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VJU. J Tline VII. J
GREENSBOKO, N. 0., THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1869.
.'NO. 51.
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One yrnr,
1 column lt insertion,
Each a-Mitiotml, 8.00
Six month, v. C0.00
On.-mr, 100.00
J V PriXlAi. rtYiri;s 50 yr cent hiyhor Until
;itivti rated.
jWi.int onhTi mx wrelis, $G; Magutratee
I'bjsieians
J. AS. Verier, ,
.y4 Market .t., (nw Times Office.)
B. If . tiltnn,
Went Marke. MeConnel buildiair.
Ju. A'. 1111, 14
i0?11 Elni ppoaite court-house.
J. h. Logau,
Corner Weat-llarkwt aad Greene,
Watchmakers uud Jewellers.
tr . i. Fttrrar,
South Elm, opposite Express Office.
Dckfid Scott,
Eat Markt, Albright's block.
15.00
Farmer's Department.
THE PEANUT ITS CULTIVA
TION.
then lay two fence rails on the ground PENITENTIARY.
as a foundation, but with supports un- Report of the Cotnutitcee appointed by
derneathto afford ventilation. The the Senate of Xorth Carolina to inquire
stakes are stuck in the ground at pro- tnJthe .(lcJ8 nding to the purchase
, t m i f e Me for the Pen itentiary.
per intervals between the rails, and To the Senate of Xorth Carolina :
tho stacks built up around them and The committee appointed uiider a
finished off bv of straw. The Senate resolution, beariuer dato TWim
j c - i. ' - v. 1 MV ivl
diameter of the stack is measured by to "lre into the tacts j the State pu $4,r,00 ouly. Col.llarri's
ttePd" ? the Pnrcliase ot a site for a examined the mine and was pleased
Vi .uv, uuv. 1'cnireniiary, would submit the follow-
After remaining about two weeks in iug report :
the stack, the nickin? should bobecrun or le Purpose of obtaining satis-
taking off none but the matured pods, ftorj lesults, the committee deemed
m, A , , . lfc expedient to make personal iusi)ec
Thesearetobo carried to the barn tinTI nftho K;f1 ,, C.1
-" cmvi iilim.'S imilTIIilSl'll
and prepared for market by fanning for the Penitentiary. This detorminn.
Erom tho samples of the peanut of- and cleaning. Some planters even go tion involved what, in the end, proved
' our market, o ar8 BatUfled Jo the trouble of wuhing, iu order to ''ired le amf
' that the cron rnnhl Iia mail n f r nix' it, have a brighter and more attractive
i. Vrt fulir WTk- 1 I't lt''(lCf J" " nmuii.i.iwi IU 11I1U H1U IL'UCUllllS
,-.irv' ulveVti.cmcnta chmea'auiirterlT if this section, hence we conv tho follow- article. partially unknown region.
' . iiicr arh'Hn from t1mPafAraimvir . Tho wholo cost of cultivation and The site' in the vicinity of Loek-
:4- ni.itu.Mv notiecit, ovei hvluiw. chirgwl ss , , .
I 'rlin ftllUtttnit a. 11.. A. V
, i , rrti4-tn'iiTa ui.u ait lr in ndvancv.
any exrent. The ore is said to be of the
best quality; of its extent no one
kuowfc; the landadjoiningaudcontain
inx' part of the bank was recently
bongktfor 8800. Whether 'this pro
erty hns great value or not depend
on time. For it Col. Ueck naid 3.0(ML
The Committee who purchased it lor
with tho speaimeus of ore and so re-
portod to this Committee.. On none
of this 8000 acres could the Committee
learn of any granite, and there is no
evidence that the State is owner of a
quarry on it. There is however a
quarry near tho Northington dam,
about two miles further down the
river.
It is now proposed somewhat further
to consider the degree of knowledge
the coniuiitte possessed themselves ot
in reirard to the nurehase thev ma1o
villewas first visited. This contains P doubt the committee are of the
?..t.tli l.!i:t. pj isitw Court lIoiiw,
ul i'!t in lit.)
