North Carolina Newspapers

"the public good should ever be preferred to private advantage." Volume 5. Lincolnton, North Carolina, Saturday Morning, March 31, 1849. -Number 3. printed and published weekly, dv tuomasj.kccl.es. Teiims. -Two dollars pei annum, payable in advance ; 2 50 if payment be delayed 3 months. A discount to clubs of 3 or more. Advertisements will be conspicuously insert- j ed, at if 1 pel square (14 lines) for the first, and ' 25 cents for each subsequent insertion. Can JLove Forget. Forget thee! If to dream by night, And muse on thee all day If all the worship, deep and wild, A poet's heart can pay If prayers in absence, breathed for tbee. To Heaven's protecting power It winged thoughts that flit to thee A thousand in an hour If busy fancy blending thee With all my future lot If thou call'st those "forgetting," thou Indeed shall be forgot. Forget thee! Bid the forest birds Forget their sweetest tune ; Forget thet! Bid the forest birds To swell beneath the moon Bid ihe faint evening flower forget To drink refreshing dew: Thyself forget thine dear own land Its mountains white and blue. Forget each old and familiar face, Each long remembered spot When these things are forgot by thee Then shall thou be forget. Keep, if thou wilt, thy maiden peace Still cal'o and fancy free For God foiSiJ thy gladsome heart Should grow less glad fur me: Vet while that heart ia still unwoii, Oh! bid not mine to rove But let it nursj its humble faith, And uncomplaining love. If thse, prebrnreJ patient years, At last avail me not Forget me thei.! but ne'er believe, That thou can'st be forgot. AN ACT To provide for a Turnpike Read from Salisbury, West, to the lino of the State of Georgia. Seel. He it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Caroli na, and it is hereby enacted by the au thority ol the s:ime, That there shall be laid out and established a turnpike road from Salisbury, West, to the county ot Cherokee and to the line of the Statu of Georgia. . Sec. 2. lie it luiiher enacted, That the sail road shall b made thirty feet wide, except where there hh ill lie sid'. cuttings, and in suci. places it shall be twei-ty feet wide ; and in no part of the road shall it rise, in acendinr anv hill or mountain, mote than one foot in hx teen feet, except that part of the ruad west of the Buncombe Turnpike Road ; and in that part it shall be mad twemy feet wide, except where thero is side cuuings, and there it shall be fifteen feet wide ; and in no part to be steeper than to rise one fo it m tea feet ; and to be well made, under the direction and superintendence of an age-u of the State, to bo appointed as hereiuaOor provided. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty ol the Governor t rppoint a competent and experienced engineer and three commissi mers to survey and locate said rnd. wtw shall first take an oath betore one oi ih Jud ges ef the Superior or Supine courts iiithfully to discharge s'ui d.ity to ihe greatest advantage tor t;:e State. Sec. 4. Be i funher vtyu ud, That if the owner or owner .!" my laud thru' which said roadshiii ji i-con-e ve him, her, or themselves iju;e ireoy, it shall be competent 'or such owner or -owners, either by petition or motion to the county court c.f tiie county in which the damage u done, paying for a jury it) view l'.io premie. an J jssess the damages sustained ; &.,rj u -h-i'i be the duty ol the court to atU-t silcli jury 1 be fcUrnmoned as in oth-- cases of pub lic roads; and if shtll bo the duty of the jjUry to take into consideration the ad vaiaje to the land, as well as the inju jy occasioned by the making of said .road ; and n the report of the jury made to and confirmed by such court, the damage stall be paid by the county in which the coinage is sustained. Sec. 5. Be I further enacted, That on tho report of tie engineer .:nd com missioners herein lirected to be appoint ed, being made to tla Governor, shew '. tng that they hive pirlormed the duty icquired ol ihe in by thtthird section of this act, it shall be the diiy of the Gov eruor to appoint one ? of suxh commis sioner or other suitable persato act as agent of the State, lo wnlrac. for and superintend the making of said road ; and it shall be his duty to let out and contract for the building of said road in lots of one miie each, to be let to Ihe lowest bidder. Sec. 6 Be t further enacted, That i -.hall be the duty of the Commission era or agent aforesaid, so to provide, in each contract, that no part of the price for making any lot shall be paid tm'ii the lot ii completed and received; and the payment shall only then be made a the collections are made on the debts due the State (or the sale of the Cherokee lands, and from the sales to be hereafter made of the unsold Cherokee lands, or in the bonds 'hetnselves, if the contract tor shall prefer them, and to be collected only at such times as the other bonds are or shall by law be made collectable; and the contracts shall b made as far as the collections and receipts from said debts and lands will justify, and no far ther. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That all the bonds due ihe State for the sales !f Cherokee lands, and all judgments rendered on such bonds, together with all the lands, sold and unsold, when the purchase money has not been paid, in the counties of Cherokee, Macon and Haywood, are hereby pledged for the makir g of said road, until tho same is completed. