North Carolina Newspapers

MCI'MIi'D IlESSu'GEPi. mqU drop of ink, , ' ' Filial dew, B;wa a touM, project Ttat which mike ihifusandj, fir Lap ra Zlion, Xlinrsrfar, July 27,1849. For President . fit- . , OF. 'LOUISIANA; For Vice President, UilIraxI,Mldcrc5 OF NEW .YORK. V' " . rori ;governor. OF. WAK coumtiv " Mr. Polk's Message to Confess an nouncing the ratification of the treaty with Mexicols in type, but unavoida bly crowded out until next week. Va rious other matters arc . necessarily deferred: ' ' THE ELECTION. As this is the last paper yvhich yill . reach our friends, in this State before the election, We wish to give a final ivnrvl nf Arhnrtniinn-". -.vAs OUrSIS the first elections held .after the Pbila ; dftlnhia nominations, we- need not say how injuriously any results, con- 'trary to the hopes and expectations ;of the Whigs of the Union,, would op erate in other, sections of the coun try. It is of the highest importance i Ha i, w uui ,vvwuyi in creased majority, and secure the Lc- " gislature AVc assure our friends, that tho boast .of the. Democrats, that they will elect Reid, is only gammon, and intended to frighten the timid. . They always brag'pn the eve of an election, and there is nothing m tnetr . wind to be alarme'd at. All that is necessary to triumph gloriously, is for every one to be at the polls go there early, and . go with the . , deter mination to persuade every Whig to feel abecoming interest hi the elec tion. Do this . and all-.' will be. well. We have herctolore beaten tncm-uy heavy majorities, ; and we 'will do so ' again." In this' important crisis -will xne giUKim hcmcui recreant? We know, the Wbigs of jthc fountains too well to harbor such a suspicion for a moment. The eyes , of the great Whig party are turned with confident expectation on ns; will Are send an. arrow of disap pointment to the hearts of our breth ren? NcVer, never. North Carolina is the Gibraltar around which cen tre the hopes of millions of freemen, and nobly will she sustain her repu- tationas the nrmest oi.tnc nrm, mo truest of the" truer : While . other States have been swayed to some ex tent, by the influences brought to bear upon them, the good Old North Stater as ti'uc as the needleto the pole, has swerved neither. to the right nor' the left, but with her rye fixed steadily upon the-' great object hV view, has drone on steadily from Year to year, nhyaystrue and ever to bexclied up on. Then to the, polls next Thurs day, gallant' Whjgs'oC North Caroli na, and record anew your - undying . levonon 40 1110 uij;iiiu uuiv jjuiu ciples which are' to uide us from the ; -breakers and quicksands safe into the port oNational happiness, peace and . 'prosperity. ? . . : , jl an me nuicuiuus siuties uiuc day that started the Democrats charging Gen. Taylor witn ocmg 1 . Wilmot ProvisoNnan is the most ab- j urd. Gen. Taylor is a Southern mn ' by birth and association, a large sir' holder, with all his interest lying . slave territory, ye the is charged. v-: being an. Abolitionist! Was" such ridiculous nonsense witricv.. Our opponents arfc hard pressed' for) . objections to the old soldier when fe cedto resort to such amiseraV1rt r hood. i J : - f' LT..- examination of tha pupils -f -' stitution took place on A tu. and Thursday of last wc -V, . andj. . hirhly satisfactc: to the ! vrge . ar intelligent audicnea co'astr.tly in n' tendance, cGTering as it did evidrr of close attention 6n the part cf young ladies, and Unwearied r r Hhc Ttachers. Long may it to shower uponour community. i ri'ch treasures of moral and intellec- j r ' i THE S.V2.IE OLD tEONG. The Kr.Icigh Standard, and other Democratic. rjapers in the Stale," are now endeavoring to deceive the pec pie by boasting of what Held trill do in .the approaching , efectionir Who docs net remember the gam? of brag that was kept up trf o years &b0 by the very same prcssf ' The Stand ard talks confidently ;ofRddfs gains in the wcsL .Why,, neighbor,, you are no prophet at all. Your redic-' Uons before the last election failed so sfgnally, that we. hao! toiht you wtauld hesitate to try your "hand a-gain.