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' it I: , I'iis belief -prcjinj.nf my licnrt, some tin- Lno'vn power ofiho human will held back ny jinnd when I would have yielded to my comrade's cntrtatirs for death. ' V. ; At times the resolution; lo despatch him, and follow it up with my own death, was. on the very evo of being consnmranlcd, win ri t hkper of hope would bid mo firm! la sul fcr on., Wom out nature could bear up ho , longer .without repose, and to u eared was I in mind and body, thai almost unconsciously I eunk into slumber. H While the fire at my feet crew more arid more dim; my aenscs wandered an-ay in a delightful dream to the fire side of my old home; and the wilderness of the tranper life, it many perils and hard ships, melted away in the soft fanlight of an autumn sty,v which' appeared to throw Its ' golden brarnt over my la r offhome, ' There t the tdtlf r amoked bis pipo in aectirity, bis ' household lumbcr;d in peace; and the morn fnftmttwokehiiil to; enjoyment instead ol fmn ili ream had taken the hue t my hones ana Kket-' ' . .1' iWhile toy senses were thus wmpt, the re . . noil of firt-arms di.onelled the vision. nnJ not . knowing for a ' moment whether -it was a 'f'drcaniof reality, 1 sprunjto my fwt and fcUfor my pistol it was gont I stood for u , A" a moment collecting my thought?, ntrd part " "fX 'Jf -W feel the effects of a wound, but no sensation of pain manifesting itself, jt seiz ' -'rd a brand i from tho aixjoulderinsr fire and held if over my, bound companion ; all was ' Solved nt a 'rUncehe had In his strupffles ; fCx ..released one arm, and a lucid fit intervening, ""TTpoor Vcrboncur had, drawn the pistol from ,'4 t my belt, while I slept, and ended his ogony by hiriinnhunttv': f" i was now un far in the wilderness a dreadful apprehension of the poison being L . . . .I - I... "N vi v m .Tv1"" ever present to my luuugiua ' ' ii and Uiti seated in daikness by my dead com . ?' pion. my lieart bowed down, and my mind r cbeerlesil as jhe fijloom surrounding me, 1 -yielded to tho feelings which were preym ' ' oDOn mr manhood, and AveDt like n chili , 'r. Morning at length dawned, and folding my companion on, as we togither had prc v 1'rY'ous"y hestowed tha first victim, I mounted J 'jf mule, and with the pack animals pursued ' my solitary'way. Mjr march wasnowoae v'-; ( '.. of jodiflcrence, and with a kind of foolish dor - I plunged through evey stream impeding r Is" ray progress, and drank freely of their wa terjjiaviring; as h were, the madness I was - i,' '" -sure would come." My progress was tMious, , V,. difficult, laborious and full of hardship, but at . S lenplhalmost.worn down, I arrived at our b t trading post on the North Fork of the Platto. When 1 presented myself to the commander Z"-' . ofihe"post, he. did Dot recagnize my gaunt 'uSi foTmaud acarod visage. Sufffting, both of . !. body and mind, had so stamped my ft-atures, '"',,1 that I looked like some escaped maniac, and thJ uocaty appearance of my sunken eye made old friend look upon me with suspi , cioorthey though: I was erased. When I told my atory, and showed the wounds upon .. ; V my hands, UiHicted by the rabid wolf, aud re . c Iatcd the death of my comrades, they shook ' t lbeir beads with doubt, and I could hear it V.- .r whispered among ihwri that tome dreadful affray had occurred between ut, resulting in iheJrVdoath. ' Others suggested that the "I :X savages bad slain .my companions, and that " through iufiering alone iti the wilderness, I CfV had become insane. All these doubts worked upon my troubled mind ontil reason did indeed V ' Jiegin to tottet upon its throne. A few days ' ' - after my arrival at tho North Fork post, an express rider arrived, who had passed a night in the carop of the American trapping party t-ts our1 companion, Worthington, bad joined, ond X he not only bad beard our encounter with 1 ' the mad wolf related, but the fact of h is ha v Vv ingtbe malady dreadfully confirmed in the t death of Worthington who perished in their e ' "''- camp under all the certain symptoms ofhy ' ' J dropbobia Jdy story bein? thus confirmed. -' and painful suspicions removed, I felt a change v in the tone of my mind : fars which had ha bored "there, began to diminish in intensity, - 1 v nod no symptom of the much dreaded maladv v :-. a ppcarmg, hope grew wrong within me tThis procjeeaa corrcsponum impiovemcnt v ju health, until gtadually tho marks of my y ' ' , 'dreadful march "dissppcrcd fton both form i t. and feature. i. ' . . . I bava often since endeavored to assign a cause tor my escape, and have as frequently v" rjeeo led to attribute it to mr free use of liquor -V aud salt, at our meeting with the north wes t tern Irappers combined, they oulfified the - poison. , 1 nirteen years hive passed since the ad venture, aud with a thankful heart I -w : chronicle the (act that no vcttiege of its effects v'. v vemains, except the firid recolleetioa of our riight encout-ter irtth the Mad Wolf of the Tbs Aetna's Tsiumml- When Mr. Forrest, was . jjj otheBo 1b the Walnut Theatre, PhD V j ddpbla, on the night of the 2&b all, sod rnahed for- ynxi o wreak a is vengeance ipoa bia treacherous aacient, tat is prcvcBted by those amend a youog J"-.' ' ' womaa ho had beta vatchiogtbe protrcMof the play villi eager and brimful eyes, incensed that O " jtllo abould thus be balked ia ab purpose,' ei. ; claimed alouaVasd ia a tone full of earnestness ) .rraadsimplieliy.i'srby doattbtykt him stab Mm? i -. Why dt tbey let Mm sub hlr No higher I t Totr llmeat thai thla eon Id t paid aa actor. , Or Foancw EninosV 1 often liaks, Pete," . said Sam Jonsinjto Pete Gumbo, last evening, I efrn tick. rcte, eft aetmitkfcobM daikiea ia t rwrekty i a fcr more degreesbls one daa dat'ob ' Mtc MM."