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WADKSBOROUGII, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBKUA11Y 28, 1861-
whole "pom
, , , , . TBM3-F UBCiUPTION.Yr u-x-
MbMlijiU Haair4 for Iwt thu d tMntfctt !
V d a BATES ADVERTISING. v.
- m m nun, mi tun m uwwmt. . ,:
Om InMrtioa
Tkr lurtioii.i.6.i,,...A,.rrt;....l 60 .
. ,; Two moBtiu, fliM4iiMrtlM.Xta 0
mi bobiu s oo
, On NW.Mii ...Vn....M,a. . I 00
,; AdTMrtiiari urn tet 4a ambr f lini tby
Vina taatt adwtu -iowrtej atbsrviM thty
will b eonti4 IUI foibiJjea, tad chargwl ooonl
kug to the tbov. . -
AremnU will b mr with Jtrj aJrertiwrl
on liberal ood kdrntageon tcrnt. . . '
Obitarjr notioe troo when not oxcoeding twenty
tinea; til abare twenty Hue tt adrertitenient ate.
. E. Hutchinson, '
1.VBIET MAN'CFACTURER, 13 STILL AT HIS
y old etind, rwiJy to execute .all ordere in hU line,
teT COFFINS rea.ly made, 4o. l"7-ly
Saddle and IIarnccs Maker.
rOHN BOYLIN 13 PREPARED TO MAXUFAC-
ture all work In the abort line thnt niajr be or
dered of him. Repair also neatly and expeditiously
done. Orders solicited, not only from bit old custom
ers, but frota new ones. 107-ly
Gin Repairing.
TAMES THREADGIIX, WILL, AT ALL TIMES,
do all rrpnirs Uiut tiim may need. He will put
. in any part NEW that may be required. Order left
at E. llutrhinson't Cabinet Shop, will be attended to.
He also has on hand a lot of NEW BUGGIES, to
sell or trade. 107-ly
NORTH CAROLINA '
FOCADRV 1D 5IJCIIIJE WORKS,
j s a l i s n va i, jr. a
iS.M, otaaK. ;" Jwn.' . TuatutOTo.
. . ." aa-na.ajMa,.(
. J j Commtertmn JVcrthmtfe,
: -wilmikoton, n: C.f ' !
WILL GIVE SPECIAL ATTEKTIOS TO ALL
oneignneati of . ,..,.. -
COTTO.T, NAVAL STORES, TLOPI, BACOS, TIM-
v BER, o., o., ' ' . f . " ,
and other Country Produoe, either tot tale or ship-
eat. ' - - - -- j
Oar Wharf and Warehoatei belnj enntenlentlt hw
eaiea ror lue reeeptioa or produce either ny Bailroad
f RIm & L. k I: . a i
regular dealer! la .
, LIMS, rLASTER, CSMSXT, BAtX. ie
Refer to H. A. Saage, Caabler Bank of Cava Fear,
Wlloilnttoa, N. C.l John Dawaon, Praatdent Wilmloe.
toa Branch Bank of N. C.j W. II. Joaee, CaabirRal
eigh Branch Bask of Cape Fear. . v,
NoTemher 13, 1800-VMy ,
W. r. KIXDALL .' i.e. KIXDALL.
W. I. KEXDALL A. SOU, !
General CommtMlo Merchant.
" 'Botrni Watsb Btxixt, "
VILMISQTOy, X. C.
tST Order from the Country respectfully solicited.
On consignment of cotton and other produce,
linerai cash advance will be mado when deal. ed.
110-ly -
! 9
J.tMIt C. SMITH. 1 ' fuiLIS C0T1XK.
j atii:h r. siith & co'., ,
COMMISSION AND FORWARDING MERCHANTS,
v WILMINGTON, N. C.
. Prompt personal attention given to talcs Of Cotton,
Nuriil Stores and other product consigned Is them.
Order for Guano and Groceries solicited and promptly
.IWPUWBO-UUlltsJ. Joeport t UitoiDittMV M-000f ondirional Meeptanee- received by-Mtv tJwUirelT whether IliMenrnalbW'XradtloiT
will Iia Lh .1.. ..it ! . . - l e. ttk.i . i. .i i i . if - . . . . ,.
win us isuu vj ma tuuuwiiig eairaci luvrairum : j Diiiejr in ueu or toe Dunut, tan tue ipgregotuii j hud ever pi
''When the ii.ifiititout tot ncruetrated bvone of
tue muorainate tiiicen ol ttie lntctior Depart
ment in tlio tbatraction of boode wti tiiade
known, it wta discovered at the lamo time that
toccptoncci, untutliorited by law and deceptive
and fraudult-ot in their character, had been issued
by the Secretary of War iu ftvor of Mcairi.
ltuwell, Jlujor Si Waddell. At portion of
tlicae aro iiiteimrubly eonoocted with I lie bisebrr
of the lond.ttiiibtzzleuient, tt ii propoted first to
inquwe luto the circumstances attending their
iniM. - ' . r .
issue.
"It it slated by Mr. RusjcII that on the day l,e
mado hit last if piiunlion furtecurites Mr. liailcy
agreed to furnihh them ou the condition that
there should be deposited with hint, In their
place, the ucceploncea of (Jot. Floyd ei Secretary
of War. Mr. Russell, it would orrcar had
then on baud 735,000 of eacc-cplaoces, (72,000
forwarded.
