The general aspect of I lie country
is extremely levtl-md favorable lo
the contemplated work. From
-Rock ford to Edwards' bridge,
tvherc the route crosses the Con
tentnea, there are no difficulties or
streams to cross worthy of notice.
From Contentnea the route as
cends gradually to a level which
is maintained for several miles;
when it descends to effect a favor
able crossing of Town creek;
thence several undulations are ne
cessary in crossing small streams,
until the route reaches Turbo
rough. Thence a level grade
may be had entirely across Tar
river. A favorable site for cross
ing which, is found about a mile
and a half North of Tarborough.
Thence the route alternately as
cends and descends to lessen the
excavations and embankments in
passing Deep creek, Conuecanary
creek,- and the ridges between
them, until it enters the Western
route five miles from Halifax,
which it pursues to the Halifax
and Weldon Hail Road.
Summary of the cost of excava
tions, Embankment, Super
structure, Locomotive Engines,
Coaches, Cars, Water stations,
Wharves, Shops, Contingen
cies, and Steam-boats.
162 miles 1504 feet of Rail
Road, and 150 miles Steam
boat communication, $1,512,
853 80 making the whole
line of communication, by Rail
Road and Steam-boats, 312
miles.
This shows a difference in cost
in favor of the Western route of
12,853 SO. A comparison of the
grades, length of curvatures, and
straight lines, exhibits also a slight
difference in favor of that route.
On the Eastern route, however,
there will occur a thousand feet
less bridging, this, in the annual
repairs of the road will operate in
its favor, by lessening the amount
some four thousand dollars per
aunum. The superiority of the
one line over the oilier, in a pro
fessional point of view, is so very
slight that an expression of mv
preference under this head, could
not be a decision of the question
of choice between them. The
Board may, then, consider that I
lay the routes before them as equal
under all the aspects in which un
der my province ! have been call
ed upon to view them. Their
familiarity with the resources and
interests of the country bordering
on the lines, will enable them to
estimate and compare the amount
of trade on each; a preponderance
of which, may very justly form
the basii of a preference. I
would beg leave, however, to
add, that looking to a connection
with the works which are contem
plated between the Western parts
of the Slate, and the Sea-board,
and to the lateral branches which
are authorised by the charter, the
western route is decidedly to be
preferred. But whether the east
ern or the western route be select
ed, I can confidently assure the
Board, that no portion of the Uni
ted Slates, certainly for the great
extent offers so many facilities for
the construction of a Rail-road.
Timber of the best quality is
found on every part of the line;
the soil consisting either wholly of
sand, or a proper admixture of
sand and clay, affords as good a
foundation as can be expected
from earth alone. Granite oc
curs on the Tar river, and ou Fish
ing and Qnankey creeks; and will
be used in forming the abutments
of the bridges across these
streams; and for the construction
of drains within convenient haul
ing distance. Where rock is not
convenient, wooden structures
will be used in the passage of the
Water courses and ravines, to be
substituted hereafter by stone or
brirk, which can be' delivered
much more economically after the
completion of the road. The en
tire elevation of the road above
tide water, is 189 feet. This is
overcome by grades rarely so
great as 30 feet to the mile. The
whole length of curvatures on the
roar, does not exceed thirteen
nls; and m every instance, the
departure from a strnigh, Hue i
effected on curves described 4h
a radius ciceiding a mile. So
slight indeed are the grades and
curvatures compared with many
other roads in the country, that
yours may be considered as
straight and level; certainly as
presenting every facility for the
most extensive and economical
application of swift locomotive
power, to which Rail-roads owe
their undenial superiority where
ver, as will be the case here, grav
ity has but a small share in the
resistance.
