North Carolina Newspapers

t "VS Mo ':: I : . . XV sV l Ay Ay Ay AyA Ay A. Family "Newspaper Devoted to Politics, Literature, A-griculure, Manufactures, Commerce, and Miscellaneous Reading. A VOLUME XX. GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 25, 1859. NUMBER 1028. , . - i : : -' r .i -:..V J'. ii i " vfb M If A I - 't ' " ' 1 I f - ft"'.; it! 7r . j I r . . . :i . 1 . " v 1 " Bus.iiifss atbs. r i:iKiFXOCK, ATTOR u'i'uK'"". N Feh- 17 lt5r8' ATTORNEY AT LAW, 072 tf. ! I MI'S A. LOXK, ATTOKNKY AT! LAW, nJ (JKEENSBOROllGH, N. C If 4. .. iiii m w LEXINGTON, N. C. i IlKTII & ITI-KV, COMMISSION AND -, rwir'lin(r Merchants, r'ayettevillc, N. C. i fiikemax, with abbott jones k ,' importers and Jobber of Staple ami Fancy ';,.' K N l': Market Srreet, Philadelphia. m , lUVt'p'l'llURTVPIIS N ; 'n ie practice of Mediciue, Ubatetricsiand Surge- i--- " . . . .. 4 L t FIKM. POHTEH &GORKELL, I U,. ,..-! to T.J. PATRICK, Wholesale and Re PrUHt. lireensborough, N. C. 1 HW.. 20 tf ii' f WlilS) Manufacturer and Wholesale i,'u . K.-tail 'k-aler in TIN anl SHEET IRON 5J4 3m il llCE IIOI KK, jf Hih Point, X. C. T. Laurence, I'roprictor. 27 r,m '. . - 1 M k v ar t 1 f Tl .II' " K ('.. liuTf io(i ited thenmolves together for the i... ot I'lCAl"! K'lNJ MEDICINE in all its Tarious ' 'i -i ltu'I'dv w "r .. mr mm A W W If 4 V 1 l Pf IflMi I hi" Irft-n.i'ircnzli, N. ('., offers his Professional rvn-8 to tin? jiuliliC Office on Weft Market Street, !hj Iiuiim" rt'ii-m'y occupied as a residence by Hon. : j'i V . CiilituT. February, 1.jK. 073 tf OT All! WEIMllllV- J. A. LOU & j H t. ' i.iiwm.L, tirensboroiigh, N. C, having K.d ihi iiflvt's in the practice ot t lie law, in the r '.'It-. -.1 .....nlar - C 1 1 ..wtlr r.Mnti,l I n nil Jiei t'iitrnted to their care. Jan. 1H5H.; 117 tf d 01 ;(IIIHUU ihiiiij, n m iuiiifiji ti,Lcuu iu ail I (ill V W. l'AYE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, I jhnvnijr yaUaJientW located in Oreensborough, N. I f ill iili ii'i i lie iOurts 01 nauaoipn uaviusom anu liii'i promptly attend to the collection of all , placed hi his hands. Jan. '., 18.7. . Ii 1 5 -t f iriTM & Mi: AUS, (5ENF:RAL: COM.MIS ?J siii Merchants, '.'A liurling Slip, New York. i.-.jil attention paid to the sale of Grain, Cotton and , j S.urticrii products jpLiberal advances made jnii;nin-iils. f 15 t f tiuin.i: works george heinrich, Nbiniit'acturcr of Monuments, Tombs, Head-stones, ; . nt red.icrd pTic, OPPOSITE THE DEPOT, iitii.rinigh,. N. C.- BS" Orders from a distance k.t!y filled. '.71 tf I Vmhm:to sin,ri'i:iii, attorney ll.T LAW, formerly of Salem. N. C. but now of I Iru lntnn. rorerla. I V jll . praotic in the counties of Wilkinson, Twiggs, Jnwfi'iix, Pulaski. Irwin, Wilcox, Telfair, Montgom- (ky ijii.t WftshitiRton, Jan. 21, 1H.',. ly I v , : 4 ft UIU. J. F. Jollee lia purchased iV I th'w lall. a lrp;e and w-ll selected STOtK of ClUtlllllC. IlootM, SlioeN and llatM, which he jjnjsrll t'UKAl' Kill'. (,'ASII, or to punctual customers rwishurt e.teilit. (tiftdW is.is. 8 if 4w OTI( I'. The undersigned has removed J i jo -Newlivrn, with the intention to devote himself : t L j v to the practice of the law. He will attend the ill in till nf the surrounding counties, and will also xi tjiec before the Supreme Court at Raleigh. I.i-iiu",.' .. iir xtr4l 4 1 ... f iti ALl.HN. J. M. CLARK. j Hi. i, iro.'. om u. rv. .ii, ivai. II VMS, V 1 1 iu i 11 et on , X. V. L'rompt per- alinttentiun given to consignments of Naval Stores, luce, for sale or shipment. ment, Hail, &c. Juiiuarv 18.VL llv c I'. si'i:iiiii, oi orui l aronna, 11 .j-' With W.M. GRAY DON & CO, 1"4,,,T and .lobber of lry OOd4, 40 PARK PLATE, and -U BARCLAY STREKT. .ATE, and 41 11ARCL Win. Graydon, . Ji Graydon. 1 . ( Geo H. Seelev. tf j oin jii. howlan i. w. . Reynolds. I j. h. bowlasd. DOHLiM) &, REYVOLDS, SUCCESSORS .ll lo Anderson k Reynolds, (irocers and Commission M-r. Mn's, NORl'OLK. Ya. fibjr Pay particular at I iiti'jn to the sale of Flour, Grain, Tobacco, etc., avoid- in. rTt(iji viiai JCvj uii'4 Kuviviiufi, j'iv"' v nnj iH'ccmber, 1807; " 903 tf I.M. II. HIRKSI'Y, COMMISSH)N MRR- chaut and General Agont, Moreliead City, N. C 'ittoTiil fn loivinrr Giltinfr i-ifi v i 11 tr innl fnrwfirilintT I.i - "f" "v ft - f . s liirds of produce and merchandise. ;' rimers Gov. J. M. Morehead. Grecnsborouzh, N. "hn H. Haughton, Esij'., Newberne, N. C. lr. F. II. Wilmington, N. C. II. A. London, Esq., Titts ,gh. N. C. June 1, 1858. H87 tf I tlC;TO JEWELRY STORE. L Tin- subscriber litis on hand the tine GOLD LE- VATtnES manufactured by Johnson of-Liver-tind Dixon of London. Also, the Silver Lever e nmV common Yirce Watch, with a variety ot KWKI.RY of all descriut ions. All of which -will be f GEORGE RILEY. ?ToKKLY. ALEX. OLDHAM. CTOKEEY & OLDHAM, GRtR ! "iiniiisMon Merchants, Wilmington, N. aKaiices made on produce consigned I CERS AND C. I.iber- to us, when Hi r,7),C.jl. John McRiie, President of the Tank Iriuntoii. O. lereiul linnk. (!. Parslev, Ksij Aug. '2, "l8o7. President of the 48 ly St M. s. tiTT. WILL. L. SCOTT. OTT-& SCOTT, ATTORNEYS ANDCOUN-e'-l -rs at Law, - GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, 1 attend the Courts of Guilford, Alamance, Ran- f. l-kvidson, Forsyth and Rockingham. AH claims fed to them for collection, will receive prompt 'I' ti. Otlice on North Street, fourth dour from "5' s corner. UMK&. A FULL SUPPLY OF BLANK WAR I'lMnu, Dtedx, Deeds of Trust, Attachments, Decla- y 'j'i' in Ejectment, Administrator's Notices, and oilier forms, will ulways be found at the Store of 11n, Uobeon & Grime, in Lexington, who are our "!!"'! for the sale of the same : and who are also our f SHERWOOD iS: LONG. ; o.cm" uuu nil nill u " us, mi U 1 uvu Uj J-:IKIEII AEE, LAND AGENT. WILL ft'lert iiiwl cnti.r KriviTniiipiil f.nnd Locate T.nnil i't "n. make investments lor capitalists at Western 'V'f y taxes, and transact a general real estate bu "'I". in Minnesota, Lwa hud S isconsin. Address, i.lis, Minnesota. 