Historical sketches of North Carolina : from 1584 to 1851, Vol. I, Part 11

Author: Wheeler, John H. (John Hill), 1806-1882
Publication date: 1851
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Lippincott, Grambo and Co.
Number of Pages: 662


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When the business demands, the Judge may appoint a special term to hear and end the suits in any county. The Governor spe- cially appoints some Judge for this purpose, for which he receives ninety dollars. The appeal lies from these decisions to the


SUPREME COURT.


This tribunal was created in 1818, as it exists at present. Pre- vious to this, the Judges of the Superior Courts were directed (act of 1799) to meet to settle questions of law and equity at Raleigh twice


* The father of Archibald Henderson, of Salisbury, and Mrs. N. Boyden.


t See Sketch of his Life. (Chapter, Granville.)


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a year, and was called the Court of Conference. By act of 1805, it was styled the Supreme Court. By the act of 1818, the Judges of the Superior Courts were excused from this duty and confined to circuits, and three Judges were elected by the Legislature, who hold their offices during good behavior, who meet twice a year in the city of Raleigh, and once a year at Morganton, to determine questions of law and equity.


JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT.


John Louis Taylor, of Cumberland, elected 1818, died Jan. 1829. - Leonard Henderson, of Granville county, elected 1818, died Aug. 1833.


John Hall, of Warren, elected 1818, resigned Dec. 1832.


John D. Toomer, Cumberland county, appointed June, 1829, re- signed 1829.


Thomas Ruffin, of Orange county, elected 1829.


Joseph J. Daniel, of Halifax county, elected 1832, died Feb. 1848.


William Gaston, of Craven county, elected 1833, died 1844.


Frederick Nash, of Orange county, appointed 1844.


William H. Battle, of Orange county, elected 1848, resigned Dec. 1848.


Richmond M. Pearson, of Davie county, elected 1848.


At present Thomas Ruffin, Frederick Nash and Richmond Pear- son, are the Judges of the Supreme Court of North Carolina.


For sketches of the lives and characters of the judges, the reader is referred to the respective counties from which they are appointed.


JUDGES OF THE SUPERIOR COURTS OF NORTH CAROLINA, FROM 1777 TO 1851.


1777 to 1790. John Williams, of Granville County, died Octo- ber, 1799. Samuel Ashe, of New Hanover, elected Governor in 1795. Samuel Spencer, of Anson, died 1794.


1790. Spruce Mc Cay, of Rowan, died 1808.


John Haywood, of Halifax, elected 1794; resigned in 1800.


Alfred Moore, of Brunswick, elected in 1798; appointed Asso- ciate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, December 10th, 1799.


John Louis Taylor, of Cumberland, elected in 1798; appointed . Judge of the Supreme Court of North Carolina in 1818; died February, 1829.


Samuel Johnston, of Chowan, appointed February 10th, 1800; resigned November 18th, 1803.


John Hall, of Warren, elected in 1800; appointed Judge of Supreme Court in 1818; resigned December, 1832; died 1833.


Francis Locke, of Rowan, elected in 1803; resigned February 7th, 1814.


David Stone, of Bertie, elected in 1795, resigned in 1798, and elected in 1806; elected Governor in 1808.


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HISTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA.


Samuel Lowrie, of Mecklenburg, elected in 1806; died Decem- ber, 1818.


Blake Baker, of Warren, appointed in 1808 ; commission expired December, 1808; appointed August 11, 1818; died in 1818.


Leonard Henderson, of Granville, elected in 1808; resigned in 1816 ; elected Judge of the Supreme Court in 1818; died. August, 1833.


Joshua Granger Wright, of New Hanover, elected in 1808; died in 1811.


Henry Seawell; of Wake, appointed July 5th, 1811; commission expired in 1811; appointed in 1813; resigned in 1819; elected in 1832 ; died in 1835.


Edward Harris, of Craven, elected in 1811; died 1813. .


Duncan Cameron, of Orange, appointed February, 1814; re- signed November, 1816.


Thomas Ruffin, of Orange, elected 1816; resigned December, 1818; appointed July 15, 1825; resigned in 1828; elected Judge of the Supreme Court in 1829.


Joseph J. Daniel, of Halifax, appointed March, 1816 ; elected Judge of the Supreme Court in 1832; died February, 1848.


