THE
N6RtH CAROLINIAW J AY E T t E Vll lAf-ji-ji
jFor the Carolinian.
EMIGRATIOX—SWAMP LANDS
COTTON.
POtlCY OF THE ST.ITE.
Among tlio iiniuerous iiidividunis who luivc
vioited the Southern and South western States
tor the jiurpose of selecting a parmanent place
tardiness to embark in speCalation or enter-
prise, I am iiicUued to the opiniou that she
kands decidedly lirst in reclaimingswamp lands
—and, if so, then she has done as much for the
benefit of Agriculture os any state in the union.
The drainage of Matamusket lake in the coun
ty of Hyde was marked with signal success,
’ ' ■ ■' production
oT abode ram gratified to see’that many have and it is believed that the average
returned pcrfectiv .satisfied to remain in their , of corn in that county is from 40 to oO bushe s
aative state, after having thoroughly canvassed “ per acre, whdst the average production ot the
•ill the advantan-es and disadvantage.^ incident i lake swamp is much larger, say from bO to u ^ ,
' removal “llad this plan been adopted bushels per acre. So far then as regards the . effect be injurious, it shonld at least be umfur:
w would be enabled to drainage and value of swamp lands there re-: throughout the State, and the pressure borne
nuiin.s not a doubt. The question then pre-j equally by all. I'lease inform us officially of
to a
vears ago, onr state no
From the Washington Times.
Washinging, N. C., July 5, 1851.
Dear Sir:—We have been asked by a num
ber of merchants in this place, to give our
opinion on the construction of the 24th .section
of the Revised Act, ch. 34, of the acts of 185G.
We feel a difficulty in doing so, because a lite
ral interpretation would be so injurious, that
we cannot believe the Legislature ever intended
such a result. We have suggested therefore
that you should be consulted; that is, if, the
■ill
show more wealth and a decidedly greater pop
ulation
would thcrcliy
have
mind
wliilst Ihe fortune of many individuals j sents itself, ivhy is it that more swamps
lave been greatly promoted.' not been drained f It will be borne in
The age in which we live is not only progessive tliat our system ol obtaining lands is by entiy,
in improvement but i.s marked by a restle.ssncss and it rarely happened that any one individ.ia
of disposition in almo.st every community, by entered an entire swamp, so that when the in-
which onr attachment to our native state be-■ dividual became desirous of draining his pait
stake our all i of the swamp, he found it necessary to ditch
How- ‘ through other portions of the swamp which he
have been, others ; did not own. He was therefore^ uiiwilliiig to
bear the whole c.vpensc—and in some cases
his neighbor’s
his neighbor ob-
conics deadened, and we lina
upon the doubtful sue'ess of emigration,
ever fortunate some may
have returned to proclaim their di.sa)ipointnient, - .
and to plant themselves more lirnily upon the . where the individual was willing to bear all the
soil of their native state. In proof of this 1 e.xpense, he has been driven to thecounty coui t
could cite case.s in perliaps every county in the , for au order to ditch through
state, and certainly in many of the eastern , swamp—for the reason that
.'jouiities. Amid the great iniproveinents of the jeeted. This ol ifself has formed a gieat impe-
; resent age no branch of industry has perhaps diment to the drainage of swamp land. Again,
been more benefittcd 4lian that of Agriculture. ' it will be found upon c.vaminatioii that a por-
T'lie science of chemistry inis been lironglit to ; tion of nearly all our swamps are owned by
bear directly upon it—to develope the iugre-i minors, and this presents a difficulty stiil giea-
dients of every soil and to point out the pro-; ter than the lirst. Ihe greatest impedimeii ,
per means of fertilising the same. The inipor- ■ however, to the drainage of our swamps lies i.i
t.ance of the subject ha:, of late created an in-1 the fact that most ot them are supposed o e
> hitherto unknown in this coiintrv. Our i destitute ol a good and siifficieiit fall ; or rath-
■' Government has taken measures to i er that the amount ol fail is not sufBcicn o
..rage it whii.st almost everv county, in al-1 warrant the e.xpense of diainage. a n us
iost everv state in the L’nioii, has a societv i can be ascertained only by leference o 'Bsup-
devoted to Agriculture where all that is useful : posed value of the swamp when drained ; lor
mav be developed and that which is detriraeii-' it is evident that most swamps are susceptible
tal'niav be e.xpo.sed. And among the many I of being drained if the ditch is carried far enough
boiiefits resulting from an improved state of Ao obtain the nececssaiy
\.'riculture bv which the production of the soil 1 an e.xpense might be ineurred which might e.x-
is Tiicreaiicd, I would refer to the reclaiming of , eeed tlie value of the land when diaieed. And
SwvMP LAXiis as bv far the greatest, and one | hence it is we say that most of oui swamps aie
which is destined at no distaiA dav to render : lacking a sufficiency ot fall. My ow ii opinion
North Carolina doubly rich in the productions j is that many swaiiqis now deemed impractica-
of Agriculture. Thi.s is not a new theme. Many j ble to dram on account of e.xpense would pay
vears ago, the reclaiming of swamii lands was j better than any other investment of capital,
a favorite object of the state, and laws were j Bank stock is bounded in duration by the chai-
enacted from time to time not only regulating i ter of the Bankf: it iiiiist then seek anothei
the entrv of Swamp lands generafly but also I investment. Swamp land wiieii drained and
the drainage of particular Swamps; and al-1 put into cultivation has no limit it cndiiies
though but little was done, at any one time, to i forever. In these times of scarcity, public at-
bring those lands into successful cultivation, tentioii should be especially directed to agii-
the subject was never at any time abandoned, j cultural imjirorement. Some of onr swaicpsaie
but continued to progress (though slowly) un- j too large for individual enterprise The Stale
til within the past few years public attention '^.ihovld drain them. The enhanced value of the
has been again called to the subject and mafiy ■ land would delray the e.xpense, e.xelusive of the
of our Swamps liiive been successfully drained, i revenue hereafter to be received by taxation
The result has proven that no lauds in our stai,e | A people to be independent or happy shouid
are capable of so great a production in corn ; be able to furnish their own food. We have
and hay, and many of them are especially well , frequently been called ii|ion to aid in feeding
the views of the Government on the following
ca. es:
1. If A. sells Turpentine or Cotton of his
own production in this State to 15.—and 15.
