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SENATOR HAYWOOD'S ADDRfJSSL r
We low no time in laying before ade"
Ihe triumphant vindication both of the nd
S the conduct of Senator Hay wd, h.ch hare
bn so unjustly and sa wantonly Impugned, in
Tefirence to a measure which he 'h"'"
W.th equal pointandhiatwicaltmb, the Expert,
kestal Tajuitm of the preaent Administration.
Am the National Intelligencer well remark, he
completely - justifies himself, and rolla back op
tb his pursuers the tide of obloquy .with wVich
hvm attenflpled to overwhelm him." '
If tbi controversy involved consideration of a
character merely personal to Mr. Haywood, how.
-ever, we do not koow that we should feel justified.
in devoting so large a space to his defence, how
jever graphic and revolting his exposure bf that
j-elentleas -Party Despotism whieb having been
exerted io vain to control his conscientious eon-
frictions of duty; afterwards sought revengefully
to destroy his: chaacter., But there are matters
ht far tiorepUh and moment io the powerful
.Address of the Ex-Senator the more powerful
from the stadied simplicity of the narrative, and
the absence of every thing like an effort to ap
'fceal from the judgment to the sympathy of the
"fconnfrv."" - ' v
- That part of Air. Itay wood's Address which
Ve publish this morning, demonstrates, beyond all
juertion, that the enactment of the Tariff of 1848,
0 far from being in accordance with the princi
ples to which the party in Rower were pledged to
the country by the result of the election of 1844,
is in direct conflict with all their previous promi
ses and declarations do the subject- and that, if
they were toledged to any' particular scheme, it
Twaa to McKay's bill of 1844, which differs essen-
iially both in principle and in detail from the law
just passed. He also states, what was already
apparent enoafrht that the new Tariff was passed
xtgainsi the judgment of a majority of Congress'-'
ioiher Senators who supported it, and as Mr.
!aywood says, not a feu) of them,' condemning
the act even while they voted for it ! - Will it be
pretended that a law thus passed under the
seductive influence of Executive persuasion and
entreaty, and by means t)f a stern Party drill, by
nvhich all-independence of opinion and action was
s effectually silenced as if another Cromwell at
Ihe head tf his lesions had surrounded the
Capitol, to browbeat Senators into acquiescence
o his will, ought to be regarded as the voice of
the People, or as the intelligently settled judg
tnentof the country! And may not Mr Hay.
Arood, in his retirement, stand proudly erect in
' the midst of those servile Senators, who, con
learning this revolutionary experiment, neverthe
less voted in its favor, either to propitiate the
javor of the President or to escape the !enuncia
tionsof the Presses devoted to his service ?
Perhaps, however, the most important position
established ' in the first part of Mr. Haywood's
Addrefs-raud U is established beyond all con
troverey- is the direct antagonism of Mr. Polk's
for rather we 6hou Id say of "Sir" Robert Wat
leer's) new Tariff, with tha principles and opin
ions, uniformly avowed by every Republican Pre
sident and Secretary of the Treasury, by every
Republish Congress and by every Party, except
the Nullifyers, since the adoption of the Federal
-Constitution. What right, then, have these
spurious disciples of the Fathers of the Republi
can Church to call their bantlingthis rash ex-
pgrimenTal" system', which has, for the first time,
received the reluctant sanction of a bare ma
jority of Congress, against the jcdumest or
its members what right, we repeat, have they
to christen this monstrous conception of a vision
ary brain, which came into the world 'just half
.made up,' a Democratic Tariff, in the teeth of
the fact that it is condemnedout and out, by the
opinions of Washington, of Jefferson, of Madison
mod Monroe the entire line of Republican Presi
dents, in whose footsteps they profess to be devout
tmd faithful followers, as well as of the father of
Modem Democracy, Jackson, and of his adopted
successor. Van Buren, whose name Mr. Haywood
might have added to his list of authorities bad he
deemed it necessary so to do 1 A Democratic
Tariff ! Why, if it he so, then has the govern
Went heen administered upon Federal principles
ince its foundation, although the good people
liave been ignorant Jy persuaded of the contrary
imtil Polk and Walker tpened their eyes to the
enormous heresies into which such puny minds '
s those of Washington, Jefferson and Madison J
Lad been hetrayed! !
But our limited space admonishes us to forbear !
further remark.- Indeed, no comment upon the
lucid Address of Senator Haywood, and especially
upon this branch of it, which he fortifies impreg
nably as he proceeds? is necessary. We, for one,
tare willing to go before the people of Virginia and
of the South upon the issue so clearly stated by
JJr. Haywood. We will not say that we had
IAtheb be wtokg with Washington, and Jeffer
son, Madison and Monroe and with the great and
yure men by whom they were aided in the ad-
raiaistration of the government, than right with
Polk, Walker and their advisers ; but we may
. safely say, when we find ourselves sustained by
the old Fathers, even though we be thrown into
conflict with the apostates from their creed and
practice, who nevertheless claim to be in the di
rect line of succession and the only, authorized
interpreters of their doctrines, that we stand uporf
the old Republican platform. And so, we think,
the "sober second thought" even of the people of
he South will finally adjudge. ; ' '
From the Norfolk Herald.