Robert H. Burton, of Lincoln, appointed March, 1818 ; resigned in 1818. *


John Paxton, of Rutherford, elected in 1818 ; died in 1826.


John D. Toomer, of Cumberland, elected in 1818; resigned in 1819 ; appointed Judge of the Supreme Court in 1829; commission expired December, 1829 ; elected in 1836 ; resigned in 1840.


Frederick Nash, of Orange, elected in 1818 ; resigned in July, 1826 ; elected in 1836 ; transferred to the Supreme Court in 1844.


Archibald D. Murphy, of Orange, elected in 1818; resigned in . 1820.


James Iredell, of Chowan, appointed March, 1819; resigned May, 1819.


John R. Donnel, of Craven, appointed in 1819; resigned in - 1836.


Willie P. Mangum, of Orange, elected in 1819, resigned in 1823; appointed May 18, 1826; commission expired in 1826; elected in 1828; elected Senator to Congress in 1830.'


William Norwood, of Orange, appointed Aug. 17, 1820; re- signed in 1836.


George E. Badger, of Wake, elected in 1820 ; resigned in 1825.


Robert Strange, of Cumberland, elected in 1826 ; elected Senator to Congress in 1836.


James Martin, of Rowan, elected in 1826; resigned in 1835.


David L. Swain, of Buncombe, elected in 1830; elected .Go- vernor in 1832.


* Thomas Settle, of Rockingham, elected in 1832.


* Those marked *, constitute the present Judges of the Superior Courts of Law and Equity for North Carolina.


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Romulus M. Saunders, elected in 1835 ; resigned in 1840.


Edward Hall, of Warren, appointed February, 1840 ; commis- sion expired January, 1841.


*John M. Dick, of Guilford, elected in 1835.


*John L. Baily, of Pasquotank, elected in 1836.


Richmond M. Pearson, of Davie, elected in 1836 ; transferred to - the Supreme Court in 1848.


* David F. Caldwell, of Rowan, appointed in 1844.


* Matthias E. Manly, of Craven, elected December, 1840.


Augustus Moore, of Chowan, appointed in 1848; resigned the same year.


* Wm. H. Battle, of Edgecombe, appointed in 1840 ; appointed to the Supreme Court in 1848; resigned in December, 1848 ; elected to the Superior, Court in January, 1849.


*John W. Ellis, of Rowan, elected in 1848.


ATTORNEY-GENERALS OF NORTH CAROLINA.


Waightstill Avery, of Burke County, elected in 1777 ; resigned in 1779.


Blake Baker, of Edgecombe, elected in 1794; resigned in 1803. Hutchins G. Burton, of ; Halifax, elected in 1810; resigned in November, 1816.


William Drew, of Halifax, elected in 1816 ; resigned in Novem- ber, 1825.


John R. J. Daniel, of Halifax, elected in 1834.


* William Eaton, Jr., of Warren, in 1851.


Oliver Fitts, of Warren, in 1808. '


John Haywood, of Halifax, in 1791.


James Iredell, of Chowan, in 1779.


'Robert H. Jones, of Warren, in 1828.


Alfred Moore, of Brunswick, in 1790. William Miller, of Warren, in 1810.


Hugh McQueen, of Chatham, in 1840.


, Bartholomew F. Moore, of Halifax, in 1848. 7 Romulus M. Saunders, of Caswell, in 1828. 1 Edward Stanly, of Beaufort, in 1847.


Henry Seawell, of Wake, in 1803.


"John L. Taylor, of Cumberland, in 1808.


James F. Taylor, of Wake, in 1825; died in June, 1828.


Spier Whitaker, of Halifax, elected in December, 1842.


SECRETARIES OF STATE.


James Glasgow, of Dobbs County, in 1777.


William White, of, Lenoir, in 1778 to 1810.


* William Hill, of Rockingham, from 1811 to present date.


TREASURERS OF THE STATE. .


Richard Caswell, for the northern part ; Samuel Johnson for the southern part, 1776.


* At present in commission.


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Memucan Hunt, of Granville, 1777. John Haywood, of Edgecombe, 1787 .. John S. Haywood, of Wake, 1827. William S. Robards, of Granville, 1827. Robert H. Burton, of Lincoln, 1830.