- But you axe at Vouf old tricks, we sec' Kow, tCe will predict that JIanly . beats Ueid by a larger votqm the county of Buncombe thin Gra ham did Shepherd; In I84G, Gra ham received 051, and Shepherd 4$1. We say Manly will beat Reid further than Graham beat? Shepherd If we arc rights all wc claim front the Standard will be to -maker ho more predictions as to the votd of tlie" West, for the truth is, the Standard rnan knoivs nothing at all aibout the Wes tern people, hence the many blunders he has stumbled upon, when attempt ing to figure out the vote. Remem ber our prediction, Squire- Holden.; KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE. 1 Let it not be - forgotten, says the Newbcrnian,jhat Gen. Xcic? Czsr, and Col. David S. JRetc, refuses ; j Vote for a resolution lof than Geri. Zathary Taylor and his t::-vc little army, for their daring arid cour age at the taking of . Monterey, un less -the clause was appended disap proving of Ahe capitulatui cf Tlcn terey! Friendsofold 7. -.c, chift for get it. And remember thattLc rea son which the' hum?.nc Taylor gave for .the capitulation, was his unwil lingness unnc c :. ::rily to war against defenceless vc.: 1 rr.l helpless chil dren. . C OR R ECTtok . emphatically by theAsheviil papers that l! papers in t' sed toCai. y. ccji wc. very' 1 :i j latcmentmade icsscngcr and other .. ere SO Barnburner " of N. York,- oppo Butler. We .were partly misU c.i this1 point, antl . take the first V; - :tur.ityto correct our self and 1 - -r -"trd'on of the Messen pcr."....Wo ;...d tUt theBufialo N. Y. Express has 1 hed a list of the democratic paper? in that State, whichj it classes as fp!.,:., : ; Fr C - 7 :;!cr, 77 journals, .A' : :('.- and Butler 30 do. , jl -yc tic ville Carolinian? TIr I,iIr. Carolinian, much m" .1 :.imy of your Democrat ic " r many of them have misrepr ' ' '.and when convin ced of th r , r . ade no correction. Pardo- . .a full, with the ad vice 1 h-.ty . in future in chargii.. 1 upon a political oppone- . 1 :;vi need that he is guilty. ' STRAx AT WASirtSGTONl Al . - ;..c ilaltimore Patriot mentic- current report,, that Mr. V : Gc:r. Pillow "arcto go abro. ! .! if rs to some of the" foreijrr . and that Gen. ;Sam Hou.- : -. xcced JIarcy as Sec retary Curcly, surely, our . country ! 3 doomed to sucH id'",", ' !.cr at home or- a- ' 1 1 ur. The New York . ( 1.itcd by W. C.Bryi . ir..acntial paper in N.- . ' rumination of Gener- :! ? Wiigs I has settled r.tvil question, and do ""."C prate conviction that '..ill be in the Prcsiden- . the -1th of March, if he Eyen ant,t 1' ..JOFOCO PLATFORM. .ib', of Georgia, delivered ::. 1 speech in the House a yj ro, chiefly in review of tre .-".atiens of the' Baltimore, Con- called thr; "Platform" of the r . After . cxping .their' incon- ics, and commenting on their. .c:cssand absurdities, he reduced 1 to this summary; ;that apart . i - Iwliat nobody denied, a part uliat nobody asserted and the '?r asserted; what rtobody bsoiojertnat nnot only nske'd.his y,. z rcn TaVlor. The Ketme-:-:al states that every WTii 'n the State of Maine, , and' t were neutral, support the : i 0 f Gen. 