- :- ' .' - Who why, Sara,", said Pete, how does roa r j . .ti mam r WsL Pete, tou ave it is ftt His re. Tht tie. , frr haiot rot rtn rrljn rrlailoU 'cent what bt U Africa, tad ttemd-in i iroobit tuhodj: hot white Iwlk hab turrkaYreisikmSla Mexico ass) aft cher. , - hat 'tarnailt kir kin? cp a pet, Dare, petsi s Io- rspaiadaproblcin, " ,' " . j r !ls yon what h ia, fctattL said Pete, ia a tone ! 1 af f rrfjinutsdmiratkralbr kit kaorrledge-you W s coie tram ana aa raitfikf, tables sontutera- TlUi COMMKUCIAL. WILMINGTON, N. C, Vr MONDAY, DECEMBER 7,' 191C,' cv; -BINDINO PRIVATE PROPERTV.. " We notice thnt Mr. Thommok, th Senator from Wake, introduced in the Semite propotiuon to hind the private property of the Siockholdcn In tho Char lotte and Cimdon Rail Road Company, la proportion to their Stock.' A propoeliioa of tbjetort, if adopted, ia tantamount to a rejection of eVery application for Incorporation of a Rati Road Co'tjipsny, t Banking Compntiy, or any other project calculated to promote the general twneflt. It is not bocaune teglnlators he Uev this plan lo be junt, or that they an really Un friendly to internal Improvement -not that, they " love their country fcte, but that they lore it(f more' and chooec to cotcr fur tin prejudices of Ignorance and promote aclfiah political objects thereby. They prefer lo run with the current impelled by tho. stolid prejudi ce of unlettered men and unenlightened mind, rath er than Firm (ho tide by manly and honeet rxcriloni to inform the ir constituent, on matters involving vat puMIc interest, and ttlTcctlhg the prosperity of the Commonwealth for nit time to come. Instead of be in" the representatives of the people's welfare, they are the pre Inl agents of their own selfish views ; to the people they play the hypocrite towards tho State they act the tmitor. These words may nppear harsh but they are tswth and there Is not a politician In the Legislature of North Carolina th.it docs not know thorn to br such. And what is the ground upon which this vandal doctrine is based tho doctrine of making private prop erly liable? To secure the creditors of the Compa nies Incorporated ! Doe not every man know that the private property ol present Corporators I not bound 1 Whot then? Why it la kf no the option of every In dividual In the country to credit the Rail Road Com panies or not, or to recelvo the bill of Banks o mo ney or not. When a Rail Road Company is incorporated the Charter Is published. Every man who can, ought to read It, and those who cannot should get some one to reed it for them. Tho progress and the proceedings of tho Company arc published from time to time, and all may know the charactor and nature of its reBpon sibllltles. In this land of freedom a mnn tins the same right to do as he pleases with tho Company, as he has with Individual. When he believes they willl pay lie trusts them. He may be deceived and the only way to be never deceived Is never to give a goncral credit to either. . There is nothing underhanded in the business of Corporations. Each stockholder I pledged to pay a given sum, say tlOO for every share he takes. This the law will make him pay this he agrees to pay by contract and any one who would desire him to pay more, by legal provision orothcrwise, should withdraw himself from communion with his fellow creatures, till he lcam something of the principles of meum and (uumt till he gets some light on the subject of right and wrong. But there is no use In appealing to detiiagogutt. They hare but one idea around whichever)- sentiment and feeling ralllea i:lf and they never ask them selves or any one else, In sincerity, what is for the good of the country but how can I manage to be re elected ? How can 1 humbug the people so that they will elevate me to office, under the belief that I am their devoted friend ? We arc gratified in being able to cUit.- to our readers that the amendment proposed by. Mr. Thompson- was rejected by a vote of 29 to 19. COL. HA VS. Col. Hav, of tho Texas Rangers, arrived in New Orleans on the 28th ult., from a visit to his fainilv on the Yatoo. He wa received in every part of Missis sippi with marked attention. He is on his way to Texas for the purpose of raising and organising a regi ment of mounted men. A MEXICAN PRIEST. A Mexican Priest has been seized and imprisoned by Gen. Tavios, for enticing our troops to desert. He was sent under an escort to Matamoras, but es caped on his route. It Is said he was a renegade from Texas, where he wss a robber and a murderer. DEATH OF AN OFFICER. Capt. Wni. N. PoaTe;of the regiment ofTenne sec Mounted Volunteers, died on the evening of the 28th nit., at New Orleans. He had returned from Mexico on the preceding Friday, on his wny to his family in Memphis, and fell a victim to Chronic Diar rhoea, which prevails lo our camp. COUNTERFEIT NOTE. The editor of the Southern Patriot was shown a counterfeit bill of Two Dollars, on the Bank of the Slate of South Carolina, made payable to