sells to C., who ships and sells it abroad, are
both B and C bound to pay the tax of Jd of
1 per cent, on the Turpentiiieor Cotton? And
i.s this so regardless of how many times it may
be sold before exportation?
2. If -4, jobber, imports goods from New
A'ork, and sells to B., who retails to the con
sumer, are both A. and B. bound to pay the
tax of |d of 1 per cent?
You will perceive that these cases are sub
stantially the same—the first relating to goods
produced in the State, and exported for con
sumption; and the second, to those imported
for consumption.
If the first is answered affirmatively, it w 11
‘ro very far to break up the internal trade in
onr staples. If the second is answered in like
manner it will break up the jobbing business, a
large one in our Eastern and probably the in
terior towns, and compel every retailer to buy
his goods abroad.—Further, if we had any for
eign import trade, such legislation would seem
aimed directly to break it up, as ports of all
other States would have a preference over our
own to the amount of the tax.
3. If A. sells goods imported from New A'ork
FROn RASSiS.
Advices from Kansas state that, at the elec
tion at Lawrence, ou the 13th of June, the fol
lowing municipal ticket was elected :
For Mayor—James Blood ; for Aldermen—
Wm Huchinsoii, Wm A Phillips, Geo Lord,
P II Brooks, R W Woodward, Gu.s Jenkins,
01 w Hutchinson ; for .Marshal—S W Eldrigc;
for iVs.sessors—T Sampson, J Boyer, T L Whit
ney ; for Justice of the Peace—Edward Clark;
for Treasurer—Columbus Hornsby.
The city government of Lawrence had not
vet passed any act or done any business.
A di.spatch to the New Y'ork Tribune states
that the Convention just adjourned at Topeka,
was one of the largest and most earnest ever
held. A strong position has been taken in
favor of the Topeka Constitution. It was de
termined that Congress must and shall admit
Kansas under it. State officers were nomina
ted, the old incumbents being reiioniinatcd. It
is determined to resubmit the Topeka Consti
tution in .-Vugust to the people. Gen Lane has
been authorized to organize the people thor
oughly, so that they may be prepare" to defend
the ballot-bo.xcs at the Territorial election in
October, ilr J Parrot was nominated as re
presentative to Congress.
The census returns show between twenty and
thirty tliousiiiid voters.
Thk Milton Chronicle is in cror in sup
posing that “Hel))er” is now in Salisbury. He
is not hero—nor lias he been since the publi
cation of his “Crisis.” He is picking the pock
ets of the abolitionists. He is another of the
b’boys who believes the world a humbug, and
that the only way to get through it successful
ly is to play a strong game of hiimbuggcry.
He is now practising on the abolitionists,
doiibtle.ss because he regarded them the most
gullible of all other men. If his trick should
not take with them as well as he expected, he
will most likely return to North Carolina fora
certain coat, and anollier ornaments, which will
to fame and fortune—or
C03mLryiCATI02VS.
Flea Hill.
Mr Emtoh.—
If there is any truthpu appearances, the dem
ocrats in this section of old Cunibcrland arc
united to a man, and are determined to do
their duty to the party in thi.s coiite.st without
a di.ssenting voice or vote. This precinct you
know, is the old rallying ground, and 5
you we will poll a lordly vote here for \\ tx-
si.ow. Free Slkkiiage, Taylor and Mi.'is
Yours truly—
M.
to ;
and takes Turpentine, or Cotton inpayment, is
he, as a purchaser of both his Now York goods ! ensure him a passpor ^
and of the Turpentine bound to pay a tax on | dispatch him in hot pursuit atter liis old name,
the /too sums?
If this is answered affirmatively, it will break
adapted to the prodnctioii of cotton
belieye) of Wheat Oats and Tobacco also,
whilst at the same time the soil is easily culti
vated. In regard to the production of cotton
I would say that, in former years, the success
ful growth of cotton was limited to what was
then called the cotton region—being confined
(if I mistake not,) between the 30th and 32d
degrees qf north latitude. Within this region
it was supposed cottou would mature in great
er perfection and yie! I a far greater profit to
the planters, and indeed so strongly fixed was
this impression, that it was deemed necessary
by many to obtain a new supply of seed every
3d or 4th-year from the Petit Gulf on the Aliss-
issippi, which not only lay within the favoured
region but where the seed was believed to re
tain their original purity. As the price of cot
ton advanced, however, the cotton region be
came more extended, until now its limits are
far beyond what heretofore was deemed prac
ticable. The cotton plant has been a favorite
object ill certain portions of our stale from its
introduction to the present time, and from its
continued and successful cultivation throughout
all the vicissitudes of high and low prices, an
indication may fairly be drawn that the cotton
region had at first been too narrowly confined.
