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- .r vtnsnw - ! MAJOR JOHN DAVipsoWf I During ue recem irvuw , . . j - -', J. floverr X I" i"1 ..an offset o . the ; charge f iba eharee of Aryi - Pom. the same accusal i wu the Loco Fbco 1, againailajor Joae. DioK.the maternal Gfttdttberof Hon. " .WttmMXt3iB.tbeVhTgcaodidate..What foundation there was for the infatnoue charge, la conclusively shewn by f subjoined Certificates, published in Jl9J .iJN - nin-iMrth var and was a owner tkirTWarI walintimately ac. frou? Major t)arid6tfn4 know'brm tohare bean itSySie6lvgoo4 Whig and atwaffa-aup-4 Sorttf 2? SfaW iSdependefice of o; Lia trjca; : t year M4o. mmma msa n miBW tun uu iiiiimi i i and depredation, I neveTheard tbathewaa eccuaed or ww'P -ted of being guilty of the criaiccJToryisOw lam coxiadenttbat the charge isialee andUat it is a Jfottl libel iipob.tlbAWitoodMtn; patriot -Uf every man bad been aa clear and gtiilW i would oofhate bad bo tnucb: trouble irv eecuring .u v...ntjMioA rfiuh wat'nowenior. . MATHBW 2 LEPJSK, i' Teat IJ.C IUTIDiCQB T . ifc'y-' STATE OR NORTM CAHOUNA, J - - . ? i .rJWnI:CiMMfjF. j V H ' " ; . I certify that tbit day, the abovedepoaiuott wu J duly sworn to before; me. t t. ' - ' . ',, V .,R.M. ALEXANDER, J-P. .r v.r. .-v "IS: .-. r i !I, Abraham Forney, in my eightr-fifth. year .tgamat October, 1344 certify that Ilnew. Major 4oh Daridaon sines f was a amin bb and med Wkhhi aeven rollei of hini ' In the year 1771, I J went to Charleston wfth roy'ratheri and brottiera ertryearlt: Once a year paised Major Johh OavidsonV bouse and frequently called going and comlnz from Charleston, 8. J 'wa weU ac quainted with him and his wife Vjolet.. In the year 3778, 1 waa in Qen. Rutherford's expedition ainst the Cherokeea-Maj. Davidson command ded as Majorlri said expedition. I .served under said pavidaon.a 4art of the time Capu James Johnston, was my captain, afterward CoU John Laton.' ' Lord Cornwallis came to my fatherVwith the British army.ou;the 20tb4anuary, I781-lay 4here several days befiwe they grossed the Cataw. ba rivet ax Cowan's Ford, Previous- to the Bri tish, commit to mf fatherX Capt Jacob orney, he sent hia.negroealovr the CataDVS.rint Heeblenburg to; Maj. John Dav.kjson for;afe-t-AAmnir nitt of rav bfthe Britkliarniv. Durv 1 in? the war MaiJohn Davidson and ilobt- Eward ... . r - S. 1 therms, Jacob Fornev sen to consult iu. favor of (he Whig cause Robert Ewart lived about one a,n4 abaft milea from ilajDavidson and five and ja half miJesrora myefatherat i do avow that I ; never heard of John Davidson beig called a Tory by aBy'pereoit from the frsttime that I knew him 'opto the-present time, except by Lawson Wil aoo since 1820. On the 'other haftd lie was al. ways called a good Wblg and so I believed him to bev I tecollect that be was' called a. very aelfr viceable manjor the good of nis country and was much esteemed.' r After ' the British, crossed the Catawba: at Cowan's Ford I wn to Guuford .to ioin Gen. Green armv. ""' On mv retorn home my father s negroes were on tne.uatawoa river qnoer the care of Maj. John Davidson.. I further certify, tk. ,Wk i. nn from hdinuv. hHt fmm mr WbisoBal knowledge In testimony whereof I do hereby set my hand and affix my seal. ABRAILM A FORNliy. Seal'-mark.- . . TestV J. HXLDKRMAKi ? - 8TATE OF NORTU; CAROLINA, ) h I certify that this day the abov certificate was aworn to by Abraham Forney before me. ': J. niSLJJJurwUAPi. J. 1113,1844. L William RankinVa citizen of Lincoln county and State of North Carolina, am about eighty- three years old, and- have1 lived in this county generally, for seventy-nine years and mostly in this neighborhood. I was a .soldier in the Revo lutionary War and for nay. services now draw an annual pension of between fifty and sixty dollars. I waa well acquainted nvith the late Major, John Davidson of Mecklenburg county, who resided about seven or .eight ( niles from roe in the old Evolutionary, War aodver aineeio his death 1 1 and I do hereby certify, that he Maj. John David. I MiL Wilnn ralUH anA mnntiJ h tW WKim a good and true Wbigin the Revolutionary War, Iliete;myaelfhe?wai agood liberty man, and I never heard it doubted that old John Davidson Wk; , iV'v.v ... ... ... t Given under my hand this 0th day of Septem- I W. RANKIN. Teat: R. Rabckv X T Being called upon to jute what I know rela tive to the febajactet of tbe lati Maj. John David-' on, I state that I waa weIVacquainted with slw character often bearing my father, r w ho waVa Dinner ot me juecKiennurg declaration r Inde- pendence, talk of him and I have everr reason I to believe that he waa a Signer of that Declafa- tioh.' I never, heard of any charge derogatory jo his. character, and I Know he stood as high as any man in this county after.the close of the war. r J waa at the close of the ,war about sixteen yeara tttiZ. ALEXANDER. Cworn to and signed tbiagdday of Aug. 1844. ..r-:. -ues5 xu ALttJU'-A I'ttKJJL, J.