'Taylor. - - " . ; JOdilcrial Ccrresjic::Jc7:ce. ' - Mcrarja July lfc'A, IS J 3. The demon cf dullness has been upon mc for 'the last Uyo weeks, which will account for your readers not having heard from irie fcfefgre. But now I have the - events the first few dap of this' week to relate, jfhich have been interesting to the people of this countr, and may inter est yon over the mountains. Poli tics, of course is the absorbing topic of coirversatipn the . thin about which every tody is thinking, and a good -giany 'talking, who never think upon that or . any other subject. Yes terday, (lAiesday) : the angust aiid worshipful cpu-jfty .court, descent! ! irom their throne, where thy rr oecupied'in chralihg out - ' c:?c the parties - concerned t al ways considers ' anything ,!,:.: 1 . . iu handed justice-o :- - ... ; fitical meeting. 7 .'. .1 the Cass and Batler-t! ; ' ' . " irphor lf . or phite D " . : ra ?y di d . then and there in their. .jj..ly and noise, as semble " .e thclnselvcs in tVf1 . .h -t Cass, and Butler R( ' ' r ! . . r:-1 rr, n, will be sirceessful aga:; galla -lorious old Zack and 6ur a. 1 cr Charles Manly, in this m . War experience andk.iiowl- armintj will teach, -you- th:;t L ,c-!Locoism easily believes whatever it wishes to make others believe, but I dare say that one of the resolutions of this conclave, will even astonish Locofocoism in other parts cf the world. In, fact, I dont know how to regard this opinfon, which I haVe alluded to, and which the meet ing sanctioned, for I am at, a loss toable' for their numbers only, there be-, conjecture, upon what grounds,, or for what object so bare-faced an asser tion, unsupported by any. single fact unsusceptible of any proof whatev ercould have been made.. .It may have been intended as a joke some thing to provoke into mirth the down cast and woe-bc-gone visages , of our Democratic friends; as such I look it, and laughed heartily Ayhen I. heard that the Democracy of Burke had' re solved that Martin Van Buren, by running as the candidate of the Barn burners of-New York,' had thrown himself iitto the anii of tlie Northern Whigs. Democracy is hard pressed for expedients,- when they resort to such stuff as. a' hypocritical howling about Free .Suffrage but they begin to lose their claim "upon our respect and confidence when they descend to the concoction, and promulgation of such downright falsehoods as this.- It is. an insult to the common sense of any intelligent community, to say that a man who has been for years the idol of the. Locofoco party who has been tha particular favorite of Southern Democrats, under that en dearing appellation,. "A Northern man. with .Southern. principles.w It is an insult, we say, to attempt to foist him' uppn the Whig party in any section oflhe: Union, or to iden tify him with the Whig .party or its principles. Messrs. Cambrcling, John VanBuren, Sutler and Young, of N. York, would cut a; nice figure, throw ing themselves 'into the arms of .the Whig Party; . Such an assertion is too silly to notiee, did it not afford a, fair. prognostic as to what will 'be the course of the Democratic party in the coming canvass. . Th'ey called Gen. Harrison an " old granny accused him of cowardicey and we may ex pect to hear them in a few months calling their meetings, and introdu- cing resblutionsSorrfcwhat after this. fashion: . ' , .. Whereas, a strange' misconception pervades the public miad;of the coun- trjyit large, in relation to thV servi-1 the Mexican War. .-We, the unflinch ing, the untexrified and uncomeatable Democracy xf Gammonville,"deemJt due to our fellow cjtizens, to set them right upon this subject.- Therefore . Resolved, 'That Gen. Pillow wai at ithe battle of Buena Yista, as welE as at tne. desperate detence 01 Camargo, (wfterei, by the way of note, . we would remark,'he was besieged for several months with a hostile and bloody minded ditch, tvith the dirt throwtfon the wrong side,)' that he then ..and there showed himself a patriot and a jMiic ll mo. ucvc4-iu-ue-iorgouen ac tion, uui ue, even saenncea tne dear est affections of his heart, in going to battle against his . dearest friend San ta Anna. , ' . , Resolved, TJiat unwilling at all times ivueiraci from. luejUSI lame of anv man. still a love of truth (1 nrw: Iptls u? to declare that the "people are t.:tiri.ly dectiud, i. Taylor haddrr-1' ' l&Stle cf Bi : ' 'i'lRr&crJ, playii: r. tirao tile -. r w;s - li.