S-''inl t!'or, Tati buiUliri.
North Ki ni, Vatrirk ljiv.?u rarof PorJ
tcr A r'kl' 1 rntr Storw.
iioliiroar!eH smil lnipKu.
;. ;i . ;a. M.IK.
Weft M:iikit Street. MtConnvl builjiuj.
W-t Markit. tiwxt vourthuw. (vw adv.)
ViirlioiMTi.
J.i.v. H. J't'trCt.
IlarlK-is.
Hitler .( ItV-tf,
X 1 1 1 1 I'.hii. o.ifit Court lTi'U.
il.inUrrH and Insurance Aonts
So'ith 1 'i in. T.itO buihliiiLT. Ulv.)
l Utou il' S,',t tier, -
South Dm. Oj jMm'tw i'xprvni Otiice, (te'
uiv.)
Un'it and Shoe ?Iaker.
L. 7u''?, S , l,fjtl. '
Vtt Market, ( jpoitu Munsiou llotvl.
.'. It';is,
Prtvk fct., t d.Km North StMe't cornar.
iu'ai' 31auulacfui''r.
I. Urn l
Suth Him, Caldwell block.
( i-htitet Mtikris and I ndertaltcrw.
J,i,n .. I'rrtchrtt.
S.ni'th !!li:i. iK'.tr 1 .
H'nt. ( i f Una;
Cnir ' Sveaiiiore and DvIm vtrvCt.'
Conliartor in I5i irk-vork.
Ittiiul Mcluiiltt:
oiilractors in M ootl-work.
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,'(. Ouk h if.
I in t id AVr;",.
(onlcrtioners.
'IY.tr P.iiil'Uh'J'. ivlllvi tort.
i-H.-M:tliiii; and FxiNliioiis,
Mrj.'X. M"rir.
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Mn. .1. I ll ! t'tli.
Nvxt doi.r to T'uiii Ol!:e.
I)cntif
j. ir. ltiHti a, :
l.-t 1. or 1 tt hand, liti :uii, GariMU's
xnuumnauuuoi iuo peanut is do- r-i- " Tw. 25 acres on Deeo Uiver Blv,. oninion that : thev ftnh.n
- coming such an important -industry in The average yield is fifty bushels to the vilks bctween the Lockville and the ktnblished facts as it respects the
of hinds now conveyed to the State, and
m so far as their own personal observa-
tb.e lions extends there is no disposition to
from gainsay tneir statements however inneli
ivation this committeo mav differ from thpir
ty winch may be regarded as tho head- 1,10 increases in an equal pro- 0f nearly 100 feet above the water level judgments as to value ;uid adapted
miarlers of iea ml tin portion, so that the peanut especiallv of the dam, audis intersected bv several 11CSS The intended site was carelullr
nmnnftroil with nftm, n,i the larcro Vireinia variety in fast be deep ravines, as will be evident as examined by all the committee, and so
IHlSillCSS IlireCtOrj Iowcr A ,rSl,lla shall beexcus- acr(?j though some land will yield over Hives' dam. It is a square plate
.... ' J ed for ad verti n p in it. Our inrnrmn. a hundred bushels. ground, fronting on the river at ;
vtioi ne)v at I.a. . I . . Anw.i.nA i. Tlmnfri, tho nmiWf. l.na ln inrcriv average distance of 100 feet from
.c.wf:. -. nuiu.uui iu t- - water. The -round rises raimllv
Nortu cvuit iiou,. successful cultivator? in Surry, acoun- ou U1C increase ior several years, yei t, . nnti, it b ,
tho chief money crops of this section, C0,inS the most popular nut in the thjg reporn 0n tb;1solutlnvost conier
thatofpcaniitsismuch more profita- couniry. us use is rapiuij exienuing 0f this plat, near the river, over two
ble. The cultivation is as easy as that throughout the North and North and ravines, it is contemplated to erect the
of corn, as is shown by tho fact that
some planters havo fields of a hundred
acres or more. But there are certain
conditions necessary . to success, and
these mu8tbe rightly observed, wheth
er on a large or small scale. These
conditions aro a iroe, light soil.