Cotton has been successively planted for years
in many of onr counties, especially in the east,
and many of our planters rely upon it for the
entire profit of the farm.
A moiig the numerous counties that are now-
engaged in the successful culture, no one county
has perhaps bestowed upon it so much care and
attention as the county of Edgecombe ; in con-
sequeuee of which she stands without a rival,
and may justly be considered the Banner coun
ty of the state in the production of cotton.
It may aiipear surprising to some that we
up the latter business, and produce infinite in-
coiivenience.
4. Do sections 24, 20 and 21 imposeany tax
oil the dealings of merchants prior to 1st
July, 18.51. Are not the taxes then payable
by them, anticipatory of their business from 1st
Jiily, 1857, to 1st July, 1858, applicable only
to their dealings in that interval?
5. Docs Sec 27 apply only to those who have
not been dealing iii merchandise before 2nd
July, 1857, or also to those who were so deal
ing before 1st first July, 1857, and ‘open
store” after 1st July, 1857, by contiuuiiig their
dealing?
If section 24 imposes a tax nol on propertti,
; but o-K cOTir/ttrf (to wit, purchases, prior to its
Gray’s Creek.
Mr Wightraaii.— , .
1 do not write for the papers unless it is
enclose my subscription to the editor,
suppose lie likes that sort ol commiinicatioii |
much better than long winded articles about;
this and that which is of no interest to anybody i
but the writer.
I believe my year is out—and I send you
Til!*: XOUTil C.\KOLINI-4X.
IMVFTTEVILLI':, N. C.
Saiiii'ilii.v, August I 1857.
\V31. K. \vic;il T.n.W, EUITOlv*
C. C. McCi:r*'niHN- is our luly autliorized
JlliU 1 , for the colloctioH of all claims «lue this oflicc.
10 A»Vi:RT!‘iKUS.
Persons {lc.«ir«uis of the immediate insertion of their
, aavcrlisiii;; fuvorsmnsi luuid them in l.y TlirUSDAV
: AFTKRXOO.V. othcrwi.se thev will not appear until
the saccc-.Mlin;? \ve'*k. Dnr li’iciids
my renewal of .subscription together
order for 400 Winslow, Free Suffrage, Taylor
and Mims tickets. We wont want any oUiei
sort down hero. The ballot box is jiot made
yet for any other sort of votes for the Gray’s
Creek Democracy.
_ 11 ])leas; heat*
with ail ; this in Iiiind-u.s wViiitvnd to make it a rule vilhoul
exetption. _
Black Ri vcr.
Mr Ed— i
Send us some more Taylor and Mims tickets ;
by tile bearer. They are in great demand a-1
inong the democrats. The Fayetteville Know ;
Notliiiigs will find their road through this conn- '
try to iio something like Jordan. We dOn’t like ;
tiie idea of being run over by tlie town- know
NOTHING coc.vciL. Sciid US US many tickets as j
you call spare. I
and (I the pour in other counties. e have^ hitherto it would seem to he an ck past facto
had the will and the ability to do it. The time
may come when our ability may fail us ; then
would the pride of every son of North Carolina
be lowered, and the freedom of a republican '
state be tarnished in the miseries of lier people.
We have already seen the flag of distress flying
ill the distance ; county after county has al
ready taken measures to meet it, and relief
was obtained by tlie purchase of grain of our
owu state. A'et it was mainly the product of
those very sw-ainps that have been reclaimed;
and this of itself should stand as an undying
memorial of their value. Wliat if every couiity
iii your state is checkered by Rail Roads ! It
amoiiiits to but little it you have nothing to
transport. The free eiijoyiiieiit of luxury once | .,ct accordingly
pa.ssed is aggravated by the approach of scar-1 ,vai-i-ants us
city or famine. It is not my purpose or desire rep|y_
to depreciate Rail Roads, but merely to show
that they arc sexondury to Agriculture, which
is or ouglit to be the basis of every iiiiprove-
raent. Agriculture should be in the ascendant -pg jy
in every state. It w-as so among the Romans
during the aceomplislied reign of Augustus,
when tlie glory of the empire reached its zenith,
and so it should be with us. A decline in ag
riculture is aTwiiys followed by a deeiine of the
state in every other branch of industry. What
is a state if she be without the means of sup-
law, and more in the nature of a confiscation
than a revenue act; and its eoiistitutioiiality
very doubtful. Our clients desire to discharge
I all their duties as good citizens, however one
rous; they are satisfied that the defects of the
law do not arise from any intention in the Leg-
islaUire to oppress, but from w-aiit of considera
tion merely; the greatest evil of an obscure
taxing law,—and the remark applies equally to
one whose severity makes its construction
doubtful,—is, that it never operates equally;
the most conscientious bear the burden; those
less so, evade it. They desire to know, there-
! fore, what is the coiistriietioii which the gov-
1 eriimeiit officers intend to enforce, so tliat tlicy
Tlie importance of the
ill requesting an early
's
Respectfully, yours,
W. B. ROD.MAN,
R. S. DONNELL,
W. CoLETS, Esq., Fub, Treas.
For the Carolinian. \
JIk. Editor.—Wliat has become of the Bible j
agents ? where are the. colporteurs and the |
preachers of the gospel ?. They certainly uui.st |
have left old Cumberland, or their teaching'
and influence must be forgotten or unavailing.
