The Greensborough patriot [March 4, 1859]

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A. Family 1STewspaper—Devoted to Politics, Literature, Agriculture, Manufactures, Commerce, and Miscellaneous Heading.
VOLUME XX. GREENSBOROUGH, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 4, 1859.
s usiirrss Satfctf,
, i UEDOECOCK, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
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»Ui:S 1. fcO»oi ATTORNEY AT LAW. v ** GREENSBOROUGH, N. C.
,:. v. 4. IS ILL, 1) LEXINGTON, N.*C.
ORTII & !TLi:». COMMISSION AND
I • Merchants, Fayetterille, N. C.
FREEMAN, WITH ABBOTT, JONES A
• tndJobbers of Staple and Fancy
No. 158 Markel Street, Philadelphia.
,4tOD T. BROWN, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
int, -N • '.. wUl attend to all business en-
.. :- care. Mai h 26, 1858. 077 ly.
Ijs. C. !>• -^ "• L. PAYHE, COPARTNERS
t Medicine, Obstetrics anil Surge-
; . . •. N ■ ' ■
Ni » II !£"•!. PORTER &<a>RREl.E,
-• wT.J. PATRICK, Wholesale and Re-
N.a
20 tf
U
".. i»ru«i*'s- Greensborough,
v as, 185 I.
UI5. JA.fli:s K. II SJLE., HAVING REMOVED
. ' N. C, offers liis Professional
• Office "M West Market Street,
... ■ i • i as a residence by Hon.
In v (j ;: ,.- February, 1858. '.'73 If
Il»V COPARTNERSHIP.—'■ A. LONG &
j , , , Greensborough, N. (,'., having
in the practice of the law, in the
,..,.(', ly, will promptly attend to all
.,. . eir care. Jan. 1858. 967 tf
|Otl\ W. PATNEJ ATTORNEY AT LAW,
j| _. men y located in Greensborough, H.
, _j . , - Courts of Randolph Davidson and
liultViriL ai • mptly attend to the collection of all
,'.|.. .".-.• is hands. Jan. 9, 1857. 916 tf
nVCrsO* & HEARS, GENERAL COMMIS-
■††-. -.1 liurling Slip. New York.—
;.; .•• • -!i paid to the sale of Grain, Cotton and
,.'•,..-» H a products. (^""Liberal advances made
_-, .-•:.- .•:•• 916 tf
MtRBLE WORKS GEORGE HEINRICH,
M.-uiul irer ofMonuments, Tombs, Head-stones,
... .... •.• x duced prices, OPPOSITE THE DEPOT.
i.-.-v •: -• i, N. C. Bgy* Orders from a distance
,„ M :.•• :• i. 971 tf
nmREETON SHEPPERD, ATTORNEY
.'.. LAW. formerly of Salem, N. C. but now of
iiu intuit. Cieoitiia.
Hilftai lice in the counties of Wilkinson. Twiggs,
L.-i.i. . Pulaski, Irwin, Wilcox, Telfair, Montgoni-
.-;. •!.. I V.'„ hington, Jan. 21, 1859. ly
1i\V XOTH'i:. —Theundersigned 1ms removed
I -.-, N.v ern, with the intention to devote himself
>.. Qj lol - : racti e of the law. lie will attend the
i ...-" in nil surrounding counties, and wiB also
usrtieebpf ire tl e Supreme Court .it Raleigh,
" J.«. i. .- • . 6m D. K. McRAE.
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4 1.1.1: \ x
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.1. M. CI.AUK.
CLARK, COMMISSION MER-
. Wilmington. N.C. Prompt per-
-....:-..• v. n given to consignments of Naval Stores.
(".•',:• or otln 'C untry Produce, for sale or shipment.
!••■ .'•• - i:> •'.' " I'laster, Cement, llair, &c.
J •::•. try 2t». i ■ ly
\P.SPERRY, of \ortli Carolina,
• With WM. GRAYDON & CO.,
! :.,•..••! .- ' '. r of I>rv t.oo.ls, 46 PARK
1 Hi ... II B KCI.AY STREET,
\Ym.*i . ; !«__. V«i-U /GeoHSeeley,
.'<«..• . (*&* »OlK. [ Wm. A.Scott.
.v..;.,,:..-. ti
^nintzft ®art5.
JAMES HI. i:i»\i:% . 147 CbainlM i s-st.
Now York, buys every kind of Merchandize on the
best terms, and forwards for 2} per eent. commission.
Dealer in Pianos, Parlor Organs, Organ Melodeons,
Mclodeons, Harps, Guitars, Stools, Covers, Music, etc.,
wholesale and retail. All Instruments warranted.
Agent for "Lindsay's Patent Pump," Garden En-gine,
etc. Circulars of Instruments and Pumps sent
free on application. Refers to John A. Gilmer, C. P
Mendenhall, D. L. Swain, and others. 950
RE. i»o\ \ i: i.i/s Photographic Cal-
. lcry is now opened, andCameotypes, Melaino-types,
and AMBROTYPES, which eannot be surpassed
for DURABILITY and BEAUTY arc taken in Lockets,
Pins and Cases, to suit the tastes and purses of all.—
Having permanently located in Greensborough, they
confidently expect a liberal patronage.
ifrjj~ Call and examine Specimens, and learn the
■Prices. Rooms formerly occupied by A. Starrett, sec-ond
story of Garrett's brick building. Wist Market St.,
Greensborough, N. C. March, 1858. 971 tf
| 1 EORGE II. KELLY, COMMISSION MER-
\K chant, and Dealer in Family Groceries and Pro-visions,
No. 11, North Water Street, WILMINGTON, N.
C. Will keep constantly on hand. Sugars, Coffees, Mo-lasses,
Cheese, Flour, Butter, Lard, Soap, Candles,
Crackers, Starch, Oils, Snuffs, &c.