'j ''icr Hon. J . M. Morehoad, George C. Men ' -ill, 'ol. Walter Gwynn and Hon John A. Gilmer. Mi i v 1 ' 1 w r i rs ... i . 688 tf II. Mr R A R Y & CO., FACTORS AND Commission Merchants. Acrnts for the mnle nnd j.'rfW of Cotton Flour, Grain, Salt, Groceries, &c, tJl'r 1miw"'s Water Si reels, Wilmington, N. C. Uj -oiul a jvances on Consignments. II. It. Savage, Cashier Bank of Cape : UUfOSSET iSi Brown, Wilmington, N. C. F. & r"'i, Salem, Nr 0. C. Graham & Co., Marion C. ' ' Hunt, Addertou & Co., Lexington, N. C. WjOl'L U. THOMAS has removed his HAR- k. H i". ' H'l to the rooms recent'y occupied by .. ( Ker. Esq., two doors North of LINDSAY'S , in i vrrunec lately opposite the New Court House, v i . . .- P'eased to receive calls from his old "s ana tile puk.iic generally. It is his intention t ft an-!i"lly "n UnJ a (J00D ASSORTMENT U koifi , S,' antl 0,her articles in hU line, which 'irsir11 on reMonabic term819tf JAMES M. D.EY, 14T Cbambers-Nt, New York, buys every kind of Merchandize on the best terms, and forwards for '2. per eent. commission. Dealer in Pianos, Parlor Organs, Organ Melodeons, Melodeons, Harps, Guitars, 8tools, Covers, Music, etc., wholesale and retail. All Instruments warranted. Agent for " Lindsay's Patent Pump, Garden En gine, etc. Circuilara of Instruments and Pumps sent free on application. Refers to John A. Gilmer, C. P Mendenhall, D. L. Swain, and others. 950 UL DOXKELL'S IMiotograpbic Cial- lery is now opened, andCameotypes, Melaino types, and AMBROTYPES, which eannot be surpassed for DURABILITY and BEAUTY are taken in Lockets, Pins and Cases, to suit the tastes and purses of all. Having permanently located in Greensborough, they confidently expect a liberal patronage. gtoff Call and -examine Specimens, and learn the Prices. Rooms formerly occupied by A. Starrett, sec ond story of Garrett s brick building, Wist Market St., Greensborough, N. C. March, 185?. 971 tf (1 EOIIGE II. KELLY, COMMISSION MER f chant, and Dealer in Family Groceries and Pro visions, No. 11, North Water Street, WILMINGTON. N. C. Will keep constantly on hand, Sugars, Coffees, Mo lasses, Cheese, Flour, Butter, Lard, Soap, Candles, Crackers, Starch, Oils, Snuffs, &c. llrferencta : O. G. Parsley, President of Commercial Bank ; John McRae, President Bank of Wilmington, Wilmington, N. C. A. M. Gorman,. Rev. R. T. Heflin, Raleigh. J. & F. Garret, David McKnight, Greensbo rough, N. C. CHARLES S. FEATHER, WHOLESALE DEALER IN HOOTS. SHOES AD IIROGA.VS, No. 4'J North Third Street, above Market St., Philadelphia, Respectfully solicits the attention of Merchants to his stock of City and Eastern Manufacture, adapted to the trade of North Carolina. JSQf Particular attention paid to Orders. Refers with permission to Messrs. J. R. & J, Sloan, Greensborough, N. C. Oct. 8, 1858. ly STEVEXSO & HOWE, (LATE BTKVKNSON, BOWEN NE8MITT,) Wholesale Dealers In Dry Goods, HAVE ARNOC'I ATRD WITH TH KM Daniel Zirrim.erm.aii, formerly of- LINCOLNTON, N. C, and romoved to the large Store iv o. 53 orlli 3rd Street, below Al'Ch, where an increased stock will be kept, and inducements offered eijual to any house in the trade. Philadelphia, Jan. 20, 185.t. 10 tfm f M. ROTIIROCK. I. D. S., RESPECT- 99 fully offers his professional services to (he citizens I of Greensborough, and all others who desire operations performed on the TEETH in the latest and best style. Persons unacquainted, can have any satisfactory refer ence as to character, skill, &c , &c; and the advantage of eight years constant practice in MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY, with every new discovery that is valua ble. He has furnished his OPERATING ROOMS on Market Street, second story of Garrett's brick build ing, here he will always be found unless professionally sbsent. April 29, 1858. 982 tf T P. GREGG, DENTIST, (GRADUATE OF 3 the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery) having located himself permanently in this village, respectfully tenders his professional services to its citizens and those of the surrounding country. He deems it unnecessary to publish long lists of testimonials, as he Hopes to have sufficient opportunity to evince personally to tho.se having diseased dentures, whatever qualifications he may have to practice in the varied departments of the profession. ANY CALL WILL BE PROMPTLY AT TENDED TO. Office on South Elm Street, next door to the Patriot Office, Greensboro', N. C 75'J OTTO liniER, JEWELLER A I WATCH-MAKER, West Market, GRkensboko", N. C, has on hand and is receiving a splendid and welt selectedBtock of fine and fashionable Jewelry of every descriptinn, among which may be found several magni ticient sets of coral Jewelry. He has also a stock of fine Gold and Silver Watches. All repairing done in the BEST MANNER and war ranted. All persons purchasing Jewelry, would do well lo call on him before purchasing elsewhere, as he is confident that he can sell as good bargains as can be bought iu this market. August 1st, 1858., 99G tf. tiirSIIIXGS & HAILEY, J VI BLISIIKns AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IS BOOKS AND STATIONERY, Ao. 20:2 Baltimore Street, opposite Jlanover-st., Ilaltlmore, Maryland. Offer a full assortment of SCHOOL, CLASSICAL, LAW, MEDICAL and MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS. They are prepared to execute orders for Libraries, i Colleges and Schools on the most favorable terms. I Their Stock of Stationery embraces all its branches, and contains a varied assortment. I January 20, 18-VJ. 19 5m j 1l .GERICII & SMITH. ! NO. 43 NORTH THIRD STREET, j Philadelphia. Invite the attention of the trade of NORTH CAKOL1- NA to their large and varied stock of Rio Coffee, Sugars, &c, which are offered at the lowest nett rates, and in lots to suit purchasers. I heir purchases being made exclusively for cash, enables them to oner GOODS AT VERY LOW FIGURES. January 1, 1859. ly IiTALL. 