North Carolina Newspapers

ml 1. I - t " 'i - it . PUAjalnraJ CELEBRATION.' AY tv.ticJ nmc vcrypic'y toasts, drank on f $ajo 10 ike. Chicago Contention .,lf,hcis in favor of ImiK these, ami the Protection of j Homo Industry tdo.Hvby did ne-aaopuine oauiroore the 4MM dra.lM.rff;s; C? The sum fof the pUtUm Whif he.eijesth (ngMom My- I v. .1 1.1 ! i J tJ i 1 ..t 1 .wl I Bl IMI1IIVII' Mi.1." " " " ". v 3 iii.il uuuill "Carolina liiiVt the co-operation of her swter Slater in jdefeihling bouthein Rights, but is, navcrtclcsjL willing to undertake that matter I nlone, and oh her-Wc responsibility ; that the southern 'mr-rfier whn rrfmrd to iim the ' . 'I 1 I I. ft '1 . . ' ' l Wouthertr A ltiriss. should receive a mar ns iindollibleja that branded upon Cain; Mho olir forefathers made it not as an lirrcsponfiUo niapnity would have it with more of the li!ic characlor. I k Thct willi i"'urtn of South Carolina to do hat- 'tie alone, sWjws. at least, the want of that bet- f I ter part of vkilur, prudence. There is a great ' ! 1 delfl of talk about action, and much boasting . i- 1 i ' I mendations bestowed upon jhira byCo). Webb, did he slick to that party with which be differed ro widely t We cannot conceive how any man deserving this lofty praise, could have consent, ed to become the candidate 'of a pifrtyf hostile to his own views." It certainly i Irrecpncile able with' our ideas of patriotism, to say noth ing of honesty. Rich Whig. i - OCrThe Nat. Intelligencer of tie lOth inst. says : Having observed in tfie " Utiion " an at- if about iv hat lh several sections will do, when bij ! coinci : tol ihe " piumu troop and .the ..... u r.. ill i it-i, u jmiwuiu imagine, if win tack upon the Secretary gf StaIte about his instructions to Mr. BaxckoVt on the. subject o ' our Navigation Laws, we took the liberty to in. quire of the Secretary what instructions he had given to Mr. .Bancroft onjhat subject.; The From tte Gietnslorcvgi Tatn'ok. WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS SAY. The creat project of the North Carolina Rail- rpad is beginning to enlist aUebtionj in other States. We should not wonder, in the event that our own icitizens prove! recreant Jo their own interest aud duty, if capitalists: from sis. ter States should build the. Road and reap the reward which in a few years will developc in the way of increasing. dividends. We la's! week copied an article from the JVia tional Intelligencer on this subject, fqr which the venerable and influential Editors;! are enti tled to the thanks of every North Carolinian. We esteem their article not only fbrjtlie kind- ly feeling therein manifested towards our State im-ijiiue, from the i reply we have received is what we expected. tone and leinper 'ires9cd on the 4ih that ev ery im'iviiiu il iii Souih Carolina is a "kill him and cat him 1 ticro. As to bra jdin the Souihern Members who refused to tho Southern Address it is. very strange "that our nMg!1nMvlriiot permit thefr brethren of the bojith to enjoy an opinion, va- nar0n Roene ? Tiant. from th:it ivf Souih C irolina, without using , the Union" could not publish it without expo j language indicat ive of j icobiuical fury. It is gmg itself to shame for the misrepresentations iTcry'clear that those who thus refused, were it has printed on the stibjecf., Wljenfver that as honest ! nnd patriotic ns any who'did . sign j correspondence shall be published Jby the uUn- t tts chivalrous" and d;triug and brave as the j South Carolinian. To do this would be trea j Bon againSt " the mot Valorous valor and sub J limo; piinpli niy," ever known in the present pleading of toe w-orldV history. -r As retai ls the Union as our forefathers I 1 ! . . . . . ... 1. is t u . . 41 1 maIC li ve suppose uie ijugusn in ur, Union ns; South Carolina wants it" herself j taking the j responsibility f giving the pro- ! per Const nation to the language of the Consti- , lutiinJ This proves that South Carolina i a vast deallwscr rh.vn any of her sisters in her pwn estiihatioii, ut least. f In regard to the " irr?spon?ihle majority," it iff a ; term! of .sirange ini)ort in a Republic. . Wor iuppOSC the (uattlebums must be deeply in ' l'ovte vilh the "one manpower," now so . i hotly Contended for by the late democratic par. ly. Out", old fashioned JefFersonianism teaches ' , us that the majority ouht to rule, and is the only responsible sovereign in a democratic go- .Tcrhmcntl I - , ' " j . : AVhilo our neighbors assert that Mr. J. C. .' LCajhoup is " wise and faithful," they set down ! the majority of the people as wicked and Mir cmhodiinctit of wisdom and power, since it is denied to the. people. We desire to say noth ! mg disresr ectlul of Mr. C, but if it were pos sible to m he a fool of him, his fellow citizens of South Caroling would do the thing, certain. ? ! Tho 'chivalry " of the South, represented, Mat Orangeburg on the 4th, speak of Gen. Tay f xiwi's Ve no as a warrior being tarnished by ! It tk m' its s . 