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r VI-- 1 i! r r' ;-f i t I; il 1 I- : V It ' i il :? it 1' :f;'.I. n 1 . Si ' i. 1 . 1 1 tJ. rK.rtftii. to heaf ahd determine allp 10 commit the pe fn of pffwn. convjcU-d ilWfrf io close cn fin mem. Until the I'ronu. cfl fcogrM shall provide mid etabluh lar aediijodef of proceeding in all uch cae. . 1X Thai these Eighteen lect men, lbu$ convened, do ch.ue a Cletk, tp record Kera, ac'liunt or Mid Uonveniion, nummi-i" jurion the application f any peon or persons Uisricved. do ferae hi wmran: lo one of.lue iCbrtstaU of the Company lo vhich the of. fender belong, directing said Constable to liummoni and warn said offender to appear be foe ihe Contention, at their next tilting, to an lire r the aforesaid complaint. I X. That any person maVing complaint uporr oatb' (o the Cleik. or any member of the Con vention, that ho has reason tH ijuspect that any tusrton or beruonn indebted to him iota sum iSove forty shiilings. intend clandestinely to , ) -r. . . . ra buiii i ,!iMrw from the Counlv wilhout pavinff sucn 4ebtt the Cleik or such member shall issue his warrant to iheCt'n8,au'0 commanding him to take -said person or persens into safe custody. .v. n. L 't'i... r.L - k-inl ' ..I .1 .a iha I ttftVAnl Ifin -I f,HV ihillin-tL shall abscond! and leave the : '' ' . p ' i- m l-ii i County,. the warrant granteu as aioresam auau extend to any goods or chattlei of said debloY as may be .found, and such goods or chattels rhty be seized and held incustody by the Con Ikble, for fho space of thirty days, in which liie if the, debtor fail to return and discharge ih.i debt, the Constable shall feturn the war iht to one of the Select Men of the Company, wihera the gdods arc found, wbo shall issue. or dirs to ihe Constable to sell such a part of such goods, as shall amouni to tho sum due ; that when the debt exceeds forty Shillings the re- tiirn shall be made to the Contention, who shall Issua orders! for sale. t XII. That all receivers and collectcrs of quit Ventt, putli(rand county taxes, do pay ihe same ' -i i i c . i - 'L! .u:.. r... rnhtee, to.be by them disbursed as the public ekigencies may rcquiro ; and that such leceiv. j few and collectors proceed no further in.tbeir i oflice, until ihey bo approved of by, and have ! 'given ito, this Committee, gorid and sufheient security for . a faithful return I of such monies when collected. j ' l;XUI. That tho Committee be accountable ttt the County for the application of all monies received from such public officers. -I XIV. That all these officer bold their com. missions during the pleasure; of their several .constituents.. I "h XV. That this Committee will sustain all datnages that ever hereafter may accrue to any or all. of these officers thus appointed and thus acting, on account of their obedience and Con formity to these Resolves. ... . . L XVI. That whatever person shall hereafter receive a -commission ' from the Ciown, or at tempt to exercise any such commission hereto Itre received, shall be deemed an enemy to his country, and upon information being made to the Company in which he resides," the said Compa liy, shall cause him to be apprehended and con veyed bpfre two Select Men of the said Com , patiy, who, upon proof of the, net, shall commit fhim, the said offender, to safe custody, until the tieii sitting of the Committee, who shall deal with hint as prudence may direct! I XVII. Thai any person refusing to yield obc encu In the above Hesolves, shall be consid ered etpjally criminal and liable to the same I puniithnient, as tha offenders ! above last men tioned, h ; . 'i ! y ; XVJl(. That these Resolves be in full force j land virWo until instructions from the Provin cial Congress regulating the jurisprudence of jthe Province shall provide otherwise, or the i lxrrlclitliri tinit v if threat Ilril.iin re.itrn it un. iijust arid arbitrary pretentions vith respect to America. ' . ' j XIX That the eight Militia companies in ' ) the county; provide themselves with proper arms and accoutrements and hold themselves in read V i net's to execute the commands and directions j of tha General Congress of this Province, and : this Committee. ,1 XX. That tffe. Committee appoint Colonel j Thomas. Polk and I)ctor Joseph Kenedy to 'purchase 300 lb. of powder, C00 lb. of lead, i 1000 j flints, for the use of the militia of this iounty, and deposit the same in such place as the, Committee hereafter direct. Signed )by order of the Committee, I 1 1 ISPtlj: BREVARD, :t i j ' fJ Clerk of the potnmittee. i Cbirles-town : Printed by Charles Crouch, OH the Bay, the Corner of Elliott Street. -t " 1-;This lost paragraph is in Mr. AVriBht's own hand - writing: the fuimer part of the letter being written by I a Secretary or Clerk. Note by Ci B. ( 1 o oe upnitnuea.) MORE COUNTERFEITS. AVi were yejterday shown ft counterfeit j j . Twenty Dollar Note of the State Bank, being. ; I - wt are Informed, the first' spurious bill of . ; lhat t jpnominaiion on the State Rank thai has , been een in the circulation, and consequently I it .i the raor ncceisary to cautionihe public v j ajjainit ihe' deceptions I" , I A ij : .j The plate! of the spurious bill is wretchedly u df fedre, a to its general execution, and en- tirely differerit ill tho vignettes and ornaments, j We point out thoi prominent discrepancies, to rnable those wholbavc frol. a; genuine