North Carolina Newspapers

K 1- 1 ; i 1 1 ' From the Raleigh ' Star, 'INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT, Mr. Editor i In ourlormer number, wo en. 5 1 'Y" 1 deavered briefly, though imperfe ctly i 6' V j Sketch of the ficil'nies fur transportation, wbiqh- ;1V i would bo afforded by !hproosed Nrlh Car, ' fJ ;V; !i: UlinitltaU; Rid;in';.efiuunciivn with the navi, k . nabl Streams of the Sate. We there at i'i tempted to ibuw that no other plan would ser : U.,r-;rt ..ft and eav cornmuntcat ton between Jf-ilarneriportions of our tmzfns, or be ojjnore i i vertical uttliiv 10 the Stale at large. With - iil ccbtrkl locality, hi a position to command the larger share of the trade of the richest pans of .raiding jnterests of our State in some of our ieariorl towns, and ihus making us, to a great Lfiieni,.1 a I commercial people : it offers every Injducement to the enlightened ana patriotic fcaLitalit, and other citizens of our Slate, to enibark in an enterprise which will add much to their sources of incormyfind will eventually' tro a profitable investment of capilal. We propdse in thill nufnber, to point; out the reasons bicli: induce! u ,0 believe, that this will be a firoGtable uudertakinj; to lhoe who are dis posed to embark in it. To do so it may be necessary to advert to the geographical posi lion ofjthe Slate, her clmia(e productions, min eralii jourcei of revenue to. capital, &c. &c. ',;-' lii, " ' ,;' .' f . ' Tbe.counties in the extreme eastern section of ih State produce con and wheat-luxuriant I- 1 1 : i ! ''I be Expected tharrler-meaus fill Incase, and j her ability will bejenlarged by rejecting every scheme to disengage ber lrotolheir fembarrasa. meiti which we know have so loridhupg over heri Can le Jrjcrease in i a!o i jf rjeal ind personal estate, can hettradef with jherfjieigh. bora be enlarged or her commerce xi uh the world be built ujt, by foldin her prs, in a fctatf of quiet ease, and aayiitg, wej are a glo rjouk1 old 'state, we are failed kmonist pur. Vis tersi as a patterh of honesty and rnrat worth, and looked up to sby the pepnle ot l hei Union, as 4 model of unpretending thertt? ' Will this serve us in our (jay of necessity ? Will this increase our capital! Will lisgivj uk an op portunity of enlarging the demand for labor andlhe products f soil 7 flar iroin n--ii win sink us deeper into the Egtian Jbondage of poverty and juin Vhan we have already gne, and make us a bjeword and j reproacrn, a the republic, an exarrpleof shameful riegectl utter disregard of jour own interest, a monu ment of inactiviiyja, statute of indolence, to re mind others of the rock on wjiich ive jsplit. North Carolina has the enlrgy, (he natural capiial'sts; and all that is now wanting is the hand of art to cherish and aisist wkatl Nature has done for her.J Farmers 0f central Caroli- naiuhat sav voti to this ? lYour brelhren of the jWest are up and doing, they are ager to join! you in this Work and wish td bfe knit to you by bands of iron, which fwill dravV closer ad. strengthen the corda ot laneciionj wnicn now strengthen you together LATE FROM ! CAtlFORNIA; By mail from Sanplas;qn the 20ih bit., via Mexico andt-m Crup. fhe ork Tnbune;has advicjrem to the' CtV.rc.tli-'.r l;.;;-Jf - At San Fj-ancisco s on the 6th, and lor several days! previous, thp eathr Had. been extremjely unpleastint, ahd the snow was still rcrnainihs on the placcr.'above. In consequence. there werp but very; few people COmiflg l HJ"1 uu.vyuu;i but a small amount of gold was received. and business was duller man h naa Deen at any time for some months j" Th6 indi cations for tlhe spring trade were j gener ally regardeld Jas not so promising j as we have hitherto had reason to suppose, tho' Uhere was no doubt that a! change jn the weather would produce some improve ment. ' ! - j. k; Owing to the factjbat large quantities of the precious metal had beep sent away as remittances to England, Valparaiso, and elsewhere, gold had become compar tMey .will leave -north car- I OLINAK ; : Our attention vas arrested,; on Satur- ,4J i h .h. ;t' it i i I But we have vandcred frbm the point we day lastr liy quite a long train of wagons '..nnnlrv. we found to belong to a party I emigrating' from Wayne County, in this State, to the u lar Yest.; , mis is out a repetition ;6f many similar scenes that we, and ( others, have witnessed during the past few years ; and such spectacles will be still more frequently witnessed, unless something;? is done to retrieve our fallen fortunes at Jjome. Ilf there; be any one consummation, "de voutly to be wished," jn our policy it is that our young men should remain at home, and not abandon their native State. From the early settlement of North Car olina, the reat drain upon her prosperi; ty has been the spirit oflemigration. whicb has so prejudicially effected all the States of . the South. Her sons hitherto neg lected (if we must say it) by an unparen- til government, have wended their way AMERICAN ENTERPRISE.! 