Jlefercnces:—O. G. Parsley, President of Commercial
Bank; John Mcllae, President Bank of Wilmington,
Wilmington, N. C. A. M. Gorman. Rev. R. T. Hefiin,
Raleigh. J. & F. Garret, David McKnight, Greensbo-rough,
N. C-CHARLES
S. FEATHER,
WHOLESALE DEALER IN
ROOTS, SHOES f.lt RROOANS,
No. 49 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.
BSf" Particular attention paid to Orders.
Refers with permission to Messrs. J. R. & J, Sloan,
Greensborough, N. C. Oct. 8, 1858. ly
OTEVENSON & ROTTEN,
k^ (LATF. STEVENSON", BOWEN * KESMITT,)
Wholesale Dealers in Dry Goods,
HAVE ASSOCIATED WITH THEM
Daniel M. Zimmerman,
formerly of LINCOLNTON, N. C, and romoved to the
large Store No. 53 North 3rd Street, below
Arch, where an increased stock will be kept, and
inducements offered equal to any house in the trade.
Philadelphia. Jan. 20, 1859. lit 6m
FALL IMPORTATION, 1898!
Arixi^fron}^, Cator & Co.,
lMPORTEItS AND JOBBERS Of
Ribbons, Millinery, Silk Goods,
Flowers and Strum Bonnets,
No. 237 BALTIMORE STREET, between Charles and
Hanover Streets, BALTIMORE, Md..
Offer for sale a stock Of Goods in above, un-equalled
in variety, extent, aud cheapness in the Uni-ted
States.
Baltimore, August, 1858. 1000 0m*
OTTO III 'HI-: It, .
WATCH-MAKER,
.■ • .N H I1DWLANU. | W. D. REYNOLDS. | J. H. ROWLAND.
IM>.VS.t\» & REYNOLDS, SUCCESSORS
It •, . , ,. Reynolds, Grocers and Commission
■;•-■ 'i .:.•-. ^ KFOLK, Va, gf-Jr" I'-iy particular at-
'■ •..-': :: r.. tl e - lie of FT ar, Grain, Tobacco, etc.. avoid-i:
: unnecessary charges, and rendering prompt re-turn*,
lu her, 1837. 968 tf
\\'M. II. KIRKSEY, COMMISSION MER-IT
chant-and General Agent, Morehead City, N. C.
Kill attend to buying, selling, receiving and forwarding
i':! ,.!.!• ■ t • i • , and merchandise.
/,'• - . Gov. J. M. Morehead, Greensborough, K.
1'. John U. Haughl Esq., Newberne, N.C. Dr. F.
J. Iiu". »•- igtun, N. C. II. A. London, Esq., Pitts-
•••.i-.:.ii. S.« . June I, ! 987 tf
JLWELLER AND
West Market, GREENSBORO',
N. C, has on hand and is receiving a splendid and well
selected slock of tine and fashionable Jewelry of every
description, among which may be found several magni-ficient
sets of coral Jewelry.
He has also a stock of fine Gold and Silver Watches.
All repairing done in the BEST 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, 1858. 996 tf.
ir.\IM>tO\ JEWELRY STORE.—
A The subscri a band the fine GOLD LE-VKtt
WATCHES manufactured by Johnson of Liver-
I ■• !, :.t: i Dixon ol Loi Ion. Also, the Silver Lever
Lepim and common Virge Watch, with a variety or
JLWELRl of all descriptions. All of which will be
i .'. i i.-* I r. sh. H itches of all descriptions repaired.
1 if GEORGE BILEY.
I%». «t" 1 LI
CTOKEEY & OLDIItM.
i' i".«Tntiii--ikHi Merchants, Wilmiut
in* <ii
ALES. OLDD 1M.
GR(X;ERS AND
on, N. C. Liber-•
i'. :i i% ■?! ■< - produce consigned io us, when
i -. .-...I
/." '".•,!• :—Col John Mcllae. President of the Bank
■ ! HilntingtAn. *>. G. Parsley, Esq., President of the
i".:-...r.:.: Bank. Aug. 28, 1867. 948 ly
!>V1 M. »•-.•] r. WILL. L. SCOTT.
SCOTT *i SCOTT, ATTORNEYS ANDCOUN-
•ellowatLaw, - - GREENSBOROUGH, N. a,
\..- '. attend the «', arts of GulUbrd, Alamance, Ran-
;"•:.!•.■' Forsythand Bockingham. All claims
.■•.-,• t : :• ,-. Uecti in, will receive prompt
••••:.•: n. « ■■†† i North Street, fourth door from
1. - iy*a corner.
1? J. NENDENH ILL, LAND AGENT, WILL
Is» suleci add enter Government Land, Locate Land
'"•. .r. ». make investments for capitalists at Western
'•';-. pay taxes, and transact a general real estate bu-
--■† . • *.' Iowa and Wisconsin. Address,
■•'• • • .' ' ., '■'[inne ota.
■. . . L, George C. Men-
■ • . '. • v. Iter Gwynn and Hon John A. tiilmer.
V ..- i . 888 tf
II. MciftARY & CO.. FACTORS AND
• t ■††. rchants, Agents for the sale and
Cotton Flour, Grain, Salt, Groceries, &c,
-. : ; ... -- and Water Streets, Wilmington, N. C.
I - ..I Ivnnuca nConsignments,
; ■† - .- [I. B. Snvage, Cashier Bank of Cape
-. :•:. ' :. Brown, Wilmington, N. C. F. &
i . . . . '.. P. i . Graham ,v Co., Marion C.
i*.I*. Ji mi. Adderton& Co., Lexington, N.C.
H M
THOMAS has removed his HAIt-
■ liiil' ii the i- ii- reoent'y occupied by
':. ".. . : , r . - Ni rth of LINBSA1 'S
•.and i ately opposite the NewCourt House.