bill at 1 L:liwl tl'itfe( I IS A amirioiii nn a e ! i :The vignette at iho tnp and centre of the.true ;lill is si female, seated in a shell car, drawn by .. hii mi me iumoui u iiynaie wun a jase, presented to a large spread eagle'. In the genuine", lo tho left is a medallion likeness cl Tranklifi hi the other is delineated a heaf t W wheat. ; Tho likene Washington to the ( right Kin the true billv facing to the left, and j hi l)U couiitcrfi'il to tie right. - The figures 20 H 'S'" o oj tne vignette, in the gen. 7 wintliaie, re in ornamented circles, and dis- liWtWiKUlear-in the spurious the circular ( rograTit Is irregular, and a star of eight rays j hlm.i.t, obliterates the figures. At ihe bottom J and. centra of the genuine bill is a plough and jrakf. oa uliich rest a beaf of wheat-in the ;MiiiHri ivit-ia a vmaii r"ir. v'j M UMr mT ?T Slxlh m04t i .di,crvant ngu.de to delfd the counterfeit. The i ngnntme,. " EKvard Stfbrjng, President,' and1 T-c,. CM,o well executeu. These nltvious marks will give the most un- j; , o in our opinion calculated to deceive the ! ,inol practiced eye. The hilling up of" N. R. j; jMiddleioii," lo wh.m Uth the counterfeit and j igeuujn note are made payable is badly imi. fieu, lieiHg rucu more cramped in the style jf wfiijiig in .'the fpurious than in the genuine hilL r(.Vr. Courier, .... . S : : i . . . ... vouncrk as an arrival cxtraordinarT," a small t m( from ' RMiv' I u.wi v !tU - -' I" ! T Uo-V . tr w,,h CW ' ' J ' CtH.U. i I ! t- "a. . : PLANK ROADS. V.------' J 11" fa made by Mr. Pm- February 11818, Itn'5e Legislative doitncil of ttfiiconsm.. 4,a. tvuunoj rianKing. Much diversity of opinion aeemaio hare pre. railed with regard to the moitfUitabIsj guage for the width as well of plapk a of jailroad tracks. On most of the latter, he rails are laid four feet eight and a hall Inches, onf others four feel six inches a part ; in New Jersey, Ohio, and Mississippi, four Teetj six Inches; WIIIU fl IIM m ., y ' ' Flor da. fie feet : I in jjoniaiana, anu on me i ujiiuHUj aiiu ijiui--al road, fivo feel six inches s New York and Erie road, six feel ; while on the f Gresft Wes tern" railway, in England, from Lontlon to Bfitol, the width is seven feel, j j But while the superiority ofjthc widef track ! fr railroadi is generally admitted, the feverso holds good as applicable to jfank roads ; ftr ; i .1 mJUt .nn. L a ir - e - ?!L ft. an experience ,..ym v..v..?J,.v, r,.. o c;n1, track VA fiet is nreSefable ! mm mi v sii0'v --rt r- "l , ,r f ! , in anv frrpaipr width. At the commencement ..f ika .i-.ipm in Canada, a tilank road track It'ns 1., fViim eiYfoa-n In I nf tf . fi in r lcft lor .....,b! nnrl (Vnm nine to twelvelfeet for sin- i gle track. But the engineer! of that iountry . j- :..ir- .u. nni. ...Uik Un o Lniintr a r ftlcr!irilin thfl rrreater width, land adonlinff sixteen feet for ; a double andf eight fetjt for a j face of the bed even atjd! smooth under the single1 track, as the standard'' breadth. t It is plank, so that they will rest' at all points firmly w'eU known thai travel will concent rate! within j on the dirt, otherwise the plank are apt to spring a narrow range on all roads, jand on those of .and wear; the plank shbujd then be laid as plank is found" seldom or never lo be extended j close and tight together! as practicable. In "over a greater breadth than seVeni or eijjht feet j making the side earth tracl, or turn-out path, at the centre. It follows, ihf n, thai all over i which is twelve feet wide qn the Salina road, eight feet for a single track, is for all practical j the earth should come up even with the top sur purpoes, labor and material thrown alvay. face of the plank track, and; slightly fall off to As lh travel converges to the centre!, of an I wards the ditch at a depression of about four eight foot track, the superincumbent weight of j inches in the twelve feet.! jA planked way thus the vehicles will ret there, pressing an keep- j thoroughly and carefully built, says Mr. Alvord, inS the superstructure firmly nd eventlV down ; on the bed ; while on wider. Iracks, say nine i or twelve feet, the inclination pf vehicle! to ei- j .u t.i, . : i , .n nt ui.n iha nkn.Wo ends of the pjank. On the Toronto road, afier ; seven years' use, the top surface; of thri plank ! was found to be worn, in tpe centre? to the j breadth of seven feet only, and to the depth of five.ejgUs of an inch ; the rest of the Surface, say four feet, (the entire trak being twelve feet,)) was almost aa untouched i as when the planks came frorrv the saw, I Of course one third of this planking was j tseess, atld one third of the expenditure on account of ita dead loss. In Canada, through and in the vicinity of the principal towns, the sixteen foot; double track is still used ; but in Nevf York it is being abandoned in almost all cases, and two eight fbet single tracks substituted! Mr. Alvord is so strongly impressed withf the belfef lhat eight feei is abundantly sufficient for th width of a plank track, that were h.e galled ipon to build a road fifty feel wide, jio would construct it in separate eight feet track?., It; would certainly be a little more pleasant for-an tin- j steady driver to have a wider track ; but econ- omy in building prevents it, while the real use fulness of the road is not impaired." In Can ada, tho ends of the plank are mostly pinned and spiked to the sills ; but