-tVv I t. . . C v . . . J I, .Thomas . McCleah, sen! in "mr VwhtT-first year: against the 12ih of Aususf next, da herehv certify, that I waa personally acquainted with the late Maj. JohiDajridsoh, of Mecklenburg county N- ,4 knowfroramyown peraoiml kMwledge. ufc QQras as genuine a VVbigas any man during! or- uw wm oi course inBiruw jjrouier jon tbe whole period of the.RAvnlntiAn.fLt tk I athan how wise we would be to Jiajre British fQ by ail men who knew him as beins nothiiur lse hot agood and true Whig and faithful I faithful friend """e OI ?ia country.lt waa itelieved by afl,that the said Maj. Pavidson took a most active pgn weisriust, and Tories. I never in .in." 1 knOW rthat t h ' I. . . J cryica on tne memotr of Maim t - osjwr;Waern a conTersalioirl J.w rTli9F? W W Hetfoiu VKT'T"? k SSSlrn . tivi 27- womajnost y 'ZZZZZ? :vB W t would be . iz!? jotimated that Maj; Davidson J CrockeW albeirnotiwrkla i the usual meaning .. . Toryofthat he even asrtA rw I of the word, waa bUBed irh mJ ttnw - tbetn any way whatever, ttntil I saw the chanra I cbmmoti sense.Aod waa'an admirable'lttdire of w OM06) w the firstlirae W a CttSeJ character. VHia opinion of Jaines 'Pollv -may pA pap-reSiwU in the town of Charloti riw k-I b rathereH from th fnlWinlrLiont - - - Z ILT - ' OT - Americanato attack the I v4;he ColonerviUustration wUI be better underi i--iLS ..-.T:Je9Pectm mf n of, Llneoln coontv ban I ferred to vizi UmunLpAtir'n.R,k.u.. Atv: j., -, . - t " una iiignun asm. enemy of the coeirtrf. 1 fnnfc- state, that it was , f i , jwdfi0D. where he was J J vrr arif K t"oT W k nncrf. T ? , ? 7 JT" li S hf t nf mr rec -ctionJ- 'v tv f-!THOS.MACLIAN. iTTATS-OF NDRTII CAHOLINrVI i 1 V -, Uncolii County.: i j I certifv. that the above certificata was duly sworn to and subscribed before me.tbUSOth day of SeptemberKl844. - - Test: Ed. CDaviasoK.' fe I4JU7 D JaeaiK4n ray seventyighth year, against the 13ih of December, 1844, having recently seen a false charge against the late Major Davidson. .aid feeling it to be a duty that I owe to myself andto the memory of a deceased Father, Xfeereby givfr thfolto irpm my own personal cnowJedge to the active jart WbfthbwrtTirf thi -RlutionaM Wari . He waa a Thigand always held himself in readiness to march to hisfoanfry's tall against the British' and Tories,.whenever necessity demanded bis aer vices.;'He;wavnever accoiedby.any pew as taking part'in y form agiiMt the cause of his country qti) very ienty,i laws Wilson was the first person that I ever beard who aUemntod tot blemiflb iua menwyf with aach W cha ttfi.r f M y fathor Major J. Pavidsom served i the Cherokee ciupaigu, uu was VUi jaaoouif rcampaigu, uui. I do not recollect now-what Upaigri' it was. ; He waa considered aotruq ahigthatCaptain Jacob Forney placed confidence enough jn him to send Jila negroes to Jim in, Mecklenburg fur safe keeping from the British aiidToris-the , British being then on the Ljocoui side of the river. Mvfaiber, wasonipelled twice, to leave hialiousey Uking bia family and part of his - property wjtb hiai, to: avoid being taken prisoner by the British, and to prevent the Tories and British from -plundering' and destroying bis 'property. Gen. Wm. Davidson., who felt at Cowan's Ford, stayed at my , father's bouse in company with-one of bis aids (Wm. Polk) two nights previous to the battle. Cowan's Ford is. aboot three miles1 vtp the river from the house of my father. ' He lent Col."1 Wm. Polkr his 'horse,' sword and a brace of pistols.' It Was uncertain at What place the British army 'un. der Lord Cornwallis would attenrpt to cross the Catawba fiver, being on the'Lincolrt slie. The Americans were stationed in small companies on 1be Meckfcnbffrgeide at various points on the river, where the enemy might probably cross. They crossed at Co wan V Ford on the morning of the first da of 'Febrnary, 1781 when, the firing com menced my iatherstarted to the place in company with Cbirtes Polk and Alexander Cathey, but learmnc that Gen, Davidson waa killed and that the Americans were flying, and the .British in j cje pursuit, h halted and turned back to. tool a Ford, which is a mile f&xn his houscand inform ed the men who were stationed thereto leave, is the -British had succeeded in crossing the river to the Mecklenburg aide. ' - v1j- MARY P. MACLEAN. ltrt EiC Davrosoa, -v-y. STAJi OF NORTHCAROUNA, ) , " Lincoln CottnfV. S .V I certify, that the above certificate was sworn p and subscribed, tnis aula uay oi iseptemocr, 1844$befoe ' me isf ... ? ' ",R MALEXANDER. J. P. READ 1 READ I KlSADl ! ! We conimeud theToowing extract from a : speech made by the Hon. Jo M; Clayton, at a Whig Mass Meeting at peiawafe City, on' die