B. F. Tav ua. It can easily be detected, being very poorly en graved, and considerably fainter than the genuine bill. It is lettered E. and bears th number 2312, and ia igncd by D. J. Mlknt, President; R. H. Good win, Cashier. I'MTED STATES CREDIT. , The credit of the United State suffer- greatly abroad, in consequence of the doctrine of repudiation so often preached and sometimes practised by the cignersdo not undcrstartd the distinction between the responsibility of a State and that of the Union. They regard o as one great Firm, and say, if one partner in thst firm repudiates his just and honorable liabili ties, what certainty 1 there that all the remaining part ner may not follow hi example 1 Thla reasoning may bt sound in regard to private business, but cer tainly ia Inapplicable lo the relative position of the State and Gtneral Government and shows that the money-tend eriofEuropt cannot or win not unset vtand tht nature of our system. They prefer Investing in ether securities at throe per cent than to take U. S bonds at six. Thea art tht consequences that follow moral delinquency and political profligacy In States. Unci Sam I punished for being (bund la bad compa ny. W art not without hope, however, that every State will eventually pay Its OahUitka and practice oo tht principle that M honesty lath beat policy," at least CoMMEictu. Foacnoarrv A respectable and wealthy merchant la Detroit, bad a very large amount of Floor on band in New York, wbea the prices went dowa 10 the lowest point Ust wloier (Je rx duwa kis Ua at some 80 lo 100,000 j sad famed over bwttoek jo bis agents In New York sndUrrrpoot They assomed sole aopervUloa of It kept It la boas for tea moatha, and told the whole of the large stock, a lew weeks since, at S3 shillings aarrt , Mr, Jt. was entirely Ignore of the course jpunued t hi agents, nntl! he received Information 'of the sale of the Floor, hi which he ssve d over WX&T-V' t .' . . A CURIOLS MATTUl! Tim Democratic presses big that Coal and Iron are hljth now as they were before the new tariff bill was panned, and UUi U said in View of the effect of tint bill on business and material If thla be so, what is the use of tlui tariff? 'The price higher and the rev enuo leas Is I poor consummation of political policy! Tbey say also that new 'manufactories an going Into operation, and that thry er? a prosperous as ever. What Is become of the ' lordly manufacturers" that the " progresses democracy" promised to pull down? Being built, up ire they 1 ' The things show, that one way and another the doctrine of the Great Demo cratic Party is a very great humbug so far a this subject is concerned. ' t . HEARTLESS ROBBERY. Robberies of the most cruel kind, attended the loss of the steamer Atlantic Tho passenger and crew that were saved, in looking for their baggage that came ashore, for the purpose of changing their clothes from the wet slate they were in, found that their trunks, carpct-baga, valiccs, dec. had been cut and rifled to a great extent. Two sloop lay at anchor a short dis tance from them, and suspicion were attached to the crews as being the perpetrators. FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE. The Ivory Comb manufactory of Julius Pratt fc Co. Mcridcn, Con., took fire on the 27th ult., and was w holly consumed, machinery and stock a total loss. It Is feared that Mr. W'm. B. Hall, a watchman, is burnvd, as he Is missing. The loss Is not less than 175,000 about half of which Is covered by insurance. Thirty thousand pounds of Ivory were stored in the cellar. THE CORRESPONDENCE. The correspondence between the Mexican Agent and Mr. Buchanan, extract from which we have publlshod in Tht Commercial, has been denounced by some of the northern papers as fabulous. It Is ack nowledged to be genuine, by the Secretary of State, on the authority of the Washington Correspondent of the Journal of Commerce. The correspondence shows that the proposition for negotiation made to tho Mexican Government in August or September last, it to be considered as having been entertained by that Government. B a aoMCTsas. Tho use of the Harometcr in fore telling an approaching gale, wus most clearly shown on Wednesday last at 4 P. M. While It was then blowing about a single reef topsail breeze, the barome ter suddenly fell to-28 dcg. 89 min., giving ample warning of what was coming. The fall wa so merk ed that a person remarked to one of the Harbor Mus ters, that it was best lo give notice to vessels at the wharves to moke extra posts for the night, as it would certainly blow hard before morning. The prediction as Is well known, was verified to the letter, and most disastrously in many quarters. .V. Y. Cour. f- 719. A SOLDIER'S GRATITUDE. The following is extracted from a lato Washington letter in the Free Sun: "Yestcrdoy the will of Copt. McKavett, of the 8th Infantry, killed in WoaTH'sdi vision af the storming of Monterey, arrived in this city. It was found in his trunk after the battle, and appeared to have been written the night previous. He willa to the Orphan Ayslum in New York city, where he was nurtured in his childhood, nearly all his effects, including a farm In the State of New .York, and some money due him ns pay.'' DISTRESSING ACCIDENT. A very distressing accident occurred in Charles County, Maryland, a few days ago, in the family of Mr. Wilson Compton. Two of his children, a