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I- 1 r - - ft ' " on the 10th of January, 18o6. The "day work done tip to the 1st of June, 1856 by Dudlev & Ashley amounts to, $1,459 90 "Work done by day, up to close of 1850" 4,505 3 56,015 23 Ti.; inken from the account of Dudley & Ashley, placed to their credit by order of Mr. Fisher, on the "Jlst pee. i.-, i an iu chairman knows, and all he could find out. An exact copy of these accounts as settled tetng set forth such' inferences to be drawn from them as the facts might warrant, with our i.'ommentarv only as to First. The statement of the Treasurer and "book-keeper, "that the writen contracts nn der which thKwork was done, if any exist, are not on file with them." Secondly- Most of them are without date, and one oY them contains items lor work done by the day, in ihe year 150, amount ing to more than $0000. Thirdly. The credit for ail, these bills are entered on the books, L' 1st Dec. 15, by or der of the president, who appears to have passed on them without any estimate byany disinterested party competent to make it." Mr Fisher's tirade impeaches none of these facts. I ' suppose the President of the road is not the custodian of its records. We in quire for tho contracts of the officers, who shotildjiave had them if any exist. Mr. Fisherwotild not appear before us when ask ed to do so, or he would have been asked whether any such contracts existed, and many other questions which he would proba bly have refused to answer. It is not true as stated by Mr. Fisher, that the chairman "wholy forgets that the chief engineer was in office till Jan. 10th, 1S5G" and it is equally untrue that Moore's esti mates are "set lourth as enormously extrava gant." The aecount is set forth and no re mark is made as to its extravagance. The facts being truly set forth, we left tho (Jen eral Assembly and the public to judge. 1 n relation to the hotel, the report set forth a copy of the resolution of the directors, or dering the erection of a hotel, to cost not ex ceeding $SO00. We state that it was a brick building; and wo set forth a copy ot tlie car- i lenter'. hill for work on it, not including umber, amounting to 0,711.08. We saw by this resolution of the Directors that a com mittee, consisting of Mr. Fries and others, were, by the resolution, associated with the 1 ircsrdent to carry out this resolution Mr. Vies beinr a member of tho Legislature, was asked by us, not what the president rep resents us as asking, but why a building was erected easting so much more than the amount i limited by the directors. We did not undertake to decide whetherthc hotel was too large or too ..small. We found the Directors had decided hoic much shmld be expended in its erection ; uind from what wo could learn, one had been built coaling, as we believed, full twice as fntich. if they had prescribed a plan the ex ecution of which required twice tho amount of their limit, we should blame them for the absurdity. We said nothing as to its being loo large or too small, and Mr. Fisher there fore, had no reasonable pretext for lugging before the (ieneral Assembly the opinion of the excellent hostess, as to its not being large enough. His remarkrwarrcnt the inference, that the country front Columbia to (Joldsbo ro' is a desolated desert, with nothing on the way to "refresh the physical exhaustion of the tired traveler." The rest of his obser vations are mere assertions the same strain f vituperation which abounds every where. As to station agents, he says "'I he chair man states three cases where station agents are in default and mis-states all of them. The one at (.oldsl.oro' will be only a little jnore than two thousand not over fivo thous and as tie represents. V,tl be! Will be wlu-n' We gave the figures furnished us by the proper officer. If he made any mis lake which is improbable why impute it to me '! We were stating them existing facts - not what the balance, re HI be at some, future period. He" says "The one at Sinithfield was an ap pointment of a former term and the loss was owing to uncollected freights at his death." In what is this at variance with tho report? We did not state when he was appointed. It may be that this agent was appointed du ring n former term. 1 have not the means hero oj determining, i should not be surprised if it turns out like the wood, bought before his "term of; office." - As to the third case, he, of course, says "the chairman made ah untrue and incorrect statement."' He had introduced the subject by saying the chairman had mis-stated all of them. This must be impressed, and is reiter ated when he reached the third one. Any one who will take the trouble, will see that he mis-states the report, and shows nothing wherein the report was incorrect, excepting a to his own misrecital and winds up, "I . neitheir expect nor propose that the road shall lose this." in the conclusion of Mr. Fisher's commu nication ho says : "I have been arraigned bclore this (ieneral Assembly on the charge of incompetent management of tho work en trusted to my hands, and a proposal was made by -my enemies to proceed upon an in vestigation." Who made the proposal ? 1 otlere'd the resolution of inquiry. Does he mean to magnify me into "enemies'" if he means that was his enemy, he is greatly mistaken, ljbad never had any transaction or eorrespjtMidence or intercourse with him. I entertained not an unkind thought against him. ami be would find it difficult to imagine any motive I could have to injure him. He adds. ."let it be carefully noted, 1st. The charter of this corporation gives no authori ty to the Legislature to make any such in quisition," c. "i might have said to the proposal to examine, made by those whom 1 might have suspected did not intend to ex- amyie tully and fairly. ou are exceeding . your jurisdiction, the charter gives you no Mien aiunoriiy, look to the reports of the -laie n men, it you wish to sec its condition. in ins letter to .Mr. iW-ake he says the chairman "moved in tho Senate an investi gation Without warrant of law, in his onin Hn,"tv.et -Now this is an untrc assertion. entertained no doubt but that the people, through their representatives, had a right to investigate the management of a corpora tion, three fourths of the stock of which was ll.. irs. The Legislature which adopted my resolution unanimously must have thought .