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" , C0MMUNICAJI0N4 T (A Edier the Raleigh Regie! tr. ut i In your paper of the 34th id., writer ever the signature of " A Rbstonsibui Wits see," at tempt Ml vindioale the Petersburg interest a fiat lb chirp of instigating a certain provision to the Aet of ths Virgin i Leg ieUtora, ft the nl of tho HorUmouth n4 BoBok IUU Rowl. Aud b essays Is fix upon , o4 bjr oqwnoe, upon the in terest 1 represent, tbedfm of thst charge. Th provision to which he refers, prohibits the Stale of North Carolina, Br any Compaay incorporated there io, from purchasing or Incoming Iho owner of said ' Koi This feature in 10 fill, ho " avers w iu trodoeed by Mr. Samuel Watts, a delegate from tha County of Jferfo'k, io. Ax ," and he adds, Ha in troduced H without any consultation with the data- ' jmtetraai Petersburg, aad without apprizing hin of it -. Tkas tire public art left to infer, that the Patera..! fcW interest ia prowl by a - rupoumUt sritjtess," to have been entirely iuuooent of the -Legislation 1 eenjplaieed of, while I, with the ioteraet committed my charge, am held Bp aa the guilty aetor ia, end author of a transaction aver 'which area vwdftl ' Petersburg sheds her maledictions. - - Tha above averment, viewed a an (totaled fact, aad divested of the circumstance and history ef tii ease, is partly correct, aud partly erroneous. While it professes to be a M plain and true history of tha transaction," it it aa history at all. It is a mare tx port statement a brief assertion, as partial and ira perfect as it it brief. ' It is wofnlly drooiei t of the most important ingredient ia the history of any tran saction, aad that m, " the whole truth." That I did submit the provision complained of, is rnosttrue. But why did I do it! wasit a wanton, volun tary act, or was it compulsory 7 Heresy nangs a tale," a plain history a choice of facis which ficiiou cannot break, and which will fix the charge or initi gating this prevision where it properly belongs, and ' wbese, in spite of every effort to the contrary , it will continue to rest, My reasons for eubmitting it have never bee concealed. They were boldly proclaimed to the Virginia Uotue of Delegates ; aud they have ajnca barn recited ia) a tetter addressed to the Editor 01 ins-TAYETTeviLLSUSSEtvsa, onu puuusucu at length in that paper. I rensiask of yon, Mr. Editor, to spread them before the public again, by giving that I tier a plica in the" RboistbV in connection with this communication You will readily see by its scope and content! that tha history of this transac tion" ia not embraced ia lb simple assertion that 1- 1 . 1 r, 1 1. 1 : 1 . 1 . -If). Samuel Walt dekgattfrom Norfolk County inlndnctd lhr fmitiam complained of. " The causa and its effect are there exhibited side by side, aud the history of the whole affair carried out to its legitimate end. And I will only add bare, that the slateweuts therein set forth, Will be attested and sustained, if need be, by a hast of as responsible witnesses as cau he luaud within thVComnoBwesllh of Virginia. it is lru also that I did not pricarry, (if Hist is what the writer meant,) apprize the Delegate from Petersburg of my intention to offer this provision. Hut, 1 did, while I was io the aet of discussing tlis lli 1 1 upon its merits, apprise the whole House, inclu ding the member from Petersburg, of my intention to offer it, at a proper lime, aad of the reasons which in fluenced me to that course.'' Nay, 1 read the provi sion fnna uiy place, and at the request of the member from Pslervburg, sent it to him, who, if I am not va ry much mistaken, examined it ' well before he re turned it. It was not offered for adoptiou until the next day, when it was incorporated with and became a part of the Bill. It ia not to be presumed that 1 presented it without a causa That cause will appear in the sequel, aiid will become more aud more palpa ble with -acb succeeding day. Will " A Rkssonsi UC Witness" pledge the Petersburg interest to aid ia gelling this measure again before tha Legislature, aud io the repeal of this prevision 1 Tha probability is that the a hole subject will again be before the House of Pair galea this winter, aud 1 hereby pledge myself and the taleresto I represent to go for repeal. 1 dor e rtemntt .' This will lest the sincerity with which Tetrrabarg attempts to cast the blame of this proriuoa an Portsmouth. Unless it shall be the p!aaaure of tha LegiUaluxevar the benefit of Peters burg, to decree that there shall be He Uu.l Koad from Norfolk to the Roanoke, the Portsmouth Road mut again be brought into the market, and we shall see , whether the justice of Petersburg will assist in the repeal of a most obnoxious measure which she now attributes to Portsmouth, or whether she will persist in the Mitigation of its cuutinuance. 1 deem it unnecessary to prolong this Communica tion. I ask no moie than that all the facts connec ted with Hie subject shall be kauwu. Aud while the , interests which 1 have the honor to represent will shrink from no rrepons bility which rightfully de volves upou them, every care will be takeu that none shall be cast upou item uujtMtly, or which properly belongs to others. Ropectfully, SAMUfcL WATT3. rortrmoutli, Nov. 26, 184G. 7'a tkt Editor of the I-'uyetterille Observer : Bia : My aUemiun was direi'.ted, only a dy or tvvd ago, tu a paragraph in the Petersburg Intel ligencer of the 15ih of April, purporting to te a reply to an Editorial in your paper u( the 7th nil , (.which at that time, 1 had not seen,) and which complains of certain provisions of tin." act auihor umi; the sale of the Portsmouth & R. It Road, passed at the lato session of tiie Virginia Legis lature. The paragraph referred to, and the im pression it was calculated to ma!to on the public mind in N Carolina, render it proper for me lo say a few words on the subject ; and ttTat. is tuy apology for this communication. The liditor of ttie Intelligencer, John W. Syne. Esqf. (himself the member from Petersburg in the House of Delegates,) says : u Mr. Hale com plains of the provision which forbids a N. Caroli na Company lo buy the Portsmouth road. Now we have no wish to make mischief, or to get our 1 fiend Watts