j 26th nit, to the calm cohsideratiorfof everyJA-? merican citizen, whatever mav be his -oiliticari creed. It will afford food for profound rtfflec- tton ' : if you are resotvea tnat fngftsn taborers snail manufacture your foods, and to that end re de termined to break down your own manufactures, who alone could keep down the" price of English goou dj mer coujpeuuou, you muwoj course expect to pay the English laborer auch a price for his roods as will enable htm to fire. and 2ic tn England. Of course you must pay in m for nis wori:, enoogn to enauie otm to pay w hys ex ercise and stamv duties. Vou must par bim for the beer he drinks while-he is working for too; you must pay him 'hiawirjdow lax, which ' lets in the light of heaven to enable to see-, how to do the work: and, in short, you must pay, him ue jungiisn excise, or uirecnax, on every article of food or clothing which is subject to such a duty. I and also oo very taxed article which he uses m I the mannfacturfl of the goods you consume. In doing this you support the British- Government, queen, Dubles, church, army, navy, -and all, as tuny as any jungiisnman- woo consumes no more Pf -fethanToii-'dor-and you nod employment for, and support English suDjects, to ne taxed by tne JtSngliab. Govern ment. A late able writer estimates nhat we pay an average of about fifty 'per cent, of the cost of imported articles of manufactures tnto ther exche quers o foreign and domestic government, as a fix nsed to oppress and injure ourselves. Ev ery time Queen Victoria produces a young prince. yoong duke, of a darling fittle princess, you will wve tne satisiaction to know that you are ex-: pected to send a little more fmst b the Enirlish 'il0? er conmbuUoa. tO; aupport Uie dear bahies, who must aoqn each, have salaries and penstona of some hundred thousand pounds ster. Itnsrarear. TGreatebeerinir.Ti'WhatjlMlifrhK ;ngKwiii tieior ournodem-jnTocracy to learn after they shall hare broken down the wa le ra whieh now enables. their own country men to furnish them with their 6w'n"clothiny. thkt Prince Albert like John Resem. ef red-but mem. ory, has at least "nine small children and oner at the breast," and that a canro of British broad ck)t s has arrived in JJie Delaware; tne price of DewJcise JaF passed to pension; off the whole wuivu uum uccii lucreaieu in coneeouence a. VSP- .bouaehold l $ (Laughter and eheeraW What good locofoca will not feel his democracv stirring within bim when be learns that a young princess nas oeen married to another Hessian, whose royal rwcessitiea Ui require the imno- aitkm of another tax on soap; candlei and wih dowa 1 " Ytheers-V In anch a atatfe nf nba- would not .Soutb Carolina bo jubilant with joy 1 V.v : uwrtf wiappy,iaie, vou mav have observed that the London fTimML I bigbrory , paper of EoglantL gives an account 1 a nweuog of .British capiulnta held a- few5 at whtcb, a targe sum of money was anbscribed, among otherporposes,' id supply us whhree trade fublkolians to Reprinted in New I dat7 e, and break up what the;EngMh I e : candour American system ot mpnopoliea and commercial reet kiiona., (Cheera.) Darro Ckocjcett's Omodii or Poi-David H .. ;1 1 n nmrrt a. ;tk TTA W CTMkk. .4 ' Tf 1 BftntativfmtW Mat tr.-w;.- m-. toI.v . W baaaked abruptly, fwhy is the Committee I Pf Wpya and -Meaiif like a tadpole 1" - Really the honorable Harry, "that's a .i bought so.- ..yatb iionaiy weu i ll tell yqu .why Ucauae il't i tog mm middle and ketkatMkdsJ ILDE,, BINNRY: GrtRHAAJ mzt; ley, JIubbardBfliAT T Xroiii r'? National Inietteocer. f v. If boast i"r ? fcf what thev are firoinflrioo: coujd fleet thetr caadjtes, our adversariet would bear ta all hollow. ;Thif seems to be their only caance. nChev h&ziinalej her candidate by aj trick,and. f if a trick' could' elect him, they woulaUiave Ihe game id lueir own nanus. ' - v " Do but look at the following, taaen iroin. iiw countW ftoUieioinioiotiof ihe DfeUlolfWe lay Wore our readers the following esUmato of the Stafeff btfwfioser otrwe count wuo.siroug and weH-fouuded hopeio success i a ff NeHamhirt Mill 1 1J 36 26: :jVirglhjar Vyi-iC; 17 9 10 13 9 6, 6 5 9 7 3 jsoutb uarouna, Georgia Tennessee, Alabama : Mtssisippii Louisiana, .Michigan . ' Illinoia v Missouri Arkansas 171 J Hen are itt rotes which shall obtain, if our brethren but do their duty and 138 are suf ficient to e,lect Polk and Dallas I", rra i " yjfi cAy there' the rub.,. But, without an If, rptrtdw we undertake to certify to auch rfoljwers .of the inquirer as may happen to read these lines, that of the aboye 171 votes, 52 only jqre i probably 'fftrtafa ;fvr Mrr Poti:and that, with "a probability almost as much to be relied upon, those 52 will be the only votes he will obtain in the election rrh-Jy. "'y :-. K Those, however, jWho-rememberhe prophecy of the