We occupy a large portion of our space to
day, in giving place to Ex-Senator Haywood's
Address to the people of the u Democratic par
ty" of North Carolina, setting forth his reasons
for resigning his seat in the Senate of the United
States. Appended to the Address, as published
in the Washington Union, are voluminous ex
tracts from various high authorities, quoted by
2&. 1L, to sustain hit news of the Tariff, which
we are compelled to omit. Mr. Haywood takes
" the true ground on the .taring and argues the
Txint as a patriot and statesman should : the
Tuor ids puy laai ha should have lacked the
xlrmness and independence necessary to maintain
his dignified attitude in the hour of trial? for
while we give full credit to his declaration, that
lii conscience revolted at voting for the oboox
ious evil, we hold him bound to have voted o-
- gainst it IU owed it to his conscience, (which
admits no eowpromUe,) bis 4j o fcjf country,
and his independence SftP&oro oppose the
WW which eonsekc ud pHfiatkm had con
demned. NeutraJi? Is bit em, was a mere at-
ewpt to .compromise with his conscience and
duty. PerhaDs a more powerful agent might be
ai-- party. Bat such attempts to "dodge
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the question" are always unfortunate. -II isv par
ty have just cause to be offended with him, be
cause he kept his xp position to the bill tf secret
from them until the last moment.. They, win
never be reconciled to him again, notwithstand
ing, he has honored, them with exclusive atten
tion in his Address. How much higher would
he now stand in his own estimation, and in that
of all honorable and independent minds, if he had
early proclaimca that be could, not vote for: but
would vote against the hill, in the shape in which
it passed. In so doing, be would have com
promised no principle or dogma of his party. He
was not instructed ; and he knew, that to vote
against the bill, would have been in accordance
with the roost recent demonstration of public
sentiment that had been given in his own State
Thus, then, he stands politically : denounced by
his own. party for being too independent; and
hopeless of the countenance of the Whigs, for
not being independent enough.
MR. HAYWOOD'S ADDRESS.
We commence to-day the publication of Mr.
Hay wood s Address to the People of North Car
olina. The peculiar position in which Mr. H. has
placed himself towards Mi parly and the bitter
denunciations which have been heaped upon him
by the Locofoco Press, because he resigned his
seat in the Senate of the United States rather
than swallow the bitter pill which his party had
prepared for him, by voting for what he terms
u The Experimental Tariff bill," will no doubt
cause this Address to be read with interest if
for nothing else, to gratify the curiosity which
has been excited to know upon what grounds Mr.
II. would base his vindication of the course be
pursued. We have no wish to interfere between
Mr. II. and his party, but, with the Baltimore
Patriot, we will say, " that with every disposition
to look favorably upon the course of Mr. Haywood
and acquitting him, at once, of all improper mo
tives, we think he fell short of his duty in aban
doning his place in the Senate, under the circum
stances. The example is an evil one, and if al
lowed to pass into a precedent, would lead to se
rious and disorganizing results. His reasons for
determining to vote against the bitl are conclu
sive, according to the theory of the Constitution
which he holds) and we contend that it was his
duty to have retained his seat in the Senate and
cast his vote against it. In not doing this, for
fear of an M open rupture" with his party friends,
he fell far short, as we believe, of his duty, and
has exposed himself to just censure. We say
this, because we would not have it inferred from
eor silence, that such an abandonment, in a great
crisis, of a high office, the du lies of which are to
be as corfessy as conscientiojsly discharged, can
be, in our judgment, justified 'or excused. That
Mr. Haywoed has been badly treated by his par
ty friends, is very manifest from bis address; and.
and with the remark that, we should have liked
it much belter, if there had been a more indig
nant and less deprecating spirit running through
it, we direct the attention of our readers to it"
Petersburg Intelligencer,
DIRECT TAXES THE TARIFF.
The Washington correspondent of the New
"York Commercial Advertiser states that Senator
Lewis of Alabama, who is still in Washington,
waiting for cool weather before he ventures to
the South, makes no secret of his anxiety about
the continued expense of the Mexican war, and
the danger of a resort to direct taxation at the
next session. That this will be the result, unless
the tariff be materially modified, we do not doubt.
And, by the way, the correspondent of the N.
Y. Herald says that this is to be done. He
writes: I am glad to be able to inform you that
the most obnoxious features of the new Tariff
those especially affecting injuriously the coal and
iron interest will be essentially modified at the
next session of Congresss. This you may consi
der a settled thing. Mr. Secretary Walker is
favorable to it, and most of the Southern men
have promised cheerfully to acquiesce in the
change." If this be true, it snows that the " ar
chitects of ruin" are already alarmed at the pro
bable effect of their own greai" measure. Our
impression is, however, that declarations of this
sort are to be : deceptively thrown out, like the
Kane letter and the speeches of Buchanan and
Dallas, again to deceive the people of Pennsylva
nia, on the eve as they, are of an important
election. Will they consent again to be bamboo
zled 1 Richmond Whig,
MURDER AND ROBBERY.