into a scrape, by bringing down upon him the wrath of the Observer, but it is due tojustke td say that .this provision wis inserted by Samuel Watts, fcliqr. one of the Delegates from Norfolk County, aud the immediate patron of the Bill. The up posers of the Bill had not inti ma el a desire for such an amendment, and it was the voluntary and unasked for act of Mr. VVatta." In another place he says : " What particular rea son be (Mr. Watte) had for cutting off the Slate of N. Carolina ifroin the privilege of buying his toad, he best knows;" and he adds atthe conclu sion of his editorial, that ibis am&iidment "was l'orutnouib thunder." It is only necessary that the facts and circum stances connected with the amendment which .Mr. Synie attributes to my exclusive agency and Volition, should Li stated, and it will at once be perceived that the friends of the Petersburg ro-td were no less the real cause of thU provision, than they were of that, which for the benefit sad im munity of their road, proposer to control the legal authorities of Carolina, even within the limits of their State. Notwithstanding your opinion. Mr. Editor, "that it could scarcely hv HUsred into the head of "he most long eared 'animal in that tody (the Va. Legislature.) that either the Sitie cf N. Carolina, or anr comnaiiv in It would think uf purchasing a rail road, nearly all of which lies iu Virginia," I must be permuted to'tell you, that such notion 'was conceived, some here, and by some one, aud. was rumored, circulated and cultivated aasAieans of daunting tile passag uf Jhe Bill Mr 8yme undertakes to prove rath- ' ef toJ much by bis testimony (in interested wit ness too,) wheu be makes me the voluntary a- , gent and originator of measure, whose tenden cy might bave been'ii jurliHia, am) io no way beo sfictal to the cause I advocated- a tneaauro which, gratuitous and eoaeked for, and unprovi ded, would have beaa culpable, wanton and ab- -Mti. Dues not Mr. Sjroe know that the idea, that if the Portsmouth rood . as pold Mb would be pare based by N Carolina or some Company in . Kaw, uriHHiaiaq in ,iue vkbiiiv 01 reiera- 1 1 kurCl Vtt ilut it 64 it) K.clnuocd as an V irg'uioent agiinst the sale of the road Was it not gravely asserted that a union of tbej Raleigh and Gaston Road was contemplateel ; with the Portsmouth road ; that N. Carolina already owo iug the former, could easily by purchase possess herself of the Utter, and that iben, by legsl pro. cess, of which her Governor had already given notice, she could deprive the Petersburg Compa ny of the Charter in that State, and thus become" the monopolist or the entire line of trade, ana travel through both Stales to Norfolk 1 .TUi was Pttertburg and not Portsmouth thunder! In the struggle which was thus going on tn keen down the Portsmouth Road, and the elFort lo make North Carolina appear as a partial and interested party, it became necessary, both to the support of (be Bill and the defence of Carolina against such a charge, that it should be prompt ly denied and denounced. There was no better or more effectual way of doing it, than by tho proviaioa in the Bill which inhibits the consum, nation of thesclieme referred la While speak ing, therefore, 011 this branch of the -subject, I took occasion tn stste, in explicit terras, that a runaor was abroad that Carolina designed 10 pur chase the road, if sold I denounced the report as unfounded, and with the vio.v of quisling all annrehonsioii on this score, and in the act 01 de- feuding that Sia'.e against even a suspicion of in terlerence in tho matter, I gave notice, that at a proper time, t would supmit tne smenomeui, (which I then read) prohibitory to a purchase of the road by the State. Looking to North Caro lina aa an imparl ial yet decided friend, allied to us by 01 her improvements besides the Rail Road, ud identified with us iu various and important interests, it woaid have been strange in me to have reflected on her character or east suspicion on her purposes, i knew the amendment was supererogatory. It . that peculiar atmosphere of opinion generated by Tetetsburg views and leeiuigs which made the echo necuxsary to tne thunder peal. During the whole of the protrac ted debate on this vitally important quesiion to Norfolk and Portsmouth, whether 111 the ('oirnni: tees, in the House r in ll:e Senate, not a word escaped any friend of the Portsmouth Kuad, in imical either to the interests or honor of Caroli ns,' We knew nothing to coinphdu of, aud could not therefore complain. We had not been ar raigned as guilty violators of hor laws, and we therefore had no appeal to make lo the escut cheon of our Stale, that iu motto might shield us Iroin the penalty of law. But how stands the case oil the oilier side! " Wt Aste no with to make mitchi'f or to get our friend Syme into a a Krapi," but it may not be amiss to show by his own language how he and Petersburg stand af lected towards Carolina. Here ia a part of friend Syme's speech on the memorable occasion o which this subject refers : " Lot us now, continued Mr. S., take a look at our neighbor f tho UuJ Worth Stale, aud see what she was about, lis had it from tha best authority that the Governor of that State had ordered the Attorney Ueusral to cite the Pelaraburg Company before the .Supreme Court, to show cauaa why their charters iu North Carolina should 001 be forfeited as a penally for the coutract with Mr. Uives. Now, if this move ment was desigued to menace the State of Virginia, who was heavily iuterasted in the upper route, (which would be rained by litis forfeiture,) aud compel thu Legislature lo raauacitale the Portsmouth Koad, iu or der that the people of Carolina might have two roads lo market, should we not meet aud repel tha attempt T if Virgiuia was te have her legislatiou dictated by her sister Stales, let her no longer talk of her past glory, lor it would be literally past aud gone lot bar uo leuger inscribe her proud inulio on her Jiauners, bat let the picture of her escutcheon ba reversed, aud iustsad of being pictured as standing erect iu the pride of freedom, with her fool on the fallen Tyrant's uack, let her be represented as prostrate on lUe ground With herswter bUlas trampling hef to