My reason for using the foregoing expressioins |
is that wliile traveliing to your city upon one ,
of the principal roads leading thither, slielterj
lodging for tlie I
night were harshly and peremptorily refused I
two wearied, wot, benighted wayfarers at every |
house along tlie road—even the proffer of an |
extravagant recompense being rcfinsci!—and the 1
travellers forced to jouriipy ou through the i
darkness and rain to Fayetteville. A stranger
„ , . , would not be aiit tube much impressed with ;
Ou Monday moi-uiiig, tsays j,,, p Hality of our citizens iiiider such cir-i
ciim.stances, and certainly would carry away no '
favorable oiTiiiioii of'oiir people. The travellers
w-ere both strangers and gentlemen, and I rc-:
grot that they met with such shabby, scurvy
BEHOlBAnC TlfRET FOR COYGBESS 1
Kleclioii tirsl Thursday ill August next.
KinsT msTii;(-T ;
IIO.N'. IIENT.V M.SllAW. of Currituck.
.•iECOXll IIISTIIICT ;
IIOX. THO.MA.S );fI-FI.\. of Wayuc.
TIIIllII DISTIIK-T ;
IIUN. WAIvItEN Wl.N'.-sLOW. of Cumberland.
FurifTH :
HON. L. OT5. liUANClI. of Wake.
FIFTH DlSTinCT :
PTMI’inCN I-;. tVH.I.lAMS, of Alaiiiance.
SIXTH msTiiicT :
.tkl'llKD M. ,SC.4kE.S. Jii.. Esq., of Uockiiigliam.
.snvKXTlI I'-STIIICT :
IION. BVilTON CRAlfiE. of Rowan.
EIGHTH IIISTillC'f :
IION. TIIO.MAS E. CI.iNGM.4N, of Rmicoiii I'C
A brave veteran officer, recoiinoitcriii
a battery which it was necessary to storm, la-j Crom tlie drenching-i-ain and
conically answered the engineers, who were
endeavoring to di.ssiiade him from the attempt
—“—Gentlemen you may say and think wliat
you please : all I know is tliat the American
flag must be hoisted on the ramparts to-morrow-
iiioriiing, I have the order iii my pocket.”
A Duck Story.
the Oakville Sciitino!) Mr Ward took up Ids gi
net which had been set on tlie previous Satur
day ill twenty fatliomsor 120 feet of the wates,
and took therefrom one liiiiidred and fifty ducks.
Many will, no doubt, think tin's a fisii story,
but it is true, and shows the immense depths
which these birds dive in quest of food.
The Cooperstown Journal tells of a man
whose sister informed him that ho had not long
to live, and suggested that he might not feel
entirely prepared for that event. “Wliysliould
I be afraid to die?” he asked, “I never voed a
Wliig ticket in my life!”
C’ouKfC‘8!‘i»ii«il .Noiiiiiiatitiii.
Third lli'^tnct.
IION. WARKEN WINSLOW.
COLSTV K03I1X.\TI0XS.
For Clerk of County Court.
Pliilcnioii 'Faylor.
For Clerk of Saiierior Court.
'F. .J. 3liias.
KLSCriO.N TICKETS.
We have on hand a large qnanit'.y of elec
Tiox TICKETS ready for delivery, which our friends
can obtain at 40 cts. per hundred. Candida
tes in this and adjoiiiiiig counties will be fur
nished with ballots immediately upon order.
We send FREE SUFFRAGE tickets gratis
treiitmcntwliiliAcoming- to onr pha-c upon the ^ ^ pos-
plunk road. I have travelled in nearly all the '
Southern states, but I never recollect being
refused slielfer from tlie storm anywhere. Coiii-
mon charity would liavc sii,
cour.se.
tage stamps. Those wisliiiig ballots would do
well to order tliciii in time for tlieir transmis
sion tliroiigli tlie mail.
^ • «ri
SrSTMMVG iHE .»l>j!IMISTR.iTHI,V.
We perceive a sensible dimiiiiition of the
rancour and feroeily with which the fire-eaters
assailing Gov. Walker. It
Rockli.sli. ;
Mr Editor.— :
Since tlie know nothings in town made Capt.,
‘Paddv, said a joker,'whv don’t voii get your! McRae'"‘'’‘‘I'-a''- [“>• I, . . ..
, A* 1 A * I r Warden, the k. n. s over liere iiave been j clearly to be seen that the auministratiou
ears eropped-they are ent.rcdy too long for a , q'|,,y don’t! Gove.nor of Kiinsas-and those
tnan?’ ‘And,’ 3'ours replied 1 at, ought to be j lll^g being ordered to the polls to vote for
candidatc who is not their clioice, but no doubt |
tliey will all be driven up to the ballot box,
like sheep to the slaughter, by the offleers ol
the big towii-ciilvert and made to vote the
town ticket. We denioerats tliink that if the
town know nothings will only attend to their
town duties they will find as much to do in
Fayetteville as they can accoiiqilisli without
porting an army ?—the stoutest valor is pow
erless and the puiest patriotism unavailing.