William S. Mhoon, of Bertie, December, 1830. Samuel F. Patterson, of Wilkes, 1835. Daniel W. Courts, of Surry, Jan. 1837. Charles L. Hinton, of Wake, April, 1839. John H. Wheeler, of Lincoln, 1843. Charles L. Hinton, 1845.


* Daniel W. Courts, 1851.


COMPTROLLERS.


Comptroller's department established in 1782.


John Craven, of Halifax, 1783.


Samuel Goodwin, of Cumberland, December, 1808.


Joseph Hawkins, of Warren, December, 1825.


John L. Henderson, of Rowan, 1827.


James Grant, of Halifax, November, 1827.


Nathan Stedman, of Chatham, November, 1834.


William F. Collins, of Nash, December, 1836. * William J. Clarke, of Wake, 1851:


A History of the Bench and Bar of North Carolina will, we trust, at some period be published. Its members have been, at all periods, the firm friends of popular rights, and ready defenders of the privileges of the many against the encroachments of the few. They, as a body, are remarkable for their assiduity, fidelity, and poverty. The following is preserved as a specimen of " the genuine Attic," copied from the Greensboro' Patriot many years since. The names are familiar to western North Carolina.


In one of our western courts, while Mr. James R. Dodge (now Clerk of the Supreme Court), a relative of the Hon. Washington Irving, was making a speech, a triumvirate (Messrs. Swain, Hill- man, and Dews) perpetrated, "with malice aforethought;" this jeu d'esprit, which Mr. Dodge found lying on his table before him when he had finished his speech.


EPITAPH ON JAMES R. DODGE, ESQ., ATTORNEY AT LAW.


" Here lies a Dodge, who dodged all good, And dodged a deal of evil, Who, after dodging all he could, He could not dodge the Devil."


He read the paper, and impromptu replied-


ANOTHER EPITAPH ON THREE ATTORNEYS.


" Here lies a Hillman and a Swain, Whose lot let no man choose ; They liv'd in sin, and died in pain, And the Devil got his Dews" (dues). .6


* At present in commission.


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CHAPTER VI.


A list of the members of the Continental Congress from North Carolina, before the adoption of the Constitution (formed at Philadelphia, in May 1787) ; and a list of the Senators and Representatives in Congress, from this State, from 1789 to 1851; with the ratio of representation for each decade, and the number of members in the House-Present Congressional districts by act of 1846, and the members of each.


THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS first met at Philadelphia, Septem- ber 5th, 1774. " In January, 1785, it met at New York, which con- tinued to be the place of meeting until the adoption of the con- stitution. General Washington was inaugurated President at this place, on 30th April, 1789.


MEMBERS FROM NORTH CAROLINA TO THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS BEFORE THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION.


From


To


From


To


Ashe, John B.


1787


1788


Johnston, Samuel


1780


1782


Bloodworth, Timothy


1786


1787


Jones, Allen


1779


1780


Blount, William


1786


1787


Nash, Abner


1785


1786


Burton, 'Robert


1787- 1788


1775 - 1776


Caswell, Richard


1774


1776


Sitgreaves, John


1784


1785


Sharpe, William


1779


1782


Spaight, Richard D.


1783


1785


Hawkins, Benjamin .


1786


1787


Swan, John


1787 .


1788


Hews, Joseph .. .


1779


1780


1782


1785


Hill, Whitmill


1778


1781


Williamson, Hugh


1787


1788


Hooper, William


1774


1777


White, Alexander


1786


1788


SENATE.


Those marked * are at present in Congress, 1851.


In.


Out.


*Badger, George E.


1846


1855


Locke, Francis


1814


1815


Bloodsworth, Timothy


1795


1801


Macon, Nathaniel


1815


1828


Branch, John


1823


1829


1831


1837


Brown, Bedford


1829


1841


*Mangum, W. P.v


1841


1847


Franklin, Jesse


1807


1813


Martin, Alexander Stokes, Montfort


1816


1823


Hawkins, Benjamin


1789


1795


1801


1807


Haywood, William H.


