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The North-Carolina standard., 1849-02-07
rPuBLIc-No. 1907

An Act for the relief of certain surviving widows of
officers and soldiers Of the revolutionary army.
Sec. l. Be IL enacted by The Senate and House of
Representatives. Of the United States Of .4merica an Con-
gress assembled, That the widows of all officers non
commissioned officers musicians, soldiers, mariners,
marines, and Indian spies who shall have served
in the continental line, State troops volunteers, mill
tia, in the naval service, in the revolutionary
with Great Britain, shall be entitled to pension
during such widowhood, of equal amount per annum
that their husbands would be entitled to, if living
under the existing pension laws; to commence on
the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and forty
eight, and to be paid in the that other
pensions are paid to widows; but no widow now re-
ceiving pension shall be entitled receive furth
er pension under the provisions of this act and no
widow married after the first day of January, one
thousand eight hundred, shall be entitled to receive
pension under this act. .....-.. ;-s--- .--l.i-
SEC. 2. and be IL further enacted, That any pledge,
mortgage, sale. assignment, transfer of any right,
ciaim or interest, in any way granted by this act,
shall be utterly void and of effect, shall the
annutes pension granted by this act be ianetoat
achment, levy seizure by any process of law equi
ty, but shall inure wholly to the personal benft of
the pensioner annuitant entitled to the The
same rules of evidence, regulations, and prescrip-
tons shall apply and govern the Commissioner of
Pensions and pension agents under this act now
prevail under the existing pension laws which relate
to widows of revolutionary officers and soldiers,
SEC g.. find be it further enacted, That this act
shall take effect Immediately - as -
Approved1JulY %, 1913. - y e.... s.
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GEN. CAss AND Mr.. CLAY. The return of these
two distinguished statesmen to the Senate of the Uni
ted States by tn cir respective State egisa tures
looked upon with entirely opposite feelings by the
two great parties whose principles they profess
represent. The election of Gen. Cass is universally
hailed by the Democracy of the county with joy and
satisfaction; while the advent of Mr.. Clay to the
Senate is looked upon by his friends, not only
with discomfort, but the harbnger of evil. They
regret that restless ambition should have prompted
im, at his advanced period of life again to leave the
retirement of Ashland, to engage in the troublesome
affairs of State, and the angry strifes of party. In
appearing again the political stage, they view him
not as the embodiment of their principles but rather
in the light of an avenger-of who never forgot
a wrong or forgaye a slight. They dread his impe-
tuous temper, and his imperious disposition to s'rue
or ruin; y hence his election is looked upon by his
own party with the most ominous forebodings. On
the other hand both parties think they perceive in the
election OF Gen. Cass presage of good, and that
the councils of the nation his great influence and
mighty intellect vii not only be used in harmonzing
the dscordant elements of his party, but in set
Ting the important question which is now fearfulIy
agitating our confederacy. Nor1oh yfrgus.
The North-Carolina standard., 1849-02-07
NUMBER IA.

! THE Central RkiI RoAD Most of our readers
are doubt that there is before Legis-
latare bill for Rail Road between this place and
Goldsboro, the nearest point on the Seaboard Line,
gfa Raleigh. The stock of the proposed Road 10.
amount to three millions of dollars of which the State
is to take two millions, the remaining million to be-
supplied by private subscription. !thas passed the
House of Commons by respectable majority, and
has been twice read in the Senate, where its passage
is more than probable. 80,
In forming an opinion upon work Of this mag
nitude, it would be foolish to look only sectional
or private advantage, suppesing such advantage
to be- in the abstract In strict accordance with jus
tce. To be more plain-we think it hardly necessary
to mention at this late day, that we have all along
been an ardent, if not able advocate of the Dan
vile project, and even now supposng sueh project
practicable, would infinitely prefer Il 70 any other
In such views and such advocacy, we are convinced
that we faithfully express the views and feelings of
this section of the State We are certain that the
interests of the North Carolina Stockholders in our
Road, (chiefy resident in Mecklenburg County,
would be more advanced by Road to Danville, than
by any other project and we have no hesitation IN
saying that our County members In advocating this
route and opposing all others have only representa-
the interests and wishes, of their constituents in tB
matter. So much for this part of the subject
But again-it must not be forgotten that there are
other sections of the State to whose interest this pro-
ect is directly opposed, and who will never assent
to the passage of any such bill. OF this fact wS
were fully convinced during hurried visit which
paid to the eastern part of the State about week
since. During that time we enjoyed the opportunity
of conversing with many gentlemen who were we'll
informed upon the subject. and who doubtless ex-
pressed the views of the people among whom they
reside. From all we could see and hear, we have
no hesitation in saying that if this, some similar
measure do not pass, none can. Taking this view
OF the subject, are free to confess that wish
1t every success-not that we consider itby any
the best project for the West, but because we
think that it might be hard produce any one more
acceptable as STATE work, OF at least any one Of
similar magnitude more likely to become a. law.
MeckLenbtsg Jefersonian.
The North-Carolina standard., 1849-02-07
EPUBLIc-No. 1857