this is now deemed useless by the New York engineers ;and a; Detroit writer saysthe thly use of pins or spikes is to keep the planks from being floated off, where the track should chance to re sub merged in water. The planks on the Canada roads, whether of pine, "hemlock, or oak, are sawed three inches in thickness, and general ly from eight to fifteen j inches in widJh ; but the engineer of the Salina roltd. in speaking of the proper thickneiis'of the plank, recommends that where two tracks are inape alongside each other, one (for loaded waggons going td mark et) should be laid with four-inch plank, and the other (for generally emjptyj or light ones reluming) with plank only j three inches in thickness. In those cases where the amount of travel is sufficient to trear rouf the plank be. (ore it would have time to rot Ibut, thin four inch plank should be used otherwise three inches will do, but not less. J i . I pd.j Sills or Sleepers kr Stringers. . A diversity of opinion ias prevailed ii regard to thjs part of the structure. j" The sleepers," says the New' York. Senate report, 44oih in size and in number, have vafied and changed since the first introduction of plunk roads. At first jfive or six were placed under a ;1G foot road, and were G inches square. But they have been gradually reduced, both in size and nWnbfr, so that now, under an 8 ft. track, two sleepers 4 inches square!, areconsideied abun dantly sufficient the roads laid upon the light sleepers at present usedl areaso1id, and en dure as well as any roads ever built." f About a mile of single track plank road U'heW laid kdown around the depot of the Detroit railroad, and the engineer writes M us( that he uses plank of three inches in foundation is somewhat thickness, and, as the unsetlled. his sills acre 3 by 8 inches, laid flatwise ordinarily he would use a 4-inch square sill.! On the Sali na road, 4 hy 4 scantlui" is used tor strini?ers : ... r.. . . ... r . f r ' Sills l thU ai?f Will niiro ronHlll thai lar.rar nL IL I -.I iu 7 r i " v 1 V" ones, settle with tha rst iF lh Mmorciii)p nm Unvtw .h. nfa. b ,; "i .i II tLTT l' thus excluding air and decreasing; the liability to rot. Indeed, some think thai the chief use of sills is to grade byY'and in shape until it acquires ccc. On a short road he a ii Toronto, no sill at all are used, the planks retting immediately on the bed of earth, and ihe rade and form of the road is preserved nearly; as exact as1 on other roads where si'Js are fused. Tlie sills should be well bedded in the earth, their top surface barely in sight, and the earth irf which ,i j i i lit i . i . they are embedded should be broken and pul- Vllf I.AH n n ... l t ...k. t . .i . i. . --' ou as iu iciiic u u aiuutfs oincr naro .u.......io ou3,ruC uur si-.uHig eve.iiy. ana hers only arc. used on the Salina: .uil- , r . 7. inches in size, and none lesi lnih .UrcU.Uu i.:i...Lk...n: ....?..,r " J uiu c ,,Uja . urcaiv jouius ... .-j.. u,R,,ir paumgpii ski ng-inat is the erufc ot the strmg-rs on one side should nor bo laid PPntc ho end, of ikon) on thJ other side. About G feet 8 inches ,fihe proper tdth between the l wo. lines of trih&ers. for an 8 feet ngle track road, which willllbriiig thehi under theheels of mosf road J ,s ive a continuous bearinrr n ihlm n . r rJZrZ Ol feln f f torig a. twoor three plankings; ... " T fe F ; Ath. The Bed or Foundation. . An important part of lhe whole structure, is the preparation of ihe bed of earth, or founda. tion. 1'bis should be graded about twerii?-one feet wide, measuring from tha inil fnh'l.'tioc . unace oi me uea snou id be broken unri m-irl. ' fine and firm m or-w tJn.H i ? j i ? un p ana Ilr,n as pracUcable, atjd graded smooih : gd ditches should b dug m rlie beninir M7wo leet deep, au4 Iwo'anrl a half feel wide i aLlhe bottnm ctnninn nn .I.J j . . . . . ' .u uiq s;ucs accorutn" . . ' .: .u- oieitmnfin riitmimfi .1. .l.Pri .hould be made under and . i.J' . oil! (filler thai ctrilroB th. 1. .midlv off. and effect a thorough drain across me ocu,.u ss .. v-v . age. I! canliot impress to strongly upon ypu; (fays Mr. ATvofd) the neeesity of buifding your road-way high, and draining it well by side ditch es and culverts." Jn gradng crosswise of the road, perticularly on anj bid joad-way, care should be taken not to brek up arid pulverize any greater depth o( the service than is nec essary for embedding the sills, for il is impor tant to preserve as solid a foundation as prac- 1 .n. . . I'll I 1 1!J ticable. l he pianK iracst snouiu ue taiu as I t 1 1 J far on one side ol the road.bed as can ue ana leave a suthcient snouioer p Keep iuo earm on that side up to and even vpb thd top surfaco of the plank ; ohe slringer fhould then be laid by the eye, from four to six inches inside of the intendeq outline 01 me pi, men mo um- er stringer on a parrallej Jine iwith the first, and abou six feet eight inches from it, which can be reveled by meanscorn on n ason s pvol having iwn iprra thft rcauisite distance . ... . i . .. : : , apart to reach and rest in! the Iwo stringers, the , - a- r . . , . , , . ! 