hide boy and girl, nearly of the same sgc, were playing to gether in the yard, and just as the former was about to strike a stick of wood with an axe, his sister Rtoop- ed to pick It up, and received the blow upon hef head. She died the next day. THE DEEDS OF WAR. The Journal of Commerce has a long letter, appa rently from an officer In the squadron operating in the Gulf of Mcxioo, describing the attack on Tabasco. We make a short extract, exhibiting tho murderous work that minkind arc called upon to rjerforrn, in con sequence of having Incompetent, ambitious or wicked rulers. "Great destruction had been done to the lown.and much suffering created by the balls from the fleet, killing and wounding the people In town women and children ond It was hoped by the consuls and citizens that the firing of the Meet would cease, althojigh the military force of the town would not surrender it While the officers were on deck to meet the flag of truce, a resident presented himself, covered with blood and imploringly entreated that a stop might be put to the seen which was enacting, against which the blood of his wife and child was now crying. It was said that while his wife wa clinging to her husband, a cannon bait had killed her in hla arms; and she was an Amcr lean bom woman, thoueh oi Italian parents. Two hour were (pent in throwing ahot round, csniater and grape, and musket balls, Into the place ; demolish ing parta of thoac house from which Mexican were seen to fire ; and, at random, but always with certain accuracy, on some part of the town ; the balls and shells fell and wo was borne with them, even to the sickening of the hearts of those who sent them ! " CAPT. HOSKEN. Our readers will recollect that much blame has been attached to Capt Hokken, on account of the loss of the steamer Great Wtttcrn. Tht Board of Directors of the ownership of thst Boat, has absolved the cap tain from all blame. Capt. II. has successfully cross ed tht Atlantic (4 times, and possesses tho most splvn did testimonials of his former career and yet though private Interest and power may sustain him, public opinion will never sanction his re-appointment. THE ATLANTIC STEAMER, A notice of the disaster which befel tht steamer At Untie, concludes with the following word, which may well excite tht teriou consideration of tht communi ty i " Peace be to the bold tailors, bot let It not bt concealed, but rather most earnestly urged on the pub He and on the press, that this sad accident wa caused mainly by the fool-hardy daring, engendered, nourish ed, and encouraged by the puffs of the paper, and tht rcckle and reatiesa urging of the travelling eommo nity. Th Governor, an excellent sea boat In that rttptct superior t tht Atlantic, but having a prudent captain, did not venture out, in iplta of the prompt ing of her passengers who were, bowtver, well ton- ttnt tht next morning, when they aaw the geatral efibcts of tht pact night. The presses, and they alont eaa correct th tvlle. Let them e to It, for on them rts a fearful nsponalblliiy. ; , c- man TREASON. v Mark IT. Pvktnm bt been i treated at NW Orleans, scented of holding Interconire with the Mexican Government,' , ;' ' THE COUNTER MEMORIAL We tliis diy publish tha counter memorial of a por tion of our citizens, hostile to the pi opo4 tax for sub scription to tltt WiiMisoTo Manciikstis Rati Road. Bofort remarking upon thla extraordinary document,' beg leavt to Introduce the following Icttcn .-'. , V:';; Mows Loam & 5tixoeb,'"; r- .'v,.;,? "'' ! UenUtmmi To my utter astonishment I find my name attached to a pHnltd Memorial lo the Legisla ture of North Carolina, praying that body not to en tertain a certain Memoriul to authorize tho levy ing of a tal rrpon Real Estate In the town of Wil mington for purposes therein specified, and which Memorial be my signature and heart v co-operation to the fullest extent of my ability. It Is true, 1 signed thi "counter" Memorial, but 1 did it under the influ ence of mlHtatemcnt and false representations, ami so soon a they were discovered, I requested those who had Induced fue to sign this "counter" Memorial, to erase mv name from it. dMneUu and tmoliaticollv tlating to them that tea ihator if Uu taxation and You will confer a fuvor, gentlemen, by giving this publicity through the columns of "Tho. Commercial" so that my lellow citizen may Know mv true potitum andfettingt on this subject. rour very rcsucetiuiiy. J. H. ROTHWELL. Wilmington, Dec. 7, 164G. The high and honorable ground taken by Mr. Rotii- well, is, we learn, considered proper by others, w hose names arc on the counter memorial, but who have not, as yet, seen fit to vindicate their honor and assert the cause of rnuTii in this public manner. We hope they will do so, and overcome their nipugnance to oppear before the public, in justice to their own characters. We cannot, in tho present number, note all the points In the counter memorial, which, If properly un derstood and fairly designated, would bo pronounced nothing less than a reckless fraud and a daring Impos ture. Thoufih we do not accuse any of knowing II to be such when they signed it. The counter memorial states, that '' In the success of this project, your memorialists honestly nnd can didly state that they have hitherto felt as lively and as deep un interest as any portion of their fellow-cltizons, could theisms be effected