1S5S! Hamilton & Graham, 1 IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS, Are now prepared to offer on the most favorable terms, to WHOLESALE BUYERS, a large stock of For eign and DoniCMtic Dry Goods, selected with great care for the Fall & Winter Trade, which, for variety, beauty, and its adaptation to the NORTH CAROLINA. VIRGINIA, AND TENNESSEE TRADE, will'be found second to none. Buyers from all sections are invited to a close and rigid examination of our Stock, prices, &c. , No.' 60 SYCAMORE STREET, September 10. Petersburg, Va. J. W. IIOWLETT, 1. 1). S. J. F. IIOWLETT. rlV. IIOWLETT & SO, DENTISTS, RE- spectt'uliy offer their professional services to the citizens of Greensborough and all others who may de sire operations performed on their teeth in the most approved, modern and scientific manner. They are amply qualified to perform all and every operation per taining in any way to Dental Surgery, unsorppssed for ability or beauty. The Senior of the firm has in his possession Diplomas from the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, Ameri an Society of Dental Surgeons, and Dr. 8. S. Fitch of Philadelphia, and has been in the regular practice et the profession for over twenty years. They have furnished their Operating rooms on West Street, two dogrs above the I5RITTAIN IIOFSE, in a handsome and comfortable manner for the reception of Ladies, where one of the firm may always be found. Ladies will be waited on at their residences if desired. June 23, 1850. 8C7 G1 l. MEEXLEY, Practical Watch MAKER AND J EVVELER, (formerly ol T. B. Humphreys & Son, Richmond, Va.) has located himself in Greensborough, N, C, where he will devote his careful attention to repairing all kinds oi fine Gold and Silver Watches, in the neatest and best style the trade can afford. All work warrant ed for twelve months. All he solicits is a fair trial. Work done on the most reasonable terms. All work from the country strictly attended to. Store next door to Cole &c Amis. 13" Terms exclusively Cash. NOTICE. Having retired fiorfi the Watch and Jewelry busi ness in Greensborough, N. C, on account of ill health. I recommend to my customers, Mr. G. L. JV1EENLY, of Richmond, Va., who is a good workman, hoping he may get the patronage of my friends and customers. ' V E. F. POWELL. March 14, 18S9. 27 3m M. H. SHERWOOD. JAMES A. LOHO. SHERWOOD & LONG, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. TERMS : $2.00 A YEAR, I ADVAXCE. Rates or Advertising. One dollar per square for the first week, and twenty five cents fer every week thereafter. Twelve lihes or less making a square. Deductions made in favor of standing matter as follows: 3 MONTHS. One square $3 60.. Two squares, 700.. 6 MONTHS. 1 TEAR. ..$5 60 $8 00 ..10 00 14 00 Three .10 00 15 00 20 00 MB. WORTH'S REPLY TO MR. FISHER. T o the Editor of the Raleigh Register : I ask the privilege of replying, throngh yonr columns, to the communication of Chas. F. Wisher, President ot the North Carolina Hail Road Company, in relation to the re port of a majority of the committee appoint ed to investigate the affairs of the said com pany. The report was signed by four of the five members composing the committee, two of each party, and for the facts "set forth in the report and the manner of stating them, each of the four was equally responsible; but Mr. P., in order to avail himself of the influ ence of the dominant party, singled me out as the object of his wrath. I am willing to bo held responsible for everything contained in the report, as 1 do not doubt each of the other members are, who signed it. As the evident object of Mr. F. was to involve the issues in smoke, by connecting them with party, he could not assail the report without attacking two of his own party as well as two of the opposition and therefore he ig nores the other members of the Committee, under the pretext that they had not been attentive to their duties and had signed the report upon the faith of my representations. This pretext is not founded in truth, and ought to be, and doubtless is, more offensive to the other members ot the committee, than it is to me. Mr. Ferebee was present at every meetiag of the Committee, excepting the one on the 4th Januarj, when only Dr. Mills and myself were present, and when none of the evidence was taken on which the report is based and the other members were generally present, and when any one was absent, the evidence taken in his absence was explained to him afterwards, this evi dence being almost exclusively taken from the books and records ot the company, and tlio statements of the Treasurer and book keeper, and answers to letters addressed, by order of the Committee, to Col. Gwynn and others. The report was carefully read and considered before it was signed. As my mo tives are questioned and I alone am attack ed, (except in one instance, where Dr. Mills' statements are contradicted) it is proper that I state the circumstances which induc ed me to offer the resolution under which the Committee was raised. I was appointed a member of the Commit tee on Finance. I sought lo inform myself how much revenue must be raised by taxa tion. This necessarily brought up the in quiry how much arc we to expect from the 83,000,000 invested in the N. C. K. K., or are we to expect any thing? I procured and read carefully the annual reports of the President of the road, made since the com pletion of the Road. I found in tliem intern al evidence that no reliance teas due to their Fi nancial statements. I had no stock in