-h i uiu noi uunK, and no member of the Legislature could have thought, this exami nation was asked as a fa cor of the President, or they would noi have unanimonsly author ized tho committee to send for persons and papers and to examine witnesses on oath, in Mr. Fisher's letter of the 22nd lecei)iber,hc distinctly admits it, without restriction or limitation, in these words: "al though, as you remark, our charter does not authorisesuch an investigation in terms, yet as a Stale work, this right must belong" to tiie sovereign power and mont clearly may be and ought to be excise.d at its pleasure''" So thought and home. 1 did not feel that he was at liberty to withdraw his book-keep, er and books at pleaso.ro and to answer or refuse to answer at pleasure. ! I felt that this right belonging to the sovereign power, was for thetime vested in the committee of which J was a member. Hence the committee, or as Mr. r isher prefers to express it, the chair- man, .mien speaKing about "Steps necessary to coerce the attendance of the President did not know, as Mr. F. gays he did, that what he said was "nonsense," nor did he or S ...... , . , .- . . zLJL---mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm i ' mmmmMm Mill I - - . i : I . is, ii tho committee feel that this expression, "might do to impress some with his conse quence." . The review of the President's official reports made by the committee, proves, that it his statements, in his report ot July, 1H50, and his memorial to the Legislature in the win ter of 1856-57 had been true, there ought not to bo a surplus in the Treasury exeoeding 8300.000. instead of $41,205 36 as stated in his report of Jan. 20th, 1859. This review he does not deem of sufficient importance to warrant a reply. His allegation that the investigation was conducted by me only to atraign and cen sure his conduct, is without color of truth. The investigation as to the wood, it his state ment had been true, would have brought censure on somebody before, his term of of fice. The remark is an insult to every mem ber of the committee, including Mr. (Jreen, who frankly and honorably admitted, on the coming in of his minority report, every thing necessary to the vindication of his as sociates. Speaking of the chairman, he says; "He commences by proposing in his place a pro ceeding not warranted by the act of incorpo ration, as he states in his first letter to me." Now, that letter was signed by each mem ber of tho committee. It did not state that the proceeding was not warranted by the act of incorporation, but alluded to the fact that it contained no specific provision to this effect that Mr. V. might raise the issue, if he thought proper, as to tho, jurisdiction of the Legislature. I never doubted the power of the Legislature. The remark, pointed at? me only, points also to the .whole dcneral Assembly which unanimously adopted my resolution and authorized the committee to send for persons and papers and examine them on, oath. He sa-s, I proposed, in the midst of my duties as a legislator, for a few weeks to un dertake tho Herculean labor Ot investigating the artairs of a large corporation through nine years of its existence "an absurd im possibility," &c. If my proposition had contemplated ta king up each item each -voucher each transaction, and investigating it which it did not then it would have been absurd ; but in pronouncing my proposition absurd, after its unanimous adoption by both bran ches of the Assembly, thisepithet applies to every member of the Assembly, Nobody but Mr. F. ever thought of the course of investi gation which he wished to dictate to the com mittee, the adoption of which he knew would accomplish the purpose which, with profes sions to the contrary, he steadily pursued throughout to wit : rendering the investi gation futile. Actions speak louder than words. Hear him : "Being allowed by courtesy of its authorities to proceed as he pleases in this adventure, he rapidly grows arrogant; takes the papers and books into possession, ami tho men into custody; grants leave of absence and orders attendance at his pleas ure. But, not satisfied with this, in which he is indulged as harmless flourishing in the way of "brief authority," he applies to the Senate for still further authority this al ready potential chairman to send for per sons and papers and to examine under oath, although he had, Sir, I pray you to mark, all he required of both, which we could give, freely subject to his commands." Now, Mr F. admits he kept away his book-keeper and books, not designing to make any "explanation" to tho committee. He admits he did not attend the committee on the two last accasious when asked to do so, and on the last occasion ho refuse!