• . e Kill he pleased to receive calls from his old
•.. Mid the puI It is his intention
-•.-• | md :i GOOD ASSORTMENT
H%RSESS, : n ' other articles in his line, which
•' .•- larj
aide terms.
l'.Uf
I .'J. ROTHR04 ;*. i*. ti. 8., RESPECT-
•» • -... _. • a pi ioual services to the citizens
■'■'■'•• .... mdiill ithert who desire operations
: '"•:•.• i . - j . rEETH in the latest and Lest style.
!'■:-•:.- ..■. • lainti I, can bav< satisfactory refer-
'"• ■ •- : - ' - r. skill, &c . &c; md the advantage
','•_'■■:■ - constant practice in MEDICINE* AND
WAils'j ;;•,. «;;. ,...,, v l[,.w ,1>r ,V(.rv t li: t T is valna-
'•••%>1- - i his OPEBATLSG BOOMS
■-'> •• .„•; -' . • nd story of Garrett's brick build-
• J. t*.•.. .. found unless professionaU^
» -••!• A,- SM32 if
(<l"sin\t.s & BAILEY,
) PUBUSHEBS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IS
BOOKS AND STATIONERY,
No. 2ti2 Baltimore Street, opposite- I/anover-st.,
Baltimore. Maryland.
Offer a full assortment of SCHOOL, CLASSICAL,
LAW, MEDICAL and MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS.—
They are prepared to execute orders for LIIIRARIES,
COLLEGES and SCHOOLS on the most favorable terms.
Their Stock off Stationery embraces all its
branches, and contains a varied assortment.
January 20, 1859. 19 5m*
EC. POWELL.
. Watch-naker and Jeweller,
Would take this method of informing the citizens of
Greensborough, aud the surrounding country, that he
hasjust returned from the NORTHERN CITIES with
i he handsomest asNortment of Watches,
Clocks, Jewelry, Silver Ware and Fan-cy
Goods, ever offered in this market. Also, a large
lot of Cigars, Tobacco, SnuflT, &c, &c, all of
which is offered at the LOWEST FIGURES for cash.
All kinds of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry CARE-FULLY
Repaired at the shoriest notice, and on the
most REASONABLE TERMS.
September 10, 1808. 2 6m
t Smttstougfr ||atriui
S. 8DKRWO0D. JAMES A. I.UNG.
SHERWOOD & LONG,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
TERNS: $2.00 A YEAR, IN ADVAXCE.
Rates off Advertising-.
On dollar per souare for the first week, and twenty-five
cents fer every week thereafter. TWELVE LINES OR
LESS making a square. Deductions made in favor of
standing matter as follows:
■S HONTH8. 6 MONTHS. 1 TEAS.
OneBquare, $3 60 $5 50 $8 00
Two square 7 00 10 00 14 00
Three - 10 00 16 00 20 00
\\ P. UREGG, DENTIST, (GRADUATE OF
.*'•'_• lit i College of Dental Surgery) having
' ' -; ••• . I permanently in thisviUage,respectfully
''••"•..-'■† - il services to its citizens and those
)""''" untry. He deems it unnecessary
/' •" ■ lisi if testimonials, as he hopes to have
'"".•■' '* •'■ ■" inity io evince personally to those
"■""': ••' • ,; otures, whatever qualifications he
" •' '•''•-; ' i the varied departments of the
Vi vVi'-i'"'-.- ANV lLL v,u-1- BB PROMPTLY AT-
.•"'-*' V'- '>Sco on South Elm Street, next door
«' Ui? t atnut Office, Qreensboro', N. C. 759
ICXGERICII & SMITH,
NO. 4:? NORTH THIRD STREET,
lMiiladelpIiia.
Invite the attention of the trade of NORTH CAROLI-NA
to their large and varied stock of
Rio Collec,
Sugars, &c,
which are offered at the
lowest nett rates,
and in lots to suit purchasers.
Their purchases being made
exclusively lor cash,
enables them to offer
GOODS AT VERY LOW FIGURES.
January 1, 1859. ly
IJ ALL. is.'is! Hamilton & Graham,
1 IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS,
Are now prepared to offer on the most favorable terms,
to WHOLESALE BUYERS, a large stock of For-eign
and Homestic Hry Goods, selected
with great care lor the Call &. Winter Trade,
which, tor variety, beauty, and its adaptatioii to the
NORTH CAROLINA,
VIRGINIA, AND
TENNESSEE TRADE,
will be found second to none. Huyers from all sections
are invited to a close and rigid examination of our Stock,
prices, &c. No- 60 SYCAMORE STREET,
September 10. ^""^"I?'-^'—.
J. W. IIOWLBTT, I>. D. S. J. F. IIOWLETT.
JW. IIOWLETT & SOX, DENTISTS, RE
• spectfuBy 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, unsurppsscd for
abUity or beauty.
The Senior of I he firm has in his possession Diplomas
from the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, Ameri-an
Society of Dental Surgeons, and Dr. S. S. Fitch of
Philadelphia, and has been in the regular practice ot
the profession for over twenty years.
Thpy have furnished their Operating rooms on West
Street, two doors above the BKITTAIN HOFSE, in a
handsome and comfortable manner for the reception of
Ladies, where one of the firm may always be found.—
Ladies will be waited on at their residences if desired.
June S3, 1850. 837
4 t'AKU.-B G. LINDSAY, (NORTH-EAST
i\. corner of Elm and Market Streets,) would in.ite
the attention of his customers and the community gener-ally,
to his well selected and carefully purchased stock
of Fall and Winter Goods, consisting ofalmost every va-riety
of articles suitable for the season.