West penitentiary, i ue water power at this
point on the nrcr. And conveyed to
r r, . , t . j. -i uiu uiuiv iu ivi miici uiki . inn u; v
L 1 1 maud lor machinery. The water will
ML Airy asabusincss and manufactur- have to be conveyed from Hives' dam
ing toicn its preaent and future.
I have just returned from a visit to
Mt. Airy and should you wish, will
and tho presence of an abundant sup- tfivo you a short account of what is
ply of calcareous matter either marl
or lime. Both of them abound iu low
er Virginia, and henco the eminent
success which has attended tho culti
vation. V here neither lime nor marl
about 1,000 yards, through an aqueduct
or flume, as the nature, of the interven
ing ground will not adinit of a canal.
except between the site and the river,
where the ground will have to be ex
cavated to the depth of feet. To
make this aqueduct of solid masonry
for this distance will be enormously
expensive ; to build it of wood will give
going on in that picturesque region.--
I found the town improving very fast,
the people flourishing farmers, me
chanics, merchants all doinir well. it a temporary character and always
Several fine store houses have lately requiring repairs. The probable cost
I iTI 11 4-1 "111 " 1 V WV'vk jj uiiiuv n vuni j rv
is accessible, ashes servo as a good uetf recieu, iaige aim eiem. uuim- tho livel. abov(. this site, an
substitute Theoretically we should ins' 01,0 with granite front, the stone, excellent hiiildingmatcrialsnndstom
conclude that bono dust, or tho super tll prettiest of the kind I ever saw, is at a distance, of 10 miles ; at a distance
I ... . r. nf 1(1 inline ,i lnml'iiir rn;il lw hoi
. I nnori'im within o mi 11 i rnrn " '""" """ . l "h. ......
answer a useful 1 "u""1 " yjl
tilizer, ecjually with guano, "Wo now
append specific directions for every
part of tho management :
The land shonld bo of medium qual
ity, not too stiff, nor very light. Peas
raised on tho former aro of a dark col
or ; on tho latter bright.
tar as it respects the extent and value
of the water power, there is no difference
of opinion.
Of the S000 acres, the information
that is imparted is very incorrect, and
is only the result of hearsay, as only
Col. Harris of the committee ever has
been near, and he, as before stated,
only on a very small part of it and ev en
then must have been misled by the in
formation he received. The report on
page 0 leaves the impression that the
8000 acres or one compact tract and
such was the view of Col. Harris in its
purchase. It is said to be " on Deep
Hiver and contiguous to Buck Horn
Falls.'' The fact is that the land at
one point for about 130 yards only lies
on the Hivcr Cape rear Hiver ant
not Deep Hiver, for it is 10 miles below
the junction of Deep and Haw Bivers,
and it is two miles below Buck Horn
1 "alls, and the land is in tro parcels
and several miles intervening.
It is also said of this land that it is
fertile and well adapted to the usual
crops. "The land itself apart from its
minerals and water powers, will in a
short time doubtless sell for agricultur
al purposes alone for double the price
pnospnates, would answer a usemi r; . ... , on the bank of the river. Below ti, is
purpose. At any rate, the latter doubtless your town will some day he si at a (listanf.0 ot- v2 miles, iron on
iiiiirlii. be used to mlvanta-o as a fer- adorned with houses made ot this very is fouml. aml still lmVL.r at a distance
raoK. w ion tne Kauroaii is nnis neii io or 14 nines nne main irranire exist, in
xt Aim- Timm am nin in tlinimmn. order to couvcj' this material to till
. . .. . , , site ot the proposed tienitentiarv, the agreed to be paid by your committee
diate vicituty two new Cotton and d j i on the river will have -1pp. 0 and S. This so far as the 0,-
Woollen nuns going up. ine iraue to be repaired by the State r await
that is carried on there would surprise their repair by the Deep Hiver .Manu
ally one not acquainted with the back facturing Company.