1 ariAAnnAiftaP vffllA Qt nf As m n n Uccreantj o whom ? Not to South Carolina, herself rcc eant to the cause of Southern Rights, in opposing his election. 4 Tlio South Carolinians should explain their cioiiduct at the late election, before they call up- cn their so ithern brethren to imbrue their hands ,! In blood, a id jeopard their souls in treason.- ' Let them, f they can, convince the worlaMhat the love of oQ'icc and the poils is not the mov. ing cause f alt their political agitations let them eipin in why it was that they opposed the election of a Southern Slave Holder and Plan ter, when it va a fundamental doctrine with thorn, that U Southern man of any profession in politics, is i more safe for the South than a "northern man with southern principles." Let .the absurd lies and contradictions thus exhibi. , ted, be adjusted to reason or common sense ;nnu tlfcn o it neighbors may set to work to con vince jhe k-orld that there is one spark of de. mocracy i iho swaggering aristocrats of South Carolina, v ho rule the mind and heart and mo- i i i'hut as an exnression of their' sound iiudgment instructions to Mr. Bancroft on the subject of ; f Dracticabilitv and profits of the work. The Petersburg Intelligencer publishes the ar ticle in question, with the following encouraging and strong practical remarks of its own : "The National Intelligencer might have strengthened the above by stating that two of the three rail roads in Virginia, which would form the Northern continuation of the North Carolina rail road, are also profitable, to wit : the Richmond and Fredericksburg roijid, which is now paying seven per cent, per annum, and the Petersburg and Roanoke road, which has just payed the same, but has just made a divi dend of four'per cent. To these maybe added the Greenville and Roanoke road,' which has paid off a large debt and just commenced pay ing dividends. We would notice these facts. We do no mention them with any spirit of boasting, but we think if? that paper, with its extensive circulation, wpuld inform its readers that the rail roads at thjs end of the North Carolina road are pay ing as good, if not better dividends, than those at; the other, it would lend to give more confi dence to that scheme. It ought to be known Tho Sflrfetarv has not written a: line to Mr. Bancroft on the subject ! I How much: lower will the " Union " have to descend before it Cets to the bottom ? j' When will the "Union!' publish the Cor- respondent between the Secretary of State and j We have before said that ! i Im." its readers will at oncfe perceive that its extracts from it are garbled, and lhat, for the authentic and recorded facts; of thd cse, false coloring and misstatement are substituted. It is proper, however, thaf we should add, for the Information of our readers, that the obvious malice or motive of the course of the " Union " in regard to this and other matters jn which the Administration is concerned, together with the jtrom the is. (J. lanaara.,. LETTER FROM B. lv MOORE, ESQ. if I i - - - . -. . . Some difficulty having arisen, and tha opin ion of the Attorney General having been fre quently solicited, as to the matters involved in the following Communication, he has taken this opportunity, through publication of a letter to the Clerk of Union County Court, to make generally known bis opinion on the premises. I RALEiGH,,June 15, 1849. SIB t have received your letter of the 9th inst. You desire to know the opinion of the Attorney General, whether it is the intent and meaning of the 3d Sec. Chap. 2, of the Acts of the late Session of the Legislature, that the Clerks shall include the tax imposed by-the preceding! Act in the tax list which the law requires them to furnish the Sheriffs for the year 1849. I ' . The Act you refer to is supplimental to an other, entitled "An Act to provide for the es- ! tablisbrnerit of a State Hospital for the insane j in North Carolina," passed at the same Ses ! sion. By the 5th Sec. of the Act it is provi- ded, that a tax on land and poll shall bo levied j &c; By the third Sec. of the Supplemental ! Act; it is declared to be the duty of the Coun ! ty Court Clerks of the several Counties in this ! State, " to include the tax imposed by this Act 1 in the tax lists which they are now required j by law to furnish the Sheriffs of their respect- and that tho bheritis shall col- ive Counties, COmmeuceU pV- I , ., (VP Qn,t ouv nvorlU enid lTP wish the Intelligencer ! . .1 . . These acts take effect and go into operation thirty days after the Adjournment. Conse quently they were in full force on the first day of March last. It is true, that, in contemplation of law, the tax lists are delivered over within thirty days after they are returned ; and they are to be re utter recklessness of its assaults, have already I that the Petersburg road, wh.ch is now paying', turned t(lhefirst Court which may happen af. disarmed it of the Dower tolniurei In irecard - i l i to the particular transaction! above reered to, the public mind has so unanimously approved tie conduct of the Executive, thai, beside the " Union, hardly a solitary voice is raised to blame it. i i In connexion with this matter, we copy from the Alexandria Gazette, as leing ehtirely borne fdut by our own personal observation and im- pression, the following retnarks : 1 u We are pleased to lear that, in proportion to the constancy and rudeness of the assaults of the Opposition upon our excellent President and his Administration, the determination of the Whiga to rally around him and his Cabinet is strengthened and increased.! So far from the Whig spirit being repressed, it is rising, and will be heightened by the desire to uphold jlhe efforts of General Taylor t$ do his duty faith fully in the discharge of the' great trust which the people have committed to his hands. The Opposition presses will find that thfliy commenc ed their game too soon, and in too bad a temper. They have chosen their coarse, however, and at the rate of 8 ner cent, per annum, draws all its business from North Carolina in' the pres ent incomplete state of the rail roads of that State. This ought to be satisfactory proof that these roads, if extended, would be as productive atileast we are satisfied that they would be more so. A great deal of travel between the North and South, now goes by sea and by the western rivers, dispensed in. many channels. The completion of the North Carolina road would collect this travel into one stream, which would grow broader and deeper as ; it flowed and fertilize tho whole line. As a State measure, as a work that will em phatically benefit the State, and be more pro- ductive than any similar work in the country, we look upon the North Carolina rail road,; and that is the aspect in which to view it. The travel to and from the South 'will,, it is true, be beneficial to it, but it will be secondary to the great business of the road, that of carrying the mineral and agricultural products of the Stale to market. This road, starting from a paint of convenient and cheap access, not only . ' 11 .1 . 1. C. .1 . i isfor them to nursufl if. ilhov thinlr it will a,i ine P0"8 m Oiaie, QUI 10 me ports 01 nnmni;cK thir nA t wlirLA..; Virginia, and also to Charleston, S. C, will be tore the v irftt ihrouah 'thar. Genera WIvr.cm ul M'"S f M. .u taW i a3 , J O O i " ti " is as strong a man at the head of the Govern ment as he was at the head of our gallant troops strong, we mean, mjhe affeclioris and confi. lion of thd mcrciuU, " 1 " COL people there. Wilmington Com- WEBB AND GEN. CASS. Cojl Wdbb, the senior editor of the Courier and Enquirer, is on a lour through the Lakes. ! Ho writes a number of interesting letters to his 1 paper, an e xtract from one of which, we publish ! to-day. Ii ihe following, the reader will find an . interesting account of Gen. Cass, whose warm : rjcrsonal friend the writer is, though ho' oppos- t . cd his elec ion : i ' j ; . j " Io all the relations of private life no man . fitand .higher in my estimation than Lewis .;Cast.1 : j If, in tho l; lc contest, he hadrepresenled his I ' oSviv principles, instead of theprinciples of the Jernocratid party, 1 have no hesitation in say- : A mg inai ,i S.U0U1U nave rejoiced in his election. 1 . i .ii j' . . . jiui ioai was not the tact. A party man in the trictqst serise of the term, he consented to be come tho candidate of his party, and wouldjf etectpd, honestly and honorably have carried ... I 'l mm . m J oui us picuzes.' He is. 1 am nuite mire, as CANADIAN DECENCY. It is said that Lady Elgin, the iwifc of the Governor General of Canada, has been so in- suited by the British populace in her daily drives that she has been forced tip rilinquih them. - . - ... 1 v What manly and decent conduct! Insulting a deienceless woman on account Jof her hus bands political opinions and course i Where is Mrs. Trollope? Col. Harniltortl Marryatt ? Dickens 1 Did either of those inventive gen- iuses ever lay such a sin as that at the door of us poor, vulgar barbarians of America ? No, they never pretended it. It hever happened, it never could happen in this country, that ven geance against a public man should be visited upon his wife. Think of Americans following the carriage of Mrs. Jackson. Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Polk, Mrs. Taylor, &c., and hooting at them, because the political course of their hus bands did not suit the fancies of linen out of power ! Every one seeis that this could not happen here. f i J i JBut we are too fast ! It may happen here for these very Canadian blackguards talk of an nexing themselves to the Unjted Stated "Evil communication corrupt good! manners." We want none of THEM ! We would much rath. er see them annex their necks to a millstone, and throw themselves into the Atlantic, than force themselves into the embrace of a great and decent country. Richmond Republican. Salisbury ; and thence no doubt it will, in time bo continued to Tennessee. Almost every county in the western part of the State will be in striking distance of it, many them even if the road would go no further than Salisbury, by means of the Yadkin, which is navigable for boats for at least 100 miles above, where the road would cross it. The Central rail road, unlike the rail roads in Georgia and in Virginia and most of the Slates, would have no competitor for this, vast business for there is no other route in the State upon which one could be made, and none, in deed, would be 1 wanted. Viewing the road in this light, and as a part of the great thorough- tare between the ISorlh and South, We do not think there can be a safer and more profitable mvestmeut. LIST OF LETTERS T EMAINING in the Post Office at Salisbury, July M., 1st, 1849. A J. Alcon, Everet Allen,- Atkins. B Miss E. M. Bruner, Jabiis L. Baker, Michael S. Brown, John E. Bronston, James Burket, Radford Bailey, Samuel Barr, Miss L. BuIIwk John R. Berry, M. Beefel, J. A. Bradehawi, Alexander iBrown, B. L. Bell, Esq. Samuel Boyden, Jacob Brown, John H. Barton, Thos; G. Brown, M. Brown, Miss Mary Brown, Robbins Battle, Martin Barger. C Dr, M. L. Chunn, A. Gozort, John Craige, 2 : William Crawford, Mrs. Margaret Culbertson, Jacob Correll, Mary C. Coughenour, J. Casper. ' D. Wm. Davis, James Downs, Clemmons Devinna." E- Mrs. M. S. Earnheart, N. Enniss, N. Earnheart. F D. Frick, John C. Foard, Jacob File. G John Glovr 2 ; Thos. Geeti, James B. Gibson, Jacob Goss. II Franklin Ha- s the Washington union. Medical philosophers say lhat in epidemics it is dangerous to change old established hab its suddenly. If this be truel our friend of the Washington Union is the finest target Ave know of for cholera, and he may be considered a gone Case. While Mr. Polk held the rtjins, the Un ion was in a peinetual strain of laudation. wv I n . I. A r Ol . I ULT .t? 1 I . m t. t r r- - iiiuui-vwiiu iu-iuu uiiension oi oiavery inio i coining occurrea unaer ii r. folk that the Un territory ndw free, as I am, and he is, beyond i ion did not praise. Throughout the whole o . all doubt, t ve-fnend of Internal Improvements and of a protective TaiifT. And yet, strange ns it mayf prear, he was the candidate of the tlrty ;whici was pledged to a course hostile to his oii views on all these great.qucstions ; and if cleccd, e would have honestly carried out their '-pledges instead of his own views. Un der uch c rcutn-itauce, I of course, in common with all who are opposed to the doctrines of Loco.pocc ism,' labored zealously to defeat its tandulatc. I could have rejoiced ia the elec iion of Lc tvii Cas$ to the Presidency ; but I fjjoiced without bounds in the defeat of Lewis passj pledged to support the principles of the oco-l:ocV 4ationa1 Convention instead of his Own Bound political views and opinions. But this U all past. I still entertain, ka I cter have, i j . . - l. : : of that administration, it never found a sinolfi thing to blame or censure. Our contemporary has turned an awful somerset. lie now finds no term of reproach hard chough for general Taylor. Nothing has yet heen done: by the Administration that is worthy of miel, word of praise. If this is not an utter abandonment of an old habit that may lead to an attack !of chol ora, we shall be agreeably disnpppinted. i Louisville Courier. i .den J. Harris, Williamson Harris 2 ; Henry. Hill, Lu- K t TT HTl -n ITT . r..i TT 1 cinaa nan, miss ougannan nampton, ivattnew nowara, E. P. Hall. J E. P. Jones. Capt. Charles R.- Jones, Kindal or Ransom Jacobs, Dr. T. Jones, Mrs. Dr. John son. K Will Tam Kirk ,2, John Kelly, Wm. H. Kin caid, Peter Kepley, L Peter Lentz, David Leak, Jno. J3ullen, S. J. Leonurd, Jonathan Lyerly, JohnS. Lyerly, Richard Lowery, Johii Lepard, John Lingle. . M-r-J. Melton; Heirs of Alexander Martin, M. S. McKinzie 2, Henry Mitchell, J. A. Miller. Dr. J. D. Maygon, Sewell Mitchell, Samuel Moore, M. M. Motley 2, John Moss, John Marlin, Sarah Mitchell. NJ. p. Noilly, Samuel Newland. P Hon. W. C. Preston, Jacob Phillips 4, Rev.W. Passmore, John Parsons, Robert Peach, E. E. Phillips. R Miss Margaret Reeves, William Richards, Henry Richie, Jacob Rusher. S - Daniel S. Shaver, Stephen Steel, John SuUjvan, Hon. D. L. Swain, Sam uel Seaford, Robert Slaven, John H. Smith, Mrs. Re becca C. Slaymaker, James Shaver.: T Samuel Tur ner, George O. Tarrh, John Thomas, George T,routman, H. Thompson. U A. L. Uutzman 2, George Vogler. W Geo. Wilhelm, John L. Wright, Dr. M. S. Wad dell, R. L. Wilson, Joseph H. Warren, Witbern Wat son. 3i9 B, JULIAN, P. M. ter July. So that, in contemplation of law they are in the hands of the Sheriffs before No. vember in the year preceding the April when the Sheriffs are required to begin their collec tions. Generally, however, these lists are not delivered till the year they are collected. By the general law concerning the Revenue, Rev. Slat. Sec. 25, tax lists