Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-06-05

burdens Those of the general funds OF the Federal
Government. The General government is. in effect,
if not in name, to assume the debts of the States
The property OF the Union, and the Union alone, as
Union, is to he Distributed abroad, squan-
dered to pay the debts of States incurred for purely
State purposes Is this either Union doctrine is it
States rights doctrine Surely mot Bot more rev.
enue is collected than there ought TO be. What is
the true remedy? Stop collecting it,-That is the
remedy. DAr't keep distributing or deposiiing
surplus to give for the collection of another
81. plus to be got rid Of in the same way. Don't
make North Carolina pay four.fold tribute to an un-
friendly section while you fool her with dole from
the surplus in the Treasury collected at the cost OF
such tribute.
As we said before we should not have deemed it
incumbent upon US to have reviewed document ad
dressed simply TO the people of Johnston. even al
though we are not without circulation 10 that
county. But having been taken ~ by the OPP
position has ost its local and individual character
1t not now part Of business to denouncs or talk
hard of Mr.. Sanders course, beyond the inevitable
consequence of the train of argument TO Which a
consideration of the subj has led us.
BRUNSWICK COUNTY CoURT-June term of this
Court was held at Smithville this week. The only
case of any interest suit brought BY Joseph l..
BRYAN as Robert j. Howard for setting fire to tn,
woods The suit was instituted at June term, 1855,
and was tried at this term of the court The plaintiff
laid his damages $4,000 He alleged that, on The
18th April 1855, the defendant set fire to his own
woods, and that the fire extended to his (plaints)
land some FIVE miles off, and that 1870 600 turpenine
boxes were burned. The proof was. that the fire on
Tuesday evening, the 18th April, orig inaed on the
land of the defer dant, but that fire had been exn
guished or ade entirely safe, and that Thursday
a small portion OF The woods that had not been burned
by the fire of Tuesday evening, and which was not
more than IS Or 20 yards from the public road lead
ng from Wilmington to Fayett vile, was set fire
to by some one, and iolent wind, which sprung up
on Thursday blew the fire across the road, and that
the fire spread with great rapidly and reached the
land of the plaintiff. 1t proved that the defend
ant Robert ]. Howard, at the lime the fire Of Tues
day set out, not at home and the fire. though
originating upon the defendants land set out by
negroes who not in his employment, but by ne
groes belonging 10 other parties.
The Jury were out only few minutes, and return.
ed verdict in favor of the defendant There was
no appeal.
Counsel for plaintiff Davis and Emrie; for de
PENDANT, Miller, Baker, Smith and Strange.
ExcuRs1oN.-Wc understand that on Saturday a
very pleasant party Of ladies and gentlemen partci
pated in excursion up the line of the Wilmington
and We don Railroad, as far as Mrs. Teachey's, the
occasion being the trial trip of two new and splendid
locomotives Just added TO the stock of the Road The
engines Thomas Bragg" and Wilmington" the
first after our worthy and popular Governor, and the
second after the good oil town that strained herself
so powerfully to build the road upon which, strangely
enough no locomotive has heretofore borne her name
We regret that other engagements placed il out of our
power TO avail ourselves of the very polite invitation
to participate, extended to US by Captain Fremont
We learn that at times the cars moved at the rate of
fifty miles hour.
Cape Fear & Deep River Navigation Company.
We learn that the Directors of this Company, at
their citing held in Raleigh on the 2nd inst, re-
ceved a communication from Messrs. DUNCAN,
Cartwright & Co., the parties with whom a contract
had been made by Committee of the Company for
the completion of the works on the Cape Fear and
Deep River, in which communication these gentle
men state that in consequence of difficulties with
other contracts, it will be impossible for them to put
force en- the works of the Company before Autumn
This delay the Directors declined submitting to,
ana resolved 10 push the work through with such
means as they possess, and such further means
as they confidently believe the ca annmand.
The President with Engineer, and Commit
from the Boa'd of Directors was INSTRUCTED to ex-
anime carefully all the works, aud to orea e force
sufficient for their completion far as the Gulf this
Summer.
We have further learned tina, MIR. Cassidey, the
energetic President of the Company has secured for
this examination, the services of Henry McRae, z q ,
whose experience, Assistant Engineer on s-.ar
works in neighboring State, eminentlY qualify him
for making this reconnaissance. they leave this
evening for the of operations. This certainly
looks like doing something w,h determination tina,
it shall be done.
From the facts before u.s. think that the plans
of the Board of Directors can and will be carried out
Daily Journal, Sd inst.
! The folow letter, received by gentleman in
this place, from influential and well posted parties in
New York. has been placed in our hands with the
view of bringing it prominently to the attention oil
ouc business community. Its suggestions are well
worthy of attentive consideration There is evident
ly something in them more than a mere some
thing-there is great DEAL We ask for the subject
| the thoughtful attention of our citizens: