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Till: CONFESSION'.
There's somewhat on my breast, father,
Tint's somewhat on my breast!
Tht livelong day I sigh, father,
At iii'it 1 cannot rest;
Iniiauftake my rest, father,
Though I would fain do so,
A weary weight oppresseth mo
; ' Tlus v. eary weight of wo !
' 'Tis not the lack of gold, father,
N'or lack of wordly gear;
My lands are broad and fair to see,
" 'My friends are kind and dear:
Mv kin are leal, and true, f itlier,
They mourn to see my grief;
i But Oil! 'tis nnt 51 kinsman's hand
Can give my heart relief!
! Tis not that Janet's false, father,
I Tis not that she's unkind;
Ti'oughbusy flatterers swarm around,
I kriow her constant mind,
' Tis nit her coldness, father,
That chills my laboring breast
' T.'s that conf unded cucumber
I've ate, and can't digest.
DEVILISH RHYME.
Xhfre are many devils that walk this world,
Devils large, and devils small;
Dnilsso meagre, and devils so stout;
Devils with horns, and devils without;
Sly d vi!s that go with tails uncurled,
Bjld devils that carry them quite unfurled;
Meek devils, and devils that bawl;
Serious devils and laughing devils;
Imps fir churches, and imps for revels,
i D-vils uncouth and devils polite;
Devils hlark and devils white;
But a laughing woman withtwo bright eyes,
Is the worst de vil of all t j
From the Raleigh Register.
IMPROVEMENT OF OUR SEA
COAST.
We Inve before us a Report transmitted
to Cniigres in May lat, by J unes Rear
uey, ''"die-Engineer charged with in. .King
' a survey, with a view to determine the
pnciicabiliiy of opening an inland com
ruuiiKati m tor steam navigation, fiom the
Chts-ipeaUe Hay l Charleston." Tin
oljeTt of the work is to provide a passage
the accommodation of the coasting
tf.i'Itt of the Union in peace, and its pro-tf.-ci
ttti during war. The Engineer re
p'it, that the practicability and impor-
l;ie df the work are unquestionable. Al
though the surveys are unfinished, the Re
p" presents in strong terms the advanta
Z"i tn he derived from the accomplish
Mil of ihe work. The Engineer says
'The coast between Beaufort, North
Candida, and the Chesapeake Bay, for a
Iiglh of two hundred and twenty or two
I1 ;"i'lreil and thirty miles, is nearly, and,
! ii n f.nv enrs, will be quite destitute of in-
1 i capable of admitting even the smaller
class of coasters. The closing of those
; wiiu-li formerly existed, (and there hae
j! Jtei at least as many as ten of them,) has
oeen steadily progressive. In my opinion,
W it has been lontr and deliberately
j li"nied, and frequently expressed,) the
j ,n u,,euance of a direct navigable commu-
I '" anon between either Albemarle or Pam
"- sounds and the ocean is impracticable.
Hu'pose, ui my Imal report, to attempt
j" Qm.)nstration of this proposition; and
1 will he able to show that Ocra-
Cnr'tp, the only inlet now capable of ad
'"'"g lite passage of coasters, will pro
. "oy also close in a few years. This in-
,et. which formerly had 13 feet at lo w wa-
ir upu its bar, was, last summer, reduced
j V a tlepth of Gi feel at ordinary higl
"i nothhstaiur,ni, the efforts of the Go
j Verninem to resist the encroachment of the
i upon it. By the storms of August
wt,inenber, and October last, these efforts
;re paralyzed, and the hope of impro
VlnK the inlet Wns nhanrlnnprl."
, nepori men recommends a connec
of the trade of the Sounds with Beau
l0rl Harbor, asserting that
"faufort, sinre the settlement of the
country, ,as ,,ever liad jcss lhan l5 or 16
Tarborough, (
feet on the bar of its inlet at high tides. It
us now, perhaps, 23 ftet at high tides.
Certainly it has nearly that depth, and
there are few bars to the southward of it
with more; at low water it has IS feet A
navig
able communication for coasting ves
sels would
, inereiore, open for the trade of
i
fge part of North Carolina, at Irasi
one ol the best, and taking the depth of
w.iter at low tides, the character of the
bar, and the safely of the coast near it,
perhaps the best Atlantic harbor south of
the Chesapeake Bay."
