Year: 1859

1t is certainly very kind of the Salisbury pa


pcrs, the Banneriand Watchman, to sermonize the
people of this section and especially the citizens
of Newbern on the rules of propriety, good be-
havior &C. but in their illusions to the late meet


ing of the Stockholders of the Atlantic and
North Carolina Railroad they have both had their
credulity very badly imposed upon, or shown a
most reckless disregard of truth.


In the first place the Watchmar made two gross
blunders in article last week relative to the
origin of the troubles between Messrs. Green and
Morehead and in asserting that the Progress re-
ported the Proceedings. The $4,000 was not
the origin of the difficulty between those gentle


men. Don't know where the Watchman got its
information from-don't care-it is incorrect,
that's all. 1t was also mistakeni in the statement
that the Progress reported the proceedings of the
meeting. We did not attempt to report them,
and moreover we distinctly stated that we were
not reporting the proceedings. The Watchman'S
statement then that we did was simply untrue
We should not have noticed the Watchman's
ticle however, but for the fact that another state
ment appears in the Banner of this week which
is untrue. The Banner says:


kst there SOME j.rst for disfatIs-s


.2slon with the freight bill, on account of appa-
rent if not real, determinations in favor of New
bern and against all other interests, we learn
freely admitted in the late meeting of stOck-hold
ers; and the general admission of the error may
be fairly construed into an expression Of q will
lngnesS to correct 1t.


Don't know how where the Banner got it's
information upon which to predicate the above
remarks, but we know, does every one who
attended the meetings of the Stockholders, that
the statements untrue. EN-Gov. Morehead
bored the meeting for time in questions con-
Al forJ Drnr;
dent, made explanations relative thereto which
were satisfactory to all present save jobbers in
the "Land Companies u ABOUT the narbor and
hangers on in that vicinity. No such admission
was made as charged by the Banner.


We do not charge the Watchman and Banner
with being in the service of land spectators, as
we know some others to be, nor a desire to make
incorrect statements-we know the editors of both
papers and we do not believe them capable of any
such thing, can any one who does know them
but really they both have been snguarly unfor-
tunate in their sources of information in all mat
tiers which concern Newbern. Notwithstanding
their sympathies with the " embryo cities if, in
future they will get their information in matters
which concern this town and its people from any
other source rather than disappointed land obbers
we think that they will come nearer doing us
Justice and be less liable to be mortified afterwards
at the consciousness of having been misled by |
others to the publication of statements that are
untrue.


The people of Craven County and of Newbern
having done more than any other section in build
ing the Road they have more right to control it
than any other party, and we now say to the
Watchman and Banner, and to all others, (disap-
pointed land spectators and political trcksters to
the contrary Notwithstanding that they mean to
have their share of it's control as long it is
Road, and that they are determined that it never
shall be managed by those few disappointed spec
ulators who, having failed in realizing anticipa-
ted profits in making Cities, now wish to make
Il ND by the improper use of this corporation.