j i. i n
M fi iai ha v.
THREE' DOLLARS Pn ! Amcate fci u'I
TH03. J. LEMAY, Edito i Pnerairro.
Xlort) OTaroIinfli pctoftful in inteirmuaf, tooral anb prjnjrtral resource rhelanir oC out an& iamt ot Dur'affcrtt'ortf..
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VOL XL.
RALEIGH, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBEIl 24, 1G49,
COMMON
.?. -
-wants PRESIDENT AND DIRECTORS OF
JL tion of thenett iutl income of lha mm Fund or the year 1849, among tha aeeral Ceuniira,
r ,r the unprt o Cornmoi School. baa ordered tbe following Tabular Statement to be pobluked
. .k. rwnnliin of ucb. Count, the
SllOWiii - - 1 - - 4
Jiambutad diirinfths .year, .. .
The amount of tho Kail Distribution will be
nrooer aPPlicio to lha Treasury Department.
proper iHi '
"Federal Imputation, """bpriiig
Couktim.
Alexander
Alamance
Anion
Athe
Beaufort
Bertie
Bladen
Brunswick
Buncombe
Burke
Cubarrut
Caldwell
Camden
Catawba
Carlerel
Caswell
Chatham
Cherokee
Chowan---
Cleveland
Columbus
Craven "...
Cumberland
Currituck
Davidson
Davie
Duplin
Edgecomb
-foray ton
12,057
7.269
10,437
9,495
0,658
4,419
51.000
,184
8,38:1
6,000
4.099
10,190
6,07
11.883
14,110
3,347
5.289
6,625
S.50S
11,155
5,80
13,5'J0
fi,818
0.311
12,730
792
444
637
579
407
871
586
S78
613
300
300
622
S69
725
803
213
319
"4-05
SI 5
682
358
630
41ft
609
778
Franklin
5Jr
sr2
' 937 .
330 "
1,107
800
298
302
377
341
' 897
502
' 233
- 375 r
"622 60
" 289
- 398 ""
28(1
962
310
4$2""'
46.,
. 038
.' 052
393
1,317
453
378
.-493 .
583
753
440
503
711
658
831
635
288
928
878
251
1,095
689
2:107;
576
675
358
Gaston
Gates
Gaa
, Gieeno . .
Guilford
Halifax
Haywood
Henderson
Hertford
Hyde
Iredell
Johnston
0.705
15,330
i. i j ir .) j
18.117
13,100
..4.854
5,529
0,163
5.570
14,105
9,205
3.818
Jones-
. Lenoir ...
Lincoln ,
Macon '.
Martin
McDowell
Mecklenburg
Montgomery.-
Moore
NsslTT :
Hew Hanover
Northampton
Onslow
Orange
Pasquotank
Perquimans
Teisoit - 7
Pitt
Randolph
Richmond ;
Bobeson
Rockingham
Rowan
Rutherford
Sampson
Stanly
Stokes
Suiry
Tyrrell '
Union
Wake
Warren .
Washington
Watauga
Wayne
Wilkes
Yancy
6,130
10,190
4,722
15,740
6.077
,U7v40O.
- 7,565
10,760.
10,665
6,430
ti.sro
7,398
6.108
9,515
13,313
7.357
9,216
11,610
10.760
13,007
10.385
4,709
15,100
14,365
4U003
17,020
9.015
.3,835.
0 120
11,025
5,850
r 055,093
10.000 00
Tha Countiea of Aleiander, Alamance, foiajruwi, Uaaton, union and wauuga. thi mw uwr
it.. nM.iiM tMoeetivel from wliicb tbey bae been erected.
cuJ. W PupiUata Df and Dumb. Intut.. prior to the
1849. ewe lha Wteiary iu -
Franklin Count T,
335
Wake
K01 hampton -
Cumberland H
Nh "
Buncombe
l.tneoln "
Moor ' "
675
809
7
75
7J
' 75-
76
75
The JuaUcca of the County Courta of thoae Countiea are rwpeetfoliy reminded that prottialoa
I- i the net aeaeanrneni ol tua v oum, .
nwu;ne Countiea bavin, at uOT f-
... a
tne ao; K.hool. which
m .u.
eopport 01 eacn " T:. . . u" 1
BIt M
of the next annual diatribetton
r .k. ...1 nnnal diatribetton 01 lue "
Kotibamptoa County
175
75
160
160
(jut no
Hyde "
Mania '
75
In likaminner, such other Coun.je. M .y
Orange
by law, required W nake aiatilar proiaion.
