North Carolina Newspapers

Vol. XXIII No: 40. RALEI GHj NORTH-CAKOLIM, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1857.' Whole Number 1196. THE Unrtjj-Cnrolina itanimrli WILLIAM W. HOLDEN, Editor axd Proprietor. FRANK. I. WILSON, Associate Editor. TERMS OF THE "WEEKLY Two Dollars per ann um n variably in advance. TERMS OF THE SEMI-WEEKLY four Dollars per annum, invariably in advance. All papers are discontinued at the expiration of thetimefor which then have been, paid. Terms of Advertising in the Semi-Weekly Standard. Our regular rates of advertising are as follows : One square, (14 lines or less) first insertion, - $ 1 00 Each subsequent insertion, ------- 25 Longer advertisements in proportion. Contracts will be made with advertisers, at the above regular rates, for six or twelve months, and at the close of the contract Z3 per cent, will be deducted from the gross a mount. Professional or business Cards, not exceeding five lines will be inserted in either the Weekly or Semi-Weekly, for f i for six months.or $10 for twelve Months; or in both pa pers for 10 for s:x months, or $ 15 for twelve months. Terms of Advertising in the Weekly Standard. One dollar per square for the first insertion, and 25 cts. for each subsequent insert inn. 2'o deduction will be mad. on Weekly advertisement, no matter A(xt long they may run. Only a limited number of advertisements will be admitted into the Weekly. All advertisements, not otherwise direct ed, are inserted in the Semi-Weekly, and charged accord ingly. When the number of insertions is not marked on the advertisement it is inserted until forbid. Money sent us by mail is at or risk. RALEIGH, SATURDAY, AUG. 1, 185T. HOLDEN k WILSON, State Printers, AND AUTHORIZED PUBLISHERS OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. The Tax on Merchant's Capital. "We invite the attention of our readers, and espe cially of merchants, to the following correspondence between Messrs. Rodman and Donnell on behalf of the merchants of Washington, and the Treasurer of the State. The error into which many of the merchants have fallen, is that of supposing that the tax of one-third, one, and five per cent, in the cases specified in sec tion 2 of the revenue law, is imposed on the "goods, wares and merchandize" themselves, ar.d not on the capital employed in purchasing them. The tax is on the capital, and not on the goods. Nor is any dis crimination made between " goods, wares and mer chandize" purchased out of and within the State. The act, it seems to us, is clear ; and we think the Treasurer in his reply to Messrs. Rodman and Don nell, has given it its true construction. In some in stances, it is true, the tax is quite heavy ; and there may be force, as the Treasurer observes, in what is said as to the policy of the law ; yet that cannot af fect the construction which the law itself should pro perly bear. After all, however, the burden will fall on the consumer ; for it is not to be supposed that the merchant will himself incur the loss in profits which must ensue. It is highly important that every revenue law should be plain and clear, and so framed as to oper ate as equally as possible upon all. The present law is the result of reflection, of anxious consideration, and of no inconsiderable financial skill; yet, it must be confessed, it is in some respects obscure, and does not operate equally upon all interests and subjects. Some of the defects of the present law, and in deed the most striking of them, are to be attributed, not to the Finance Committee, but to amendments made to the bill during its progress through the two IJouses. It so happened also, at both the sessions of 1854 and 1856, that the Finance Committee was i -i j i i : ii i. 1 . r Qinuereu auu ueiayeu in us tauuis uy iuc naut ui I documentary information in relation to the financial V condition of the State ; and owing mainly to this, I Via rAvonno Killc trro rpnnrtpfl at tnn lata nprirua in ' -- - - the sessions to permit that full and careful consider ation and analysis which their importance demanded The documentary information referred to, is contain ed for the most part in the Treasurer's and Comp troller's Reports ; and these, we think, should be or dered to be printed in advance, as well for the year immediately preceding as for the former year, and laid on the tables of members on the first day of the session. But there never was, and there never will be, a perfect revenue law; and the more specifics any law of this kind may contain the more imperfect it will be. The true system is the ad valorem system that is, taxation according to value. This system was recommended by Gov. Reid in his annual message to the General Assembly in 1852 ; and in our opin ion the day is not very distant when it will be adopt ed in this State. Let the people think of it. But we have already detained our readers longer than we intended from the correspondence above refer red to : Washington, N. C, July 5th, 1857. Dear Sir: We have been asked "by a number of mei chants in this place to give our opinion on the construction of the 24th sect, of the revised act, ch. 3-1, of the acts of 1856. We feel a difficulty in do ing so, because a literal interpretation would be so injurious, that we cannot believe the Legislature ev er intended such a result. We have suggested, therefore, that you should be consulted ; so that if the effect be injurious, it should at least be uniform throughout the State, and the pressure borne equal ly by all. Please inform us officially of the views of the government on the following cases: 1. If A sells turpentine or cotton of his own pro duction in this State to B, and B sells to C, who ships and sells it abroad; are bothJJ and C bound to pay the tax of i of 1 per cent., on the turpentine or cot ton ? And is this so, regardless of how many times it may be sold before exportation? 