108 ly
- FRERCKS & RAEDER,
- aucc'xttoa to , botui a to,
Manufactarert of
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, CULTIVATORS
PLOWS, CORN-SHELLERS. 8EEU SOWERd,
IIOKSK POWERS, THRESUERS,
TnRESIIINO, SEPARATING AND CLEANING
MACHINES,
CIDER AND SUGAR MILLS,
SnfTIN'0 AND MACHINERY FOR ORIPT, CIR
CULAR AND VERTICAL SAW MILLS, GOLD,
COPPER AND SILVER MINES,
DR. E O." ELLIOTT'S PATENT MUL.IY SAW
MILL AND WATER WHEELS,
IRON AND BRASS CASTINGS, FORCINGS, AND
FINISHED WORK OK EVERY'DESCRIPTION. ...
TOBACCO TRESSES AND FIXTUBES, AND
-OTHER KINDS OF MACHINERY, REPAIRED AT
112 . SHORT NOTICE. " ly
W. T. Davis,.
' WA TCI1. MAKER. A XI) JE WELER.
I HAVE JCST RECEIVED THE BEST STOCK
of Watches and Jewelry tint ever hft(
was offered for tale in Wadeboro'. I h ire
the real JOS. JOHNSON WATCHES in Ok fine
GOLD and SILVER CASES. These Watchesjgwill
keep time and gire satitfw:tion. I will guarantee that
fuct. And if you wnt Spectacles, 1 cnn.etiit, enry
eye. And if yon want to write, I hare Gold Pens and'
Silver Cases. And if you need Gold Watch Chains,
come along. I hnvc Gold Cuff and Jloora Buttons,
and Bracelets, and Necklaces, and Gold and Silver
Thimbles, sod Coral, and Revolting Box Pins,and
Finger Rings. I have many articles too numerous to
mention. This it no humbug. I will eell you fine
Gold Jewelry, and make the price tuit the times.
Take notice, I do all kinjs of repairing in the neatest
and the mo-t durable etyle at the sborteu notice. All
orders sent by nnil or otherwise, will be promptly at
tended to, and eatli always on delivery of work.
104-tf
r. P. si.Tiinows, -
AXIOXVILLt, X. c.
JAMES T. PETTAWAY dc COa
Eactora and Commlmtlon Jltrehant,
No. 8 Nobtu Watkb 8tbxxt,
vra vi xerox, x. c.
Consignment of Trodue to our car will have
prompt peraonal attention. Ilave at all times large
stock of Groceries, Provisions, Glut, Spirit Caskt,
Bapging, Rope, Ac, Ac.
Our Warvee and Ware-Rooms ar conveniently lo
cated, being near the W, A M. K. R., and between Ih
Depot of the W. C. A R. It. R., and the W. ft W. R. R.
w iliningti.n,,8ept
- ', (Frem lb Natlooal InteHloswr.
, y EIPOSCll 01 Ift'lCM IILFEAXJM'E. ,
ibilrtU t thi Udiia Bondt-laouthorlied It-
wptiitfi if tbe 1U Set rft7 of ir.
i The Bcleot Coeamitteee of the House of Rep
reMuUtivei,conUting of Mesira. Iaao N.'Mor-
ria, of Illisveia, JitBet II. Tbouiaa.of Tenneaeee,
J. Morrison HarrLi, of Maryland, Roecoe Conk
ling, of New York, end Charlci Case, of In
diani, who were Ippointed under a resolution of
the iiouae adopted on the 24:h of December lull,
directing them to inquire- into and report the
facta In relation to the recent fraudulent abstrac
tion ro the Department of the Interior of cer
tain bondi held b the Government in trust for
the Indian tribes, and to whom were also refer
red a communication Irom the Iton. J. B. Floyd,
the late Secretary of War, and a letter from the
lion. Robert McClelland, formerly Secretary of
the Interior, yesterday submitted to the House
an elaborate report, accompanied by a nuts of
testimony, upon the transactioot winch they were
tliargcdlo investigate.
, The late hour at which we received this re
port prevents us frou duincr full justice to its
contents in this day'a paper. It recites the facts
connected with the abstraction of the Indian
bonds by Oodard liuiley, tho clerk who was
chsrgcd with their custody, and their delivery
by bim to William II. Russell, the head of -tli Tbere are other fictw that should be stated in
firm, of Messrs. Russell, Majors li Waddcll, j this connexion. Mr. Russell fixes the probable
with moat of the particulars of which the public : enrnin's of his finii fur the year. I8C1 at from
has been heretofore informed. It appears thnt i $5lK),0U0 tu SOOO.OUO, while Cnpt. Van V It-it esti-
resented "an v claim to the War Do-
?3,lo7,395. Ucre, then, eoiifininjr the elato- J psrtment for extra acrvitoa, and 'whether any
ment to the records of tho War Department, is a . cluim for aucb aervicea hsd ever been naid b
dofioit of f 0,187,395 to full upon (he hMcn n. that deportua-nt, and correspondence wta accord
thru awpiantti, or 'to U auumtd iVi ionic icuy ingly had with the proscnt Secretary of War, the
by tin (juvcrnmenl. . Hon. Joseph Holt, who referred the letter of the
The evidence shows that the acceptances have committee to Gen. J. E. Johnson, Qusrtcrmas
becn lold in various parts of the United States, ter UeneruT, an J Col. J. IVTavlor, Actius Com.
wuercver a oana or private inaiviauni cou:u no i unssary oi ueneral fiubtistenco.