by fair and equitable moans.'' We dare say some of the memorialists are candid and honest In this avowal. But we know, from their his tory, that others arc not, but hove ever been opposed to every Vheme calculated to benefit the enterprising and industrious people of our State, and enhance the pros perity of Wilmington. We have not the least doubt but many of the leaders of the counter memorial would gladly see the road built, because it wuuld roino the value of their property ; but thry would think it quite 'fair and equitable" (hut it should be done ot other people's expense. We only say, on this point, that that what has been done is about being done again, by those " fair and equitable1' personage. The memorial states that the meeting held on the 28th of October, was not composed of more than 175 persons, of s population of eight or nine thousand souls. We win not dispute about the number, for we did not count them, but believe there were many more ; and it certain that it was universally declared to be one of Uulargrst meeting ever held in the town nf Wilmington. Hut if 175 bo bo contemptible a number to represent our population, how comes it that about 100 property holders, the lawful number on tho counter memorial, s so potent for the same purpose 1 And even of these, t not fair to presume, that the half of them were, ike Mr. Rothwi.l and others, influenced by " rni'- ttatcmtntt and false TepriBtntatione f r,.i. . t i u ' : I : -. ..v,..,.. CT,.JD. . ,...... ...... that they eoinprlsc a majority, as well in numbers as In interest, of those who are to be affected by the Pa- 1 ' 1 sage of the Act above indicated." This is monstrous. e We cannot now show the estimate, but hope to do so next Wednesday ; but it ti pretty certain thai the per- tont tcho itigncd tiu counter memorial repreient tcarcely ONE FIFTH of the property holders of the tncn,in point or r-aonsTY, if they do eten any more than that proportion in point ok m-hberh. And yet tliey clultn to be a majority ! 1 1 Many of the persons who have signed the counter memorial, are strangers to us. But there are others whom we know to bt men of the first character, In all thst is estimable in the good citizen. Will these gen tlemen permit their names to continue before the Le gislature of North Caroline, and before the world, at tached to a document so scandalous In Its character as the counter memorial which follows! A document that, in its assumption offsets bearing most wcigh'ily on the subject at issue, CONTAINS NOT ONE PARTICLE OF TRUTH I COUNTER MEMORIAL Of citizens of the Town of Wilmington, op posed to taxation for Rail Road purposes. To THE HoNOBAILX THI GS5(BAL ASSEMBLY or the State or Nobtm Cabolina : The Mamorlal of the itndcrsiirncd citlssns, tax-pay ers, of the town of Wilmington, respectfully ahewtth to vour honorable boay 1 hat, with deep recrel and much uneasiness, iney have witnessed for some time psst. the movements ol a portion of their fellow-citizen, the object of which is to procure the Imposition upon them (your memo rialists) of an onerous tax contrary to the interest end the wishes of your memorialists ( contrary too, as your memorialists believe Uiey will, in tne sequel, oe able to demonstrate to your honorable body, to the beat Interests of the whole town of Wilmington; and contrary, too, in their humble belief, to the spirit of that free Constitution under wrucn It is tneir prw sua their happiness to live. Your memorialists would respectfully crave the In dulgence of your honorable body, whilst they briefly state the facts connected with this extraordinary move ment lo which they have just alluded. For some time past, a large portion of the citizens of Wilmington have been desirous of extending th Wilmington and Raleigh Rail Road to the limits of the Slate to the South Carolina line. In the success of this project, your memorialists honestly and candidly state that they have hitherto felt aa lively and as deep sn interest a any portion of their fellow-cltixena, could the same be enacted by fair and equitable mean. Your memorialists would further state to your honor able body, that various public meeting- have been held in the town of W Umlngton, for th purpose of taking Into consideration the best means of carrying thi pro ject through the connecting Wilmington with the South Carolina line by Rail Road. But your memori alists would not fatigue your honorable body by de tailing the proceedings of any of these meeting ex cept those of that which was held on Friday the 38th of last October, and against the effects of which your memorialist would most earnestly and strenuously protest In alluding to th proceeding of that meet Itui, your memorialist would dealrt to Matt nothing but naked fact. The town of Wilmington dots now, according to tht beet estimates which your memorial ists tan obtain, contain a population of from tight te nine thousand souls. Tne matting to which your mcmorltllsta btve alluded, wa composed of not more than one hundred and fifty or ont hundred and seven ty-Sv person at It fullest period i and your rat mort al Uti eooKitnlioualy believe they are stating but tha bare fact, when they say that thvrt wa a considerable proportion of even that small number who are not propeny-hoitW, snd who consequently will not bt in any wist aflaetad whether tht tax are tot tr one hundred per cenU At that