2. If A, jobber, imports goods from N. York, and sells to B, who retails to the consumer, are both A and B bound to pay the tax of of 1 per cent? You will perceive that these cases are substantially the same; the first, relating to goods produced in the State, and exported for consumption ; and the sec ond, to those imported for consumption. If the first is answered affirmatively, it will go very far to break up the internal trade in our own staples. If the second is answered in like manner, it w ill break up the jobbing business, a large one in our eastern, and probably the interior towns, and compel every retailer to buy his goods abroad.. Fur ther, if we had any foreign import trade, such legis lation would seem aimed directly to break it up, as ports of all other States would have a preference over our own to the amount of the (ax. if A sells goods imported from N. Y. and takes turpentine or cotton in payment, is be as a purcha ser of both his N. Y. goods and of the turpentine, found to pay a tax on the two sums? thi V. I8 ,8tanswered affirmatively, it will break up e carter business and produce infinite inconve- nience, Do sections 24, 26 and 27 impose any tax on the dealings of merchants prior to 1st July 1857? Are not the taxes then payable by them, anticipato ry of their business from 1st Jul' 1857 to 1st July 1858, and applicable only to their dealings in that interval ? 5. Does sect 27 apply only to those who have not been dealing in merchandise before 2d July, 1857, or also to those who were so dealing before 1st July 1857, and " open store" after 1st July 1857, by con tinuing their dealing ? If sec. 24 imposes a tax, not on property but on conduct (to wit, purchases) prior to its passage, it would seem to be an ex post facto law, and more in the nature of a confiscation than a revenue act,. and its constitutionality very doubtful. Our clients desire to discharge all their duties as good citizens, however onerous ; " they are satisfied that the defects of the law do not arise from any in tention in the Legislature to oppress, but from want of consideration merely. The greatest evil of an ob scure taxing law, and the remark applies equally to one whose severity makes its construction doubt ful, is, that it never operates equally; the most con scientious bear the burdens, those less so evade it. They dt-sire to know, therefore, what is the construc tion w hich the government officers intend to enforce, so that they may act accordingly. The importance of the subject warrants us. in requesting an early reply. Respectfully yours, W. B. RODMAN, R. S. DONNELL. To D. W. Courts, Esq., Pub. Treas. Treasury Department of N. C.,) July 13th, 1857. J Gentlemes: I am in receipt of your favor of the 6th inst., and will proceed to answer your questions in the order stated, not repeating them, as I presume you retained a copy of your letter. 1. By section 24 revenue act, every merchant is to pay of 1 per cent, upon bis capital employed, saving the amount of his purchase of ready made clothing, upon which he is to pay 1 per cent. IIow li the amount of this capital to be ascertained ? I think the answer is furnished by the act. "The capital aforesaid shall be the aggregate sum of the purchases of good?, wares and merchandise, made within the year preceding the first day of July, and herein shall be included the amount of the purchase of goods, wares, and merchandise, and spirituous liquors, or other things net. herein particularly enu merated, whether of this or another State." The tax is on the capital employed, not the arti cles purchased, and this capital, by the broad term of the act, is the aggregate expenditure for all arti cles purchased. It is difficult to stop short of this and say, that one sale or many sales of an article, , produced here or abroad, would take it out of the act, and I cannot see that there is any exemption to any purchaser, no matter how many transfers are made before the.article leaves the State. 2. It seems to" me that the jobber is a merchant as well as the retailer, and that the law makes no distinction whatever. Each pays upon the capital employed, without reference to the particular goods sold. There m-'iy be force in what you say as to the policy of the law; but that I consider aside from the construction, when it is plain. 3. Upon a fair exchange of goods, for instance for produce (the case put by you,) I do not think the merchant bound to pay a tax on the price of each, as capital. This would be virtually paying a double tax without doubling the capital. But I think it must be a bona fide barter or exchange of goods for goods. 4. Sections 24 and 26 impose a tax on the capital used by merchants for 12 months prior to 1st July, 1857. Section 24 says " within the year preceding the 1st July," and sec. 26 says "any merchant.en gaged in business on the 1st July shall apply to the sheriff, and on paying the tax on his capital, estima ted as aforesaid, may coutiuue his business," &c The General Assembly increased the tax on divi dend and other property for 12 months prior to 1st April last, and I cannot see that they have not the power to tax the capital of merchants, in the same manner. 