7 A correspodent of, the New York Jouraal of Commerce, hits the nail on the head, in the fol lowing paragraph : - ? " Take the article of calicoes. We now monopolize this whole trado a trade which but a few years since, the English had the whole control of. Very few cotton good of of this style are now imported at all and we are.Tast'getting the knack of making the finer dress muslins. Of mooslin de laines, we pro bably manufacture, at a good profit too, far more than we import. Of cloths there is not one bale of English entered at the Custom House, where there was one hundred five years ago. It is true the English have found great competitors in the French and Germans, who, together with our own mills, have nearly driv. en every piece of English cloth out of ths maik ejJ " uThe English are also losing their great rhoisert trade with us, the Germans beating 7 , - 1 ry . 1 ihpm mnt Prided i' in this article, so wtin atplma :U3atcljm'at - Salisbnry, If. ci 1 ' TUrRSDit ETEXIXC, SAT .10, It I V arf anlhnrivrl and . r.nn..J 'i u in , Joseph P. Caldwell, E.,of irn as a Candidate to represent the second District" next Congress of the United Stales. ' - " ' a ativelv scarce at San FranciscoJ The by hundreds upo hundreds, from the land ft M V ti ' w ..- s - " - r ' - t i ly.isot much so that they may be called the -hadlin view. Rapt in luture limes," we had Egypt of tho Sta'e. Lnrge tore sis oj pine oc-, cuny ltbii portion of the Sute, and give to com rnerce the great staples of "the State, tar, pitch and turpentine and together with lumber, de- -rired from the cypress and juniper swamps, give employment to the largest portion ol the active Capital and labor of the section. This .can never be expected to add anythilng directly tb the inconie of the proposed road.4y way oi k I . 1 ...... 1. 1 rit I.Atlai .nil mi A jfeigtji, since iiifijiicr wwuiu tni traiuportation, even if it' ivere more convenient than water, which is not the case, and it will never affect the interests pf the proposed work further than the reciprocal infl uence which the various branches of trade have upon each oth er. Yet a largo revenue may be expected from itb'e other products of this section of the Statei which are ifot within aiconvenient dis- rf ilia no viicr:ilit !rfnm- and ran mnkp the convenience ol transportation thus afforaVd I Hcjhiest oaj. of sol that can be supbrirpposed ; it yiieius 10 no country ana no;oiate in tne ricn nss and variety jof its productions, or in the inexhaustible supply which mky be dravn from if. Leaving the $ands and ptne for ssts, it gra duaUyand pleasantly rises into an undulating and moderately hilly region affording every varetyp(' scenery to please the eye aiid every inducement to exertion whicn the hand of in- foreseen the day when i , " Oar country teemed with wealth : And property assures it to the swain, Pleas'd and unwariedHn his?gaardep. toll ;' when our harbors shoulaVbe filled With the ves selslof inany nations, when our rirerl should be crdwded with signs of busy andjprcjspering trade, and every Community should give those evidences of ih r'uVand prosperity' which be speak an industrious arid enlrgetid people. Wehope'we willjbe pardonejd for the digress ion, las we strayed into pleasant felds. We will lnow return to ouroriginal plap. Retiring farther back into the 3(,ate above the falls of most of our streanis, we arrive at a soil different in quality and fkind f products from any we havel before seep, with alsubstra- tunrcapable of sustaining and improving the price of it was $15 and upward per punde; btjrt little could be had at 15. . The mail 'steamer California lajjit an chor in the bay. Her mates engineers, and crew had all deserted j immediate ly on her arrival, Captain) Marshall hav ing no power to prevent them from fol lowing their inclinations! Nobody was remaining on board except the Japtain, of their fathers that land, too, to make it a paradise, wanting nothing but a mar1 kct to bury their bones in the. land of strangers.1 We firmly believe that this emigration Is caused by the laggard poli-f cy of our 'people on the