1843


1846


1813


1814


Iredell, James


1828


1831


Strange, Robert


1837


1841


Johnston, Samuel


1789


1793


Turner, James


1805


1816


§ 1782


1783


Jones, Willie


1780


1781


Burke, Thomas


1777


1781


Penn, John


1777


1780


Cumming, William


1784


1784


Harnett, Cornelius


1777


1780


1781


1784


1774


$1777


Williams, John


1778


1779


[1799


1805


1848


1853


1793


1799


Graham, William A.


1841


1843


Stone, David


In.


Out.


1782


1784


110


HISTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA.


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.


In.


Out.


In.


Out.


Alexander, Evan


1805


1809


Forney, Peter


1813


1815


Alexander, Nathaniel


1803


1805


Franklin, Jesse


1795


1797


Alston, Willis


1799


1803


Franklin, Meshack


1807


1815


Alston, Willis, Jr.,


1825


1831


Gatlin, Alfred M.


1823


1825


Arrington, A. H.


1841


1845


Gillespie, James


1803


1805


* Ashe, William S.


1849


1853


1833


1843


Biggs, Asà


1845


1847


1845


1847


Barringer, Daniel L.


1826.


1835


Grove, William B.


1791


1803


Hall, Thomas H.


1827


1835


Hawkins, M. T.


1831


1841


Blackledge, William S.


1811


1813


Henderson, Archibald


1799


1803


Bloodworth, Timothy


1790


1791


Hill, William H.


1799


1803


Hines, Richard


1825


1827


Blount, Thomas


1805


1809


Holland, James


1801


1811


Branch, John


1831


1833


Holmes, Gabriel


1825.


1829


Bryan, Nathan


1795


1798


1816


1817


Bryan, John H.


1825


1829


Bryan, Joseph H.


1815


1819


Johnson, Charles


1801


1802


Burgess, Dempsy


1795


1798


Kenan, Thomas


1805


1811


Burton, Hutchins G.


1819


1824


1803


1805


Bynum, Jesse A.


1833


1841


Kennedy, William


1809


1811


Boyden, Nathaniel


1847


1849


1812


1815


King, William R.


1811


1816


Lock, Matthew


1793


1799


Long, John


1821


1829


Clark, James W.


1815


1817


Love, William C.


1815


1817


Clark, Henry S.


1845


1847


Macon, Nathaniel


1791


1805


Cocaran, James


1809


1813


Mangum, W. P.


1823


1826


Conner, H. W.


1821


1841


McBride, Archibald


1809


1813


Crudup, Josiah


1821


1823


McDowel, James


1797


1799


McFarland, Duncan


1805


1807


Culpepper, John


1819


1821


Mckay, James J.


1831


1849


*Clingman, Thomas L.


1847


1853


Mebane, Alexander


1793


1794


*Daniel, J. R. J.


1841


1853


Mitchell, Anderson


1842


1843


Davidson, William


1818


1821


Montgomery, William


1835


1841


Dawson, William G.


1793


1795


Montford, George


1817


1819


Dobbin, James C.


1845


1847


*Morehead, James T.


1851


1853


Murfree, William H.


1813


1817


Deberry, Edmund


1833


1845


Outlaw, George


1824


1828


*Outlaw, David


1847


1853


1845


1847


Owen, Jas.


1817


1819


Pettigrew, E.


1835


1837


Dickens, Samuel


1816


1817


Pearson, Joseph


1809


1815


Donnell, R. S.


1847


1849


Pickens, Israel


1811


1817


Dixon, Joseph


1799


1801


Potter, Robert


1829


1831


Dudly, Edward B.


1829


1831


1803


1805


Edwards, Weldon N.


1816


1827


1839


1845


Fisher, Charles


1839


1841


1841 -


1843


Forney, Daniel M.


1815


1818


Reid, David S.


1843


1847


(1803


1815


Gaston, William


1813


1817


Ashe, John B.


1790


1793


Graham, James


1817


.1825


Barringer, Daniel M.


1843


1849


Bethune, Laughlin


1831


1833.


·


1821


1823


Hill, John


1839


1841


1793


1799


1795


1797


1811


1812


Hooks, Charles


1819


1825


Caldwell, Green W.


1841


1843


*Caldwell, Joseph P.


1849


1851


Carson, Samuel P.


1825


'1833


1809.


