The Greensborough patriot [October 7, 1859]

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BY SIIERWOOD & LONG. 3 iFamili? Xetospapcr—33eboiet> to iliteraturr, agriculture, Jttanufacturrs, (Commerce^ anfc imiscellaneous Bcaotng. TERMS—$2.00 IN ADVANCE.
VOL. XXI. GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1859. NO. 1056.
BUSINESS CARDS.
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J, Lexington, N C. Feb. 17,
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
1858 «72 tf.
l.<>\«>. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
GKEENSBOROUGH, N. C.
B. A. A. II ILL,
LEXINGTON, N. C
(•It 111 «t I'TLEf. COMMISSION AND
i rwarding Merchants, Kayetteville, N. C.
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- <•„ EBEEMAX, WITH ABBOTT, JONES &
\ . Co.. Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy
." \ Goods, No. 16S Market Strsst, Philadelphia.
llBS.C L. &.R. L. P.ifNE, COPARTNERS
\) -n the practice of Msdisins, Obstetrics and Surge-
,,. laiagUM, N. C.
D~RS. COFFIN At COBLE, JAMESTOWN,
\* i". Lave associated themselves together for the
opssiof PRACTICING MEDICINE in all its various
•',' ■"•<■•• Special attention given to SURGERY. Of-
.;,»:!: II. Depot. Feb. 1869. 24 tf.
■ kh. JAMES K. HALL. HAVING REMOVED
j I Grsensborongh, N. C, offers his Professional
.,..". >• t.. la* i ublic. office on West Market Street,
, • ase recently occupied »s a residence by Hon.
.'_. A «.iliii<-r. February, 1868. *J7U If
t iW COPARTNERSHIP.—I. A. I-«»N<i v
Ij.i } CALDWKLL, Greensborough, N. C, having
.:. 1 themselves i" 'be practice of the law. in the
...' •. lilford county, will promptly attend to all
,.._»...■T.trt-'ied to llieir care. Jan. 1868. 967 tf
lOlIX "W- PAYNE, ATTORNEY AT LAW.
J having! ■manently located in Groensborough, N.
will nttenil the Courts of Randolph Davidson and
• l>_»-.-: promptly attend to the collection of all
.'.: r placed in his lands. Jan. 9, 1857. 915 tf
t»'*TSO\ &■ >IEARS, GENERAL COM Ml3-
\^ t „ >;-■ , -. :•' Burling Slip. New York.—
. _ ... , '„. .it. the sale of Orain. Cotton and
!«. «„ rbern prod lets. HasTLiberal advances made
r.Vwf -■• • «*^
III*. >*. P- Pt7«SB IS PERMANENTLY SET-
[f :.. l in HIGH POINT, N C, where he will stive
. .z. iisi :■ i attention tc the duties of his profession.
I. .■ »1 stient ion given to Obstetrics and the Diseases
,| Women and Children. July, 1859. 4:itf
TV U X.»VI». w- "• HAKDBS.
||.4«'|S& filKDEE. PRODUCE COMMIS-jl
,;• a Merchants, I*e«er»burp, Va.
iy Liberal CASH advances made upon consign-r-
aM. when desired. Sept.23,1869. 648ni
liftMBLETOrV SIIEPPERD, ATTORNEY
It .1 LAW, formerly f Salem, N. <".. but now of
Irtvlnton. Georgia.
. "«':'. r.Taetice in the counties of Wilkinson. Twiggs,
I none, Polaski, lrwin. Wilcoz, Telfair, Montgom-
>and Washington. Jan. 21, 1859. ly
. (.,(, J. M. CLAl-.i.
jlLLEN &. CLARK, COMMISSION MER-
|A ' BASTS,Wllllltnaton. H.C Prompt per-
, «Iattention given to consignments of Naval Stores,
.-. » f other Country Produce, for sale or shipment.
. tier* in Lime. Plaster, Cement, Hair, ico.
.imiary 20, 18,','.' ly
BUSINESS CARDS.
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THE PATRIOT.
M. S. SHERWOOD. JAMKS A. LOHO.
SHERWOOD & LONG,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
TERMS: fi.OO A TEAR, IW ADVANCE.
| (ieo. H. Seeley,
■orU*\Wm. A. Scott.
I V SPERRY, oi" \o. Hi Carolina.
|A. With WM. GRAYDON & CO.,
; rvn and Jobber of Dry Goods, 48 PARK
| ;...< £ and 41 BARCLAY STREET.
«r«.Graydon,lM
•u bfayuon. )
|H>evember. 1858. tf
« I ROWLAND. I W. 1). RBTHOLDS. | J. H. ROWLAND.
l|IOfvl.4\» &. BEYXOLDS, SUCCESSORS
lit to Anderson & Beynol Is. Orocersand Commission
BUrcnants, NOBFOLK, Ya. fajy* Pay particular at-
I :•: :. !•■ the bale of Hour, drain. Tobacco, etc., avoid-
M nnnecessary charges, and rendering prompt re-
M, December, 1867. 903 tf
[V.'.vl. H. H1BH<4EY, COMMISSION MER-
'I chant and 'le- eral Agent, Morehead City. N. ('.
ill attend to buying, selling, receiving and forwarding
kin I» of produc. And merchandise.
| '.■••-'ncei—Oov. J. M. Morehead. Orecnsborough. N.
John H. Haughton, Esq.. Newberne, N. C Dr. F.