are referred to the first day of April, and the taxes on property owned as of that day, become collectable, except in some few cases, one year thereafter. I am of opinion, however, that the tax levied by the Act of 1843 for the establishment of an insane hospital, becomes due and collectable during this year ; and although the Act directs the Clerks to include the tax in the tax lists which they are required to furnish the Sher iffs, (a thing impossible literally to be done, where lists were furnished before the passage of the Acl,)ll deem it, nevertheless, the duty of the Clerk$, to furnish such a list to Sheriffs, by way of supplement. And, perhaps, it might be right to send to the Comptroller an abstract although there is no law requiring it. If, how- ever this is not done, I suppose the tax might be exacted of the Sheriffs upon tue abstracts already returned, for the tax imposed is specific on land and poll, and ascertainable without dif ficulty. The provision of the law for levying collect ing and accounting for this tax, is not as plain as it might be ; but it appears to have been the purpose of the legislature to levy a present tax, and that lists, to that end, should be made out and furnished the Sheriffs. I do not think the Sheriffs are excused if they fail to collect the tax, even if no lists are furnished them: for they have the means to execute the law by the lists already furnished. I have said above, that tax lists, in contem plation of law, are delivered to the Sheriffs within thirty lays after the first Court which may be held after July. In point of fact, they never are delivered till about the first day of April ot the succeeding year. This practice has been adopted from its obvious convenience ; for the delay enables the Clerks to include the taxes laid for County revenue. And doubless the Legislature had in view this practice, when they made provision for levying and collectfng the tax for the establishment of an insane hos pilal. Nothing but the delay of publishing and distributing the Laws has occasioned the in convenience to Clerks and Sheriffs in regard to this tax. Respectfully yours, B. F. MOORE. To JonN 'McCollum, Esq. Clerk of Union County Court. We understand that there is a difficulty with some of the collecting officers in calcula ting the tax on the value of land. The tax is one and three fourths cents on the 8100 worth. The easiest method which occurs to us is, to multiply the value by 2 and deduct one eighth of the product from the product. Thus land value, 873 Multiply by 2 year preceding the time whon tho' owner ren ders -his lit, only ; or, does thefAtl embrace interest which may bavo , been accruing before the commencement of tljat year, and may hap pen to be due," or received during that year ? Second Whether the taxable interest must have accrued on money invented, and secured by sureties. or mortgage, or trust deed, only; or, also may have accrued on money invested, and secured by the respousibiiiy of the debtor, only ? Third- Whether the tax is only on such in terest as may have been received ; or, also, on such as may have accrued, and is due on invest ments deemed to be safe ? Fourth In respect to the second Section relating to tax on profits of certain traders enu meraled.and all other species of trades." Does the act impose a tax on the profits of the trades, &c.,made since the passage of the Act ; or on all profits made during the entire year preceding the time of rendering the list ? As to the first inquiry, I am of the opinion that the tax is upon such interest only as may I have accrued during the year immediately pre ceding the time when the owner shall give in his tax list. The words " at any time during the year," do not connect with the words, " se 'cured and actually due. or received," but with the words, " upon all sums of money at interest. So that the clause, substantially, reads thus: " Hereafter there shall be levied the sum of three cents upon every dollar of interest, which may be safely secured and actually due, or which may be received, upon all sums of mo ney, any time at interest, (in or out of the"Slate) during the year next preceding the time when the owner thereof shall give in his tax list." Interest, accrued prior to the yadr preceding the time of the tax list, is not taxed by the law. As to the second inquiry I am of opinion, that money invested on an individual obligation, without surety, or any such collateral security as mortgage or deed of trust, is " secured ," in the meaning of the Act. As to the third inquiry I am of opinion, that not only is interest received, taxable, but all such interest as is 41 safely secured and actual ly du3." In the construction of every instrument, and more especially those of so solemn a charac ter as contain the expressed will of the Sover eign, it is our duty to suppose that every word has its apt and proper meaning, and is design ed to effect some purpose. The