier appro
priation needed and asked for,—Two hunoued
AND EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS.
Further Rppro|)riations to be made in future
before the work is finally accomplished so as to
produce a single benefit,—Five millions of
DOLLARS.
A Difficulty Settled.—On yesterday ru
mors were rife in town of an intended hostile
meeting at Pair Bluff, between Atlas J. Dar-
gan. Esq., of Anson county, and T. L. llar-
,grove. Esq., of Granville county, both member.s
of the Legislature now in ses.sion ; and these
-rniflors gained confirmation from the fact, that
thepafties with their friends, it was ascertained,
had-repaired to the place of meeting. Later in
the day, however, a despatcli was received to
The effect that tiie difficulty hud been amicalily
■settleiJ, liiui this morning tlic parties returned
tolljbwa'"
The difficulty grew out of a niisunder.standing
in asdebate in the House of Commons recently,
between these gentlemen, but we deem it un
necessary to make any further allnsion to this
matter at tiiis time, settled as it has been by
the Uitervention of mutual triends.—- IV. lltrnid
.HA Si HI.SO.
la Uobeson countv, on tbe .'8tb alt.,by Rev. Hector
McLaan. I-leary I’. Andrews, of Lnurinburgh, to .Miss
•Martha J. Currie, daughter of Daniel Currie, Esq.
In Montgomery county, on the 16th alt,, by the Rev,
Martin .McQueen, Mr Calvin Pemberton of Stanly co..
to Miss Flora A. Martin, daughter of .\ngus .Martin,
Esq. of Montgomery co.
In Avera.vboro on the ISth nit., by W T. Rhodes,
Esq.. Mr Edward Tilton, to .Miss Mary, daughter ot
James Norris. dccea.sed.
In .iverasborO, on the 25th ult., by W. T. Rhodes
Esq.. .Mr John L. Ryals. to .Miss Ann Morgan.
Near Averasboro, on the evening of the 2.5th nit. Ijy
.Silas Dongin.s, Esq.. Mr L. U. .Mnngnin. to .Miss .Ma-
lissa. daughter of, Ur. L. K. Caudle.
In Harnett county, on Tioisd-ay the 2:ld in«t.. by
JamesHarrington, Esq., Mr. U.-tVII) McNEIEf. to
Miss FLORA McLEOD, daughter of John .McL od,
dec'd.
In Saranion county, on the 10th instant, by L. H.
Spell. Esq. Mr. W. j’. FI.SHER to ELIZA COOPER ;
all of Sampson.
The Ticket fov Xlavor So Commissiukevs SUB 18&7.
FOR MAYOR,
Arch'd McLean.
COMMISSIONERS.
Ward No, L James Sundy,
“ “ 2. Arch. M. Campbell,
“ “ 3. Jno. C. Haigh,
“ •• 4. Chas. A. McMillan,
•* “ 5. Hector .McKethan,
“ “ 6- VVright Huske.
“ •* 7. Walter Draugiion.
The above ticket i.s recommended as one best calcu
lated to meet tbe wishes of our citizens.
.\I.\NY VOTERS.
January 1st, 1857. It-pd
1“ DAVISON, M. D.'
SURGEON DENTIST,
Intending to locate permanently in Fayetteville
bopcs to rnnke it the iuterei^t of all who need the ser
vices of a Dentist to give him the rare of their Tfeeih.
Having had eigbf year's experience, and being ac
quainted with the work of the bept Dentist North or
South, be pledges himself to give ali operations en
trusted to liis hands that careful thorough work and
complete tinisb, that it cannot be bettered by any Den
tist in the United States.
PerpouB having teeth thnt are considered hopeless,
and past redemption, will do well to give him
a ciiU before having them e.vtructed. as thousands of
teeth are sacrificed that the requiBite knowledge and
skill would save aad make useful.
Please give him a trial, and if he does rtrtt redeem
his pledge will forfeit his work.
Office at Fayetteville Hotel.
lie will wait ou Ladies at their residences if desired.
Jau'v 3. 1857. 3l-tf
TOBACCO.
Ill BOSES Fineaoil Common Chewing Ta)>*c«o.
B. F. MOURE.
Jany. S. 1857. 3I-3t
CRACKERS
50 Boxes Soda »nd Lemon Crackere. just r.ccivKl.
E. F. MOilRK.
2S -St
Dec. 20.