' riiE most EXTEksiri: " '
IN THE UNITED STATES IS AT
Ke. 179 tttlllnior nar L.ltn,
BALTIMOBE. MD.
H hr SOO paraeee rw mpllr and a Itik J
IOOU Aim aAirra ehmav ktmd
I more ire W.ied ia e.11 ..d ttamlne tar
eat n4 beat atock of SHIRTS that baa ewr beej
fferrd, eonuMmg of ell aiaea aid qualitiea, fcf
MRS AND BOYS, wbiefc loratjU ad ork
n.mbipeanaot be aurpaaaed. ; Mere "
ttimUt been la reader H aMortniel
.ad deiirabU m (y'uETr0! . f
SCHOOLS.
OFt'JCe OF LJTERARY BOARD,
BALElGH.Ocvoaeain.l849. 5,,
THE UlEllARYTUD haying made Jistribu-
Dfin acid rail UiMnbuUon. u tb sun total
- "
--v -'--" :.. t
paid to the peraona enUUed to receir lha same, an
CHA8. MANL,
P.r nHrlm Vr,.;.l,nl nflht nterarv Board
Diatribulion. Falffiist ibuuou. Total Diatnbuuon.
972.
645
783
711
490
831
720
401
629
375
373
704
454
891
1,059
251
- 392
487
263
837
081'
440
l,ei9
fill
098
053
1,764
989
1.420
1,290
006
002
1.366
812
1.143
681
681
1.386
50
60
823
1.010
1,922
403
711
. 02.,
478
1.519
: 1.786
798
1,849
0-47
1,27
1,733
-Trm;
875
2,087
2 400
1,783
W2
717
639
759
1,933
1,252
519
835
i.joo ar
643
880 -
635
2,142
691
1.007
i;o2a
1,465
1,452
875
2.935
1,008
841
1.097
1,299
1,751
092
1.251
1,582
1,405
1.807
1,414
611
2.067
1,955
658
2.439
1,313
64
1,283
1,502
797
503
1,150
'406
1,359
983
504
415
402
418
1,005
GOO .
286
460
704
S54
1,180
381
555
.. 567
807 800
482
1,618
555
463
.... 604 .
716
993
552
691
871
sor
970
779
353
1.139
1,077
507
1,314
723
288
700
827
459
49,181
89,181 00
" '
Hyde County
150
235
625
C75
' 150
600
150
150
150
Orange "
Martin "
Granille
Iiovran " j
Jo'unalon " '
New Hanover .
Hertford -
lticbmond
ahaulil
- vv . y.
Vth . UuL'a. T"
...1 n. . i.r al rn. for the educaUon and
autua. if not paid, will be
.-, , . ,i
p l 1UI tUV WHW
daducted out of their aitara
... u. . ' -
. .
Wake County
JohnetM "
Cumberland
Str.kea "
1150
i. .75
.75
75
75
Richmond
.l4 Popll. to th. -id Inatitut. it f
CSCHTLCMCN'S MATS.
- Fall Style FerI81.
R. TUt'KER kON kmit
reeeived tbeir J'all.-Svpply t f"k
Imnkte Uaavef and ..Super MoUtkia
HAT'S . . . r
I. the m-odaetiearaf the article aH
oMatioaed lha aaeet fmlileta aaadcta of
IUr)M tl la Wr MMat4, 4 kyaaiUH
uni of rtwirmoat preniacat tralaeaa Uk Anericaa
k.kii and una lha areaeat FaifakMi baa been formed:
and ita aaprapriaivaeaa I (be ether portioae af the
Raaileaaca'a Fall and Winter Cdatame aaanot bit
j n ia.ka Cihioaable eomattaitV.
, Oereaetemcra aad the . pahlia are reapeaUutly
iatited te call and Kaiaue for tnemaeltee ;
It. TCCKEB k 80V. '.
..-:'-:v,:;.c::rw-;.......i
t . . . af
MAJOR GENERAL OF THE 4TII
v DIVISION.
Lexi?oTes Sirr. 2Sth 1849.