the road had not been a member of the Legis lature since 1840 had no acquaintance with Mr. Fisher, and no motive and no desire to injure him, and knew nothing as to the man agement of the road except that during the electioneering canvass I heard much com plaint among my constituents of Alamance, ot all parties, as to the management of the road. I at once decided, without consulta tion, or conference with any person whatev er, that it was a duty I owed ray constitu ents, to see, it I could, what was the financial condition and prospect of the road, and what foundation there might be for the complaints I had heard as to its management; and I drew up anil offered in the Senate, on the 'JOth November, the joint resolution which, as amended to include others roads, passed both Houses of the Assembly unanimously. It never entered my head that this committee was appointed, ap Mr. F. would have it, to examine and audit every voucher and inves tigate every transaction for the past nine years. The language of the resolution war ranted no such absurd interpretation. In attempting to ridicule me for attempting this Herculean labor, which the terms of the res olution did not embrace, Mr. F. ridicules the whole Assembly which unanimously adopted my resolution. It was the "general man agement" which I proposed to investigate, and particularly those matters as to which there was complaint. As to all those not examined, the officers were entitled to the presumption that their management had been judicious, until the contrary appeared. I ex pected, and the Assembly could have expect ed, only such investigation as was practica ble ; and the officers of the Company, if they felt conscious of having discharged their duties properly, ought to have desired spe cial inquiry into those matters about which there was general complaint. These were the views of every memlber of the committee including Mr. Green, who declined to sign the' report of the majority, and filed a mi nority report, resting his objection on the round that the investigation was not suf ficiently comprehensive. I call attention to his admissions in the House of Commons, in reDlv to interrogatories propounded to him by Mr. Ferebee, on the coming in of his mi nority renort. Mr. Green then said ho did not mean to say or imply that any thing in the report of the majority was incorrect or improperly set forth--that ho was not at all the meetings of the committee, though he was at most of them that he could not tes tify as to any facts except those investigated when he was present that those were strict ly true and correctly ec't out in the majority report, and ho believed the others to be so; and he believed the subjects which the com- tee attempted to examine received a fair and 1 ..if'.: 11a A. 4 1, cnaA impartial investigation, xio miui ot. that he himself called tne auenuon oi wie committee to, and asked the investigation of some of the subjects that were inquired into and reported on by the majority, as for in stance the contracts for wood-how made when, by whom and the amount. He furth er admitted that it was expressly understood by the committee, when they, first entered on this investigatisn, that they could not ex amine all the affairs of the North Carolina Rail Road Company, and would be necessar ily restricted to the loading and important features of its management, and he further admitted that the objection, en his part, to this partial investigation had arisen since this invest tigation was closed, by the unanimous consent of the committee. " These candid admissions were what was to have been expected of the worthy gentle man who made them, being in strict accor dance with truth. Being thus sustained byevery member of the committee, 1 should not teel called on to reply, and would not rerly, to Mr. Fisher's effusion, in which he rests ma defence on his own unsupported assertions apparently in opposition to mine but really in opposition to every member of the commitcee if it had not been for the attempt of the Speaker of the Senate, and Messrs. Ashe, Lane, Brown, Houston and others, to dignify this comma nicatioaJsy printing it, without reading, by order of tiie Senate. It is not presumable that the Speaker of fered this communication to the Senate, or that Senators advocated the printing of it without having read it. The report of a committee may, with propriety, be printed without reading because the House may properly assume that a committee of its own members will say nothing indecorous and insulting to the body. No such presumption exists as to outsiders. "Whilst the right to petition is secured by the constitution to the citizen it is a right which must be ex ercised in terms respectful to the General Assembly. Any member therefore, who would allow himself to present any comma nicatian, couched in disrespectful terms to the body or any of its members, ought to be censured : consequently, it becomes ne cessary that a member know what he is pre senting. I take it for granted, therefore, that the Speaker who offered, and the Sen ators who advocated the printing ot Mr. Fisher's communication, knew its contents, (for it was presented in printed form) and that they deemed it a document fit to be received and printed. Such does not seem to me to be its character; but there is no ac counting for tastes. Let me proceed to re view it and let a just public judge. A noteable feature which runs through the whole communication is, that it is treat-' ed as my report, and the desperaging and of fensive remarks with which it abounds, are directed at mo alone, which by necessary implication, apply to the other members ot the committee who signed it. It may be that the dominant party in the Senate deem ed such expressions as these applied to me alono, as not affecting