the dust. " But, said Mr. suppoaa (here should be a seri ous purpose ou the pari of North Caxohua lo exact this forfeiture, will she do it cau she do it if the Portsmouth Koad is not revived ? As long as the Portsmouth road is disused, the Petersburg ia the .on ly Ko.id connected with Hie Wilmington Koad ; and if its charter should be forfeited, there would be a gap of twelve miles, which would prove utterly destruc tive to the Utter road by divartiug lbs lung travel fiom the Atlantic, aud eeudiug it by the Mwsiaeippi and Ohio route. Far this rsusea, if for uo ether, this hill thould uot pass. Again, although the Petersburg charter should uot be forfeited, it would be in the power of the Wilmington Company to dictate the price of the Portsmouth road ia caae ef a aala. The President of that Company might say lo the bidder 1 If you buy this road 1 will uot couoaol with you al Wcldoo." Ol what value then would (he road be? Te another he might say" If you buy this road I will connect With you and so regulate the faro as lo throw all the passeugers an your rwad." So thai by the sale of this road, Virgiuia was either to forfeit her properly in the Petersburg road, lo the Slate of North i Carolina, or have tha value of her propetiy, ia the Portsmouth Road regulated by the whim or interest 1 of a North Carolina Company. Would the Stale of Virginia submit to this 1" Now, Mr. Svme was the representative of Pe tcrsburg ; and the above quotation explains, far better than 1 could, the- viewa and loeiiugs f himself and his constituents towards a sister State. No one could road his remarks aa above quoted from his published spcoch, wnhout under standing their true .import. They embody the very principle and object of that provision com ph. ned of by "The Observer," which was de. signed tu piotect the Petersburg Company against the consequences of its law less acts in N. Caroli na. Hear the eniphallc language of Mr. Syme ! " Suppose there ihould be a serhiut purpose on the part of JV Carolina to exrtcl this jorfeitwt, will she do it, if the Portsmouth road it not received "I Comment ia nut necessary I This provision, if 1 am rorreclly informed, was prepared before the Bill was taken up for action in the House of Delegates, ltut when the tone and temper of that body were manifested towards , the acts of the Petersburg Company, as they were there ex. p. sed, it was wisely withheld. After the rejec tion of two of his amendments by a vote of more than t.vo to one, Mr. Syme was too sagacious to trust, before that Uou.e, a measure whose object was to make the Petersburg r ad irresponsible for iis tine in Carolina, '4 Here it would bave been promptly met and signally defealed. It waa reserved lor the Senate, with its numbers fritter ed down from 'i'i to 22, by reason of the lateness of the session, (most ofjhe absentees friendsof the Bill) -first to take action on the subject. It was ti.it proposed by way of amendment, by the Sen ator I roiui.'w Petersburg District, to the Com mittee of tho Senate to whom ihe Bill was re ferred, and notwithstanding the efforts of that Senator, and the opportune avid ol Lawyers and Judgea sent from lefersburg, it Was promptly rejected by lite CumnjiUee, ouiy one voting fur it. In the Senate the same provision was again offered, and after a lung debate, iu which it was most unsparingly dgnouitMHi, it unallv passed by a majority of one. ,Ou ilia return .of" the Bit tu the House, llio amendment could easily have been rejected, with the siigliest resistance. But it Was too late in the sauwioa. Th least change from the firm the Senate kid gi-.en Ft, must have relumed it again to that body, where the press of business, on the er of the session, and ihe absence of many erf the friewds of the bill, were admonitions too strong ui pass unheeded, unoxr such circumstances, that em-b a destination would seal ita fate. In a full Senate the B.ll would bave pass sed without the aewudinent. One word mure. VVksller may be the laws or institutions ef in J native Slate, I intend tu -hide 'by and cherish thee- And I trust that I shall sisotever appreciate the rigbte of others. I coefevs at the same time, that the spectacle presented by the Petersburg Cosnpsny, ai the late sessiou, belore the Senate, (skimr a provisional section whkk it bid op posed, tu screen it from Jhe investigation, to snstsii it in in cupidityUnd l protect it against the penalty of it gross) and lawless acta In Mother stitf a 'sfsier Stale, was not aoeh. in nr humble iudinoent. SS W atlUM? late Ihe wide of a Virginian, Cod forbid I that the irxuinnfl our o-lonous escutcheon, eaoald ev er be construed, either at home or abroad, into a sanction of lawless violencev'?' r w IbaiuH-.tfulltf. vour obedient servant r SAMUEL WATTS Portemouth, Va. May 5,1848. I EDITOR'S CORRESPONDENCE." New Yobs, November 30rt. The somewhat precarious condition of the saaalth of Mr. Young, the Whig Governor elect, during tho hut six weeks, begins to excite the apprehen sions of his personal aud political friends, as inaug uration day approaches. There is no ground for these fears, I sin happy to say, hairing but a ibort time ago seen a letter from Mr. Y. himself, to ai intimate friend of hU in this City, ia which. h ridi I cules the thousand and one stories afloat, originating mainly with the Locofoco Press, lit relation to the dangerous malady with which, Uieyety, he is afflict ed. Now, a slight attack of Eryslptlas, some time ago, but from, which he is complete! recovered, was (be simple cause 01 alt uese Dug-oear reports aooui Mr. Young, who, I believe; will yet live long enough to stand a rfreleetiony despite the darting hopes of his peculiar friends, the Locofocon, who, by-tha-bye, were making strong calculations upon his death, or inability to discharge the duties ef Governor, to isv stal Mr. Aduloom UAimsKa, the Loeefooe Lieut nnt Governor, in the Gubernatorial Chair, and thus, through his agency, to a great extent, reuUer abor tive the great victory just achioved by the Whigs in this State. With the "lleiuocracy," in this matter, 'the wish" is undoubtedly "fhther to the thought" ; hut to no purpose, I apprehend, Mr. Young won't die yet, to please them, and though the party here