It will be seen, 'rom their renliea, thai no such
claim has ever been made, or allowed. '-. General
Johnson, hnwevor, states that there is an 'account
amounting to ,827,300.49 ttill aucpended, which
tho lute Stcrotary of War directed to be reduced
by a"disal!owooce"oie9,125 62. Healeostatea
induced to purohimo; Inasmuch, however, (is
the amount of thoso that bare, been, truccd di
rectly into the hand of present bolder consti
tuted but a small fraction of the sum ttill unto
counted for, and us owners aro daily filing addi
tional elaimt at the War Department, it is deemed-;
unnecessary to uive a detailed statement of the the turn due them ou 'the 4th of January last.
discovered acceptances, ar to make other mention upon current earnings, to be f27.750.49, from
of them than to refer to the papers relating thero- whfoli must be deducted (15,000 for , a duplicate
to prcnented by the War Department, and lodho j payment. This amount waa ascertained by telo
general evijenco. It is prot or, howover.Vj ro-: L'ranhins to Leavenworth. ut which blace the
oi wuun were unconditional, and .tLe balance i mare, in in is connection, mat wane your cum-1 accounts oi liuisell, itiors & Wauuell aro kept.)
. t ii. l . t i m.i,4.a .Ia : :.i j . -...i .t.i i. i j .
ii'uuitiuiiai, i.nu j.'aj-iiu uut ot tno rami
ikUsseil, majors &
amount of the bjn
and previous occaeton
wa, tliereforo, wuntinf; lo make up the roriiiisite Mr. Kieimrd 11. Irvin, tho faiiliful end intel- by ther.iNindcr their contracts, and eold all the
ids ttieyvrcccivcd irom Nr. Uuilev, but also
iscd very lurjic sums of money upon tho accciit-
I II v.l . n
anccs issued oy tuc secretary ot war.
" " , uinnuiu, vihiiiiii iu nipas up iiiu irifjiniiv -' - ..v.-
sum of aceuriiica $135,000, and we accordingly i Upcnt clerk to whom reference has been made . bom
find that Ihero it an acceptance bearing date Do-, elsewhere in this report, says in Lis evidence : j raise
ceinber 13th for that preciso amount. Whon it "There may, of course, bo other outstanding once
: t l . L . . .1... j . .i ., nm f 1. U. i ..f ,I.LI. .1... I . rr
ui iiiu niiuiruuuiivn. ut nuiuu Liiu
is remembered that tlmt.,1 the, dale of the 1 st ; acceptance
delivery 'of bpnd, and .of tho receipt therefor,
the iiiferenitceiLS unavoidable that tho accept
a noe was i fold lo aiuke up a;certained deficien
cy, and that it was anticipated that it would go
lulu the possession of J .alley
The report, whic is of considerable lcneth.
further states that Mrenntor JJcnjamin, havitip
becti written to by (he Mdcrt'of one or more of
iheso acceptances, called lipxin the President and
infoiuied lam of these illepnracls of the Secre
tary of- War; m,d thut the IWAent replied that
he knew nothin-r of l!ieni,"and, wtthrmariy ex-'
. CJ. .TIcUAE, .
Itlarary at lavT Bod Solicitor in EqnUr,
EL DOBADA, ARK.
l) ly
C'Ol'BT.Icr, TE.t.tlJIT V COM
uibxct mpoarxB or;:
Ilxrdwxrt, Cutlery, Guna, Ke.t
No.;3a IUtjx Stbkxt, -
8-ly " CHARLESTON, 8. C.
these person had no acquaintance with each
other prior to about the 13th of July last, when
they met, a it would seem, by arrangement of
Answer.
27
Jewelry, to., neatly and substantially
- repaired, and all work warranted
twelve month.
$50 Sewing Machines,
yiBEMp'
in use for .
Till?
rrtHE UNDERSIGNED IS AOENT FOR
I PAK.TIE TEH AID CM
SEWIJU !TA'IIIE, .the best
FAMILY and PLANTATION PURPOSES. They may
be seen at the Cheraw Carriage Factory, opposite
Moore's Hotel. 90-tT A. RACE.
MOSITJIEJT TO DR. MITCHELL.
THE UNDERSIGNED HAVING,- DURING THE
past summer, heard many express a wish that a
moiunent tbould be placed overthe save of Rev. Dr.
' Mitobell, npon the High Peak of the Black Moun'ain,
nd regret that it bad' not already been done, has de
termined to give his personal attention to the matter,
nd trusts that, by the aid of the thousands of pupil
and friends of that venerable man, he may be enabled
to ereetit.
The undersigned proposes to erect a plain, eubrtan
tlal structure, with the rock found on tli spot," and to
haild it such a manner that it may also be uged at
an observatory. He pledget himself to all contribu
tor that no pain ehall be spared. upon bis part to
have tba stntitur firm, aad a tt monument to one,
. Wbote moral, intollectual aad physical character, wat
so fit a simile to the granite on which hit body rett.
The undersigned will give hi personal attention to
thf.work, tnd trnsts that his knowledge of the country
and its people, will enable him to have it constructed
a cheaply a is possible to have it done by any one
, cite.
' Means will be tnkea to preserve tho names of those
who contribute. The undersigned it determined that
the monument thai! bo erected if toy amouut near
sufficient it obtained.