5 . : U I Oil Illc U 1LU Q tur; icill " : . i"iir. i than the otherso as to give" the proper incli I.HilOn IO tne DiailK. llaUK , m cauu SUUUIU then be packed close around the stringers, and brought up to a level wilhlhe top surface of t icm. (?rt rarn beinir taken to have the SUr- them, ffreat care beingjaken to have the sur " is the ne plus ultra ol rpad-maKing. Mr. decides saw a-roaa in naaa wnicn nao been worn out, and was Dfifn"; repianKeu : tne cills wprn still (Tond. and the nlank sound on the underside, save where 4r had supplied the place of earth, and there thfy were destroyed by rot. blh. Singhy or Dotbh Track. In the opinion of Messrs. Geddes and Alvord, iV is seldom necessary to btild more than one plank track eight feet wide on the same road, except in and near towns-arid villages, or other peculiar localities where a Very large amount of travel is expected to pass over it. Jir. U. says, " it isdifficult to persuade a man who has not seen the thing tried, that one track is en tirely sufficient, except in! cases of an extraor dinary amount of travel ; but it is so." Mr A. remarks, that great speculative objection was made in the start to but one plank track ; but we have' now the entire community with us in deciding that, on all ordinary roads, one track is fully sufficient . The reason js this : the travel in wet weather is entirely on the plank, except the turning of the light teamjsjbut they seek the plank again as soon as they can get around the team met or overtaken, so! that the turn-out track is not cut with continuous lengthwise ruts, ,1 .i 1. Jc J . ' L ana pernaps wnepis 01 not one team in a nun dred turn-outs will strike tho exact curve of an other ; consequently, in j ouj experience, our turn-out track being well graded and passing the water from its surface,: remains perfectly hard and smooth." And during a thaw about the beginning of January, when the frost was entirely out of the ground, their turn-out track,. which is made of common efarth scraped up on the spot, remained perfectly! good, and no diffi culty was experienced in passing off and on the plank. The Salina road has but one track-; except that for about 100 rods through the vil lage, there are two eight feet tracks, four feet apart, with a graded path-way between j. thence but one track runs a distancp of two and a half miles, ' until il reaches a soil of deep and yield ing sand, where two tracks i re again laid and continued a short distance, until the road, de scending a slight hill, gains the level of the low wet cedar marsh about eighty rods wide, which is crossed by a plank track of sixteen feet wide, laid upon an embankment of sand averaging three feet in highjf ; it then ascends from this swamp up to another range of sandy land, across which two tracks of eight feet are carried for three-fburtha ofj a mile, until the road-way is composed of a! gravelly soil, whence but one track is usedjo its termination." The objections to a sixteen feet Rouble track are : As we have already shown, the travel will con verge to the centre, and the depressing of a wide road at the centre causes a springing up of ihe ends of the plank,! which, admitting the air and moisture, renders them unstable in their position, and promotes! rot ; whereas on an eight feet road, common waggons, whose track is five feet four inches, bear more equal ly on ihe plank, and tend to keep them in, rath, er thanioslle ihem out of their place : and thus the timber is all worn out together. Again, on a sixteen feet track, Heavily loaded teams, travelling in the centre,! as all vehicles from 1 L : 1 1 l t.. ......! 1 win, iuuc su aiuu ijr 111 luriiing oui,mai I 1 t . 1 i i - , . u : .:ii i...i.. : . i ""ni ana msi ve?,c,e8 un,?ss ltteY nave leisure . . ?. .t . i unless they have leisure 1 10 iae ray movem.enis. ot tne neavy one, rnust be crowded off the plank upon the sidling'; rmuaunun.n, i.iitic uci.1(; li; IUIU-UU1 UA1II IU . naime cBiet use a sixteen feet track.) in Itherr efforts to get by keephe fouhdation rtbe other within an reasonable time ; on an soidity by settling,; ht feet tracU, hoieve en a heavy and a light team meet, the latter of course takes the turn-out path, and no difficulty nor delay ever Emng sirengtn to carry out the re need occur bypassing. The plank onl a six- j form thoroughly and as it ought to be done, teen feet double track at Toronto having be. come loose and unsettled, they were sawed in two in the centrethus partially imparting to - j " i"ou iuc ttuaiagra ui iwucigui leei Single trnhB Ti;n ,aikr the road the advantages of two eight feet single I. . path in the centre ; after whfch, it is said to .it"" ; have worke( bellcr lhan any 4illeen feel ,rack ' Mr- Alvord,) 'Mohaveaviderfrack than eight CCI MUt '"y "ouumg urevefus it, wowe ; lhe real usefulness of the road is not impaired" by confining it to that tdth. ! : VVhn .nnm,.;.,,, ...... ; When the const ruction! of a ixteen.feet track h,cornes ai)Solutely DeCessary, i i where the uesettled and yielding ; r ...ni V j? in locations consistence ! Z k J ffi - i T r S ir 6. k i ld ifnZ hree to fave sills ! shouId be used- on a crowning grade with a ! ?J? r three inches in th, centre grading a turn-out t Tf ' i ' "l ,hV,Jr sPrun? down on. .each P,de' a?ld sP,ked or pinned to the outer sills. 6!h. Grading J The Port S-anley an4 London plank road foundation is graded thirty feet wide between the ditches, and the bed raised twelve inches above the' natural. surface of ttjef earth. This road ascends'from tho lake to -the level of the country by a grade of one; fool eJeVation in thir ty, ajthoogh in one ease! it overcomes an as cent of one foot in twenty : and it is jilr.