Hill. Wilmington. N. C. H. A. Loudon, Esq.. Pitts-oagh,
N. C. June 1, 1858. 987 tf
EXINCtTON JEWELRY STORE.—
li The subscribe! IIH^. on hand the fine GOLD LE-
|...l WATCHES manufactured by Johnson of Liver-
, and Ltixon of London. Also, the Silver Lever
I ma and common Virge Watch, with a variety of
r.HKI.KV of ail descriptions. All or which will be
(id 1 "W tot cash. Watches of all descriptions repaired'
tf GEORGE RILEY.
COTTON .fl 4NI CACTI RERS,
PATETTEV1LLE, X. C.
Have established an .igency with Messrs. J.&F. GAR-KE'ir,
tor the sale of the following articles, which we
warrant To he of best quality, viz :
COTTON YARN. STOCKING YARN.
CARPET WARP, WRAPPING TWINE,
CANDLE WICK. BATTS FOR QUILTS,
SEWING THREAD, (S'rongfor coarse work.)
1). SCOTT, Jr. | D. W. C. BENBOW.
Septembei l. 1859. 51 3m
TAILORING.—Till, s.nsi'i;1 C0M-menceu
the Tailoring: Bll -.•.»•%• ii the
Suop formerly occupied by Jas. P. Jol He Al-bright's
Hotel, where he will be pleased . . wait upon
his old friends and customers, and I he public generally.
The latest fatlliOIIN just receive... No effort
shall be want.ng to render entire satisfaction to all who
favor him with their patronage. (Jive bin. a trial.
A. D1LWOKTH.
September 20, 1869 54 2m.
C'HARCES S. FEATHER,
J WHOLESALE DF\LER IN
BOOTS. SHOES AND BROGAiVS,
No. 4'J North Third Street, above Market St..
Philadelphia,
Respectfully solicits the attention of Merchants to his
stock of City and Eastern Manufacture, adapted to the
trade of North Carolina.
B*aS~ Particular attention paid to Orders.
Refers wi*'h permission to Messrs. J. R- A: J, Sloan,
Greensborough, N. C. Oct. 8, 1868. ly
Bates of Advertising.
ONI dollar per square for the first week, and twenty-five
cents fer every week thereafter. TWELVB LINKS OB
LESS making a square. Deductions made in favor of
standing matter as follows:
3 MONTHS. 6 MONTHS. 1 TIAB
One square, $3 50 $5 50 $8 00
Two squares, 7 00 10 00 14 00
Three " 10 00 15 00 20 00
ed. Was known to be one of the best busi- donation It wa*; not due them by their
NM. .1I4RTIN. RRO. & CO.. GROCERS
• AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. No. 139,
Sycamore Street, Petersburg, Va.
N. M. MARTIN. SON & CO..
COMMISSION' M E R (! IF A NTS,
Ric-Iamonri. Va.
X. M. MATtTIN, iR.,
R. A MARTIN,
w. K. MARTIN,
KO. TASSAHTXL,
H. L. 1M.1 JIMKII, JR.,
X. M. MA&l IS, JR.
s.
Jfcjy*Slriet personal attention given to the sale of pro-duce
Orders for goods promptly tilled."i^a -PUy
A. PEI'.TIMER. IMPORTER AND DEAL-er
in Eutflisl! and Ainericau
HARDWARE,
SADDLERY HARDWARE, AND
CARRIAGE MATERIALS,
No. 10 BoUingbrook Strut.
(SKIN OF THE KKV)
NEXT DOOR TO LIBRARY HALL,
PETERSBI RG, VA.
ALL GOODS SOLD AT NEW YORK PRICES.
June 1, 185». "8 lvpd
OTTO III BER. J i: U i: I. E E R A N B
WATCH-MAKER. West Market. GRRBNSBORO'.
N. C, has on hand and is receiving a splendid and wen
selected stock of fine and fashionable Jewelry of cvery
descriptien. among which may be found several magni-ticieut
Bets of Coral Jewelry.
He has also a stock of f*ne (!old and Silver Watches.
All repairing done in the REST MANNER and war-ranted.
All persons purchasing Jewelry, would do well
to call on him before purchasing elsewhere, as he is
confident that he can sell as good bargains as can be
bought in this market.
August 1st, 1868. 990 tf.
M. SCOTT.
B-WILL.
I.. BC" IT.
•('OTT & SCOTT. ATTORNEYS AND COUN-
.r-. at Law, GREENSBOROCGH, N. C,
11 attend the Court' of Gullford, Alamance, Ran-b.
Davidson, Forsylhand Rockingham All claims
sled to them foi collection, will receive prompt
■• n. «'flice on North Street, fonnii door from
I May'a corner.
I l.NENBENUAEE, LAND AGENT, WILL
I'. select an I • nti r Government Land. Locate Land
• .•-•-. i ake investments for capitalists at Western
V -. ; y t ,\o- ||id l snsacl a general real estate bu-
■-. in Minnesota Iowa and Wisconsin. Address,
* *:«•, Minnesota,
at.*—Hon. J. M. Morehead. fleorge C. Men-oL
Walter Gwynn and IIm John A. Gilmer.
laj,8,lS5C. 888 tf
li
' II. 'ItlUKV Si. CO., FACTORS AND
'1.1 ■†† ssi n Merchants, Agents for the sale And
.... '. inon Flour, Orain, Salt, Groceries, &c,
' rprincess and Water Streets. Wilmington, N. C.
- :nl a lvanc.es on Consignments.