Richmond Enquirer on the same subject four jears ago willvhardiy place much faith in it. Lei ua turn to it, for the edification of those who may feel any alarm at the Enquirer's -present prediction : j FKOiW TH E TtlCHMOND CNQtTtBKR OF S'EPT. 23, '40. We submit the following estimate to show how much we fan give,and rtien beat the Whigs. In this estimate we will put down the States ad mitted by all considerate calculators of all par ties to be certain for the opposing candidates, and among them Delaware, to General Harrison, tbongn the gentleman above jilluded to assured us that he would lose the Stafe on account of the 2 vans letter, arid his electioneering with the Ab olitionists We do not believe New Jfork, or Ohio, or Tennessee doubtful ; bar, for the argu ment; we will put them down so, and show how a plain tale" will swamp the Whigs.: - " ' States certain. , roa MR. VAIT BCCEN. ton GEN. HA.BR IS0X. New HamiMihira leading article in yesterdjyRicbmoM nquireri li - OSTECTS OF SHE faXSroEiAU i-bjiv-i ; imwaattlWifTaftWew WT'- w "st Beoo xc u.. w,u,. IJLAThat the Neose River below &S Wle'Jfli0 who iooip yigawe by SteantP, fronTwaynesbr: 7 Vermont 7 30 Massachusetts 14 10 Connecticut 8 23 Rhode Island 4 11 Delaware 3 11 Kentucky 15 7 Indiana . 0 4, - 5 60 4 3 115 . Pennsylvania Maryland" r Virginia South Carolina Meorgia Aftbatna f .. . Mississippi i . Illinoia Missouri 'Arkansas p . States doubtfuL (or areument sake. s Maine ' ; ., . '.,. 10 New York . ,42 Ohio . " 21 Tennessee..: V. . t, ,15 New Jersey, '.." , " . " .8 North Carolina - . 15 Louisiana . 5 Michigan ; 3 -' ". " . ' U9 . Thus it appears, rommoi favorable aspect! we rresiaennai question, can bk ldb to assume, that Mr. "Van Bcren mua oe re-elected.- Where is the man so hardened andrecckless, unless the most desperate. Whigs, as to deny that be will get the Statea ranged under hi : names ! The eiectoraJ vote of 4hese States is 115; 148 is -necessary to a choice. Well, if Mr. Van Buren can secure from among the doubtful States thirty-three electoral votes, his election is accom plished. I his is the worst view for the Admin istration in which the snbject can be placed : and yet Mr. Van Buren can be elected. ' But Mr. Van Buren can carry, and we confidently claim forhim, the gteat States of Ohio and New York, and Ten nessee will -most assuredlr vote for him. New Jersey, Michigan, North Carolina; and Louisiana are more doubtiurr but even ttjey wilLbe warm ly-cohteBted,' and may' tote for Mr. yanv Buren. ueaeral tiaaaisoM cannot be certain of more than sixtt electoral iotest tnth 4 reaimabUir6spect tf thirty-one more making tit all ninety-one, and short oj qji eteuiun jijiy-scten. - - if . . ,. ' 1 THE MUM CANDIDATE. ) A committee' appointed by i meeting of etti xena of uiles county, Tennessee, assembled at Pulaski on the 20fn xSept, and addressed aeveral queries to Col Polk, which that gentleman re fuses to answerr C The committee have bfiblished their , proceed inga with a- justly severe coranYedf tary on sine conduct of the JJerutocratic Candidate tor, toe t presidency . -1 ne comment ' concludes aar toJJowa:.:;1. ri - Gov.' Polk's reason for not answering these in. terroeatorifes are unknown to us : wheiher his opinions bava undergone a change on this sub ject we know not but we agree wun btm in that Dortioa of his answer to tne Memphis interroga tories of the 15th May, 1843, inf which he states mat "uie conavueru nas a ngnifOKnow vie opin ion cf the candidate before he cow JUI j.t;'V0 also concur with him in the' following: Quotation from hia letter of th same date to Megsare. Ti tus, Smith, and'other 'CWef l) cannot aonrove the course of any aspirants or candidates for pob no smiioii, va reiuaiog lo -oeiare ineir opinions free I v. and 'withoht reserve, uoou 11 niiblM.'aiih. jecta upnjwhlch thejr niajr.be interrogated y a in conclusion, ieiiow-cuizena, we admonish you,Iia Mlhe. language, of ,Gen. Jackaon in ihia speech at Jackson, Ten JW) the 10th of Oct, 1840 1 pieinber thfateiOf Tancienti Rome, and vote for no candidate who will not tell von. with the frankness of -an indenendent ;reeman. the principles upon Which, if elected, he will ad minister vour Government. iThat maii A tobe a slave, who'would vote for a mum candj date where hia liberty is at.Btake., , - 1- W.W;TOPPr , ; . t A: M. BALLENTIKEr- : . ; v -. i -,., AM'U MOSELY, i ; ' JAMES McCOLLUM,, L. M. BRAMLtTT, i- vrv; .r- : BEN-CARTBR. i , inusxi,aa uct. 1844.. " r'- , Jhe ,Whig of New Hanover 'pledge them selves to give the largest vote in November for the-Whig Ticket ever glvetf in the County.- " wuc' au.v. M) o,e wmiM ,weii i .lrj one we nope wuury todqbetterT. A. " t " .T,Ktt. IV. u . tThe Internal ImprcveroefitConvem jm (,'1839 aslembled in Rale&K oft tbrlOth ofiDicWrber. . If Tbtrty-seven Counuea were repreiented, eraora 4ngevery sectknv of the State.