-Tal- cott s opinion, that an inclination of one foot in tttentv - one can dp very easily overcome plank rondi Bul MrAlvord, in atrecenl let3 terto s: says?! " in buiidmga plank road, tnere is nonnecessity of paying ihal-strlct attention to lengthwise grading, which is supposed to be necessary by the speculative (not practical) road builder.!; lcan hardly conceive: of any eleva vation in your Country which would j require much cutting jdown. We, pass over rise on oar road, (short, it is true,) of one foot in ten. It: is easier to go over the same elevation on a plank road lhan on a common dirt one ; for on plank there' is no cutting into the substance nassivl over, nor encountering of stones by the i wheels ; and if, as it ought to be, the plank j "member its contents perfectly. The writer commen wtiy is covered with a slight coating of earth, i c8 br '"S lhat il was a,ready apparent that an ini the only danger, suggested, the slippit g of the j paal Pblic sentiment would disapprove of alt the atiimal, is avoidea. it wouia oe a prettier signt ''5 'utauo saiu ai u...... for the eye, yere we to grade our plank roads j and inexpedient. He bad heard no voice of assent, and more level buljwhile their practical utility is j believed that no intelligent or patriotic man coirid be not lessened in any perceptible degree by their , found who would not concur in the popular indignation unevenness, economy forbids the expense ofj He paid this after much delibration, having attended leveling ihejtyJ or ornament ! The grading and ; with "unusual" interest to the proceedings of the Le grubbing on the. Port Stanley road seems to j gislalurej and he rose from the sickening review with have been more Costly than on any similar j feelings of "humiliation" and disgust. He then asked structure in Canada. Independent of embank- j where was the true Carolinian who would attempt to ments and deep1 cuts, the expenditure on ac- j justify the illiberal, and ungenerous policy of the Legis count of grading. &c, of this road, averaged lature, " whether we consider the general schemes of $320 per tnile ; while on the Salina plank improvement," &c. He then declared such legislation road, (built on an old road-way, however.) the j to be " novel, unwise, extravagant, and contrary to the whole cost for bridges, sluices, and contingen- laws of custom and nature" an effort to flatter the peo- dies, was only 8.63 per mile. Where the en tire foundation is to be made anew, it is diffi cult to make any calculation that can claim to be more than an approximation to accuracy in regard to the expense, of grading, &c Should the line of the road pass over a plane surface, with onlyk gentle undulations, or over an old road.way with no hills to cut down nor vallies to fill up, fifty cents a rod might cover the expense ; while under other circumstances, one dollar per rod would not be too high an es timate. Seventy-five cents per rod was the cost on the Salina road. The grading, when once well done, is done for all time. (To be Continued.) ; THE CENTRAL RAIL ROAD. i Much interest is beginning to be manifested in the schemes for Internal Improvement pro jected by our last Legislature. A Rail Road meeting was held at Salisbury on the 8lh inst. which the Watchman describes as in a high degree interesting, and as evidencing a greater ; degree of unanimity of sentiment and cordiality of feeling than they had ever witnessed. The .meeting was addressed"by John A. Lillington, 1 James VV. Osborne, Rufus Barringer, Judge Ellis, Burton Craig, and others. Resolutions were adopted expressing a hearty approval of the wise and patriotic Legislation which con ceived and adopted measures so eminently cal culated to improve the condition of our State ; measures to the completion of which self-interest as well as patriotism should prompt every citizen to devote his energies. And to secure united effort, they recommend a General Con vention of the friends of these measures from every portion of the country interested, on Thursday the 14th day of June next. The meeting also resolved to organize a body to be called the " Rowan Interna Improvement As sociation," whose duty it shall be to promote the proposed enterprises in such manner as may be deemed most advisable. From the peculiar position of the town of Salisbury it is perhaps destinedLlo reap a lar ger amount of benefit from the proposed works than almost any other point ; yet every sec tion of the country jthrough which they will pass is deeply interested, and none perhaps more than the people of the county of Orange. And so especially is the prosperity of our town of Hillsborough connected with the location of the Rail Road, that it behooves all our citizens to take aii active interest in it. With the view of promoting the interests both of the town and county, it is proposed that a meeting of the citizens of the county gener ally be held in this place on Tuesday of the Superior Court, being the 6th of March next. It is hoped that as many will attend as can conveniently do so. Speeches will doubtless be delivered on the occasion, and such expla nations rhade, of the proposed improvements, as will amply compensate the hearers for their ! attention. Hillsboro' Recorder. " FREE SUFFRAGE." Those who paid attention to the legis- ! lative proqeedings as they came out week ly in the riewspapers, no doubt observed that the subject of amending our State constitution as relates to the suffrage pri vilege, occupied a share of the earnest attention of the Legislature. None of the propositions for alteration were adop ted ; yet the votes on the various propo sitions and amendments introduced, show- ; vd a maturity of sentiment on the part of the people's representatives, indicating ait early inevitable consummation of con- .... 