Ma. Editor: -In roffard to the election
of the Major General of the 4th Division,
two articles appeared irt Jhe Lincoln papers,
a few tjayg since one in the. "Carolina
Republican," and the other in the Lincoln
Courier;" one of which, was ; transferred
to tho columns of the "North Carolina
Standard," together with a letter written by
CoU-Jphn II. Wheeler to Gov. Manly.
fn these Several publications, attempts
are made to prejudice the community a
piinst me, by the indulgence of asscrlious
that have no foundation in truth.
Before proceeding Jo reply, to so much
thus written, as merits my notice, I will
here say that were this election to be held
over again, my official acta should under
similar circumstances, be precisely
what they hare Iteen, iq every important
particular; for the plain and obvioy,t reason,
thai the'eourse I have nusucd, was fair, and
juit, and legal.
Wows to show that CoK w heeler inten
ded to cast censure on me, unless a ma
jority of the officers of the Brigade under
my command pupportcd him, I invite atten
tion to the letter of Gov, Manly of the I4di
of MafrpiedTjan:'ahtiidaTd"rt9
which the letter of Col. Wheeler, now
under consideration is a reply, -Thcre it
will-be-eeenr- hocommeneed attack I
en me, by insisting on the illegality of the
election in the $Sth regiment, as early as
first of last Fedruary. Now, it so happens,
I was present at that election, (which i
the upper regiment of Davidson) and Iundcr
lakcla ay.it was-JuMcconliniLiollifiia
as laid down in the 13lh Sec. of the 33 Ch,
of the Act of 1846; which mcrelTTCcfwtrTS
Hie polls to bo opened not until Ho clock
end remain"' open tnuil- h tltnt lay he
polls were accordingly opehcu bctwern 11,
and 12 o'clock, and remained opened until
after 3 o'eodt.--that having been two field
omcers elected on the same day. This state
of facts. can be established, by certificate,
or if necessary by affidavits, of centleraen.
whose attention was called to thi law on
that day. and who have a much regard
for truth, and are of as high character for
integrity as CoK Wheeler. There was
a lull attendance on that day, at the
vote shows, anu siratmt) a it nfay ai'r
to the public, CoL..W.heelrr.,waft prttrnti
having reached there when but two voipi
were cast, the Col. and Lu Col's; and at his,
(Wheeler's) request, I asked the oflircr1
irr ceate voting that he might address them.
They did so, aud listened for a consttlenf
ble time to wJiat anoffic
with me afterwards) Called a windy and ego
tistical speech. I knew that Col- Wheeler
would be on, in a short tinte, and accor
dingly, I wrote tickets for If'Aeeerand f7f
thtr, and presented them to the Candidate s,
for which Col. Wheeler thanked me. And
during the T election ;-wwrt"inriB0Trv'er4'-
tion; and 1 exerted no intiuence eiuicr
way; and we afterwards parted, as we had
met, politely and courteously. And he was
heard to utter no' word of complaint
Now if the electionhad been illegally held,
or if any injustice had been done him, (and
no one knows better than himself that such
was not the case,) why were no complaints
heard on that day! Why were they not
heard until it was well ascertained, that if
the whole Division had tho opportunity
of Totinir he would be- defeated?
How is such a course to be accounted for,
except for the reason I have supposed, that
he intended to assail rue, unless he got
a majority of votes in my Brigade? In 1 his
letter as to the election in this Regiment, he
uses the following language; "As regard
the election in lhe88lh Regiment being ille
gally held, and not in accordance with the
Act of 1846, this ia.uot now germane to
the issue." Ifhet'cr was germane to
the issue," why not now? This was writ
ten 1st June, long before the commission
issued. And was not the same facts then
existing, and the same principle still involv
ed! So much for Col. Wheeler's first
complaint which I have shewn was without
foundation, and which, in fact, he abandons,
himseir. . ,
t; After thus discovering, that his first
charge is not "ffermflne to the issue," and
alter its abandonment, he takes new ground 1
and prefer other charges, equally unten
able,, and hopes in this way; to convince
the public, that the law countenances the
complaints and croakings of a defeated can
didate for office, and that they are to be taken
as a gnotlfoundation for ordering a Court Mar
tial on faithful officers, who have Uisciiarg-
ed their duties. -
But before opening his battery fully on me,
he commences by boasting that he beat Gen.