1813


1817


McNeil, Archibald


1821


1823


1843


1845


1825


1827


1849


1851


*Dockery, Alfred


1


1851


1853


Purviance, Samuel D. Rayner, Kenneth


1829


1839


1819


1821


Rencher, Abraham


1793


1795


1807


1823


1825


1829


1831


1793


1799


1803


1809


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HISTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA.


-


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-Continued.


In.


Out.


In.


Out.


Saunders, R. M.


1841


1845


*Stanly, Edward


1849


1853


1807


1813


Steele, John


1790


1793


Sawyer, Lemuel


1817


1823


Stuart, James


1818


1819


(1825


1829


Stone, David


1799


1801


Sawyer, S. T.


1837


1839


Tatum, Abs.


1795


1796


Settle, Thomas


1817


1821


Turner, Daniel


1827


1829


Sevier, John


1790


1791


Vance, Robert B.


1823


1825


Shadwick, William


1796


1797


.* Venable, Abraham W.


1847


1853


Sheppard, Charles B.


1837 .


1841


Walker, Felix


1817


1823


Sheppard, William B.


1827


1837


Washington, Wm. H.


1841


1843


Williams, Benjamin


1793


1795


Shepperd, A. H.


1841


1843


Williams, Lewis


1815


1842


Williams, Marmaduke


1803


1809


Smith, James S.


1817


1821


Slocumb, Jesse


1817


1821


Williamson, Hugh


1790


1793


Speight, Jesse


1827


1837


. Spaight, R. D.


1798


1801


Spaight, R. D. Jr.,


1823


1825


Wynns, Thomas


1802


1807


Stanford, Richard


1797


1816


Yancy, Bartlett


1813


1817


Stanly, John®


180.9


1811


RATIO OF REPRESENTATION FROM 1789 TO 1853.


House of Representatives composed of- 65 members.


66


105


66


1793


33,000


66


66


66


141


66


1813


35,000


66


66


66.


181


66


1823


40,000


66 .


.


66


66


212


66


1833


47,700


66


66


66


243


1843


· 70,680


66


,


66


66.


223


66


1853.


93,702


66


66


66


233


66


PRESENT CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS, BY ACT OF 1846, AND MEMBERS TO 4TH MARCH, 1853.


District.


Counties.


Members.


1st. »


1, Cherokee; 2, Macon; 3, Haywood; 4, Buncombe; 5, Henderson ; 6, Rutherford ; 7, Burke; 8, Mc'Dowell; 9, Yancy ; 10, Cleaveland; 11, Caldwell.


Thomas L. Clingman.


2d.


1, Ashe: 2, Wilkes; 3, Surry; 4, Davie; 5, Rowan; 6, Iredell; 7, Catawba.


Joseph P. Caldwell.


3d.


1, Lincoln ; 2, Gaston; 3, Mecklenburg; 4, Union ; 5, Anson ; 6, Stanly ; 7, Cabarrus ; 8, Montgomery ; 9, Richmond ; 10, Moore.


Alfred Dockery.


4th.


1, Stokes; 2, Rockingham ; 3, Guilford; 4, Randolph; 5, Davidson.


James T. Morehead.


5th.


1, Granville; 2, Caswell; 3, Person : 4, Orange : 5, Chatham.


6th.


1, Wake; 2, Franklin; 3, Warren; 4, Halifax; 5, Edgecombe; 6, Nash : 7, Johnston.


Venable. J. R. J. Daniel.


7th.


1, Cumberland ; 2, Robeson ; 3, Columbus ; 4, Bladen ; 5, Brunswick; 6, New Hanover; 7, Sampson; 8, Duplin ; 9, Onslow.


Wm. S. Ashe.


8th.


1, Wayne ; 2, Greene ; 3, Lenoir ; 4, Jones ; 5, Craven ; 6, Carteret; 7, Beaufort; 8, Pitt; 9, Washington ; 10, Tyrrell; 11, Hyde.


Edward Stanley.


9th.


1, Martin ; 2, Bertie ; 3, Hertford; 4, Northampton ; 5, Gates; 6, Chowan; 7, Perquimans ; 8, Pasquo- tank; 9, Currituck; 10, Camden.


David Outlaw.


1803


Williams, Robert


1797


1793


1795


Winston, Joseph


1803


1807


(1801


1803


1837


1843


1821


1827


[1829


1839


1847


1851


1789


1803


33,000


Abraham W.