- The Conven tion waa dalT organized ty the, nnanimonsap poTBtmehl-ofjGert. R. Se&Jefif iead in the proceedings of that body, and beiDg the present; day.tia Wm. 11. Haywood, Jr. Louis Di&emyi Roniui8,M. SaunderA JaTjiei BShep mfc CatneroniDnoeial OrWatson, L.H. Marslelter Henry LTodle. Wm. W. Ave ry, Willie WhhVelKf Littleton Ayn, James Kerr, Whitmel Stallings; Alex. F.waston. James M. Nyet Dr &' A. Andre ws, t and 'McCod- v . - y naugney x. , . .."' rpo motion of ; Mr. IleitryA-Cotamittee to be denominated the General rf2roittee conaiating of tbirteeft delegates, one ' from' each Congres aionarDiatrwaaippo t'MinttnAi .XfriWP jnjopowtioiBiajib. raittei j4ba:Cven1ttoa .oolbi subject cIetet nal Improvement, w After due deliberation on the subject and with il view to harmonize aa i rottch as possible the various 'conflicting, piniona fthd interests, the Committee , repojted j in . geueral tormMh'at tbejaiii o?;tne State ahoald. be, giyeo to the following works i 1st, that the remaining- jnatalmentiof the State's aubscripion-tthe W'il- niingtQTi &: Raleigh Rail Road; should at once e, paid; 5d thafnis aid c theSta should; D some'my e be granted to; tne , Raleighafid Gae? ton Rail Road Company. 3d, that the Inlet.at ihe foot of the Albemarle Sound should be open ed. - 4th, 4hat a Rail Rnad should be ho Ut rrom Payette'villa 1o the Yadkinv 5th, that Beaufort Harbor should be connected with the Wilmington and Raleigh Rail Road, by a railway commuuica tioq. 6th, that, the, charter of the Fayetteville' and Raleigh Jtail Road ehouJd be. revived 7th, that a Rail Road should be constructed from the Wilmingtonf and Raleigh Rail JWd at or near Waynesboro' to Kaleigh. Bto, mat a survey or Neuse River should be made, with a view to its adaptation to steam navigation from Newbern to the head of that navigation. When the reading Tof the report was' concluded, . Mr. Haywood moved that a Committee of three be appointed to estimate and 'report the . present avatiauie tunoa ot me oiaie wnai sum n wm be necessary for the State, to borrow in order to oster Internal Improvements, according to the plan reported by the Committee of thirteen, and estimate as1" well as they cart, the probable cost of each of the works recommended by the re- Dort. Thisv motion having been made- by Mr Hay wood, and adopted iajj the Convention, Mr. tL . waa of cours, accordito - pari iamenta ry usage, appointed Cbahrman of the Committee, who. reported after due examination that the Stajte'. owned in Bank and other Stocks, Notes of indi viduals or money loaned, Bonda for Cherokee lands, &c. inbound numbers tbe snm of $L536r-i 000. Tbe Committee also reported the probable cost of the several Works recommended, but did not specify the aiVwnt necessary to be borrowed by the State, as proposed by Air, Hay wood in his motion for raising the Committee..,, This Report, together with that of the General Committee, was referred to a Comroitise of the Whole, Mr. A, F. Gaa'oti fn the Chair,' where the subject was fully discussed In this disctusfcn, Gen. R. M. Saunders took a prominent and leading, part. and in order to put the mitter into tome definite form 'for . the action of the Committee of the Whole and the Convention,'proposedtbe adoption of the following Resolutions, viil ' - -lst. Kesolcea That the Convention concur in the -Report ef their Committee, that the sev eral works of imorovement therein recommend ed, deservejhe patronage of tbe State, and ought to be effected. 2d. Resolved, That in order to carry out the views of the Convention, and at the same time to accommodate them to the means and ability of the State, a loan of lun rniUions jive hundred ihousanddonart'nigty - 3d.? Resobaa ipsa tn the proaecutton ot these several work. -ihe Convention r the followinff classlfication, to1 wit .1st class, a. loan of five hundred thousand dollara to tbe Gaston and Raleish Company . subscription of four-fifths ot th4'Slock by the? State; to. the' Fayette vil! and XadkiQ Company and a like euescrrpttoa ot two-fifiht to a Company for a Road from -Raleigh to Fayette ville. ,24 class, a Rail Road from Beau fort Harbor to connect with the VViiininoloo and Raieigh Roakand a subscription of four-fifths of the capiul stock by the 'State ; the opening of an lnlet-at the toot of Albemarle sound; the incor poration ef a Company for that purpose and a aubscribtina of four-fiths-of the capital stock by the Stated a Rail Road from Rale iff h to intersect the .Wilmington Road at or near Wavnesboro V and a eubscription'of two-fiflhs by the. State. 