1 f . 1 . 1 z 1 -1 . . . 1 suiuiionai reiorm in mis most important 1 - . T particular. It is we . perhe A - ... ! particular. It is well, perhaps, that the measure failed in the recent session : be cause the subject had not been thorough I anH . oKn lo v nnn.-o .on,! KT U i ' " ' I TT7 t- r PeoP e' d becaus th portion . of our ! population, most interested, and who al- I VV umjuiny, nre every when the time for final action arrives. Nothing less will satisfy the awakened freemen of North Carolina than free suf frage and equal representation on the white basis a fundamental provision cha racteristic of younger southern States, which have been organized during the ; tn e, 1- r ,. , ; e n o.,fT. .i i & w":fID Ms 4ucauuii, in oiuer uiai OUT readers may judge of the State and i ProSress of popular opinion in this respect, as reected through the legislative.repre- sentation. Greensboro Falnot. ' 1 p rff an(J Prhe Fi hti ; The New York Express says : " 1 uUsm has grown i in this part of the world, into such lavor part of the world, that it is said, two heroes of the ring in England are about to visit this country : Ben. Caunt and William Bendigo. The Grst is not less than G feet 3 inches in height, and weighs 200 pounds ; the last is only 5 feet 10 inches, and weighs 150 pounds, but has beaten Gaunt in a contest upon which 1000 guineas was staked. j sale by prEBOOTS AXDSnOES, for ; X Dec 21, 33 . . EXXrSS! COMHUiNICATlONS. 1 For the Watchman.) - , ? v " Protest "rnis Codicil. 1 Messss. Editors Not being one of yoar subscribers, I djj not! preserve yonr paper containing the first oorn ! niabication of your Lexington Gorrespondenr'Protfst.'' I And although it was published simultaneously in the j Watchman and Greensborough Patriot, (as if the more certainly to ensure controversy,) I am not at presentjaWe to lay my hand upon it. I am sure, however, that I pie with " idle baubles," and divert their attention from j .u ... ir 11 . w .u 1 I t hair trim u-oltoro omt dacf in " lia than lAnnnnoa ' the Rail Road project as the "central offering" of Eastern men that it wa3 " unwise" in the Legislature j to attempt to divert trade from its natural channels, and . nr. . - ., r.... , , , i in. im i m r ivinff r if ii rn i r . :i r n :i 1 1 t n rti t that our trade was North and South, and not Eastward that " our treasure would be wasted, and our people taxed to no purpose" that the " chilling reflection was truly humiliating to the patriots pride" that " such po licy, if persisted in, would cast us still deeper into the original chaos" of primitive nature; and was but the foreshadowing of the future ruin and desolation of"the State. Now, Messrs. Editors, I being " incapax doli " (that is, incapable of deceit) thought " Protest" was opposed to the' Central Rail Road, and the other schemes of im provement ; and I suppose every one who read his essay came to the same conclusion. In your last paper, how ever, "Protest" copies out with a "Codicil." Now, a " Codicil" is an appendage to a last will and testament, and is intenJed to add to, revoke, or modify the previ ously declared intention of the testator. It is always an after thought. Can it be that "Protest" has looked around, and found that his protest instead of being the voice of the majority as lie at first supposed, is after all, a real protest according to his own definition, being the dissent of the minority, and that preferring to be on the strong side, he has concluded to add a " codicil " to his testament move a reconsideration, and pray that his protest may be stricken from the journals, and his vote recorded in the affirmative ? Hear what he says in his "codicil." "And he (" Protest") certainly would never have submitted to the press his cursory review of the several measures of the late Legislature if he had not believed he reflected the private feelings of the large majority of the . people of Western Carolina." That js, if he had not supposed, himself on the strong side, he would have taken theoth- er. liut having discovered his mistake he slides over now with more ease than grace, watch him. " And lence if he had believed his communication would have been construed as intending to underrate the value, or retard the success of schemes so noble and so vitally im portant to the State. He, therefore, takes this occasion to disclaim any such intention." " In short, he will, tor the future, lend his feeble influence in advancing the ; claims, and securing the great benefits which may arise j to Western, and the whole of North Carolina, by the pro- 1 1 r i .. . nose u extensive ciieiiie oi internal improvements Having passed the chrvsalis state. hP ow Vn. . j warm in the cause. " A crisis in the internal improve- ment policy ot tne totate has arrived, and it becomes the intelligent, enterprising, and patriotic citizens of the whole Sute, to contribute whatever of influ ence, talents, and knowledge they may possess to ef- ; fectuate the noble purposes and ends