The Report also recommends that a
Canal be cut, uniting the waters of the
Neuse and Cape Fear Rivers, which would
suffice lo open an iul.md communication
lr steamboats from the Dismal Swamp
Canal to Wilmington, and lo the Ocean.
The hue of the Canal is estimated at 56
miles in length.
We anxiously look forwapJ to the day
when these works may be accomplished
It has always been a source of grief and
mortification lo our citizens, that our sa
coast possessed such limited advantages for
commercial business. The produce of
North Carolina has heretofore found its
way to the sea-purls of the neighboring
oiaies, to tne great detriment and loss of
our people. This scheme of improvement,
if accomplished, must operate for the bet
ter. Louceutraiing as it will the whole
trade of the Eastern shore, and leading it
to the marts of Wilmington or Beaufort, a
reat disadvantage will be overcome, and
the commercial interest of tin? St.ite bt-
r rally benefitted. And if the effects ol
our citizens to establish a Rail Road line
from East to West, should be consumma
ted, and the fertile productions and mine
ral wealth of Western Carolina find an
eay access to the ocean, our Slate will as
some a new position, a greater enertzx
will be lent to the industry of o.c neonle.
on! tlt lide of emigration, now draining
fX their resources, will find a lasting check.
CoJiizrcss The following is a recapitu
lation of appropriations made during the
firt and second sessions of the Twenty
fifth Congress of the. U. States, w hic h is
taken from the Report of the Clerk of
the House ol Representatives.
Kztra Session.
For the support of the Go
vernment and suppression
of Indian hostilities for
ihe year 1837. $'2,109,000
2d Session, 25th Cungrtss
Civil and diplomatic, $8.25.1,300 22
imv. 5. 127. bOO 10
Fortifications, 1,010,415
Protection of the Northern
frontier,
Navy,
Revolutionary and other
pensioners,
Current expenses of the In
dian Department,
Preventing and suppressing
Indian hostilities,
1 larbors,
Liht Houses,
Miscellaneous,
025 500
6,002,13$ 30
2.05S 532 02
3,002,127 73
7.739,410 41
1,535.068 53
307,010 36
540,300
45,103 60
Private claims,
$38,413,064 87
Southern Gold Jlincs The Southern
lapeis announce a discovery in th art of
xtractiug gold from the ore and separa
ting it from ihe other metals with which it
maybe combined, which, if true to the ex
lenl stated, or any thing like it, must soon
place the gold mines of the Southern States
among ihe most productive lhat have been
UK) w n. This discovery lies in the substi
tution of smlting for tvashing, and is ihus
stated in the Southern papers:
"Smelting Gold." A process has been
discovered in ihe South for smelling gold.
which promises lo be of immense impor
tance to the owners ot mines.
"At ihe Charlotte mine in North Caro
iua.by ihe new smelling process, they ob
tained from 124 bushels of ore:
600 dwts. gold, at 90 cents, $540
44 ounces silver, at $1, 44
1 ton of lead. 120
$704
"This mine yielded by the washing pro
cess only from thirty to forty cents per
bushel, and had been abandoned!
Take this lo be irue, and here is a yield
of 540 of gold from a mass of ore w hich
under the old process, would only have
yielded between $40 and $50 of that met
al. There is also a yield of $44 of sil
veranda further yield of S120of lead
Thus, under ihe new process, ihe quantity
of trold obtained is aboul ten limes th
nuautitv obtainable under the former pro
rp the amount of silver obtained is equa
to the former amount of gold, and the
C 1 J T- timna ta tralfio nf
amount Ol icau l& uncc iusj iii wbimw
Edgecombe County, JS C.) Saturday, August II, 1838
the former amount of gold. Thus, what
was a gold mine only before, now becomes
gold, silver, and lead; and ihe joint value
of these two latter items, before nothing,
now becomes four times the value of the
original gold, while the gold itself increas
es ten-fold. Very opportunely. Congress
has passed an act to authorize the Southern
branch mints lo coin silver change, i. e.
twenty five cent, ten cent, and five cent
pieces; so that the silver obtained under
the new process will be coined on the spot,
and enter inlo circulation in iie country,
instead of beingsent lo Philadelphia, never
to return.