Kemp V: BatCe, Esq., of Raleigh, will receive con
tribution, and Messrs. Litchford end Finch, report-
era in the House and Senate ol the Legislature will re-
eeiv any contribution from members of those bodice.
Jtteri addressed 19 roe conlaiciiigiSontributioiia..Tl ill
be promptly acknowledged.
- HENRYE. COLTOS, Wilmington, N. C -
-HSr Pper of the SUtc pteaa copy. 121-tf
CIlA.nilEULAI.t, XILEK & CO.,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS Of DSY BOOrj, ',
No. 117 Mxetixo Strut,
Opp'ialte C'barlestoa ITotel.
,8-ly JL : CHARLESTON. C.
WM. MATTUIXtsES. . -w. r. O'H ABAT Jt. MATTnilttXX.
Ci.OTlll.YG tlOVSE.
9I4TTIIIEKSE.V, O IIARA Av CO.,
No. 143 East-Bat Stbxkt,
' . Cerar ot Qaa,
r CHARLESTON, 8. C.
Fi-nxrsnixa goods of all kjxds.
8 ly
E. B. STODD4KD & CO.,
HHOl.r.Sl!. lirALXBS 1
hoots, shoes .. rir.rKS,
- AT MANOrAOTt7BER' PKIOEB,
Not. 165 axo 107 Msetixo Street,
Nearly opposite Chrlotoa Hotel,
jtxwtiit . trrobnaao. CHARLESTON, 8. C.
!ALKB rBOXKOECCEB.
Ltm cbaxb. J ' 8C-ly
muted them at !iS,0U0for 1800: and Gen. John
sn aav in his testimony thut for tho present Year !
they will be about what thev were in 1SG0. which ! ery lrL'e. I cannot tell how large
other partiea, at Ihe War Denartmciit. whero i waaSj-iO.OUO.incliidiiii'Bravmentniadein Wash-J licre itexeceds $3,000,000.
they were introduced to each other by Mr. inpton by Capt. Miller of a little more than ! Q- Docs it not exceed 81,000,000.
Drii.kard, the chief clerk of that Department. 8ii'J,000. The conditional acceptance tiven to j A. I do not recollect.
first interview. :J nfora than the "maximum turn that could have A.' I jtidgooot; it is all tuiprcMion on my part.
"Mr. Drinkaid, aa fhown by bis own evidence been jearned hyjibasera. Russell, Majors &. Wad- U- Can you ttato.that you have not Wired
impressed Mr. Railey wjth the belief that Mr. dell during that year, according to the estimates j acceptance lo an amount exceeding $J,XK,
Russrll waa a gentleman of great respectability ! of tlio Department bated upon the earnings of i 000.- .
and pecuniary resources, and that if the accep-' the previous year. The acceptances for' tho ! A- f do not, think I have.
tsncca of the Secretary of War were allowed to 1 f79S,000 weic the only conditional ones issued, Q- How much les lhau 50,000,000 can you
co to protest, he flhe Sccrclarv Would be ereatlv ! and these, tosether with those for f 72.000. is iaJ 1,16 amount?
asonixed and disturbed. Mcs.srs. Russell and sued uncoiiditionallv. must bo regarded as a Ioss.1 A;" I will not fix the amount,
Uailev held a rjrivate interview in the third atnrv !ja the (lovernmcnt v.ill doubtless acknowludL'a !-vcry lariro. I know it was millions.
of the .DepartmtnL, and within a few hours 1 the 'obligation to rci.luce the bond belonsing to Q- Will you fix any amount short of $6,000
thcrcafur Mr. Railey delivered to Mr. Ruswll the lodiqn trut futiJ ; ond there is littlo reason : 000, which you can say covers it 7
department has no knowlediro-"
. JV avoid ell appearances of - unfairness, your
commiitec consider it proper lo give Mr. Rtis
tel's estimate of the amount of acceptances issued,
as set forth in the following extract from his tes
timony: V
Question. State as netrly n you can, of your pressions of confidence in the Secretary of War,
own knowledge and recollection, tho amount of ( referred Mr. U to him fjr the information be
acceptances of Gov. i'luy d, shown by that hh , sought as to the authority under which the. ac
account to you f crptanccs were given. In the interview wKkh
1 have got but an idea about it. It followed with Mr. l lovd ho admitted that th
1 be-1 practice was wron", and proniised that oo more
acceptances should bo given. Jiut it nevcrtbe
less sppcars that, after ibisprcuuise Mr. Flojti
mora acceptances to the amouut of o.lo.i,UOO.
4-T hi-irpnrt trcon currcd in by nit the trre mben
oi com in utee.
EI.EIi A MITCH EEL,
WIIOLESAL AXD BETAIt, .
DEALERS IN CORN, PEAP. OATS, RYE, WHEAT,
II RAN, EASTERN AND NORTH RIVER UAY;
Aun, , ' -r
FRESH lOROUXD MEAL, HOX1XY, ft., f.
iO. NORTH WATfEIt BTBttl-T, .
A.. I do not think it excteda $.1,000,000-,-
Q. Can you state to the committee within a
half million of dollars, the amount of tho acccpt
ancea of Gov. l-'Ioyd which you hive paid 1
. A. No, sir, I cannot. We have certainly
paid upwards of $8,000,000, nod probably $.,
500,000, and roncellcd ihetii or retired them.
:1 Q. Does $:i,500,000 cover the umount ?
A. I cannot say positively. . ,
Q. Can you namo a sum which you can be pos
itive does cover the amount 1
A. I am sure wo. have paid 32,000,000.
U. Are you suie you have paid and. cancelled
dred and cio-htv seven hnnda in aililitinn tn thns.i tsa-Je of aceetitanccs. and at the same time wrote iJJjW)J!JT--. -. .
first taken were (ranferred to Mr. RnssclLon the-, to various banks and indiiiduals urging their pur- j A. Well, I am pretty twCJett in my mind
following day. The protection of the honor of chase nr discount. One of his letters, and one , 'bat we have. ',
Secretary Floyd, the necessity for providing for from .Mr. Drinkard, chief clerk of the War Do- j Q Can youstatc any amount larger than that,
the other acceptances as the bonds previously de- pnrtment, to James T. Souttcr, Fq , Pre-idcnt ' wn.'ch you are confident iujojir own mitid wi s
livered, and which were alleged to have been of Ao. Rank of the Republic will be louml in-; PU'J t"'d candied?
hypothecated, were assigned as tho reasons for " eluded' w the (csiiniony tuken -in New York. 'A .-No, air. ". : '
tequinns further assistance. In this, as in first toptea i.t various other letters relating to thr . V iiu.-jvu.noi pay aim cancel uow j iotu a
one hundred and fifty thousand dollar of bonds J to expect that Riusuli. .Majors & Waddcll will
at the room of the latter in Washington citv, niaki a return of what tbey have received.
and on tho same morning the recipient returned j If your committee could rent here, and coulJ ;
with (hem to New York. Mr. Russell states : i- el justified in expressing the belief that there
that he left with Mr. Railey one nolo of , Russell, ' &c uo other outstanding liabilities, and that .no
Majors & Waddell in their stead as security. i further deoiands would be made upon this or any
" According lo the statement of Mr. Russell future Congrens in connexion with these extraor-
there waa no further correspondence or commu-1 dijiary proeeeiling, they would deem this an 00
I nication between Mr. liuiley and .himself until , caoion lor congratulation to the Houso. Jfut, un-
the September following. At that time bo re- fortunately there ate tiuniactiotis of a similar
turned to ashington for the purpose of obtain-; cheraeter, but of a still greater magnitude, thut
lug others. An interview ws held with Mr. ' cljim your atteuiiuii.' t
Railey, the result of which ws that three bun-1 1" 38 the Secretary of ar commenced the
DAVID ceui iEir.
"De sure you aro right, and then go ahead,"
is a wio uinxitn attributed to one whtwo life waa
a, continual illustration of the sentiment. Every
one has heard of 'Daw (,'iot Lrlt." tho immortal
I know it was j backiroodsmau of Tennessee the ' crack shot"
in auo KiiuerueM--tue eccentric iut noiiest mew.
ber of Cotigrese the " hero of the Alamo" yet
few know hi, early struggle, aud tho general cur
rent of his lifev History has but few words con- "
ccrning him, biiti iraditiou is garrulous over bis
many deeds. .
David Crockett wax born at the mouth of tho
Limestone river, GrcenNjounty, East Tennessee,
on the 7th of August, .1787. His father was of
Scotch Iri.-lrdfscent, and touk a prominent part
ih tho war for Independcn.co.AJt was all a wil-
j dcrness around David's birth place, and he com
, muncd with nature in its unbioken wildncfs, from
! tlio beginning, lie grew to young manhood
J without any education from books, other than ho
received in bis own ruuo home. hen onlv
! seven years old, Diij id'a father was stripped of :
most of his property by fire. He opened a tav
ern in Jefferson county, vthcro David was his
main help until the age of twelve years. This
vagrant lile, full of incident and adventure, suit- -i
td young Crockett, but becoming dissatisfied
t Willi his employer, lie -deserted bkn, end made
j his way back to his former homo. After tarry
; ing thero a year, he ran away, joined a cattle mer
chant, and at the end of the journey, in Virginia,
CD, 11,1.11,
tAltl AJiMftVft!
'J- J
instance, the paper of Russell, Majorat Wad- same subject, obtained from tho War Department, ! acceptances to an amount larger at the outside
doll wa left asseeuritv- - Bccomrjitnv this ronort. . Mr. V. V. James, of I ln'' c-i,a00,000 ?
' "In October Mr. Russell returned the South -cw city, testihed bclore the Commilteo f c,ouj,wu will cover tne sum., ho was dismissed with precisely lour dollars in
Carolina and Florida bonds, one hundred, and lhat Mr. Soulier, to whom reference has been ! I m Tcry confidvqt io my own mind that it will, ; his pocket. For tnrce years he was " knockine
fotty of fifty, having ascertained that be could already made, said to him upon one occasion that Mr. Russell then statedth.il, besides the ac- ' about," as ha expressed it, arid then sought bis
not negotiate them, and North Carolina bonds no li.ida dra.lt lor crrj.uw, and Willi it a Jetter ceptagiies lie had used snd those still remaining father s liomo again, lie now enjoyed the ad
were substituted in their stead, .from the Secretary of War, staling (hat be had j ift his possession, (the latter somewhat lesa than :' vantages of a schoo'for a few weeks, and finally,
" Mr. Russell again appeared in Washioglon issued, or was about to issue, acceptance in fafor i two millions iu amount,) .Gov. Floyd gave him ' after-several unsuccessful love adventures, be
io December following, and on the grounds so f Russell, Majors k Waddcll, but that at do ! others which he returned, unused, to the War married an excellent girl, and became a father
successful! relied upon before, vis : the protcc-, "mc stiouid no issue those acceptances to exceed j Uepartment. It evidence should be given to ,"i ten', wnen newa 1Wcnty-lour years of age
tiou of the nr fepartment
ai
tSnSmSi MEtefi& '"pretousiy ; taken;
. Uin JAAiA- t. nl.loit. frtilll .
cuas. n. vtcbs, . men. . hoobx.
