Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-02-05
SATURDAY. Eehruarv 1st 1860

- SATURDAY, February LIST, 1862.
The Convention was called to order.
Prayer by the Rev. Frederic Fitzgerald of the Prot
Episcopal Church. ....-.-. -.
The journal of yesterday was read and amended
Mr.. Graham from the committee or the Leeisla-
tive department, reported an ordinance embodying
such propositions for Legislative REFORM as had OBJ
tanned the sanction of the committee The report
asked the discharge of the committee from further
consideration of those resolutions and ordinances
ferred to it. which were not embodied in the
panying ordinance.
The committee was discharged, the ordinance
passed the LIST reading and was made the special
order for IL o'clock, on Wednesday next
On motion of Mr.. Bachelor, leave Of absense was
granted to his colleague Mr. Smith Of Halifax, until
Wednesday next
On motion of Mr.. Ellison, the report of the
committee on the Bill of Rights heretofore made,
was made the special order for half past eleven
o'clock. on Wednesday next
Mr. Howard, from the committee on military af
fairs, reported ian ordinance to raise and organize
North Cardinals quota of Confederate Troops"
which passed LIST reading and was made the special
order for Tuesday next
Mr.. Rayner from the committee on finance re-
ported ian ordinance concerning levying of taxes
by the County Courts" Authorizing the Courts
OF Ple1 Ind Quarter Sessions to postpone the levy
from the term Of court now fixed by law for that
purpose, to the next succeeding term.
The rule was suspended and the ordinance was
put on its second reading.
Affer some discussion, Mr.. Howard moved post
ponement OF the subject until Monday next Not
agreed to.
Mr.. Ellison offered substitute for the ordinance
reported Sundry amendments were offered and
after protracted debate the whole matter was again
re committed on motion of Mr.. IIargrove
On motion of Mr.. Cunningham, leave of absence
for three days was granted to Mr. Edwards Assistant
Secretary Of the Convention.
The Convention now took up the special order,
viz: the Piedmont Railroad Charter, on its second
reading.
The ordinance was read by sections and the
question required on the amendment offered by Mr.
| Brown, VIZ: to add to the 10th line of the first
section, the words to the Company's Shops, in
Alamance county,
| Messrs. Gilmer, Reid and Leak of Richmond op-
| posed the amendment
| Mr. Brown replied urging its adoption.
| Mr. kIttrell moved to strike out the words "at
the Companys shops in the county of Alamance,"
! and insert 1.-THE town of Lexington in the county
| of Davidson"
Mr. kittrell stated that he considered the question
before the house the location Of terminus of this
| Road on the North Carolina Road. He had given
notice before, that whenever the merits of the
struction of road as recommended by the Presi-
dent, came up for consideration he was prepared to
discuss that question; but he did not believe the
merits of this question could lie discussed ON an
amendment to locate the termini Of the road.
He was satisfied that any member who would take
| the pains to examine map of North Carolina
would find that it was nearly air line from Lex
ingon to Danvllle. He was not disposed to press
this matter now, he agreed with his friend from
GullfOrd that the best way to leave the question
of the termin Open to be decided by the Coufede-
rate government. when the charter was granted
Mr.. Mebane at some length urged the adoption of
the amendment proposed by Mr.. Brown, as recon-
mending the cheapest and shortest route.
Pending the question, the Convention adjourned
TN the proceedings of Monday, the name Of Mr.
Smith of Johnston, omitted in the record of
yeas and nays on the repeal of the 4th section of
the revenue law, which exempts $500 worth Of the
assessed value of each taxpayers property from
taxation. Mr.. Smith voted in the af6rmative.]
For the Standard.
Nix EDITOR: Some one, unintentionaly no doubt,
has conceived, perpetrated and Published in the
Richmond Examiner of late date over the sigma
ture of Traveller" foul SANDER upon portion
Of the good citizens of our Old North State. The
Salisbury Banner, following in the wake of this
miserable defamer, publishes his article. endorsing
it, (though not all that Traveller" says with
long addenda, which, if possible, shows more spleen
and less brains than Traveller" "Iraveller,"
after naming the dsafected counties, turns his at
tention more particularly to Forsyth than any 9TH
| er a county in which election for seat IN the
! State Convention about to take place But the
! Banner, whose information seems to be not so
tended as that of Traveller confines itself more
| particularly to the Forks Of the Iddkin." 1t
thinks that Traveller has stated facts, the truth
of which no he's yet, or will question, "who is
thoroughly acquainted with the $bject in all its
bearings" To what subject does the Banner al
lude ~ in all its dearings" The subject of libeil-
| ing and slanderlng good people? II So We pre-
sumo there but few at least who will profess to
understand it better than it does in all its BEAR
! ings" But, if it means that the people of Dayie
are traitors, pronounce it falsehood and SLAM
der.
| But again: "They are chips Of the old block
extracts from the most infamous sect of old revou
tionary tories that dsgraccd the fair fame and
polluted the sacred soil of the noble old North
State" ayes, this section or portion of it, (the
forks Of the YadkIn) are peculiarly notorious
was the hotbed of tories in the days of
rs. 1t was here that the notorious tory COL Bry-
| ant held his secret organizations and efectually
operated of whom it is said that he controlled eight
or nine hundred of the then inhabitants of certain
of those counties, whose skuking cowardce and
secret cave enabled him to evade the vigilance Of
| LILO pSuWto' HIS cave Is YET W oe IeCoSiiLeu
between the two forks of the Yadkin"
Well, IN reply to the above quotations, we desire
to say few words. As to the Bryants, there are
none among us-none of his kin that we know Of
That there may have been some tories in this Sec
ton besides the notorious Col. Bryant, during the
days of &c, We do not pretend to deny as there
some to be foundin almostevery section Wer.colect
hearing our father say when We were boy, that
some two or three old men in the county were said
tn m 20 fnriaS Wn do E,,or hat <hax
were, and only know what we have related above
But one thing We do know, that the last one of tn.
descendants OF those persons that we have heart
spoken Of as having been tories was and is now 81
far as We know, redhot secessonist Now, tn,
same course of reasoning that we adopted in til,
case above, of Bryant will be equally satisfactory
to the Banner In this case, and prove to him tina
none Of these men are unsound. But the Blnne
has stopped at the wrong depot if he desires t.
catch tories besides, it has started out with tn
wrong idea in its head any how. 1t won't do t
set it down that those who had tory ancestors !,