Gaithcr in Davie County, where her never
was, in oti life. He informs the torW
that' he did not know personally, single
officer in "thai Regiment. T Now may it
hot be possible; that this n the ery reason
hi-vA--lMritym -Dai?Butr-lMMiu.
at it 'ufay; "the irote he received ' Davie,
certainly, is not germane to the Sssuel'
At any rate no arumbling is heard about
any irregularity in this Regiment where he
beat his opponent. A fter the relief afforded
from the disclosure of his wonderful Mcfesf
in Davie Ooonty, (the cause- ofwhiek is
well known there, and elaewherej and not
very complimentary, to him.) he proceeds
to pay a desemng compliment to one, I
had known for ycara as a true gentlemen,
and the report of whose gallant bearing.
ana undaunted bravery .in thealUe-fields
of Mexico, produced a thrill ot pride and
pleasure in heart of everv iruo North Csr-
olinian. I beg Copt. flokeV pardon - for
thus mentioning his nahio, and hive- only
alluded to it in reply-to CoU Wheeler' and
to say how much fleasure it would have
afforded me to have extended my influence
in his behalf, had he keen the candidate.
Indeed, on hearing that his name was spo
ken of in that connexion, I informed Gen.
Gaither, thatif he, (Hoke,) would consent
to become a candidate, he would, in my
opinion, receive an almost unanimous vote,
my I)rigade,And I submit it to that
portion 61 the public who know Captlloke
personally ,ur by rermtatlOn.Td say, wheth
er, in their opinion, hatl he been the can
didate, he would have accepted the office
of Major Ceneral, upon receiving only a
mere plurality of votes, when two entire
Cotmtin had never heard of the ' election,
and had never therefore, had the opportu
nity of voting? The man who would sct-k
to obtain'an office of honor in this -wnyi in
this Republican land who Would seek to
take advantage of a diminution of the re
cord,.M to speak, is to be pitied most sure
ly, hut ho cnrirdOhl no. , ', .ir :
But Cof. liecTcrVafterffiving up his fit
"issue," demands of the Governor r Court
.MJluilid.mp, foriaolayit:maktwf"jCifc
lunia now. navingniade this demand so
peremptorily, and with such a finiirixh. ml
having io hi letters which are now going
the rounds of the newspapers atlemptod
ccito iiie puotic mind against Gov.
IVIanly for disregarding' this ''charge' and
spccIlTeaTioTi7n deem it proper T inform
CoL. WJiWilciv -(notwithstanding ' h i a
La wyer) and the very few others, who do not
wmh'Wm iUliattbia Usm" is attll less
"germane" than the first, for tho plain rea
son, that the law docs not give Governor
Manly ths right or power to order
a Court- Martial on a Brigadier Cinerul,
even were Ihe acts of such officers unmili
Jary or illegal neither of which state of
Wheeler did not know this, he ought to
have known . it t Now where & the law
that authrizes the Governor to "order
ar'&rtfcVcral
Such law cannot be fiiund, beeauseit never
has been enacted. . I sincerely wish such a
law existed, then I could have a Court
Martial in my case, by which my official
act would be triumphantly vindicated, and
the misrepresentation and probable untruths
of letter writer nd newspaper scribblers,
could be more fully investigated, - and
more generally exposed. And yet
because Governor Manly will not do
that which there is no law for, and which
he has no right to do, he is to be called by
carping scribbler a parliton Governor
But I am perfectly willing that Col.
Wheeler and his special friends shall enter-
Lain the belief that my delay in making re
turns prevented a commission frotn issuing
to him, (whiirh I am sure, by tha way, is
not the cose, and shall prove it presently,)
for even il it were so, I should have the
satisfaction of knowing that this delay result
ed in the award of justice to the Candinate,
and in the maintenance of Republican prin
ciples. ' ' ' " -
1 4-ave alresfly hewn that te -elections
were properly and legally held throughout
the Brigade under my command a larger
vote was cast than in cither of the oilier
other Brigades constituting the Division-
thai no complaints were heard at the time
fi om (any quarter that Gov. njanly . had
no right in law to order a Court Martial on
me there being no law for eucb a proceed
ing. 1 shall now proceed to show that bad
the delay on mv part in making returns to
the -Adjutant General, been intentional,
(which 1 will yet fully prove was not the
case.) that still iny returns were legal; .and
made in due time. Tbi proposition might
be established in every lair mind, .by the
simple statement, that my returns were
mailerto the Adjutant General sometime be
fore the supplemental, or demanded returns
of Gen. Neal reached Raleigh and both
law and justice required that this amended
return should be ntac, to make the elec
tions throughout the Division complete
and before the , Adjutant General could
officially make known to the Governor the
result; and before, therefore, the Govern
or had the power to issue t Commission.