ubouts Is drowning and sinking last, one saonot for bear rclbbing the foolish avidity with which it is " cutehing at straws" tor support. The "critter," indeed, dies very hard. Bud conscience sorely al- IfiicU it. Cardinal Volsey, of the 'Union,'' could probably administer it a soothing balm, were he to make a pilgrimage to New York once the "Moec of the Faithful." but now (nave the City,) the spoil aud prey of the enemies of the Prophet. The arrival, almost simultaneously, of the Steam ers "Acadia," at Boston, aud "Great Westerny' at this port, kept our commercial community in a per fect l'eruieut; but the advices have evidently check ed the speculat ive mania in breud-etuifs. Holders, here, having confidently looked for still further ad vance in the European market;, areslisuppointed at the reports of the London and Liverpool markets on the diiys the Steamers left, which quote boih Klour and Grain a little lower, (instead of higher, as they were redt to expect, by the muro kiiowing ouea.thAnJ did the news by the ISritannia. J- rcights,.Ttoo, are enormously high to England, ($1 OU per bbl. .for Flour,) and vessels arc scarce, in consequence of the well-paid government job.s, just now 90 easily gotten by masters of every sccies of craft, between .New Orleans and the Rio Grande, attracting a very large proportion of oar commercial marine to the Gulf of Mexico. Consequently, under these circumstances, gambling in bread-stuffs, so common now-a-days ill New York, on the hypothesis of a general European famine, is a rather hazardous mode of realising a fortune, aud they who are not extremely cautious, and who have not had some experience in the game, are very liable to "suffer some." A man who, cal culating upon a very large demand from Europe, for American produce, veufures to purchase 10,01)0 bar rels of Flour at 1 per barrel, is Very apt to lose money, should the market abroad eiperieuce a re action, and the request fall off for IT. S. bread-stuffs. It would be no use to ship it freights being too high, entirely, to admit a profit, fie therefore is obliged to throw it upon the market again, and pro bably the same man who sold it to him for $6, buys it back from the siune customer at $J 50 at a loss to the Utter of So.000 upon the whole quantity. Transactions like those are every day occurrences at the Exchange. On the other hand, mauy are more fortunate, and make fortunes as fast as others lose them. But it is all i;mabliHg. mere ch-mce, this ."famine" speculation in the ''staff of life," aud they who are hardy enough to uainrd their fortunes in that way, should not complain if they bo "fleeced" occasionally. K. On Friday last, Hon. Gsonor EJJaooir wai elec ted by the L -gislalure of North Caroliua, a Senator of the Uuit'd Slates, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resiguatiou of William- Hkmit 11 v wood, Jr. Os Saturday last, Hon. Willi it P. Mvnouh was re-elected te his seat ia the Senate of Ihe United States. North Csrolins may well be proud of herrepresen tatives Iu the moat respectable legislative body iu the world aud whatever political feeling may be enter tained toward Messrs. Manoi m and ISauokh, no one who regards the honor of the Stale can fail to be gratified at their election, so fur as talent and charac ter are concerned. We may almost tremble wlieu we reflect upou the depth below our present pvsiiion. into which we should have fallen, with a Democratic, majority in tha Legislature lFiimi'ii5r Cummer. On Friday, the 20th, Georgk E. Baduer, of Ra leigh, was elected a Scuutor of the United States, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation oj; Mr. Haywood. And ou Saturday, Wa.ua P. Makui'm, of Orange County, was re-elected a Senator from the 4tk of March next, when his present lerin spill expire. A Senatorial representation of so high abil ity has hardly ever beeu sent from North Carolina. In thu range of ouifi "personal intercourse, we have heard but ono expression ainoiithe Whiyi that of licnrty approbation of these appointments. The Democrats voted for the Hon. Asa Biggs, of Martin, against Mr. Badgei" for the queerest rea son yen ever heard of. He was ran for the neajt Do cupied by Mr. Haywood, because he was the Hr4il to denounce that gentleman tn the floor of Congress for his course iu the Senate. Very cheap pay for dirty Work. Gen. James McKay was run against Mangnm. Greaubor.o' Patriot. Valuable Land for Sale. THE Subscriber, having more Lend tbso be lias the "liatida1' to cultivate to ad. vamsKe, proposes to sell from THREE TO SIX HUNDRED ACRES, lying on Waluui Creek. one or two. miles Souih West of Kateigb The Land is ol excellent quality, and well limbered whb Oak and Hickory Wood. Benin about the nearest Wood-land 10 tlie Market, would be a valuable consideiatioii 10 nny one wishing M sell Is a nice Farm, aaibe usual l earns on a Farm, can be very profitably employed durimj the whole Winter hauling Wood, for which lucre is always a demand. v' A reasonable credit can lie given if desired. Ap ply . E. HALL. Raleigh. Nov. 2. 1846. . 88-wif . 'a crtA isnor nr. rur cititr cabt 1 rem nun niuat ur 1 nt wnnrit euni Ltri. GAl.1 Mi ALL and procure a Boltte of that Old Poit ins. (wsrranted tu he the runs Jcice,) and scknowledged by all who have 'given If a trial, aa vsav ooea. Prtee 71k come per Bottle fS per doseo. . . , P. F. PBeSCL'D, Draggiet Nov. t3. - J ' r i' O ' The Opal fr 1S4T. Edited by Johs Keeae, and illuetrated by Xoha M. Chapman, uiue of the umi elegant niezxotiate ever ex seuled bv that talented Artist ; saacbr aularged ia iorm aad uupietd iu styhW-' ' 1. H.UTUILER, N. C. Book eHoea, ItaJeigh.' Nov. Sft, 184(1 M TTESTrS, a Poem, by Phillip i Bailey, I ' hue edition, gut. Pruvarhial Philosophy, by Marlia Faroabar Tuppsc. , Hyperion.f Komaace. by Keary Wadsworth Long fellow, A few copies sf tha above Work Ml at lb .-Nor. 21'. 