the worthy gentlemen of their own party, who, by signing the re port, had concurred in all it contained, and that as I belonged to the minority, 1 was without the pale of the protection of the body fowhich I was a member. Some of these expressions are " The chairman talks about steps necessa ry to coerce the attendance of the President which he very well knows is nonsence, but which may do to impress some as to his con sequence." ' The next count in the chairman's bill of indictment against me, is as to the wood con tracts." " He speaks with manifest ignorance and prejudice." " But what does the Chairman propose ? that the Gen'l Assembly 6hall pass an act to regulate the running ot trains on the North Carolina Railroad, and appoint him for his learned chapter thereon, Superinten dent of transportation on the part of the State." "He had my report, yet ho makes the statement above, when he either kneic or refused to know, which he pleases," &c. " He knows these things, or he is wilfully ignorant." " The chairman shows his ignorance in talking about measurements on a Railroad by disinterested men. " But not satisfied with this, in which he is indulged as harmless nourishing in the way of brief authority, ho applies to the Senate for still further power, this already potential chairman." I quote the foregoing expressions as show ing some of the ingredients in the dish which seems to have been so well adapted to the taste of th e gentleman who urged the print ing of the document without reading. Gen tlemen of the minority, who exhibited their indignation, and thereby arrested the read ing of this communication, are reproached for their disorderly conduct, could any Senator, not having craven spirit, quietly listen to the reading of such a paper ! When tboreadinir is arrested bv the storm of indignation which arose, the lion. . e. Ashe, who had not introduced the communi cation, asks leave to withdraw it. What rea son does he assign for his motion? Ho said that as his "purpose was effected, ho would now withdraw tho communication." What purpose ? 1 can imagine no purpose accom plished, unless it was to offer a Senatorial insult to one of the members of the Senate, lie is President of a Railroad in which the State has stock. Have these Presidents of Railroads become so great, that the repre sentatives of the people dare not look after their money, invested in companies of which they are presidents. It would seem so. Mr. Ashe says it is a bad precedent. Mr. Fisher says that on the 4th of Janua ry, in his reply to my remark, that it was our purpose to make a fair and impartial in vestigation, he said "if this is your sincere lthoup-h much injustice, and much misapprehension might result from a discur- i this as a personal communication, decidedly sive and partial inquiry, and although ii, had j offensive in tone, but laid it before the corn been my intention to "require a regular and I mittee, a majority of whom thought the in complete inquiry, 1 will allow you to proceed ; quiry should have been directed to the Pres in any mode of just investigation; here aroiident; whereupon, under the orders of tho all the papers for your use, and the men to! committee, I made the samo inquiries of the .vriain thom t nroceed as vour Dlease." No i President, in a letter dated Feb. 1st, 159 Riu h arrogant and offensive remarks was .u ;mKitrinr !onl.tas tn niirsjiw - bt as to our sincer- itu : or assuming intrthat the examination was merely permissive on his part, and to be con ducted according to his uotions of what was nrnner. We regarded ourselves as in the excise of ot a right, belonging to the people a a of the State, which right is fully recognised in Mr. Fisher's letter of the 22nd of Decem ber, 1858. On the contrary, at that inter view, his remarks were all courteous and be coming. He next asserts "fi om that night (4th Jan nary) to the close of this examination, when the men and booUs were discharged, no sin gle question haa at any time been asked of me. He admits that he theitftold ns he could not possibly remain in personal attendance, but if his attendance was at any time requir ed, it should be instantly given on his being notified. He dos not deny that he kept away, for a week, t he book-keeper and with out any xplanition He dbes not deny that he Received my letter of the I5th Janu narywritten to him as chairman, every word of which was approved by every member of the committee, in whichhe was requested to attend the committee on 19th January fol lowing. He does not deny that he did not attend on the day designated. He does not deny that he sent, without explanation, for the journal of the Directors, which was in my possession, to be sent '.o Salisbury. He does not pretend that he ever answered my letters of the 15th of January, which I had addressed toh iri, as charman, by order of the committee, but he sets out a letter writ ten to Mr. Drake, which I never saw until I saw it in his communication. Mr. Drake's just sense of decorum prevented him from showing it to me. . Every communication he sent me, as chairman, was annexed to the report. He seerria to have felt there was some humility in his recognizing me as chairman. : He. sets out what he call copies of two letters the one dated Jan. 31, 1859, the, other Feb. 2, 1858 in each of which he professes to address mo as chairman. They are both false copies. The word "chairman" is interpolated. I have the originals. He knew 1 would nct permit him to draw me from the discharge of my official duty into a personal controversy, and seeing no excuse to offer to the public for ignoring my posi tion as chairman, he makes falso copies for the public. Seeing that Mr. Fisher was disposed to take away all the evidence we had, and that he would not regard our summons as to his personal