A most diabolical and brutal murder was Com
mitted in Leaksville, Rockingham County, N. C.
on Tuesday night last, upon the body of a young
man named Lewis, a clerk in Mr. Btjixard's
Store. The young man, as we learn, returned
from the country (whither he had been to see a
sick relation,) about 11 o'clock Tuesday night.
And having undressed himself for bed, when
about to lay down, a noise without the window
attracted bis attention on going to it to see the
cause of alarm, he was shot down by some one
outside the window receiving the contents of
the gun in his face and head, which must have
caused instantaneous death. The Store was then
entered and the cash drawer rifled of its contents,
amount about $10. The prime object of the
murderer seems to have been to enter the safe
that contained some 3 or $4,000 but it seems
he did not succeed in entering it, the key to
which, it appears the clerk had in one of his pock
ets. It may be thought that the report of the
gun excited surprise in the town, but it did not,
inasmuch as a grog shop stood hard-by, where it
waB common to fire off gnns at any time in the
night. Three or four men have been arrested
on suspicion, the circumstantial evidence against
one of whom, we learn, tends to convict him.
This man (whose name we disremember) is rep
resented to have loaded his gun with slugs early
that evening, hd the next morning the cun was
found empty, and the 6lugs lodged in the head of
young Lewis, whose dead body was not observed
by any one bet the murderer or. murderers, un
til Wednesday morning. This man cannot ac
count for the empiy gun, although we believe it
is in evidence that he was seen after twilight
bearing a fowling-piece. ' The wretch that did
the bloody deed is an incarnate devil who should
be ferreted out and hung as high as Haman.
. - - . ! ' ' -If i&on Chronicle,
Something for Old Bachelors. m The
three most beautiful words in the English lan
guage are Mother, Home and Heaven."
The above we cut from an exchange paper. A
young married man at our elbow, save that all th
beauty and happiness connected with the above
mree words, are associated with the single word
Wirt V '
. NORTH CAROLiriC " t v '
The elections that have just taken place in
fhis good old State, are cheering to the friends of
tb Whig cause.' A canvass, warm, animated
and highly excited, has wound up in the complete
and overwhelming triumph of aAv hig Governor
and a Whig Legislature. This is absolutely
almost unkind in the people of Worth Carolina.
Theirs was one of the jfrrfelections after the full
development of the democratic policy by the gov
ernment; hers was the first r responsive voice in
answer to the fiddle-faddle of the Congress that
has just adjourned. We repeat it, there was a
seeming cruelty in thiswhiggish hard-hearted ness
of her citizens. Here is a, Southern State, for
whoso especial interest the democracy have pre-
tended! y labored through, seven long months of
legislative toil, spurning all the proffered benefits
of her friends and rebuking their time-serving
policy in a voice that will not be misunderstood.
It is pretended that the wild and reckless legis
lation of Congress has had in view the promotion
of Southern policy, and that the interests of this
section are identified with the success of the dera-
caratic parly. Old North Carolina can be im
posed upon bv no such stuff. Her people, cool
and self-collected amid the angry excitements of
the day, have looked steadily on the progress of
the measures of the dominant party, and in me
exercise of a decisive and dispassionate judge
ment have condemned them one and all.
In North Carolina, Gov. Graham, the Whig
candidate is re-elected by a very largely increased
majority of the popular vote, while both branch
es of the legislature are of the same political
faith, insuring the election this fall of two Whig
Senators to the Congress of the United States.
This is indeed a proud and glorious triumph.
McKay, the father of the new-fangled Tariff, was
a representative from that State. We should
like to know how this poor serf of party feels un
der this withering rebuke ! But what cares he!
His masters at Washington bid him do the deed,
and his constituents at home may help them
selves. They have helped themselves nobly.
The trick was tried and a daring effort made to
bamboozle and mislead them. The cry was rais
ed that the State was betrayed and maledictions
loud and deep were heaped upon the head of one
of her distinguished sons, for refusing to aid in
the immolation of his country, bot all to no pur
posej the people had looked with fearful anxiety
at the conduct of their rulers, and seeing at their
doors the intended ruin, rose as a strong man
armed, and resisted the enemy. "Tis enough
Georgia may not follow to the extent this glori
ous example of her Southern sister, but she has
thousands of sons now preparing to make the ef
fort hi the fall elections. The country every
where is waking up to the dangers that surround
it. Here in our own beloved State the popular
bosom is heaving with deep and intense anxiety,
indicating a restless and fearful insecurity, and
foreboding the certain defeat of every craven
wretch that has deserted his country at thebe
hest and bidding of party. The Bigns are every
where propitious, the forces are rallying to the
field, and the first Monday iii Oclolert if every
man does his duty, will bo as proud a day in
Georgia as the Whig party has'ever witnessed.
Columbus Geo.) Enquirer.