An Act act making appropriations for certain forf-
cations of the United States, for the year ending
the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred
and forty-nine. ..-i' E
Representatives Of the United States of 4userica in Con-
gress assembled, That the following be- and they
hereby appropriated to be paid out of any money
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated for the
preservation, repairs, and construction of certain for
tifcations, for the year ending the thrtieth day Of
June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.:
For defensive works and barracks near Detroit,
fifteen thousand dollars;
For Notifications at outlet of lake Champlain, twen-
tY thousand dollars; t. ..... g. r.. .. ~. --...
For defensive works and barracks at narrows of
Penobscot river, Maine, ten thousand dollars;
For repairs of Fort Preble Portland harbor, Maine,
nine thousand dollars; -.
For repairs of Port Scanned, Portland harbor,
Maine, ten thousand dollars; s 10. ..r.....- ..
For repairs of Notifications on Governors island,
Boston harbor fifteen thousand dollars a.'
For Fort Warren, Boston harbor, thirty thousand
dollars; = s-..5 t.i ... .-. q. -P+-t
For Fort Adams, Newport harbor, Rhode Island,
twenty thousand dollars; e.. . -..--t - .
For rebuilding Fort Trumbull, New London, Con-
nectcut, ten thousand dollars;
For Fort Schuyler, Long Island sound, New York,
For repairs of Fort Wood, and sea-wal of Bed
lows island, New York, ten thousand dollars;2 -.
For batteries Sellers Point fats, Baltimore har-
Dor, fifteen thousand dollars; @ :-
For Fort Monroe, Hampton roads, Virginia, twen-
ty thousand dollars; .-.s.'.
For preservation of site of Fort Moutrie Charles
ton harbor, South Carolina, ten thousand six hum
dred dollars q .s.f.... ...e
For dixie on Drunken Dick shoal, Charleston har-
Dor, South Carolina, fifteen thousand dollars;
For Fort Sumpter, Charleston harbor, South Car
olina, twenty thousand dollars; .5- = ,.
For Fort Pulaski, Savannah river, Georgia, eight
thousand dollars; .5st -t~i- Ls.
For repairs of Fort Jackson, Savannah river, Geor
gia, twenty thousand dollars; -t,
For Fort McRee, Pensacola harbor, Florida, fifty
thousand dollars; .t.
For Fort Barancas and barracks thereat, Pensacola
harbor, Florida, forty thousand dollars;
For repairs of Fort Morgan, Mobile point, Ala
bama, twenty thousand dollars;
For repairs of battery Benvenue, Louisiana, three
thousand dollars;
For repairs of Fort Jackson, Mississippi river,
Louisiana, FIVE thousand dollars;
For repairs of Fort st. Phillip, Mississippi river,
Louisiana, twenty thousand dollars;
For Fort Livingston, Grand Terre island, Louis
ana, ten thousand dollars; d.
For Notifications at Key West, Florida, fifty thou
sand dollars;
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l...aJ IPUBLIc--No. 119. !. ~ g t~
An act for the payment of lquidated claims against