, ", MYERS & MOOUE,
W1IOLWAL KALn CT
HATS, CAPS, TRUNKS, 6TRAW GOODS, RON
NETS, FL'RS, MILITARY GOODS, CANES
AlS'D UMBRELLAS j
, - 31 market Street, - , -
WILJT1XGTOX, X. C.
We ask the attention of wholesale, buyer to th
above card. We arc prepared to furrfish Gooda in our
line a low ANY HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY.
. Order for Hats by th can or doxen will receive
prompt attention by addretamg a above. tu-ly
from disgrace, and one-nan -w inc. amount wniun no anew, oi ma ; tneso explanations tuo amount or acccrtances no nctuco on mc cants or r.iic rivcr-nncLwas I
frora-s,cnfir'1ir'w-awrrv
1 !..:!..- .1.. . f,ip liTUMtfllmaih? fuu-J-j.rfii.aA.Z 11 . :M.u.lt.., -n-unni- . r., -., 1.1; .... wn.r.in nnrt ' ,nor. and ,wtt'Vj&WGH9&
aa an addiiional being called on lo produce this-communication. ; factory, and he shows Such utter iiorancc of. the j tumn, whon war Wits commenced, with Great
wa4 -etibled to -obtatu -from
hundred and thirtv-three bocds
adM ice, making the entiro number abstracted anjs that Mie had
eight hundred and seventy. ' -.-.'! po.d it was derive,
impression, and he sup. details of his business, and such incapacity, or i Britain in 1S12. Crockett was among the first
from a letter of Mr. Flovd. ' unwillingness to mako an exhibit of his oll iirs. to respond to Gen. Jackson's call for volunteers.
" The tiansaction last referred lo appears to ! 'hat the War Department issued acceptances to j that your committe; have considered it much , and under that brave leader he. was engaged in
ve closed tho business relations', of these two" '.4be extent only of one half of the amount that j aater to .base their coticlusious upin theTecords ' several akirmishes and battles. Jfe received tho
-T. Ce-fc 11. G. H'QKTII,
General Comminution Merchant,
AND TIEALRRS IS! .
LIME, HAIR, CALCINED PLASTER, AND CE-
MENT, SAND PLASTER, PURE PERUVIAN
..' . UCAXO, ; . ;
, And Agent for th tale of
RODiNSON'8 MANIPULATED GUANO,
TASKEll CLARK'S FERTILIZERS,
SUPER-PHOSPHATE OF UME,
. 70 1 W1LMIXGTOX, A"i C
have
persons, ao far, at least, as they related to the ab-1 would boeotue due to1 Russell, Majors, k Waddell , furnishe-d by the War tcpatt
itraction of bonds. - . . ' ' ' ' on work in" "iri jceTrr executiou. Although nnT- ' Tin so records are of acliare
ment.
com mission of Colonel at the close oi the war as
harnctcr loo peculiar to a testimonial of his worth. His wife had died
!' Why Mr. Railey abstracted -the bonds is a pxammanton of the. letters received by tba bank be passed without coin in cut. Ry referlcnce to while he was in the army, and several eniull chil
auestion to which vour committee can present no' and his own private loiters fuiled to bring to light the testimony of Mr. Irvin, a clerk in the War dren were left to h's caro. The widow of a da-
aatisfactory an.wer. Aa be and
were entire atiLrer nrevinnslv to their mentrnir
at the War Department, neither tho obligations concludes that it was derived from the staieino.nts j only as, they were reported to him from time to his children
fir. Russell such a oommunieatiod as he hud expected to find, ; Department, it will be seen that Iiq kept n regis- ' ccasx-d frieiid soon c.mio to bis aid, and in his
their meeting ; Mr. Soulier docs not change: Li-opiuiont but ' try of the acceptances on loose pieces of paper ' sec-.nd wife he'foutid" ja'ri i-xcelleuT"j!uardianfor
Scon after his marriage, lie re-
Salt. : :
lf)f,A I ACKS LIVERPOOL SALT", IN STORE
tjyjwKJ a w arrive,- foresieny
90-tf
W. If. McRARY k CO.,
v , Wilmington, N.
C.
X
Ready-Made Clothing.
LARGE ASSORTMENT FOR, SALE BY
108 tf
8. 8. ARNOLD.
O
BEA9TK8,
FALL KINDS, GOTTEN Cr AND FOR SALE
at tbc Argut Office.
RA. CLEAN COTTON AND LINEN BAGS
parebaaed t tb Argus Office. , None seed bs
offered unlet of th above description. '
Be it a
Office.
MOTE FOB SALE AT THIS
; . ASHE A IIinCRAVE, . -
.lTToiurErs at Ltn
- Practice in partnership in the county of A neon, ex
cept on the Criminal Docket in the County Court, J.
R. Hurgrave being County Solioitor.)
They will attend to th collection of-all elaimt en
trusts i to thero in Anson tnd theiurroundingcoontie.