- to a pear. It seems to me that he is of non-sane memory. He asks, "Is a single inaccuracy or mis statement shown in my reports' Not one." Another evidence of a sad defect of memory. He stated that the vast excess of wood was purchased beore his term of office. This was untrue. It was a mis-statement by which he excused his own administration, and slan dered that of his predecessor. H is report of ls.")t represented that 8:50,000 would pay the debts of the Company, finish all construc tions, (ic. so that the future earnings would be dividends. The 8350,000 was supplied by loans. His subsequent reports show net earnings to the amount of 8400,61.67, and yet there has been no dividend. ; He sets out in his report extraordinary, that the not sur plus, 1st January, 1S59, was 841,205.36 as to which wo know that $27,665,25 consisted of unpaid stock, worth very little ; and as to he resources and liabilities set forth, he re fuses to exhibit the details from which re fusal, and his habitual inaccury, credulity it self must draw the inference that this report would not bear scrutiny. JONATHAN '.WORTH. EXCESSIVELY CRUEL. A few days ago the Standard, in reply to a suggestion by the Wilmington Journal of the name of Senator Hammond, of South Carolina, among others, as suitable persons for the nomination of the Democratic party for the Presidency, objected to Senator 11., saying that on account of a speech delivered by him in tho Senate some year or so ao, in which he spoke of the Northern working men as "white slaves," he would not be able to command tho support of a single Northern State. In tho same article, the Standard took occasion to suggest the names of several others, among them Senator Johnson, of Ten nessee, lauding him to the skies' on account of his having once been a "poor tai'or," kc. The Journal, in reply, spoke of Johnston as a "demagogue," and very plainly told the Standard that it would not support such a man as him. The Standard reioined in long and elaborate article, in which it affect ed great sympathy for the working man. Ihe Journal comes back at the Standard in an article full of cruel satire. We quote : " There is no reason on earth why Andrew Johnson should be any the worse or any tlu) better for having been a tailor, orbein-'a tai- ior now. u has altcvys appeared to us, that there is no greater pride than in that nwk humility that is constantly referingto its humble origin, and eon trusting it with its present position. If it were not pround of that, position if it did not set a high value upon it didnotregard itas some thing very superior indeed to that in which it started, it would not be always exhibiting such a fidgety self consciousness. I t would not always be, in effect, 6aying -See how 1 have risen. I was once only a working-man ; now look at me ; I am a big man now ; I am a Si natnr," or something of the kind. This sort ot thing we depise." Now, when it is remembered that Citizen Holden occasionally refers to his', "humble origin," and that he was but a short while since an unsuccessful aspirant for the post of 1'. S. Senator, it will strike the reader that the parts of the extract from the Jour nal, which we have italicized, are intended as homethrusts at our neighbor, and Wo insist that it is excessively cruel in the Journal to be so satirical on Citizen IfnlHr-n Further on in the same article, the Jour nal says : " The Standard asks us how w-a Af,. Buchanan's specifies and h is Pflfifin t?-n'l 1 no slightest reference to onr onlnmna t,-;n I show that we don't like them at all, and have been prompt and decided in tho ot our dislike, .accompanying our publication ot jur. Uuchanan's message with tho expres sion ol our dissent from some of its recom- mendations.' Tie wish that all our Democrat ic cotemporarie Itad been equaUg -prompt and decided." ' , , The last sentence is evidently intended for Citizen Ilolden, and he deserves it, for he is always particularly dumb On any subject of public interest while he thinks there is the least danger of jeopardizing bis private in tMMt! but when there is no danger, be is as bold as a lion. So we say to the Journal, hit him again, and make htm speak oat on "Mr. Buchanan's spececifies, and his Pacific Railroad. Raleigh Kegisccr. THE ITEXT COUGBESS. Twenty two members of the Senate go out ; ten of them have been re-eletcd : the places of nine will be filled with new mem- hers, and three vacancies are yet unniieo. 35th Congress. 36th Congress. Democrats, 16 Democrats, 13 liepublicans 3 Republicans, 6 Americans, 3 Vacancies, 2 The old Senate, which has closed its la bors, stood ; Democrats, 40 Opposition, 26 The new Senate stands as follows, when the vacancies are filled, giving an Opposition Senator to New Jersey, and Democrats to Minnesota and Oregon : Democrats, 29 Opposition, 27 The New House of Repersentatives, when full, will comprise 237 members, including two from Minnesota and one from Oregon. As yet only 150 have been elected, leaving 80 yet to bo chosen. In this body parties will be close, and it is not probable that eith er of them will have a decided majority. According to present appearances, half a do zen "South Americans, if there should be so many, will hold the balance of power. On some topics thc-y will go with the Democrats, on others with the Republicans. SUPREME COURT. Opinions in the following cases have been delivered since our last report: By Peabsox, C. J. In Hines v Latham, from Chowan, reversing the judgment. Al so, in Aycock v Wilmington &;Ilaleigh Rail road Company, affirming the judgment. Al so, in doo ex dem Sea well, from Wake, affirm ing the judgment. Also, in Whitney v 31ur phy, in equity from New Hanover, motion refused. Also, in Gray v Winkler, in equity from Wilkes, declaring that the defendant can make a good title in fee simple, Also, in Pinkston v Young, in equity, from David son. By Battle, J. In Deans v Jones, from Chowan judgment reversed and venire de novo. Also, in Craige v Amanda Neely,' from Rowan, order reversed. Also, in Lamb v Pigford, in equity from New Hanover, confirming the report. Also, in Williams v Smith, in equity, from Martin. Also, in Jones v McRay, from Alamance, judgement reversed and venire de novo. Also, in doe ex dem Pierce v Wannett, from New Han over, judgment reversed and venire de novo. B- Rt t'Fix, J. In doe ex dem Ward v Willis, from Cateret, affirming the judgment. Also, in Parker v Davis, in equity, from Stanly, affirmed in part, with directions, ic. Also, in Parker v Swain, in equity, from Guilford, declaring that the demurrer ought to be sustained. Also, in McRary v Fries, in