subject of Inter nal Improvement ; for man is not prone, by nature to desert the home of his af fections. ! While other States are digest- Virginia Elect ion. Returns from recent election in this State; sbotr tiT election of one Wrhig and 14 Congress, a gain of two Locos, .la Legislature, the" WBigs, so far as h from, have gained Jive clear. ?The "Y ginia papers, all ascribe the loss of mpt. many other articles. In fact, our English com- j bers of Congress, to the division and tv petitors are fast losing a market which they ( athy which pervaded the wi rafib. have had the almost exclusive monopoly of for Thig ig no uncomnion lh ? . . years ; and a steady perseverance on our part j r ... , u tie not depending too much on Government aid, j Vh,&s- When an; ,oppoTtuntty but more on bur natural enejgies, perseverance itself fora triumph, vy e anfortunafefy land mechanical skill, will in time not only give too many wishing nromotion r-j ' . I us our m home, market but the markets f the d . t . nndersVood as onn." : world. It is the last we want, not only tor our : , . . . . 'r uptc3a. manufactured articles, but our agricultural pro- iJcttng to any mhr running for officf.but ducts also. A high tariff can never secure us j as a party, if we yish our princijjiei IQc either." I cess, and the Country to feel thp fects of W hig rule, we must be nmtj and it was impossible to tell when or, how j ing and carrying outmagnificent systems them (be reason for entering more fully and more extensively into the various branches of vbuiiiitesi anjl trade which will prove profitable when not prevented from being so, y distance Tram market, a too large supply or general Stagnation in trade. Men are not apt to pro duce more than they can dispose of to advan tage, their very ioalility to profit by their busi ness' driving them intp something; else, more certain and lucrative. The land In this sec f tion of the State is level and therefore .giving it addition! inducements to larger portions of ter ritory to.trausport their produce to the propos 'ed road for the purpose of sending lo market. ; Farther back in that part of the State, to 1 whicn slack water navigation does not, and can i n'ot extend nearjthecapita of the Stale, and south J'and rtdrth of it,arotaisedcorn, wheat, cotton, to bacco in abundance ; all of which very readily 4 bear 'transportation, and yield a profit to the pro. . ducer. It Is by no means a valid object ion j here, j t6 say that the lands in this -part of our State, . are not so fruitful and productive, as those which, In jother States and countries, yield large; re. fturnslb the toil of the husbandman, and conse ! quiently ive employment to those in the carry ing traded , As well might Oeorgi, have said, our central road shallnever hei built, because it will run through the pine barrens, and thus hate n6 prospect of being sustained ; and yet she found those very poor waste pine lands among fho-most fertile in all j her borders. I North Carolina. too will see newrreasons far j Improving ber lands, and find other modes of profitable culture, which will cause them to ren ; der a fair equivalent ti capital and labor, and rnake central Norlh Carolina ;to blossom Hike , thj rose and -be what she ouglit,by her posi dustry can require. It, further onl rises hiah er, by degrees, until it expands iiiito fhe lofty summits of the Alleghanies and KIuq Ride, iniejrsnersed at short intervals, with the rich he would be able to supply the places of missing officers and - men. Moreover, there was no coal to be procured at San Francisco; and it was reported that an agent had been sent to Vancouver's island to see if a supply of coal could be obtain ed from there, but as to the result of his mission nothing was yet known. The deficiency of coal peed not, how ever, have, prevented the return? of the steamer, if she had had a crew tb navi gate her, as wood enough to carry her out of the bay could at any time be obtained at Sah Francisco ; and once at sea, the trade winds blowing down theL coast, would have! brought her to San IBlas in from ten to fifteen days usinghbr sails only. At either San Bias or Matatlan there is cc&I belonging to the line; j . From San Bias our advices are to the 29th March. i J 1 The steamer Oregdn arrived there on the 22d March, and sailed foir Sah Diego direct, with j the intention of hot stopping at Mazatlan, as she was unable) tb take on board any more passengers; A New York engineer, who w,as at San basins of rivers, nly waiting for thelhand of i Bias, went up in the