THE GOLDSBORO TRiGEDT.
We find that there were several errors in the
i account w-hich we publi.shed in the last Regis-
' ter of the tragical affair which occurred in
Goldsboro on Thursday last. The Goldsboro
correspondent of the Petersburg Express gives
tile followilig statement of the affair which we
should contend for the successful growth of j was written
cotton in this latitude; but there are facts | t)'*e of the editors of the Goldboro Iriboiie
eomiected with its growth favorable to onr la- j ®y® "'jlncss to all the proceedings :
titude and soil. Although cotton is a south- ‘ * " ’
ern plaut ; has a greater length of season at
the South ; can mature higher up the stalk,
and, withal, can afford generally a greater
yield, yet there are many disasters to which it
is liable at the South from which it is certainly
free in North Carolina. The army worm, so
destructive to cotton at the south, and the boll
worm, which is equally destructive, arc both
comparatively unknown among us, beside many
other disasters to which the cotton plant is lia
ble at the south. I may further add that storms
are more frequent at the south, which often
injure the crop to a considerable extent after
it has matured. Iii view of all this the cotton
crop may be considered more certain here than
at the south, which fully compensates for the
shortness of our season and bring.sus somew-hat
upon an equality in point of production. Tlie
settled fact that so largc«portion of our state
is well adapted to the production of cotton,
should be regarded as a matter of more than
ordinary importance. Its bearing is as exten
sive as commerce itself. The United States
produce about three fourths of ail the cotton
that is consumed, and Europe is absolutely de
pendent upon its production—so much so that
various attempts have been made in other coun
tries to produce it. Great Britain has tried it
and failed. Not many years ago the Grand
Snltan tried it in his dominions under the skil-
Tul management of a citizen of one of the South
ern States. The experiment failed, and Great
Britain is now making her second trial. All
this goes to prove the great value of a coun
try capable of producing cotton.
Experience has proven that swamp lands
have a decided superiority over river bottoms,
I gave you a telegraphic report of the awful
tragedy that occurred here yesterday. Never
have I seen such an excitement in a small place
before and hope never to again. Business w-as
almost entirely suspended during the whole of
yesterday. Men, women and children, black
and white, were running to and fro. Dr Jiio W
Davis, one of our best citizens—a whole souled,
bcnevoleHt, good man—^oiie whom everybody
loves, was shot down yesterday morning, be-
Tre.vslt.y Deimp.tmf.xt of N. C.
July 18th, 1857. )
Gentlemen:—I am iii receipt of your favor
of the 6th iiist., and will proceed to answer
vour questions in the order stated, not repeat
ing them, as 1 presume you retained a copy
of your letter.
1. By Section 24 Revenue act, every mer
chant is to pay J of 1 per cent, upon hiscapit.tl
employed, saving tlie amount of his purchase of
ready-made elotliiiig, upon which he is to pay
leiigthcned— they arc too short for an ass.’
g^Ncar a depot were several Irish dray
men. Thinking to quiz them, a gentlemen
shouted to one, “Has the railroad got in ?”
“One iiid has, sir,” was the prompt response.
The best evidence the public can have,
that Gov. Walker is doing his duty in Kansas,,
is the fact that e.xtrcmisls both at the North
and the South, are unqualified iii their deiiiiii-
ciatiou of his policy
TROOPS FOR ITAH.
St. Loeis, July 15.
Advices from Leavenworth say tliat the 13th
regiment of infantry w-ill leave for Utah on the
18th, the Gth regiment on the 21st, and the
dragoons about the first of August. Gen.
Harney will go with tlie iattor. Gov. Cum
mings will start for 'Wasliiiigtoii in a da^- or
two for Ills filial instructions.
I
Uiippoi ts llic Govciiior of
who deiioiiiico Walker must denounce the ad-
ministrasioii or stultify themselves. As soon
as Judge Brown is elected Governor of Geor
gia, the Deiiiecraey will back down from
their thrcateiiiiig ultiiiiatuiii, and the Mississip
pi delegation in Congress will be found the
most staiiiieli siipiiorters of Mr Buchanan. At
meddling and tyraiiizing ovei the people of the 1 (ii-st we were disposed to look upon the matter
j country. We o-aii’t swallow the arden and ! (jnite serious and “prognostica-
Baker ticket, and we are not going to have it : i,n,;.„ding dissolutioii”-but it is all
; loreeil down onr tiiroiits. Roekfish denioerats ; ,-V.
will stand to the rack fodder or no fodeler.
Respectfully, Ae.
N.
