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Cammunfcattons. VOIl THE FKEE PRESS. Mr. II ward: saw in that littlo mot ley hi-dung jMjiof known by the name o! th- 11 -tleiuh Constitutionalist, of the 16th inst. an editorial article in answer to tnv remarks in the Free Press, on Internal Imni ovements ennied on hv the estate And if the Editor's heart had have anted in accordance with the dictates of his head, and have passed me by unnoticed, I should now have rested in calm repose; but his head being more virulent and sav-nge-like than his head, it could not let me pass without a literal using up. Sir, notwithstanding the various sour cos and extent af land and water, from which you have culled and displayed to the world the m st lofty flights of fancy, such beautiful figures of speech, together with the most sublime yaukeeisms -and the happy faculty which you possess of trausforniaiiug and twisiifioaiin" the truth into a downright falsehood, and of converting sense into nonsense you have not yet been able to disprove n sin gle assertion of mine. I will now repent, more fully, what 1 before said on the subject. I am and always have been in favor of a certain kind of internal im provement, viz: whenever it can be.cnr ried on as a national benefit, and when it tends to the general good of the whole D Mt jd States, why in the name of com m sense let it be done at the expense of the General Government; and whatev er pr fit may accrue from it, of course 'belongs to the U. State. This might be essentially necessary for self-defence, ! or, as n national protection. O ir nation must be supported ami defended, and no friend to the country would murmur at this kind of internal improvement. j But this is not exactly the same ease' in regard to improvement by the State the States are only sm dl portions, or sectional parts of the United States ' whieh would of course benefit only n small portion of the citizens of such' State as might make these improvements, ' nnd those to be benefitted must be most contiguous or in the neighborhood of; 311C11 improvements. And as a matter cf novelty I will ven tore to ask, though not with an exoecta ti u of being answered, what earthly be-! nefit eould a man li Vina 100 or 150 miles, ; say from the Central k.-iil Road in this: Sta?e, derive from it, when he may havej a natural water navigation to the sea. ports of the Slate, by which he may ex po;! any article of produce he may have to the most distant part in the world, at probably about the same expense it Would take to get it to this rail road? Now by your wise system, slmuld it he carrier! i m t effect, this man no donhi liv- ! ini' 100 miles from this rail road. will' have to pay as much indirectly for 'this! road as the man living immediately on It, j and one who might derive all the benefit1 from it that any m m could do. 1, Sir, i om a poor man myself, and I have ami! eve- will befriend the poor as far as i! am abb'. And I do contend, and that'' too upon the broad bottom of substantial justice, that it i unequal, unjust, oppres sive, and radically wrong, that the poor of any country should be comnnlleH to pay for the improvements of such conn-! xry, in ine exclusive benefit of the rich or trie tine, that reside adjacent to such im provements. You know, Sir, that a large tn,.joity f,f tho citizens of this State are poor, and it's all they can do now to de iray those expenses which are natural nn! necessary; nnd to load them with an, additional tax. would be ennnoh nnt mi make a preacher swear, but to make a! Binner pray. Those remarks will justly apply to the gro..t work the Erie Canal, which you dwell on so fluently. I readily admit, Sir, that stock is first rate 1 only spoke of 11 in general terms I know very well it s a work of grear convenience and of great profit to a certain class of men. Ami who would not have a rail road or a canal, if the State would construct it and g've it to them! Why il0fi dirty faced grinning yankee boys and ivory teethed Woo'lT' "rJ1 PVe" yUr Wn dcar elf' nould readily grin afresh, make a low bind nf codfish and oysters to this desolate and ignorant Carolina; for no other man could have come, who j Vow, and jump Jim Crow in the bargain tor "turn a present, but dues all this go to nay it's right? And although this said stock clears a handsome