The estimate of the road
way formation falls far beneath
the average cost of similar works;
while it is believed that thero
fits will not be excelled by any im
provement in the couutry. For
your Rail-road, in connexion with
the Portsmouth and Roanoke, and
and the Petersburg Rail-road at
Weldon; both of which are links
in continuous lines of Rail-way
and Steam-boat communication to
Boston, must become the great
thorough fare between the North
and South; for between the Roan
oke river and Charleston, or the
Charleston and Hamburg Rail
road, admitting, there were any
other communication by Bail-way
contemplated, its greater length
and what is a matter of deeper
consideration, its greater expense,
fordids the idea of rivalry; and
places your road almost beyond
the reach of competition. So that
we may say, in fact, it forms an
important if not indeed, the most
important link in the great line of
intercommunication between the
North and South. Under this
view of the subject, it is difficult
without the appearance of exag
geration, to estimate the probable
revenue.
The travel between Charleston
and the Northern cities by steam
boats and stages, may be safely
computed at sixty thousand. This
amount might be greatly swelled
by embracing the whole travel
from New Orleans; which wc con
fidently believe will take the route
of your Rail-road.
But we will say G0,000 Travel
lers at $12,50 each $750,000 00
To this we may add
for the transporta
tion of the mail
Way passengers and
freight on produce
and goods
Sooth, suffice it to say, that your
Southern termination at Charles
ton, towards which all these im
provements converge, ensures you
immediate, continually increasing
and never failing sources of rev
enue; and completely sets all com
petition by other and similar im
provements, at defiance For all
past experience has shown that the
travel on routes connecting com
mercial cities, increases in a ratio,
much beyond that of the business
or population; and the great lines
of travel in all countries lead
through the commercial Towns.
Routes passing through the in
terior, with a view to divert the
travel, must be regarded as expe
riments running counter to all ex
perience, and of very doubtful
success. And 1 lay it down as an
incontrovertible fact, that those
works which will prove most pro
fitable, and most conducive to
the great and varied interests of
the country, may be classified un
der two heads. Those which con
nect the commercial cities, and
those which lead from the com
mercial towns by the most direct
routes to the interior and western
portions of our country. j
But your revenue will be great-
lo that portion of the State most
concerned, is the effect it will
have, by the speedy concerntra
tion of troops to put down, if not
entirely suppress and remove all
apprehensions of servile distur
bances and insurrections. The
speedy transit of the mail, espe
cially between commercial cities,
is an object of solicitude with all
Governments. Your improve
ment fully meets this object, and
its importance under this head al
so, cannot fail to attract the atten
tion of the General Government;
and also the concentrated con
current interests of the large cities
at the North. Aud having the
effect, as we have asserted, your
road will have, to turn the whole
stream of travel between the
North and the South, "through
Charleston, and on the Charles
ton and Hamburg, and the
Charleston and Cincinnati Rail
Roads, she, as well as those inter
ested in these two great improve
ments, are deeply interested in
your success, and wtll no doubt
SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1836.
Ilepublicn n JSTo minat io n.
FOR PRESIDENT,
MARTIN VAN BUR EN, of N. Y.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
RICHARD M. JOHNSON, of Ky.
-::-
DISTRICT ELECTORS.
1. Robert Love, Haywood Co.
2. George Bowers, Ashe.
3. John Wilfong, Lincoln.
4. Arch'd Henderson, Rowan.
5. John Hill, Stokes.
G. Jonathan Parker, Guilford.
7. Wm. A. Morris, Anson.
8. Abram Venable, Granville.
9. JosiahO. Watson, Johnston.
contribute largely towarris it; and j l0- Nathaniel Macon, Warren,
the trade and travel which it will! n- VVm- b- Lockhart, North'n.
i in II c
riENRYKiNNER, rerquimons.
throw on the Portsmouth and Pe
tersburg Rail-wavs, will greatly
enhance their profits, and advance j
0 1 - -
ly swelled from other sources, the prosperity and wealth of Pe
50,000 00
100,000 00
$900,000 00
Deduct for the re
pairs and renewal
of the road and
steam-boats $200,000 00
And it leaves a nelt
revenue of $700,000 00
Now. although I believe this
sum will fall short of the receipts
for the first yar, yet, lest we
should appear too sanguine and
to remove all possible objection,
we will deduct from the foregoing,
twenty-five per cent, which redu
ces the amount to $525,000 00,
or a dividend of 35 per cent, ou
the estimated cost of the work.