Oregon to San Fran art to rescue them from their careldss knd tire- ' cisco, having entered into an agreement some flow of, waters, to the UsefulTpurposes of lile Here you upil find the soil teamjng with all kinds of vegetables, fruits ndgirairis in un rivalled abun-dancje which afe now? of jas much value as "pearly cast before sU'in!;" No State can boast 0f finer lands for wheat than may be found here, with wat"r power Sufficient to supply mills epough to manufacture to any extent desired, flere too may be fouind other productions of Jho soil in all the luxuriance and abundance of thej South and 1 West :: Tobacco, Cotton, Indian Cjorn, in add(tion t the great staple Wheat. all constitute ajlist orprouctions unequalled by an;y other country cf the same extent. Do thesje things sptak any thing in favor of the plan under consideration ? Can inference be made from these lhins in regard to the success and maintenance of The toad ! Look at the last 'census and see if wje err in our; assertions, apd think foj- your lelf and de termine whether jwc have spoken correctly. Consider the increase, in activity, jeni rgy, de. mand and supply; which will be a necessary consequence of the construction qf tjiis road, of Internal Improvement, blessing their citizens with bountiful' means of happi ness and Vvealth, we fold our arms in in dlfferencej permit our citizensto get poor er, and poorer, and our State lower and lower. Though among the foremost in this confederacy of states, when they commenced together their free and inde pendent ckreer, she now classes among the most backward. New York has pass ed her Pennsylvania has far outstripped her Maryland has given her the go-bye and even Ohio, a State comparatively ! of yesterday forty years ago, the wil j derness abode of. the wild beast and sav i age hasldistanced her in her course. The industry of the State is hot cherished her vast wealth, mineral and agricul tural, is .'entirely lost hy the absence of that policy which alone can developc it, and make it the active element of her wealth and prosperity. Let us connect now, While we have an opportunity, the East and West by rail roads draw the remote sections of the State closer by these iron ties give the West markets revive the East by the beneficent outpourings into her lap of the rich valley and Western regions do this, and North Cajolinians will no longer wan der from the soil of their birth to fancied Ely si urns in the " far West !" Ral. Reg. when opposing the Spoils party. Elfrj man must be willing to sacrifice Advertising. The beneficial effects of ad vertising have been signally manifested in the case of a resDectable mechanic of this town for ! , . , ., . j r t tning tor tne gooa oi tne cause,, ami U r .i . it ii j ,,l cr i that will persist in doing that which some few months past. He called at the office ! ... , - , u i . j - a: result in the defeat of the very nrincinW "i in our absence, last week, and requested a dis-s . j Fvipiei continuance of his advertisement, as more work had crowded in upon him than ho could possi bly do in several months to come ! Our ad vice would have been for him to advertise for journeymen : but he had a right to follow his own counsels. The fact is, " quick sales and short profits" is the motto of every prudent merchant and tradesman at this day ; and experience has : taunl.t the public that these are to be looked I for only amongst those who advertise. A good sorry to see so much dissent ion existing ia bee may suck honey from the blossom. The this District, among the Whigs. There art! always , now three Whisr candidates rnnninff Jt I - -cj : - a i which he professes to advocate, isto bt suspected of being more devoted to than principles, or of his Country. L the Whigs of North Carolina, take wars, ing, jind determine that if union can re sult in the triumph of our cause, it sHiU be so. Third Congressional District. We are man who has cut his wisdom teeth Innl j 1 1 W I V a Irorlasmn n Vt s-v nliA rtinf There is no mistake about this. Wadesboro j one Locofoco, who would not have offer- Areus. 1 eu himself had there been but one Wh lion and gilts ot nature, to belhe centred reyT ",U1 uet lu yoursen wnetner mare s a pro- iii my oi us oeiug proniaoie, so jar as these products can mate it so, as an infestlment, to 1 finement.fof talent and wealth; of the State.