expression "safely sscured and actually due," has a clear signification of itself, and is not equivalent to the term "received;" but when standing in connection with that word, the difference in their meaning is the more obvious. The pur pose of the Act was to tax income; but that which bad been received, and that which might be demanded and received . therefore, it is. that the Act uses the terms, ' safely secured AND actually due." If it is not actually due that is, demandable it is not the subject of taxation, although secured. If it be demanda ble, and yet not safely secured, it is not liable to be listed. It is true, that it may be both demandable and safely secured, and yet the owner be una ble to receive it. Nevertheless, it is regarded as profits already made. The law forbore the inquiry, whether the payment had been indulg ed or refused, and treated both alike, in order to secure the public from imposition ; leaving to the owner a guaranty, supposed to bo ample for his protection, in the reference to himself, of tho question whether; interest is safelySQ cured that is, whether it is a good debt. All indulgence to the deLtor, being left as a pri vate matter between the parties, as one of their own concern. In respect to the inquiry on the second Sec tion of the Act, it will be perceived that it is, substantially, answered bv the opinion already expressed on the inquiries made under the first section. In my opinion, the proper construc tion of tho Act is to be found in the following reading of it, which I believe contains the con- structive sense of it : Hereafter there shall be levied the sum of three cents upon every dollar of profits or dividend safely secured and actually due, or received, which may arise from any and all sums of money, vested in trading in slaves, &c, (in or out of the Stale) at any time during the year immediately preceding the time when the trader shall give in his tax list." I xlo not think the Act applies to a citizen here who may have been a citizen of another State, and carried on a lucrative trading there, during the year ; and who happens to be a cit izen here, on the day of rendering his tax list. He is liable to be taxed on so much of his pro fits only as were realized during the time ho may have been a citizen ol this fetate. B. F. MOORE. C suusDnry, if. c. THURSDAY EVESIK, JULt li7th O We are author bed Joseph P. Caldwell, ..of 17? as o Candidate to represent the second D; next Congress of the United Statfg fW a 11. V m me "on. U. M. UA1K15GC& .;n our thank, for a copy of the Congraionf Ijr bound, and for other valoabU poblie Doci, Plank ifcwirf. Wsce in theTp Carolinian the. report of the Dmi? of a Plank Road meeting in Lev & on the 4th July-rDr. W. R. Holt secretaries. Mr. P. K. RounsavHlc!? til a Preamble and Resolutions, f .. v-'-TJ iuc luuowing : " Resolved, That we consider the tmM of this Plank RJ ..-.ii i.- 1 U,e'al4 promoted by entering into the heart county at Lexington, and running iv" . , than in any other wav and (Kit t. a terminus .i mi . J ' Qa" ion this purpose we will give to its ccmirJ liberal subscription." luetic, By another resolution four deW J. vu, ii. iv. uusenoerry, j. y Tb. Dr. Payne, and A. G. Foster, wereT pointed to attend the meeting of the Pl ivuuu vouijjany ai rayetteville 12th. We do not altogether understand A ! movements of our neighbors : - Yh they want with both a Plank Road ix Rail Road, between Lexington and Sa. bury ? The business of New Ycrk know, required a rail-road parallel ?U and on thr hanks nf thn Fl but is it not a very uncertain investment build the two works contemplated, bj' tween Salisbury and Lexington-? hf not premature ? The plank road; so as the people here (are concerned if it Let located as proposed by the people of FijJ etteville, may terminate at Lexirigtwi-. It will be of no manner of use to briMjr here. The Great Central Rail Itotii) which we know the people of Lexingtta are favorable, will, we think, afford ache sufficient facilities for all the intercom and trade reasonably to be hopedeverts exist between the two villages. ! j -So far as we have been able to ascertain V the sentiment of the neonle nf I?ntvnol the subject of the Plank Road, it is thS; They want the evident intention of the Legislature strictly carried out, and fbe road located as directly between its two terminuses as the nature of the country will admit; and'if there be anydeviatioa from a straight line at all, that it lie made to the South. They are utterly opposed to its locrii'nju Leing made through Ran. dolph at: S Lexington: for the reasontlai it will be a Uaud upon the State, and vr2 ! be useless so far as they are concerned , the distance to Fayetteville ,by that rpdej being increased at least one-fifth, and tl toll, should they ever travel the rpad, U proportionably higher. -. If the road should be Vuilt on the pro posed linerthcy would prefer seeing it ter minate at that point by which the inter- -est