dividend, and is great public, convenience, I would be proud to learn from your book of witti cisms, whether or not the toll arising from this great canal has yet been smfTi cient to reimburse the Srate Treasury'! Though judging from what I have alrea dy seen and heard of you, I presume you must have a pair of squint eyes and a crooked tongue, as you neither seem to see straight, nor to speak 5traii wheth er it's because you cannot or will not, I cannot say so 1 will answer for you. From all and the best information I have ever been able to obtain, it has not done so by many thousand dollars. And say it ever should, will those persons who paid their part towards it, regain it? Doubt ful. These are all facts, Sir, and you with all your genius and art for quib bling about words and phrases, together wun your s;vere,gn contempt toriiec, Mr. Howard: I see as how the re cynnd truth, cannot controvert ihcmV&J'l doubtable knight of internal improve Ilyou or any-.ue else w .nt a rail road; niHI,ts, resident at the seat of govern or a ditch, m the name of good sense ! rm.rit, VI boarded our "Flyiuo- Dutch have it and pay for it; but don't make me; mun M,,.ls -Edgecombe," and used him and other people w, I, ,ie no interest in;up m Sljl.h hlll!e exr0ss MS t( rmjse it nn i' If if it H tf I n.iitli.H !.. I. 1 1 .-. ..... . .... ... x ... . ii ...... ,u p.u-.Wa n (1V(.rv hl(,n(J () , , : , quencc and cogent reasoning, you have Michael Htarn, Clerk County Court-J. V7. . 1 1 1 Clark. Clerk buperior Court. ....Ii.,w1 IXilirCMl I Itrifl l)l)MLt;ilLV il LIUIMI ' jjilir;i ivi J v ' j . ....... 1 j of laurels and trophies, that will signal ize you for ages yet to come, lou no (ty-We were apprehensive that the recent In, 1 w f- ill" j - j 11 1 c ternai improvement icnvention in ihU Staf doubt. Sir, have and will 00 more ior North Carolina than all the rest id her,we b lo tl)ink oti,env-lse. We btlievn ,1, . citizens together, ano wuat a uiosi rious breeze that was, which blew your ttm tnnst cniifTiiifir IriPIlM nf Tntirnol 1 - t) w y -- !! improve ments must now be convinced of the utter im practicability of digesting any system, tl,at will receive the hearty co-operation of the different sections of the State. The fruits of t. Convention begin to develop themselves alreadv : i ! 1. 1 i ...i..,.,i . .u o.,. ICouver ' 3 , a i 1 cactl section begins to sculle for Use f. anrl niclifa tlint mvn rJ nr ill ci 1 1 A tilt I . . ' "U ..... v . itheyali in j ----- j , am proud that you have been so justly and honorably dub d the atJie advocate and knight or rail roads and canals. view you, Sir, aa a giant in miniature you have already wrought wonders umph! an elephant has grunted and push cd out a toad. Do try again. EDGECOMBE. FOR THE FREE PRESS. ronise or imitate y .u, as your looks art? by no means desirable, and yur priuei pies less so though there is yet left a av of hope that you may yet improve, but really you have the premonitory symp toms of a madman. And who but a de ranged man or a foul, would .,r could have taken in his brain such a scope of land and water, to have ascertained who I. . . r 1 a i r . urwuui i wni arid from the loquacious nnd quaint manner ..f your speaking of ships, I think you are much belter modi fied to man the helm of an oyster boat, and ditches, in the Stan? of lmg, hominy. tar, pitch and turpentine. I am truly sorry for our friend the "Flyin Dutch man," for he has unfortunately run foul of a real snag hout, and I am fearful will be captured in spite of all the fates with out timely aid from some quarter or oth er. And really, Mr. Howard, I know no one under greater obligations than vour- j self to render unto "Edgecombe" that as sitance which he so much needs at ibis particular ensis. I am apprehensive thai the poor "Dutchman" has no shot lefi in l 1 1 1 1 1 'IJ(1I III i IJI)lIJf 01II'e. nil iVl ! I n , . , , n ZL ll ," V''W' rk" "P !icnn.ei, for the mS Uo.lt e,,ls , , . "ro ' uZ Tul i V" Imndr '! ! We" "",n,,R,, "''. "'! Zr i;. . . . I . . . cr rondtiMlo from linn must ni vitub v of lilerttturi", iikI linvo Hun t nr'e v n ;..b,i. .'.r . i vuu," wh, is ,I,L .-. 'Jill:!' .",. 0"' Ir- Uowrcl, to rcuo your fricn.l !,., or mL 1 . " , . Yi.. ... " T " tl U..t,-In..n" from .1,,- v,1!