- ? u f) ior no one-wui tieny tne great prooaouny, nay, Hit the almost absolute certainty, that the increase I t irl demand, through ull this region,, for the pro- I cucts oi tne sou, ana tne renaipesstwitn Avnicn very thing that is marketable! may be "cairied iff to the pface of demand, will seriously influ ence the fanners and planters wholiv on these .poor hillt of sand. Id abandon the destructive j mode of culture they now emptyy, and turn iWexr attention to improving lands, which a good Pro- ylderice .has richljr . blessed! with great and , ipf dy recuperative powers. Lime and plaster buy bo readily supplied to the! f.trmei at alow y rate and (he road will see tljarj it is to its inter est, to make tne iregni wi sucp articles merely nominal, to as ultimately to seeuro a larger rjtre of'agficultbral products fdr trariifporUtion. JLook at the last census, and even itimperlect .. details will satisfy any one (hall much more in fliojxyay of freight would Ijo csirrled over this part of the road than many are accustomed to , admit. Atk a farmer why ho raises such a small quantity tf diiTerent kinds of grain, and ' why 'ho does not make more foV market, and he Jwill readily reply the cost of wagoning wjll ex ceed the value of his products,! and thus his la ". bor will bo spent in vain. Giro him a hope of ; getting a fair price forwhat h makes without abstracting all ihe profit by wtiy of freight, and hef.wtu nVt jhejitate to go into farming more ex tcnsirely and scientifically. Look atthecoun. j try through ; which the great Western roiad of jJIassachusetl runs, and see i.he fine farms, and j Verdant landscapes, mingled wiihrthe richest huea'Jof nature ' and art, and think what has jfmtdf.it so.'. Was it an Edennade ly God, jfor those hardy, industrious and ftrtuous pioneers j of religious nd civil liberty, to receive as the reward of their many toils aaJ privations ! Did the hand of Providence paint that landscape T h ' 1 Ii 1 tho, wild woods of nature wijih all the; varied" 1 4 i jlii hue! froin i flowers, shrubs, tfees and WVuitsJ i.i nuituimw Dramiir anu aoorn 11 i v-ib thii qardonlikt farm you see in cqhtinued and un broken succession, formed byi merely felling, nature original forest ? Nj no, none-of these. , Ihe earliest historian; will inform us that a rocky, sandy beach lined her shores, and ,..u, ... nl vvumif l( none nau a narsner.isour er fpil. thnn thai which 'was fuun'd in he?r ter litory off the. ocean. , I " ! r Superadded to this she hasla climate) une. qaalled by any' in the Southejfn States for its severity; and' you have a faint picture oiwtmt If ,r Katuro has do'neTor.Massachjiseiu. j Look at ''Hi'' I She has built rod. opnel ca . t rTU.; Improved her rivers, made alLer small y i streams navigable. taUn thi lal in "oil iK. III baprorcunts of th age, and excelled Jin all that rati iidorn and diifnifv A pnmmnr.Jlil. ' " i ' J w VUlllllll lllKHtfll! to run the California for a few tribs, until some permanent arrangement could be made to fill his place, when he would leave for the gold mines, according to his original intention. To be sure this was not doing much to man the California, but yet it wouldj supply one of the posts of the greatest responsibility on, board of her one, too, which few persons in that region were competent tb fill. r 1 Captain Pearson of the Oregon, aware of the desertion of the California; had re solved to use every effort jto prevent such a moisture from occurringito his own ship. It was his determination to apply to the Commander of the United States naval force of the station for a gtiard of marines sufficient to prevent his men from going off. ? ' j . . There wis a good deal of complaint "muc U lyoi uptn tqarnerson ; beCame the victim of the dexterity of a account of the inferior quality of the coal ; picU.pocketf vvho, perceiving some Bank- " t , V 2 7 V V , bis amounting to about 8150, extending J A SERIES OF OUTRAGES. We were surprised to learn, that during Guilford Superior Court, last week, the honest and moral community of Greens borough was shocked by the occurrence of several robberies, following each other in quick succession. One of the Jewel lery stores of that place was broken open, and several articles of considerable value were stplep. Another depredator, more daring than his contemporary in crime, entered one of the Stores in the day-time, and removed the deposites" in the draw er, amounting to something like 8100, while the Proprietor and Clerks were in the Count ins-room. A gentleman, also. Idle Daughters. It is, says Mrs. Ellis, a most painful spectacle in families where the mother is the drudge, to ee the daughters ele ganjjy dressed, reclining at their ease with their drawing, their music, their