That this may be properly - understood
and fully shown, it becomes necessary too
for me to prove that therifdrdcrs issued
by Gen. Neal to Montgomery and Stanly,
were not such as the law requires. In es
tablishing more fully this position, I shall
not attribute to General Neal any Improp
er motives or any unfairness, whatever, orn
dulge in such language a others have vied
towards me in one or two newspapers,
language whieh I cannot, out of sulf-respect.
sloop to notice. , But I will suppose it was
the result of an honest error, which to hit.
credit, was promptly -eorrectedr- under the
second order1 of the Adjutant GeherU by
his Neal) issuing legal orders to7 those
CdnnllcOftDy
rclttin, Wnhont which, I again repeat, -Hie
Governor had no right td issue ft Commis
sion. ' w? ' 'J" "":''
Well.' now to the law And the tcstimov.
ii-.
. ... . w. .... . . tuiyf vni--ni
1 ha 411th mr. nl 11.. n lQirr"! ..T . I
iii. uu iiiiniRuuus opportunity oNers:
.for forwarding orders or returns, the ecr-
"tiinty of which insures a speedy delivery
"thereof, u liichcau be easily ascertained and
"provetl, then it shall be lite duty of the officer
'issuing the order, or making the returua,
:i iu." m A mnv K. . f...t.M cn ...
l r. p. 1 r. 1 1. ' . I i . ...1 : .. . 1. Ik . IIV.
f'T,") viiuvnu- ., mo a wat ; vyiii(.i;,
Miiarketl on the back "I ublie Service." un-
"der which ho shall write his name and
"grade, and orders forwarded, or a return
"thus made, shall be deemed sufficient in
law." .r- -. . -,',,.-.
How, was this law complied with? I say
it was not. 1 insict that the orMr orders
issued in tho firtl instance to . Sunly aud
Montgomery, were newspaper notice, and
"that those notice never reached the Colo
nels of Montgomery and Stanlv, Awl I
My this npon the authority of officiii Com
munications, in the form of charges and
complaints, directed to the Governor, and
handed to mir for TJorosaHrirGcn. Gahlier,
and npon the authority of those and other
paper and exhibits now on file, in the Ad
jutant General's office. I further assert
that not only the officers, but many of the
citizen of Stanly and Montgomery Coun
ties, were indignant at what they regarded
as an attempt lo siinn the voice of two. sor
erti 'gn Counties, and thus virtually disfran-
chhe thfm. And such thev had heard
jJoirWhecler's desire, and the seutl
hassliown thcyTieard the Truth.
. I have heard those complaints again and
again, and was told by the members of the
Legislature, from those counties, that they
were general; and that for Commission to
issue, placing them under the command
ofan Individual, wlio wirFn w
should Ita va the privilege or opportunity of
voting, wouiu oe a monstrous outrage' on1
the rights of , freemen,' ud v would not be;
submitted "to. They thought, as every
man I have heard sneak of the matter, (who
hnows the facts.) tiiinks, that the Govern-1
or - would have not onl7 Violated Ihe law-.
but the plainest principles ; of Republican
government, to have Isnued a Commission
to Col. Wheeler, and thereby foisted upon
the brave soldiers of this Division, a man
who tad only received s plurality of "voles"
before full returns came in, and whom a
majority of the officers had pronounced at
"p&VWim befdre Gen. Wears amended
return, and theroiorc in due tune. k . , , 1
But I insist,, further, that upon (ho law
quoted, and tho existence of those facts,
tho first order of General Neat was not only
hot lesut, l)ul AuU3nd Joid as ' to " those'
Counties Montgnmery and ftanly-T'hey
were not such as tho Colonels ol those
Regiments could have been . punished for
disobeying they . not having in fact been
received or forwarded according to law.-
It may therefore be assumed a true, that
nojardcr
first instance, ot all, 1 hen tiow , could
my report and return, no matter how early
made to the Adjutant General, change the
result? Was Gov. Manly to blame lor
this, or die Adjuant General? Surely not.