" ~. .t'Et+s.'- 80 ss Mexico. s -' -'. ~
- See. L: Be ii enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives. Of the United States of 4n1eica IN Con-
gre assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury
is hereby Authorized and directed to pay, out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise appropriately
the claimants, their legal representatives, the
mount now due by reason of the claims already IL
quidated and decided against the Mexican repdblic
under the convention between that republic and the
United States, severaly concluded on the eleventh
day of April, eighteen hundred and thirty and
the thirtieh day of January. eighteen hundred and
fortythree, and for which certificates have been ssu
ed by the Secretary of the Treasury: PioUided, that
before such payment, the said claimants, their e
gal representatives, shall surrender and deliver up
the certificates issued to them, respectively, from the
Treasury Department Of the United States, under the
tember. eighteen hundred aud forty-one.
Sec. 2 .4nd be tt further enacted That all interest
shall cease from the day of payment, which shall be
e Of hs mot
Approved July 90, I949. - a-9.,. .1s.f --.-.
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lPUBLIc-No. 99.1 =. ~
An Act making appropriations for the services of the
Post Office Department for the year ending the
thirtieth June, eighteen hundred forty-nine
Be 1T enacted by the Senate and House Of Representa-
tires Of the United States 9 4erica in Congress assem-
bed, That the following sums OF money be, and the
same are hereby appropriated for the service of the
Post Office Department for the year ending the thr-
teh of June, eighteen hundred and fortypine out of
any moneys in the treasury arising from the
of the said department, In conformity to the act of
the second of July, eighteen hundred and thirtysx,
namely:
For the transportation of the mails within the Uni
ted States, two million four hundred and ninety-fve
thousand seven hundred dollars;
For transportation of the mails between Charleston
South Carolina, and Havana, by way of Key West,
calling at Savannah, under the contract made with
NJ. C. Mordecai. fifty thousand dollars. And for
transportation of the mail by said line, by other
Steamers such other places the coast of Florida
as the Postmaster General may deem practicable and
expedient, five thousand dollars; s.. ..--.s.
For transportation by steamships between New
York and Bremen, according to the contract with
Edward Mills, authorized by the IS Act to provide
for the transportation of the mail between the United
States and foreign coHnries, approved March third,
eighteen hundred and forty-fve, four hundred thou
sand dollars; .s- -..
eny-fve thousand dollars; . .. - -... ...s
For ship, steamboat, and way letters, twenty-five
thousand dollars; -...~ - .-s. b.
For wrapping paper, eighteen thousand dollars.
For Office furniture, Gin the offices of Postmasters)
three thousand dollars; . ....
For advertising, thirty-fye thousand dollars
For mail bags, twenty-five thousand dollars;
For blanks, eighteen thousand dollars;
For mail locks, keys, and stamps. five thousand
dollars;
For the detection and prevention of mail depreda-
tons and for special agents, twelve thousand dollars
For clerks for Offices, (in the offices of postmasers,
two hundred and thirty thousand dollars;
For miscellaneous, ifty-fve thousand dollars.
SEC 2 A,ld be 1t further enacted That in case the
revenues of the department. referred in the first
section of this act, shall prove Insufficient to meet
the foregoing appropriations, then any deficiency that
treasury not otherwise appropriated.
ROBT. sC. WINTHROP, ti.-f-
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
@. M. DALLAS, f.f...
Vice President of the United States. and
President of the Senate.
Approved July 10, 1s48.
JAMES K. POLK. ..
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is PUBLISHED WEEKLY, By ,.- 80
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EDITOR AND, PROPRIETOR.

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poron Court Orders and Judicial Advertisements will
he CHARGED TWENTY-FIVE per cent higher than the above
ates reasonable deduction will be made to those who
advertise by the year. ,s f5e-e. ~ --...s..sl
Letters to the Editor must come free of postage.
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JAMES X. POLK.
IPuRLIc-No. 9.