Cloths. Cassimeres, Tweeds and .leans, N. C. Ker-seys,
Twilled and Plain Northern Linsey, &c. Ladies'
Dress Goods, in variety; Merinos, Figured and Plain
De Laines, all-wool Plaids, etc., etc.; Cloaks, Shawls
and Scarfs, Ginghams and Prints, fine Bed Blankets,
Negro ditto.
A full supply of Hardware, Cutlery, Nails, Andirons,
Spades, Shovels and Forks; Coffee, Sugars, Teas,
green and black; Carpetings, Rugs and Door Mats;
Hals, Caps and Umbrellas, etc., etc., etc.; Rock Island
COMMUNICATION
FROM THE
President of the X. Carolina Railroad
IN REPLT TO THE REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
JOIKT COMMITTEE
ON THE
NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD.
RALEIGH, February 14th, 1859.
HON. H. T. CLARK, Speaker of the Senate:
SIR :—It is with extreme reluctance that I
propose again to trouble the Senate with a
communication referring to my official rela-tions
with the North Carolina Railroad, but
it is required by my position towards the Di-rectory,
the State, and the Stockholders, as
well as due to myself, injustice, that I should
notice a report lately made by Mr. Jonath-an
Worth, chairman of a committee to exam-ine
into the affairs and conditiou of this cor-poration.
Early in the month of December last, Mr.
Worth proposed in the Senate a Resolution
to appoint a committee to examine into the
condition and affairs of the North Carolina
Railroad Company, upon which (as amended
to include other roads)a joint committee was
raised, and Mr. Worth was mado chairman.
The first notification to mo of its existence
and purpose was by a letter from the chair-man
of date of December 18th, and received
the 22d; which letter, with my reply there-to,
is given in his report.
According to the request of this letter, I
conveyed to Raleigh irom the offiico of the
North Carolina Railroad, at the Company
shops, all the important vouchers, papers
and books of the corporation, and caused the
Treasurer and the Secretary to present them-selves
with me in attendance on the commit-tee
in Raleigh at the hour designated—i
o'clock, P. M., of January 4tn last. Then
and there I stated to the chairman my readi-uess
to go into this examination and reitera-ted
the expressionsofmy letter—that it would
give me great pleasure to aid him by any
means in my power.
At 7 o'clock the chairman and Mr. Mills
attended at my temporary office in Raleigh
—not at the Governor's offiice, which he pro-posed
to use as his committee room—where
the papers were deposited, and remained in
conversation perhaps two hours. Upon my
enquiry as to his plan of examination, and
my remark that any examination to be sat-isfactory,
much less just, must be systemat-ic
and regular as well as full; he replied this
was true, and they would consult on a plan
for adoption, lie further observed, seeing
the formidable mass of material, that it would
appear impossible to examine as.fully as was
desirable, but he wished to make a fair and
impartial examination. My reply was, If
this is your sincere purpose, although great
injustice and much misapprehension might
result from a discursive and partial inquiiy,
and although it had been my intention tore-quire
a regular and com pleto inquiry I will
allow you to proceed in uny mode ofjust ex-amination
; hero are all the papers for your
use and the men to explain them—proceed
as vou ulease.
I mentioned that the time, being the first
days of the year, was a very inconvenient
and inopportune one for this examination, and
would greatly hinder the business of the road
unless the office-men could havo some leisure
from it; that as to myself, I could not possib-ly
remain in personal attendance there, be-ing
engaged elsewhere, but if my attendance
was at any time desired, it should be instant-ly
given on my being notified ; that any ques-tions
for information would reach me prompt-ly,
and should bo instantly replied to, no mat-ter
what were my engagements.
From that night to the close of this examina-tion,
ichen the men and books were aiseharged,
no single question has been at any time asked of
me.
The chairman begins rather ominously
with two mistakes. lie says, page 1, "ho (I)
delivered into the hands of the committee
the papers," &c. lie greatly mistook my
action. I made no such "delivery," nor should
I at any time have so far forgotten my duty
in charge of these most valuable records, as
to have "delivered" them, or even surrender-ed
them to any hands. Ho asked my per-mission
to take to his room certain papers
and the Journal of the Board, which I freely
accorded (at the same time requesting their
careful keeping,) out of courtesy to his posi-tion—
a courtesy, as appeared later, which
the chairman was not able to appreciate.—
This was his first error:—the second was
that ho seems to have considered all of us in
his custody. Ho says, on my statement, "the
committee consented that ho attend to nis du-ties
on the road, he agreeing to return," ftc.
I neither asked his "consent" to be absent,
nor "agreed" to return ; but made the obser-vations
as to ray duties and attendance, ex-actly
as mentioned by me above. The chair-man
exaggerated his consequence in this way
throughout.
These are unimportant things except as
showing nis total misapprehension of our re-lative
positions, and particularly of his prop-er
jurisciction.
On the second week of the Chairman's la-bors,
I was closely engaged in making out
my Report of January 20th, to the Governor,
for the information of the General Assembly
and was obliged to have the aid of the Sec-retary,
who is book-keeper, in making up
my financial statement. Thochairman dwells
on this as having delayed his examination.—
How? Bv lack of my Books of entry?
What had"he to do with these, except for fi-nal
comparison to ascertain their correct-ne3S?—
Was he to examine the affairs of the
Road, by my statements ? or was he to ascer-tain
the same by reference to tho audited
vouchers of payments—the acknowledged
amount of receipts, and then test the correct-connection
with these papers except as book-keeper,
but the Chairman had in Raleigh,
the man through whose hands had passed ev-ery
voucher since the first year of the corpo-rate
operations—tho Treasurer, who had ro.
ceived and paid out all monies, as his accounts
show, who ought to be familliar with every
important transaction, and able to lay his
hands on any desired information, if he chose
to do so. How then could his progress bo
delayed for want pf the Secretary, no groat
while engaged iu tho office, and thereforo not
cognizant of old transactions?