JUSTICE TO THE OLD NORTH STATE.
From the Albany American Cilieen-.
Tite Old Noktii State. The Whig gain
in thirty-two counties in North Carolina i? 2,142
over the last Presidential election. Mr. Graham
the present excellent Whig Governor, will be
re-elected by nearly double his former majority.
Yet he is no demagogue ; no time-erver ; he ne
ver bawled for the whole i4 Oregon, nor advised
the Whigs in Congress to advocate a war with
England about a worthless s'.rip of land on the
Pacific No ! The Whigs of North Carolina
are made of different stuff. They never bowed
the knee to Baal, and never will. Consequently,
they enjoy the confidence of honest men conse
quently they are successful. They are not nose
led by State printers, State barbers, or small po
tatoe aspirants for the Presidency. Their lead
ers arc men of profound talents and lofiy charac
ters. Such Statesmen, for instance, as Gaston,
Badger, Dudley, Morehead, Mangtira, and Gra
ham. The Old North State may be poor, but
she is honest. Her sons have never been cor
rupted by regencies at her capital, of either par
ty. They are in many respects a primitive peo
ple, and we doubt much whether they are any the
worse for it. At any rate, they are a reliable peo
ple. The Whigs of that State have always done
their duty when called upon by their brethren of
the Union. They gave the vote of the State for
Harrison in 1840, and to Clay in 1344 ; and they
stand ready to give it to any sound Whig Mates
man in 1843. Prosperity and health to the Whigs
of North Carolina I
44 THE OLD NORTH STATE FOREVER."
The cheering news from honest old North Ca
rolina; thejnost steadfast and conservative of all
the Southern States, cannot" fail to gladden the
heart of every Whig in the Union. This election
is, in many respects, important. It was to be de
termined whether the people of North Caroli na
were willing to acquiesce in the pernicious poli
cy which the dominant party was prosecuting at
Washington. It is too usual at ordinary State
elections, unattended with the interest and ex
citement of the Presidential canvass, for the
Whigs at least to give way to inactive apathy,
and to permit their adversaries to gain an uncon
tested victory. But the Whigs of North Caroli
na have shown a wiser and truer spirit. They
have roused themselves to exertion, and have ut
tered a potent reboke to ihe rulers that misgov
ern the country. They havespoken out, at a pe
riod of general political quiet, in determined con
demnation of the measures which the Congress
just expired has adopted. Rich. Comp,
A friend writes us from Lumberton, that on
the 12th inst., Mr. James Flowers, a very res
pectable, worthy, honest citizen, was brutally
murdered by the hand of a worthless wretch, by
the name of Jack (alias.) John Shepard, who is
now in jail, to await his trial.
A Coroner's inquest was held over the body
yesterday morning. After examining the witness,
the jury returned their verdict, that the deceased
James Flowers came to his death by a wound in
flicted in the breast, by the hand of Jack (alias)
John Shepard. North Carolinian.
The Washington Union laments over the de
feat of the "two million appropriation bill,;" but
exults in 'the triumph of many of the destructive
measures recommended by the President. V Ne
To fiddled while Rome was Burning." .. . ;
Boston Journal.
He has his Reward! The Portsmouth
Journal, announcing the appointment of Henry
Hubbard, of New Hampshire, as Receiver of the
public moneys at Boston, reminds its readers that
Mr. Hubbard nominated James K. Polk at the
Baltimore Convention, and this ?g the tuifvro
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LATE and IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO.
Revolution in favor of Santa Anna Santa An
- ' rut gone to Mexico-Reinforceinent pfjhf Army
i.. of the North. .v. '. x? I'.1 "
By the ship Adelaide, Capt Adams,! which ar
rived at NevfvYork, on Thursday 'evening from
Havana, advices from" Vera Cruz to July 31st,
brought by the Steamer Dee, which arrived at
Havana on the 7th inst, were received. .
The city of , Vera Cruz, Includinghe garrison
of the Castle of San Juan d'Ulloa, has pronoun
ced against the' government of Pa'redes, and in
favor of Santa' Anna. This movement is made
in concurrence with the revolution in the Depart
ment of Jalisco, (announced by former arrivals,)
which, so far from being put down, has gained
strength and consistency with every- passing
hour.. A government force under General Ale
valo, which was sent to suppress it, was cut to
nieces, end the General killed.
Two battalions of troops had left the Mexican
capital for the North, prior to the 23th ult-, ana
Paredos was intending to follow speedily, with
the remainder of the army of reserve. The pro
nunciamenlo at Vera Cruz and the arrival of San
ta Anna, who must have reached that port about
the 14ih inst, probably prevented Paredes de
parture, or induced his immediate return, ana
perhaps also the recall of the two battalions a-
bove mentioned. The prospect now is, 1 hat the
Mexicans, for some time to come, will nave i
plenty to do in fighting each other, without be
6towing any attention upon the American inva
ders.
Correspondence of the Richmond (Va.) Republican
Shocco Springs, N. C, Aug. 17, 1846.