4th. Resolved, That as the opinion of the Con? vention, mat the balance or the anbsenptron by tne State to the Wthiitmrton and Raleigh Company, ought to be Daid without delav : that a survev of i w ijcuw xttvr, wuu a Tiew ipneim navigauon ongnt to be had; and the survey of a route from Raleigh rid Hillsboro to Greerisboro id rGuil- ford County, with a view o a Mc Adamized; tern. pike road, ought alscTto be had ; and If the first iiouiu oe juuna prcucaoie, ine. uoaro of inier nit lmbrbveinent be authorized toliave it effect. euVand that a Company be incorporated for the C'natrwion of the road, with, a subacription of iw ' nans pi its siock oy iw staie. , j ; The question on the adoption of these resold tiois, in Committee of the 'lYhple, veaa decided. m ararmanve,; ana ine Vpairmau. inereupon reported them to : the Conven'.ion. MrW-.H. Haywood then moved te amend the Report of the Committee; by inserting in TtetTof the resolufiona proposed by tJen. Saunders, the following, viz.: ! Ist !2oZiedrThat a Slate loaiVtjr he tlp plled to Internal Improvements, involvea no ne- ceaeity for .uturejmiefsett of& taxes, so, long as me loan does not exceed, me amoonzoi nro. duetivefstcckaroWned by the "Staferat the.linie tSi loan made: Tbe SiateNortV; Carolina owning in the " Banif' of ' the State." stoct' to the vslue of C5OAP0O Ira the JBahfc of jCapV Fear i w ; m ine x vv iinungiou sou xuiieign, xuu Road Company COapOO, making together, 01 62a700; also in the notes V individuals; (well secured,) the sum of about 0100,000, may with- out j any peril of embarrassment to the people iHmopoTi, tbe f faithr: of these tunds .ar least $2,000,000, should it be 5 wanted to execute, the piana of 'improvement they adopt.. 2d. ReiolcnL 1hit the Rale'iffh' and . Gaston Rait Road Company; having petitioned the Gen eral; Assembly to guarantee for that Company the re-paynjeut of a.3oan which it becomes necessa ry for the Company to make, in order to complete the road to Raleighjinder all the circumstancesr n uurvpiuiuu ium.i uw iua application eught to i wgraa lO SUCB an awouui, uuuer iwu rerir Uiona, jtai upon auch terms as tiuay be prescribed Jy-4iie uenerai Aasemoiy, ice. are pnaiic gainst 1, whilst the Company t iall bo efictu .Ilv ai.v:i in-th9 nroaecution if t'.sir enterpriae. ilesolted. That a Rail RJ Trcm Yaikin f River to some point ori'the Cape Fear, near Fay. elteville, is necessary to the prosperity anowei fare of the. whole State, and constitutes the first nd-moft impotsrairlink jm hej system of Inter-- sai tqiprovfTnauianail pug&j jo oe piruur: ro to -Newbern ;andthe general -A?fiPibiI o o appropriafe .the sum that te necessary for he iniiHweoiefmtif fhef aalrfgation of said River r and efiduldlt be ascertained by actual aurvpv to be nracilcahlthe work ouffht to be done by the StateTiajLkilfi the View of prevertr.. itE. if tfif v htl be satisfied it is nraetirable 6th7 Reitdiedi 1aY w do, not ftitend by these resolutions ttf oeprecmfe, much less to repwb t? any other work oftlroptyyecnent that has oeei) nrongj ht to.thenotice of yiiaf Convejitwe; et those' herein1 specified heig pa , our judgment work that., demand more nnmeqte. attention, sucrrai .arefeertaiflry ; within the presentability of the State! and the amount necessary for the ir ptouiion peinf ucb a cannot ipfpivebelpeo- r pie oi ioe SMaiejoany permaueoi ibuiwiw taxesand these .works being also .auch as'-, may ea..i)e,.cponeii with .aijEyatani that fu- tnrn Tjai1atufp mav annrova : but we onlv' in tend to f ecojcnmend tht they ahall be first done, ana. ev time ana .eapenencevticierniioc, wico being' done of tbeSuie &h. Rexilzed, be constructed by the State, from Raleigh tethe Western JCountiea of Worth Carolina, me route to be determined by proper survey, and to run as near the County towns of the. Counties through which the mad will pass, aa is practicable j and that this road oeght to be commenced at once, with an:pprDpriatioir of two or three hundred thousand dollars."-' ! The question being taken on the amendinent proposed by Mr.' Haywood, that is , to substitute the resolutionj proposed by him irx. lieu of, those, proposed by Gen. Saunders and adopted in Com mittee of the Whole, it waa decided is the neg ative. ... ' ' "The question then recurred en the adoption of. tbe report of the Committee of. the Whole, re commending to the. Convention tbe adoption of tbe resolutions proposed by Gen. Saunders,-wbicn waa determined in the affirmative. ' : A resolution waa then adopted; 'proposing the appointment of a Committee to memorialize the Legialature then in, session, on the subject of Internal Improvement, and to urge upon tbe con sideration of (bat body, the vjewa adopted by the Convent ion. On this Ceroroittee, and appended to the memorial which waa presented to the lie- gislature, we nnd tne names ot. u. io qaunuers, Louis D. Henry and vL; IL Marsteljer, three of the heading roembera of. tbe Democratic party of the present day. It is but justice to saythat .the memorial which ia