-..». ..-ii. |t. Savage, Cashier Kant, of Cape
" DiIlOSSET •- Urown, Wilmington, N. C. F. i'
:-,\ Salem, N. i . C. Graham S Co., Marion C.
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LW'l 6, THOMAS has removed his HAR-
'- ■• SHOP to the rooms recent'y occupied by
••• in. Esq., two doors North of LINDSAY'S
, . p posits the New Court llousi
■•'•i [sed to receive calls from his old
•.. . • . ; ally. It is his intention
• • ■-,:.:■. on hand a GOOD ASSORTMENT
[HARNESS, and ther articles in his line, which
on reasonable terms.
•' >'. 20, 1969.
|ASIE8 >!. EDXET. 117 Ctoamhc-r^-sl.
s , k, b iv- i very kind of Merchandiie on the
• •• 1 forwards for -} percent, commission.
'■.... ParloT Organ-. Organ Meli I
•--. J irps, Guitars, Stools, Covers. Music, etc.,
•• . I retail All Instruments warranted.
"-'• ! r "Lindsay's Patent Tump," Garden En-
He. i rs of Instruments and Pumps senl
•• lioation. Refers to John A. Gilmer, C. P
•; ... D. I.. Swain, and others. 950
l\" t .OOWF.M/s l»lsol»KraplilcGal-
• Irry i» now opened, and Cameotypes, Melaino-
. ' M i'.IM'I'Y I'I'.S. which cannot be surpassed
in and BEAUTVare taken in Lockets,
• •' >■>■'-. to suit the tastes and purses of all.—
aanently located in (ireensborough, they
■† † ' .■ expect u liberal patronage.
I •" ill and examine Specimens, and learn the
'• ■ formerly occupied by A. Starrell. sec-
Garrett'a brii k building. Wist Market St.,
' i agh, N. C. Sept., 1869. 58 tf
|i*®»'i;il & BAKER'S SEWING HA-
"INE^ —The attention of Housekeepers Seam-
' "• Bl makers and Tailors, is invited to the
_•••' excellence of (irover & llal.ns
I Is bines They are simple in construction,
. -'* Lrable i . operation, heantlful in model
_• •■• in i applicable alike to families or nianufac-
!..!'! '*'■> ;"''' D*deal that their Machines are
-': VV :'""' ' tBe ' •u!'1'-- and refer for oonfir- :'- » pinion to the thousands of families who
*"' ''•'.■in. price from j;:,u t„ $\^;u
... J. R. & J. SLOAN, Agents.
'*-••« *:.;.s.os. a if
1CNUEKICII & SMITH.
NO. 43 NORTH THIRD STREET.
Philadelphia.
Invite the attenti .n of the trade of .NORTH CAROLI-NA
to their |:ii'u;< i;i;i varil'd atlut'li. of
Rio CotTeo,
Sugar*, tte.,
which are offered at i!ic
lowest nclt cateis,
and in lots to vuit }ttir« ?j:t •( :••*.
Their purchases bciug made
cxeluSlvcl} lor «:i«i!»,
enables them to offer
Oool'S AT VERY LOW FIGGRKS.
January 1, 1859. ly
1.1 ROSSET, BROWN & CO.,
f WILMINGTON N. C.
BROWK, OE ROSSET *i < '"
[iK,
COMMISSION MERC I v I
IV Importers of pure Peruvian and outer Guanos,
Land Plaster, etc.
IV >n\e Agents at Wilmingtonsior Reese's Manipu-lated
Guano, and W . V. _itclock ^ Co.'s Suj i rphosphate
of Lime.
IV Particular attention given tc tiie sale of Naval
Stores, Cotton and other Produce.
April •..). l.s.-,9. 33 (in.pd
I,'*!.«.. ls.-.s! Hamilton &Grabani,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS.
An now pn ; .: I to oflei u th m ! - rahle terms,
to WHOLESALE BUYERS, a large stock ol For-
I'illll aild P»<»l»M-s!i» I9|'V «;os»«ll. selected
with gre it care for the Fall .v Winter Trade,
which, lor variety beauty, ami its adaptation to the
NORTH CAROL! N \.
\ IRGINIA, AND
TENNESSEE TRADE,
will be found second tonone Buyers frot lions
are in\ ted to a close and rigid examination >f our Stock,
pries &c. No. 60 SYCAMORES I IEET,
September 10. Petershure, V*.
1|lBBONS, iiSU.EJNI.i8V and STRAW
a Goods.—Fall and v» :nf • ;. IS&9.
Airmstrong, Gator i\." <Jo.,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF
RIBBONS,
Roimt'l Mlks and Satin.
VELVETS, RUCHE, FLOWERS,
FEATHERS. STRAW BONNETS, PLATS, &C.
No. 2U7 and Lofts of 239 Baltimore Street.
Hall imore, Mil.
Offer a stock unsurpassed in the Cnited States iu vari-
: ety and cheapness.
Orders so kited and prompt attention given.
Terms 0 mos., >i per cent, off for cash, par funds.
August 1859. 49 4m*
J. W. HOWLBTT, l>. 1>. S. J- '• HoWLXTT.
JW. HOWLETT & SON. DENTISTS. RE-
• spectfully offer their professional services to the
. citizens of Greensborough and all others who may de-
[ sire operations performed on their teeth in the most
approved, modern and scientific manner. They are
amply qualified to perform all and every operation per-taining
in any way to Dental Surgery, uusurppssed for
ability or beauty.