The mistake originated with.- Gen. 1 Neal,
and by him it ought to have been correct
ed, and by him it was corrected at herein
before stated. I here was no necessity in
ordering the election in other Dsrts of the
Brigade, any irregularity of orders in
those parts having been ' cured by
knowledge of the timo, by a fair election,
and no complaint . from any quarter, and
the law does not require that the elections
shall be held on the same day in any Brig
ade, but at such time as the General may
order." ' .' '- ' ' ' '-i " -:fyi"'--In
this casc, surely, there was some
remedy, and 'the law quoted shews there,
was. ' Without surh remedy Cajoidates
for this office would be at the mercy and
entire disposal of subalterns who eould or
der the election in some parts oft Division
or Ur!gnde,'and suppress it in others;
just as they might desire to serve a friend
or grossly wrong an enemy. ( I have now
made good the ground taken, that my return
was in due time and according to law; the
case then stands thus the Governor and
the. Adjutant General have done their duties
and pursued the law, and Istand, fully justi
fied, and acquitted of censure, by all honest
and fair minded men.1 ; ';
I miglit here stop, so far as any defence
of my acts , in ihe matter, is ' necessary
did not Col .Wheeler hold the follow
ing language in his letter. "I wailed until
the legislature adjourned . "and, jl then learn
ed that Gen. LcacU bad mode , "no report,
-AnfrhiT-itrrlnrfit A Ufntilil mtil-e "MOHC."
Now. what missrenrescntaiions intenned-
dler may have made to him. I care not,
but am able, fortunately, to prove, that tins
statement is untruef--that it not only car-
on its face its own refutation, but that there
:,..r .Ar.,.n.i.n I...Mt.ni iHam
are other undeniable proofs of its falsity
The very object tliat lie allcgca I was o'ter
tho election of Mr. GaiUier vpuI3
have been -t defeated, had f I not,, me
my retumfu. . Now thercadcTt of thitpaj
sage of his letter t well at we'd aa tlioee
partsdemaiHlingwtdttwdr.flrrntctyt4
Court Martial on roe, would very naturally
overwhelming aealanthe boat Davie,) that
the redoubtable Colonel hud kwept say
ttrigaiic, horse loot ami Uragooni. that
after having received soch a vote in Davjc
i-j.t. i uin;iifvy.isj- ttit j ri
- . -v.- .1
vonnty, at esciive ms cwn nstnnishmenu''
whore he has
keveh been, but where olilr
the blasts r Fame's trump had ceunded 1
lus Tfartm. ami procluitned hie military ge-' '
niusj-tirelY it wotihl bd'vuppMtd thata'J
liis f rewnce in jheother :Cotntie.of 4he '
Brigade, tritrether With hi flaming speeehc i
oi warnml blood, Mexico', and-' -HGM.'i'
JPWow1. would havo secured to him tr."-
nrnphant miijtirityi ' .' vml (
Now, after all this fatifaronade on Col.i
W'lieelr's part what ' will the public think?
when thcy'learn the fact that)' Mr Gaithcr
received, in this Tery Brigaded (Davie in. . t
eluded ,) a eleat majority or 29 totrst j
And if I had not made m returns. Gaiflter-4
hb-ohW have been defeated even after count--
tng m the vote of Stanly wider the amended
rciurns ot uen weal.: I lie lacut are the"i
that I did report, and that- said report re- V
stilted in the election of Gen Gaither, and
yet after all this, it is sai 1 1 declued I would
make no report.' v-' "-.- i i
-""But I am mblo-to shew to tiU4lle
demonsrcsiiott;" how : nit i this J s taUV
nicHl is, and at the lame time establish tha
fact, that my delay in not making returns,'!
although of no importance, was attll wnin-
tentional. -" '-' ' i:--
I carried with me to Raleigh, as I thought
lite returns of the Colonels Gommamlant of - X
niy Brigade, for tho purrWae "oT' reporting Tf
during the Scttioiu. And. J suppose that :.
Col. W het'ler however captious and cavil- .
Rng wTicrenEhr6fteemcd,-itt7lrtm
hold me to si stricter acooht, than Gen.?