Gentlemen : To one who has all summer
been " cribbed, cabin'd, and confined" within the
narrow limits and heated walls of a populous ci
t v, like our Richmond, a change of air, of scene,
&c, is most delightful, and the effect almost
transporting. Irhas been my lot to pass a few
days at this most charming and agreeable water
ing place, kept by Mr. Calvert, the enterprising
and aceomnlished proprietor. He seems now to
i
be answering the end of his creation to be exe
cuting the design Providence had in view when
he breathed the breath of life into his nostrils ;
the owner and the owned seem to have been
made for each other. So much for the proprie
tor ; and now something of bis arrangements.
The Springs are located about nine miles from
the town of Warrenton, which latter place lies
within three miles of Warrenton Depot, on the
Raleigh and Gaston Rail Road. The arrange
ments are in every way well adapted to the ac
commodation of the visitors, being capable of
containing 500 persons with ease and comfort,
and having a long and beautiful row of snow
white cabins, centred with a most spacious and
elegant ball room, in the rear of which is the di
ning room, capable of seating from 300 to 400,
fronted by a rich grove of luxuriant oaks, afford
ing a delightful shade. The spring is admirably
arranged, at a distance of about 200 yards from
the hotel, which is, of course, frequented at all
hours of the day by the visitors, who seem to
drink the water (at first nauseous) with great
gusto. It resembles, in smell and taste the
White Sulphur water of Old Virginia, and pos
sesses, in a great degree, medicinal qualities al
most identical with the Greenbrier Sulphur Wa
ter. 'Tis reached by a retired and shady walk,
the Spring house being provided with seats all
around, and situated in the lap of a quiet and se
cluded vale.
The band is excellent, and brings forcibly to
my mind that of Ruffin himself unsurpassed.
When I say that Frank Johnston is its leader, the
tale is told. There are now about 200 to 250
visitors, and hourly arrivals. To-morrow evening,
a ball which has been expected some time, comes
off, and a glorious time seems to be in anticipa
tion. Little or no dancing has been done to day
the ladies reserving themselves for the mor
row, and occupying their time in giving an air of
grace to the grass inserting their hoops and
laying their traps. I expect to be verdant enough
to be caught in one I now see preparing it cer
tainly looks inviting. INCOG.
DAVIDSON COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT.
The Seventh Annual Commencement of this
Institution came to a close on Thursday last, 13th
of August ; surpassing in brilliancy and interest
any thing of the kind we have eer had the plea-
sure of witnessing. The exercises commencedj
on Sunday preceding, with the delivery of the
Valedictory Sermon, by the Rev. i Samuel Wil
liamson, President of the College, a production
disclosing the fruits of a masterly and well cul
tivated mind. Exercise was resumed on Mon
day mofningand continued until Tuesday even
ing with the examination of the Sophomore and
Junior Classes. On Wednesday during the
forenoon and afternoon also, Valedictory Ad
dresses were heard from the two Literary Soci
eties, Eumenean and Philanthropic ; and at candle-light
speeches were heard from the represen
tatives of the same. Thursday was Commence
ment Day. ' At an early hour, under the escort
of a fine band of music, a procession was formed
of the Students, Faculty and Alumini of the In
stitution, and proceeding to the Chapel, the meet
ing was opened with prayer by the Rev. George
Howe, D. D.; after which the following order of
exercises commenced from the members of the
Graduating Class, viz; 1
1. W. J. Cooper, subject Latin Valedictory,
South Carolina.
2. P. J. Penick, Philosophical Oration, Va.
3. E. C. Alexander, Knowledge and its Influ
ence, North Carolina.
4. A. J. McKnight, Spirit of Conquest, S. C.
5. William McNeill, Powers of Mind, N. C.
6. J.W. McRae, Free Institutions, Moral Coun
age, N. C !
7. L- Z. Williamson, Duelling, S C.
8. W. B. Henderson, Ideality, .
W. H. Singletary, Henry VIII, S. C.
J. A. Williamson, Instability of Government,
North Carolina, ?
J. L. Gaither, ValedictoryVN. C. "
After the degress were conferred, the President
proceeded to the delivery' of his Bacalaureate
Address to the members of the i Graduating Class.
Tho Annual Oration was delivered by Dr. Howe,
of Columbia, S. C, whose noble bearing and port
ly demeanor, teemed to grasp the mind of his
audience and carry them away in one effulgent
blaze. . u - ; : A SPECTATOR,
Mill Grove, N. C - . - -..
One Mr. Abyss is lecturing on honrtiMn p1
marriage in:Massachusetts ! A very appropriate
name he has for his busrness ; for courtships are
frequently ended by no, and marriage is the sure
consequence of yes, ;
CtAte; of: north Carolina
k3 CnTATHAU .Coujrrr Court of Equity;
SprifagTena, 1846 ; - ."rVVXK.'