believed to. have beei) drawn by Gen. Saunders', ii a paper exhibiting great.care in ita preparation, and marked ability n the.enCorcement of the argument by which the "Views presented are sustained. It seems, however, torhave had but little, if any eSect on the legislature," aa bhlylwo of. the meas4ree recommended by the Convention, Wat Adopted by that. body. Thus ha4 closed hp'variMa JlD ef the friends of InteSnai improvement td do something- to 4mprove the condition of the oUJ North Sute-to make her citizens love her" more by making it their interest to remain wjthin her borders, and lo cultivate her soil -to place Ihem upon an equality if possible with' those of 'our sister States'to make up by artificial means tbe want of those natural advantages whith are possessed by moat oi her States of the Confede racy, arid finally .to make her people , c4tented and nappy, w netner ine means prt poseo; to ac complish these "objects . were the, beat jbat could have been, devised, it is uieless now to Inquire. The-faev which I -set out to establish iaV that the Demodrat party of the f tate "have had :quite as much to do with ihe subject and with the yat rioue propositions td borrow money on: the .faith and credit of the Stale, for purposes of Internal ImproVement. as the; Whigs and I think every candid reader,w ill admit that Ibis act has been clearly and fully estabfiahed. ' VERITAS. .XT . i : PENNS VLVANIA. ' The result of .the late electiorj in PehMylva. nla, hae inspired the alrongest confidence in the Wbiga of lhajf State aodof -eineiStatitt the triumphant sdecese ot the Electoral ticke re on the first day ofoyenexV -T An address to the People of Pennsylvaoa from a committee of Whigs at Harrisbtirg speaks in the strongest language ' of encbu'ragement, of pheerittg hope, of' assured Cohviet'lon. Tbe result of i election,"; all doubt, if anjeverjejKjistedtbH f Pennsylvania have the abilUy td give the State to Mr! Clay, it is known to every one at all conversant with the politics of Pennayva tTrteVh pany; is maiy th Cvotea eironger wij National than on Ste quea ?tiona iArthe tate ElectlnSabeE aaa 'joiity against the rW ticket exceeded 8000 ; and our opponent elect ed three-fourths of lhe'membersf thevliegis ' lature. In "November .immediately, following the Vbigapf the State rallied, elected a noajo 4 rity of the members ef the con vehtioa to amend 'the Constitution, almost annihilated the previous majority and'eeirry' gave4 the vote of the State ' to. Gn. ilarrisbni a candidate then coraparatnre iyhutnttleknbw Uon in 1840, tbe majority, according to te to cofoco organs of that day, waa against the.Wbig by - upwards ; of IOjOOO t yet in November the electoral- vote of the -State was cast for Gen. tMIarrison.M w? i The contest to Nwember, invelvinjr such im portent issues, especially, important to Pennaylr a piawilfdra.w which the ment ,elsctMradid not f It is out of, the question for delusion and zmsrepresematioo to f -rvert the respective views and principle of fhe'iwo Preatdential candidates onHbe edbject of the Tariff io far as to cause iennsylvaniato vole unaera deception. A Clxxcftmah Okx Hbhdbi aw Teh Yxiaa Ou).--The Ut ica Ba pi ist Register says r that Rev. BsttfHoVET preached hi the Broad stree't Baptist Chapel "iii that city "on , tfieaflfercoori j&T W lastiSabatKjMi sepjemoerrixj.,n:aa,ati t aioed tethe remarkable age of iudre4 oi ,net ikiav itv tbia wrKvUM wenerai AssemoiT i Wt?ot itx n'nuM i Merhsii lint rove I I.mWIa vl dnrlr mMieniW. forth. I ' , .what 'shall be done next for the good I r.uw w.miea to much memnew nf ,ot any patt-o it. nei rPr wnen ne waaruoeia-eaulted and calW .u .fl'katfftfTWrnm'lrAf RoSd tAlffM to f COnnutlO(ft .tOOJ Of a CCtl vilvrsrt I ten year. ssoni'whu Jam JT VM.-lx-.., ww rwi A a- m - www ; wsaivuai of eaest FRAUDS .7" effecled bT awnto'falenu ofthiifi; P'n. atatesmanlilm miuu- " 7"rT 1Da vwd '.n.a. :t . . itecause ha hu v. t:ft.--n J" ",.:"11! wnen in dmM: hi r: m imri i iiirniniAif m i "-- wk.s;bb. vivinir uatav , IAN hlUo.lhna - . - . old men wbdintheir youthfdl dav. lli.t ,J batllea pnbe country, and helped' to establ? sh J Because he iroted airaihat navinr . PBT tomes idonroe, tbe Revolutiooa tri6ttx-Presidfenr of 4 the United States WAS mt nOAr thnf Ko aaVoei AmrkAlU . . Sceef Justice of the 'Peace in irmm , ' i"-f iuv viuiviivu a.i i ni'ik DrelhoML - BecauaeShr voted aMlhsifthe rl,;m . widows and orphana bf the seimea lost in ,Lr S-shin Hornet. Because those who' know him best, the m. ef1Tennesseerhave -twice declared that L i, r fit to be their Governor. , " - Because he ia opposed to the protection of i mencaantercatahy the power of Congrssa, Because he is in favor of theimm;.... nexkm Texa;regardie of consequ careless oTeur Treaty stipulatiooB hh tZt ' naTinti. aruf nf I ho fa. !, . T- : rer in dehtit IK WI.TE t i ' " -mene,f Because he .hae attempted to deceive th n. pie of.the UftitedSlateVwho favor J "" e measure. ; :' such a Governor Trn. i to notoriously remiss in the discharge 0f the du ties of the office, as to be preeented Ly a Grand Jury.VtWCardmcZe. d IyJf-rffetf man, whose rib croved to he " the-better haH.'