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HISTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA.


CHAPTER VII.


PRESS OF NORTH CAROLINA, from 1749 to 1851-Account of some of the editors, and list of the papers now published in North Carolina (1851).


Beneath the rule of men


Entirely great, the pen is greater than the sword. Behold the arch enchanter's wand! Itself is nothing .! But catching sorcery from a master-hand, And aided by the gigantic power of the press,


It paralyzes the thrones of monarchs,


Gives liberty and life to oppressed millions, .


And strikes the broad earth breathless.


Take away the sword ! States can be saved without it."-BULWER.


THE colonial history of our State did not present a favorable field for the press.


The Proprietary rulers first, and Royal Governors afterwards, regarded the press as dangerous to their powers and prerogatives. The instructions of Lord Effingham, as Governor of Virginia, were "not to suffer in the colony, under any pretence whatever, the use of a printing press."* And Sir William Berkley, one of the pro- prietors of North Carolina, returned thanks to Heaven " that there was not a printing office in any of the southern provinces."


Under different auspices and a more progressive age, how differ- ent do the descendants of this very people conduct the early settle- ments of a country. Scarcely does the American set his foot down on any soil, when a press is set up, and a newspaper is established, informing every portion of the nation of the character, condition, and prospects of the country. "The United States in 1834," says Tymperly, "with a population of (then) 13,000,000, had more newspapers than all, Europe together, with a population of 100,000,000."+


Printingt was introduced into North Carolina in 1749, by James Davis, who set up a press at Newbern. His first paper was called The North Carolina Gazette, "with freshest advices foreign and domestic." It was weekly, on a sheet of post sized folio.


The first book ever printed in North Carolina was by him, in 1752, a revisal of the acts of the General Assembly, a small folio. From the hue of the leather in which it was bound, it received the name of " Yellow Jacket."


* Williamson, vol. i. 165.


+ Tymperly's Encyclopedia of Literary and Typographical Anecdote.


# Martin, ii. p. 54.


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1


The Gazette continued about six years. On the 27th of May, 1768, it again appeared, and continued until the Revolution.


Davis was a' Virginian by birth; and postmaster at Newbern. He held a commission as a. magistrate under Governor Tryon.


The second press set up in North Carolina was at. Wilmington, in 1763, by Andrew Stewart, called the Cape Fear Gazette and Wilmington Advertiser. The paper was discontinued in 1767. '


Stewart was an Irishman by birth, lived several years in Philadelphia, and was accidentally drowned in 1769, while bathing in the Cape - Fear River.


This paper was succeeded by the Cape Fear Mercury, published October 1767, by Adam Boyd, and continued to the Revolution.


0


Boyd was an Englishman, and a true friend to liberty. He was much respected, and one of the Committee of Safety in Wilmington, 1775. His name appears in their proceedings as a leading member of the committee of correspondence. In 1776 he exchanged the press for the pulpit.


In 1776 newspapers were printed at Newbern, Wilmington, Halifax, Edenton, and Hillsboro'. Had copies of these papers been preserved, as is the case now in some States, in the archives of the State Library, the history of that period would have been better known.


In 1812 newspapers were printed at Raleigh, Newbern, Wil- mington, Edenton, Tarboro', Murfreesboro', Fayetteville, and War- renton. Not a single paper west of Raleigh.


The following is the list of newspapers printed in North Caro- lina at this date, January 1st, 1851 :-


1. ALBEMARLE SENTINEL, Edenton, edited by Thomas C. Manning. Born in Edenton, aged 25, by profession a lawyer ; Whig in politics. . 2. ASHVILLE MESSENGER, Ashville, J. M. Edney. Born in Henderson, County, aged 36, by profession music teacher, house and sign painter, auctioneer, to the ancient town of Ash- ville ; Whig in politics.


3. ASHVILLE NEWS, Ashville," T. W. Atkin. Native of Tennessee, aged 29, practical printer.


4. CAROLINA WATCHMAN, Salisbury,


J. J. Bruner and S. W. James. J. J. Bruner, native of Rowan, born in 1817, printer by profession. Samuel W. James, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1819, and a printer by profession. Whigs.