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,ti , ; .- . j utiam o. oniprs ana , . ,
Original BiU. ' V V
It aPDe&rine to ibe satisfaction - of the Coait that
Britton Snipes, Elizabeth Wilkinson, and the Heiraof
Anne Sanford, are non residents of this Stat ; it i
therefore ordered the Court, that ublicauon be
made in the Raleigh Register for six weeks, notifying
the said Defendants to apat ! at ttie next Term of
this Court, to be botden at the Court House in Pius
boroagh, on the 3d Monday in September next- and
plead answer or demur to the Plaintiff's Bill, other
wise judgment pro cenfetso will be entered against
them.
Witness. Joseph Ramsey, Clerk and Master of said
Court at Office, the 3d Monday in March. 1S46.
r ... JOS. RAMSEY, C M-
Pr. Adv. $5 62$ 3 .,. - j67 6w
State of North Carolina. Bcwcombe
UoowTy. 4 Superior Court of Law Spring
Term, 1846. . ; . - " -. -'Z
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--' - vs.- . - - ; - - ::.
Mary Ann Walker: . . !
Petition for Divorce.-
Upon the return of the Sheriff, that the Defendant
cannot be found, and proclamation having been
made at the door of the Court-house by the Sheriff
under the order of the Court, for the defendant lo
appear and answer as commanded by the subpoena.
Therefore, ordered by the Court, that publication be
made in the Highland Messenger, at Ashevilter and
the Raleigh Register, at Raleigh, fur three months, re
quiring of the Defendant to be and appear at the
next Term of this Court to be held at the Court,
house at Asheville, on the 2J Monday after the 4th
Monday of September next, or that judgment will be
taken pro confesso and the petition beard.
Witness, J H. Coleman, Clek of said Court at
Office, the 2d Monday after the 4 lb. Monday of
March, 1846, J. II . COLEMAN. Cl'k.
JuneSih. Prs. fee $6 49 3m
istrict Court of tbc United States,
for the District of North Caro
lina. In Bankruptcy. Notice is hereby
given, that I shall proceed to sell, for Cafa, at the
Court House door, in Sraithfield, on Tueaday, the
29th of September, 1846, at 2 o'clock, P.M., the
following Lots or parcel of Land, lying in Smith
field, and known in the plan of said Town, as Num
bers 85,86,87, 105, 106, and 107, and surrendered
in Bankruptcy, December 18th, 1842, by D,r. H. C.
Exsrss.- i '
Also, at the same time and place, such interest as
A. W. Stevens, a Bankrupt, has in a suit now pending
in the Superior Court of Johnston County, the Heirs
of John Stevens, against the Minor Heirs of David
Thompson, deceased, for Land.
D. McPHBRsON, Gen. Assignee,
In Bankruptcy, for Johnston County.
Smilhfiehl. August 18, 1846. 67 wolp
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Notice.
ClKKK 1SD MaBTZH. OrTCK
Raleigh, Aug. 8, 1846.
Charles Manly,
vs.
James I. B. White, and wife Rebecca.
In Equity.
The Plaintiffs Bill in the above entitled cause
states in substance: That the Plaintiff, Charles
Manly, has by purchase, become the owner in part
and tenant in common, with the Defendants, James
J. B. White and wife, of a certain Lot situate in
Raleigh, and known and designated in the plan of
said City, as Lot number Six. That the said Lot
was formerly the property of Kobert Williams, upon
whose death, it passed to his four children Lawrence
Williams. Lewis Williams, Rebecca married to James
J. B. White, and Meliada married to Joseph L. Wil
liams ; and that the Plaintiff has purchased for a
valuable consideration the shares of the said Law
rence, Lewis, and Jcs. L. Williams and wife, and
that the Defendants who are entitled to the remain
ing share, are residents of Mississippi. - And the
scope and prayer of the Bill, for certain reasons there
in set forth, is for the sale of said Lot, that the pro
ceeds of such sale may be divided between the parties
entitled. And the Plaintiff having this day filed his
said Bill in the Office of our said Court of Equity,
and supported the same by his affidavit in writing,
I, Perrin Busbee, Clerk and Master of said Court,
do, at the desire of the Plaintiff, and according to the
Act of Assembly in such Case made, by this adver
tisement to be six weeks inserted in the Raleigh
Register, hereby notify the raid James J. B. White
and his wife Rebecca, as well as all other persons'
non-resident of the State of North Carolina, who
may have or claim any interest in the premises, to
appear before the Judge of out said Court of Equity
to be held at the Court House in Raleigh on the first
Monday after the fourth Monday of September next,
and plead, answer or demur to said Bill otherwise,
the same will be taken as confessed by them : respec
tively and heard ex jarf.
Witness, the said r. Busbee, Clerk and Master in
Equity fbr Wake, at Office in Raleigh..
PERRIN BUSBEE, CM, E.