The Senior of the firm has in Ids possession Diplomas
from the Baltimore CoUege of Dental Surgery, Ameri-
! an Society of Dental Surgeons, and Dr. S. 8. Fitch of
| Philadelphia, and has been in the regular practice ot
the profession for over twenty years.
They have furnished their Operating rooms on West
Street, two doors above the BRITTAIN BOFSE, in a
I handsome and comfortable manner for the reception of
! Ladies, where one of I he firm may always be found.—
I Ladies will be waited on at their residences if desired.
June 23, 1850. 837
OUR INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.
To the Editors of the Greensborough Patriot:
The excitement of the late Congressional
election having passed away, it is a fit time,
as well observed in your last issue, again to
call public attention to the North Carolina
Railroad, and also, to other roads in which
the State has so much money invested.—
The attention of the people must be promi-nently
called to this subject, or our public
improvements, from which we hoped so
much good would come, will keep us op-pressed
with taxation, and those portions of
the State which have derived no immediate
benefit from present improvements, which
they have been taxed to build up, can hope
for ro State aid to make improvements
nearer home. These works ought to pay
interest on the investment—and if they do
not, the people out of the vicinity of im-provements,
cannot bo expected to contribute
to building them. The investigations of the
last Legislature did much good—but owing
to a variety of causes, they were very super-ficial—
owing to the party hue, which the
dominant portion of the Legislature chose
to give to the report on the North Carolina
Road, and to the omission of every Democratic
newspaper in the State to publish it, while
every one of them abused it and its author,
the merits of that report are known only to
the readers of a few Whig papers. Net all
of those published it, or presented even a
synopsis of its contents D its readers. The
llillsboro' Recorder, before reading it, as the
editor admitted in his commentary, con-demed
it. I am not a reader of that Jour-nal,
and do not know whether it made any
further examination or commentary after
the one, made soon after its appearance, ro-published
by the Standard with commenda-tory
remarks. Besides this report, there
was another made by Mr. Outlaw on the
Western North Carolina Railroad, which,
though brief, contains some startling disclos-ures.
If this has been published in any
paper in the State, I have not seen it. I
proposo to make some commentaries sug-gested
by the facts disclosed in both reports.
Since the publication of Worth's report on
the North Carolina Railroad, John C. Mc-
Rao & Co., and the individual members of
the committee who allowed their claim, have
made publications in vindication of them-selves;
and these have called out the Engi-neer,
Col. Gywnn. These publications, in
connection with the report of the Investiga-ting
Committee, remove all doubt from the
mind of any intelligent reader, as to the
character of that extraordinary settlement.
Allow me first, to review its prominent fea-tures.
In the winter of 1854, Democracy had re-solved
that (iov. Morehead should bo dis-placed
as President of the North Carolina
Railroad, and Mr. Fisher, a democrat, was
fixed upon as his successor. Gov. Reid had
shown his purpose to make the road a source
of party patronage, by removing the Direc-tors
who had contributed largely to building
the road, and filling their places with parti-zans.
He had, at heart, tho success of his
party, and the reward of stump orators—not
\ tho success of the road—this is a harsh ini"
putation. Let us see if the facts do not fully
, warrant it.
In IS."):}, he appointed eight Directors. Six
of them were Democrats. Whether the other
two, Washington and Phillips, were tVbigs I
am ignorant. Two of them did not own one
share of stock. The other six held among
them <J- shares. They took the places of
eight Directors of the previous year, who
owned :iSS shares. In 1851, the Directors
appointed by Gov. Reid, were all democrats.
Hero are their names, with the number of
shares of stock owned by each annexed :
Fisher 10 Berry 0
Strange 1 Stephenson 0
Rand 2 Hargrove 20
Dick 5 Dortoh 20
Strange and Dortch bought their stock
after they were appointed Directors.
Although democracy now had control of
the Board of Directors; and the Governor's
favorites who ha<l much use for the road,
held the nice privilege of traveling on it, and
the rest of tho Railroads in and out of the
State as much as they pleased, without pay-ing
any thing, and receiving on an average,
above 813 per day for each Director, for
every day he attended a meeting of tho Di-rectors,
some of them not having contribu-ted
a dollar towards the stock, this was not
enough. The President was a Whig. JJis
salary was $2500 a year. It was resolved
j that a democrat must have this post. There
| was much difficulty in bringing this about.
Gov. BL hail subscribed largely to the woik,
had exerted all his powerful intellect and
untiring industry, to get the stock subscrib-ness
men of the State, and was economising
the funds of the company. This latter qual-ity,
so essential to the public interest in the
head of such a work, was rendering him un-popular
with many of the contractors and
the clamor made by them and their friends,
furnished a pretext for his removal—but how
was it to bo done ? Some honest democrats
believed that the public interests required
that ho should be retained in his post. It
was necessary to obtain some Whig votes.—
John C. McRae was a Whig. He and his
company could cast 885 votes in a stockhol-ders
meeting. They had had a heavy con-tract
on the road, amounting to about 8600,-
000. By tho terms of their contract, the
Chief Engineer was to be sole judge of the
sufficiency of their work. They were to
receive payment upon his certificate, that
their work was done according to contract.