The high price of cottop., and conse
quently of labor, caused the Southern gold
mines lo be comparatively neglected for a
few years; but the reduction in the price ol
this staple is having the natural effect ol
turning capital and labor back to the
mines; and the ise legislation of Congress
in the enactment of the gold bill of 1834,
ami in the establishment of branch mints
in North Carolina and Georgia, will give
them the aid and protection to which they
are entitled, and with the advantage of the
new smelting process, must make the gold
region of ihe South rapidly revive from
its temporary decline, and soon become
the threalreol an immense production, and
of the most extended and animated indus-
The amount of gold received at ihe Uni
ted Slates Mint from the mines in the South
ern states. Irom Ib4 to lb5l inclusive.
was $5. 126,500. But a small pan of the
gold obtained from the mines is sent lo the
mint. The greater part is sent to Europe,
and a considerable portion is used by jew
ellers and other manufacturers in the Uni
ted Slates.
affray in Illinois. The St. Louis
Republican mentions thai tw o citizens ot
Boon county in .Missouri, recently pursued
two of their runaway slaves into Adams
county, Illinois. Finding themselves
closely pursued, the negroes took shelter
in a hazel thicket, and were soon surround
ed by a party who hud joined the pursu
ers. The negroes, being armed with ri
ll s, fin d, and one of the pursuers was dan
gerously wounded, and one of the slaves
was kdhd by the opposing fire. The
other then surreuderedi A party had as
sembled by this lime, who insisted thai the
negro should have an examination before a
magistrate, and thai proof of ownership
shot Id I e ni de. Words run high, and. a
general melt e i nsnc d. In the midst of the
fray the master Secured the negro on his
horse, and escaped lo ihe ferry, leaving
ilj.epartivs in the finhl. We have no iutel
ligeuce of ihe result.
Singular Phenomenon in JVatural His
tory 1 lie Charloltesviile. Va Advocate,
says : We understand, that Mr. Richard
Moon, of Briery, in this county, bas a
Ewe which produced this spiing a fine hy-
nidous lamb, bearing strong resemblance
o a fawn. The ewe had run in the woods
i .i i . 1 1
where deer abound during me last lan,
w hich accounts for the phenomenon. The
itlle animal is said to be very beautilul
and sprightly, and excites much curiosity
in the neighborhood. 1 his is the first in
stance of an intermixture of the sheep and
deer species, that we ever recollect lo have
eard of, though it is possible many other
cases may have occurred."
Important for Ladies. The Boston
Dmes say : Mr. J. Cults Smith, of this
iiy, has invented a key lor tuning Piano
fonts which promises to be of great utility
uid will enable ladies lo tune their own
Pianos1 without the trouble and expense
of procuring a person specially lor thai
purpose. It is very simple in its construc
tion, and will probably soon lake Ihe place
of the old key altogether.
Monument to Franklin. The Mobile
Typographical Society have passed a se
ries ol resolutions recommending me erec
lion of a public memorial lo the memory
of Franklin to the officers ot the National
Typographical Association, and urgenily
requesting that body lo correspond wun
the different local societies throughout ihe
Union for ihe purpose of eliciting iheir sen
timents upon the proposition. The reso
lutions likewise state lhat in the event ol the
approbation of this project, committees
will be formed to collect subscriptions
among Printers only, lo carry it inlo effect
The City of Washington is recommended
as the most suitable spot for the location of
the monument.
(XT'A slip from the Mobile Chronicle
offic e, dated July 25, states lhat tol. K. H
Alexander, of lhat city, bul formerly of
this State, fell from the window in tht third
story of his boarding house, and was so
much bruised, that lie died shortly alter.
r.Tin.Ti'i mnamffii'MViiUMi
As he never spoke afterwards, the pre-
sumption is that he was asleep when he fell. J
lialtigh Register.