Neal whom he so highly - eirriirrntrt-r
16 the time 01 his seccond order.. He";,
made hi first return to the Adjutant Gen--'
eral, on the B2d December. T4ie only'rex"
reason 1 had for ? reporting during the -
Scasion Vas'thWiTonld lake but tittltf
time, and save the trouble' of transmitting
by.waiUandlhutlwouUluveitWdosoino-s
time, "is.., i. ,-.?.-T.-..v;-nvj tfMm , &
About Jhe last of December, or die first s!.
of January, in eoversation with Gen. Hay-
wood, neremaked, I had not made my ro- -
turns thai the rest had come in a few days -'
before, We then spoke of what hail been' 4
hrid and said, as to Montcomerv and
Stanly Counties, and both thought that'
Gen" Neal ought 'in'cto""amcnd'nti"'wT'
turn. On separating, I told hint I would 4
bring tip the papers and make my returri,
Idid'so, and went to the Adjutant General'
Officer-he was not in. I returnod to U10.. .
House of Commons, and deposited the' pa
pert In the5 drawer at mjr seat, where they
Kmaincd iomClw
ton. ...And the best apology jto Col Wheeler
for such treachery of memory is, that when ;
the House was not In schsTou, I was altnOtl
constantly engaged ; on the Judiciary or
Internal Improvement , Committee, or in'
electioneering ."might and,-main" by day
and night, tor the location of the Lunatio t
generous friends, we succeedod at one time f
in getting bat which, on reconsideration
of Uto vote, we were afterwards defeated iu, ,
And truth to tell, I felt a great deal moie Inter- -est
in these matters and in the titlings of the .
House, than in ihat of the report and re-,,
turns. But about the SOth of January, I
carried the papers again to the Adjuunt . .
General's Office. Fouhd him in, and tat
down to make my annual report to him, nn4
also the returns of tlie election, and actually
commenced it when to my surprise, I misA
sed the reporla of tlie Col. of the 87th Regi-1
intent, made to me ol tint election. 1 did
not recollect lh votoI went to my desk
and searched for it; the Adjutant General)
aided me - in ; looking for it hi office, I
but we could not tni u iadwrmebtnfr
home I found it, having in the hurry :
of departure left it, . and after attending !
immediately three Courts, I made out my
turns and trsnsmitted them by mail, i Sucli
are the material facts of , this case, and I,
can,' as I have shown, establish tlierm
in every material point by oihcra - tliam
by myself- showing that - Col Vi heler'o
charges end complaints -. Utromliout :xw
gratuitous an without foundation.
; Now; I dd not say Col, ) Whaler Iral
asserted knowingly that t',i5clt "was fiOWj
l hope he has nof. . I : can suppose that
what I may have said 'vi Rs'jCigh and efee
where, Way have bscr, fala y represented
to him, ' But tliis I Slo sa jr,' that lie has en- .
dcavorcd to cast 'tensu ,in me, without '
sufficient nuthoriVy ec prool oflho eorrecV
nest of what he, na vrjtjer '' ' " '
To tWCo6neir. etry. t thaij not fej
ply I do not voncdvc it is "germane to
(ho IsstlO atjd heniilra 1 hive not n nna.
stl
nau my feiickcprHjarlying beforo
me.
,J! .' fit -. '.?-; Lrnn--. 1
Vord,' in reply, to tlie 1 articlo
in tl-.e
Lincoln CvWier,', for I , havo
Veard ' from . reliable sources thai tho
.1.1:..- a . 1 . -t ..
Muiiri jiui jinper 1 a jiignty respeetaoio
g'jnileraan, and t)iercfor it is my duty to
notiee one sentence is his paper: i,'iTho
Governor seeing Irom Vn.;,.Nea'! report
that Stanly and Montgomery bad not voted,
although legal order to vote had been dulif
sont'out by .GeniNeal.and Leach still with
hold mg bin repoft, : insted -of- making
Leaeh do h'uf duty, " Ac." t'OMT if .ho a
just nian-rand I have )ibord a muqb. of
him, I hope ho will retract thie Isuguagri
siftee 1 bare n. fully : shonsi x that Governor
Manly had dune his duly and t hat he had not
iht peittr to mule ne rr portthat Gen.
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