fancy-work, and their reading ; beguiling themselves of the lapse of, hours, days and weeks, and never dreaming of their responsibilities ; but, as a necessary consequence of the neglect of duty growing weary of their useless lives, laying hold of every newly invented stimulant to rouse their drooping energies, and blaming their fate when they dare not blame their God, for having placed them where they are. These individuals wijl often tell you with an air of affected compassion for who can be lieve it real ? that " poorlear mammais work ing herself to death." Yet, no sooner do you propose that they should assist her, than they declare she is quite in her element in short that she would never be happy if she had only half as much to do. the stockholders, ;or as a convenience to the State, We fear! not the result of vbnV randiM and was found to be far inferior to that used by the; English steamers in the Pa cific, f . The brig Cayuga was up for a return and careful investigation. As surd asidav fol-1 vovaare to San Francisco, and xv6nh sail lows night, and light dispels jdarknbssj so sure j about the 10th of April. She would carry will; investigation satisfy aW one C the truth ! 140 passengers. The hold, which had of our deducttons, and of the, necessity of ac ; been fitted up wilh berths, would hold a Zleltl MniVr K 1 Tl, mCn- 1 hundred ; the house on deck fifteen, and TtiVZl TJ n"n!? "Pf0: sixteen coulld! be stowed in the cabin.- """-y pviiiaa hid mirsi PTl OI me in from the end of his pocketbo$k, which protruded a little from the pocket, quietly slipped them out, leaving the owner in possession of the empty book. We un derstand that the parties have been ar rested, supposed to be engaged in all these depredations, and that they are believed to belong to a gang of rascals who are travelling from Court to Court, under the come ohhe road; because 4 wisledlto point : 7h.C. P"'ce to those who took places in the ; In ;ustice to lhe citizcns of Guilford, it is .LI l ' n m . U. :l. . . nn (1 Was Xlllll anil PVflfV hprih lt;nn H ha " . . . . ' . - om ui miis numoer, ineenect it wotiid have up- ; " j ;-v. but.ngtit to state, that not one of the per- uu mo laruirr, me uone ana sinew pi the land, i r so faVas his own production was concerned ! Several vessels had arrived at San We expect, ih a subsequent humbfer, jo notice i trancisco, on their way north. Dreadfully " Skeerf" A young man resid ing pretty well up town was returning home late a few evenings ago; after getting beyond the 'limits' of lights, he suddenly discovered a brawjing looking fellow close behind him. He crossed to the other side of the street so did the stranger. He stopped so did the follower. He strolled briskly on his attend ant was close at his heels. He arrived at last at his dwelling, and mustering his courage he planted himself firmly on his door step, and in the field. If this state of things should continue, we hope the Whigs of the Dis trict will concentrate their votes upon one man, and thereby defeat the hopes kzl expectations of their opponents.! i would say in all sincerity, and with a re ference to the good of the cause alone, that the friends of each of the candidates ought to hold a Convention and save, the District the mortification of being repre sented by;Green W. Caldwell, of .Meck lenburg. - Small Pox. This loathsome diseases now prevailing to a considerable 'extent in nearly all that region of country ii Georgia, through which her rail road rur.s. This is one of the. disadvantages, arre- marks a friend of ours in that State, aris ing from so intimate a connection wiia large cities, as that created. by raif road. The disease is thought to be abating some what, and vaccination having been very generally resorted'to, is expected soon to" disappcar,.altogether. Riletj the Deserter. It is reported-ia the papers, on the authority of some ca bracing himself for an attack, he turned upon j known traveller to California that HiTrJ, his pursuer with who was taken at Churubusco. and re- Look ! vou, sir ! iou have dogged me to . , r , , , , - l j I ceiveu two hundred lashes and a DraoJ, sj iui ; sons supectetl-of being engaged in thcsL recent thefts, is a resident of that Counfjv 1 r.i! briefly the influence it will exert tinon the va- riods branches ofj industry, inour borders, the neW kinds of interest it will create, rjie addi tional stimulus it Will give to la bor, la n the ex tent to which it will increase capital &c. &c. at also the probability, we migit say cer tainty of its bein fully sustained y 111 