HOIV LAXD SELLS !Y iRELAYB‘
It is thought by some that good land in the
old States sells at enormously high prices when
1 per cent. How is the amount, of this capital |it brings from $50 to $100 per acre. When
to be a,scertaincd? I think the answer is furii-j compared, however, with the price paid in the
ished by the Act. | old country—England and Ireland for instance
“The Capital aforesaid shall be the aggre
gate sum of the purchases of goods, wares and
merchandise, made w-itliin the year preceding
tlie first day of July, and herein shall be in
cluded the amount of the purchase of goods
wares and merchandise and spirituous Liquors
or other things not herein particularly enumerated i fr’eiid
whether of this or any other State. The tax is
ou the Capital employed, not the articles pur-
the selling value of our lands would seem to
be moderate enough. 'I’lie Slieiiandoah (Ya.)
Tenth Legion has been furiiislied with a state
ment, by Mr Daniel Flaherty, at Powell's For',
of several sales of land, in the county Kerry,
ill the South of Ireland, furnished’ him by a
iving there. A farm containing 40
i acres was sold for £850 ; one of 80 acres for
.£6,010 ; one of 90 acres for £6,300 ; one of
chased, and this capital, by the broad term of; 60 acres'for the sum of £6,200 ; and another
the act, is the aggregate expenditure for al! | of 40 acres for £2,000 ; one of 130 acres for
articles purchased. It is dlflicnlt to stop short' £34^200. An English pound is about $4,874.
ot this and say, that one sale or many sales of j ’ -
an article, produced here or abroad, would take I Syracuse, July 29.—The grand contest of
tween 6 and 10 o’clock, by a German) who ‘ B out of the act, and I cannot see that there is i roaping machines is over. The results will be
keeps a shop here, and his step-soii. The Gcr-1 a'D' purchaser, no matter announced at the U. S. Society’s Fair, to be
man liad warranted D. on an account part of j 1'°"’ niany transfers are made before the article
whiuli was forged. The constable went to Dr ! leaves the State. ,
D several days ago with the account, and de- 2- seems to me that the jobber is a nier-
livered an insulting message from the German, i chant as well as tlie retailer, and that the 1-aw
and seeing part of it was a forgery, Dr D met j no distinction whatever. Each pays
the German and caned him. The German kept j upon the Capital emplc.yed, without reference to
pushing the Constable on, and insisted on his I B'® particular goods sold. There may be force
bringing Davis to trial. Yesterday the parties in what you say as to the policy of the law,
but that I consider aside from the coustructioii
were summoned by the officer to come before a
magistrate, and they met in a store, where the
shooting oeciirred. Both the Germans were
heavily armed, having five or six pistols be
tween them, each one having a revolver—and
the younger one had also a bowie knife. Poor,
generous, unsuspecting Davis was unarmed—
had not even a stick or a knife. A dispute
arose as to the account. Davis being given
tlie lie, I believe, by.the elder German, picked
up a small shovel, and flourished it, as if to
strike, when the young German—a mere boy
16 or 18 years of age coolly drew a pistol and
deliberately fired. The ball passed in at the
right breast, and came ontat the side penetrat
ing the lung. Davis made at him, when the
old 'German commenced shooting, and between
both five shots were fired at Davis, doing no
not only in production but also in the great otlier injury, however, save the shot in the
safety of the-crop. Rivet bottoms are subject
to inundations ; not .so with swamp lands when
properly drained. I have not taken the trou
ble to ascertain the quantity of swamp lands
ill the state, nor is it a matter material to the
present purpose It is siifficent to know that
all the southern and eastern counties of onr
state are well supplied with swamps of the rich
est iiould, and nothing is required but sufficient
draiuage to render North Carolina one of the
largest corn growing states in the Union. It
is worthy of remark that most of our swamps
when drained and cultivated have proved heal
thy, and are generally bounded by sand bills
upon which a settlement can be made sufficient
ly near the swamp for cultivation. It is per
haps unnecessary to remark that onr sand hills
wre healthy and afford good water. Whatever
““y be said of North Carolina in regard to her
breast, and nearly shooting off a finger on the
right hand. Old Odeiuhammer in aiming at
Davi.s, shot his son-in-law in the back, giving
him a painful wound, though not a dangerous
one. Davis would have been killed instantly,
but for a nephew of his (noble boy), about 1.5
or 16, who ran in jnst as the elder German had
a pistol at his temple, and picked np a spade
sitting by, and felled him to the floor, badly
fracturing his skull. Father and son were both
conveyed at once to jail, where they were at
tended by physicians. Dr Davis was carried
ill the arms of his friends to the office of Dr
Creighton, near by, where all has been done
that mortals could do up to the present. Though
the wound is considered by him and other phy
sicians a dangerous one, he is .considered better
this morning, and strong hopes are cntqytaiacd
of his recovery.—Raleigh Register.
when it is plain.
3. Upon a fair Excluinge of goods for instance
for produce (the case put by you,) 1 do not
think the Merchant bound to pay a tax on the
price of each, as capital, this would be virtually
paying a double Tax without doubling the
capital. But I think it must be a bona fide
barter or Exchange of goods for goods.
4" Sections 24 and 26 impose a tax on the
Capital used by Merchants for 12 months prior
to 1st July 1857. Section 24 says “within the
year preceeding the 1st. July” and Sec. 26 says
“any Merchant engaged in business on the 1st.
July shall apply to the Sheriff, and on paying
the tax on his capital estimated as aforesaid,
may continue his business &c.
The General Assembly iiicreascd the tax on
Dividends and other property for 12 months
prior to 1st. April last, and I cannot see that
they have not the power to tax the capital of
Merchants, in the same manner.