ST.ITK OF
WANTED.
^ The undersigned will pay ihe highest cash price for
YOUNG NEGitOE.S. Lelteis addreused to cither of
us at Laurinburgh, Ricinnond county, will have
prompt attention.
D. C. McIXTYRE.
DANIEL M, McLACRIN.
Laurinburgh. Jan'y .3, 1857. 31-tf
REPORT UPON THE CAPE FEAR AND
DEEP RIVERS.
To .Me.ssrs Alex. .McRae, A. J. De Rosset, A.
b. McNeill and F. G. Hill, composing the
committee, designated by the Pittsboro con
vention held in July last, to take in charge
the obtaining a survey and estimate of the
probable cost of improving the upper Cape
Fear and Deep Rivers, as high np as Han
cock’s .Mill, in Moore county, No. Ca.:
Gkntlemen: Having been engaged by Major
Walter Gwymi on yonr behalf, to make a snr-
vey of the Cape Fear and Deep Rivers, with a,
view to the opening of the navigation as high
up as Hancock’s Mill io Moore county, and *
having completed the reconnoizances, together
with sneh instrumental examinations of the
most difficult portions of them as the time al
lowed me would petmit, I have the honor
herewith to report the results, including an
estimate of tlie probable cost of a slack water
navigation to be. formed by a snccessionpf locks
and dams with occasional short canals.'
Tbe ebaraeter of fs ddinfrtbly
DIKl>.
la this town oa tbe 'id iust. LOUISA, wife of C. E.
Lecle.' Esq.
Od the 29th .ult. on liitymount, Jneobina daughtt'r
of Greca and Martlia Womack, aged 5 years 8 months
ami 12 Jay?.
Ill liobesoD county, on the 23iupt., MLII-L SHAW,
iu the li9ih year of hi? age.
In Duplin county, on the I7lh ;npt., Col. RIGHT
BONEY, ftged about 65 years.
Jfc. A. A. Brooksbiinks,
Has oa hand a few Fine BONNETS, which she will
sell very low for CASH.
.MRS. -B. earnestly requests aU perpons indebted 50
her. to call and settle, as she is in want of money, nud
desires to close all outstiinding accounts as early in
the new year a.« possible.
Jan'y3, 1837, 3t
THE OLD YEAR.
Has-left Fayetteville (gone perhaps to Raleighand
the New Year has come in. bringing to M.^RSHALF*
W, JESSUP a fine con.signment of FRESH OVS-
T£**RS..and renewing his stock of prime Liquors and
choice Segars.
HU Saloon is in excellent trim and order for the
accommodation of the public, night and day. and all
HIS OLD ACCOUNTS ARE IN A CORRESPONDINGLY GOOD TRIM
FOR SBTTLKMBNT IMMEDLATELY. City Orders for Oys
ters, accompanied by the cash, will be promptly filled
—as his Saloon will also be >vhen the public find out
its comforts and accommodations.
Jany. 3, 1857. 31-tf
R.ARB: CH4NCS TO MAKE jMONBY*
Being inclined to move South. I will sell my entire
TTAGON ESTARL/S/IHfENT,
with a good Stock of Material and Tools, selected by
myself purposely for the wagon business. Any person
wiahingto buy. and having doubts about the success
of the establishment, can have an opportunity of ex
amining my book for their own satisfaction.
The above sale will take place at lOi o’clock on
Monday 5th inst. on tbe premises:
i ^ W. WATSON.
A. M. CAMPBELL, Auctr.
•JdaS, 3Mt
’s Election.
!€ Jlt rit d
CflIU.Sf l* % •
Court Pieas and Qilarttf Sfsstt/nt—
her 7V/-JH, 1S5^;
B. Freeman A Co. vs. Malcotn Barter.
AUachment Levy ou Laud.