5. I think sec. 27, applies only to those who have not been in business prior to Isc July, 1857. Yerv truly yours, D. W. COURTS, Pub. Treas. Messrs. W. B. Rodman and R. S. Donnell, Wash ington, N. C. Cruel, Cruel Polly Hopkins." The last Register contains the following: " This Congressional District. A letter from a friend suggests that a poll be opened in this Con gressional District for Elijah B Ililliard, Esq., of the County of Nash. We very cordially second this suggestion, as Mr. Milliard is represented to us as a gentleman " worthy and well qualified," and one who has faithfully abided by the Whig and Ameri can cause. " Cruel, cruel" Mr. Registerl In vain hath Linn B. Sanders, Esq. written and spoken for distribution and against Free Suffrage in vain hath he encoun tered Mr. Branch and been demolished, the "Whig and American cause " gives him the cold shoulder, denying him even the poor compliment of a vote! Ililliard is now the rallying cry ; and the hosts of Sam, heretofore " prone on the fiery flood " of con dign punishment, now muster with feeble step to " open a poll," thinking not once of Linn B. Sanders, Esq. ! It is bad to join the enemy, but it is worse, having done so, to remain unrecognized. Sermons. We are indebted to the Observer office, Fayetteville, for copies of Sermons one, the Sermon delivered by the RL Rev. Bishop Atkinson, in St. Luke's Church, Salisbury, on Whitsunday, 1857, at the Ordination of the Rev. Messrs. Bronson, Wet- more, Murphy and Haughton; and the other, preached to the Students of the United Baptist In stitute, at Taylorsville, N. C, June 4, 1857, by Rev. J. McDaniel, of Fayetteville. The matter of these Sermons is such as might have been expected from these worthy and eminent divines; while the typo graphical execution of them is of a superior char acter. Black. Republicanism in Minnesota. A Consti tutional Convention has been called in Minnesota, and the delegates to the same are nearly equally di vided in political opinion. The black Republicans insisted on organizing before all the delegates, in cluding several Democrats, had arrived ; the Demo crats withdrew to another hall in consequence, and up to the latest dates there were two bodies, both claiming to be Constitutional Conventions. Black, Republicanism is the same every where the same in its treachery, its unjust and arbitrary pretension sf its disregard of law, and its meanness and cowardice. Norn r-Cab ilixa State Bonds. The following letter from a broker in New York to a gentleman of this City, shows that North-Carolina stocks aie looking up. . The letter is in reply to one requesting the broker to purchase for him some North-Carolina State bonds. He says : "Dear Sir: Yours of the 19tb, with a check for r dollars, was duly received. I regret to say I have not as yet been able to buy any North-Carolina bonds; there are none in market; they are in great demand. . A short time since they sold at 87)-, and now I do not think they can be bought at 95. " Par was the asking price to-day." - ,' 3ir The black Republicans of New York will hold a State Convention at Syracuse on the 23d of September. J , .- : - ; ' The British Power in India. , 1 It will be seen by the foreign news in another column, that the mutiny of the native British troops in India has excited the serious attention of the government ; and that the most vigorous measures are on foot to suppress it " Thirty thousand native troops, it is stated, have deserted, and the disaffec tion pervades in a greater or less degree the whole native population. The London Times of the 9th July has a well-considered article on the subject, in which it states succinctly the causes of this result. It says, " there may have been a criminal neglect," on the part of the British authorities and officers, "of the native superstitions. These causes may have hastened, aggravated, and excused the out break. But at the bottom of the whole is the sense of subjection, and the reliance on numbers to shake it off." That paper thus sums up the condition of affairs in India, the apprehensions that must natu rally be entertained, and the necessity for energy and vigilance on the part of the government : "But the British public, as a whole, looks and talks as if many a like danger had vanished as soon as known, and as if our good fortune or invincible courage must carry us as easily through a Sepoy mutiny. Yet what is the fact, and how does that fact address itself to the geographical ideas of our continental" neighbors? The fact is a growing dis satisfaction and a sudden mutiny, long lurking and eventually breaking out for the length of a thousand miles across the whole peninsula, suppressed with cautious tact and a great display of force at Calcutta and in the Punjab, but triumphant so far at the an cient capital of the Mogul empire, the prophetic seat of power. This is the state of things in a territory where less than 50,000 Europeans of all kinds hold in subjection seven times their number of armed men and a population of 170,000,000. The meshes of such a fabric cannot be very close. The stations must be very wide apart, the communications diffi cult and slow, the detachments must -be numerous and small, the travelers many, and but feebly es corted. Nothing but prestige, a word so often ap plied to in Indian affairs as to have become an ori entalism, can give strength to so flimsy a web and lull the tempest that, once raised, would sweep away every thread of it. Think how many French troops are necessary in Algeria, scarcely out of sight of their native shores, and along a thin coast. Yet if the Hindoos are not generally a warlike race, there are still mixed up with them, and forming the best part of the native army, numerous races much stronger and more ambitious. We deal with the descendants of conquerors; with those who still inherit titles of sovereignty ; with hardy mountain ers; with recent marauders; with men whose very strength and savageness made it politic to enlist them. The scene of the long-smouldering discontent and the sudden