attendance, nor deign an ex- Sanation for disregarding it towards the ast of the week, with the unanimous con currence of the committee, I offered a resolu tion in the Senate, asking for power to send for persons and papers, and to examine wit nesses on oath. This resolution passed both branches of the Assembly, and the omission to exerciso the power as to the president of Road is tho'only error into which I think the committee fell. I received Mr. Fisher's letter to me of the 26th January, set forth in his communica tion. A member of the committee had re quested me to convene the committee on the day before, to enable Mr. F. tD offer, as I un derstood him, ah explanation as to His non attendance, withdrawal of his book-keeper, &.c. 1 replied that this could bo better done by writing that such written explanation could then accompany the report, and there could then be no pretext to impute misrep resentation to mo. To this letter, not ad dressed to me as' chairman, in which ho de clares he had no "explanation" to make, I made.no reply, but I convened the commit tee, submitted the letter to them and as"ked for their instructions. A majority of the committee thought he should bo required to submit his explanation in writing. By a misapprehension of one of the committee, he was introduced and made many remarks, but was distinctly informed that no notice whatever would be taken of anything ho said, if he would not put it in writing that any written commutation he might choose to niako should accompany our report. He refused to make any written communication, and yet indecorously attempts to set forth that conversation, suppressing the most ma terial portion of it. Mr. F. dwells much on this dismissal of tho book-keeper and treasurer on tho 22d January, suppressing tho reservation that they "have leave to remove to the respective oftices, all their books and papers (excepting those in possession of the committee) subject to any further tcall for information which tho committee hiay make on them." Oneot the most important inquiries which we desired to make, was that which related to the financial Condition of ' company, and at one of tho earliest meetings of the commit tee we had made an effort to obtain it. Air. Fisher had kept away his book-keeper and books, so that we could not lind out the lia bilities and resources of the company and on tho return dfjthe book-keeper, he stated that the forth-coming report of Mr. F. would contain this information. On the appearance of the 20tH January report, the resources were set forth as amounting tto $218,248 75 and liabilities, 177,643 39 surplus on hand 41,206 35 We had a We desired to see the detail s. few items. Wc wished to be sure there was i f no error. His previous financial reports had been irrosslv erroneous, ami we wished to see whether the- exhibit would set forth the items we had Obtained. I addressed tho book keeper, on the 26th of January, asking for a "detailed statement of the debts duo to the North CiirUina Railroad Company, spe cifying the name of the individual or. corpo ration" owing each debt; also a list of the debts owing By'; the corporation, specifying to whom and when each debt is duo, bring ing up this sta'tement to the same period to which these accounts were brought in Mr. Fisher's report to the Governor of the State, of the 20th January. No lanswer was re ceived from the book-keeper, but on the 31st January, Mr. lusher addressed me the letter set forth in his communication, in which he uses his favorite declaration, "you have nev er yet proposed-to mo one inquiry br infor 9 - mation : a thoufirh as in mas case, asKing from subordinates of matters of which 1 ! could best have informed yoiu." I regarded i and a farther inquiry for a list of all the debts ot tho company contracted prior , debts of tho company contracted prior to ; 13th July, 1855, and which have been paid since 1st uecemoer, ipoo, une existence oi which was not known to him at the latter period. He refused to furnish these lists. He re fused to appear 'again before tho committee. He dwells much on our not addressing one inquiry to him. 1 Here were two very impor tant ones. The answer to the former would have tested tho accuracy of his figures. If they were accurate would he have deemed it a disparagement to have had the certificate i i n i ,i j.x of" the committee to this effect? Was it offensive that we wanted proof of their accu racy,Nifter the enormous errors (admitted errors) in former reports? or is it moro pro bable tha they were withheld from a con sciousness that his figures were inaccurate ? As to the - secondinquiry, am exhibit of debts contracted prior to the time when he was made President July 13tb, 1855, and which had been paid since December, 1856, the existence of which was not known to him at the latter date according to his official report, it was tho payment of these debts which led to the deplorable djcrepan cies between his own reports. He could not be ignorant that many persons believed such debts were of inconsiderable account, if in fact any such existed. I mean debts made 18 montbjj before,: and not yet,Docember, 1856, known to Mr. Fisher to exist. He had been terribly harrassed with debts-paying 12 per cent, to raise money. Creditors were apt to find debtors, driven to such shifts. Whether be withheld the information, because ho disdained a vindication at tlv hands of the committee, or because ho knewN the facts would confirm the suspicion, 1 know not: but lie was certainly asked important questions and refused to answer them his own communication furnishes the proof of this. As to Mr. Fisher's contradiction of Dr. Mills, it is sufficient for me to say in my vin dication, that Dr. Mills subscribed the report, and I presume that worthy gentleman will