On Saturday, 1 went to Raleigh to pay my
respects to the Chairman, and asked how he
was progressing. He answerod, that they
had needed the Secretary with his books,
and by his absence, had been delayed. 1 re-plied
; The Secretary has been necessarily
absent in giving me some aid from his state-ments,
but you have had all the papers and
the presence of the Treasurer, the oldest of-ficer
on tho Road, which I thought surely
sufficient; the Secretary, however, shall re-turn
on Monday.
After leaving the city in tho evening, I re-membered
an extract from the Journal of the
Board, (that as to the location ofShops) want-ed
for my Report, and directed tho Secreta-ry
to get the book and send it up by next
train.
On monday I received the letter following
from tho Chairman:
RALEIGH, January 15th, 1859.
MR. CIIAS. F. FISHER :
Dear sir : The committee investigating the
affairs of the North-Carolina Railroad Co.,
instruct mo to say to you, that they have
been arrested in the discharge of their duty
all this week, by tho non-attendanco of your
book-keeper, who should have been here all
the week with his books, according to the or-ders
of this committee.
The committee require that your book-keeper,
with his booKS, attend this committee
without delay, and also, that tho person hav-ing
charge of your shop books, attend with
his books by 4 o'clock P. M. on Tuesday
next.
The committee also instruct mo to ask for
your personal attendance before them by 4
P. M. on Wednesday next.
Yours respectfully,
J. WORTH, Chairman.
SUNDAY, January 10th, 1S59.
Mr. West has presented to mo your secre-tary's
note, asking for the book containing
the proceedings of the Board, to be sent to
Salisbury. 1 decline to send it.
J. WORTH.
In reply to this I wrote to one of the com-mittee
"(explaining the letter would bo laid
before the body,) as follows:
SALISBURY, January 18th, 1859.
DEAR SIR S—I received on yesterday morn-ing
the enclosed letter from Mr. Worth,
Chairman of your Commitce. It would seem
from this, that I have been, much to my sur-prise
greatly misapprehended by Mr. Worth,
and my object in writing this is to ask
whether such has been the case with the other
members of the committee.
When Mr. Worth wrote to me first, as
your Chairman, I replied to his letter on the
instant, assuring him of my cordial aid m
your labors. I hastened to deliver, accor-ding
to his request, the material of tho office
for your examination, and also placed at the
service ofthe committee, the officers whoconld , * r^ .^ j aim
explain these papers and books,
and that of the seen tary, and .that he has
so entirely misconc ived my desire to do
whatever could prot lote your enquiry.
Very respectfully,.vour obedient servant-
ICHAS. F. FISHER.
E. D. DRAKE, EBQ
On Saturday the < hairmain had proposed
in the Senate a Resolution to authorize him
to send for persons and papers and to exam-ine
under oaih.
During tho next week, I was wholly occu-pied
in urgent engagements, and in revising
my Report. Tl.e Monday following 1 went
tollaleigh, and enquired as to the committee
and its proceedings!, the chairman having
given a written d*K i»arge on tho 22<1, to all
in attendance. Seeing one of the committee
in the House, I begged he would do mo the
favor to ask the chairman when and where
I could again see tlie committee. He saw
the chairman and stated to me in reply from
him, that I could or.;ly make any " explana-tion"
I desired to m*ike, in writing—where-upon
I addressed tba chairman this note :
RALEIGH, Wednesday, January 29, 1859
JONATHAN WORTH, KSQ.,
Sir:—On Monday I came here for the
purpose ofattending a meeting of your Com-mittee.
Being unable to hear anything of
your time and place of meeting, I to day re-quested
Mr. Grcrt to do me the favor to en-quire
when and wh< re I could again see the
Committee.
He mentioned to n to thiscvening that he had
stated to you my desire to see the Commit-tee,
and your reply in substance was, that if
I desired to make any explanation, it could
be made in writing,:-.nd that you did propose
to hold any further meeting of the Commit-tee.
As my engagements and duties are too
pressing to allow m j to waste time in unne-cessary
delays here, I write this to enquire
from you whether I am to understand that
you declino to givo mo the opportunity of
seeing the Committee again, and I state,
that 1 have notning of what is understood
by the term " explanation" to make, but 1
have to say, whxt in my opinion, the Com-mittee
should hear.
Bespectfolly &o.
CHAS. P. FISHER
On Wednesday the chairman assembled
the committee, and being informed by one of
its members of tho time and place, I pre-sented
myself and enquired whether 1 was
to be admitted. Being invited to do so, I
appeared before the committee and found all
present, one of the few times this had been,
the case. After stating to the committee
my views of the extraordinary course adopt-ed
by the chairman in this whole proceed-ing,
and mentioning why, on account of
pressing engagements of importance, much
to my regret, 1 had been unable to bo per-sonally
present with them more, 1 concluded
by paying that I had not allowed the papers
and books to be. yet removed, and unless
then notified of their discharge they should
still remain there. After some conversa-tion,
being about to retire, I said—if I am
now to understand that you decline to make
any further explanation, I will not trouble
the committee again, but shall send my pa-pers
and book, where they belong and are
much needed. The chairmen and gentlemen
of tho committee observed it would be im-possible
to recommence tho enquiry,
retired and have not since seen tho commit-madc
a tender of my own assistance when
desired. The Treasurer and Secretary were
in Raleigh till Saturday evening the first
week. I went there from home, twice in
the week, being present altogother, three
days. Last week the Secretary, who is the
only man in tho office having charge of its
daily work, was obliged to seo a little to his
regular duties, and later, I found his aid in-dispensable
to enable me to perfect the fi-nancial
and statistical tables of my report.