to be accomplish ed." Protest becomes more and nvore ardent. Now he i begins to exhort. " The time for action upon theTve- t ral schemes of improvement has now arrived. They have the sanction of the Legislature, and if practicable, ! mutft and irill have the sanction of the people also." As uew converts are always more zealous than old pro fessors, " Protest " now begins to devise ways and means, j " In fine, meetings of our citizens should be immediate- j ly held in the several Counties most interested in these j projects, and let them ascertain what can and will be done to secure the benefits of these chartered privi- ' leges." " Protest" now becomes impatient, and in great excitement cries out, " there is no virtue in delay. Ac- tion cannot defeat, but must advance the success of i these enterprizes. They can as well be done in two or three years as in five or six." With great vehemence ; and power, " Protest" then goes on to argue ad hmni nem ad porketum and ad infinitum, in favor of the Rail Road, Turnpike Road, Plank Road, and the other schemes of improvement adopted by thef last Legislature, i Now, Messrs. Editors, I am " inCapax doli" Tigain. He is in favor of the Road he is. He only entered his protest he did. He hates nullification he does. If I were mischievous enough to make Protest hiwn judge, I would quote a passage from his first communication, wherein he says in substance, lhat no one but a fool would favor these schemes of improvement. I will not, however, take a snap judgment upon him, but shall con- 1 , sent for him to have a new trial. Protest concluded his first communication with this omjnous challenge. " 1 pause for a reply." As much as lo say, ' if any friend of these internal improvement ' schemes wishes to make fight, come on, I am ready for you." Now, one of the most remarkable occurrences in the history of polemics, is the fact, that, Protest has accepted his own challenge, and most triumphantly van quished himself! Messrs. Editors, what say you ? Shall we give him a hearty vyelcorne into our ranks ? Having , fired his first bullet into his own " bread basket," I am satisfied he will make a good soldier for us. His style of composition has improved wonderfully ; it is now ' neat, whereas before, it was gaudy. It ha become chaste and perspicuous, and will bear the severest criii cism without much damage. That ' codicil '' was evi- detitly written in the right tirr.e of the moon ; and I bear my humble testimony to the ability, and excellent composition by which it is characterised. After saying this much, hope " Protest " will not be offended if I point out one or two faults. The first is, that in writing : to " plain men," instead of " book moths," he ought to translate his latin. For instance, " incapax doli," might be taken to mean fool ; whereas the school master says it means "incapable of deceit," and is a virtue. The school master also says that he don't think Protest uses the word "canker" in its proper sense. He says it I means rather to be eaten than to eat, and that it is nei ther good grammar nor good sense to say " canker up on the words of Crabbe's pynonymes to find congenial food," or " to can k er upon particles of words." Hede- nieg that there is any such thing as particles of words He says " Protest" would have been much more point, ed and severe, if he had said, " his food seems to be Crabbe's synonymes.and his daily bread is scholastic ; quibblings, and cankering words." Upon the whole nowever, l oeiieve i am now Batistied for the Lunatic "r?" '"'V"1 wurfC legislature has placed it -rrotest" does me too much honor in supposing that 1 was a member of the last Legislature. I wnx nnt nrwl shall therefore escape those "ear marks and other nota ble signs" which "Protest" so eru-ilv suggests. The words about " miserable little villages," ia also, a flash in the pan, so far as I am concerned. The concluding remarks of " Protest " in his codicil, seem to evince some little ill nature. Now, Messrs. Editon, after the zealous manner in which " Protest" has taken up our side of the controversy, I cannot find it in my heart to reply harshly to any remark he could make. He. has a right to feel bad. The awkwardness of his position wouia very naturairy put him out of humor. I may be i permitted to express the hope, however, that the molli- fyirig influences of time and experience will xn take the wrinkle from his brow, and that the consciousness of I being uow engaged in a good caose, will soon light up i his face with radiant smiles. This writing of wills and codicils is a solemn business, and never in my life did I . know a man to laugh while engaged in it. Drop those : melancholy sobriquets, friend " Protrst," let me adise yog tojtake upon yourself some other name. Cull your- i self " The Lexington Tartar." " The Davidson Rose j PuJ,"" or " Epaphroditus Stiiffleboys," or some other ; good name. It will lighten your gravity, and allow yoo . to move yoar pen with a merry heart, i Yours Sec, OBSERVER February ?1, 16-10. I For de Carolina XVafclman; ' iff ' uie wrucr ui uiisnriicie as.sump ,l - sponsibility of .publicly mldressin h" Vet ther i'bysjcians ol Howan and the ad ' ing counties of North Carolina " Deeply impressed witfv the belief t -I somelhinff is necessary to the fnMt. of medical inquiry and . the mor practice of our nrofcssion. he b, ed from some consultation with mKv t? State at larce. should fall unnn e le to effectuate such a laudahl a. . - -w Mli that to which he has alluded. Most of the.Statcs of our Ccnfer havn nnn n f m n m some part ofi everf State in the TnL The beneficial effects of these associatP upon " the theory and practice of.0? cine" are too great and easy ofanr. tion by all worthy of the title of M n need any discussion and elucidation it is passing strange that onr theory r ' . N0uQ Q. ohna, for it is roost notorious that ' w -v j HJill llfii. " SUch lhnS a Medical College i , KnoWt. not a Mt-dical I Society of any kifid wj.iJ its hounds. What sav th.