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That if any debtor or debtors of tho State for the purchase of Cherokee lauds, should become a contractor for building anv part of said r ad, it shall be the duty of the State to give such contractor a cer tificate of the time of completing his contract and the amount due therefor, and such certificate shall be received in payment of so much on tho debt or debts of such contractor, whether in bond or judgenei.t ; and it shall be com petent for said agent to contract, to pay any contractor on said road in the bonds aforesaid, to be paid or collected accord ing to the exis'ing laws on the subject. Sec. 9. Be it lurther enacted, That when said road is completed or any twenty miles thereof, it shall be the du ty of the Governor to cause toll gates to be erected thereon, at convenient dis lances, and to collect from persons and property passing the same, a toll, to bo by hira (the Governor) and the agent of the State so adjusted and distributed, as not to collect in any year, more than six per cent, on the entire cost of the road : Provided, that no one shall be subject to pay toll at any gate in the county in which he P'sides.or within twenty miles of his I esider.ee. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That all laborers suije'ct to work on public road, living within two miles of said road, shall be requjrd to perforin six days labur in each year cn said road, un der the same penal'.-- oilier hands are under for faring to woik on public mad, ard they shall be free from work ir.g on all other roads. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That the commissioners and agent herein di rected to be appointed, shall each re ceive for their services, two dollars per day to be paid out of said funds. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted. That the portion of said road from the Geor gia lino to the East side of the Blue llidge shall be first made, beginning at the West end. Ratified 27th day of January, 1310. AN ACT To amend and consolidate the several Acts heretofore paas-.d in favor ol Poor Debtors. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly ol the State of North Caro lina, and it is hereby enacted by the au thority of the same, That in all execu tions, the wearing apparel, working tools, arms for muster, one wheel and cards, one loom, one bible and testament, one hymn book, and all necessary school books, tie property of the defendant, 9ball be deemed and held exempt from seizure. Sec. 2. That in addition lo the fore going articles ihere shall hereaiter, in favor of every house keeper, on his or her complying wi'li the ptovi9ions ot this act, be exempt from seizure under execution, on deb s contracted since the first day of July, 1845, the following properly, and notie ottier, 10 it: one cow and calf, ten bushels of corn or wheat, fifty pounds ot bacon, beef or pork, or one barrel ot fish, a 1 necess try (arming tools lor one taborer, uuu bed, bed sUud. and covering tor every two membi rs of the family, and such other property as the freeholders hereinafter direciea to bt; appointed, 'or thai pur pose, may deem necessary for the com loit and support of such debtor's tamily: such oilier property not to exceed to value tho &um of fifty dollars at cash valuation- Sec. 3. Whenever any poor debtor, or, if a married man, ta his absence, his wife, may des re to apply for ihe benefit oi the second section of 'his act, such application shall be made to &uv.e jus. uce of the peace (or the county in winch the app ic int resides, wh shall appoint three respectable freeholders, disinterested Hiid unconnected with the parlies, to lav ofl" and assign to such poor deht' r the property to which he or she r..ay be entitled under tue second section ot this act, and they slall imme dtately n ke out a full and 'air list thereof, an-l return the same tj the cleik ofthe cour' oi pleas md quarter ses sions for that county, who shp'l receive such a list, ar.d fiie the sane among the record ot his office : Sec. 4. W henevcr any poi.r d-utor shall die, leaving a widow him sum ving, wfio may not be entitled by law to her year's allowance out of the per sonal estate of her deceased husband by jeasor: of any levy of any execution or otherwise, such widow shall be allow ed the benefit of trie second section of this act, in the same manner as her de ceased husband would have been- Sec. 5. All and every conveyance by sale, deed of trust, or otherwise, lor the payment of any debt or demand whatsoever, of any of the property ex empt from seizure under execution, shall be deeded and held and is hereby de dared to be null and void and of no ef fect. Sec. G All laws or clauses of laws coming m conflict with the meaning and purview of this act, be, and the sarre are hereby repealed. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC, AND INSTRUCTIONS TO POSTMAS TERS. Relative to the Rating of Letters, the Return of dead Letters. Transient Newspapers, and the postmarking of Letters conveyed by the British and United States International Mails. Hereafter, when a letter exceeds an ounce in weight, but does noi exceed 2 ounces, it will be rated with 4 charges of single postage; wtien it exceeds 2 ounces, but does not exceed 3, it will be rated with G charges of sing'e pos tage; and so on, there being a single postage for ihe first half ounce, a double charge for the first ounce, and u addi tional charges for each succedntgonnce, or fraction of an ounce, beyond the fust ounce. This is ordered in virtue of the provisions of an act of Congress, approved March 3, 1849 ; And, in pursuance of the same act, it is required that letters which are re fused at the office of delivery, bv the parties addressed, and letters which for any other cause, shall be immediate, ly returned to the Dead Letter office in Washington, under address to the Third Assistant Postmaster General, without watting iho time for advertisings here tofore required in relation to this class ol deaJ loiters they roust in every case be marked in red ink on the face, with an entry showing they are refused, or the cause that prevents their delivery; atso stamped with the stamp of office, and with a view to the proper adjust ment of the accounts, be placed under post bill to the Dead Letter Office. Transient newspapers (that is, papers not sent from ihe office of publication) will hereafter be subject, m virtue ol the act aforesaid, to ihe general news paper postage rate only; that is, one cent for atiy distancce in the same State, and 1 1-2 cent for a distance exceeding 100 miles, where the newspaper is sent fiom one State into another. But postage on such newspapers is in all cases to be prepaid, as heretofore In respect to British mail?, where the official postage entries on the letters re ceived are in red ink, the letter is to be considered as paid, and la to be deli vered accordingly; where in black ink, as unpaid, and the postage is to be col lected. Postage in such cases is either wholly paid or wholly unpaid. The postage figuers ou such letters show, on the paid letters, ihe amount tu be credited to the United States; on ihe unpaid letters, the amount cuarged to the U. S. The postage to be collect eu from unpaid British letters is in all Cdies io be, whatever may be their credjt or debu figures,. 24 cents lor each additional rate, aoti, aaer th first ounce.eacb tetter exceeding 'hat weight is to bo charged 48cen's for esch ad dition an ounce or traciiuu oi an ounce. J. COLL AM ER, Postmaster General. P. O. De par' men?, March 15, ISIS. The Salisbury Watchman savs that the people ef inai pU'e hive d -oe noth ing ill ihe way ot subscribing ta the .Plank road, and wiii t.ot pr.ba'jly do anything until' me h-.te of the Central lluil Head l decided THE PRIEST AND THE ROBBER. A TRUE STOUT- Forty years ago, the scene here rela ted, occurred in the heart of France. A Roman Catholic priest was called to prepare for his last change, a highway robber, about to perish on the scaffold. Tho good father used all his eloquence at;d all his efforts, to lead the prisoner to repeiu of his aggravated crimes, in vm. He observed that the mind of the latter was all-absorbed, that he seemed to heed him not. What could engage bis thoughts a snch an awful hour ? lo you not reflect, said the priest, that in two hours you are to appear be fore your Maker? I do, said the criminal, but 1 wish just now to live and repent, not to re ptnr and die, and he thought has come into my brain, and 1 can't for the soul of me drive it out, thai you are tho very man to save me from death, not to pave my way to it. Hut, said the priest, even if 1 had the power I cannot see that 1 have should 1 not be doing a wrong to mankind, by setting you free, and be subjecting you io a further load of guilt ? If that's the only obstacle in the way, you may, my good father, be entirely easy on that score. I hate seen the scaffold too near, ever fo expose myself to its terrors again. Never will I rob or defraud more. I will be henceforth a changed man. With eyes imploring and bathed in tears, he knelt before the holy man and begged his life. He appealed to a kind heart, and saw the impression ho had made. Phe chapel in which they were, was lighted only by a window near the ceiling, and was more than fifteen feet from the floor. Vcu have but to put your chair upon the altar, said the prisoner, which we can place near tho wall ; you will then ascend on the chair and I will mount on your shoulders, from which 1 can gain the window. In an instant the criminal was beyond the reach of the law. The priest re mained tranquilly seated in the chair, having restored the alter to io pto Some hours after the flight, the I.ang rnan, impatient at the long prayers ol the priest, who, he thought, might have put half a dtzen souls on ihe road to heaven in less time, knocked at the door. Not seeing the prisoner ho demanded what had become of him. He must be an an:el ot light, said the taiher, for on the faith of a priest, he went out by that window. I saw it with ray own eyes. The hangman was amazed. Having closely questioned the priest.he demand ed if he was in earnest. On replying in iho affimative, he ran to warn the judges. They hastened to the chapel, examined the chair, the window, the height from the floor, and saw no other means of escape than that stated by the priest. Their brains were perplexed. But they could not preserve their gravi ty at the sangfroid of the good father while describing the flight of the angel, a he sty led him, as he vanished, to take him along' with him to the skie. Be this as it may, the church was too pow erful in those days to question the word of a priest, who assumed to himself the merit of converting a sinner into an an gel in an hour, Twenty years afterwards the holy lather was lost in the woods of Arden nes. The night came on he was with out food or place of rest. Wild beasts were prowling around. Step by step, weak and desponding, he still wandered farther in the mnzesofthe woods. His frame sank exhausted with hunger, fa tigue and terror- He commended hi9 soul to the care ot heaven, and laid