14. C. COOK STORE, Great ,MIs:ttNeiiseRivcn . -MmpmrUontf Capitalieta. - rpHS undersigned wishing ie eeQ hte prnpsity at 1 this place, now oflitrs for sale the II ill Traei. taming sue hundred and thirteen acres, on which Je J- situsied, his ftirfat Illills), Saw IVlllsV TUnf UflM, 'f.6iiitfliiit . . Mills are in large houi.sixty. t hihg and fart eet wide, aad consists oObne Cora Mills, sad una pair or purr MiH Stones, tor grinding Wheal, with Muiutt mill Elevators. Boliins elolhs, and all flxtures nw assinti nrst rate nouv ,1 fte wb ue of the (Jeer, log sad Machinery attached tha Wbseu Mill besi tirely new, hsvisg beeo put up last year ; and ell the wheels attached te the. ConrMills (Cast free) which ewe-worn have bean thrown but. and n ones putin their plaoes. Thseisw Mill is also near rjr new, hating been Isiely Vs-btailt. Tfce Tan Yard containing upwards ef Twenty Vste, with Bark Milk Currying Bhop, and all otlier fixtures sod Taola Necessary for carry mg on Ihe Taoilmg Business.-. Tbs watav power at mis place is intmeuae, embracing from head to foot fall of upwaide taf thiity feejt, and sffiejent,lo run any s mo uot of machinery that might be desired, for Ihs nvwl extensive MiDio er manufaclurlng purpeves, and ia well .vofthy the at teniion of CspitalUu or 4 Com jny disposed o eta berk in the Milling or Manulacturing buioess ; Bal ing hn mediately sitae ted nt S Cuilon cruwinc ret ion. and within laan Ihaa f.rar Miles of either Huntseill or Forestville Depots, ou the Raleigh and Gaston Kail Koad, and 13 Bailee Noah of Kaleiuh. on the Koad leading U Oxford. I have owaed this proper ly ever ssace 1836, siaos which tin these mills ne ver haeo been etupped by either high or tow water I Bow1 offer ibent (uv sals Only beraose it is necessary te devote moat of mv time to other pursuits. Iwillslao ell smh this property , if desirel,the Yract nf Laud im asodintaly adj.Hning, 00 Which is siiuated a largo and conifortabU Dwelling House, with all necesssry oat oUHts, containing two bundled and filly seres Al so, two iMher Tracts ia the immediate vicinity of the Falls, containing nearly sne thousand acres. A par lieuladeacripiimi of thsee lauds is dee rues' unneoes sar,s h is presumed no per. on would purchase such Valoal'le pro)Mrty without a pcriiial view of the premises.. Early sppbaMion is desired, as I am de ter mined to tell l us above property will be shown on iDDllcalioa lo uie at Forestville, and all letters addresttd to aa e at that place will be promptly attended to. JAS. D, .NEWBOM, Forestville, Wake CouniT, 96 wSm. Nov.4tb. 1846. S STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA SursEMB Couar June Term. 1346. Iu the matter of Thomas B. Sharps, Starkey Shsrpe, John B. Sharps, Jacob Sharps aud Elisha H. Sharpe. The Petitioners set forth thai, under a Decree of thi Court, iu tha suit Etisha Scull aud Sarah, his wife, sgainst Lemuel JrrnegaN, certaiu meneye were paid iulo Court by the Defeudaut, to which it was declared the said Sarah was entitled as if tha same wer RhsJ Ketata i.that the said Sarah is dead, hav ing never had any issue by the said Elisha'Scull; that the Petitioners are her only heira-at-law, sad they pray that ths said moneys may be paid to them : Therefore, il is ordered that notice, by Advertisement in the Raleigh Register for six weeks, of the filing of Ihe Petition, be given to Elisha Scull, that he may, if he thiuks proper, appear at the next Term of this Court, and shew cause, if be can, why the Prayer el said Petition shonld not be granted. EOMUNO B. FREEMAN, Clerk. IiVlPORTAIM T SA LE OF ft Land, Negroes, &c. . nY TltlTUE ol.a led of Trual, made by Danirl Tusncb, the undersigned will sell at the residence of the said Danikl Tbrnbb. four miles South ef the Town of Wnrrenlon, N. C, 011 Wednesday, tha 16th day of December next, all the Land owued by bim, coasistiiitf the Tract 00 which hs resides, containing about 1300 acre's, and another adjoining thereto, contaiuiug about S400 acres Tha Land is of excellent quslity, in a perfectly healthy region of Country, and ia the midst of good society. ; The Buildings on ths first named Tract, are new and very extensive. The Dwelling House is finished ia very superior style, and probably there is not in the State a more beauiiful, or a more desirable residence. At the same time snd place, the undersigned will elf by virtue sf the same Deed, and by full authori ty from Thomas Tusmkb, of Granville County, the Land aud Mill ewoed by the said Thomas aud the said Daniel Turner. The Mill being within one and one half mile of the said Town of Warrentou, and the Land attached thereto contaiuiug about 300 acres, exteodiug lo within sne mile of the same place Tha Mill ia wall situated to command a good cus tom, aud is en a never-failing stream, snd the Land is; in part. Well timbered aud is of good quality. At Ihe same time and place, the undersigned will ell under the same Deed, " X NT-aiUaiaaUUJ ??Qt&fB 25 Shares ef Stock iu the Roanoke Navigaliou Company; all the crop of Corn, Fodder, Tobacco, Oats, Wheat and Peas, raised by the said Dauiel Turner, tha present year ; all his Stock of Horses, Cattle, Hogs iai Sheep, ail his Plantslion Tools, bis Carriage, Wagons, Carts, and his Household and Kitchen Furniture. The sale will be continued from day to day, until all ia disposed of. Tbs several ' Varts of Land and Mill, will be sold on a credit of P. mouths, with interest from the day of sale; aud the Negroes, aud other property, 00 a credit of six mouths, with iuterest from lbs same lime. And, it ia not doubled, thut by an arrangement with the creditors, lor whose benefit alio said Deed was made, a much longer indulgence may be had. Bond aud security will, in every case, be required before the property is removed. . ALFRED ALSTON, WILLIAM PLU.MMrlR. . . Trustees. Wenrntoo. N C, ) Oet.31. IB46 9t!" STATE OF NOKPH CAkOMNA. u'mti Cott In Equity, Fail 'Perm. 1846. i'sner E Hines, Attorney of Aes Jones, Jemima Junes, and Usrdnsr Janes, and Bethany his wife. v. Thsophilus Dsil, ExV orThi.mss Dail, snd Wsde Buiu.Adm'r of Elisabeth Craft. and Alligood Olds, snd (tally his wife, Galaey McCay, Reuben Ksules, t-.and Musswa his Hts, Jsmoa Spivey and Rebrcca hie wile, and Sally, Bethany and John O. Dsil. and Jolly and Thomas Olds, and Floyd Albrilton. and Piukey bis w 161, and (jideon, Thomas and Arthur Olds, snd Minerva Olds, and Willism, John and Thomas Dail, and Jefferson, Dicksrson, Madison, Elias. Albert Dail, and Dicey, wife of KeJdick Barfield. In this case, il appearing that the Defendants Alli good