T4 8. Ash attend th Court of Richmond, Mont
gomery, Ktanly, Cabarr, Union aad Anson.
i. R. Uargrav those of Montgomery, Stanly and
Anson. ------ - - '
p-jT Office at Wadesboro'. v '
THOMAS 8, ASHE.- J R. HARGRAVB.,
-- 19-tf ;-;":j;'-":';'-;"' '";"" -y---;-.
' G EO. II. It E LEY, -
I of friendship nor alio suggestions of kindly feel- , f some perso'i whesa names he cannot now ier
ing seem to have,promptcd tho act. Air. Itus- Cu. i ueso. inters ana representations aie i.m
scll insists that no money or other valuable con-- porlant, as ehowing tho means adopted by the
sideratiotia evet passed to Mr Railey, or, indeed, j Secretary of War to get tho paper ho issued into
Was ever mentioned in trfeir interviews. Mr. circulation. . , j
Railey confirms' this statement in various commu-1 In rxda-iion to the acceptances issued uncondU
nications which have reached your committer tioually b'y the late Secretary of War, your corn
It is not ascertained, cither, thatilr." Railey came i mitteo deem it their duty to state all tho facts
suddenly intd the possession of any large amounts they have been able to discover, as fully as pos
of moiiey. His bank accjSunt was kept with : sible. They, amount, in tho aggregate, (o tho
Messrs. Rings' & Co., of Washington city, and i enormous sum of $3,179,393. Add thereto the
Mr. Rises testifies that, between Julv and the: conditional acceiitaticcs which have already been
I3th of December, bis deposits increased largely i 'brown back upon tho Government through the
over former ones, but amojuntcd in the aggregate 1 agency of Mrniai'cy, and tho sum total is $d,.
to not more than five or ax thousand dollars. It , 977,1195. This estimate is based upon data fur-
is true that tbia sum is a largo one to be in the : mahed by tbo W'ar Department. It appears
possession of a person whose salary is but (wo ' therefrom' that acceptances to: tho amount of
tbouaand dollars per antium, and who was sup. j $340,000 wero returned to tho Department for
porting a family, yet it would not, of itself, con- i cancellation. Mr. Russell, however, claims; to
stitute a ground fora feravc suspicion, or afford ! have returned only $.200,000, or $250,000. He
j clue to thediscover
abstraction. i
"Mr. Bailer in hfr conversation with various poekot, aud could not, therefore, ba nctrotiatod
witnesses, stated that his. design was to proteot Rut this assertion is positively oontradicted by
the character of Uovcrnor 1' loyd, and to save him ; m" enuorsements on tne returned acceptances,
net mat would De necessarily incident to the pro
test and discovery of the acceptances which had
been illegally issOed to the firm of RrOssoll, Ma-
inra-Ar - WaHrlAlI W hthe Ihia n.nl.Hhnn
k7Mr.vrk..re ; ;. ?
Book, Music Book. Foo1kP and Letter Paper, La-1 Uouse to actermine. tour committee are, fiow-
BOOKSELLER,
No. 27 Mabbbt btsiibt,
MlfMJXGTOX, X. C.
time, and no other was liiadc . He flutes, loo, I moved to Laurens county, where he was mado
that (ticro was no registration of the $798,000 justice of the peace, and chosen to represent the
of conditional n'eceptances which fell into Mr, j district in the State Legislature. Generpus, full -Railey
'a hatids; and that immcifiately after the , of fun, possessing great shrewdness, and honest "
discoveryof tho abstraction of the bondj, Cover-; to a fault, "Croekelt" was very popu'nr in tho
nor Floyd went to his '-office- and directed him i Legislature and among his conatitutcatsvr In the
(Mr Irvin) to enter an order of cancellation, of : course of a few years ho removed to-i Weatern
thoso acceptances, which he' did upon a slip of j Tennessee, where he 'became a famous hunter,
paper, as he hud entered tho dates and 'amouut j With tlio rough, backwoodsmen there' be was -a
of others that had, been issued The acceptances ; """i after their own hearts, and he was elected to
being io the hands of lion. Jacob Thompson, i a scat in Congress in 1828, and again in 1830.
having been placed thero by Mr. Railey,' in lieu , When the Americans in Texas commenced their
of the abstracted bonds, an order of cancellation, ..war of independence, towards the close of the
at auch a time, was simply an order against the year 1W35H Crockett hastened? thither to help
Govcrtitrent. Had the acceptances been held , them, and' at the storming' of the' Alamo,-at
by other parties the order would have been i Roxar, on (.ho 0th of March, 1830, (be eccentrio '
equally futilo; for, if legally issued, it could not ' bmo was kicd.' Ifo was then fifty Jrcars of ago. '
invalidate them. ! , '.-,'--. !. J.-.. r -r -
It also appears from fho Accord of the War . Tile Jug Uillloul a Bottom.; : . ' ,
Department, that' wlii!et-litso acccptnccs were 1' On tho bridge that crosses tho Grand Rapids,
being issued fo the amount of millions of dollars, 'j -we met a halo old man and his wifffj WithieleVeri
Rnsseli, Miijii-s & Waddell, .were regularly re-.J sons, spven daughters, and , thirty-seven ,graffd
cciving their psy for the .services performed ,un.' f .children, with horses, calves, sheep and furniture ',
de'rltheir conlraciin money from tie Govcriinicnt,-! if ,anti(itiiiled appjbarance., among which wero to
ll.? - . -r '.I.- s. l.-rrJ-.-'-.- 11... .'-''... -...ll,. t,. " -
1 iiu aggregate vuiuunt oi (tuo pulmonis rriiiuu 10 : uu ou'iu viuuies iui wiuii viuuiva uir grain,.