himself down to die. He had laid there some hours, wnen ttie lint oi a lantern shone on his face. It was held by a peasant who examined his fea tures attentively. He aided him to nse. With his stnewv aim he bore the exhausted form of the priest to a neat farm house, deligh: fully situated in a fertile plain on theskirisof the woods. The I'lther was nursed with care and restored to life, and warmly thanks his benefactor. Oa his recovery to eat, the table was spread lor a new guest. A fine capon was cooked and nicely dressed, and every luxury the farm af forded set befoie him. A female neat ly attired, with eigut little ones, surroun ded ihe 'able. Father, exciiin.ed ihe peasant apart to him, aiter t:iey f ad finished their re. past, a wife, children, farm, all ilirse blessings I owe to you. Wondering a med cant, chance brought me to this house, where by indubtry and houesi dealing, I won ihe confidence of the father of my wife, who, on hi9 death, left u this farm. I hdve prospered ever since in my affairs. My wire has been a real blessing to me, and my children wjih their ruddy faces and their sweet smiles, remind me each day aa I return from my daily tod, of whatlowo heaven and to you. The good father, whose conscience had often smote him fur the fraud. lis had practised upon the magistrates, and the danger of letting loose a robber to depredate on the highway was set at ease. Ho embraced the now happy mau, and devoutly thanked God that ho had been the means of reclaiming a guilty criminal from death; and, there after, many were the pleasant Inurs which ihe priest and iho robber passed together. A Simple Question Answered. 'Papa, said a oung hopeful, what 'a an 'In ter rog a-lo-ry V My dear, an interrogatory is a very explicit method, used principally in Chancery proceed ing for obtaining a correct answer to a simple question. Thus: Whether John Jones, on such a day, and at such a place, did, should, could, would, might or ought ; or whether he did n't, should n't, could n't, would n't, might n't ; or if he did n't, should n't, could n't, might n't or ought n't, why did n't he, should n't he, could n't he, would n't he, might n't he or ought n't he ; and if not on such a day, and at such a place, then whether at some other, and what cay and place he did, should, could, would, might or ought ; or whether he did n't, should n't, could n't, would u'l, might n't, or ought n't ; or under some other, and what peculiar, or if not peculiar, under some other and what circumstances ; aud if not, why not, or how otherwise, do it.' Mr. Clay has addressed a letter from New Orleans, 17th February, to Mr. Pindell, recommending a plan of eman cipation for Kentucky. It is published in the last Lexington Observer. Tho general points are stated in the follow ing" passage : "After full and deliberate considera tion of thd subject, it appears Jo me that three principles should regulate the es tablishment of a system of gradual ft na ino'p.in I' h , lx.t it should be slow in its operation, cautious and gradual, so as to occasion no convul sion ; nor any rash or sudden disturbance in the existing habits of society. Sec ond. That, as an indispensable condi tion, the emancipated slaves should bo removed Irom the State lo some colony. And, thirdly, that the expenses of their transportation to such colony, including an outfit for six months after their arri val ai i', should be defray ed by a fund to be raised from the labor of each freed slave." He proposes "that a period should bo fixed when all born after it should bo free at a specified age, all born before it remaining slaves for life. That pe riod, 1 would suggest, should be 1855, or even 18G0," &c. " Whatever may be the day fixed.whether 1855 or 1860, or any other day, all born after it, 1 suggest, should bo frco at the age of twenty-five, but be liable afterwards lo be hirtd out, under the authority of tho State, for a term not exceeding threo vears, in order to raise a sum sufficient lo pay the expenses of their transporta tion to the colony, and lo provide tl.eoi an ouifn for six mouths uMer their arri val there." Women and Matrimony in Califor nia. A letter dated San Francisco, Ju ly 28, written by a lady to her friend in Massachusetts, says: Since my husband went to the g-!J region, houses have become vacant in all parts of the village, aad the entire male population has left us. The wo men have been obliged, in the absence of the males, to congregate in large nuriibers, in the large houses, and live, together and do their own cooking, &c. I arn now living, as we call it, messing with a company of four teen. The ex perience of the world, men have said, ahowtd that women could not lite to gether wi'.h(ut quarrels and tunr.oiU; but our sisterhood, at lhi3 time, gives u plain contradiction io this slander upon our kex. hen not inte rfered with by men, and when permitied to drink our cup of tea "under our own vine and fig tree," we. are as quiet and peaccble as lamhf. The demand for marriageable wo men teems to be ai great as for good. Th's i the only country in the world where women are preper'y appre ciated. The proportion of miles in ihn Jeiri'ory is five to one of females, and the labor if females m aa much reeded in cooking, &c. at the g-ld region, aa iho males. There has heeu more mar riages the last few n.onihs than in ten yeirs previous, in this cobniry. The squaws before ihey wiil go io the "old region, make efforts lo get white husbands, which they son ottaic in tho j pjest slate of effair3. Father. ManM .