outbreak is a vast country, much of which is little known, but where conspiracy lurks in populations created by ourselves and breaks out at the very headquarters of our dominion. Such are the bard facts of the case, and bystanders who look at the hard facts must marvel at our composure." The Times is evidently deeply concerned. If the danger is not now very imminent and startling, it yet sees it in the distance, and would guard against it. The European papers received by a late arrival, contained a letter from Dr. Duff, the distinguished Scottish missionary, dated Calcutta, in which he gives the causes of the outbreak, and expresses seri ous fears for the result Great Britain may lose her hold upon the Indies. Stranger events have happened in the histories of nations. But even if her power should be penna nently disputed, and if she should retain it only by constant war, the effect would be disastrous upon her wealth and upon her future prospects for do minion. It would be a step backward in the career of conquest, which would most seriously affect her character for invincibility and power among the nations. Bank of the State. We invite the attention of our readers to the com' munication in the Standard to-day, over the signa ture of "One of the People," in reply to "A Stock holder," whose communication appeared recently in the Standard. Our correspondent is well informed on the subject on which he writes, and we trust he will continue his communications until all the facts shall have been laid before the public. By the way, the Register of July 25th is ia error in saying that the Standard has suggested that the operation of returning to the State and to the stock holders the capital of the Bank, in instalments, should "commence immediately." We said this: " The Bank of the State, it is to be presumed, will begin in a year or two to pay out instalments of its capital stock, with a view to a final settlement with the stockholders; and it will, therefore, be an easy matter to transfer the School Fund to some other Bank." Raleigh Female Seminary. We learn that the next session of this institution will commence on the, 10th day of this month, August The Principal, the Rev. William E. Pell, has removed to this place to take up his abode among us, and will devote his whole time and attention to the institution. He will be assisted by experienced and able instructors. The Demonism or FANATicisM.-Some of the reli gious papers of New England are discussing the pro priety of excommunicating all Democrats from their churches. They argue that to vote for and sustain Mr. Buchanan is to sustain the slave power ; and that to sustain the slave power is to commit mortal sin, and renders the person so sinning unworthy of church privileges ! . Such is the demonism of fa naticism ; and such is a specimen of the odium which Northern Democrats incur for standing up like men and patriots for the Constitutional rights of the South. " The late rains seem to have extended over the whole country. We see in the papers accounts of heavy and refreshing rains in Georgia and Mass achusetts. The prospect for an abundant corn crop was never better. Heavy Hail Storm. We learn that on Weines day week last, there was a heavy hail storm in the South-western part of this County, which did much injury to the growing crops. The crop of Isaac Rowland, Esq., was seriously damaged. His corn and cotton were badly cut up, leaving but little pros pect of fodder, or of a good yield of cotton. Later from Havana. New York, July 28. The steamer "Philadel phia," from Havana, i-ith dates of 23d inst, arrived hereto-day.- .... ' The health of the city and island, is reported to be generally good. - . - Markets dulL The stock of sugar on hand is 225,000 boxes. The brig " W. D. Miller,'! landed a cargo of four hundred negroes near Cardenas. The vessel was burnt The Tragedy in Goldsboroujh. The last Tribune continues a full account of the personal conflict between Dr. Davis and the Oden- heimers. That paper says : " One F. Odenheimer bad a small account against Doctor Davis, which the Doctor admitted to be just and was willing to pay, at any moment when pres ented. It was but a trifling matter. . In this account Odenheimer had incoropcraled another contracted with a slave of the Doctor, and of which the Doctor knew nothing. Without, however, presenting either or both of the accounts for payment, Odenheimer merged the two accounts and handed to an onicer to collect, with instructions not to warrant the Doctor, provided he would pay the bill, including the account contracted with the negro. The officer, without any explanation, warranted Doctor Davis. This, with other aggravating circumstances which we will briefly explain irritated Dr. Davis and induced him in the moment of excitement to cane Odenheimer, which he did, week before last, in this office. The aggravating circumstances which led to the ca ning are these : Odenheimer keeps a store of ready made clothes and other dry goods, and groceries, com prising, among other things, cheap liquors. The Doctor learned satisfactorily that his negro boy Wil liam had been in the habit of buying liquor by the quart from Odenheimer and retailing it to other ne groes. He had also, a few weeks ago, endeavored to prevent an affray between Mr. James Hamilton, a store-keeper of this town, and Odenheimer, on which occasion, he prevented Mr. Hamilton from splitting Odenheimcr's head with a piece of inch plank. Afterwards Hamilton and Odenheimer got together and the latter being a pretty powerful man, put Hamilton down, whereupon Dr. Davis pulled him off and there that affair ended. Odenheimer, mis construing or disliking this interference by Doctor