hardly deem it necessary to defend himself against Mr. F's imputation upon the truth of his statement which is fully proved by Mr. Fisher's letter of the 2nd Feb., which he publishes. In relation to the loan of 8350,000 he says nothing worthy of note, except the remark in his usual strain, that tho chairman, as to the sinking fund, "is again, mistaken, if." He cites no authority for this ns.sertion. When he would contradict a committee of the Legislature, I submit whether it is alto gether modest for him to expert his ipxe dix it to outweigh theirs, especially after his jep resentations to the Legislature of 1856 and his assertion that the excessive purchases of wood were made before his term of office. He may profit by studying tho moral of .Ksop's fable of tho shepherd boy, who cried wolf, when there was no wolf about. Mr. Fisher's commentary on so much of the majority report as relates to the con tract with John C. McRae ft Co., may be dis posed of in a few words. He doos not denj that by the terms of the contract, "the deci sion of the Chief Engineer was to be final and conclusive as to every question which could arise as to the execution of this con tract. Ho does not pretend that Col. Gwynn refused to perform his duty, lie does not controvert the fatit that the work was badly done, and that the disastrous results followed its imperfect execution set forth in the ma jority report lie does not pretend that the Directors were ignorant that Col. Gwynn disapproved the work, and that with full knowledge of this disapproval, they accepted it and not only paid the contractors the full amount which they would have boon entitled to receive if the work had been well done, but a considerable- extra allowance. He does not denj the fact set forth in Col. Gwynn's letter, that the difficulty with those contrac-1 tors arose from their relusal to obey tho or ders of the engineer nor docs ho deny that this settlement was taken out of the hands of the Engineer, without any request on his part, and that the committee was appointed without consultation with him. What does ho say ? He says "I pledge myself to show that ho" (meaning the chairman) "has mis stated, whether ignorantly or intentionally let the facts show, every transaction and curry statement which his )imkrs," and then proceeds with a page ot pointless verbiage and offen sive allusuions to me, as contradistinguished from the other members of the committee, and showing no fact whatever, except by his own assertion's, and even those assertions not contradicting the facts set -forth in tho majority report. : Ho next proceeds thus "The next count in the chairman's bill of i indictment against mo, is as to the wood con tracts." Why does ho call this my bill of indict ment : Tho fact was, as already shown by what transpired in the House of Commons, between Mr. Ferebee and Mr. Green, upon the coming in of the minority report by the latter, that Mr. Greene proposed this sub ject of investigation. Did Mr. Fisher call it my bill of indictitient because ho wished to bring down on nve the power of the domin ant party, without harming his own politi cal f'riendsrwho were a majority ot the com mtttee ? A sensible public will judije. I deem it here duo to the committee to say we unanimously regarded our duty, as one wholly disconnected with party, and the in vestigation was conducted to ascertain truth without inquiring what were to bo its effects on any party, or any individual, and every member of the committee concurred in the propriety of investigating the subject pro posed by Mr. Greene. Whence arose this inquiry? In Mr. Fishcr.s report to tho Di rectors in July, 1857, having been then two years President of the Road, hn said there was then on hand, wood ot the value of $47, 363.01, which ho represented as enough for three or four years and that "this large surplusage of wood is on tho eastern end, and was delivered under contracts made be fore my term of office" &c. The committee presumed that he had hardly allowed other purchases to be made on the eastern end, when such an excess of wood had been im providently or wantonly bought before his term of office, and consequently wc supposed that alter supplying the wants of the road for two years, there remained still of tins enough were made ready lor you. l erhaps monstrous excess bought """tr his term of you acted discreetly in dodging them, o office," the quantity set forth in his report, i inquired of the book-keeper, who ought to The burthen. oif Mr. Fisher's complaint is, j have had these plans, if there bo any. But that he is singled out for persecution in this the committee did not intimate that Mr. inquiry. Is this complaint just ? Let us.sco. j Fisher planned the town. Does he nu'anjx I need not point out the extreme folly of j arrogate the sovereign control of every thing such a purchase of wood. It was obvious j connected with tho N. C II. R? We sup that whoever made this purchase deserved posed tho Directors ordered the building of public censure. Mr. Fisher, who had been j the town, and we could see no good reason two years president, in a deliberate report to for it. Mr, Fisher has not furnished any. the directors, which was adopted by them,! Ho says tho chairman ''knows that the day and thereby made the report of the Presi- dent and Directors to the Stockholders, had asserted that these contracts were made be fore his term of office," consequently this fault attached to Gov. Morehead's administration. Did I seok to evade it on account of the ap parent probability that its result would in- jure my personal and political friend f Let every member of tho committee testify. At this stage of tho proceeding, no one could suppose that Mr. Fisher would have, made the assertion in this deliberate manner, with out