- ik...; . ----- - t . Rowan County to the formation r tv Afnrtinl Rrntv ? A .... Utl that we cannot be improved-bv a nn. interchange of views theoretical crpral cal ? Are we so social that assoclv! 1 cannot render us more generous and tr bane, or are we individually 50 crnp,-' cally, Monarchs of all we- survey' wv rights none can dispute, that we must for ever selfishly remain "solitary and alone!" While every profession has its associ&ti for the concentration and efficient apV cation of whatever may advance itspy. licular interests, which our State is an1' ing to its true condition, and giant-lik. arousing herself to action, and while iM world itself is advancing rapidly towanU i the consummation of all earthly pood, jjl j certainly behoves the disciples of Esr'iJ peus, me lords ol "the healing arCibaji who have enlisted to battle against tin ills that flesh is heir to " those whose foj it is to " meet the grim monster deaths tnd valley ot the dark shadow, and and drive him back from friend and fn I say it certainly behooves (hose tO lod , i ' -tt' ' A- , 10? t out anU SCCUre the most efficient and pr. j ucwuie menus Ol securing tne great CM : tor WhlCtlJhey Lave enlisted. In mvLta- j r - - J UNT ble opinion we need sornethkis toenconr. age and give system, point and efficacyio medical inquiry amongst us to maieta think, study and practice better, and to bind us more closely together as a bund of intelligences in the pursuit of profr sional knowledge and fame. Every re n . 1 . . , ! "ectmg mind must see that something ; necessary to maintan for OUT profession a this State respect and confidence with lie people commensurate with its transcal ent worth and indispensibLe to its host and usefulness. The legislators ofc-r State have never thought worth while b lake by the hand and shield and proted our liberal profession. lie whose money, time, and study have been Idng arduous ana profusely expended to obtain a dip! ma and enable him to be jvortby of the confidence and patronage of the comma nity, is leffupon the same tooling with the upstart and quack, there to do ignti minious battle, or too often to starve, leave the State or quit the profession, liutitis useless to indulge in lugubrition. his left for us to do the work of reformation our selves. I believe we can do it but coi without action and concert in action. 1 propose then to the medical profession of Rowan, and if thought proper to the Sia'i, to hoJd a Convention, where and ttt they shall think most apropos, for tie per pose of looking into the State of medical affairs, supplying whatever it may wed and instituting a permanent society. Et; ery county in the State might institurea society, these might send delrgatcito State Society, and that again to the Xa tional Medical Association, and also ap point a Medical Board for the State. U this plan in my opinion altogether feasi ble can be put into operation, vevou!i have a republic-in medicine as bcaiiiifU as that of our civil government. This can all be effected if we tr ill it. 1 hope the Physicians of Rowan will the ball in motion." I most respectfslt submit these views to the consideration the Physicians of Rowan, hoping tbey will meet with decided approbation elicit their views upon tlie subject ttrpega th columns of the Watchman. M. & Palermo. Jloii fin Co.. X. C, ) February 23d, '19. An JErial Steamer. Mr. liob in New York, has invented an a rialstea3: er, which the Sun describes as follows : v The model steamer was eleven feet a half long, and twenty five inches ja ameter, with a saloon three feet , inches. It is composed of tyo parts 1; upper portion is the 4 float' or baKo built in the form of a cigar; underne this is the saloon of boat,' for conve passengers, fuel, the steam engme. Between the float and saloons ,rC r large propell?rs, something in wit the wheel of a windmill. The two Pi pellers are so constructed so as to ac t r on the air in the same manner to& screw nroDeller arts nnon the 'a'e''ti The air propeller, like the watcr-prc. vi, is uineii uy a steam eiis,"w VVPirrbt rP fti rlol :nmpr is SliPr' ra in me atmosphrre by the DUOJrt er of hydrogen gas, with which the is inflated.-. On being inflated and sef i . . i i. . 1 i nnt DO" - , around the hall in every direction ' ed by the rudder. The rate of speed sicians anthnuch reflection of hi that the Physicians of IWanfv W I l V I ..v.... viiwniiU 14lli 1 D'lA. fifty feet in five seconds. d a Sc wii ath ppo fhoi :iat ine're VT1 Ua .he) 3rb nd Dad j Ti re?c tgc I81S ;nip the. !acre ip yarn he I erit zed. X will jomj nu t oil j. . inx ein i cnt u, jact ibst irisi V,i ak( . In ioti W." alcj ft ofc wro ire . Ban i.' :ng lior tho 3ta t IS j fr- Uu t :as Kc Jen ii A if-; 5 i II. ..i I ' J V : kj i --A .. '4' r 1 l 1 t,