Davis, had taken the liberty freely to speak of it, and indirectly to threaten Davis; such, at least was the rumor that reached the ears of Doctor Davis, but to which he paid no attention whatever. But when the officer came to him with the warrant he natural ly thought that it was adding insult to insult, and de termined to cane Odenheimer, which he instantly did in our own office and in our own presence. Thus went matters previous to the trial on last Thursday morning. Doctor Davis was requested to attend trial at the store of Washington and Andrews. Thither he immediately repaired, unattended and un armed, having neither walking cane or any other weapon not so much as a pen knife in his posses sion. Not so with OJenheimer. He attended trial, accompanied by his step son, a young man apparent ly of 20 or 21 years old, armed to tue teeth. Each had two pistols some say the young man had three in all carrying sercntcen balls. Thin wan evident ly in pursuance of a conspiracy entered into between them to murder Dr. Davis. They knew that the Doctor, while he has never been known to com mence a quarrel or originate a fight would brook an insult from no man. On the trial, they clearly foresaw that he would object to that part of the ac count contracted by his negro, the elder Odenheim er would insult biin, he would avenge the insult and young Odenheimer would open the tice. This was evidently the arrangement as the event proved. On reading over the items of the account, Doctor Davis objected to one as being incorrect, and observed that be had not authorized Odenheimer to let his ne gro have the article in question. Odenheimer said he Davis had so authorized him. Davis remarked if you say so you say a lie, and if you repeat it I'll split your head with the'shovel, at the same time pick ing up a small fire shovel lying near. Odenheimer meantime replying "its another," whereupon Dr. Da vis struck or attempted to strike the elder Odenheimer when his step son instantly fired, the ball taking ef fect about an inch below the right nipple and passing horizontally through his body. Davis then rushed on young Odenheimer, when the old man fired on Davis, his ball passing out of the window. The young er Odenheimer then fired across his shoulder, at the Dotor's head, the ball missing him and lodging in the wall. Davis then rushed from the counting room into the store, and seized a. spade, the blood meantime flowing in torrents from his side, but ere he could place himself in an attitude of defence his murder ous assailants were again upon him. Exhausted from loss of blood he again grappled with young Odenheimer, seizing the hand in which he held the pistol and preventing him from shooting. Here again the old man fired, and Davis having his arm around the young man, the ball smashed his finger, glanced, and entering the back rf the young man, passed some four inches in an upward direction lodg ing under his shoulder blade. The old villian then advanced and give the Doctor two blows on the forehead with the butt of his pistol, and instantly turning it, aimed a deadly shot, the pistol being not more than 12 inches from his head, when Windal T. Robinson, a youth, less than seventeen years old, whom we are proud to call our son, who at that juncture, arrived at the bloody scene, lifted a spade, felled the murderer to the floor, and saved his honored and beloved relative from instant, cruel death. An other instant, and Doctor Davis had passed into eternity by the hands of as cowardly vidians as ever conspired against the life of their fellow man. Hon orable and unsuspecting Doctor Davis had gone, un accompanied and unarmed, to submit his case to the arbitrament of the laws. The two Odenheimers armed to the teeth, and burning with vindictive malice went there to provoke him to wrath, by adding injury to insult and insult to falsehood, that they might, as we I are told, the elder threatened he would do, " kill him." Providence, we trust, thwarted their hellish design by directing the timely arrival of the youth .alluded to, who was left only the sad alternative of witnessing the brutal murder of his relative and best friend by a brace of cowardly villains, or of running the risk of depriving one of them of the power to do farther injury, by a blow that might probably de prive him of life. He chose the latter, if indeed he had time to choose, and, in an instant, the elder Odenheimer lay prostrate at his feet By this time a Mr. Harris had seized and wrested the pistol from the younger Odenheimer. The tragedy was thus brought to a close. Dr. Davis exclaimed "I'm a dead man," and gently sank to the ioor. On examining the pistols of the Odenheimer's, seven barrels were found empty, though five reports are all that can be accounted for. The whole affair was sudden and unexpected, and appeared to be but as the work of a moment Dr. Davis was taken charge of by his friends and carried into the office of Dr. Craton, where he was expected every moment to breathe his last. But God, we trust, bad ordained it otherwise. He is yet alive.' The situation of bis young and lovely wife, on bearing that he was dead, we must pass over in silence. May God forbid that we phould ever again hear of such another. The Doctor suffers most from his shattered finger the pain is excruciating. Otherwise, he feels little, annoyance beyond the deep anxiety produced by awaiting that momentous crisis that will determine his fate. May God grant him a happy and safe de liverance. In detailing this melancholly affair, perhaps it is but just that the public should know the relation we bear to Dr. Davis. He is our brother-in-law, but we can safely say, and defy contradiction, that a more