IPUBLIC-NQ 9. 80 IT = = =
An Act to extend the provisions of existing pension
laws to enlisted of the ordnance corps of the
United States army. 1s .sf.F - ...
SEC. 1. Be 1t enacted By the Senate and House Of
Rs resenatUes Of the United STATES Of America in Con-
g>, assembled, That the acts of Congress granting
pensions to soldiers disabled by wounds or otherwise
while in the line of their duty in public service, shall
be construed to apply to the enlisted men of the
ordnance department who have been or may be dis
abed, in the manner as to non-commissioned
officers, articers, musicians, and privates of other
corps of the army, subject to the Limitation that in no
such case shall the pension exceed the of eight
dollars per month.
Sec. ?. find belt further enacted, That those en-
listed of the ordnance department who have
served or may serve in Mexico during the war with
that counry shall be entitled to-, and shall receive,
the same bounty in land as is may be allowed by
law to other regular troops in the service of the United
States, and under like limitations and restrictions.
Approved July 10, 184S. -. '..-.
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That before receiving such new land, it shall be
proved, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner Of
the General Land Office that the land so allotted and
patented to said soldier is unfit for cultiyato, and
that said soldier has disposed of his interest in
said land by any sale of his own, and that the
has not been taken or disposed of for his debts due
to any individual and that he shall release all his
interest in the same to the United States in such
way as said Commissioner shall prescribe and such
surrender and location shall be made within FIVE
from the passing of this act. .1t ~ 49,
Approved July 25, 1s4s.f -. II
--ea<, ea 81 .H y 7-.:iF7 ~ :Ss-5 t-fs.. So aFs t1
-isa III .ate GPuBLIc-No. ll2. ] 9s asa si1.. }ss
An Act to confirm the location and to grant quarter
section of public lands for the county site of Hlsz
borough county, State of Florida.1og7k ~ hsn a.
SEC. /, Be II enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives Of TIE United States of Aalerica an C61-
gfess assembled, That the location ofthe county COM
mssoners of the county .Hilsborough, in the State
of Flofida of hundred aud sixty of land for
the county site said county; at Tampa, viz, Begin
ming the east bank of Hillsborough river, at the
point where the reduced military reservation as made
by Major L. Whiting, September eighteen
hundred and forty six, strikes the same; thenceup
said river binding thereon, to point at least half
mile in straight line from the beginning thence
northeasterly to point from whence line running
parallel to said straight line, and striking the line of
said reduced reservation and thence along lines
of said reservation to the place of beginnng-shall
include between said river and said lines one hun
dred and sixty of land and the is here
by granted to the said commissioners of the said,
county, and their Office, for the use of
said county, the proceeds of sales to beappied to the
building of courthouse and JAIL and other public
buildings for said county; and the Commissioner of
the General Land Office shall cause said one hum
dred and sixty of land, granted aforesaid, to
be surveyed. and the survey. confirmed, soon as
practicable and patent shall issue Therefore said
commissioners, for the of said county, afore
said, referring to this act. .q --... ;-
Approved July 25, I948. ...- . s-- q
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[ UBLIC--INOs
An Act to revive an authorizing certain soldiers
in the late war with Great Britain] to surrender
the bounty lands drawn by them, and to locate
others in lieu thereof.
Be enacted by the Senate and House Of Representa-
tires of the United States of america tn Congress As
dier in the late war with Great Britain, to whom
bounty land has been allotted and patented in the
State of Arkansas, which and is unfit for culti
vation surrender said patent and to receive in lieu
thereof the quantity of any of the public land
subject to private entry he may select: Provided
The North-Carolina standard., 1849-02-07

Mr.. DoUGLAs OF ILLINOIS. Whilst large ma
Jority of the Northern members of Congress Of both
parties, give unmisakabe signs of deep-rooted nos
hIy to the domestic Institutions of the South and
manifest, towards their Southern brethren, total
disregard for those feelings of comfy, good neigh
bourshiP and affection which should obtain between
members of the same political family, the Senator
from Illinois has uniformly stood by the comprornis.
es OF the Constitution, shown himself invuInera-
Bile to SECTIONAL appeals and superior to that nolera
BILE bigotry which can see no virtue which is not
viewed through the medium of it's own fanaticisn.
His remarks on recent occasion in the Serla te IN
reply to the assertion Of Mr. Hale that the North had
been degradingly submissive to Intersections Of the
slave power, to show that Mr. Douglass views
on the subje of slavery conservative and patr-
ote He indignantly repelled the libel on the Nort.
and denied that it had submitted to any thing
else than the Constitution, to which, if the North
would adhere in good faith, it would have very little
to do with the institutions of the South
Although, politically, differ toto cGlo with Mr..
Douglas, we take the greatest pleasure in bearing
our humble tribute TO his conservatism on this SUBJ
ject, and in Acknowledgements obligations to him fo.
s faithful vindication of Institutional rights
He is an honorable opponent with whom it is pleasant
to lffer, and when such men triumph, defeat loses
half its sting. We only wish that he may be able
to lns the spirit of his patriotism into the boz
SONS OF his less scrupulous neighbors.
Danvilk Register
The North-Carolina standard., 1849-02-07