, , , i , To level the uround for the founda-
couniry. uuc nunureu uiuukiuu ooi
lars worth of dried apples, I learned,
was sold there last year. One firm I
Deep Hiver Manufacturing Company
and from tho latter to Pruyu, and from
Prun to tho State, aro all of nearly
the same date, and that part, ierhaps
the belter part of tho iron ore bank,
was bought after their purchase, with
nearly 1 00 acres-of land, for 8S00 by the
Deep Hiver Manufacturing Comany.
The deed from the Deep Hiver Manu
facturing Company for the site docs
uot secure such right to the State as
the committee deemed it would. It
does not grant an u unrestricted aud
unembarrassed water power,'' but one
greatly restricted. It does not cove
nant that "a branch Bailroad shall
terminate at the door of the Peniten
tiary, and there does non exist any
contract to this effect that can be en
forced. Much is said of river naviga
tion" ami "locks and dams." These
are all the property of the Deep Hiver
Manufacturing Company so far as the
fetate may need them for the Peniten-
iary. The deed does agree that if the
State will repair the Hives' lock and
dam that no toll will be charged at that
dam, and it so happens that this is tho
only lock that will never be used bv
the State either going up or down. It
will cost the State 0,000 to prepare
the river to get up to the coal aud
sandstone for building to get down
to the iron ore and that fine farming
land and that so well timbered with
pine, hickory, etc. The committee has
no data by which to estimate the cost
as the Hack Horn dam aud locks arc
greatly damaged.
Mr. Downing testifies: I insisted on
unlimited water power and a railroad
running to or into the penitentiary.
The company gave us power to raise
the Hives' dam as high as we pleased.
It the .Stat repairs all the dams and
locks she. is never to pay tolls. There
is yet one item of the report to which
we would refer. That is the estimated
value of the site as deducted from the
HROi)0. The deed for the site sells
at a nominal price of 1. The Deep
Hiver -Manufacturing Company, did
not sell and so invest. It was accepted
as a donation before even the com
mit lee- on the Penitentiary heard of
the .000 acres. Neither is it correct
to say tiiat only $05,000 was paid
that may he all the bonds now sell for,
but the people of the State knew that
they were to be given at par value
th.u they must pay interest on 100,.
000, mid when they become due pay
all of one hundred thousand dollars.
We must, not neglect to call the at
tention of the Senate to the peculiar
natti;e of the title to fhe 0,050 aces of
laud iu Harnett county. It is simply
s uite or any part of 10,000 or 15,000
acres of land that may he fixed by ar
bitiators. It is not between Summer
villi' and Neill .McCoy's. It is not
Ini tialed by the lands of Neill .McCoy,
Es.:. It does iot include part of a
5,uoo acre survey and a 3,000 aci sur
vey patented by the late .Ino.v)Gray
Blount, hut part of a 5,S00 acre survey
patented by Allison, and ijf 0,000
acie .survey patented bv the late Juo.
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IhiihUIiu.
Iiy Uoods, Grocer
lira I rr.
U. V M, r.
Ca-t Maikvt. All rik'ht'i nir build'mg.
L. II. V ' :uA.
Corner Ha-t M.uket uud Nottli Elm,
li'ulx.iy eorner, udr.)
rowi. r I..t.-t Murk'.t and DbyU ttrevtii.
IV. It I'rMUr, .
r.at Miu-ki I, Albiiirht-'ii nw; building.
. C Mt.