The Chief Engineer asserts, and no ono has
contradicted it, that these contractors diso
beyod his orders—that much of their work
was badly done—that he "disapproved"
much of their work—that tho Board of Di-rectors
was frequently apprised of tho trou-ble
and difficulty these contractors gave
him. They set up a claim to a much larger
amount than they would have been entitled
to receive, if the work had been done accor-ding
to contract. The Engineer would not
approve this work, much less allow this
claim to an extra allowance. It their vote
could be had, there was a reasonable chance
of turning out Mr. Morehead, and putting in
Mr. Fisher. If democracy could invent some
way, against tho wishes of the Engineer and
the President, to put into their pockets, the
large sum they demanded, it could not bo
expect- d that they could do other than re-turn
their kindness by voting for Mr. Fisher,
especially, if the latter was active himself in
getting this bounty bestowed on them.—
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contract,; if tho work had been well done.—
It was given to them. No reason was as-signed
f»r the git. What next? At the
next anjiual meet.ng, in July 1855, John C.
McRae I Co., cast their 885 votes for Chas.
, for President, and against Gov.
L Morelnad had used his efforts to
m to the r contract. He must be
Fisher ttad generously made them
F. Fishe
Morehet
hold th
punishei
He
a handst ne gratuity out of the Treasurv.—
bo rewarded.
We n< w come i.o tho
Report o Joint Bddbt Committee to Enquire into
the M nagement of the Western North Caro-lina
L tilroad.
Tho j )int select committee, to whom was
refered ^ resolution of tho two Houses of
the G»njeral Assembly, directing them to
enquire into the management of the Wes-tern
North Carolina Rail Road Company,
submit tiie following report:
Tho committee have not had time to make
anything like a thorough examination, ot
either the financ.t l condition, or the man-agement)
of the said road. The facts which
thej- are; about to submit, have been obtained
from the statements, not under oath, made
bv the President, and Engineer, and from
certain vritten dot laments which accompany
their report. Their investigations have been
confined! exclusive!" to that part of tho road
from Haile'e to Moi'ganton.
It appears from t;ie reports and statements
of the Chief Engiroor, that the estimated
cost of tho work, tram Ilaile's to Morganton,
was sis hundred and sixty thousand dollars,
and the distance 23 45-100 miles. These es-timates
were mado.in 1856, and submitted to
tho stockholders CHI the 31st of August of
that year. By the provisions of the original
and amended charters, individuals aud cor-porations,
who we:-!} solvent, wero required
to subscribe one-third of tho estimated cost
of tho work and pay in cash 5 per cent, ol
the amount, by them respectively subscribed,
and thereupon, upon the certificate of those
facts bylthe President aud Treasurer of the
compan ■ under the seal of tho corporation,
the boa -d of Internal Improvements is re-j
• 'rio,_r »to~ *th!.i;s„, ttvh.,e v-«o*te.. o«fr Jio„hun^ Cr<. Mnic.iK>a„o. \t. i ^qui.r,ed t.oi ca, us. o ,t„ho 'p. u,b,lic -i,.re.asurer .t.o sub-
., .j n senbo in behalf u: the State double the
Co., had been cast for Gov. M. as President.
Without consultation with tho Engineer,
whose skill and fairness wero not at any
time, called in question by the Directors, or
the Company, a committee was appointed
on the 19th December, 1854, consisting of R.
M. Saunders, N. G. Rand, W. T. Dortch, and
Chas. F. Fisher, to settle this contract—all
democrats and ono of them, the intended
successor of Gov. M. They knew the Engi-neer
disapproved the work. Assuming that
they thought his disapproval proceeded from
caprice or personal dislike to the contrac-tors,
they should have dismissed him, or at
all events, employed some other Engineer,
amount.! On the iOth of August, 1858, a
certificate, stating that two hundred and
twenty thousand dollars had been subscribed,
as was provided in ;^ho amended charter, by
the eOuBty of Bortte and by another putty,
and that 5 per cent! had been paid into the
Treasury of said company, and that the
parties snaking th< subscription wero abun-dantly
solvent, was made by R. C. Pearson,
Prst., arid R. F. Siiionton, Treasurer, with
the se:d of the corporation attached. A copy
of the certificate it thereto annexed, marked
A. Tho 'facts in regard* to these subscriptions,
as far as tho comni ttce have been able to
ascertain them, are is follows : In pursuance
of the provisions clj the amended charter, a
proposition was n?:lde by the county court
of Burke to tho p.jople of that county to
skilled in such work, to have examined and , subscribe 9100,000 ») the stock of tho Wcs
reported on it; but this might have fruslra- I tern North Carolina Railroad, which was re-ted
their design. The Engineer s-ys the ; jected by a majority of tho qualified voters.
,., _. ,. .. .. . „„ Subsequently another proposition was by
committee d.d not consult h.m, that no one (^ -JIJJ >ahrnil,td J g^ to fiub.seril/e
of them invited him to appear before them— i fifiy thousand dollirs, and upon the vote be-and
ho did not appear before them or make [ ing taken, a majority of the qualified voters
to them, any communication on this subject, j cast their votes in javor of it. It was insis-
Jttdgo Saunders certifies that Col. Gwynn ; tod, by those who 1-cre opposed to the stib- e , , . ... . .. - ,, ; scnption that the bounty Court ot Burke,
attended the committee, and gave them full ; ^j^ submitle(J 0lie proposition to the peo-cxplanation
on every point, in regard to tho j pje 0f thje county, aud that having been re-contract
and the nature of the claim. In ijcctcd, their power a the premises was cud
some of the judge's letters, according to my ed, and before any Ijonds were issued, a bill
of injunction was s'led out, restraining the
authorities of Burse county from issuing
said bunds, and thai is now pending in the
Sible, if they had acted without consulting Supreme Court. I ' regard t,o the subsc-ip-him.