of the State and the Stockholder! -would be most promoted and they bawl no hesitation in believing that by-tlitj rule it would never reach Salisbury. j They are willing to be taxed for a usefal ' work of internal improvement, hot art I j opposed to building such a monument folly as that alluded to. t)educt One ceht third near and 31-100. or -Ed. one 1 50 18 75 1,31 25 cent and one the warmest fiiendihip for Gen. Cass, and know mat a moro nonesi man does not live, all : "'' n regaru io party owl , fnrft ,k- a tn A . t. .liLL M gallons. n ;my judgment he is in nrinciole a I LW i " " imiff ,s i . - . ar juiiair iii iiir? rrinrninrr ' ? ; Joels Failing Discovered. Our pld friend Joe it what is generally terrned a bad boy, and succeeded in blinding his mother for some lime, as to his imbibing propensities, ard one morn hig she said to him after he haid swallowed some half dozen cups of coiree, and as many glasses of cold water f 1 ; Josepb, thee should drink something Piano for Sale. THE subscriber oilers for sale; a first rate 6 octave Rosewood Piano,.fash- ionable pattern and very fine tone, priginally cost 400, but will now be sold very very low. Concord, N. C, July 10, 1849. w. f; area. tflO PROSPECTUS : FOR EXLARGrNG AKD OTHERWJBE IMrROVISO IHE RALEIGH REGISTER. This long established Whig Journal, having passed though a Note has ten years interest must be . 1.. . V - l i .r. .1 I.' J : . - u . i V T.. .... taxed : arid it a note is believed to be cood, and I .1 w j From the Raleigh Register. I COMMUNICATION FROM THE ATTOR NEY GENERAL. PLYMourn, 3d July, 1849. B. F. Moore, Esq : Dear Sir : I am re quested by sundry persons, to write you and ask your opinion in regard to the legal con struction knd meaning of the 1st and 2d Sec tions of the late (and complicated) Revenue law, in regard to the tax upon Interest. The law says, all Interest received, or due, or safely secured at any time during the year preceding the year of giving in your list, is tax able. And the receiver of the list insists, that be- hiit, hound by party tfes and party fealty to the Democracy: and I kuowmhim too well to . ii- ----- ! f But one night, one latal ni"ht. j ueiore tue old lady had retired. oe came, in e sat down fvnu.u utai tjC "hi ru-f uc vruiiuuiui to wnai ...:.u .u... r . . ' .r .- . . w . . ... fliiu luai ium oi semi-inlniiralpH n.irvrv. l.. . 5 . ii : . . ' bo deems his obligations to party. In all hu- gan conversing about the goodnesl of ihe crops . 1. I -. r . . . .-. . n . ' Iki.ttl krr.tvn l.ltllk. U . . T lH'..l I 7 7r,",,r e,u e' niVU aiWB8 ,,e the late unfi,rtunft. nntt, Jn iuJ L": tmuucaiiy ppposea ; nut I take pleasure in bear- ! Lj lv.,a u?. VBI ingfestlrntnyiiow, im I uniformly did vduringi Th.. I f S At "VP u4 ,H esPied the bite PrLidcntial canra.. to hi- -terlin. hnZ ho. ?u08ed 1)6 a cSr 4 mantle. y, and to his po,seln2 n tt4 rcat . eree I Vece LJ cau8llt " Pacing ke end jn his -.1 1 . " rC1 QeSre0 i mouth, beiran rortr nrJ kIu.L:. .L- wiiy-man i ever kiiaut l i " w " j iv nauin u at ine i , .. I . V , canaie. lie drewnn n(TA ..;! 1.1 j - " ".y. uuiii lie get Mij, lu iue met;, j ne oia lady s eye, was opened, and she addressed hiirr !! i inhee takes that tenpenny nail for a cigar, is vime inee Aveni io ued.'i I A rC?d 'J llmaUe relations of pri- M yate life," r 1 s f. F.f . If thU account of Gen., Cass be correct, he j. must benlie moit Insincere of men. If he it ' oppoied to the eitenslon of slaver, Avhy did he alluw hnr setfto be- represented ijhe was, in the bouth rn papers 1 1 If he is in favor of Riv. ,-,,.1,1.-- I - I " . . JltKf I V cr and IUrbor I.nprovVment., why did ho not eulogy-shq speaks for Jicrself." 1 j une oi ine toasts drank at a recent ebration was- Woman J Sh requires no permanently into the hands of' the present! Editor, he has determined (provided sufficient encouragement be given) upon so enlarging its dimensions asito make it 1 contain nearly Eight Colchxs more than i now does, an! upon improving its appearance in such manner as to make it one of the largest and handsomest sheets in the South ! To effect this object, it will require -a con siderable expenditure in the purchase cf a new Press, new Type, and other necessary materials ; tand as we do not intend to make any advance upon the present rates of subscription, we shall have to rely solely for re muneration upon accessions to bur list. We have is sued this Prospectus with a view to the : attainment of this object ; and it is desired that our friends will exert themselves in procuring us subscriptions ; TERMS. i For the Semi-Weekly, $5, er 4 50, in advance. Weeklyi 83, or $2 50, i " 4CANGV-TO FIL,"t..--?There, is a vacan cy in the Watchman Office, we" would be glad to have filled soon by iany decent young-man, to learn the printing business. He should be able to reaJ and write, of from 14 to 17 years of age, apt to learn, of good na tural sense, and of industrious habits. One of Presby terian raising would be preferred..! .To such an one de siring to leam ihe business, we believe the! Watchman Office possesses a dvam a gesover any other Office in Wes tern N. Carolina. 