A Rail-road which produces G
per cent, nett in the first years of
its operation, is considered good
property; for the increase of busi
ness which must ensue, alivm?
.j
increases the annual profits in a
great ratio.
While our estimates exceed
this per centage nearly six times,
it will be perceived that we have
confined ourselves entirely to the
amount of the present travel; and
this after being taken at a very
low estimate, reduced twenty-five
per cent. Rut in presenting a
view of the prospects of the Road,
we should anticipate the Drobable
increase of travelling by reason of
me increase o! the business and
population of Charleston; which
must ensue from the great aud
gigantic scheme which she has in
contemplation, and which she will
no doubt carry into effect to Cin
cinnati. And in a few years the
Rail-road to Hamburg, which is
now being extended to Athens,
will be prolonged southwardly lo
Columbus; and thence in contfnu
ation witfi the Rail-road to Pen
sacola, complete the line of Rail
way, and steam-boats all the way
to New Orleans. But ,vhhJt
any further specification of the
various improvements which are
n contemplation and begun at the
which we have not taken into the
account. AH the improvements
which are contemplated from the
sea-board to the Western part of
your Stale, must cross the line
of your Rail-way; and to whatever
point destined, will find it to their
interest, to some extent, lo pursue
it, in order to make selection of
' the most favorable location. Un
! der this aspect, your Rail Road
presents itself to the State in a
peculiarly interesting point of
view. It traverses it nearly
through its entire length from
North to South, and forms the ba
sis upon which the internal im
provement scheme of the Raleigh
Convention may be most econo
mically carried out. For, as 1
have before intimated, the cheap
est route from any point on the
sea-board to the West, from
Beaufort, for instance, to the nar
rows of the Yadkin, will be found
on a very direct line West, until it
falls into vour Rail Road; and
thence (in this case) along it to
some point South ofihe Neuse
river.
In a military point of view your
Rail Road, in connexion with ihe
Portsmouth and Roanoke Rail
Road, and the contemplated Rail
Road between Wilmington and
vviiariesion, may oe regarded as
forming a complete line of defence
to tbe whole sea-board from Nor
ioik io narieston; lor mere is
no Rail Road in the country, upon
which so large a force can be con
centrated in a given time; and
where, perhaps, there would be a
greater probabilty of its being re
quired. By the Charleston and
Hamburg Rail Road and its con
nexions; the Charleston and Cin
cinnati Rail Road; the Roanoke,
Danville, and Junction Rail
Road; the Portsmouth and Peters
burg Roads; and by means oYthe
Rail-ways to the West within your
own Stale, lews for trnons nn
South Carolina, Georgia, Ala
bama, Louisiana, Mississippi,
lennessee, Kentucky Illinois, In
diana, Ohio, Virginia, North
Carolina, Maryland, &c. may be
met Irom the remote Stales in a
few days, and in a few hours,
from the more adjacent Slates,
and any number of troops, may
be thrown on the line of your
Rail-way; whence, by lateral
roads and Steam Boats, (down
the numerous navigable streams
which the road crosses) in a few
hours, or by a march of a day or
two, they may occupy any posi
tion on this extended coast. And
in the transportation of slores and
munitions of war, which, under
ihe military head, is a matter of
primary importance, it affords a
safe avenue; and in lime of war,
will prove a saving of millions to
the Government.
Asa National 'work, therefore,
yours cannot be considered secon
dary to none in the country.
But one of the most happy re
sult of the Rail-way system in the
Southern country, and which will
be imparted by your Rail Road,
tersburg, Norfolk and Ports
mouth.
The counties along the line
have manifested the interest with
which they regard it, by the hand
some subscriptions which they
have made.