Col. Gwynn says this statement is out: tion of one hundr-l and seventy thousand
and out untrue, as to his attendance, or giv- \ dollars by another thdividnal, that individu-
. . , , . ,. •■,„„ „_„„„ al is Charles F. Fisher, Esq., Prst. ol the
„,g, or being asked by the committee, or any I %. Q llaiW()a± T3 wa'8 8t^led t0 U9) that
member ot it, to give any information In re- frag^t efforts weije made to obtaiti sub-recollection,
ho says, in substance, that the
committee would have been very reprehen-lation
to the matter. Which of these state-ments
is true? No one who has read with
care, their statements, and the certificates
accompanying them, can be left in doubt.—
It is admitted, they were reprcshensible, if
they did not consult him. Each merabor of
the committee, makes a written statement.
Mr. Rand thinks ho was on the committee.—
Thinks: This implies that he is in doubt
whether he was a member of the committee,
but he remembers that Col. Gwynn attended.
Mr. Fisher rambles round tho point—makes
statements contradictory to thoso he had
published in reply to Mr. Worth; and Mr.
Dortch remembers nothing. Why was a
committee appointed to take this settlement
out of tho Engineer's hands, if it was to be
based on his statements and estimates?—
The contract provided that he was to settle
it. Tho appointment of tho committee in
scriptions to prosecute tho work, all ol
which wjere unavailing. Of this there can
bo no doubt. Finajiy Mr. Fisher, after ma-king
other propositions, which were declin-ed,
proppsed to subscribe tho remainder of
the stock necessaryjto obtain tho subscrip-tion
on the part of.She State, and take the
whole contract from Ilaile's to Morganton
at the estimates, 'jlhese terms were accept-ed
by tho company and Mr. P. subscribed
tho stock, and the contract was awarded to
him on the 10th oi'June, 1858, and ho en-tered
into bond wi.jiout security to do the
work. The subscription and the contract
were contemperaneKus and dependent acts.
It is not pretended Ijo would have inuHo the
subscription without! the contract. As there
have bcc,n some insinuations that tho esti-mates
were made specially with reference to
the contract with Mt. Fisher, tho committee
in this connection deem it due to truth and
justice to say, then is no evidence from
which any such inference can bo drawn.—
Tho contrary is abundantly clear. WheUi-itsclf,
proves that it was to be taken out of or Mr. Fisher would be "abundantly" sol-ids
hands. It would have been inconsistent vent for one hundred and seventy thousand
dollars, this coium '.tee do not know, and
having no evidence before them, are unable
to express any opinion.
With respect to toe payments of live per
cent, upon tho subscriptions made by the
and nonsensical, to take it out of his hands,
and then base the settlement upon his state-ments.
If he had been consulted, why did not
their report state this fact? Each member
ol the committee has tho reputation of a bus-ness
man. Why did they not give some rea-son
for the conclusion al which they arrived ?
They say the stockholders and the public
were satisfied with their decision. Did the
stockholders or the public even sec the rc~
port, till tho investigating committee of the
Legislature reported it? If they did seo it,
Low could they judge whether it was just or
unjust? Not a solitary fact or reason is given,
on which they found their award. If the
stockholders and public wero satisfied, it was
blind acquiescence. If the Engineer had at-ended,
and sanctioned their doings, tho fact
ought to have appeared, and would have ap-peared
in their report. All the surrounding
circumstances, and the siatements of Gov.
Morehead and Mr. Miller, Chief Assistant En-gineer,
fully corroborate Col. Gwynn. The
committee then, knowing that tlio Chief En-gineer
disapproved the work, allow full pay
for it, and make a donation of more than
36000 to these contractors. It ia strictly a
county ol Burke aiid Mr. Fisher, the facts,
as far as the committee can ascertain them,
are as follows: First, as to tho county of
Burke. Tho chairri..in of tho county court
drew a draft on the]county trustee for twen-ty-
five hundred dollars. That draft was not
paid then, nor has it been since. Unless that
draft was a payment n cash, no such payment
upon tho part of thebounty of Burke ever has
been made; indeedl as stated in a previous
part of this report) whether tho county of
Burke has made a'uy subscription binding
upon her, is yet to M settled by the judicial
tribunals of tho country. The majority of
the committee haveja very clear and decided
opinion as to whethjer there WM in fact, and
in law, any payment whatever, made by the
county of Burke, bi t they refrain from ex-pressing
that opinibn, out of deference to
one of their numl;cr. In relation to the
payment by Mr. ltishcr of five per cent,
upon his subscription of one hundred and
seventy thousand dollars, it is stated by the
President of the read, that on account of
previous transactions between the Company
and Mr. Fisher, the.y were indebted to him
more than five per bant, on his stock; that
no actual payment
being deemed au id
pjas made by Mr. P., it
e ceremony, to pay him
the amount which the corporation owed him
and immediately receive it back. The orig-inal
of Mr. Pearson's letter in relation to
these payments marked B., is herewith sub-mitted,
tho object of the committee being to
do entire justice to all tho parties concerned.