.' in the wron w.t. term,; said fo his rriends, rf I loved my wife atfirw -jrc"vjr ccr cia love a wife. Fur tpe first two months. I actuallv dtftl" ' CVCr $inCe then Fte ben 1 BOARDING FOR IT1ETIDI Kn. nnHE Subscriber, hainff rentedhe large Honte ' JJ. south of W. H. Gktts, on Fayeuetille Street recently occupied by Capt. Lvcas, wilt be preptrfd' to accommodate ariih genteel board 15 to 18 Mem. 1-bew of the appntaching Legirature, eiiher with or wttheut their Horse. Term moderate. .JOBN BUFFALO VV. N. B. Good comfortable Carriage and fine Horiej, Saddle Horses, 4 c. can be had at the shortest notice,' at alt hours. Horse will also be krpt by the 1ij, msnth or year, at a reasonable rate. - ' (3" Karge spacious lots for Drovers. October 8 i.-t'i v J ' - 85 Tnjrilliam T Daln residing within fifty rs-VV w onehundred yards of the Cafitel, respect, fatly wforma ihe Members of the approaching lgii laturo, that he witl ..be prepared to accommodate with comfortable BoAaa, some fifteen or twenty of their budy.v Hi charges will be mmlerBte.aml be will spare no pains to please, and render tbe tkne of a who out patrofuM hinv aareeable duiing their stay. Early applications are desirable. . ' .Raleigh, Oct. 4, 1844. 80. TfyfTRS, 8TTJART, having procured the roomi in JlYJX M FaliTais's new brick . House adjoioinj her dwelling oa Fayeitevitfe Kln et. is prepared to sc cemenodste 26 Members of the spproscbing Legitls turewbrr location is very convenient to the Opitol, the rooms are new and pleasantry sHaated, sod by her own, well known exertions to please her boarder, she hopes to receive a liberal patronage. ; Raleigh, Oct. 14th, 1844. 83-3 w ; .qrj standard 3 times. IV otice to Builders. niHB uudersigned-ComrnUtee, appointee! by the JX' County Court of Wake, to superintend the build ing of a Bridge scrota lbs Neuse River at K-f ere' Bridge, on the road leading from Kaleigh tr Lou i burg, will en Saturday, tbe 9th day of Noe enber next at that place, let out to tbe lowest bidder, the feuiljhoa; of the same; further pajticulars made known on Jhat dayr ALLEN ROGERS, 8r: . BETH JONES, ri t CYRUS WH1TAKER. October , 1844. 82-4t 7yriCE.--Applioation 'wiII be made to the lM next Cenerat Assembly of North Carolina, for the passage of Private Acl.l prevent tbe falling of Timber into the three Muddy Creeks and their tribu taries!, ia tbe sooth part of brakes County. Also, to empower the County: Court of Btokes to easse said Creeks to be cleared of Timber, and the PonaV saJ swsmps to be drained. V , 1 September 23, 1844. . ' 78 t NOTICE. A VINO hoiijbl at Execution sale, all that part of the Fortsmoutb, & Koanoke Kail vKoao, which is situated InJ the County , of Northamptos, between Margarets ills and the Cou&ry im ifaa at Weldon, I shall apply to the next LegiaUtnre of the State of North Carolina for a charter, to ea ble me to collect Tolls wereob for ihe trsnsportsiioa of persons and produce, at the same rate per mild that is authorized te becharged under the cbarf given to the Portsmouth & Roanoke Rail Hoad Com pany. ;. f. i ' ; j FRANCIS E. RIVES. nc&rdf for Nembem of th .j- lealatarc-Tbe obribr 1 pleasare in snnoancing to tbe MemM" JL elect of the spproscbing General A- bly, that having been at s considerable Pw,,e',. h ting up twoeddhiona! rooma to his former eum menwhe is nw prepared coffifcruWy to seconun data from 80 to 35 Members of that botly. The location and character of his fJouss re JJ known, that he deems.it unnecesfaiy to say F oa this point. M F the csae nienee and acwni tioeef those gentlemen who board with bio. be"' sJo bs prepared to take their Hons, if they vi - Hwerms, as' usual, will be SDoderat. 7r.i. r l4; 0HN HUTCHINJ Raleigh. Oct. ft. 144. , 8i!l fVN Wednesday; the Jr day of fivtmhet seA ViJ tbe sabsrriber win proceed tasstt on JT mises, the House and Ul, (part ef ;Lot N. ) the CKy of Ralegh, voe the eornev, of WAm!Z and Motgatf BUeets, at pfesenr ece apiedby AJ"T det J. Uwrea.vaj lbdoaseholfl Kkebec Funiitor. sod otb articiae n"Z hint as Trustee-, by Peed bearing date Dceber w 2lsl rS4Ti A; I?i " rertnsjTbm House and Let win o . credit of six months, with interest from trills sate, tot wnicctnond and jattsiaciory .j. required The other articles-will bs inonyVt The sale"beinff'mad bv oTder "ot. Wake Court Equity, will be poaltnre ;sd withotrt retierve. i- 3EO.WHATWO0D. Trasfe- October 8th, 1844. a. a I i r - ... I .J5ecane when . ' .... n.t v
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