Judgment dlm for Dineteea dollars nnd twenty crut?
and iaierest since ihe first Jauy 1855. and
It appearing to the satigfaclion 4if ibc Court, upon
affidavit tiled by (he plaiotiU's, that the dvfvndaut
Matcom Barter is not kn tiibabltatii of lbi^ State^ or so
absconds or conceals himpelf that the ordinary jtrocoRs
of law cannot be served ou him—ufld William J-
Brown, Constable, returned into Court at tlii.s lefui an
attachment against tbe faiU Malcom Barter with the
following cndorsehient to wit: “Levied ibis nttach-
ment ou the legal aud equitable iulercsl iu and to a
tract of Laiijk supposed to contain ninety.geveu acres
inore or less, a.s the lands of .Mnleom Burter. jtnning
tbe lauds of Daniel .McMillan, Mary (iniham sun!
others, on Uichlaud Swamp, about one miletmm I’iii
ludelphus Church, this Sth Nov^iiibcr lt66. U is
therefore on motion ordered by the Court that publi
cation be made in tbe North Carolinian, a newspaper
printed in the town of Fayetteville, fur .•*ix weeks .“uc-
cesKively. notifying the mid defendant to be and ap
pear before tlic Justices of the next Guuri of J’l.’as and
t^itarler Sessions, to bt* held for the County of Itobi -
soii at the Coart House in Lumberton on the fourth
Monday of February next, then aud there to show
cause if any bo can, why judgment final tiball not be
entered ngainst him and the land Bvied on condeii.md
to be sold to satisfy tbe plaintiffs demand and eubts.
VVitnesi. Shadracb Howell, Clerk of our sniJ Court
at office in Lumbcrion. tbe fourth Monday of Novem-
Iwr A. r>. 1856. and of American Independence, the
diet Year’ Isfiued the 27ih day of December 1856.
SHAD. HOWKLL, Clerk.
Bv B. FRKBMAN, D. C.
Janv3. 1R57, Bl-6t
The undersigned offers himself as a candidate for
the office of Constable for the Fayetteville District,
for the ensuing year* Election in Keb*v next.
JOHN T.*Mk LLIN.S.
Jau'j 3, 1857. 3;-te
ANTIOCH ACADEMY.
The Trustees would announce that the Spring Scs.
sionof this Institution, will open on tbe i2th of Jaiiy-
inst.. under tbe Supervision ol' Wm. J. Stuart, whose
experience and well known qualification.s are suflicient
guaranty for the successful nniiiagemenl of the School.
Board can be had iu the neighborhood on very reuson-
uhlc terms.
DANIEL B. SMITH. |
Janv. 3, 1857.
JA.MK.S A. .SMITH.
• Com
FOR
MOSTUOM KU Y >1 ALE
ACAOENiY.
n. A, CHAMBEUS. Principal.
ISAAC KWING. JIL, Afisistout.
The seventh Session of this Institution will com
mence oa the first Monday in January, 1857.
Any further information can be obtain«l by addrcs4»*
ing the Principal at I*ekiii. Montgomery County, N.C.
Tuition. $8. $12. and $16 per Seifisiou.
Board, washing, and fuel f 7 per month.
Pekin. Dec. 26, J8.56. 30-6t
^IRS E. IlYBARTS Uesidence on Mason and Rni-
ford .-treeis, is now offered for Rent. For term.s, ap
ply to WM. BOW.
Jany. 3, 1857. 31-2t
MORE HAT*S.
JU.ST RECEIVED another Lot of superfine CA.SI-
MERE H.\T8. .Also, on Imnd n good suppiv of Silk.
Fur aud Wool Hats, of iny own make.
DAVID GEE.
Jany. 3, 1857. 31-tf
BANK OF FA YETTE VILLE,)
S Lst December 1856. )
THE Directors of this Bsnk have declared a.«emi-
annuaJ Dividend of 4 per cent—payable on and after
the 2d day of Jan’y 1857.
31-2t W. G. BROADFOOT, Cash'r.
Public Sale.
I will oS'er to the bip;beit bidder, on Tburadav, the
Lit': dav of J anuary next, at my place near Kingebury,
oae Cl.'.CUL.YU STE.V.M SAW MILL, (in cuinplcM
cl'deV.)
8 Head of MULES.
1 Horae and ItuggJ .
2 Timber and 4 Knad Wagons,
Stock of Cattle and Hogs.
A large Lit of LUMliKK, and all tbe Ilousebold
and Kitchen FUUKITUEE.
Terms will be liberal, and made known oo the day
of sale. DUNCAN McFAYDEN.
Dec. 27, !836. 30*t8
WANTED.
A GOOD Washer and Ironer for the next year. She
mnstcoiiu: well recommeoded.
Dec. il, 185«. SO Z-t H. L. MYROYBR.