They also submit a detailed statement of
the estimates mado by the engineer, marked
C. Of tho correctness of these estimates,
the committee have no means of enabling
them to form any opinion. They are not
Engineers, and if they were, many of tho
items depend so much upon the character of
tho country through which tho road passes,
without an examination, they would bo to-tally
unabie to judge of their correctness.—
They will remark this, however, that at the
timo when the estimates were made, iron
was higher by some eight or ten dollars per
ton. than when Mr. Fisher took the contract,
which was on the IOth June, 1658. The es-timates
for the excavation of rock, it will be
observed, are a little over six to ono for the
whole estimate for that part of the road.—
As we have before observed, this strikes us
as being large, larger than would be found
to be the met upon any railroad in the coun-try.
Again, in regard to the amount of iron
for turn outs. It is put down at eight per
cent., and amounts to 811,023. This seems
to the committee as being a very liberal, if
not an extravagant amount for that part of
the road. Of this, however, the members of
tho General Assembly are quite as compe-tent
to judge as the committee, unless they
had some data, upon which to form their
opinions.
In closing this report, the committee feel
it their duty to call the attention of the Gen-eral
Assembly to the necessity ol providing
some more reliable mode of ascertaining, in
cases where tho State is to subscribe to pub-lic
works, upon tho conditions that Individ-uals
and corporations who are solvent have
previously subscribed, and have paid in cash
a certain part of llieir subscriptions, that
those conditions have been complied with
than now exists. We understand VAJ board
of Internal Improvements, upon a certificate
made to them by the President and Trees
urer of the corporation with its seal attach-ed,
that tho conditions precedent have been
performed, feel bound to direct the Public-
Treasurer to subscribe on behalf of the State.
Now the facts disclosed in this case, show
how deficient tho law is. It may be, the
highest judicial tribunal of this State will
hold that the subscription mado or rather
attempted to be made on behalf of the coun-ty
of Burke is void. It may turn out in
others, if not in this case, that the certificate
of the Solvency of the individual subscribers
is false. Vet according to tho construction
of this charter, and others like it, it an in-solvent
man,not worth live hundred dollars.
was to suhscribe two hundred thousand, and
a President and Treasurer corrupt enough
to certify ho was solvent and had paid five
per cent, in cash, could bo-found, the board
of Internal Improvements would be bound
to direct the Public Treasurer to make the
subscription for the State. Tho certificate
ought to bo mado under oath. Besides and
beyond this, the board ought to have power,
and it should be made their duty in all cases
where they had the least doubt, to examine
and ascertain the binding obligation of the
subscriptions, the solvency of the subscri-bers,
and also whether the cash payments
required to be made, were really, truly and
bona fide made. To enable them to make
this investigation, the board should have
power to ex;.mine witnesses on oath. There
are other views in regard to the manage-ment
of our public works, which have sug-gested
them-elves to tho committee, but
deeming them not within the scope ol the
investigation, which they were directed to
make, they retrain from any remarks upon
them.
Whether any, and if so, what steps should
be taken in view of tho lacts disclosed by
this report to protect the interest of tl.e
State, the committee deem it most proper to
leave to the General Assembly, without any
recommendation on their part.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
DAVID OUTLAW,
for the Committee,
(A.)
OrriCE or Tin: WESTERN N. C. R. It. CoMfNY, 1
Morgantoo, N. I'.. August 10th, ltf.'iH. /
We the undersigned President and Treas-urer
of the Western North Carolina Railroad
Company, do hereby certify that in conform-i'y
with tho provision of an act ol the Gene-ral
Assembly of North Carolina, entitled "an
act to amend the act incorporating tho said
Western North Carolina Railroad Company,"
that the sum ol f$220, >) two hundred and
twenty thousand dollars was tho amount de-termined
on by the Board of Directors of
said company as necessary to be subscribed
by private individuals, or by counties, to
carry out and comply with the 1st and 2nd
sections of said amended act. We further
certify that the said sum of two hundred
and twenty thousand dollars has been sub-scribed
as provided in said act by thecount\
of Burke, and by another party, on which
subscription 5 per cent, has been paid into
I ho treasury of said Western North Carolina
Railroad Company, and which said county
and part}- making subscriptions are regarded
by the company as abundantly solvent.
In testimony whereof, R. C. Pearson, Esq.,
President of said company, and li. F. Simon-ton,
treasurer thereof, have hereunto signed
their names and affixed the seal ot said cor-poration,
the da}- and year first above writ-ten.
R. C PEA2SON, Pres.
li. P. SLMONTON. Treas.
Tho above is a true cony from tho books
of the Board of Internal improvements.
GRAHAM DAVES.
January 17th, 1859.
(B.)
RALEIGH, N. C, Jan. List, I860.
W. I- 8teele, Esq., Chairman, A
SlH:—I have the honor in compliance
with your request to (tarnish yon with the
tacts connected with the payment by Chas.
F. Fisher Esq., of the 5 per cent, on 1.700
shares subset-;bed by him to the capital or
joint stock of tho Western North Carolina
Railroad Company.
Mr. Pisher had subscribed stock liberally
when the books were opened under the orig-inal
charter, and becanu a contractor at the
first letting ot contracts for a large amount
of work. The company had likewise made
I a contract with him to lay the tract from
Salisbury to Statesville.
Mt it OfMr. Fisher's work was completed,
and the residue in much forwardness at the
timo the additional stock was taken, for buil-ding
the road from Hade's store to Morgan-ton,
and the company WUB in his debt more or
less from tho time he commenced operations.
When Mr. Pisher came forward to pay
tho first instalment of 5 percent, on said
1700 shares of stock before the subsc-iption
by the State, tho company owed him (as
wellas I now recollect) over $11,000. 1 did
not consider it necessary to pay over o him
$8,500 on accouut of what was duo him. and
receive it back at tho same instant, nor to
require him to go through the samo formn
with respect to tho 5 per cent, due fro ■ him.