Okie, and bally his wile,' Oauey McCsy, Reu ben Raules.and Minerva bis wife, Jsmee Wpivey, end Rebecca his wife, Bally. Bethany and John O. Dail. and Jolly and Tuomae Old, and Ho)d AlbriUun, and Piuksy hie wife, end Gideon, Thomas snd Ar tliur Old, snd William, John jnd. Thomas' Dsil. and Jefferson, Dickerann, Madison. E lias, Albert Dail, snd Dicy wife of Keddick Barfield, are Bon reetdenls of the Bute of North Csrolins: I, Charles Edwards, Clerk and Master in Equity for the Coot It Of Greene, do according to tbs set of AsMunbfy in such ree made, by this advertisement, te be in serted in the Italaigh Register six weeks, hereby notify the befiwe awnliooed non-re-ident Defamlsnts, lo appear b, fore his Honor, Ihe J udge of thetttrprrior Court of Law and Equity, ai the'next Term of said Court he held for the County of Greene, it the Dvurt UoeM in enow Bill, 00 tbs secmd Mooday sfUr the MHirlk Monday in March nexC end plead, aoswet ew dacset te Complainants' Bill ef eaisapistatei WaVTwieav ..the same will be taken aa confsssi'd by thra, and hsad r parte. I Witnvve, Cka. Edward. Clerk and If aster of said Cwrt. at Office, in eaid County, iba tad Metv day after ths 4 lb Mooday ef Saenhst, A. D, 184. , CHAe EDWA&D6, & U. E. pt. Adv.M.j . : w-iT STATE LEGISLATURE, RsroeTKD roa tub Rkoisteb. SENATES MoNaf, November, 30. Mr. Camersn introduced a Bill to incorporate the MsrcluHit'sStemboatComwi, Which passed first , Ihe Bill to incorporate Buck Horn AtJtwenrjr, in tie County of Hertford, passed third reading and was ordered to be engrossed. The Resolution in favor of William Alexander, passed eeicoud reading. ' " Mr. Enringhaas introduced a Bill to incorporate the Perquimans and Pasquotank Gsardi ; which was read tne first tune and ordered to be referred to tlni Committee on Military A flairs .:. . ; - Mr. Ehruigliaus also introduced a Dill to incor porate the Pasquotank Artillerists; which also passed first reading and Ws referred to the saroeComouttee. The Bill to amend an Act of the last Session, en titled aa Act la favor of Poor Debtors, passed second reading and was, on motion of Mr. iialsey. ordered to lie on the (able. Tha Rennet of tha fnmmilf Mt An Pwifmaitilna mru tjMevajaces, advertse to -the memorial of sundry citi sensrof the fowttof FavettHVillxWiu L11.Ua in rtm,l on luotioa of Mr. WaddelL ordered to lie on a table:: ".. . T The Engrossed Reflation in favor of James Wiggins and A. .Nicholls, passed second reading. The Bill to incorporate Cedar Falls Mimiifiii'liir ing Company, passed second reading. 'Pi,. t' j d:h . 1 . . ... w curvaicu uui im rrpeai an a in, relation to the Baanaer in which Spii-itoua liuuors shall be i.:ii i t. r .: 1 ' . retailed In the Counties of Richmond and New Hanover, passed ita second reading. . A message was received from the House, eoneur- ing in the proposition of the Senate to request His Excellency, the Governor, to announce oflieiaJIy the result of ths Election Returns fur and against tho establishment of a Penitentiary. On motion of Mr. Howard, a message was. sent to the House, proposing that the Houses proceed, at lli o'clock, on Weduesouy lies', to tne election ol Attorney General A message woe1 received from the House, concur ring in the proposition of the Senate to raise a J oiut Select Committee on Public Buildings. 1 be Resolution tn favor of James rage, was taken uu, and the amendment of Mr. Frauds, in favor. of Samuel J. Fiucb, was rejected. Mr. tiraves moved to amend the Itcaolution by striking, out the words: ua,ul the usual pay for mileage for his atttndance on tie Heaatt" which was also rejected. Mr. Hoan called tor the Teas ami nays, wntcn were us follows : Yeas 13, Nays 32. The Resolution then passed third reading uud Was ordered to be engrossed. The Senate then DroceeftWf to the consideration of the order of the day, via: The Bill to incorporate the t amUen and Charlotte Rail Road Company, and the amendments proposed thereto by the Committee ou Internal Improvements. The said amendments were severally agreed to. Mr. Patterson moved amendments to the !L'3dand 24th sections of the Bill ; which were agreed to. Mr. Francis aim moved ainenriinentsto the 21tn and 25th sections of the bill; which were severally agreed to. Alter several verrjsu amcmimemi proposcu oy Messrs. Patterson, Gilchrist and ether Senators, which were aareed to. Mr. Thompson moved to a- mend ths Bill by adding an amendment to the 30th section of the Bill ; which was adopted. He also moved to amend the Bill by adding the following al ter the 34th section, vis: And be it further enacted, That in case 01 an insol vency of the Company hereby created, or ultimate inability on the part of this Company to pay. the in dividual Stockholders shall be liable to creditors in sums equal to the amount of Stock by them respec tively held in said Corporation. During the consideration and discussion of said amendment, and before the question was taken t her l-- on, the Senate adjourned until to-morrow morning, at 10 o'clock. ' HOUSE OF COMMONS. Messrs. Plemine, Gambill, George and Harrison, were appointed the Committee . ou Enrolled Bills, for the present week. Messrs. Walser, Britton, Reid, Long and Holden, were appointed pn behalf of the House, tho Joint Select Committee on Public Buildings. Mr Steele, of Richmond, presented a memorial from sundry citizens of Montgomery County, against County Court juries; which was referred to the Committee on Propositions aud Grievances. On motion of Mr. Mcbaiie, of Orange, it was or dered that the Message of His Excellency, the Gov ernor of Saturday lost, transmitting the Report of the Board of Internal Improvements, be referred to the Committee on Internal Improvements with in structions te examine and report what portions of the documents accompanying said Message should be printed. Mr. BroweTj of Randolph, presented the following Resolution which was adopted : Resolved, That a message be sent to the Senate, proposing to raise a Joint Select Committee of three on the part of each Mouse, to designate the time und manner of counting aud-comparing the votes cast lor Governor at the late August election. Mr. Potts, of Mecklenburg, presented a Resolu tion in favor of the Troop of