Save
The Subscriber gives notice that his books are now
oeady for settloiuvnts. Those wisbingtosavc intercut,
ic., ’haJ best call and settle up.
J. A. PEMBERTON.
Jon'y 3. 1856. 31-4t
FOR SALE.
My entire Stock of CLOTHING and Furnishing
GO(.U)S. Thoftti whoniay wish to get in to business
can do .so by calling on the subscriber, as he intends
lo sell out. and if the wliole Stock is not sold before
the ist of February he will sell at auction.
J. McPherson.
N. B. All person.** who are Indebted to me either
by note or aecouni. will please call and settle, and
save cof't as I am determined to close up my buriiness.
.•\.ll those having claims against me will please present
them to me for payment.
Janv 8. 1857. 3I-4t
ANOTHER LETTER FROM TEXAS.
Travih Co., Texas, Aug. 15.1854*
Messrs Fleming Brother*—Dear Sira:—There were
several cascbof CfiiiU and Fever iu my mother’s fnmily
Ht the time we received the M’L.YNE'S LIVER i’lLLS
ordered iu 01 J. letter of Juue J2lh. and a lew doses
administered iu each cafe produced the desired ellect,
thus demontlratmg the elhcieucy of these ceiebruted
Fill* ill that disease.
Mother has uot Lcen troubled with the sick heud-
ache smec she has commenced taking these Pills, Hud
as we have but few of them left you hIU plcac^c scod
us another dollar's worth. Direct as before, to AueliUy
Texas. Kespcctfi lly yimra,
MEREDITH W. HENRY.
Purchasers will be care ui to ask for DU.
M’L.^NE'i) CELEBRATED LIVER PlLLii, manu
factured by A'LEMING ,BR06.« PITTSHLRGH,
BA. There are other Pill* purporting to be Liver
Pill*, uow before the public. Dr. Mcimne* genuine
Liver Pill*, also bis celebrated Vermifuge, can now
be had at all respectable drug stores. NONE GENU
INE WTfHUUi THE SIGNATURE OF
FLEMlNt; BRO.^*.
STATE OP XORTII CAItOLIN,4™ROBESOJV
COLATV.
Court of Pleas Quarter Sessions—Novembt^
Term, 1856.
Dr. H. .McLean, vs. Malcom Baxter.
Attachment Levy on Laud.
Judgment nisi for Sixty dollar* and interest from
22 December 1&54 aud costs.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court upon
affidavit filtd by the i’iaintili' that tbe Defcnaant
.Malcom Baxter is not inbabitaul of this State or so
absconds or conceals himself that tbe ordinary procc**
ol law cannot be served oj him—andWiUiam J.Brown
Con.‘-tablc. reiurwed into Court at this term ou ottach-
meat against ihe i-aid .MhIcoiu Baxter with the follow
ing cudorsement to wit: Levied oa k tract of Laud,
contaiaing N'iuety-scvcn acres more or les* as the pro
perty of Mulcom i5uxter, lying oh the waters of Rich-
laud Swamp about one mile from Bhiladclpbus Church,
and joins the lands of Daniel McMillan, .Mary Gra-
Iiuni and others on the east side of said Swamp iu
Robeson County Uclober lUthday 1868. It is there
fore on niGtioiL ordered by tbe Court, that publication
be made in the North Caroliuian. a newspaper printed
in the town of Fayetteville, for six weeks successively,
notifying the said defeudant to be and appear before
the Justices of the next Court of Fleas and Quarter
Sessions to be held for ihe county of Robeson at the
Court Hou.se iu Luiubcrtoii, on tbe ieiirlh .Monday of
February next, then and ibere lo show cause, it any
he can. why judgment fimtlshall not l>e entered against
him aud the lands levied on coudumued to be gold lo
Futisty the pla.ntiifs demand and costs.
Witae.sfi, Shadrach Howell, Clerk of our said Court
at office in Lumberiou the fourth .Monday of Nov em
ber. A. D. 18.56, aud of American Independence the
81st year. Issued the 27th day of December )856.
SHAD. HOWKLL, Clerk.
Bv B. FREEMAN, D. C.
Jany 3, 1857. 31-tit
STATE OF XORTH CAKOLl> A—m^roBESOX
COlM'i.
Court of Pleas and (Quarter Seyisions—Novem^
her 'Perm, 1856.
The Petition of Amos Butler. Pinckney B. Hill and
Russel Hill by their father and next friend John Hill.