The five per cent, on tho 500 sharus sub-scribed
by the county of Burke, wa« raid by
a draft drawn by Thomas G. Waitoi , Esq..
chairman of the connty court, (by whom the
subscription on behalf of the oour-.ly had
been mado) as the county trustee, >r' tho
person having tho custody of the jjo.intv
bonds, and this draft for 82,500 was accepted
by the treasurer as cash, and he charged
himself with the amount on the books of tho
company.
These payments by Mr. Fisher and by the
county of Burko wero made bofore t te cer«
tificato was mado to the Governor and Board
ot Internal Improvements, under which the
State made her subscription.
I may hero add t'.iat in the contract mado
with Mr. Fisher for building the rou I from
Ilaile's to Morganton, ho agrees to joke at
par the $50,000 of bonds issued by th < nan*
ty of Burke in payment of her subst»i| lion,
so that the transaction with respect to tho
first instalment on tho Burko suhtc;r] ition
was tantamount to a cash transaetiot , even
if it should be held that live per cent, ii ac-tual
cash should bo paid to tie company iu
such cases.
Respectfully presented.
EL C. PEARSON.
Pres. Western N. C. li. I
(C)
Estimate on >J.4t mtlti cf the tt'titrrn -V. CM &,/•>
«-/ucA VlturUi !■'. J-'uhtr n contractor:
6'JO,4<52 cubic ysrds of c irlh excavated
■t 017.92, ftlftj ,364,06
138,630 cubic yards of rock excaratcd
at 80, 11 S1B0<»
0,270 cubic- vards of arch, culvert, aud
bridge masonry, at $0.06, 4',S07.7S
5,281 cubic yards dry stone masonry, at ■
18.80, If, -M.OO
100 feet lineal bridge aupjiorlers, at $-'•
per foot, (5,900.00
i small county road bridge, . SM.M
S6.890 sills at 33i cts. each, (post and
white osk.) * '•r,ti.7S
Contingencies, 10 per cent, on the a-bsvs,
lrun i.,r 21.10 miles—888 ions per mile,
b'.l lbs. per yard—at $70 per ton,
H per cent, for turnouls,
Tracklaying. at $500 per mils,
8 per cent, for tracklaying.
Chairs, spikes, &c, Ace, Uc,
$83 ,646.60
li I84.M
1 rl,786.3«
11,028 00
I',,780.00
: 888.40
l-.e- . .
Add for laud damages.
a tt',670 00
1,21 .' I 8
$670,782.00
JAMES C. TURNER, •
Chief Eng. W. K..E.K.
From the certificate ot the President of
the Western Railroad Company, it sppean
that Mr. Fisher had subscribed stock Iberai-ly
where the books were opened undjer the
original charter, and became a coiitlactor,
at the first letting of contracts, for r! large
amount of work. The Company likewise
mado a contract witn him to lay the track
from Salisbury to Statesville. Qej tays,
when Mr. Fisher camo forward to pay tho
5 percent, on his $170,000 Babecriptkjn, tin-
Company owed him, he thinks, overall 000.
It is, from tl 's, to be inferred that Mt Fish,
er had paid that first liberal subscription,
and had done work lor which there was then
due to him from the Company, morn than
$11,000. When he came forward to p iy tho
5 per cent, does not app.ar; but, WS must
presume, it was before the loth of \ugust
1858. IIo had entered into this new con-tract,
10th June, 1868. Had he d< ne no
work on the new contract, for which ;i part
Ot this SI 1.000, was due him ? 1 am unable
to say ; but, as we are bound to and) island
from iho certificate of the officers oi the
Company, in the absence ol any proot to tho
contrary, that ho was abundantly solvent
for S170.000, wo will take it that ho had
paid his subscription tor stock, and tl at tin)
Company bona tide owed him, then dt e, for
work dono on other portions of the road,
the sum stated.
Now it is Irrational to suppose that ■ man
of his wealth, having such heavy contracts
on the Western N. C. I.'oad, should t i-ent
to act as President of the North Carolina
Railroad, requiring all his time, whereby
he could not give, both to his contracts and
to his duties as Pros.dent, the undivided at-tention
which each required. He purports
to be solo contractor. With a contract,
amounting to $860,000, on his hand I, can
any rational man believe that he wou I con-sent
to be President of the North Carolina
road and perform the duties of road-master,
as well as President, for $25O«J a year. Was
there no other motive impelling him ! Had
he any partners in these heavy contracts ?—
If he had, why arc they secret partners!—
Tho writer has consulted men whom he be-lieves
to bo competent judges, who aaj that
tiiis contract from Male's to Morganton will
leave 850.000 net profits to the con actor
and his subscriptions, and the subscription
of the county of Burke:—that is, tin work
will cost $50,000 less than the subscription
by tho State. In this con net lion look at ta-i
bl<: No 13 annexed to Worth's Bep >rt.—
| While the North Carolina Company is pay*
ing * per cent on bo ids, the Western North
Carolina Company ma a running acooant
; from June ls57 to Dec. ulst, 185*, slowing
' balance ot $81,606 81, due to the North Car-olina
Railroad. Is this till''. The Shops on
the North Carolina Road are doing work
for tho Western Road, tho account, for
I which is kept by the Superintendent of the
Shops, and nover finds its way to the >ook-li