equity, from Davidson, declaring the plain tiff entitled to an account. From "Washington. Wash-inciton. March 22. The Administra tion has decided against calling an extra ses sion of Contrress. The mail Contractors' accounts will, as us-ua-l,pass through all the forms, the Treasu ry Department issuing warrants for tho same ; and upon these money can be raised by loans. Holt, the Postmaster General, thinks Government should pay interest upon these warrants, all deficiencies up to the end of December will be paid before the last of May. A New Plaxk in the Democrtic Plat form. At a Democratic Convention held in Summer county, Tennesseo, a short time since the following new plank was inserted in the Democratic Platform : Whereas, we have in this community a secret order known as Odd Fellows, who have monopolized to themselves an undue proportion of office, and done other acts and things inconsistent with the principle of the democratic party, and supposing the same to he the case elsewhere, therefore, be it llesolced, That as democrats we cannot consistently vote for a candidate for office who belongs to a secret order, be ho Know Nothing, Plug Ugly, Odd Fellow, or what not. Arkansas Free Neoro Bill. The Little Rock Gazette referring to the bill passed by the Legislature of Arkansas to expel free negroes from the State says : They have until January 1860 to dispose of their property and make other arrange ments for leaving. If they do not go then it is made the duty of sheriffs, to seize them and hire them out to the highest bider for one year, giving them the net proceeds of ineir moor to enable them to leave the State. The bill provides that such free negroes as desire to remain, may choose masters the county, court having them appraised and the master or mistress they have chosen paying half their value into the common school fund of the county. Death of Hon. Mike Walsh New York March 17th. The body of Hon. Mike WalshJ formerly a representative in Congress from this city, and an active politician, was found, this morning, in the area of a building on th Avenue. At first, it was supposed that he had been robbed and murdered, but evi dence which subsequently came to light, led to the conclusion that he met his death by falling and breaking his neck. He was an active and prominent member of the Arizo na Emigration Society. Importaxt Poad. Congress having ap propriated 8170,000 to enable Lieutanant Muller to continue the establishment of a military road from Fort Walla Walla, on the Columbia river, to Fort Benton, on the Mis souri river, he has left for the scene of his labours. Tho road will pass through a wild and hitherto unexplored region, and when completed will prove great advantage to the immigration to Oregon and Washington. For Pike's Peak. A German recently ar rived at St. Louis, on the way to Pike's Peak having travelled thus. far from his house in Pennsylvania on foot. In reply to some in quiries about his undertaking a pedcrstrain journey of such length, he said he had not much money and "didn t think it was so far." The Delaware Lotteries. The Metho dists Delawaro have refused the aid whichx the Legislature had granted them of $4000 towards the building of a church, because the money is to be raised by lottery. They refuse to be parties in any such gambling operation. Locusts. Mr. G. B. Smith of Baltimore. predicts the appearance of locusts the com ing spring, in Virginia, Maryland, North Car olina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Mississippi. They belong to the tribe of thirteen and seventeen years' locusts. i - FRIDAY, : : i : : : : : MARCH 25, 1S59. INDUCEMENTS TO; CLUBBING At an inducement to our fKtnds to Interest then eeHres in extending the circulation of oar paper, for every six new ubseriMn, we mil tend the gerentn Titis: that is, for 41200 in advance, we will furnish Keren copies of the paper for one year. Who will send us the largest club at these rate T THE END. We this week close oar say and take oar leave of the North Carolina Bail Boad and its officials. We also publish some comma nications, and shall continue to do so, should amy be handed in on either side. What we have said has been dictated by a sincere de sire to benefit the State and the Stockholders of the road ; if however, either the Presi dent or any member of the Directory or Fi nance Committee will "insist upon being in sulted," wo hereby give notice that we will attend at the Greensboro' Station, early on Monday morning next, and will "Btop long enough" to give any satisfaction that may be required ; or, if the President and Di rectors will give us a free ticket on the road for the next 12 months, we will attend at any time and place designated on the road during that time, asking only the privilege of a common road hand three days notice, and to be informed what tools to bring. THE CONCLUSION OP THE WHOLE MATTER. Having fairly and fully laid Tefore our readers all the facts on the interesting ques tion of the management and financial condi tion of the North Carolina Rail Boad, we this week publish the rejoinder of Mr. Worth to Mr. Fisher's reply to the report of the in vestigating committee. As soon as we can find room, we will publish Mr. Turner's card. And now with a few comments of our own, we shall close this quostjxm for the present, and will again treat our readers .with our usual variety. In tho first place then, we think the facts as disclosed, have clearly shown that tho present directory have been very inefficient, and that so far from having faithfully dis charged their duties to tho State and the Stockholders, they have been guilty of the grossest neglect, and that there is not one of them who, at this time, either knows any thing of tho condition of the road, or has ever taken the trouble to inform himself; and that the largo amount paid out for the mileage of tho directory, so far from