-vwhcle 1 battle that ;crc ) :ivc Vra a 1-3- Whig I or, was : cn the rging,ar.J quested C" little jt: lie, ina.1 af;noti: field cf LJ. tJicsch: , bcf'" Fr; ,'-: c: v .. . ... . . -' .". - j ; roctedings' : . ' ! j: ureal, The" . i' i certificate . ... -..' UcD, on which j vc v. Lit wc. have as ! ; r -I it.. J to a ccompany these . Lat I havfr occupied to$ mucli 1 - . a lih tL'e comments wliich.' the r -atfen cf ,tne l3urke democ racy suggested. A few more of the iarnc sort were read, and then the meeting was addressed by Mr. W. Wl Avery, of this place. . Immediately upon the adjourn ment of the Locofoco . meeting, the WTiigs assembled for the same puf-ppge-Mo nominate delegates to a con vention for choosing an Elector for this istrict. Col. B: S. Gaither," ad dressed the" Whig' meeting, and took occasion to examiiie the resolutions which" thte-Democracy' had just .passed- As I was so' unfortunate as1 not 0 hcAr eitherof the speeches, I will not ocoursc', express an opinion of their merits., -In the evening, the candidates forthe Senate and Coirr mons, edified the people for several hours. There is ho excitement in these elections. Gen. Pattei-son has no opposition, and the other candid" at es being all WThigs are remark ing six or seven inthe field. . This morning Mr. N. W. Woodfin, made .the people a talk," which we hear every one speak of in terms of the highest approbation. After din ner, the people "were agaih assemr bled for a Temperance meeting, and Lhope from thepirit which perva ded it,- it may be the, 'harbinger' o much good to be done in this way. The meeting was addressed ', by Mr. Gaither, the Rev. -Mr. - Wiley, Mr. Woodfin, and the Rev. John Wilson! All these genllemert dwelt eloquent ly upon . the. evils of intemperance, and urged the importance of taking some decisive steps to stop an. evil which is doing the people and . the country, so much. harm. Similar movements, we believe, have hereto fore met with little success here: but the opinion seems generally enter tained, that public" sentiment is un dergoing a great change. The prac tice of treating at elections seem's to have disgusted "every one" with: the free use -of liquor. The scenes . of public debauchee which every pub lic occasion bring to the notice of the respectable citizens of the country; seem to have brought, all, whose o pinions .are worth consulting i 6 'the letermination of.' suppressing, "bv sorae means, so flagrant a;vice. i , i THE CANVASS. ; Every where that the candidates for Governor speak, Mr.. Manly, gains ground .Not a single appointment has been filledm the West which has not resulted in the greatest advantage to the Whig cause. : For the . people to see and hear for themselves the two men, is enough to seal . at once the fate of Col. Rekl, for the-honest truth is, that betweerfhim and Chas. Manly there is the same difference that ex ists between a pigmy and a giant. Mr.. Manly in exposing, fhe... glaring absurdities of Cob Reid's free suffrage hobby is peculiarly happy and effect ive, and notwithstanding the Demo cratic papers boast largely of - what this Hobby will do for their candidate, of the miraculous power this badly di'gested scheme .of "drmagogueism will eiert over the minds of the peo ple of the West, we tell them that our people are not so ignorant as to be caught 'by any- suh clap-trap. Col. Reid's votes in the Legislature form a striking Contrast to his now preten ded love for the. "dear people," and he may-rest assured that the "West ern Reserve" has notso soon forgotten hfs bitter persecution of her every in terest .during several consecutive ses sions of the Legislature, r f BeloW will be found an interesting account of the discussion at Ruther- fordton, "which "we copy from . the Motlntain B aimer: .. ; Tlie Discussion. On Satury last tte two Caniida'.ei for Gucrcar tJJrti ,i to rtopls ot Itu;!icr fjrd County in ihii place. 