'Address, i BRUNER fci JAMES. not secured, the interest on this must also be giren in. This, we think, the law did not con template. And, in order to a correct under standing of the matter, I have been requested i to lay the! matter before you, and ask your ad vice. Will you please tell us what we must give : in and what the law means. ! Your eirly advice upon this subject will be thankfully! received, as our lists are now to be ! taken. i Your ob't sei v't. J. B. BEASLEY The Sub-Treasury. On the 30th ultimo Ex Governor Bouck squared up, as has already been announced, his accounts, balanced the books, and delivered over the keys of the Sub Treasury to his successor, Ex-Gov. Young, who entered at once upon the responsibilities ef his office. Some estimate of the amount ot business done may be formed, when is is known ! that, from October 1G, 184G, to this date, one ( hundred and forty six millions six hundred and sixty-seven thousand five hundred and thirty. four dollars and seven cents, have passed through the custody of the Sub-Treasurer, without the loss to the Government of a single farthing. Immediately upon taking possession cf his of- 1 fice. Governor Young invited the corps of clerks that had been appointed by his predece3- 1 sor, and who had become familiar with the bu siness, to continue their situations, to which all consented except chief clerk Colonel Frpeman , Stanton, a fellow. townsman of Governor Bouck, ; who desired to follow his friend into retirement. J Whereupon Governor Young tendered the post to Mr. Jacob Russell, who entered at once up on the discharge of his duties, rendered famil iar by three years application in tho complica ted service of the famous Sub-treasury N. V. Express. Hon. Henry Clay. The annexed paragraph, copied from the Lexington Observer of the 4th inst;, shows that the late reports respecting the condition of Mr. Clay had no foundation in fact : We had a painful rumor in the city yester day that out distinguished fellow citizen, Mr. Clay, had been severely attacked with cholera at Ashland, and that he was in a verv dangerous condition. We are gratified to be able to con tradict the rumor. Mr. Clay was slightly un l well, as was Mrs. Clay also, yesterday morning, but we learned in the evenins from the attend ing physician that both were entirely relieved.' PLANK ROAD MEETING. The Stockholders of the Fayettevfil and Western Plank Road Company u sembled in the Fayetteville Hall, on tbf 12th inst., for the purpose of receiving tie report of the Engineer, and Ipcating tht Road. Tho Hon. Robert Strange v called to the chair. - There are many delegates present frcs abroad, and the greatest enthusiasm 3 said to prevail. Speeches were mathe by Messes. Tb mas and Foster of Davidson, Kelly &sa Person ol Moore, by his Excellency, Got. j Manly, and Dr. F. J. Hill. Up to the time of going to Press, coa-f ing definite was transacted. -The ' ceedings will appear in our next. : fUCrllUC IsUrUUTUUH. Raleigh, July 9, 1849. Mr. Editor ; Several inquiries, from differ, ent persons, having been recently addressed to me, in regard to the construction of the Reve- ' THE MEXICAN RAILROAD. nue law, bpon the points stated below, I have i We are authorized and requested to state, deemed it best to answer them all, through a says the Washington Intelligencer, that the public communication ; and I send it to you ! time fixed upon by the Government of Mexico for publication ! for receiving proposals for the construction of First ln respect to the first Section. What ; the railroad between Vera Cruz and Mexico, interest on money invested is taxable ? Is it 1 will be four months, commencing fromtfye 14th the interest which may have accrued during the j day of last month, (June) GOV. MANLY, AT FAYETTEVILLE The Governor was visitiog Faje ville, several days last week, bis objrf being to attend a meeting of the Csf Fear Navigation Company on Weflf5" day, and the Fayetteville and We Plank Road Company on Thursday. V was received with abundant honors the citizens and military, and wast0 ed the hospitalities of the Town,. by derman McKethan. The Governor's ' ply was brief but eloquent, tewkr"1? 1 - f tTi to ' best wishes for the prosperity ol ioc and the success of its schemes of 'P1 ment, and coming, as be said, to . the band, the heart, and the purse. o i SttR " ThrP rUr were civefc I the Governor, after salutations of s I merous friends, partook of a collation r j pared for tbc occasion. The Fayetteville Carolinian front we rrather th foreiroinCT. says: 0 w. . On Thursday, the Stockholders 0 , Fayettcvilleand western ''"'ribe inc laro . Company met in it tott. pa , 4 f int eld Jol Ar do Hi CIJ cd the i mi Jol disi CO no de 53 aid I thci Ad dov strc )ncr ;yct; "red -folic 71 A : r t ---. --- "V."