having been any advantage to the road has been an unnecessary and useless expenditure. In the second place, we think it has been clearly demonstrated that lawyers, judges, and politicians, so long as they continue to follow their professions, are entirely unfit to be directors of the road, however great their ability, or whatever may be their qualifica tions in other respects. In the third place, we think no one, from a calm and impartial review of the facts, can fail to come to the conclusion that through the culpable and wilful neglect of the direc tory, and the stubborness, arrogancy, and incompetency of the President, the road has been most shamefully managed and that the financial affairs of the company aro now in a most deplorable condition. In the fourth place, from a careful perusal of the three annual reports of Mr. Fisher to the Stockholders, his report1 of January 20th to the Govornor, and comparing said reports with each other, and also with the report of the investigating committee, it must bo evi dent to every candid mind that no reliance can be placed upon any showing, heretofore made by Mr. Fisher, of the condition of the road; that there has been a studied effort to mislead and decieve, and that through the carelessness and neglect of the directory and the finance committee, Mr. Fisher has been enabled to palm off upon the Stockholders and the public, false and deceptive reports And, indeed, so clearly is this apparent that we know not which most to condemn, the duplicity of the Presideni, or the culpa ble and unwarrantable neglect of tho Di rectory and finance Committee. In the fifth place, the Directory having so long, either through neglect, carelessness, fear, or survile truculency, to the arrogant and overbearing disposition of the President, permitted him to exercise his authority un controlled, he, Mr. Fisher, has become puff ed up with a vain conceit of his imaginary greatness, and is not now willing to submit to any check or restraint to 'his unaccounta ble arrogance, and takes upon himself to in sult gentlemen in the discharge of their pub lic duties, and upon his own ipse dixit to brand with falsehood a number ot honorable gentlemen, and whose characters heretofore stood above reproach. In the sixth place, it is apparent that the zeal with which Mr. Fisher at first pretend ed to enter upon this examination was all feigned, and that his report of the 20th, was intended to mislead and to pro-judge the case ; but finding that his efforts were abortive, and that he had to deal with men of princi ple, and who were determined to do their duty, he has now resorted to the dispieable shift of endeavoring to slander and blacken their characters. In the seventh place, no one can fail to percievo that Mr. Fisher, well knowing that his own unsupported assertions could not stand against the verdict of so many honor able men as those composing the committee, has resorted to the never failing remedy of the demagogue, the cry of persecution andfat appeals to party Having now as we said above, laid all the facts before the public, and having thus drawn our conclusions, we now shall take our leave of this subjeet, so far as the fight between Mr. Fisher and his adversaries is concerned, unless something which we can not now foresee, should make it necessary for us to recur to it again. If in anything we have said, we have done either Mr. Fisher, or the Directory injustice, it will afford ns pleasure when satisfied of the fact, to make amends. And we i will here say, that in speaking of the Directors and Finance Com mittell we have epoken of them as a 3 body. Ti V . ll.l Ijiji'llj''!.1!,! xb uiayj ue iu numc incuviuuais 01 tuese DOU- ies may have honestly tried to do their duty. 11 sucjris the fact however, it has not, come to ou? knowledge. And if such is the case and sujch individuals will furnish us tho proof;ojf having discharged their duties, we will so say tnrough the columns of our paper or publish for them anything they may sec propet'to write. A CHANGE OP ADMINISTRATION. Mr; Fisher and Lis friends, with the view of exciting party prejudice and arousing party; tfpirit, are laboring hard to make the impression that the investigation of the fi nancial condition and management of the North Carolina Kaalroad, was set on foot with tlie view of taking the management of the road out of the hands of the Democracy and placing it in the charge of a Whig Pres ident; and that they may the better succeed in this, they have endeavored to heap all the odium possible, on t!he town of Greensboro' and the county of Guilford. It is a noticeable fact, that whenever the democracy wish to render; any measure odious to their party, every effort is made to make the impression that ii has had its origin in, and is intended for the benefit of Guilford. That such is the case we are not surprised, as there is no county in the State which has stood as firm, and which has, under all circumstances, how ever hopeless, maintained tho integrity of Whig principles, and rolled back the waves of the rninous and destructive policy of Lo- cofocoism. We must confess, however, that we have often been surprised and indeed mortified, that many professing to be good Whigsj have for sectional purposes, availed themselves of this known prejudice of the democracy towards Guilford, and for the pur pose of defeating or carrying certain meas ures, joined in with tho Locos, in their in sane and ridiculous cry against one of the firmest and strongest Whig Counties of the State. And it is no less surprising that these same sectional Whigs who are ready to coa lesce with the democracy on certain occa sions, in their denunciations of Guilford and Guilford men, are always in all popular elec- ions, the foremost in calling upon Guilford county and Guilford men, to come to the res cue. And, although it might be a matter of surprisc;to others, that under