5. CAROLINA REPUBLICAN, Lincolnton, J. M. Newsom. . Native of Maryland, 44 years old, teacher by profession ; Democrat.


6. CHRISTIAN SUN, Pittsboro', -) Committee.


7. CHARLOTTE JOURNAL, Charlotte, T. J. Holton. Native of Richmond, Va., 47 years of age, a printer by profession ; Whig in politics. 8


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8. COMMUNICATOR, Fayetteville, William Potter. Mr. Potter is a native of Raleigh, aged 43 ; profession, preacher and printer. Temperance paper.


9. DEAF MUTE, Raleigh, W. D. Cooke ..


10. FAYETTEVILLE OBSERVER, E. J. Hale and Son. Mr. Hale is a native of Randolph County, born in 1802, printer by. profession ; Whig in politics.


11. GOLDSBORO' PATRIOT, W. Robinson. Mr. Robinson is a native of Ireland, aged 36 years, by profession a teacher.


12. GOLDSBORO' TELEGRAPH, W. F. S. Alston. Wesley Fletcher Skidmore Alston is a native of Wake, born in 1822, by profession a planter.


13. GRANVILLE WHIG, Oxford, George Wortham.


14. GREENSBORO' PATRIOT, Swaim and Sherwood. Lyndon Swaim, 38 years old, farmer by profession until 21, when he went to profession of printer.


Michael S. Sherwood is about 32 years old, printer by profession ; Whigs in politics.


15. HALIFAX REPUBLICAN, C. N. Webb. Mr. Webb, born in Brunswick County, Va., aged 38 years, practical printer.


16. HILLSBORO' RECORDER, D. Heartt. Mr. Heartt is a native of Connecticut, born November 1783, printer by profession ; commenced the Recorder in 1820. . He is now post- master at Hillsboro'. Whig in politics.


17. HORNETS' NEST, Charlotte, L. S. Badger ..


Mr. Badger is a native of Virginia, about 28 years old.


18. JOURNAL OF TEMPERANCE, Elizabeth City. Thomas J. Eccles.


19. LINCOLN COURIER,


Mr. Eccles, born in Ireland in 1823, practical printer; came to Charleston at one year of age ; Democrat.


20. METHODIST PULPIT, Greensboro', Charles F. Deems.


21. MILTON CHRONICLE, C. N. B. Webb. Mr. Webb is a native of Virginia, aged 37, his "profession is printer, publisher, and postmaster."


22. MOUNTAIN BANNER, Rutherfordton, T. A. Hayden.


Mr. Hayden is a native of Florida, aged 42. Mr. Wilson, who has succeeded him, is a native of Caswell, about 30 years old, and a lawyer by profession.


23. NORTH CAROLINA STANDARD, Raleigh, W. W. Holden. W. W. Holden is a native of Orange County, now about 32, prac- tical printer;"studied law and obtained license, but left the bar for the press ; a Democrat.


24. NORTH CAROLINIAN, Fayetteville, William H. Bayne. Mr. Bayne was a native of Georgetown, D. C., aged 36, a practical printer, and a Democrat. He died August 1851.


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25. NORTH CAROLINA HERALD, Ashboro', R. H. Brown. Native of Randolph, "young and aspiring," no profession.


26. NEWBERNIAN, Newbern, . William D. Mayhew.


· Native of Massachusetts, aged about 40 years, educated at Wash- ington College, Lexington, Rockbridge, Va. Removed to Wash- ington, N. C., in 1831, and took charge of the Academy in that place. Studied law under John S. Hawks, Esq., and obtained license to practice in 1836. Married in Newbern, and removed to that place in 1837. In 1844 bought out the Newbernian (a continuation of the Spectator) ; Whig in politics.


27. NORTH STATE WHIG, Washington, H. Dimmock. Native of Maine, lawyer, and Whig.


28. OLD NORTH STATE, Elizabeth City, . S. D. Poole.


29. PRIMITIVE BAPTIST; Raleigh, Burwell Temple.


30. PLYMOUTH TIMES, William Eborn.


Native of Beaufort, 25 years old, Whig.


31. PEOPLE'S PRESS, Salem, Blum & Sons.


32. PATRIOT AND REPUBLICAN, Goldsboro', W. B. Gulick.


.William B. Gulick was born in New Jersey, aged 36, graduated at Princeton in 1844 ; no profession but that of editor; a Democrat.




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