The Treasurer meanwhile, was there in at-tendance
on your committee, and he is sure-ly
able to givo you any information;desircd,
his personal knowledge of the business ex-tending
back to tho beginning, while the
Secretary has been in office but a short time.
I was engaged on the road during the
week and could not go to Raleigh till Sat-urday
morning, when I heard, much to my
astonishment, that your chairman had pro-posed
in tho Senate a resolution to author-ize
the sending for persons and papers, there-by
intimating what was far from the fact,
that there existed any difficulty in obtaining
cither or both. Upon this follows the letter
enclosed, which in tone and character seem
to me to lack both courtesy and good tem-per.
I havo given Mr. Worth no reason to ad-dress
me in this way, but on the contrary
had considered myself to have observed an
extreme measure of liberality aud respec'
towards him. no moved in the Senate an
investigation, without warrant of law in. his
opinion, and I should have been entirely
right in requiring it, at any rate, to be made
in the most full and complete manner if made
at all But, I have allowed a desultory en-quiry
to proceed without plan or order—such
as might do the Road prejudice, and could
result in no full understanding of its history
and condition, for the reason that I well
knew what the committee at once perceived
—the impossibility of what tho chairman had
proposed.
It would have given me great satisfaction
to have remained^ in Raleigh in attendance
on every meeting of your body, but I am
sure, a moment's reflection would satisfy any
one of the impossibility of my doing so. A
railroad is always in need of tho vigilant
personal attention of whoever is in charge,
but specially so in the first days of the year,
when everything has to be re-arranged
promptly, or highly dangerous confusion re-sults.
it is quite impossible I could have neglec-ted
to attend your body; my respect for
gentlemen composing it, as well as my self-re-spect
would have forbbidden this.
Another hindrance has occured to me, too,
just at this juncture, in the labor of making
up a report, in detail, for tho use of this
Legislature. I could make n^ progress in it
before the accounts of tho first six months
were closed early in January, and so all
these heavy engagements have fallen togeth-er.
I write this to explain to you, frr the in-formation
of the committee, how I have been
occupied ; and to express my regret that
your chairman seems to have falleu into his
Jeans aua Cassimeres, Kerseys, Bolting Cloths Burr . bQok8,,' The Secretary has no misappr.e..he,_ns.;i—on i:n respec*t t*o m,y- absence
Millstones ami Grindstones. »•>«« '"-00 «*■ "v "v *
tho secre-tary
handed to me the following letter to
him from the chairman :
RALEIGH, January 26th, 1859.
MR. R. W. MILLS:
Dear Sir: The committee on the affairs of
the .North-Carolina Railroad, all the mem-bers
of the committee being present, unani-mously
direct me to ask you to furnish them
with a detailed statement of the debts duo
to the North-Carolina Railroad Co., specify-ing
the name of the individuals or corpora-tion
owing each debt. Also a list of the
debts owing by the corporation, specifying
to whom and when each debt is due, bring-ing
up this statement to tho same period to
which these acounts were brought in Mr.
Fisher's report to the Governor of the State,
of tho 20th inst.
We wish this statement on, or before
Monday next.
Yours respectfully,
JONATHAN WORTH, Chm'n.
To which this was my reply.—
JANUARY 31st, 1859.
JONATHAN WORTH, ESQ., Chairman:
SIR : Last night, Mr. Mills, Secretary, han-ded
to mo your letter to him, asking for a
"detailed statement of the debts duo to the
N. O. R. R- Co. " as given in my report to
the Governor.
You was appointed as chairman of a com-mittee,
(raised upon your own proposition)
to conduct this examination. You have had
all the papers, book*, and men of tho olliee,
as well as of the board, at your sorvieo and
call, since the 4.h iijst., the day of your re-quisition.
1 offered you my aid in the be-ginning,
and repeatedly since. You nave
near yd propo-nd. to'-me one enquiry for infor-mation
; although, as in this case, asking
from my subordinates of matters of which 1
could have best informed you.
I have made to Ins Excellency, the Gov-ernor,
a Report for the information of the
Legislature, noi for tho purpose of affording
to you matters for your report; because it
was your manifest duty to obtain all this
from" your own full investigations. You
gave a written formal discharge to the office-men,
their papers, books on the 22d inst.—
I havo last wee c stated to jour committee,
my conviction, ;hat this discharge was pre-mature
; because the examination was im-perfect
; and that not accepting it, I should
hold them still subject to your use. I now
say here, that if you desire to turu your at-tention
from an examination of tho eondi.
tion and affairs of tho company, to a direct
enquiry as to the statements of my report, I
n»ain,*for the third time, tender to your use
afi my papers, and books—my own aid—and
that of the office corps, to begin, taking my
report as a basis of examination, and sec
whether or not it is correct.
CHAS. F. FISHES.
Tho next daj- the chairman addressed me
B vLEKiii, February 1st, 1859.
CHAULKS F. FISHER, ESQ.,
DEAR SIR:—The committee investigating
the affairs of the North Carolina Railroad
Company instruct me to say to you
treasurer of tho company,
and Mr. Mills, the book-keeper, to appear
before them at your office, in Raleigh, at 4
o'clock, p. m. on Thursday next, then and
there to exhibit to us a detailed statement of
the debts duo to the North Carolina Bail-road
Company, specifying tho name of the
individual or corporation owing each debt,
and producing the evidence of such debt;
also a list of the debts which the company
owe, and to whom each dobt is due, bring-ing
up these statements to tlie same period
to which these accounts were brought, in
your report to tho Governor, of the 20th
January, 1859.
WK further wish to be furnished, at the
same time, with a list of all tho debts of said
company, contracted prior to tho 13th of
July. 1855, and which have been paid since
the 1st of December, 1856, the existence of
which was not known to you at the latter
date, with tho warrants under which said
payments were made.
Yours, respectfully,
JONATHAN WORTH, C/</t.