such circum stances, the Whigs of Guilford should al ways so readily answer when the trumpet sounds the charge to battle, yet to us, who know the firmness and patriotism of the Guilford Whigs,.it is no matter of astonish ment, although it is a source of deep regret, that the self-sacrificing spirit and the devo tion of such Whigs, have only heretofore met with the reproaches of their friends as well as Called down tho bitterest maledic tion of their enemies. However much Guil ford may havo been disposed to stand for her own rights, it can never be brought against her as a reproach, that sho has thrown her interests in the way of tho Whig party, or that she has suffered any selfish petty policy, to interfere with what she con sidered the best interests of the State. That this is so, we need only to refer to our Le islative records, where tho votes of our More head's, our Gilmer's, Gorrell's, Caldwell's, and othjers are recorded. We have been lead to the above reflections from the fact, that the Standard and other lesser lights of the democracy, for the pur pose of sustaining Mr. Fisher in his appeals to party, have endeavored to create an odium against Guilford, by falsely charging that the investigation was brought about and "engi neered" by a clique in Greensboro'. That such a charge is unjust and false, none know better than those who make it- That the Stockholders of the road in Guilford, desiro to seo Mr. Fisher removed from the Prcsi dsncy is true. But that they desire to see him removed because he is a democrat, or that they desire to have his place filled by a Whig is not true. The Whigs of Guilford have no disposition in the world, to relieve the democracy, and to assume the responsi bility of tho road in its present condition. As Stockholders to a largo amount, and deeply interested in itho road, the Whigs cf Guilford, together with many of their demo cratic friends, desire to seo Mr. Fisher re moved, becauso they honestly and sincerely believe tbat he is incompetent, and that un der his management, the stoc k has deprecia ted and has' become almost worthless. We know, and we speak advisedly, when we say that therq is no hostility in Guilford county to Mr. Figher as a man, nor is there any de sire to remove him on political grounds, but that there is an almost universal impression that he s incompetent and unfit for the place. And in this connection, we would say, thatall that we have ever said concern ing Mr. Fisher, has been dictated by a sin cere desire to benefit tho State and the stock holders, and not through any partizan feeling- That the road was originally built by Whigs, with the aid of a few patriotic demo crats, is true; and it is also true that the management of tho road was taken from the Whigs, who had invested their money, and who felt' a deep interest in it. It is also true, that the Whigs were deprived of the ananagement of the rond against their will ; but that they desire to take it again, in its deplorable condition, is a groat mistake. When we. say this, we know what we say, and speak advisedly, so far as Guilford conn ty is concerned. The stockholders of Guil ford do not desiro a Whig President, nor would wO desire any friend of ours, either Whig or Democrat, to take the Presidency this time, and thus be placed in a position to incur all the odium which will necessarily arise from the mismanagement of the pres ent administration. That we aro sincere in what we say, we wsih it to be distinctly understood, and we speak advisedly, that at the next annual meeting of the stockholders, Guilford county will be "out of the ring" so far as having a candidate for tho directory. The citizens of Guilford are tired of hearing the everlasting cry of the Greensboro' and Guilford county influence and interest; and while they shall, as heretofore, take a deep interest in the road, yet, as to the directory, they vrah their hands of it, so far as haying a member of the board from Guilford. And we again speak advisedly, when we say that the large body of stockholders from Guilford would take it as a favor of Governor Ellis, that in appointing the Directors for the State, that he would not select one from Guilford ; and if the Governor will grant this smalt and reasonable request, He will not soon be troub led again for any farther favors, to this sec tion. Let the stockholders of the other counties then bring forward the names of some good and true men, we care not whether they are Whig or Democrats, all that the stockholders of Guilford will ask, is that in surrendering up any claim they may have for a director that a due regard may be paid to their wishes in proportion to their interests. Guilford county has almost qver since tho company was organized, had a director from the stock holders as well as a State director, and if there is any advantage in having these directors sho is willinir to share it with her sister . 0 counties. There is a large amount of stock in Davidson county, and as far as we are in formed, there has never as yet, been a di rector ! from that county, chosen from the stockholders since the State came in. It is we think, due to Davidson, to have a hear ing at the next annual meeting. Let then Davidson bring forward her man, either "Whig or Democrat, and if she can, with the aid of Guilford elect him, she shall not be disappointed V- TRINITY COLLEGE. We sometimes listen to tho complaints o those,who, in great kindness to us, are at the trouble of giving without any charge therefor, advice as to what we ought to ad mit, and what exclude from our columns and then again we pay no attention to such gratuitous and disinterested meddling. Having learned, however, that a certain communication in our last issue, in regard to the change of the name of Normal to Trin ity College, has caused some of the friendis o that institution to conclude that we aro faos tile to it, and disposed to throw