from the dishonor ind retirement from the CabL ndiy. Abexcsiiinony ot Jlrlrvin, aloik4ir the J-thcm in 'cnsH-dnTingtho yen'rar 18587SS1)randt nn'injTWbcW
War Department,
From tho c; reless and irresponsiblo manner in
which business was transacted by that gentlemen '
.1. L.'---. VI- 1 .1 .1
18(10. is. Sl.812.901.4l. and a larere rorliim of evorvthiiu: renuisito for a settloment such as fifty
this sum was paid by the proper oflioer at'Leav-'j blood relations will make in Grand lliver county,
en worth citv. Kansas ilov. Flovd admitted in ! After iho train had stopped wo made some ih. .
and the late Secretary of War, and from tho" fjet his evidence that. evcW acceptance which he nuiiics, and asked the old gentleman what use)
that it was tho habit of Governor Floyd to issue made " ran against unearned- money," and was.,' couid be mado with bottomless, iug, which waa
acceptances at tlio lApnrtment-or at bis bouse, or designed to give tlicm (Mie contractors " tlio oarctuiiy atowed away among uis oomesue equip.
diet' NoU and Dillct rapcr.'Artjst' MaUrlal of all ever, eonatraitied to express the conviction that . at whatever plaeo be haTrpenciI bo, it is a mat- credit of their contract,1" Yet there has not
been discovered the slightest indication, that lie
mado any Inquiry about the payments, or con
cerned himself to aoe thatUbey were, when made,
applied to tho acceptances.' Reference to the
testimony of Gen. Johnson, of the army, and of
lion. Mr. Atkinson, the Third Auditor of the
Treasury, and to' a detailed statement of the pay
ments which presented to the committee the
amounts of the earnings and payments, will mote
kinds, Letter Presses, Letter Copying Book, Ink, I behind the event that have been made conspiou-; ter of gient unccrtaintr whether or not the
ma exterior ui tne transactions 54U,tiuu should be deducted from Hiesum here-
toforeslatcd. JEhc probability is, that when the
acceptances were returned to Govomor Floyd by
Mr. Russell, he accepted other at the earne time
for the tame amount, of whiub there was no regis
try made. It is deemed safest to proceed upon the
supposition that the acceptances niadVin tho
Upon
Peaoilt. Eovelopes, Law Books, Doctor Books, Draw
ing; Papers, Lithograph for Grecian and Oil Paintings,
Win. Knabe & Co'a celebrated Piano Forte, 0 rover A
Baker Sewing Machines and Conner Sewing MsoUines.
All order for any of. tke above article promptly,
tiled and forwarded by mail, railroad, or otlierwisa
79-1 j ,- - - -. - - -, " "-
" IIOPKni, HtLE th ATKklVSOlT,
IMPORTER! AND WBOLESALI
DEALERS IX mim IJiD DfJlESTIC DRY GOODS,
';." No. "258 Baltihobb Stbixt,
(
tin a. aorsuae, "
bob tar bcli., ,
tbo. w.aTBiatoal
,)
BALTIMORE.
. , ?7-tf
ous, and be neat h
that hirvo tcn described, is a purpose n hich..al
thoughvauceeaafully hidden, waa none , tbe less
powerful and etfioiont, and baa given unity and
vitality to tha schemes now partially exposed."'
As an act of sheer justice to tha Hon. Jacob
Thompson, the lata Secretary of tha Interior, the
committee lay " that they have discovered noth-J place of those returned were registered.
Ins to involve mm to ine align test degree in tho
- abstraction, or that ba had any knowledge of it
until the lime of the-disclosure by Uodard
Bailey." . - - . . 7
vOn the other hand, however,- the Hon. John
R. Floyd, the late Secretary of War, if gravely
this hypothesis the $340,000 tnust be deducted i fully appear. It would, perhaps, tie sufficient to
Irom the ftJ.irJ.oWot unconditional accopUinoes' say, upon this point, that Mr. Itusteil acknowl
made -and registered in the War Department.
l ma wouia leave or triem, so tar aa is shown by
the records of that Department, $5,839,305
etill In circulation; and to this amount th $798,.
edgea that there ia now but a small aum due hia
firm for currant earnings.
- But it waa considered desirable to remove all
uncertainty. from thia question, and to ascertain
ments, and received Uie.fullowing replv:
'.Why, sir, I am a man of many yeare,1 have
woikcd other people's land all my days and paid
from four to nine bushels' of wheat 'per aore for
doing it, and Jiavo all the timo ascd a jug with -a
botlom to it, by wbieh all my profit hue been
wasted, and I was sick offecding both landlord and
rumsolicrs so I sent sewuof my boya to Mexieo
to fight for. their oountry. - They got baclt
safe, and brought seven quarter sections of land;
that will be mine without rent. And now you
ace that thia shall hold all tha .whisky that will
be used in my family whim I control then. Old
General Taylor told my son" John that a ju"
without a bottom waa the best kind of jug to put.''
liquor in, and I believe, it." i-xcAonye,
.1