If the land has not been previously
limed or marled, annlv fifty bushels
of limo or a hundred and fiftv bushels haPIn to kuow 8old for cash aml br-
of marl to the acre. tcr $G0'000 worth of 00lls last vcar
It is best to follow com -with pea- Week before last 100 mules were sold
and IrHlticc nuts, but they do not come well after 111 iu n, . u t -
potatoes. A great object is to hav olu " "
clean land. It is generally considered wmii t '
uy nam laoor money eiiougu iu uin
tion of the penitentiary would cost
probably .',000. And the committee
believe, that owning to the very un
even nature of the ground, that the
expense of erecting the surrounding
wall would be very great.
After examining the site, visiting
the coal and sand-stone region, they
visited the S,0OX) acres of land pur
chased by the Penitentiary committee
for the u.se of that institution. The
an exhaustive crop, but is not more so
than others, provided the vines, which
make excellent provender, are allowed
Lto remain on tho land. Successive
him a sixteen hundred dollar farm and
has $800 worth of furniture ou hand.
Ho makes nice furniture aud will
perhaps become rich one day. Honor
nearest point on this land is perhaps which ran be easily quarried, placed
ten miles down the river Irom "the
site For this land-the State paid
$1L50 per acre- The committee passed
over this land several times, and saw
ns much of it as their time and the
Cray Blount. How this, if at all, ef
fects tho title is not lor the Committee
to say.
It may be proper to state that emi
nent counsel hold the titles back of
tho-c held by the State to be good.
ii is not part of th'Mhity to construe
:h" statute appointing the committee
;t.:d granting it power to select a site
for penitentiary, etc., and they havo
if i purpose to undertake the work.
Neither would we attempt to value
the iron ore of the Douglas farm, but
the committee hold it to be of no use
to the State and never can be worked
w i? li prolit by the State. If it was the
Stale's purpose to make iron, the pen-
on boats and carried by water within itentiary should have been located at
050 acre parcel is concerned, is an
entire mistake. It is valueless for
farming purposes as will be testified
by members of the Senate residing near
it and never will, probably. sjII for
eM hit acre. Thrive is but a small
part of the remaining 1500 acres that
lias any value in this respect and the I
klllllfc" I I II. I VI 11 IIC 11 Ul 111 I MUZ-
lic debt by thi: speculation in farming
lands.
Also, it is said ou this place the S,
000 acre '-is an abundance of granite,'
"and a large quarry of granite im
mediately on the banks of the Hiver,
crops may bo grown on tho same
wi Mut. oIM,o. t. ivmr &. EW, roliml if manurc is used.
, I . ..uV a. I
I imnmfiipn Tilmriiif chnllnw with ft
single plow in March or April, accord- Armors products, and when the farmer committeo MiiSOi
in" to tho weather. flourishes m his business all classes do what may be this land several
Wii.i Market. otmoi Court Housu
iViOl't' iVli. '
Nmth 111 in. lteur fviot, (. adr.)
f. Ynt .
Siiiitil lliui.
ifmitK c nil un r, ',
UiMmitv .'Ulhwrn llotwl.
J. I), hl'fie,
Uv.V. ?.Url.ettlwt.
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eH-riu r V'.:i t M.ukit' aud 'Daviu stivwts
P n . ( . l' i-him; ' . '
v 'oiih i Smith I'.Vm nml Sycamore.
JtcitH' ( Mu mi fi,
H:V-t Maiket. Smith fcjidw. ;
l'omidr and Mn-lihic'Sliop.
W'a-liinti'ii -t.. n the Kniltoad.
4i oc'H an'd Confectioners.
,!(' !( .t i! hi'. s t
1 lift M.Vrket. noxt Post OfhVf."'
'iM'ial fltn jgralion Oflirc, lor I he
Wrvl and omIm-Wow i.
. ' i..'r,- - ' .- .
(iruM r'm;ili.'ni Atent. P. mid O. R. K.,
V t M h '!. pnti'. MaiiMit n Hotel.
to the industrious and honest mechan- weather permitted.