'At the hour appoSntci ihc Court ilouso' was filled' la overflowing. Tho 41 bone nd sinew" of the Count? turned Out in Urge numbers and were honored with the presence ofji cumber of the "fair sex," whoso parlTin eyca mod handscrne- faces never fail to give discussions of this kind ta additional in lerest.' Z. . . Col, Jleid t-ook tflcad in the discussion, and.i-polie for two hours and a h'alf. He abuurrd hard to justify his party iff all they did. ' He denied that Mr. Polk commenced war with Mexico without . the sanction f Congress? fand by. special pleding attcmp ud to fcbift the responsibility to the shoul ders of OSd Zick." lie spoke .at length 00 his favorite hobby 'ree suffnSe" aD. endeavored to Droro the n!v two points which herriade, "thai all men are by na lure equal, and that, young men are i?av- in lbs Ssaio because they have cot fifty acres e( land la entitle them to vote fur the Senate. He attacked the action of the last Legislature in re-districting the State; and declared it to be the policy o! the Dem r.rM. Triv. if lhpv "El i mawiritv in the' next Lgilature, to restore the Districts as t .'. : : T ; a lit. 1. i. ... M7 .. .U - . M ... IB1U :UU. ill 10i4f b'c w Y 1 V a viajorily of she Ueprest datives in Con gress from this State! We were plcaswd wit'h Col Ueid he is a' ma if X talents courteous and gentlemanly in v'ebale, and manages a bod cause very adroitly. - 1 Mr. Man!yreplied, and for two hours and a half, by his dignified appearance, burning eloquence, lucid arguments, and numerous wU UAi and. appropriate ancc' dotes, dlightcd anJ'. instructed" his audi erCe. . "I lie "showed that ihe xar ( with Meiko was both unjust and uncns:iiu:i-jnjil. That the President, while congress was in s ess i an, without consulting: the War mafc- in power, inarched our. army Into terri torv. to whicli many democrats have ad milted we liad no lit!; and which to ?ay the least, was disputed, thereby involving us' in a Jp'ar.whiph might bav been avoid, ed by proper' neoiiatiooa ' on the 'pari gt ihe President. That in tSe prosecution of itMS'war, wt had inv Jed our country ,io a Iebl of 155,000,000 of dollars; lost in bat:1e. and by diCas in the unhcaltfifui cUrne t-f Mexico,- ;Tweiity-flve llioasahd men,' and left thuusanJs of. fathers, rr.o;h ws'i widows and orphans, wth blee ding hraMB,' la niourn ihe premature death ot heir son-st "fathers' and. liuabands, whose bones havebern jelt to whiten andennch the plains of Mexico, lie. 'called on Mr. Reid' to tell him how this debt was ti be paid; but it. was like "caHing spirits from the vasty dtep,. he neither. cu!d nor did Live anv answer. ' : " . Gn the' question of "Free ;Suffrogc,-,f Mr, ai. urged tn.u Mr. Heid- nvght as well say that people were leaving the xSjate, be cause they had not a e'jfficienf'quanlity of land to entide them to" a sear in either house of the.- Legislature, as to say that they left the State because.they Were not al lowed lo vote for, Senator.