obstacles in the way of its prosperity, we think it due to ourselves to say that this is altogether an erroneous idea. Whon it is considered that Triuity is a methodist institution, and that the Senior editor of the Patriot is a member of tho Methodist Church, wo presume, that it is unnecessary to say anything more in answer to this charge. The truth is, the Pa triot has obtained such an extensive circula tion, and the editors deal so fairly with those who engage in a war of words, by givin both sides, that it is becoming tho medium of conducting exciting and interesting con troversies on a great variety of subjects.. And we now state once for all, that while nothing of a low, bitter, or personal charac ter shall offend our readers, our columns are open for short and well written commu nications on all subjects whatever; and, as our schools and colleges are continually poff ed through the papers, we hold that they are also the proper subjects of criticism. We are free to say that so far from regard ing Trinity College with dislike, it has our best wishes. It is fast taking a high stand among the literary institutions of the day, and we hope will continue to flourish and prosper until it fulfills the most sanguine hopes and expectations of those who have its interests so much at heart. There is such a thing as being too sensi tive. All such should remember, that there is no better sign of merit, in any person "or thing, than that tho invidious are provoked to vent their spleen in taunts and sneers. If Trinity College is founded upon right principles, and is worthy of patronage, such sneers, so far from injuring will only redound to its benefit. And in conclusion wo would say, that he who desires to know the senti ments of an editor must not seek to find them in the communications which appear in his paper. A SURE SIGN. That the Standard and other democratic papers, both great and small, tho professed friends of Mr. Fisher, are conscious that Mr. Fisher has been fully exposed, and that his acts will not bear inspection, is evident, lrom the fact, that not one of them will publish the report of the committee, or Mr. Menden- hall's card to the public. While many of the Whig papers, with the view of letting tho people have light, have published both sides, these same democratic papers have re fused to publish anything except Mr. Fisher's abusive articles. There is no surer sign than such a course, that they feel that a full ex posure would prevent Mr. Fisher from get ting up party in his defence. The Salisbury Banner publishes an offen sive articlo from Mr. Fisher, reflecting on Mr. Mendenhall. Mr. Mendenhall replies and asks as a matter of justice, that tho Ban ner would publish his article. Tho Banner says that it did not come to hand in time and yet, the same number ol tho Banner contains a reply to it from Fisher. The Newberne Daily Progress, although profess ing to be neutral, publishes Mr. Fisher's re ply, with some very unjust comments on Mr. Mendenhall, and has not the magnanimity to to publish Mr. Mendenhall's card. As Mr. Fisher said, the "world is wise enough in good sense," to come to a proper and correct conclusion, from such a little and unfair course. . -"' THE PROGRESS. Our correspondent as will be seen from his communication, is anxious to know whether or not the editor of the Progress is the same as Professor Pennington, the renowned Psy chologist. We can't answer the question. The Senior editor is absent, and we the Jun ior, did not reside in Greensboro' in 1853 when the Professor was in these parts. And j although the Professor seems to havo great renown, wo are compelled to expose our ig norance by saying that we never heard of him until wo read the aforesaid communica tion. Our correspondent, we presume, had never seen the enlarged Weekly Progress, which has made its appearance, and is a very neatly printed paper and Of respeetahi 4;. ttiensions. MR. GILMER. Some two weeks ago the1 Winston k(. el contained a very uncalled for and rticletipon Mr. Gilmer; the object of ;v ras to make the impressing that 1,0 ', Gilmer had heretofore co-operated wi j, , Black liepublicans of the North. . f sidored any attempt, howevier insi.;; . miiL-n tlifi nnnnlfl of North Cnrnlm-i i . rr.-- - that Mr. Gilmer, a large slavelio,jur - a l v l t ts-fcl it inrtia m ... . i IdllUlUrCU VY nil ttuwiinviiniiii, JJlUTlif malicious that wo did ; not deem tide worthy of notice. We ohs.?rv us "e in ,i last Sentinel a very polite, note from UUmor to tho editors, repelling tho (fiar brought against Jiim. The Sentinel's cot iliCU to Vi emu J V V j-V III IV. v 1 1 1 Jj (P . What might bo expected from those m1j T party purposes make charges which ttu i J- themselves do not oeiieve. instead of ing the magnanimity to do Mr. (iilnuT tice, the Sentinel whilo professing to Lari great personal regard for him, insidi0u attempts to mako the impression that Gilmer had deserted the South an l ;,,;r,ff in with the enemies of our Southern inty tions. Satisfied that no one, not ty,.,, ,j 1 editors themselves, beleive such :i c!a,f. wo shall not now, nor hereafter, trouble f;'f pelves with showing its ialsitv. lheelon. next August will show in what lit )jt. Gilmer s course is regarded at noine. iurfr,,, (ho signs of the times, and from what and hear every day, we are satislied that . no has ever endeared himself to his cons; uents moro than has Mr. Gilmer, and thati Will be again triumphantly elected, cannot bo tho least doubt. - THE SATANIC PARTY IN POLITICS As litter respect or regard as we have ;',, the New York Herald, yet we cannot ilt-rL that it sometimes contains some good tim n and such as are worthy of much coni,,. !1 tion. The Herald of the U'th iiist, VI! the above head has a lout i r fill 1 1 n a , in which itsays that "the Kansan agiiati ' " has done its worst it i exhausted ;'' tl,a:! wo hear no moro of "bleeding Kansas ;' thj- tlie Kansas experiment has placed TYaiisv: ?' tho occupation of the "most intensely ar, slavery population in the Union." 