August 8, 1848. - 65 6w
Sale of the Portsmouth and
ROANOKE RAIL ROAD,
' j BY PUBLIC AUCTION. V
THE Stockholders
of the Portsmouth and
Roanoke Rail Rodd
Company, having at a
special meeting, con
vened in lha Tatrn nf
Portsmouth on the 10th day of April last, given their
assent to a sale of th said Rail Rowl ' Mwn1in(r tn
the provisions of the " Act directing Ihe Board of
M-uouc trorKs to ttu ifie Portsmouth, and Koanoke
Rail Road, and incamoralin& ihe vurthaxtr thrrmf
by the name of the Seaboard and Portsmouth Rail
noaa, passeu reoruary 27tn, ,1845, a copy of
which is hereto aubioined Public Notice is harelw
given to all whom it mar concern, thai the PrMiln
and Directors of the Board 6f Public Works will bv
their agent, proceed, on FRIDAY,' the 4th day of
SEPTEMBER NEXT, at 12 o'cWtr Wo, tfc-
Uourt House of Norfolk county, in iha Town of
O a l is- a - ' -
forumouin, 10 sen oy public auction, on the' terms,
limitations, and provisions set forth" in said act, all
the estate, property, and effect of
kind whatsoever, and wheresoever situated or being;
emoracea oy the mortgages executed by the Ports
mouth and Roanoke Rail Road fJommn tA thm Pro.
sldent and Directors of the Board of Public Works,"
particularly specified in the said act. '
Such title pnly will be conveyed to the purchaser
as the Commonwealth baa. to ihe said . road, pro
perty, dec. :x'-'X-.Jti- .C-i V,.,v.-
By order of the President and Directors , .
of the Board of Public Works :
- , J. BROWN, Jr., 2d Auditor.
MEMO :--The portion ef this road which lie. in
North Carolina is claimed adversely 10 the mortgages
ff the Board of Public Works by persons who pro
j J"S 1
fest hold H oader the laws f North Ctrolina
is to be anderstood that the title to each
or mat otate, and must be taken at the purcha
own hazard.:- 'X : j : J 3. 1. 21,71
Auditor's Office, July 3d, 1846. ttd'
- - - ..vw. w auu BY ID- I f
The foilowihg is.it'copy of the act refrr.t
foregoing notice ; - '. f " ,n e
Cb 1 18. An ACT. Erecting the Board of w
uc'woru 10 sew tnerorlsmmh arid R
Kail Road, and incorporating-the purchas??''..
of by the name of the iSeaboard and Pr,!
railroad. ' -, " r
smoati.
1 . Be it enadedi That so soon as the stnr m
of the Portsmouth, aril Roanoke b.T"1
pany
or mamritv tWnf " .au m.
or special meeting convened for surh .- meetirig, :
- - - - ,"3 general
give their assent to a sale of the Porum V8 11 1
RoanoEe Rail Road, nndeVtheortgay 'V j
terms and conditions hereinafter set foriK 8 I
dent and Directors of "the Board of Public v'i'
shall sell alt the estate, property and effects, of e
natiira anil kind svhal&ruMror w,u - ' . e'eMr
or leiner. embraced tv ih
- T UWSO?er HItn... J
Portsmouth and Roanoke Rail Road Company to f
'President and Directors of the Board of public wn?
atoresaiU; tne brst dated the. fourth day 0fif
eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, recorded i
ClCrk. a OlllCe Of Nnrf.lltr frtnnto nnst' .1
"'"R ha.j luuu, nuu ilig ftppn I
dated the fourteenth dayj of October, eighteen bn
dredand thirty-nine, recorded in the county fourth
Halifax, in the State of Nontj CaroUna.togeihcf
all the franchises, rights, iprijileges and immonitip.
belonging or appertaining 10 the Portsmouth and
Roanoke Railroad Company, las well in Virginia
in North Carolina, upon' the following terms ij ik!
sale to be at public "auction, before the Courthouse .,f
Norfolk county, in the town of Portsmouth, fter
sixty days notice of the lime land place by advertise
ment in such newspapers, as the-President and f);
rectors of the Board of Pqblicj Works may select, the"
purchasers to give bonds with approved" security 0
the President and Director's of the Board of Public
Works, for the proceed, pay aUIe in six equal annual
instalments. The purchasers ipso facto by the pur.
chase, shall become a body politic and corporate U
the name and style of " The Seaboard and Roanoke
Railroad Company ;n and hall hold, use, enjoy and
employ tbe Road and all the other property and cf
fectsof every nature and jkind. as aforesaid, of the
present Company, with all the franchises, rights,
privileges and immonities granted to and conferred'
upon it, at any time heretofore by this State and the
State of North Carolina, fri as ample a manner i
the Legislature of this State can? transfer them, sub
ject in all respects, and int every thing, to all the du
ties, regulations and penalties required, prescrikd
and enjoyed by any law or laws now in force respect,
ingthe present Company, and subject to the provi,.