- , Those who left the State were men of wealth, and could make more money in the West. He show, fed that Mr. Reid, by the change which he advocated in the Constiiutimi, did not ac complish " what he .proposed; and that it was a mere Vote, catcher, gotten up on the eve of an election to inJucc the public to believe that he was a greater lover ol the "dear ' people. Uy eur constitution we, have 50 Senatorial districts in ihe Scale, laid off accord'uig to taxation;' thai is, if one county paS say $500 tax; she is tntitted to k Senator and if two, three or four counties pay but the same a" mount, .they, are entitled to but one Seca torj jinily - This Mr, Reid does not pro pose to change,. but simply to aliow every' man" to vote for Senator. NowJohow the utter absurdity of tliis proposition, take for instance the. county f tleriford, which has nbout 500 voters, and the district com posed of Ruiherford, Cleaveland and Polk, which has about 2500. voters, or the Mar-. ganto'A district, compod of McDowell, Burke, Caldwell a nd"AVil05(s, which - has about 4000 voters, and gaw; them ail a v'ol in the Senate, without changing the districts, and jeo makfl one man m llert fbrd cqual to five in the - Rutherford dis trict, or eight in the Morganton dfst'rict. Th is s" it he way by vvhicli Mr. Reid ex pects to make every man equal! lie dre not advocate a change of the districts for fear of the East but he expects to throw dust inthe eyes of the people of-the West by false., professions of love. Mi. M tho ght tliat this question ought not to be agi tated on, the eve if an election; that we had lived under our Constitution for a num. ber of years, without f xperie'ncmg any paciical and 'argued that it was wrong to make innovations on our Constitution for mere theory, without accomplishing sume good. That we should' wait until wd experienced some evil, arid the public' mindad setlld upon a remedy that would .UlecrSrhe purposwhioh they desired, and then-he too was. for a change. . But until hen, he was for.letting it &tand as it was. lie dia ne view it ; as a party measure: the Constitution was the property of the whole" State and should be acted ton with great caution bpall , It is. impossible for us to, do; Justice to Mr. Manly 's effort in this place. Whave listened, to many speakers, both Whig and Democrat, and as a'.ipopular orator, Mr: Manly is far V.ahpad of 'any to" which, we have lislened. lie has woa for himself golden opinions in this county, which "will tell ia August next. The debate was conducted throughout by both candidates with the' utmost tourie J 8pd good feeling towards eaeh other. Col. Reid sfiowed himself an abip advocate of a Uad qause, and in the private circles, a maa, that even wiih his political oppo nents; can command respect. ... We are certain the Democrats have not jna le any vutcs. in this par; of the State on the: VFree'-'Suffcage' 'question- the VVhigs understand why it- has' been raised at this lime, and know lob well what little faithi is t be placed on ; Democfatic pledg es. What las the Goveirors eUction to do with thai qucsJion? -at most he'cialbw recorrsmena 11 to in3 irgujtiure. f people really desire the change propo,' by Col. Rcidthey have, but to elect mem bers to the legislature' pledged to that met sure, and. if they gel 4ho consiituiioaij majority, we care not for- the opinion either ' o! mc- Maaly orUI. Iteid the godiuuk lion will be amfrnded. Iet the Wtonitf only in this County, but throughout the State be aware, and not suffer thernselvet to. be humbugged, but vottt for Chailf Maxly. t t f Messrs. EDiTORs:-TIn..mvfirit com inuhicahon I fooka ranid Knr the State of North Carolina,. frorn castas far west as a line drawn frornj the exitjof the Catawba- river: alon' tiiau tver to lieattie's Ford,, thence in a north-eastern direction acrosT the adkin, &c. In the present I propose to enter mote minutely into' the hjsiory of mines . and mining hi that region; and if it. 