5. I tiiink Sec. 27, applies only to those who
have not been in business prior to 1st. July
1857. 'Very .Truly Yours,
D. AV. COURTS, pub. Treas.
Messrs. W. B. Rodman & R. S, Donnell,
AVashiugton, N. C.
' “I say, old-boy,” criqd Paul Pry, to an ex
cavator in North Shields, whom he espied at
the bottom of a-yawning gulf, “what are you
digging there?” “A big hole,” the old boy re
plied. Paul was not to be put off in this fash
ion. “What are you going to do with the
hole?” “Going to cut it into small holes,” re
plied the old boy, “and sell it for gate posts.”
Paul was sold.
held at Louisville, in September next.
Boston, July 29.—Boylstoii, one of the old
est newspaper editors iii New Hampshire, died
at his residence in Amherst, ou Sunday, aged
seventy-five years.
Boston, July 28.—The loss of the French
frigate, before reported, ou the coast of New
foundland, lias been confirmed. She is said to
be a large iron steam frigate named “Newton”
commanded by Sagoli De A''armoux. She was
wrecked off the port of AuCoix. The crew
were all saved.
Louisville, July 27.—A street reiiconiiter
between Mr Prent'ce, of the Journal, and Mr
Dui rett, of the Courier, took place here to-day,
ill consequence of aiUarticle reflecting ou Mr
Prentice. Pistols were used, and Mr Prentice
was slightly wounded.
CixciXNATi, July 21.—A raau named Bohler
a German,strangled his wife this morning, and
killed a Mr Horton, of the firm of llortou &
Maccy, tiien set fire to the house, and finished
by cutting his own throat. Horton had repri
manded Kohler for abusing bis wife. He is
not expected to live.
j^M. Godard, who ascended in a balloon
at Plirladelpliia on the 4th, came down near
Wilmington, left his assistant, and immediately
ascended again with one passenger, since which
nothing has been heard of them, Of course
tliey must have perished. Nothing has ever
been heard of the aeronaut who ascended at
Milan, Brie county, N. Y., last year and was
last seen passing.toward Lake Erie.
Watebword Cbanscd.
The Know-nothing watchword, the eavesdrop
pers say,'
Was to ask in a wliisper, “Have you seen
Sar/t lo-dayl”
But since the election, they’ve changed it we
hear.
And the brethren now ask, “Have yon .seen
Sant this ycarV’
Monroe's.
Dear Sir.—
Such another crowd of democrats never did
run against each otlier in Cumberland comiiy
since I was a boy—and that has been a long
time ago. All tlie candidates claim to be dem-, ,
ocrats. Taylor and Miins are the only ones j
who don’t make a great fuss and parade over
their democracy. A stranger to read your pa
per and then come out in the country and
hear the candidates talk to the wool hat boys
would think you were mistaken about tlie know
nothing’s having any candidates in the field.
Blit I hear that they would’nt go to town
and talk like they do to the country people.
We are not very wise men and puffed up with
conceit out here in the piiiey woods—but we
are a little too sharp to be caught with such j |j®'®.|
know nothing chaff. AYe want no wardens of
the poor democrats, and dark lantern bakers of
democratic bread Knowing tliat Tai lor and
Mims are tlie only democrats in the field, we
will forgive the others the deceit they would
fain practice ou ms, and vote the true ticket,
Winslow, Free Suffrage, Taylor and .Mims.
A'ours very truly, Mac.
Important by Telegraph.
A country girl, writing to licr friends, says
of a polka, “that the dancin’ does not amount
to much, but the huggiii’ is heavenly ”
A litth girl, addressed her sister, asked,
“What was the chao.s, Pa was reading about-
to-day?” To wliicli the latter replied; “'Iwas
a great jiile of nothing, and no place to put it in.’,
The Patent Office has received from Califor-!
Ilia a new brandy, wliich is called California
grape brandy. Tliis liquor is said to possess
an excellent flavor, and to be far more palatable
than the best brandy imported from Europe.
• A contemporary describing a dance at a vil
lage, in tlie iieighborliood, said; ‘The gorgeous
strings of glass heads glistened ou the heaving
bosoms of tlie village belle, like polished rubies
011 tlie delicate surface of warm apple dump
ling-!”
‘■Pa, what is the interest of a kiss?” asked a
sweet sixteen of hersire. “Well, really, I don’t
know. AVhy do you ask?” “Because John
borrowed a kiss of me, last night, and said he’d “
pay it back with interest after we were mar
ried.”
