The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-05-14
Bank OF Cape Fear.-we learn from

Bank OF Cape Fear.-We learn from
the Wilmington Journal that the stockholders OF
the Bank Of Cape Fear, at their annual meeting
On The 5,h inst, refused TO accept the proposition
Nof the Legislature 10 increase the Capital Stock
q, said Bank s5O00Oo. The condition Of the
Bank i said to he highly prosperous, the busi-
ness Or The las, six months having added $4,000
20 the conlingcn, fund, afer paying dividend OF
four per cent.
The stockholders, in refusing to acccpttle pro-
position Of the Legislature to increase tn amount
Of their capital stock. may have best consulted
,hci, own interest; but the passage Of the act in
dictated a demand for bank ing capital in the SLATE,
and we are inclined 10 think that il would DC
much p,cicrallc TINT the increase should pe made
in the stock Of existing banks, rather Than by es.
tablishing new oucs.
A, The late fern Of Cabarrus Superior Court
Judge Battle presiding, Rereriy Rash. charged
with the murder Of his wife, was put upon IN
trial and convicted. An appeal was made TO IN
Supreme Court.
Abram Weaver, Of Stokes county, has bccn ar
rested on charge Of negro stealing. and commit
ted to the jail in Salem, 10 await his trial beo'
the next Superior Court
GecnSSiOu.-We are indebted TO the cd
tor Of the Standard for neatly printed copy
speech Of the Hon. William b. Shep I'd, dell'
cred in the last Legislature. in support Of his nc
solutions declaring the right Of Secession.
The industry with which this speech has bee
circulated by our Democratic friends, indicates
strong p,r,ialty for The doctrines contained in i
but we are sometimes inclined to believe that OIL
or motives influence them in this matter. I'll
resolutions declaring the right Of secession wei
cifectualy killed in the egislaturc-Democra
and Wings both speaking and voting again
them. a few Democrats, however, made specc
cs il favor of the doctrine, but they have not y
been published. Mr.. Shepard sa Wing. vi
should Democrats lie so active, and spend th,
money so freely, in circulating speech deliver
by Wing, when speeches were delivered on u
same side by Democrats of ability and high stan
ing, which have not been circulated at all /! III
doubtless expect by it 10 make converts to I
doctrine Of secession, and enlist them in the |
mocratic ranks. But they are not without {
that the doctrine may become odious TO the p'
pie and recoil upon their own heads they desi
therefore, to have door open for retreat. FIR,
the cours. pursued, will it be considered unf
10 suppose that, if the doctrine should prove TO
unpopular, it is their purpose to shift the respc
sibility" to Mr.. Shepards own shoulders, and
him hear il as Waig2 When we see tn
circulating the speeches Of Messrs. Dohbin, A
nv, and Others also in favor Of this doctrine, Ii
we viii believe that they have no motives OF
kini-,ha, they go 70, principles and not tor P
ty IN this movement
OF Mr.. Shcmrd's speech we have ll''le 70
at present We have read it carefully. ana
ia, tom thinking it q a demons ratioii' as
Standard calls il, we believe it to he unsouh'
lis premises, illogical in IFS conclusions, anu
Of sophisiry; and yet we admit that Mr. "a
arl has iispia.el in ii evidences Of the great