these things combinedj We also intencj tof surest (what we consider to be more important.) some hints in regard tb the travel! it may be stately expected to command, as wejl as the fiossibiii. ty of its being ble to conrpcte Jsucjcessfully with;other roads in this line. The Subject is a fruitful one, and should possess h uhabating interesrto every North Carolman, however dif! Aisely it may be Sdiscussedqr however feebly handled. Sincerity of nnrnlii tJill Li 1 Old bei accorded to us in our attqmpts lo 4raw the jminds of the citizens to the subiecti I Some parcels of gold had been received at San Bias from San Francisco, but not to any large extent. Mi ! The advice from the fetter place, like those which have come to us from there, represent tne prospects of the Spring trade in California as unfavorable'. Raleigh Register. v . - - I 11 will be perceived that we hve entirely omitied all mention of an important article nm. duced in abundance in our bojrdersj and exten sively imported toi other counfries. j fe diuLso because we supposed that Help .would never be transported in any quantity ovf r the road, as the point at which it is produced! is 'Mr below the head of slack water navigation even at this time, and coin sequent ly it wciild hs vejho other effect upon this scheme, than tha. reciprocal bearing which all branches jof cofnmerce and trade exercise lojptrd each oilier. I Nor have we spoken of th immense miner- a) resources of the State, which eduait those of any part of the continent, and will haVe no un important share in fhising ths rosd t a work of public utility, and lasting jadvaijtage to the whole &tat ej So much may be said in regard to it that we forbqar for the presen. ! DAL.ti l Ii. THE BRITISH NAVIGATION LAWS. The reply of the United States poverriment to inquiries made by the British Cliarg d'Af fairs respecting the proposed relaxation of the British Navigation Laws, has been published and presented to the House of Commons of the British Parliament. The reply stales that a pacific proposal had been made by the Presi dent of the United States to trie British Govern ment, through Mr. Bancroft, by a note address ed to Lord Palmersto dated 3d November, 1847, to conclude a treaty providing that I British ships I could trade from any, port in the world to any port in the United States, and be received, protected, and, in respect to charges and duties, treated like , American ships, if re. ciprocally American ships could in like man ner trade from any part of thei wrld to any port under the dominion of Her Britannic Majesty." - l1 Nat. Int. MEDICAL GRADUATES: At the recent Commencement of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania the degree of Doctor of Medicine wa,s conferred opon the following twenty. seven gentlemen from North Carolina, among X63 others from other States.: Giles P Baily, Rockingham county. What do you want villian V i The loafer presented his bundle to the gen tleman recovering and with a country twang enquired " Don t you want to trade for this ere roos ter sir?" Geo. W Black nail,. Granville James S Caldcleugh, Davidson tr 1 f May not Ncirlh Carolina do the same ?-i-Ah ut it will be said, she it so poor, she has not can It "WAl the ihility, ihb hasjiut die caililal ; and Attempted Assqsination.rhe Editor of the Jonesboro Whig w as nearly assassinated, on the 2d ult., by jnidnight naraidt4, named John Hyland, who was afTronfed bylsorhe of the severe strictures of Parson Bfownw. This is tM fifih or ; tilth! time that M r."-B.t life has been attemptcd.-f Greens. P&rwt. A Lesson taught by an In$eci.--l was one day waiching and admiring a quantity of wild flowers on a bank, when I 'saw a bee fly. ing from blobsom to blossom, pausing a mo ment upon each, diving down into the cup or intothe hell, ;and;flying around with its load; and I said to jmyself, all flowers havetheir ho ney, but he must search who woufd find it. This taught me a lesson. Iflwe. look only at the surface, we lose the most-precious of the gifts of Heaven. The gold lies flown deep in the mine ; the "diamond veils iisjjwrell of lis-fit till it is cut ; and the mind of nn,pf it would discover the jrichness or the brightness of any thing throughout the unirerse. jnysi dig deep .. Ill t i l : il til! P anu laoor oaro. r r i do do Kenneth M Clark, Bertie do Joseph M Davidson, Mecklenburg do Henry A Bizzell, Sampson do Jesse Carter, Davie do James B Dunn, Wake do Simon T Green, Franklin do Samuel Hill, Guilford do Edwjn S Hunter, Craven do John T. Lewter, Hertford do WmJ T Mebane, Guilford do Henry T Mitchell, Bertie do John T L McKinne, Wayne do Arch'd M McKinnon, Richmond do The Louisville Courier tell an amusing an. ecdole of " Old Ben Harden," who is known every where in the west. It is stated that like the rest cf the politicians, he has never been, much in the habit of praying, but always made il point to " say grace" after meals. Crossing an old rickly bridge over the Beech Fork one ! day, just as he reached the middle the pillar j began to quake, the limbers to give way, and Old Ben, thinking he was a goner, concluded . if hei had prayers to say ho should prepare t say, them then. The bridge cracked again, tumbled down, and just as old 'Kitchen KHife' as a deserter, was unjustly punished1, ie never having been an .American eifiwn, t nor was he enrolled in the American ar my. It is further said, that he intencs to apply to General Taylor for redress. Capt. Patrick M. Henry, of this'Sta!?, we, perceive, has been complimented tj the Secretary of War with the appoint ment of a member of the Board to attend the examination of the Cadets of the Mil itary Academy, at West Point, in J"C next. fr - Mr. J.KL. Badger, lately employed ia the editorial department of the Chjarkt touched water he was heard to exclaim, in ; Journal, designs establishing a large earnest tones, " thank thee, Oh ! Lord, for au tnese thy gracious gijts. Wm. Nicholson, Thomo3 J Patrick, Calvin C Peacock, Andfew J Peebles, Charles Smallwood, Jos.il W Tucker, Richard T Weaver, Caleb Winslow, Gideon Roberts, Ed. B Haywood John M Brandon, Perquimans do Guilford do Edgecombe do Norihampton do Bertio do Wake do Norihampton do Perquimans do Wayne do Wake do Caswell do Decidedly Rich. One of the pervenu ladies of our village, but would be wonderfully aristo. cralic in all domestic matters, was visiting a few days since at Mr. G 's, (all know the old Major,) when, after tea the following con versation occurred between the Major's excel, lent old-fhshioned lady and the top-not' in con. sequence of the hired girl occupying a seat at the table. Mrs. 44 Why Mrs. ! you do not ah low your hired girl to eat wilh you at the ta- per in Charlotte, to advocate the pntw pies of the Whig party, to forward &f claims of Western men, and elevator tern Carolina all laudable purposeV13 which we wish him success. DCPFrom the Wilmington Journals learn that at a Democratic mecM ' that town on the 2l(th ultimo a Letter produced from Gen J. J. McKay, tirC' eran Locofoco Representative ol t-l ' ble ? It's horrible.' I trict in Congress, n which ne yr Mrs. G- . Most certainly I do. You ! declines being a candidate for re-elrc know this has ever been my practice. It was ! to Congress. Whereunon the tneel) UistriCt tonr- so when you worked for me don't you recol. lectT" solved to have a Clinton on the 31st of May to se candidate. ect James. Chang-Eng. The Siamese Twins arrived here and exhibited on yesterday. It is an. nounced in their bills that they are on their way to! the North, and to Europe, for the pur pose of consulting the most eminent surgeons ; barrow, f I 1 a . . . - - 1 w wilh aiview lo having tne cord which binds j . iou re a pretty Taking it Coolly. A gentleman residing in a village not manv miles from V.xptpr. r'XTnaa : C3 J - . - ' continued after his fires were out. he lav awake ' Hr1 hv a mninritv nf oifi votes i 4 one night in order to obtain, if possible, some ! nc ,i: c r.nnnv. so that UP to lhr rhVStprV. Al an knur lutmn at! honest folks should be in bed," bearing the op. efator at work in the yard, he cautiously raised his chamber window and saw a lazy neighbor endeavoring to get a large log'on bis wbeel- fellow," said the owner. them sf parated. The Twins are accompanied ' to come j here and steal my wood while I i riovf t" establishing Alamance County, 13 D full force. ' ' ! by two of their children. Wei presume that 4ihe geons ! cabilit most eminent snr- win fail lo convince tbem ofthe practi and propriety of a separation Greens. Patriot. sle M Yes," replied the thief,. and I suppose you would stay up there and see me break my back with lifting, before youd offer to come down and help me ?' Illixow Senator It is said that J" '?v Illinois ha come to the conclusion that h- . oL j sess, under the conrtituuon, ue -i nator to fill the place to which Gen. s?hiW " y. i ed laat winter, and which he did fill f''1?' If ion bis ineligibility was determined by the . thi be no, there must necessarily be a calKl . the Legislature. I iud he C( reserj 'arts ade d TH 1 v . I H- -It if:: ' !t VJJ