The benefits lo Wilmington
will be immediately felt in the
great increase in the exchange of
13. Louis D.Wilson, Edgecombe.
14 Wm. P. Ferrand, Onslow.
15. Owen Holmes, New Hanover.
Election on Thursday, the 10th
November next.
Anson,
Beaufort,
Bertie,
Rlad
commodities, which the increased Brunswick
facilities of communicating with i nn(.nmKa
a rich back country will afford, j Hurke
And she may be justly proud ofj Cabarrus
the rank lo which she will elevate Camden '
herself, in having projected aud j Carteret'
carried into effect, an improve-1 Caswell '
tmnt which may be characterised I Chatham
as a treat National and Statelr-i '
- I UIIUITUtl,
WOTK.
All, which is respectfully
Submitted by,
Gentlemen,
Your obedient se'rv.
WALTER GWYNN,
ELECTION RETURNS.
FOR GOVERNOR.
Spaight. Dudley.
raaj
743
23G 755
489 33G
27 maj.
123 359
533 1194
516 1102
mai.200
Civil Engineer.
Wilmington, Aug. 15, 183G.
Extract from (he Report of
Mr. Lass, secretary of lVari on
National deftnee.
"The power of transporting
troops and munitions of war, has
already opened new views upon
this object; and such is the pro
gress and probable extent of the
new system of intercommunica
tion, that the time will soon come,
when almost any amount of phys
ical force may be thrown, in a few
hours, upon any point threatened
by an army. Nashville may suc
cor New Orleans in sixty hours;
Cincinnati may aid Charleston in
about the same time; Pittsburg
will require but twenty-four hours
to relieve Baltimore; and troops
from that city, and from Boston,
may leave each place in the morn
ing, and meet in New York in ihe
evening. This wonderful capacl
... r. . ? '
.y lur muvciueni, increases in
effect, some of the most important
elements of national power. It
neutralises one of the great ad
vantages of an assailing fore-,
choosing its point of atlack, and
possessing the necessary means
of reaching it. Detachments Ha
ole, under lormer circumstances,
to be cut off in detail, marnow
ue concentrated without delay,
and most of the garrisons upon
ihe sea-board may be brought
together, and after accomplishing
ttie object ot their concentration,
be returned to their stations in
time lo repel any aitack meditated
against them."
Health of the C.- There has
been one death from Small-pox
since our last a servant of Sir.
Jno. Devereux's. Nn npw nc
- ' - ww lOV
has occurred, and there are only
two now, iu all. Ral. Keg.
lL-iUr. William A. Lucas, of
this oity, has been appointed Tel
ler ot uie liank of ihe Slate, mirp
Jesse Brown, Esq. resigned. ib.
tt?There was a white frost in
Boston on the 9th int.
Columbus,
Craven,
Cumberland,
Currituck,
Davidson,
Duplin,
Edgecombe,
Franklin,
Granville,
Greene,
Guilford,
Halifax,
Hertford,
Hyde.
Iredell,
Johnston,
Jones,
Lenoir,
Lincoln,
Martin,
Mecklenburg,
Montgomery,
Moore,
Nash,
New Hanover,
Northampton,
Onslow,
Orange,
Pasquotank,
Person,
Pitt,
Perquimons,
Randolph,
Richmond,
Robeson,
Rockingham,
Rowan,
Rutherford,
Sampson,
Stokes,
Surry,
Tyrrell,
Wake,
Warren,
Washington,
Wayne,
Yancy,
12
10G7
G2G
185
668
GOO
150
69
250
1191
564
391
150
475
4G5
264
157
22G
G72
120
389
1G74
250
1004
505
679
706
241
2G7
1132
260
498
511
112
G3
507
S55
117
G76
802
1035
25
891
673
34
716
536
400
III
116
932
145
210
267
500
1287
71
308
977
1 145
565
379
460
12S3
364
228
192
695
869
782
312
102
224
592
1237
230
4a3
430
1009
616
408
300
1642
890
419
828
887
400
864
92
377
180
110
'ed. ihe expense f lile p
tins County, for lh "
y Court .836, a
$211 50 of which wee,U,Ji
re-building ihe P0or ,,,d,U
centty destroyed by lire .