peaceable, honorable and humane man lives not on earth. He has never been ' known to origi nate a quarrel that we can remember or hear of; and of this we have inquired particularly. In the statement we have made we have given the Oden beimers all the benefit that can be derived from the rumor that Dr. Davis struck the first blow or attemp ted to strike. We took the written statement to day from those who were eye witnesses, and in some things they conflict, though not materially. It was evidently a part of the plan entered into to insult poor Davis and then kill him for resenting ft How far they succeeded in the diabolical attempt time alone can determine. We may as well add that the coble little fellow. that so heroically risked his own life to save that of bis kind relative and oe oted mend, was carried im mediately before a magistrate, who, after a patient investigation of the whole matter, honorably dis charged him from custody, thus, as far as his juris diction extended, acquitting him of guilt This, to us, we need not say, is a gratifying result To slay a nan wantonly and of malice aforethought is an awful crime the highest known to our laws; but to disab-e a cowardly demon, who is endeavoring to commit a felony, is one of the first and highest dc ties of man." The Tribune entertains strong hopes of the recov ery of Dr. Davis. The elder Odenheimer was- still alive, with but slight hopes of bis recovery. The excitement in Goldsborough against foreign ers, and especially German Jews, was very great, and the latter class had been ordered to leave, one of them having been ridden on a rail. - The Tribune appeals in earnest tones to such citizens as are dis posed to take the law into their hands, to pause, and not bring discredit on the town by punishing the innocent with the guilty. At a meeting of the citizens of Goldsborough, held on the 28tb, J. W. Lancaster, Esq., in the Chair, and Messrs. J as. H. Everett and B. Simms, Secreta ries, after speeches by Messrs. Wm. Robinson and T. T. Holloway on the importance of obedience to the laws, the following resolutions, reported by a committee consisting of Messrs. Rev. F. Fitzgerald, J. C. Slocumb, Jno. W. Thompson, J. E. Kennedy, Jno. Taylor, G. C. Potts, Tb. M. Rogers, N. Adams, and C. J. Nelson, were unanimously adopted : " Whereas, an unfortunate difficulty occurred in this place on Thursday the 23d instant, in which deadly weapons were freely used with melancholy effect, and whereas, the offenders are now in the cus'oJy of the law awaiting their trial, Resolved, That the meeting disapproves of any attempt to wrest those now in custody from the hands of the law, or to punish otherwise than by a due course of legal proceeding either in person or in property, any person or persons who may be sus pected of complicity in the unfortunate occurrence above alluded to. Resolved, That this meeting bas not lost confidence in the laws ofNorth-Carolina, or their faithful ad ministration in her courts of justice, but regard them as amply sufficient for the protection of all her citi zens, whether naturalized or native born. Resolved, That this meeting highly disapproves of all inflammatory notices calculated to alarm any portion of our citizens, either on account of their personal safety or the security of their property. - Resolved, That this meeting regards our natural ized citizens as entitled to the same rights and priv ileges we enjoy entitled to the fullest protection of the law, and like all other citizens liable to be pun ished for its violation only when judicially ascer tained." Withdrawal op the Southwestern Branch op the American tract Society. At a special meeting of the Southwestern Branch of the American Tract Society, held in New Orleans on the evening of the 30th of June, 1857, the following preamble and re solutions were adopted, viz: V hereas. At the recent annual meeting of the American Tract Society, held in New York, May, 18o7, the following resolution, among others, was adopted, v:z : "That in the judgement of your com mittee, the political aspects of slavery lie entirely without the proper sphere of this Society, and cannot be discussed in its publications; but that those moral duties which grow out of the existence of slavery, as well as those moral evils and vices which it is known to promote, and which are condemned in Scripture, and so much deplored by EvangeKcal Christians, un doubtedly do fall within the province of this Society, and van and ought to be discussed in a fraternal and Christian spirit And, whereas, the passage of such a resolution justly alarms the friends of the Society at the bouth in regard to its future issues, indicating as it does a departure from the principles that have b.tberto governed it in relation to the subject referred to, and as any such departure from those principles would justly impair the confidence of Southern Chris tians in the Society and must entirely destroy its use fulness in this portion of our country, therefore. Be it resolved. That so long as the parent Society continues to be governd strictly by the Constitution, in the issuing of its publications which is viz: "To diffuse a knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ as the Redeemer of sinners, and to promote the interest of vital godliness and sound morality, by the circula tion of religious tracts calculated to receive the ap probation of all Evatgchcal Christians," we will continue to give it, as heretofore, onr fullest confi dence and our warmest support, and as its South western Branch, do all that we can for the promo tion of the great objects for which it was established. be it resolved. That in the opinion of this Branch, the principle declared by the Parent Society, in the adoption of the fourth resolution of May last, is contrary to the spirit of the Constitution, and in op position to the uniform action of the Society for up wards of thirty years, and if acted upon, must, how ever much it is to be deplored and regretted, at once dissolve all connection with that portion of country represented by this Branch. Be it further resoloed. That our Corresponding Se cretary be requested to furnish a copy of the pream ble and resolutions adopted at this meeting to the various papers of our city, and also to forward a copy to the Parent bociety at New York. A true copy. R. II. BROWNE, Corresponding Secretary. . New Orleans, July 1, 1857. Office of Western N. C. R. It. Co., i Statesyillb, July 27, 1857. THE .ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLD ers of this Company will be held in Newton, Catawba conntj, on ltiursdav ibe ZSln August next. Br a resolution of labt meeting, Messrs. Jobn Wilfong, D. II. Gait her, and George Sitxcr, were appointed a Coa- mmee to veruv proxies. None but a Stockholder can be a proxy. It F. SIMONTON, Secretary and Treasurer. 72 td. mJOTICE. WISHINU TO REMOTE SOUTH, I 1 M will sell my valuable plantation in Johnston Conntr, ivwg on me waters oi middle ureek and UonaJo Creek. The tract contains fifteen hundred acres, one third of which is fine bottom land, and ia as well adaoted to the growth of cotton, corn, wheat, tobacco and rice, as any ibuus in tue oiaie. mere is m gooa dwelling noose on 1D6 premises, together with a I necessary out bouses. A fine apple orchard, with as good selection of fruit as can be found in the State. The location is high and Dealt hr: has three good wells of water and several fine springs. The premises are in fine repair, and persons wishing to move up tne country for health, would do well to give me a call, or address me at Leachburz. Johnston Count v. The above land will be sold on a credit of three, six, nine, and twelve months, with negotiable notes, in bank, with interest irora aate. A. J. LEACH. July 7, 1857. '' 65-2ir. Wan tad a Situation as Teacher - A TOCNG LADY DESIRES TO OBTAIN A 8ITU- iX. ation as governess in a school or family, is qualified to instruct in the usual English branches, French and the ruaimeni oi music on tne fiano. Address R. A. B Box 701 Richmond, Va. July 81, 1857., 7S U. FOR THE WEST! - .' - ThbODOH UI 88 HOURS, AKD CKOSStXG THX BLUB RlOGK TM THS DAT TIMS. - afl 8. BROWN'S TRI-WEEKLY LINE OF FOUR Vo HORSE POST COACHES, from Salisbury to Asbe ville. via Statesvilla. Newton. Moraaaton.' Marion .and Pleasant Gardens, connecting at Asberille with the line of stages for the Warm springs, JLnoxville and Greenville, Tenn. This is 22 miles the nearest mate to Ashev ills, and ia also the best stocked and best managed road in North Carolina. . It is the nut expeditious, safe and pleasant. ano at tne same ttme tne cnespesi route lor tne west. Leaves Salisbury on Mondav, Wednesday and Friday; leaves Asheville on Tuesday. Tntirsdsv and Satnrdsr : run. ning in dose connection ith the North-Carolina Railroad, norm and south. . - C S. BROWN. Contractor. : May 1,1857 . . - - -1190 WAKE HALE AKD FJEHALE ACADEUY, FAANK S. WlUCUrsOKY PRINCIPAL. WITH competent uhmuU for tba Female DmrnrtflMmt. - iheXfi."waion comroeD o tb lath of July, 1857. Mr. Wilkinson ermduated with difftinetinn at tha TTnirait. sity of North-Carolina, and comes with the highest teslt mioiaJs of character and scholarship. - Txaiu raa Saanox: " Primary English, ' $ 8 00 ' Advanced M . IS 00 Classical and Uathematical coorsea, 1C 00 . Extbjls: French, $ 5 00 Music on Piano Forte as of instromant in cluded, 18 00 Drawing and Painting. 10 00 Work, a 00 loard per month, exclusive of lights, 6 00 For further particulars address, H. B, or W. fi. WHIT AX EH, Proprietors. Raleigh, N.CJone 26. 1867. 11 VI w6t . t5T Advocate, Age and Giraffe soars HILL8VILLE ACADEMY, Caukmx Cocxtt, Va. B. F. THOMPSON, A B, President, Assisted by a Tall Corps of Efficient Instractors. ffIIE FOURTEENTH SESSION OF THIS INSTITU JDL TION will commence the first Mondav ia Aurust and dose the third Friday in December. Board can bahad at six dollars per month, in good families. uuisviiie is a small village near the top or tb BhM Ridge, commanding a view of - tha most ptctureaqoa. romantic and sublime scenery. It is well supplied :.t. i 1 . . . . . wim wouioumg water ana pure air irom ine surrounding mountains. It is renowned fur health. It affords as rood soci ety as oars mailer towns generally. It is situated on tb main thoroughfare from Tennessee to North Carolina, over which passes a daily lice of stages. It is within a few hour's.trav ei o: me Virginia and Tennessee Kaiiroad. The last scno- issuc year numbered one hundred and arty-three students. An annual catalogue is issued which will be sent to any person at any time desiring further information about tha school. July 7, 18.-7. 1193 wmpd. Jones Sulphur and Chalybeate Spriac, Warbxx Codktt, N. C THESE SPRINGS ARE SITUATED 15 A HEALTH ful and nleasant section of euuntrr. 10 miles from Wax. renton, and IS miles from Henderson, at each of which places hacks may always be found, ready to convey visitors to the Spring. The cfimate is salubrious, as tested by an experience of eighteen years, and the accommodationa, in all respects, good. The establishment will be opened for tha reception of guests on the 15th day of June, 1&57. Txeju, For Board per month, f&O 00 - - week, iO w - " dav. J 00 For Children and Servants, Half Price. A daily mail will bo brought to the Springs throughout the season. June 9, 1S57. 