. , a- ii- "iriw. i ooo omvw ( r"irt !ifv.
ic. lie creates a nomo mantei ior me. wt v.-, w,...,. ...
what may nc styled pine oarret. .vi-
l over
mile
About the 10th to 20th May, throw
up ridges three feet apart, which are
to bo reduced in height to about three
I inflios silinvn thn rrinfrnl level of the
flilil Tlijn rvlnti
11U1I. XIIVIl IIWIIU " - II..
. i, . . . a-, i thrifty farmers come down too and buv
eighteen inches m the row, dropping i""' -
, . i i our surplus lands and set an example
Ul UCH1COL illlVl lllllin iuvji. "( i oil.
Well.
Let the manufacturers of every thing
wo need come from the North and
show us how to work. Let them be
Let the laborious and
the depth of an inch to an inch and a
half.
'Tn about a "week
"will begin to
object to get
hills should bo replied
est moment.
As soon as tho grass makes its ap-
til(ord Land Agency ot Itortli- lio-hr. nlnwinf. throw-
Carolina. '.-.. , i
ing the earth from the vines, anu 101
lowing with tho hoe thoroughly re
moving all the grass from tho row. .
Plow again as soon as tho grass re-
largo land-holders sell off some of their
yet it is now a matter ot doubt with
them. This land has no marketable
value, aside from the timber. The
growth upon it is almost entirely pine.
At the nearest point this tract lies
about three miles from the rivr, and
at the farthest perhaps ten miles. The
timber on this land is almost all worn
out turpentine timber. The ton tim
ber has all been cut off from it proba
bly. It is so remote from market that
into lum
I n i i i a tt iwwi,. if vrill iwr iviv to Convert it into lunt-
nr ten davs they uue lanus auu not uit an wiucuuhj - i . , rr n
or ten uaja Liii-j . Tf M-nnhl irolvihlv not sell tor
come up. As it is a great else to build railroads through them t(,nccntH pcr . IM!re alul so worthless
a good stand, tho missing and improve their fortunes gratis. was it in the judgment of its former
' .... n . , r, i 1 m ill, . .. - 1 A .. ..........1 J
at tho earn- This is the curse ot the ooum. 00 owner mar. ne was anuui i4i'ii'n
m small tracts ami coue u as
ftf.i.r. lieu'l Airent.
M 11C t, opHi.itv Mu iuion-IIotvl.
T f
fun.
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W. s;
Uai ii4 s,-niau'r.
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r,;t-t M:nl,' t ht., Iitaf C juit IIoUSO...
Corn. 1 Smah 111m tun'i Sycmnoro.
Ilotrls.
' .m . ' . Sc:i!.-i J.vPInck, irprlwtcl-
Wt.-. Mjr.k-1, ii'ir. Coiut llouMfr'
- '. .1. T. K-fM,'4rurivttr,
K.i-t Market, in nr Court House,
l ip'oc culci's,
."--W.-W tudiale Denlcri",
WeTt ,IaiL i ht.-(.tarTvtt BuihJing.
' iM l y St:ili
1 i;ivw ; ;...
lini i y a nd Ir.ul ' Woods.
h': tMarb., "Albright's iiw building
'Iiimc tul l!nsirai In vtruineiitH.
'' . -l f. Mmirii f,
S.Viii:in, (wr adv.)
C'ilffls. '
II. l,,rUr
.... ViV-r M:fnct, ; ofporf'.fe Southcni Hotel.
liuncrH. 41
Co.-,,.., W. vt M0i-Ui t and Abi? streets.
. Yutfn, ,
S'ith-Hlm.
We.CMiirb.rt, rpys.itc Court Hous;
"l -tuirn.
n""J At-, .
H'i'ith Kim.
!! i!11!1 Pilu,noa' Painting,
U 1 M :kvl, Albriohta bUJc.
few mechanics and too much land.