I fiLSS and feathers, campaign racket and stump-
1 Uiiiiider—no lightning in the cloud. AA'e clip
j from the Georgia ConshlutionuUsl the follow-
I iiig morccau—the italics are our own:
I “Those who vote against Judge Brown, indi-
I rcclly sustain Gov. Walker—those who vote
I for him eoiidciiiii Gov. AA'alker aud all those
i who sustain liim. That the administration sus-
, tains him does not yet appear, or to state it so
object, is a ques-
: tioii upon wliich opiiLoiis are divided. It is
i impracticable, even if we desired it, or if it was
'demanded by the action of the Stale Conven
tion, now to make an issue upon this subject
with the Administration. The issue is with
AA’alker, and we sustain our position by elect
ing our candidate for Governor. AA’lien that
is accomplished, and the party is assembled
again in convention, or in Legislative caucus,
then with all the light before them, which the
next three months may
fnniish, it must take action iii the premises
again. If then the Administration is commit
ted to the support of Walker, and facts do not
■materuilly modify the issues upon his inaugural
as they are now presented, the position of the
Democratic State Conveiuioii must be sustain
ed, and ihe gnu wliieli it directed against AVul-
ker, must bo pointed against tlie Administra
tion. Thi.s, at least, is the course which wo
.shall advocate. We would stultify ourselves
by advocating any other,”
Of course “fact.s” will be found to “material
ly modify &e &c,” the charge will be drawn by
the political artillerists, and the good old brass
“gull” wheeled back to its shelter beneath the
platform of 1850 ready for similar use upon
similar occasions. That old Georgia “gnu”
is’iit a very dangerous piece of orduaticc al
though it makes a thundering report. We
have helped to “shoot” it some ourself, and wo
must confess that it ‘kicks awful.’ Secretary
Cobb has doubtless advised Mr Bucbanaii of
its liarmless character, and the President is nof
at all frightened.
A Itttle girl, on heaving her mother say that
she intended to go to a ball, and liav(j,lier dress
trimmed with bugles, iiiiioeently inquired if the
bugles would all blow when she danced. Oh,
no,” said the mother, “your father will do all
that when he discovers I have bought them.”
A Y-ankee went to market to buy sausages
He held out a link to his dog, but he refused
to eat. “What is the matter with them saus
ages?” angrily inquired the dealet. “0.” said
the A’ankee,” “I’ve iiotliing agin’ ’eni, only dog
won’t eat dog, that’s all,”
' The collector, on a plank road, in Indiana,
lately demanded of a couple of young ladies,
who were driving by, his regular toll.” “How
ranch is it?” asked they,” “For a man and
horse, five cents,” he replied, “Well, then, get
out of the way; for we are girls and a mare!
(3et up Jenny !”
UEnOCR.m OF t'l]IRERL.UU,
Remember that for nearly a ojiartcr of a
century you refused to make your county offices
tests of party strength—that although you bad
urge majority during ail that time you gave
nearly every county office to men of the oppo
site party—that no democrat lias ever been
clerk of the Superior court—that no democrat
has ever held the clerkship of tbe County court
since the power to bestow that office has been
ill tlie hands of the people—and recollect top
that in spite of j^r refusal to poll a party
vote year after year for nearly a quarter ot a
century, these know nothing candidates went
into a secret, midnight order and swore a hor
rible oath never to vote for any but a third
degree know nothing for any office civil or mu
nicipal ! Rem^ber w#eu you go to the polls
that they have repaid your kindness and your
generosity with deceit and fraud and ingrati
tude of tlie blackest character! Forget not
that they have detiouiiccd your principles as
corrupt, your leading men as corrupt, aud that
the first aud last principle aud cud aud aim of
i
I
C; .r : irty w..; to defeh
“ri r!-!]',' -hjaiocracy'’ as|
.;/..rs ami leaders h|
y- :i r. I'uv their trcaclie
i‘ iiD'l puwnr'I The
: ‘lire V"U fnr the co
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— niable '.Mi'll?.. A on d|
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was to : ir on the he
y"iir riu':' an priveld
know ii"’-!iii.- have :;il]
nml tlu v ill I; you 1o
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Iih" ,i:,l',_d iqiiirom-'! ll
i; ;! 'rm-'K tlie a--a
his .'siill and felling liil
V"iing, ;■ .1 w V n- .s!i(il|
I'lill vi.i. h Mi.n'tereil
j.-, ‘■'‘-.• inly imi not fatij
is thing. The
h iiing .sevenI ('ll Joil'Id
and a coiq'" of iarse i
Iv a ]iree"n' t'l ", d -liel
del' ‘.in ■; and if|
he will niit’ini'i.li'illy
lUeiit iirevui; • ill ;lie el
all Geniiaii- in Guld\!j
to leave the hlaco, and
who was .siispecUi! of!
Wins I'iddeii ou a rail, I
leave tlie lowii, wliicli|
ilaiiec coiiitiiittce Ims
Fhould Dr 1 iavis dil
not be ■iirpii-'.'il t,, hi
lyiiehing, as more thal
criminal complicity iii|
siiinli' him. He Ws
death only by lire pro
brav'- '••;'ji!i al.'ovc md
i.ih'. 1::;',, wa.s the sanj
'he iJelciice of his fatj
the i.ler was eonraj
by o'ji Dortch, and
alroiis D— had h« no
ill men. 'I'lic doctor I
cial and jirofessioiiall
recently married to
Goldsboro.
Fri-.e SrK/R.ioE.-
oitizi'iis ? What go
tician have moekedj
liave rmle this liobbjl
not for .be |i!;blic go
want free suffrage arl
wriueii or printed; wj
Tho.se who wi.sli to
ticket wiili the wordl
AA'e clip the above j
man of a recent date
of ill! the Kcmictli
reference to this deu
classes of the peojila
make the laws by v.l
pie arc governed is i
men should not enjol
rich is the know noq
An Old Coi.v.—3
bury, A'irgiiiia, rec^
vicinity, a gold coin i
bearing date 1648.
American quarter, aij
nine years old