Chinese rianU.Xc.
a few day, since, a leaf 0 ,
inordinary paul ,
inches in baJlthau;;.,' :;;;
the product of cutties s b '
about the imd.lL
to the lipwrl.i c u ,d"a grows
eet. It WHS ralco,! I... i. - 1J
3rd RnnrlUl. r ,7
- r" rat ccuntr-.
who contemplates cuhivuti,
extensively. He also has a ar,
quantuy of the white mulbe
a slate of ctdiivati r !n
(TTWe learn from the Da?,.B
gers .i the Stage (tm fc
on Wednesday,, that il,e j jft
that place was burnt on Ule D '
ceding night, and the inmates (V
m number also consumed 1UV
supposed to be set on fire bv
maniac confined therein, v,'
been m lne habit 0f maIli , J
siderable noise, and consequent
the cries of the prisoners weredi?
regarded until it WM t00
to afford them relief. Oiofil.e
prisoners was a white iV
named Susan Slade, charped
the murder of her twin iisiants-1-the
others were iiegroti.
CCr'We copy frotn the Wjj.
mington Advertiser, Extracts from
the Hepon of the Engineer of the
Wilmington and lfaleigh Rail
Koau, and also the
25384 29637
Part of the above, as will be ob
served, are majorities and not the
full vote. The couuiies of Ashe,
Gates, Haywood, Macon &t Wilkes
not heard from.
The members elected to the Ge
neral Assembly are classed thus:
Senate Whigs 26, Republicans
24. Commons Republicans 6 1 ,
Whigs 59. Being a tie on joini
ballot. Dudley's majority for
Governor is variously estiinated
at from 3 to 5000.
CTOur County Court sat this
week. Nothinc unusual Irnncni.
remarks, from which happens
ihe President and Directors have
adopted the upper route, wiiith
passes about J2 miles above this
place.
The Wilmington, and Ralekh
Rail Road.-e hy before our
readers. "Extracts from the Re
port" of Major Gwynn, made to
ihe President and Directors on
the 15th insl. The western line
crossing the North-East near the
liig bridge the Netise near
Waynesborough; the Tar near
Rocky-Mount, and passing near
Enfield has been decided upon
as the route. The able and com
prehensive Report of the Engi
neer gives a perspicuous topo
graphical description of the coun
try through which the road will
pass; and shows, not only the
practicability, hut the facility of
this enterprise, (so far as the term
facility can reasonably be applied
to a work of such extent.) and the
incalculable benefits arising there
from. Its utility in every point of
view, is unquestionable; and the
estimated revenue susceptible
of almost absolute proof, we
have, then, every inducement to
press on to the prompt and effect
ual execution of this object. Kve-
ry thing in relation to it wears the
most favorable apectj and the
energy and promptitude, experi
ence and ability, ol the genueinui
who have it in charge, ensure us
vu iui mil ij !"-- - -
3 locomotives, ami 30 carsaiw
coaches, have already been or
dered; as an instance of the
promptness aud leal of the Engi
neer, and ihe manner in "hie" the
business of the company is con
ducted, we mention that the he
port was made and route decked
upon on ihe 15th, the same day
hands were hired and the locntioa
commenced. Contractors are
waitiner lo take the work, ana a
soon ns lnid off. which WH W'8
four or five days, ground will bs
i
MARRIED. , ti
In this county, on Thursday
evening the 18th hist, by b.
StatonTEsq. Mr. RMard Bllv
Miss Saly Jones. . .
Also, on the same evening. .
L. R.Cherry, Esq. Mr. 1h
IT. Cvtchins to Miss Hester
Lynch.
DIED. , . . .
On Saturday, the 30th
aged two weeks an two
James Thomson Battle, oo
of Mr. Amos.1.H.tii!ea!
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