There is a great deal of good land
around' Alt. Airy some of it being gran
ite formation and sandy is said to be
well suited for the cultivation of tho
grape. The region North of the town
toward the Blue Hidge is well known
out
gift to freedmeii so as to get rid of
navimr the very small tax there was on
itwhen it was sold to J. M. Heck.
Esq., by being attached to other tracts
for 00 cents per acre. .No one 01 the
Committee who made thopurchaac foi
the State were ever 011 this tract of 0,
050 acres of laud for which they paid
appears, using'a double shovel or cul- to bo unsurpassed for the growth of S.,Ul,5.
tivator, and tho hoo as before directed, the apple. Every body has heard ot
Next comes the tune for laying by, the beautiful mountain views. The
tho vines having grown half way Siamese Twins having perigiuated
across tho space between the rows. nearly the whole of the civilized world
This is done by ruuning a mouldboard chose this as the most pleasant place
;.i tift teriMirt bota-in thft mvrs. tn livn in thev could find. When the
and drawing tho earth up to the rows Norfolk and Great Western Hailroad
with tho hoe, caie being taken not to meets the road from your town at or
cover tho vines, nor to make the ridgo near this place we may expect to see
too high. Where there is grass in the this the most flourishing and interest
row it must be pulled up by hand, ing portion of the State. Seekers of
ti,o titnn for harvesting tho crop is health and seekers ot manufacturing
the wails ot the l'enilentiary. A(.
one with whom we conversed (and we
inquired of the former owners) knew
.an v thing of granite on this land, on the
river, remote from it. As said betore
there is excellent granite two miles
below on the Hiver not oh the State
land and the impression made on Col.
Harris' mind was that it was on the
tract he was negotiating for, he sup
posing it to extend some distance down
the Hiver. The granite ho brought to
lialeigh as a specimen canle irom the
a li lt .
jiiieK-lloru rails, convenient 111 some
degivc to the ore and to the valuable
pine forest owned by her at the cost of
lL'.50 per acre.
i he committee, are profoundly im-oi-essed
with the value of the water
power at t lie site near Lockville, and
ne satisfied that if it be the 'purpose
of the State to use machinery and en
r;::ge in manufacturing with the con
victs no better place can be found
than Deep Hiver. It is true they
would not select the existing bite, for
Northington quarry Mr. Downing 1 they dcm several other places moro
also testitios that this specimen 01
granite was said to come Irom a quarry
on the land purchased.
There also appears to be a want of
certainty, to say the least, as it regards
what was to be secured for the State
bv them in the contract they made
advantageously situated than this, and
where the erection of a Penitentiary
w oulduot necessarily be so costly.
Ii is proposed by the parties making
the deeds that they w ill now conform
tin m to what is held to be the con
tract on which thev were based. Tho
with parties for these lands, water committee would yet call the attention
Another thousand of this SOOO acres
is separated several miles from the
tract just mentioned and i known as
the McCoy mill tract, including a small
tract called the 4Spivy" tract. A
small part of this tract that the Com
mittee saw has some value as farming
land. On it is a mill seat on a small
stream that could afford water t drive
a grist mill part rfthe year, it is sup
posed that there is mineral on this
tract, but of its value, &c. the Coin,
mit tee have no means of testifying. It
also boasts of a mineral spring, where
from tho loth to tho 30th of October.
When tho weather is settled and favor-
ble tako three pronged forks, bent
the convicts it is supposed might
sites will throne this favored region vlcamntly enjoy, the heated term pro
wi monrfthnari,ivpnfin.1nstn' will Mded the State should put up com-
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fftm on ine ouuksoi our ueer
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enrm
like a hoe and loosen the vines along failing streams and, in all seriousness, view j is possibic that the Chai
the rows. ? Hands follow the digger, we expect to see Mt. Airy one of the man of the Committee saw some pa
tmii ,,n tho. vines, shako the earth from most important inland towns in the l1". tract. Tor this; 1000 acres n
pull up the vines, shake the earth from most import
them and leave them in tho same State. Respectfully,
place. In dry weather they will be
sufficiently cured in two days to be
shocked.