meeting, your intrnoriaK 11 would represent to your honorable body, tt wtire solvtd to maitt applies tioa for th pnrpeae of having n Act passed by. your bonorabl body lo empower tht Commissioner of the- town of Wilmington to borrow the sum of fve hundred thoumnd dollar t Snd Ainher. in amoowcr tha Said CtmmtssloMra to levy a I tax of ont per cent, upon all th real estate, and fifty cent each upon Q tht tsxabl poll la raid town, for th purpose of paying thttetcrt eon thi loan. ItwanlHO,tatedatthiitmeet!nB, tho( the object for which this enbrmou sum of money Is lo be borrowed, j isto-alt In building the Rail Kod ton ntloned In another part of this memorial., Now, your memori alists would respectfully but earnestly enter lu'ir aol mn protest against the passage of any such -Act by ! your honorable body, and trust that, ( they are the persona who will, should such an Act be passed, have to bear the brunt of thi onerous tax.) your honorable body will lend them a calm end dispassionate ear, whilst they succinctly state the reason why, In their humble opinion, (aid Act should bo passed by the Legislature of North Carolina. " t ' '. ""i. In tho first place, your memorialists would respect fully (ubnilr to the consideration of your honorable body, whether br not It ia right, propcror just to im pose a tax upon any community without the wntent of a majority of the individuals composing that com munity having keen nrt obtained 1 jV'our memo rialist think not. .Your memorialist believe1 that they comprise a majority, as well In numbers as In intercet, of those who art to be affected by the pas Race of the Act Indicated above) and as such, they think they have a right to be heard in the premises. Thev cannot coucelve that the Legislature X North Carolina will enact a law taxing the person and the property of tht citizen of Wilmington, in the face of tho solemn protest of s majority of the TV paying citizen of said town. - Your memorialists would beg lesve further to call the attention of your honorable body to the objecta for which they are to be taxed, The avowed end and object of this taxation scheme I to aid in tha construction of a Roll Rond froni Wil mington to the South Carolina line. Now your me morialists would respectfully submit to your honora ble body, whether this bt an object lor the accom plishment of which the municipal officer of osy town ought be clothed with ouihorlty to tax the people of said town! It Is not contended by the advocates of this high handed measure that the contemplated tax is to be levied for municipal purposes. It Is evidently for the purpose of carrying out a scheme foreign to tho town of Wilmington in it municipal capacity. Your memorialist would, therefore, a citizen of the town of Wilmington, submit to your honorable body whether, although they may fed aver so friendly towards the construction of the aforesaid Rail Road, they ought to be compelled against their will, to pay an enormous tax for it building 7 Your memo rialits w ould further represent to your honorable body, that the taxes which property holders of the town of Wil mington at present pay, arc more onorous than those paid by anv other community in the State of North Carolina. Indeed, they, are already so burdensome thot many of your mcmoralists, who art not In the possession of larso means, find that it is with the ut most difficulty they can pay them. Should they how ever, be doubled as the act of Assembly which yon ore called upon to pass, seeks, they will become so ex tremely burdensome as to work the greatest hardship to many of your memorialist. Your memorialists would further represent lo your honorable body, that there are many of them who own only the houses and lot upon w hich they live, ond that with the small means In their possession they are barely able to meet Iht taxes which arc now imposed upon them and that should tho act of Assembly lo which your memorial ists allude, be passrd by your honorable body, there will be no course left for them but expatriation. They will not be able to pay the enhanced taxes, and must, as an inevitablo consequence, sell out their little possessions, if they can find purchasers, and re move from the limits of a place hallowed to them by associations of the most endearing character. Yotir memorialists are free to confess, that those who so ar dently advocate this taxation scheme are men of prop erty and respectability but at the same time they (your memorialits) think that their feelings and their opinions are entitled to soino respect, especially lf.lt be true, as they believe it Is, thst they compose a ma jority 88 well in Interest as in number of those who are to be most deeply affected by this novel and arbi trary measure. But your memorialists will not occupy the valuable tlmo of your honorable body by adducing the many arguments which they might urge against this high handed measure. Suffice It to say, that they regarait as a novel precedent in North Carolina arbitrary I and unconstitutional In sll it bearings Inexpedient : in the extreme, and, in a word, one to which they art i opposed in every shape and form. I Finally, your memorialists would most solemnly ., (hi.lr nrolpst sdslnst Ihit nnsssiia of this act. so obnoxious to their feelings snd ihoir interest. They would therefore most respectfully call upon your hono- .1.1.1 I.. V .1.1. I . . Ml