L9
1
ions of Ihe act of the General Assembly , entitled "an
act prescribing certain general, regulations for the in
corporation of Rail Road Companies," passed March
eIeven;hV eighteen hundred and thirty-seven. The
Said sate to be subject to all mortgages and deeds o7
trust executed by the Portsmouth and Roanoke Rail
Road Company, and the claims of any other creditors
regally entitled to priority joyer the mortgages afore
said 10 the President and Directors of tbe Board of
Publio Worka 1 aforesaid. "1
2. That the nelt proceeds of said sale shaft be p.
plied, under the direction jof the- Superior Court of
Cfa ancery for the Richmond circuit, in the suit now
pending in said Court between Francis E. Rives and
the Board of Public "Works and others, according to
the legal priorities of the claims of the Board of Pub.
lie Works under the said mortgages of May the
fourth, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, and Octo
ber "the fourteenth; eighteen hundred and ihirty-nine,
and, ef the claims of any other creditors of the Ports
mouth and Roanoke Rail Road Company, who shall
in said suit establish their right to a priority over tha
said claim of the Board of Public works. And if any
suit or suits in Chancery be now pending, or shall be
hereafter brought in any of the other circuit Superior
Courts of Law and Chancery J or in any of tbe Coun
ty Courts of this Commonwealthagainst the Port
mouth and' Roanoke Railroad Company, in which
the President and Directors of the Board of Public
Works are or may be a -necessary parly, the sans
shall be transferred by the Court' in which such suit
may be pending, to the Superior Court of Chancer;
for the Richmond Circuit, to be there proceeded to
and decided : Provided kovoever, That any party ia
any such suit or suits; who may ' think himself or
themselves aggrieved by any; decree of sa?d Court,
shall be entitled to apply foi. and if proper, to obtain
a supersedeas from the Court of appeals toiuch de
cree, precisely as in any other case decided by the
said Circuit Superior Court bf Chancery for the Rich
mond circuit. "". " , .
3. The corporate existence of the Portsmouth md
Roanoke Railroad""Compariy, notwithstanding any
sale that may be made under this act, shall be con
tinued so far as it may be necessary in its name to
conduct, or to institute and tarry on any. suit or suits,
to its or their final completion and satisfaction.1
4. Be it further enacted, That the sale of said
Road shall be made by the Board of Public Works in
all respects; (not hereinbefore provided for, as pro
vided in the general law passed the eighteenth day of
March, eighteen hundred j and forty -one; and the
said Board shajt bid for the road such price as they
shall think the value thereof.!
5. Beit further enacted, Thn it at the safe of
said Portsmouth and' Roanoke Railroad, or at any
time thereafter, the State of North Carolina, or my.
Company incorporated in said Siare fbf purposes of
internal improvement, shall become, the owner, either
directly or by agent or otherwise, of ihe said Portf
mouth and Roanoke "Railroad, hereby authorized to
be sold, or of the said Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad,
the General Assembly of Virginia hereby reserves tbe
right, by special act of Legislature or otherwise, to
revoke all the powers, ; privileges and immnnitiei to
be conveyed by the sale of said Road, and lo declare
the same hull ami void." -" f
; 6. Be it farther enacted, ?Tbl it shall be the doty
of the Board of Public Works of Virginia, and ibey
are hereby required,' so to regulate, from time to tin
the fare for' passengers on i each Railroad betwrt
Weldori and Portsmouth, asd between Weldon and
Petersburg, as te prevent ant injurious compeii'tin"
reducing: the fare on, or by either of the said Roti
either by direct levying: of such fare or by any com
bination of arrangement with any other Railroad or
Stage line, or with any line of Steamboats on tha
Chesapeake Bay for such reduction of fare ; and m
reference to the fart of such combination, or anVJ
jurious reduction of fare as j aforesaid, the Board
Public Works shall be the sole judge ; add their order
shall be obligatory on either or both of the said Com--panics;
Provided, The Stockholders of the Petfn
burg RailrOad Company', in general meeting, sgte w
this section. ;' ;',-.. - ' '
7. Be it further enacted, That in case the au
thorities of the State of North Carolina shall l D
time, by legal process or otherwise, deprive ihe Teiet
burg Railroad Company of asy of the privilege
advantages of its charter obtained from that State'
any act heretofore done, or omitted to be done by m
said Petersburg Railroad Company, or by any mean
whatsoever prevent the aforesaid Petersburg Kailrow
Company from conducting heir : operations on
much of their Railroad as lies within the State 0
North Carolina, or on any part thereof by ipJ'VJ
any act beretofore-done of omitted lo be done by
Petersburg Railroad Company, then all the rtgn
privileges and immunities - hereby granted to
aforesaid Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad PJ
shall cease and be determined until the State 0 'M
Carolina ahal! reinstate the Petersburg Railroad om
pany in all the prfvilegea graaied tbem in the sever
acts passed for their benefit by tbe said State, or onui
the Legislature of, Virginia shall otherwise to
Provided kouxvcrf Thtt this aecUoo aba" not "f 1
force unUl the -Petersburg Railroad Company Ja
agree to tbe third section of this act, which comer,
on the Board of Public Works the power so to regj
late from lime u time the fare for pssFengers w ' f
Railroad between Weldon and Baltimore and
J j n. . . A inuinotll COOT
petlUdn r "
8. Thb act shall be in
thereof. . .
July 4. ' ;
orce from the pM"
J B- Jr., -u