In shocking, provide stakes seven
feet long, sharpened at both ends;
fortable buildings, but it is not asserted
that thev were' purchased with this
air-
part
ue
ri'dits.&c. There is no purpose what
ever to represent the committee as act
ing wrongfully in this, but simply to
state a fact there is not secured to the
State w hat was intended.
There is really an uncertainty in the
minds of the committee, so far as e
amined, as to whom it was they nego
tiated with, or in what relation he stood
to the land. The report does not state
of whom the land, etc., was purchased:
It would be supposed that it was one
party that negotiated for the whole
sale However the assignors aro two
parties and one of them is not named
us a party presenting claims. The site
is conveyed by the Deep Hiver Manu
facturing. Company the 8,000 acres ot
land by D. J. Pruyu. Col. Harris
testifies that he did not know thxt
Pnivn was to convey, but supposed
Air.
of the Senate to the
expensive character
that is hein2r
very needlessly
of the stockado
erected on the site.
T acre can be no earthly use for tho
timber when not used for its present
purpose it is needlessly heavy and
the expense to the State will be$lS or
l'0 000, when a stockade costing $G or
qsS.Ooo, or perhaps less, would in the
judgment of all practical men havo
been amply sufficient.
We forget to say that the deed for
the site bears date Dec. Li, 1608 and
has no explicit warranty, and the
liabilities and obligations all rest on
the State. The deed for the 8,000
acres of land bears date Dec. 3, 1808.
The Committee on the Penitentiary
gave the order on the Treasurer for tho
Ponds November 10th, and they were
paid November 3oth, 180, of which
the Deep Hiver Mafiufucturing Com.
that others were concerned in it.
Lassiter testities and thinks Pruyne 1 pany received 30,000 and D. J. Pruyn
made the offer as an agent' Mr. Down J st J,uo0.
ing lest i Ties: 4 It is hard to say ol
whom we purchased. The. committee
bought of -dr. Pruyn either as agent or
owner."
Air. Pruyn himself testifies that he
w as not the owner Qn- fee when he
negotiated, but had, by a verbal con
tract, bought the laud on the condition
that he could sell it. It seems that
even the Deep Hiver Manufacturing
Company had no deeds when the nego-
I he committee
S.
The navy of Mexico consists of two
fishing smacks and a raft the former
mounted with twelve marines, and the
latter with a hen-coop.
f i.ihnn wna rronn" on.
Aicuovs nau pam 10 mem - v"'"- v V . 0 -i, timv ,,,;,
The committee ii,l 912.S00. The re-1 licl not know s ofto -lores 1 1
mmniK :!C0 aU Utl.o n.SlH tract, ?l-'-0 acre lor rte j 0U00 yru , ,1
mil w the nut of all tin- WW acres rmyn paui ci, .'
?hat reached to the Cape War river. Kiv.r Manufactnnng Company ,..!
amthis onlv to an extel.t ol ahout V , than 1..U per aero or the mu
him !l II I IIO NUlIt l"'" 1 nm
itol
1 "A A 1 " Z 4.1. . w . -w ..t ll'AII k 'a
yams, un tins is iue unue ui nuu u-- - , , mri..,
so much talked of. It is not opened to j the titles from McCoy and Dougla
We wiil now permit the Senate to
draw their own conclusions. Thero
has been an effort on the part of tho
Committee to get the exact truth and
o state it. That the State is deeply
wronged we an; satisfied. That the
Committee on the Penitentiary were
imposed upon by parties who cared
only to make a good thing out of tho
State, is equally true. We may bo
suffered to recommend to the Seuato
so soon as possible to dispose of the
8,000 acres of land, determine perman
ently the site of the Penitentiary,
simplify the agency by which to carry
out the requirements of the Constitu
tion and the hopes of the' people. Ask
the co-operation of the Honso to thia
purpose, and in the beneficent and
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