'does not.lennli- rn inv 11a nor - hnvrml " ir. limits of such communications, 1 will wind up with a'gtncral tkefch of the country lyinj? between that and the ' Alleghany or. Blue' Rklc. As far ba 1810, ve have accounts of gold minin-g in Cabarrus emmfv wherc the famous jiiece, weighing 28 lbs sfccl-yanls, Wfighf,was found.l. This was for a loriLVtiinp . ihn nnlv- known locality of-that nielaU and' that self' same mine, - or one on the same prcimes,'ha. .given occasional employment, and yielded good profits to a ' number of hand'up io the prc seuttime. Rut its durability is no" doubt owing to the circumstance of -its twncr having forninl a fixed de- v termination never toliave bi.s'mead-owrspoih-d as h;ng as hcrJivL He was-in e.icirriimstances, and had ' taken great pains to clear the grouivl and set it v-R to grass, and not even, the siht of the glittering metal could ever induce hirn to sacriliee his f.ivor ilc trround. FronrthU t through a period of 10 or 15 years, it 1 was known that manyof the alluvi- al dc'po.vile "along ' the creeks and brandies formaijy miles around, con- tained more or less gold. "Hut onae- count, of the. liftle.knowledge that was thru had a.s to .the proper nicthod of operating, and tlie worse than, im- . .. . . i. - - ...-.x, l.VIVI .... f ' " m...llllluI..HH 11 114 U.T, lt.UX for a longtime looked upon as at bc'V a very tncrrtain business, and many persons became" actually' . 6 much; prejudiced against mining" as a hu-' sines,' .that, they would not have worked ji miiie if it had licen bestow- ed upon tliern. . ... . - ..In Urc's' Dictionary of Arts, Ma'n-' ufactures and 3Iines, he gives a very vague account of gold mines in IV.' Carolina, and evidently is attempt-', iirgto namer the locality undercon-' deration, i.- e., the creeks of Rocky uiver a tributary of the Yalkinr in the county of 'Cabarrus, Avhichiie makes to rend. r reeks nf ULlirtlo in the district of Lebanon, in "X. Car-' olina." lie has made Rpcky River, and proceeds to say that this district has furnished the lirS. Imt with a bout 100 lbs.avoirdupois,.of gold; but does not give the date of his writing. I imagine, however, that from first to la,st, much more than that ouanti- lv 1ilKl.non-nvMl,l 'f.A .1 . .1 posites in this vicinity. . l am. not a bh, ffonjt'anv. date 'winch.. I have; to ll the date of the" disco Te-"y of vein mines in ionji Carolina,' it have reasons for believing that it was' not , earlier than 1S25. ! Veins. Averp tKW. covered, I knOw, about" this tirade, not far distant from the -depOsites iust spoken of, and not long afterwards, lurther wc?t, in the county "of Meck lenburg. And these are the uhfortu-1 nine localities unioriunate lor ling- lishmen, -referred tcrin my -first enistle . Thittl have lafptv hnWr most gratifying piece of news, in con nection with "Cast-iron machinery dismembered, &c' It is this. At a nvmuiu J'iuvi, i jiC4.u VVUC1 1", upon a time,1 the" prodicfous and' never-to-be-forgotten Chevalier De' Jvivifanoli, carried on a huge" opera tion if I am rightly " informed and where he has left more and greater monuments ol loll v and exi rava trance than are often reared to the memory . of one man. At this nlaee.1 am tnlH . Capt. Vilkes, late of the V. States Exploring Expedition, and"known to the reading . public as one of the most learned and laborious men in the'. World, will snnfr rnmmnnno mining operations. . The property by somef chance I. know not how has fall en into his hands, and he paid avis it there a short tirfie since,,as a pre-' paratory step. A "few" such men as Capt. Wilkes, will be to North Car olina what the needle is, to the pole:' they will point uneeringly to her wealth, and. by their examples will teach our citizens the way to pros perity and greatness. I wrish the mine may prove to be everlastingly rich, ; and that Capt. Wilkes may. live in the "Old North Stale" fcr a hundred years to come. ' , m view ot me continually progTes-" sive state of inining, the constant in crease of the number of hands and the amount of capital, the almostdai-. lv discoven" of nevHocalitifts.it would r