Tit for (at. The New Orleans Courier
f July 10, says: One of the 'cutest Yan
kee tricks which has occuned for a long
time we have now to narrate. It appears
that the schooner Lone, dpt. Clark, which
cleared from this port some weeks since,
w ith a full and valuable cargo of merchan
dise and produce for the Mexican market,
despite of the vigilance of ihe French
blockading squadron, succeeded in getting
inlo Malamoras. On her return, she was
taken by a French cruiser, in obedience to
a decree of the French admiral in ihe
Gulf, ordering ihe capture of all merchant
men, British packets excepted, that at
tempt cither to enter or go out of Mexican
pons. Capt. Clark, not being aware ol
such a decree, sailed with no suspicion ol
being captured; but he was mistaken.
Soon after clearing the mouth of ihe
Brassos Santiago, he was boarded by
boats from a French brig, and his vessel
laketi possession of. A portion of his crew
rfnd passengers were conveyed on board
the brig, and a prizetnaster and 8 men left
on board the Lone.
By some hocus pocus process, the par
ticulars of which w e have not been able lo
learn. Capt. Clark, with no other aid than
that of his mate and steward, succeeded in
lecapturing his vessel: lie hauled down
the Iri colored flag and hoisted in its place
ihe star spangled banner of our country.
The Lone is now in this port, with ihe
prize officer on board, bul not as master.
She has $ 1 5,000 in specie, and 3000 hides.
This should be a lessen to the French
how they trouble Yankee captains.
A later account says : The difficulties
growing out of ihe recapture of the Lone,
between Capt. Clarke and Mr. Le Coet,
ihe prize-master, led to a duel on lhe20th :
After an exchange of two shots without
bloodshed, the seconds interfered and co
erced the parties lo a suspension of hostili
ties. And so "the matter, was honorably
adjusted."
ftTJolm Jacob Ator has made a dona
lion of $350,000, wih a lot of land, to
the Corporation of New York, for the es
tablishment of a Public Library.
A new discovery in Science. Dr. Hen
ry Hull Sherwood, of New York, claims
to have discovered the law of the variation
of the magnetic needle a magnetic pole,
which it is supposed, revolves aboul ihe
axi of ihe earth once in 060 years; and by
means of this, and instruments and tables,
invented and prepared to confirm, the laii
lude and longitude of any place may be as
certained with the minutest accuracy b
the dip of the needle only. It is connected
with the laws of magnetism, galvanism,
and electricity, and it h supposed will ex
)lain several other natural phenomena, of
whose laws we have had no knowledge.
Dr. Sherwood has called the attention
of Congress to his discovery, and the Se
nate referred its consideration lo the Com1
miltee on Naval Affairs, who made a spe
cial report on the subject on Tuesday. Air.
Preston said the discoveries were of such
importance lhat he would move ihe print
iug of 5000 extra copies. It was a vast
discovery and not of less importance than
lhat of the mariner s compass. Mr. Wtb
iter said lhat the discovery was either of
vast importance, or of no importance al all.
He thought it a duty of Congress to give
the facts wide circulation, in order that the
country might decide upon its merits or
demerits. Mr. Buchanan asked whether
the principle on which ibis discovery rest
ed was made public in the report. Mr.
Tallmadge replied m ihe affirmative. Mr.
Buchanan said the discovery, if genuine,
was the greatest of modern times. The
motion to print the extra number was
greed.
A Remedy. The New York Journal of
Commerce publishes a communication, in
which it is staled that a napkin, saturated
with boiling waier, thrown upon the stom
ach of a man who was apparently dying
from drinking cold water during one of the
warm days, afforded almost instant relief.
fXThe following question has been
proposed for discussion at the Blairsville
Lyceum :
it expedient for printers to starve to
death to oblige their subscribersf"
We wait the decision of this question
with great anxiety, not that we shall "give
up the ghost" if ihe affirmative carry the
day, but we wish lo see the matter settled,
and a precedent established, as the impres
sion stems to be gaining ground that a
newspaper is an anicleyou may pay for or
not as best suits your purpose.
New' Yorker.
Vol XIFXo: 33.