1;, Herald further says : F " On the other hand, the Southern ultra j,f.-'.1.r. J leader? of the democratic party have brought flK'm-e,E to th:it pass ot ft counter fanaticism which ii ns iy:hi. ed them rather desirous of precipitating than ot u ur ine; a dissolution of the Union. Tims S-warl siL Toombs play into each other's hands ; :ml ihr? fween the nigger-worshippers of the North niiii v i'' nigger-drivers of the South, we nianv seriously i.;;r;p -lc.' upon a political nt niggle in lKi',0 which will ; r:n-i - K: , , upoa the rock? of disunion, unless 8iivvl tlimujrn ij. timely intervention of ft new constitutional au l luiiv-u party. Again the Herald continues ami denouncing tlie present movements of t: Black liepublicans, makes the-fQlIowinjas: remarks : - " We denounce this new black republicans m, roent in the slavery agitation us treasonable, iliak.i ana revolutionary, ivigiu or wrong, wie ouiiini ;i stitution of slavery is there, and any violent or inr-r- diary effort to uproot ii can only result in t h- i fearful disasters to both races. ' Slavery is a loca; stitution, ana asocial ana aomcstic institution, wi. . grj( we of the North are under the inoM solemn treaty jnd uimious to respect ai au tune., auu even 10 pro - wnen necessary, now uespcrate ana mianums, iiin, must be these Northern Sewnrd politicians, who. rj(, lss of constitutional obligations, good fellowr-lu; ajid the decencies of neighborly and social inieivu:-r Would tit row a gang of spies and informers among v.: Southern brethren, to subsere the ends ol'purty. nid.' t'trcnt whether the consequences tany be a servile surrection, dissolution, or civil war. - All this, however, does not ,xrusethe.sectioiin!. tin- eating, secession politicians of the South, wli. ("r-JIe some twenty years past, have sought every ocen-i'n tlOl foment and exasperate, between the two sections tin- old, unprofitable and mischievous nrrel over slaver.- fr t And thus it is. that while a grent and fanatical uti slavery nartv overshadows the North, an eouallv . h- i cot natical pro-slavery party overshadows the South, ai.-i eacb supplies the other the munitions, of war. lietw.v. these two extremes, in Virginia and in Kentucky ;!w has lately arisen a new conservative party, ufion cut stitutional issues ami on a broad national footing, win ; may prove competent to save the country in .Isi.i -.Vccoidingly, we look upon the approaching Virgin, election as involving contingencies of the highest : ment to the peace of the I nion ; and we believe tli . victory to the new opposition party there in May be the inauguration of a national union party no !,. capable of controlling thenexl lVesident ial ehvi.L a behalf of the great consei vativr body of the An,-- r people, North and South. (aa!?- The two silly lines, which appeared a: t i. of a column, on the first page of our paper b-- ".. were placed there without the knowledge oron' V ' either of ihe editors. They are silly and witln.ni' i' ing. H'ijf'.( Smtind. Wc should like very much o kimv.- vvi..-a "end of tlie column" the editor fnoai:-; : " describing it as the "silly" end, tlin-H-: light on tho subject. This is an i nip-.rT-.: matter, and ought to be perfectly umict- ' ; For the Greenshorough l'atriot. FISHER AGAINST FISHER. Mkssrs. Kiutors : Mr. Fisher havih nounceu every oooy else us 1 i . v i n r y talse statements, scorns determined to n: -in conflict with himself. And "when fire-; meets (Ireek, then conies the tug ot war. In his last reply, Mr. Fibber says : Mr. C. P. Mendenhall falsely alleges that lie ;'i e offense first. His own publications showthe fi. ' ' ' otherwise. The case stands thus: He tak s i;.- --' -my reply to Mr. Chairman "W'ortl. From this I presume Mr. l-'i-dier r-1 have it understood that he gave Mr. dcnhall the tirst insult in his reply I" Worth. But then in Mr. Fisher's iv: ' ' ' Mr. Mendenhall's tirst card, I liml tlif lowing: Mr. M. was offended at my slight referenci - ' lnmy reply to Mr. (. hamuli Worth. lie ticular occasion, lor ieally it was ao design '!!.v to mention him at all, and I did no more Ji -:- 1 very briefly, to his .upcrvision in litsUepXfTni -i.'.j subordinates. And again in the same reply he s.ny-: I had no desire in the world to assail him. hall. It could be of no possible beiieSit. . !.:!!' lieve me of respon.ib.lity ' And again, in the conclusion ol 'the art: he says : 1 consider myself, therefore, entirely jusiiti"' ' ing that ''Mr. Mendenhall has treated me. whole, very shabbily, lirst and last, and In- himself to be both a very uncivil and un;ei : :t ' person. Again, from the following extnu-l- "' 1 Fisher's letter of the L'lst, it is t ei lan.-J 1 dent that at that time he di-l n"t himself as having insulted Mr. .Mendn:!-. Nobody knows better than ourseii. t:ui' tt.y '' contains nothing reflecting on you. t'lymnd wim'J -directly said to you as testation as;Mit-' boiel- I shall enquire more fully as to what "i m said conn-ruing me. lor you are not like :!. ' uhnv. .ilili.. Inr tlio nrenent I think front' I ' o J'.i -- .' I should i ud :e lrom the nU.ve, th:'; r.-:i ii 1 .,...1 . .v,,,l...l t.i i t;i'.l' r ituier ion nisuuni, nu muwiuu .. . , into it. 1 see in tho democratic pii)" .!...:... . v.v nous communications -rviiecinig " Worth and others, from outsiders, and he therefore, you will give this an insertion A hUOKKK 0 for edji ! -1 fev 'ent iroi II iyOl IlO P h Vn bn art Is? vi hei ira n lid fy V res :ic 4 P in e civ do t- :Jc fro cb( V - 00. th tat : t r.n X i. ' wii loa Ne 10 t t EtC - Mr c.t -' . 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The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, N.C.)
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March 25, 1859, edition 1
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