Elias Bullock and Vife Nancy; Spiers Varnuin and
wife .Mary: Henry F. Pitman and John Hamilion and
w’ife Sally and Ishain Butler, and Nancy Butler widow
of William Butler.
Against Obedlab Butler and John Bntlcr.
Petition for a sale of Slaves-
It appearing to tbi Batisfaction of the Coart that
Ohediah Butler and John Butler the defendants in
this case reside beyond the Imiits of this State. It ifi
therefore on motion ordered by the Court that publica
tion be made in the. North Carolinian, a newfpaper
printed in toe town of Faytteville. for six weeks suc
cessively, notifying the said defendants of tbe filing
of this petition and that unless they appear at tbe next
term of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions to be
held for the county of Robeson at the Court House in
Lumberton, oa the fourth Monday of Febniary next
and answer the petition, or the same will be taken
pro confessio and heard exparte as them.
Witness. Shadrach Howell, Clerk of our said Court,
at office at Lumberton. tbe fourth Monday of Novem
ber, A. D. 1 56, and of American Independeoce, the
Sist year. Issued the 27tb day ofDecembcr 1856.
SHAD. HOWELL. Clerk.
^HEEMAN. D. 0*
F A Y Err E VILLE M A K K E'l’.
Corrected, weekly for the North
CarofiMifi
u.
JXM'ART 3, 1807.
BACON, per lb
124 (d,
13
COFFEE, per lb—
Rio,
124 (&
13
Laguira,
14 (5l
16
St. Domingo.
U6 (5i
00
COTTON, per ll>
114 let,
111
G unity.
2.7 ^
00
Dundee,
22 (»
25
Burltipt*.
19 igi
00
COTTON VAKN.perlb, Nos. 5to 10, 20
DOMESTIC GOODS, per yard-
00
Brown Sbcelings,
8
OsnabiirgF.
10
FLOUR, per barrel—
Family,
7 50 @
00
Superuue,
7 00
ou
Fine,
6 50
0 00
Cross.
6 00 U 00
GRAIN, per bnsbel—
Corn,
86 @
go
Wheat,
1 lU $
1 20
Oats.
40 @
00
peas,
66 (14
7U
Kye,
90 «
1 00
LARD, per !h.
14 4
15
SFIKI18 per gallon—
Beach Brandy,
*0 ®
00
Apple do. new
65
70
N. C. Whiskey,
66 to
00
Rye do.
«6 (A
76
Rectified do.
60 &
00
NAILS, cut, per keg
b'ih M S 60
IKON, per lb—
Lngiinh.
a 0
6
Swtcilca, common bar,
6 ^
00
Do. .Tide,
7 ^
•0
WOOL, per lb
17 &
18
TALLOW, per lb
11 (A
12
U1UK8, n:r lb—
Dry,
16 a
00
Green,
6 &
00
LE.4D, per lb
Sift
00
SALT—
Liverpool, per saek,
1 25 0
00
Alois, bushel,
00 0
00
MOLAS.SKS, per gallon
Cuba, 60 ^ f2|
New Orleans. 50 ^ 60
SUGAR, per lb—
Loaf and crushed. ^
StCroix. PortoKicOjANOrleaae, 11 w 12i
BEEF—WholcFale 4* ® k
Retail, choice 3 to 0
PORK—Wholesale * 8
Retail »
MUTTON « 3^ T
KE.MAUKS.—Aft advance of ono-eighlh on Cotton.
WILMINGTON MARKET, Jaa. i.
Sales on Monday afternoon of 762 bbln Turpentine
St terms not made public ; believed to b#ve been at
$3 for Virgin and Yellow Dip. and $2 for Bard. On
Tuesday 38 bbla,, and yeeterdiav moeumg. 43) do.
$3 foa Virgin and Yellow Dip, and $3.for Hard, pvr
280 IfaB.
On Tuesday about 1,550 bb^ Spirits Turpentine
sold at 43 cents per gallon.
Sales on Tue«dapoM65 bbla Tar at $1,60 per bbl.
On Monday afternoon tit bales Cotton sold at 12i
a 12i cents..
Sales on Taesday of 25. bbla Flour^ State brands at
$7,25 per bbl for superfine.
On 3j85eerday morning l,0pQ lbs Bacon X.-C. cured
a> it oiots |(er Ib.