1188 wSm. ffJOTICE. PURSUANT TO AN ORDER OF THE 1 wl Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Kobeson Coontv. Mar Term. 1S57, I will sell, at the Court House door in tha town of Lumberton, on the 4th Monday in August next, tha following tracts of land, or so much thereof as will pay tha tax and cost due thereon for the year 1855: ACSKS. LISTED BT. LOCATIOX. TAX. 835 Owen McMillan, Little Marsh, 1 6 2S5 Alexander Cluck. Juniper Swamn. 3 17 884 Angus L. McArthur. Great Marsh. " ft 60 277 Alex. B. Currie. Middle Swamp. 5 45 83 Elijah Jones. Wat'riV bole Swm'n 129 ZH Doucald McDougald. for Catharine McDougald. Great Marsh. 5 80 100 W. M. Thompson. Wilkinson Swamn.' S fis 50 Daniel Meares. Coward Bav. 1 M ISO Dennis Ivev. Indian Swamn. 2 51 5o J. M. Carmichael, Little bog Swamp, 1 S9 S J. W. Regan, Lnmberton, is 25 REUBEN KING. Sheriff! Lumberton, July 21, 1857. 1194 w6t WATER POWER AND TIMBER LA OS. I OFFER, AT PBIVATE SALE, THE M03. VAL uable Water Power on Abbott's Creek, within oa and a half miles of the Depot at Lexington, N. C-, near a public rad, baring a substantial County Bridge over the Creek. There is now an old dam and the ruins of a Gold Mill and Saw Mill at the place. There ia an ample supply, at all times, of water. It is the nearest water power to the town of Lexington. In tne Mill Tract is 267 acres of good wheat and corn land, and a good supply -of various kinds of timber. Also, adjoining' and convenient to Ibis tract, I will sell another of 200 acres, all in the finest woodland of pine and oak tiro- ner, wiiiiout any cleared land. 1 nis power is situated in the midst, and is surrounded by, the finest growth of piae, white and red oak, of any power I know of near the N. C. Railroad between Raleigh and Charlotte. The town of Lexington would supply a coston at this place of 200 bosh els of corn per dsy ; and I know of no place where a man of enterprise could muke a little fortune sooner. There it a very great demand for lumber, acd the county of David son is just on the eve of building a (20,000 Court Hons wiiuiu a mue ana a naii oi mis Aim. W. R. HOLT. . Lexington, N. C, March 24, 1857. 1177 wt, TfAJOTICE. THE SUBSCRIBERS, HAVING AT NO M vember Teim, 1856, of the Court of Please and Quar ter Sessions of Nash conntv. Qualified as Ad ministratoraof Thus. W. Wright, dee'd hereby notify all persons bavtnc accounts or demands of sny kind or denomination against the estate of the said deceased, to present them to either one or both of us for parment within the time prescribed dv law tor tnat purpose, or I his notice will be plesd in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the estate of the said deceased will please make immmediate payment. B. D. MANN, 'JAdnVra. July 24, 1857. 1195 8L ; LOUISBURG FEMALE COLLEGE - THE DIRECTORY OF THIS INSTITUTION TAKE treasure in announcing ti tha nnhlie that it will K. opened for the reception of pupils on the 1st Wednesday ia. August next, nnaerine management oi rrol Jaa. Y. Kelson, assisted by a corps of competent Teachers. This Institution is handsotuely located in a beautiful and ' spacious grove in the Northern part of the town. Louii4urg has been long and favorably known for its ex cellent female schools; and in point of bealtbfulness of lo cation, the intelligence, refinement and morality of its citi zens, it is not surpassed by any village ia the State. nans: Board per session of five months, $55 00 . Washing, Foel and Lights, 10 00 Tuition in Primary Department, 10 00 " College " 15 00 Ancient Languages, - 6 00 French, Spanish and Italian, each ' 10 00 ' Music on Piano and Guitar, 20 00 Use of Instrument, a so Drawing, ' 5 00 Heads, Crayon and Pastille, 10 00 Oil Painting, - SO 00 Wax, Fruit and Flowers, each - ft 00 Needle Work and Hair Flowers, 8 60 Graduation fee, ft 00 For circulars containing all necessary information, ad-r dress any one of the following members of the Directory: " DIRECTORS: REV. J A3. REID, Presiden- of the Board. WILLIAM F. GREEN, Sen-tarv, Dak'l S. nnx. Esq., Dh P.'S. Fostes, . Da. Wm. R. Kixo, Gr-. J. B. I-rrrLXjoHX. ' r' T. T. f-Lirro, Esq, M a J. D. YAaaaousa, Thos. K. Thoma, Esq, p, ty. c 8ros, Esq, Jos. J. Davis, Esq, Pito L Beowx, Esq, By order of the Board, , - J AS. REID, President, ', W. F. Gekkk, Secretary. : Joly24,1857. 1195-wtt ' S' TATE OF NORTH-CAROLlTf A-P ITT 1 Conntv. Court of Pleas and Quarter flnaainna Mar term. 157. Samuel Brown, vs. Ormand Cherry., Original - auacaoieui. , , In this case it appearing to the satisfaction of tb Court that the defendant, Ormand Cherry, ia a non-resident of ' this State, or so absents or conceals himself that the ordi nary process of law cannot be served on him : It is ordered that publication be made in the North-Carolina Standard, for six successive weeks, for the said defendant to appear at the next term of this Court, to be held at the Court ' House in Greenville, on the firrt Monday of August next, ; the and there to plead, answer or demur, or this notie ? will be taken pro eofeo, and judgment badjueordingly. , Witness : H. Sheppard, Clerk of onr said Court, tha first Monday of May, 1857. . H. SHEPPARD, Clerk June 19, 1857. 1190 ew. - STATE OF NORTH.CABOLIW A, WATOTt -County. Ia Equity. Spring Tana, 1857. Bryan Ca sey sad others vs. Benjamin Casey sad others. Bill for' construction of tha Will of Rich. Casev. dWdT In this cause, it appearing to the Court, that the defeat- " ""j. ocnjuiis laser, aaa oaa sv. utr are non-residents, publication is ordered ia tha wwjT C Standard for six aoceesaive weeks, smHoVIew riaaxo: residents to appear hi said Court at its next .TvLTir answer or demur to said bill of eomcriSrfiafi ' will be taken - eonftmo sad heart- "T f :r 1 WW... , July 10, 1847. ,'1 : 1. : I I .4; : ' t : ! ;1 11!!' It ft hi !! ':! i i t : li li .11. ii ii t' vv. till