II "T "c " . V " "'f" ,r w if at rvn n n t snd In all i tea Vinajkniirw'4a holias amv a'- , lion ig ,ake upon lt your ln9m0ru,Ugtll fed well as- sured that the wisdom tnd justice of your honorable body will aispose ol tne wnole matter to me entire M1IIOIUI.IIVH Ul HIUOQ IllUVft UCCIIJ ffllCICVWU, And your memorialists, aa In duty bound. Will ever pray, See. Saml. Potter, John Wooster, W. C Bettencourt. E. C. Bettencourt, A. J. DeRossct, Pntrlck Murphy, Nelll MacLaurin, A. B. McCalen, Owen Penncll, Miles Costin. H. M. Bishop, J. W. Johnston, I. Pe terson, Nich. N. Nixon, A. V. W. Hewlett. Anthony A. Wanet, Peter Harris, W. N. Peden, W. 8. An derson, Jno. C. Bowden, J.'Weasell, Jesse Bowden, Ivor McCollum, D. M. Foylea, Alfred Dudley, Jaa. Burch, R. I. Jones, H. R. Savage, John Bishop, Jno. If. Currie, Gabl. Holmes, W: JJUsjtrsc, James Stokely. Isaac Cason, W'm,G. Fowler, Saint. Shuter, John I. McMillan, J. H. Roth well, H. B. Eilors, John Q. Uaumun, J. Walker. D. Sherwood L. It. Wirsteller, Jerc. Nichols, C. B. Miller, J. E. Bunting, John W. Holmes, by his guardian, Adam Emptc, by his (gent H B. Everlit, Thos. H. Holdcn. Wni. L. Jacobs, Saml. R. Potter, Geo. Brown, B.J. Jacobs, Ed. N. Adklns, W'm, B. Jones, Robt. S. Macomber. J. Hart man, Rd. Simpson, Jamca Mahony, Wm, Thompson, James Grant, Isaac Wells, A. Mindel, Robert 8rulih, Wm. Radcllffe, Jame Petteway. Wm. Wflls, John Bunting, Mr. M. Langrlon, Samuel Black, Ex'r. of S. A. I.lllington,ln trust For Airs. Mary E. Walters, Mist S. S. Edena, Mrs. M. Mason, Mrs. E. Coxclter, Mr. S. Wllkinps, Wm. J. Yopp, Mis M. J. Toomer, Mr. L. J. Klrkpatrick, J. Cowan, Mrs. A. Anderson, W. J. Love, sr. Mrs. Jsn Jacobs, W. F. Burch, Wra. Morris, W. II. Costen, Mrs. E. Williams, Maugor London, Asa a Hartsficld, Mr. S. T. Singletary, Mrs. M. Mcintosh, Mr. M. L. Orme, Mr. C. P res rot t, Mr. M. Morris, Mrs. M. J. Baldwin, Thomas J. Capps, J. W. Hombleton, Mr. 8. T. Cowsn, Ex. Thos. Cowan, Wm. McKenxle, G. Priggc, Elizabeth Melton, Sarah Hildreth, A. W. 8mltbi E. Route, Joscrfr Skipper, Wm. Freshwater, Archibald Skip per, Jsmcs Garrason, Mary Falrchlld. i State of Sorlh Carotinx iVnS Hanovtr Cbuwrv. " I. Owen, Fannell, Sheriff of New Hanover County, do hereby certify, that tht name of all pertona who are on thla Memorial are owner of real estate in and adjoining the town of Wilmington, In testimony whereof, I hsve hereunto set my hind and seal, the 16th day of November. A. D. 1646. " OWEN FENNELL, Shlf. tSaau) POLL TAX PA VtD.. i D. Teller. Joseph B. Mayer, F. Agostlne, Isldor Somson, Haker etathuweller, O, W. Costin, Wm. . Sklpncr. H. M. Fovles. Welber A Ellis. Jacob Kraus, H. R Nixon. H. Frldenbcra. N. Drev. Joseph VL Tilly. Jno. S. James, Jsme Gibson, 8. R. Robbins, W. C. Howard, W. B. Ftanqer, Cha. Ory, Em. V. Ultancortc. I'hai. 13 lakeakie. Alfred L. Price, i. a Williams, T. F. Robsaon, Jo. MacLaurin, Wm. S. Csson, A. Sherwood, J. 8. Murphy, John Shaw, John Kvfe. David Shsw. D. J. Gilbert. . Torhnaton, J. A, Bunting, Robt S. Driver. Maleom MelnnI. Enoch Somen, E. 11. Rue, R. OouUsmlth, S. C. Beach, J. T. Morris, M. C. Nixon, W. II. CosUn, John Keller, .I. .V Baldwin. wovamDeriu, itHo, DEMOCRATIC OPINION, Wani glad to set tht Hamburg (8. C.) Journal, democratic paper, assert wbal must be the conviction of every honett mind, notwithstanding the effort of politician to glorify tha eabjeet Speaking of lb an nexation of New Mexico to the Union, by the Procla mation of Oen. Kmimct, th Journal ayi "Wa think lhatsacha stretch of Executive authority, to ry the treat of It, I extremely questionable, It- It calculated certainly to render hi power unlimited, and lo w allow ap that of all the other departments of the Government.' Tea tnd swallow ap the peoplt, too. -' - - . ',11 'v ; a wDnvL;' t n;- - Taosiae K ecr, an Irishman employed sa a la borer on th Cridjeppn Roll Rosd, lately received intelligence that he wss the Inheritor" of in taiais In Ireland, to the amount of8CO,OO0. It fa needless io add that TmWa started off at once tor the Erne rsU later-" v Wif. - " v :fV-.t;f,ff.- . '.;; -SCENES-AT, MONTrREY,t',( "i , t uv iunow nig striic was uoscriDcd to me by an 1 ccr comdiailding areijnirnt In iho 2d DivUion iP battle of Monterey. I givo it almost la hit own I guagc, rut ho spoke of it the day after It occur (24th September.) Ho has declared often sine, 4 it." made him feci sentimental every time ht (boa of ly end I rtm sure I never thought of accusing I or. wfakne, fr It gave me the Hue to hear him the sujrVV&Xi'S ', 'AniithlV said he, ln rM:otWg'o''hoina, mind ntc of on affecting scerio of last night I ordered by Col, ChUd tp take (a compan of mfa ment and break in' the doors of a row of booses in' second plaxa,, jihad gone pearly through.wlthonti tng a soul, wrcn, rot a time, the efforts of nfi were txerted fn. vain Id. get info one that aeemifd i jlcjided with cere. A . the hinge of O d"dor; w aoout to give waya ttemulou volceonthelnsld toeched me not 10 break the doOv down. I opened,.When unloctc'3, iVusft&l in as Veil ii could, over beds, chairs cuBhlons, etc', etc., urprise- found the room occuolod bv about twatv-l women f A soon as they "savr me end, tha soldi I following they raaVrountf mo'end fell on fheb km the elder beseeching In tone of dee pdlafresa, my p I tectlon, and to haya their lives spared j the youn,l ocgging umidiy not to be Injured. While