P. S. If the statements cannot bo made
ready by tho time specified, please have the
hooks and papers here, from which they can
be made out.
To this my reply was:—
OFFICE HORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD CO.,
COMPANY'S SHOPS, Feb. 2, 185S.
Jonathan Worth, Esq., Chairman :
SIR: I received this morning, just at my
Starting from Raleigh, your letter of yester-day.
In my last note to you, in reply to
your communication to tho Secretary asking
for statements in reference to my report, 1
said that I again tendered to your use all my
papers and books as well as all possible aid
to enable you to begin and make a full exam
ination, as you first proposed.
No doubt you are aware that your proceed-ings
in January, must, of necessity, havo in-terrupted
greatly the whole business of the
olliee aud of the road throughout this month.
This was a serious hindrance at a season al-ways
the most busy, and one which it will
require some time to amend.
Although you formerly discharged the
men and papers, and dismissed them from
further use, to be returned to tho olliee.—
I havo tendered them to your use, and still
hold tho vouchers and papers subject to your
examination ; but before removing the con-tents
of the offiice again to Raleigh, (a labor
and trouble as you know of no small degree,)
I desire to have your assurance that your
next proceedings shall he upon a plan of ex-amination—
full, regular, and thorough, such
as has not yet been adopted by you. This
can oi ly be made bj- taking each warrant
and transaction from the beginning. Such
an enquiry as was understood to be proposed
by your resolution in the Senate. This and
this only would do justice to my predeces-sor,
tho chief engineer, and myself.
If this is your purpose now, I will at once,
again pack up the office contents and take
them down to Ra'eigh. Otherwise, J shall
decline to recarry thorn from their proper
place, where they aro constantly required
for use and reference.
As to the statements and lists enumera-ted
in your letter, I have given in my report
such as was deemed necessary. Your exam-ination
if it had been fully made, would have
furnished all of these in detail, and any ex-amination
hereafter may do so. I shall give
in the next annual report to the stockhol-ders
a more detailed statement of old debts
paid, from each warrant.
My engagements arc not such as to allow
me to give you such an one now, even if I
considered it necessary and proper to do so.
Respectfully, &c,
CHAS. P. FISHER.
NUMBER 1025, ^ ,—-h
there was no personal intercourse betU-een
President, Chief Engineer and contractirs —
The board seeing no other modo of Jittli-ment,
appointed a committee, as was ■then-duty,
to enqniro into tho facts and rfport
how to effect what otherwise seemed likely
to remain undone. This committee Ivory
reluctantly undertook the work, ami pro-ceeded
to do, xolMt the chairman vcho flafMM
their act, hag not done, to examine with Mkbcr,
for days, the wnole account of the c<.•-.,trac-tors,
and to consult with tho Pt—id—t,
Chief and assistant cnginoors, so as If wesi-ble,
to adjust properly a very difficult: mst-ter.
They reported at last the tenn»i of a
settlement, and no dissenting voice disapproved
these terms, so that briefly it was thus : f
A large contract exists, involvin { an
amount of $550,301 IK, it was cone tided
tina'ly, and tho contractors claim a baSmce;
tho administrative authorities are ■ t ou
settling terms with these men, who rt! se t.>
sions
St.—
m it
properly bolonged to settle the matterJstate
their inability to do so. Tho suggest m is
made as a final resort, that a commit M of
tho Board seo what is best to bo iOM they
unwillingly undertake the labor, troub » and
vexation of reviewing this long transt •tion,
but finally as a matter equally of dute and
of necessity, consent to do so; oxamiie ac-counts
as a court of reference, consSlt
parlies fully and freely, and finally i
mend a basis of settlement, not satisli1
witn mese *uu m
surrender the road up, or to make conce
upon their demands, doomed by tl em j
What next? Tho authorities to wh
all
L'COIII-cl'ilV
to tho contractors, but* unanimously a prov-ed
bv tho authorities and Hoard, muk ng no
gratuitous allowance, but an equit tl I
tlement. For this they aro arraign, d and
censured jfM years afterwards by the chair-man
who does rot pretend to have investi-gated
this contract to see whether itsjtrans-actions
were right as a whole, including ihv
settlement, but irho takes the doting met, Ffls
which alone he finds my name and co-»pAatii>H.
"Comment upon this," as he says,'^s im-neccessary."
J . t
As regards tho statements of (.'ol. 'Mviuh •
letter, I havo only to say, the rooolbctioa
of tho chairman, judge Saunders, oi' Mr.
Dortch and myself, (Maj. Rand 1 ba}« not
seen) is very clear, that our consultation*
with the chief engineer and assistanj engi-neer,
were frequent; and although thuy tail-ed
to "recommend" any terms and declin d t<>
do so, much to our increased troubi- and
embarrassment, thoy did willingly lacqiii-escc
in our recommendation, as the l*st for
closing a vexed matter. Our opinion was, I
very distinctly recollect, that they v.ei'? v.ry
glad to get clear of the matter on thes«. tcr.n*
so easily and so cheaply. As to tho ooatract,
its execution or terms, I had nothing what-over
to do with it. Mr. McRao Jras in
Raleigh, and ottered to givo the ch.jivmau
any information he wished, some WOOI«K ago,
asl informed the chairman.
The contractors allege that they o*i show
the work of their construction to have cost
the company less, (throwing in all add
cost of repairs, so particularly month
this report,) than any other part ot tl
tional
Md in
■ line,
lor tho* chief reason" that their purcl IM of
iron was tho most fortunately timed i 1 any
other.
Tho next count in the chairman'.- bill of
indictment against me, is as to th WOOd
contracts. .