knowing that the facts would sustain the assertion. Wo called for tho written con tracts. It ttlrnod out that all the contracts for the eastern end of the road, which we could find, amounting to 851,265, were made months after.hlr. Fisher's term of office com menced ancl all of this wood was purchased at $1.25 per cord. Tho two purchases made by tho! proceeding administration for 2500 cords of wood, on the western end, were at SI. 50 per coiM- In Mr. Fisher's communica tion he doeslnot question a fact stated in ti e majority report as to wood. How could he ? They were taken from the contracts and his reports; but he changes tho issue. He had said the purchases were made before his term of office. The date of the contracts proved the contrary. In his "communication" he seeks to throw the censure on the chief en gineer, says he "found many cases where I largo contracts had been promised but no written agreement made at the time. Look tdvUie contracts, table No. 6, attached to ma jority roport, from which it will be seen that no large written contract was made before January, 1856, some C months after Mr. Fisher was made president. Let me com mend to Mr Fisher the study of hisapthegm "A crooked pathway (requires circumspect walking." I As to his wmmentary on the majority i e- fiort as to right Of way over Andrews' lot at Jaleigh, the reporVshows that Andrews pur chased the lot, including tho right of dama ges for way over it, ftcr the road was loca ted, for 8250, and that Mr. Fisher has paid him for right of way over this lot 8760 " part. This was done in November and De cember, 1855, and no deed has yet been ta ken. These are the facts reported, and they stand uncontradicted. The- report shows that on the. 8th July, 1852, Gen. Trolingernndertook to do certain work at and; near Haw River, withouXcharye to the.company, from which ho probably ex pected in some way to derive benefit to him self, and that on the 10th April, 1S57, npism his application to the Board of Diroctors stating that tUis work had cost him 81 ,684, and that ho had expended 81,028 in convev- ing water to the place, budding water sta tion, Jfcc, tho Board paid him 2,000. " The report stated that we learned that the water in of little or no valne to the company, being only two miles from Graham station and tour miles from the shops. This passage he misquotes, and then, ir. his usual strain of disrespect to me, (in this caso going out of the way to slur the Treasurer) he says that "this worthless water has, during tho dry summer, been our chief dependence1 for tho running of all our trains." If this bo so, it did not come to our knowledge, ami assu ming it be true, it cost the General, including the water station, 81,02. Was the whole sum of 2,000 paid for it or was part of it a donation ? As to the facts reported in relation to the running of the express train, Mr. Fisher's communication exhibits nothing worthy of notice, excepting certain remarks as lo the chairman, characteristic of Mr. Fisher's tasto and sense of decorum in a doctiincntaddfoss cd to the Speaker of tho Senate. Such as this, "the statement ho," (tho chairman) "gives, as that of the master mechanic, was never giver) by him as its cost, but is tho chairman's Own account made up from sev eral questions to tho mastermechanic," "The chairman cannot comprehend, and this it not his fault how should he? that two trains on a road are not obliged to cost tho double of one train," ie. "His estimates and com parisons, as to the passenger traffic, are in the samo manner erroneous." He. does not venture to point out wherein they are erroneous. Tho accuracy-;of the figures and facts, are proved by his own re ports. The. conclusion deducible from them is irresistablc that that train has cowt much more than it has conic to, independent of the great r'''r ind tmr to tho road and machinery.: 1 f the small increase of tiave), during the panic year arose from this train, whence arose the greater increase in freights? In regard to tho majority reports as to tho shops, ho qotes this passagei2-Wie do not find that Colonel G wy-fTofany other Kn iineer, comiiKendedthiit tho town which must necessar(lygrt)w up around tho shops, for the residence of tho officers, &c, should be built by the railroad company." On this he proceeds to remark. Here is a very plain issue. Tho fact is stated in my report that this "town" was built on plans on file ap proved, adopted and handed to we. lie had my report, ct he makes the statement above, when bo either knew or refused to know which h pleases the facts that the plans and estimates for every building at the com pany shops; except those for the hotel and master of the road, and for the store house of Messrs. John M. Worth & Co., were pre pared under the eye of the chief engineer, Col. Gwynn, and adopted." We called for these alleged plan. None such conM bo produced. We called for Col. Gwynn s re ports as to the shops, and read all that were produced. No such plans were soon by us, but Mr. Fisher had asserted there wore such plans, cc, and tu refore the eluiirmav Lxnr or refused to know. Didn't Mr. Fisher assert that all that surplasage of wood was Uiught before, hi term of office? M r Fisher should read and study that moral. But I. suppose he will say, why didn't you ask me?- I could have host informed you. Because you would not come, when asked to come, and brcause you would pot answer questions when inter rogated. Had you appeared before the com mittee when asked to appear, mixtions work of Dudley & Ashley, which he publishes at length, was done under contract made by Colonel Gwynn. Ho knows that the day and "job" work of Jas. G. Moore, which lie pub lishes at length, was done under contract made by Col. Gwynn." I know no such thing. Col. Gwynn tendered his resignation