they w thn kneeling; end ) assuring them thst no harm or jury shodld befall then a prerty littJe r,omaa slid hi tne cucie and knelt close, jo tnj feev'Senor, el ahe,' in i soft, quivering volcefor the love. yua b I your mptner, wr tne love yau have tot your wife, I the tender afioctlon your heart holds for your childrl nU mmmm tUtm mm 1. m. . tf I.' ' ''. h . I vii, p nun, mjywnuHn oaoe ooiuingupaorifl eyed, dimpled cheeked Httla boy, about a rear' old.! She never aaked for , Arr';Ia apiteof.me. tetl rushed to my eyes, and I could, only speak with a 1 1 heart a I told her to rise, and assured heir that il tnd her child wer perfectly safe. ''Be the Holy V gin.Captlng,' remarked i rouirh Irish soldier, win! I awajr a tear wfih iht back f hit hand, teon'l the oil Seventh pnrtect.theniif':'?;, J-j't! I " That night I watched over that room, which sacredly kept from lntroion. Tht hejtl : day wa w blessed by theae female in their 'attentions, for til protection we hod glvcfi: them; for. they raveo what they had to eat and drinlr and we were nearl laiuiBiiuu. rwi creai w, now sruco mey . ww a I treaea0 ,xne young mother will tvor be painted my mind' eye aa the devoted guardian of her babe i Her husband, I learnedf, was sh officer, end was thJ fighting us In the city,' She could bot hav knov whether he was aiive or not, and I bava idot heard him."-, i,--; : frf,-&:;t'' Many scenes, very like that described -above, - toJ place In the eliyJ I did" not hear of a efncle outraJ being committed Where" wonien were In the questiol but beard of many Instance In which fool was fu ntahed to our men- tnd paidor even when the figl) wa going on. AT. O. PfcuvtWA3 , ' .... ; v'- n.-Tfx p Tnm Uw Kt TS Jwm tt Cft-urni MAYNARDj HASSLERi EDWARDS. -. 1 J, . ,Wj' -v. ' Tlirse (here name ought not mod lobe forgotten i connection with tht Ittt wreck of (ho AtlonrJc. Thoup th first public statement, do juttlce chiefly to the cert of tht boat, fact will ehow that nonedumlaycl greater heroism in rescuing to many of her pass gers from death, than the gentlemen above named. "The two first, Lieut" Maynard,' sho? Dr. Haale ooin oi tne ixavy, nsving occn laiiunar wun ill perils of the sea and th mtan of escaping froni them, applied thcmaelve industriously on Thurda1 to the preparation o float for men, women and chit dren, encouraging the timid, and Inatrnetinf (hi I rant in such matters, how to meet or escape danger! la various emcrgcnclea.. Of Llent Msynard's nobl enorts wt shall have more to Say. hereafter having narrative respecting blS conrae, to the truth of whlcj many saved by hi exertion can teetlfy," and whics ought to secure for him a meed f honor from thi community and from the Government, greater thai thai conferred npon those of hla profe salon who em! ploy their cnergle In the. wprk, oV deatrncilpn. Bit respecting Hauler and Edwards-ihe ; jbrrner ol who wh lunionuy anioo on ine svixing or in vesi sels, while tht laticr survives we know not that ani thing more need ha said than what ia contained is the following nwdest and hurried not from Lie J Maynard lo a friend In thi city r iw) , My dear sir i I hav observed that In not one ol tht paper, giving an acooont of tbl wreck of tht AtJ Untie, hst th namS of Dr. Jlasttse received e peatinf notice for hi noble end disinterested efforts to aH the women and children. He fhooghfcnot of bin until thejj were all provided for with floats snd fire yiEoorYTjra, ana piacoa in a position to ot tlM mon readily stlended to, when the vessel struck for yoi miistknow that7,we counted fully oa 1v strikloi onto thirty" r forty yards from short, where ther i. - , n t a a was tun, muaoy ooitom in wnica. osaa tnere would have been ample time ,o provide for them alH and tht float would hv boon of great ist!sta-e. But hi noble heart stopped not here foe there wa child and a little boy whoee parents were loo feeble td takectrt of them. One Only had been provided tori and (hi other he would willingly, have taken hhnaeli bat for my advieo lo tha contrarr, t I consld hlra loo weak and feeW for the task, and ho wuuk only have Involved them bolb. Ini ; common ruin. Hi then went, at my rcqiicet, In search or tome more ro-I bast ptraoo, for I thought that I had iaren imong ihrJ passengers ont or two gentlemen who hod the ap- pearanct of being ea-fring men, end I fait etenred. that no true-hearted tar would hesitate a momeat tol anderuke the taek. "V ' t Now, may I not beg of jron, my dear air, to eeo thatl these facu ere , prppcrty .noticed ;fit lika the real oft nit cloth, bt was poor, and ha left hla family destl- tuti tnd mis, hla only legacy, should "not bt with held from them. X - - i I believt thot I spokt to you abouj ihe conduct on nm. cdwora, wno ocnavta so.wcu atuy ua vtt had struck oA tht rocka.;A.' ivj,.3' v --W; f 1 " 1 ' ' '"""l'i,4?'v,t , -, s RCMORi''''' -1 ,. ) -,. -;- . ,-w-v,r vtti It is rumored that Gen. Scott ts sent to Mexico tra der tht Impression that ha will sooner than any other General, promote a eettlemcnt of our difficulties with Mexico, without further blood shod-- h Is expected thai propositions tavorabl t such a result wUI bt mad by Mexico.' -J V F ;i.F tt'y e iiori U 4 tJJTwdUi . JaCspt. Jr NEW A. No. 1. Pan ronnlno llfiht draoeht Stmr. ROWAN. a me C. Tetrv. will leata on.1 -For Freight or Pssssg, apply ' s 4 1 '
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