This may bo briefly despatched. Al, wood
contracts of 1855 and 185ti, as well m pre.
viously, wore mado by the Kngineeriur <orps
who were in charge of construction t nd of
transportation at each end. Tho Chi*f En-gineer
directed and controllod this. 4 -'"in
of
to you, tho
Mr. Mendenhall,
This closed the correspondence of the chair-man
and myself not much, 1 daro say, to
the regret of either.
I must hero correct another little mistake
in his report. He does not furnish my last
letter above, but says :
"At the lime appointed having received
no answer from Mr. Fisher, t/tra members
of the committee attended at tho place ap-pointed,
when Mr. Fisher told one of tliem,
Dr. Mills, that ho refused any further inves-tigation
on the subject. Being satisfied that
we should bo unable to report before the end
of the session, it we took the steps necessary
to coerce the attendance of the President
and book-keeper, we resolved to report the
facts we had obtained."
Here is a statement positively not correct.
I did not tell Mr. Mills " that 1 rafbMd any
further investigation on the subject;" but
I replied to an inquiry of Mr. Mills, that 1
had written and sent to the chairman what
I had to say, which was that I should de-cline
to re-convey the office to Raleigh, ex-cept
on the condition mentioned in my letter.
The chairman talks about "steps neco«n
ry to coerce the attendance of the president,
&c," which he very w.il knows is nonsense,
but which may do to impress some as to his
consequence.
This statement furnishes, according to my
best recollection, a correct and full account
of what has occurred between the chairman
and myself. It is a dull detail, but necessa-ry
to a proper understanding. I turn now
to the report of the chairman, which he,
with great candor, calls the result of an
"imperfect enquiry.
This document is so very long, that, warned
by its example, 1 shall endeavor to make my
review of it as brief as possible ; and I pledge
myself to showthathe has mis-stated, wheth-er
ignorantly or intentionally let the tads
show every transaction and every statement
which he makes.
The contract tfJohnC. Mcllae <C- Co. is his
first subject. This was a work of consider-able
extent, reaching from Goldsboro to six
miles above Raleigh—-fifty-six miles of road,
the earliest begun and in active prosecutfon
for some three years or longer, entir. ly du-ring
the administration of my predecessor.
The Chairman finds nothing worthy of
comment, and nothing whatever to censure
in the period of years during its whole pro-gress
up to tho close, when ho actually pro-ceeds
to inako me responsible for the whole
character of the work, M*first *oft*< t b ina of
the transaction which doted it, and upon which
I happened to have a part in the board. The
brief facts as to this settlement arc a very
plain tale : After tho conclusion of work, re-peated
applications were made to the Board
by the contractor for a final settlement.—
Not once or twice, but many times it had
been represented to the Board, as no doubt
mber of that day can attest, the
as I was able to understand tho condition
things along the lino of 223 miles, 1 s!opped
all contracting for wood, except at tuc&points
as were deficient in supply—and als., more
than this, 1 fixed the rates at 81,25 \»'■■ cord,
where formerly 81,50 was paid. One thing,
however, 1 did do which tho chairma may
censure. 1 found many cases wher largfl
contracts had been promised, but no ' ritten
agreement mado at the time. In i I MK-II
cases where the persons had prcparec} to do
the work on the faith of these pron is. s. I
ordered contracts to bo executed. t may
be gratifying to the chairman to be* now,
what ho might have learned on enqui: > frjom
mo sooner—that very littlo loss has i suited
from tho largo supply ot wood, beyot.njidd th*
nconvenient, expense of paying for it, r\-
ccpt in the interest on the amount. Jt wan
o-cnerally of excellent quality. \\»hcthcr
good or bad, however, the chairman laanHDt
exactly fix it upon me, as he attempts y do.
His next count, is for right of wayito Mr.
Andrews in Raleigh. Tho memory «<>l the
Treasurer has boon somewhat defective a*
to this transaction. It is not true ss|stated,
that the deed of rclinquishment signed by
Andrews is in my poossession—it oi,,'ht to
be in its proper place, but it is tie., thai
Andrews signed a deed for right |>f way
through one lot. Nobodj* ought ti'
better than the Treasurer, however,
payi
know
lat tho
lent to him was for an entirely I lleivnt
to this,
onsent,
n to as-
\
ent piece of land. Tho facts are, us
that the Chief Engineer, by ray
agreed with Andrews on a cominist-sess
damages—tho assessment was nbulariy
made and afterwards of nee
The former President or tl
havo informed the chairman
quired, whether high assessments at laleigh
or elsewhere, were unusual, and wh t diffi-culties
invariably attended such pro' edings.
Tho case of Gen. Trollingcr at Hair River
—is next.
This was an act of the Board, dc«
them just and right, of the ]>r«
eustslly paiii by as.
the Treasurer con hi
lan, if he lad en-which,
as the chairman has enquired into BO
,.-d
iety "ir
I tako
apable
<s with
proof
connecting circumstauce or reason
the liberty of saying, ho is wholly ii
of judging justly and truly. He sp«
manifest ignorance and prejudice,
of which, I take one single sen
Says, "your committee loarn the •
no* value, being only two miles Irom iral.aui
and four from tho Shops." Judge of his ca-pability
to enquire and pronounce, vh> n I
... ,,.^«.
iilefice—he
Aat'-r i~ of
state a fact well known to the Boat
ail men on tho Board, except ps
and to
ps th*
Treasurer, or ho would havo menth'i M it to
the chairman, that this worthless W*
during tho dry summers, boen our e
pendence for 20 miles of Road next
tho running of all otir Trains!—wi
we must have stopped work or provi
or supplies, as tho expensive station
tally failed. In this way it has paid
its cost to us. ;
Next is tho chairman's section M - /" fi»
press Train which is really so absurd tj.rough.
er baa,
ief de.
o it for
tout it
1 oth-
S to«
hove
viut-d
n } 1
d^&^0f^Bffi^ng"^7&ttenieat,De3»W out, and displays such unmitigated Igj orance