Cavalry in the County of Mecklenburg t which passed first reading, aad was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. W. F. Jones, of Rutherford, iutroducedalJill to amend the Militia Laws of this State; which passed first reading and was referred to the Couimi: tee on Military Affairs. Mr. Washington, of Craven, a Bill concerning Drysborough, in the County ofC'ruvcn ; which pas-. Bed first reading and was referred to the Ceuiinitteti mm Pvie-tia Rills. i- !. . Mr. Hayes, of Cherokee, bill to amend an " AeM entitled an Act for tne reuer 01 cerwuu pui-uuiojot of the Cherokee Land, (Act of 1839, chap. J4 ;) whicu nasscd nrst readinz and was referred to the Joint Select Committee on Cherokee Lends. Mr. Baxter, of Henderson, a Bill relating to the Public Roads in Henderson County ; which passed first reading. Mr. Wilder, of Wake, a Bill In addition to on Act in the Revised Statutes, entitled an act concern ing Mills, Millers, &a " Mr. Gwynn, a Bill for the relief of Securities ; which passed first reading and was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. ' , Mr. Gilliam, from the Committee on the Judicia ry, reported unfavorably on ths passage of the Bill to amend the 42d section of the Revised Statutes, en titled Slaves and Free Persons of oolor. The report was concurred in and ths Bill rejected., Mr. Banter, of Henderson, presented a-petitiou frost the citizens of Henderson.- against the erection of a eew County, to be called Lafayette, out wiper. tions of Henderson and Rutherford. Mr. W. F. Jones, of Rutherford, said it was not proposed to erect a County out of Henderson, but they merely wanted that part of the territory which originally and rightfully belonged to Rutherford.. - Mr. Smith, of Orange, objected to the eetuHiah ment of the County. He was opposed to cutkag up the Counties throughout the State ; thought U was a bad precedent ; and it was subject whii h not on ly interested the citizens of the Counties which it was proposed to divide, but also, the whole State of North Carolina. He thought it the ineaas of levy ing an unnecessary tax lie intended to vote for the erection of one new County, to be called Gaston, when that bill should come before the House ; but he was opposed to the establishment of a new Coun ty out ef Henderson and Rutherford. He, said it wss the means of creating unnecessary taxes upon the people ; that it would lead to an iacrease.of the Solicitors and Judees of the State.: that it would impose an additional burthen upon the people in the slutpe of County tax ; that the mania for dividing Counties, had its origin in selfish motives ; that there were always to he found, persons having ambitious desire to fill the offices created by the erection of new Counties , that in large and roapeetaW Coun ties, the adiniuistratioB of justice was more J4 impartial from the fact that Jurors oonung from the more reaaoU part, ef the County do uot form ot exj press beforehand, opinions as to the salts to he tried before them. He said, tha la tee stablishjnent of said County, it would also add en additional tax by tka MtHlirAMit af new Roads and Bridges ; that U large Counties, tht utiaatt of the Public Officers were adequate to insure Officers well qualified to per forin the duties aligned them when, in ones, the salary being insufticlent, the Officers gen. erslly elected to SU public statioris, were incompe tent to perfunu the duties. He Mr. S.l said, the division of j le State, some of the Counties heretofore made In hud given ruse to a gseat deal of excite. mentas men, who had formed local attachmenUL I rreqiiently cutoff ftfrotheirfbnnerassocial.it n P""?" m V" adst or those with wheu they had no identity of feeling or interest. 4.C., ,t Mr. Baxter said he regretted the necessity of again clainiing the indnlje B ce of the House upon the Bill under couaidcr-.uio.i : but fromtba npnarlca mul.k. Uic gcntlciwm ft-rnu Ro,therfoi-d (W. F Jones) end the Kentleniau fwra Vancy, (Mr. Fleming,) he could not in justice te himself, or his constituents, avoid It It was not reason or argiuncnt he had to meet, but the facts by which their arguments were sought to be supported. He 'had introduced a protest from forty-eight gentleincu of high character, sgaiiut the passage of the Bill, who represented themselves as living in that portion of Hrndersou County detached from Rutherford two yeoi-s ago, and this . avcrne&t ,a of theirs had been dcuied by the gent lenittu' front Rutherford. Iu this ths gcxttlemsn himself was mistaken, of whidi he would be satisfied .after hear- -ing the names read. (Jlcre Mr. Baxter read amiiu ber of name?, and Mr. Joues, of Rutherford, admit' tel that they lived iu the territory uforesoid, and within the limits of the proposed County.) Some strong things iVaid Mr. B.) would appear in the In vestigation of the case. Bv reference to the memo rial iiravine for tho estuUishment of this Countr 'a 1 number uf numea seenud to be written bv the same ' '1 1 l.. .-' . ... . r ., .r hand, but as he understood it was done bv authori ty. A large uuiubcr of the names were the some, but whether they were intended to represent differ .' ent persons, he could not say. There were alsoafc ;" fixed to the memorial, the names of gentlemen living' in South Carolina xud several boys not over fit. teen wore placed 'a petitioners for and-against iL ... If there was any fraud in the inntter, he acquitted' the gentleman from Rutherford from all participa tion in it, X . Huvinjt dixposcd of the gentleman froxu Rufher ford, In- would next notice the gentleman from Yau- "j i-y. 1 (11s gentlem.iu had t)ccii pleased to b both severe and complimentary. His opposition (said Mr. B.) afforded great pleasure, but his compliments for the future he hoped would be withheld. The gentleman from Yauey knd spoken without any, I I Knowledge or the tacts wbich lie had stated, ana lit so doing, hail spoken what was not true. Jt was not true that he (Mr. B.) was elected four years ag to a scat in the Hall, because he had advocated- this measure. On the contrary, he hod never heard of it 'till the day of election in that year ; and though hehnd Introduced a Bill to establish a new County to embrace part of tho some territory