The INCOMING ADMINISTRATOR. If we are to be-
leVe letter in the New York Herald from Baton
Rouge. 3" received by gentleman high in the Whig
party,' the Taylor Democrats will ever rue the day
that they contributed to Gen. Taylors election The
first passage cannot be misunderstood: gas
some thing become every day more and more
convinced of-the Generals administration will be
as ultra Whig, with regard to men, and in all proba-
bllty with regard to measures, as any the country
has yet seen. There is not man of the Democratic
party whom the General entertains any opinion Of
The Mexican war he does not hesitate to pronounce
open ro6bery-Ohoy unecarrantabe and unnecessary.
Cass he deests. Polk he despses. Walker he detes.
Marcy he cannot for stripping him of bis army
Buchanan rs the only for whom he has any re-
sPect Joseph Grinneli of Massachusetts has been
recommended to him for Secretary of the Treasury,
fshould not wonder if Butler King were to be made
Secretary of the Navy; but of this there is yet NO
certainty - t.st--r -- = hrs
We have here beautiful specimen Of "no-par-
ty" President! -e 7-'i7' 'si-
From the same source we learn that the General has
offered Crittenden any position in his cabinet he NAV
select, and Truman Smith {" that's the indiDtduaI!')
Is to be Postmaster General. Webb is to po to Bef-
lin "Crittenden detests Berrien,'' and, therefore,
the latter stands no chance. The General saws the
Democratic party is the old Federal party.'' We
thank him for the discovery. He wished to aid the
higs In vlndicating the truth of history" He is
utterly opposed to the annexation of Cuba unless to
bauk the designs of Great Britain to obtain posses
sion OF the island, and would give back California and
New Mexico, if he could, looking upon their ac-
quis!uon as roohery.' He does not favor the res.
titution of the Tariff of I942 though he thinks the
present should be modified in some Of its details
believes that the institution of slavery cannot be
introduced into California and New Mexico until the
laws of those countries be repealed by act of Con.
gress. Mr. Ca1houn's doctrine he utterly rejects.
He would acquesce in the Missouri Compromises
but believes that it cannot be carried through
Congress-. He is for letting the whole matter rrest
as It is, and thinks the Southern men wrong in the
violent measures they threaten.'' -
How do the Taylor Democrats like the picture of
this Southern President, t'with his two hundred
slaves, &c."F f'-' Richmond Enquirer.
The North-Carolina standard., 1849-02-07

In the Eastern part of the State of North Caro-
lina at the mouth of the Albemare Sound, is found
the ScupPernong grape 1t is native or indi-
forest Roanoke Island, and its vicinity, when the
English first visited the country, under Sir Walter
Raleigh. -.r
In the AlbeHarle Sound opposite to this Greek, is
small island surrounded by tide water, and formed
from sandy marine soil. On this island are sso
grape vines, which were in full growth and size
when Sir Walter Raleigh first visited the country,
then inhabited by the native Indians. The vine on
this Island bears white fruit, round, very sweet,
and of large sze and the vine has continued to bear
since it was first discovered. Indeed, no one knows
the age of this vine. ~
The vine has run across this island in different d-
reetions, and was told when in the neighborhood
some years since, that the vines leading from the
original parent stock had streched across nine acres
of land from tree to tree.
The Indian name of the creek was Scuppern ong,
and hence the of this variety of native grape.
The Scuppernong grape, in its native soil in North
Carolina, yields large quantities of fruit and of
son, twenty barrels of wine made from the
original grape vine the island near Scappernong
creek.
The wine made from this grape is highly esteem
ed in North Carolina. I drank some Of at the
town of Charlotte, in the southwestern part of the
State, full three hudfed miles across the country
from where the grapes were grown. 1t was of de-
licious quality, though imperfectly manufactured.
The geological features of the soil where the Soup
pernong vine grows, in North Carolina, is the same
as the soil at Sandy Hook and the belt of sea sand
that has risen up along the south and eastern sides of
Long Island. The same formation exists on the Ca
rona coast, including the Capes Hatteras, Look Out
and Fear, and those of Virginia. There are no less
than five varieties of grapes found about Abemarle
Sound, all of which are called Scuppernong grapes
owit: black. green, purple red and white but this
IS the only one properly called the Scupp ernong.
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