Shocking Affair. A worthy citizen of
Luui$n county, Va. a Mr. Thornly, was
recently murdered by hisovn slave, a boy
nineteen years of age. Mr. T. had taken
hold of a saw to show him how to use it,
he having been somewhat awkward about
it; and whilst thus engaged, ihe boy seized
an axe, and with a well directed blow, bu
ried it in his head. He died ijnmedia;ely.
He was a young man, a husband, and the
father of one child. The boy has been
subsequently tried by the court, and is sen
tenced to be hung nn the I I th of next
month Richmond Compiler.
A Woman can t keep a Secret. Uourk,
the Mail Robber, lhat escaped from the
Golumbus Jail, Ohio, has been taken near
Springfield
Hourk's sister told a neighbor woman,
a confidante of hers, that he was concealed
in the house the woman having a hus
band, of course lold him, and he, having
regard for the laws, communicated it to
the Sheriff of the County thus does jus
tice secure her ends. Houck is only
about 25 years of age followed robbing
the mail about two vears.
Cherokees. The Georgia Pioneer of
the 30ih ult. says : "By a gentleman just
from the agency, we learn that there are
u this time, about 6000 Cherokees m that
place and 3000 at Ross' Landing; 6000
vvere expected from North Carolina ihe
latter part of this week, and 3000 have al
ready departed for their new home in ihe
fir West, making in all 15,000, which
comprises nearly the whole nation."
Miracidovs Escapes. It is said lhat
Mr. Lovejoy, of Georgia, orie of the pas
sengers saved in the late catastrophe of
the Pulaski, was also on board of the
Home and the Wm. Gibbons three of
the most appalling situations of danger
ever recorded.
fJTA young lady, aged 27, died at Bel
fast, Me. from a wound received by a darn
ing needle, while in a scuffle with a small
boy. The needle, it was found by exami
nation, had entered and lacerated the heart.
Extraordinary Electrical Phenomena.
A most singular appearance in the heavens
is described in ihe Carrollton, Miss. En
quirer, as having been witnessed in lhat
neighborhood on the nighi of ihe 20th ult.
For some time previous there had been an
excessive drought. On that i;ight about
SoVlock,the air became clouded, the clouds
running generally South, and for two
hours there was a continual discharge of
ele liicity of all around the horizon. Du
ring this incessant coruscation,' says the
Enquirer, "there shot from ihe pointed
clouds a brilliant volley of sparks, exceed
ingly bright. Some falling towards ihe
earth, others running in a zirzag course
crossing nearly ihe whole fiimament.
These luminous sparks shot forth some
limes large and singly, and al other branch
ing out in every direction in ihe most
splendid arborescent manner. We are
told, for we did not witness it, that the
scene was one of the most gorgeous ai.d
beautiful ever witnessed. The whole at
mosphere appeared uncommonly charged
with the electric fluid the radiant flashes
assumed sometimes the . form of waves of
light, rolling with velocity athwart the
heavens and are said lo have been pain
ful to the eye from their fn quency. These
sparks, whit h were vividly brilliaut, resem
bled large balls of fire suddenly struck
with a hammer, and flying about in the
most fastaslic manner. Olhers have com
pared them to the spatks sometimes pro
duced by the blow-pipe on metal heated lo
intensity.
-The Milk Sickness. A disease called
milk sickness, has been exceedingly fatal in
Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio for some time
past. It seems to be equal in malignancy
to the cholera, and has cut off hundreds of
the inhabitants, -j
The Governerbf Kentucky has offered a
reward of a thousand dollars for the discov
ery of theorigin of the disease, that it may
be prevented.
In Woodford county, Ky. a poor man
by the name of Francis Nave had the mis
fortune to lose the only cow he had by death
from a tumor or swelling of the throat.
Wishing to ?ave all of her lhat was valua
ble, he skinned her and took the hide to
the tanner on the only horse he possessed.
Shortly after his return, his horse was taken
with a swelling of the throat and soon died:
and the hogs that ate of the dead body of
the cow, which were all he had, died also
in the same manner; and some of the hogs
of his neighbors that ate of the dead carcass
also died; and lastlyto close the tragedy,
the poor fellow himself fell a victim to the
malignant poison wjiich was communica
ted to his system by means of a sore on his
hand.