included n this Bill, he did not represent to the Legislature then, or at any other time, that it contained a popu. . lation of 6000, or a territory of 23 miles squue$ But on the contrary, when the Bill was undsr con sideration, and be being called upon to state wheth er it would contain the K'Oth part of the Federal population, he stated thut it would not. In' this ' statement, he called upon members who were then present to sustain hiin. The gcntletsan ft'oni LJn coin on his right, (Mr. tfhite,) said" he recollected ft " and (suid Mr.. B.) it was his candor that defeated the Bill. He thought the gentlenutn from Yancy labored to fix upon hhn inconsistency in this, that a he then voted for the proposition snd waanow found in opposition to it. In that part of his speech, he said it was not the same proposition, but differed material ly from it. In proof of that, hs stated that he had t conversation with the gentlemen who had this inntter under their peculiar car&before any decision was had, und proposed that if they would adopt the Billoffur ed in 1842, as a substitute, that he would give it hie support. His propositions were then refused, aatf he was driven to oppose the present Bill. After the discussion on the Bill on Friday last, his proposition was accepted and compromise agreed upon, but a few minutes before the bill was called up, he was notified by the gentleman from Rutherford that te could not adhere to H. If there was no material difference in the two bills, why did not the gentle man accept his amendment as a substitute? He said the gentleman from Yancy labored to establish fur ther inconsistency upon him in this, that notwith- standing hU.qjujik)u that the territory and provnek-' tion was, lusiiHicitnt, still lie proposcu to vote tortus measure if the limit. were contracted. This was true, provided it be an' inconsistency. But he was opposed to tho Bill iji its present form upon two grounds ; first, because it would tend to destroy tha village of Rutherford, and include within the new County many respectable citizens who were unwil ling to he separated from their present County and associations; secondly, because it had not sufficient population ; but being a uoii-cunproiuising man ol a compromising disposition, he had conscutcd to yield the lost objection, provided the friends of the meas ure would yield the former. Perhaps he ought not, to yusld anything, but if he had done wrung, it ai in deference to the opinions ef those geutlemt u who condemned his course, and iu consideration of tho desire he had to accommodate the inembe-s who had liberally patroniaed him professedly and voted for him almost unanimously. He intended to. cast no reflections on the Committee who reported the Bill, or any member of k by what he said on Suturd-jy. It was then urged by the gentleman tnun Pitt, (Mr. Harris,) that the report of the Committee ought to be respected, and as the osiuuniareviiua n-p favor of the Bill, he should snpan-r If. In aiiiW', to thnt, he (Mr. B.) said that the Committee to win thlx hill waa referred, was a Select Committee, anl such a Committee as usually appointed 'from then-1 own predilections in favor of the measure. 1 11 ad li-1 tion to this, the Bill was referred anl reiwrted upou before his arrival, und consequently hiseoiistitueii.i werc net herrd ; unr, were the counter, petitions some four ur five hundred in number from Ruther-foi-d County Uua hoard. ' Many , ted said that a ..fraud was committed m chanjrinz rW-fane liettvnn gondersou nud Rutherford Countieji that it haJ jenjjoata without the knowledge of the persons nf- fecteff by"It. This was not so. Almost ths eutin population added to Henderson County by that Art. were well pleased; proviJed they could not be favor-. ed with a new County, many pretcrrea 11 ; nun 'insinuations and reflections upon the character "i the gentleman who had the matter in cJiurge, wotil fail to produce any impression en this I loiie. Hf was too well known as a gentleman of unbi-ndmi. probity. The seat formerly occupied by him in tLH House, was filled by others, and bis useiutuess n paired by bad health, which he is now laboring tn restore by visiting a milder climate ; bulPhis labor here in behair or his native state, win long m- " membered by all who knew his zeal nnd aliilit IL the discharge of public duties. In conclusiun, )' " markiil upon the impropriety of forcing a poitwa his coustituenti, against their wiU, into a newCout fiinn nw .aaMirJAiiuiia. anil submit to h:: taxes, invariably ejactcd in smaUCounties,for Cout ty purposes, ate. , . nr. v P Trn. .mntherford. said that if ther were, any people iu the State of North Caroliua thuj neeiltd relier oy tne iegisiaimx, - 1 the people he had the honor of representing upon m flooiwthat portion of the people struck" on n.,ti..,fi,.l .n.l attached to Henderson County moat outrageous fraud was committed upon them" Win thBmfroni their County without tbeir kno - erlge o? consent. He held that it was ""ul'2u., the Constitution of the State and of the tn States, to alienate an uisinuicnrrc "j r- r . v ! u,i n ,rnM ao-nlnst the la' 0' lu Country. Such an act, or tantamount 11, ; " ' .1 ,?..!. The soujrht relitT pubUc meetings-feeing Lawyers anU eMant . .1 ."u . hut thev were told that m" j wage on wib bu- , ----,. , ,rii .; ing eouia ne aoo ,, s ths next Legislature met ; and now, ns the U q 1 v. orthoa. people, he asked relief rttheh-J of the Legtsuuure tor vuem. lie a.. miv . .1. I.K ha nllioF netitinnem tothis honor'-t W2BMIH " r ,1 bodT ror a new vouniv, laourw uuu B- -,. 1 !TJ:. . - T.L i tk. Stni thev live 1 W.auwuiw aa pewj - . a a distance from ten to thirty-five iniles from I County scat, having to pass over, to get te n, 1 tka ua r.in-iml bn.kpa and worst roads W AaiT I crossing two large rtvers, Green end Breadi and passing through four gates. He asked if people were to be forever debarred from the pn leges enjoyed by the citisensrfoUier portion U nt, J-STiU. n. n.mnties have been estabust' fine roads made throughout the Country, Acad e J built np, mi Schools estabUsaea, bbcuwb 1 t f a 1 e v I 0 f u ll tl o T fi ti 8 M ai A an pa ' te po an re or th H A. 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