-,m,, of trouble thntlnr.. I.., I i u c,that tile poor fellow has thus most mdls irouoie, mat I am a ittle, d)scure. ino-i .1 1 1 1 ,. t ... riml f 11 ,- , 'rnu .erectly involved himsc f ( Mm afrn d 11 rant fellow, living away down here in or' r . 1 r t v. . L ni-ir flu. lr..r .,f n w 1 " a f?,,al wrfarc with this Amadis de Ro- ni ar tne Dogs 01 Coneto creek, stiufn.. i,.:t. 1 . r .1 , . .. . Iit.f- 1 . f. it . twiigui i me ran roads am 1 f itcli lightwond smoke ami ashes to reoe Hie 11 mmp n,i f.v.r n; J.' . V9 txlu af same time commander of : j ; . uu snag boats. " "nut ii n'.iriiiiijr niKi smartness for so paltry a c nsider .tion; do, do, JSir, in luture reserve the hazard of your con scious wi-doin fur a more worthy pur pose. But I'll give the devil his just dueI do really think. Sir, you have im proved very much since the setting ..f (he last Legislature, ft,r about that liuTe there seemed to be a thi-k fog or mit before your eyes, and I am not sure hut your mind was also more or less affected. But at that time the State offieers ami members of the Legislature almost every evening gave tea and wine parties, and your dizziness might have proceeded Irorn silting up too much, or something else;; I recollect very well to have noticed your little dirty paper about that lime, I felt anxious to see what was going on there, nnd I could not read more than ev ery third line, and I at length asked some friend how in the world come the people of this Stat to elect so many French, Swiss and Spaniards to the Legislature, when he laughed right out heartily and told me that those hard words were ty pographical errors. You see I had no sense hardly, nnd did not know what to make of it. And if you had not improv ed considerably, it would have been pre sumable that your bend might have been as full of errors as your naoer: and if sn I should have said . the best thing that could have been done for you, would be to have knocked your skull into a soap gourd and your type into pi. But, Sir, I say honor to whom honor belongs. You now appear to have got ten rid of those incumbrances, and your masterly production shows clearly that you are quite another man, and ere long I expect your royal highness will attempt the establishment of Free Schools by the State and 1 like to have said Tempe rance Societies, but I recal that, I don't believe you will meddle with the latter. 13ut enough from your powerful elo- "Linle crafu should keep near shore, Larger hip ma venture more." M"jor Jack Downing in Tarhoro nf html qnnrirrs, .?? 19. 1833. j'' SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1833. (Q We regret that our correspondent "Edge combe" has seasoned so highly, his strictures on the remarks of the Editor of the Raleigh Consti tutionalistbut we were induced to overlook se veral exceptionable passages, in consequence of his thinking himself unfairly dealt with. We could not conveniently comply with the requeM of "Major Jack Downing," even if we thought that "Edgecombe" sfood in need of our assistance we are profitably engaged in eluci dating the mysteries of the atonement, election, reprobation, &c. and have neither leisure nor in clination to enter into an w?i-profitable discussion respecting rail roads or ditches. Cotton. This article, it seems, has suddenly risen in price why. or wherefore, is not stated. At Fayetteville, on the 19th, it sold for 135 cts. At Petersburg, sales have been made as high as 15 cents. And at New York, it is said, the pri ces range from 14 to 17 cents. A corresponding advance in price has also been made in this place? (TThe Polls were opened in this county on Thursday last, and will be compared in this place to day we will give the official statement in our next. From the returns i eceived it is sup posed that Hardy Flowers is elected to the Sen ate, J, W. Potts and Turner Bynum, Commons they all seem to be animated with the same spirit viz: "every one tor inmseif, and the devil take the hindmost." YTe subjoin brief accounts of some of their movements. Internal Improvements. In pursn. ance to a resolution adopted at the fate Internal Improvement Convention, held in this cily, the President of thfit body, Gov. Swnin, bus named the following gentlemen ns n Committee, to prepare an Address to the people of the State on the subject of Internal Improvement, and to ofl'cr a suitable Memorial to the Legisla ture on behalf of the Convention, viz: William Gaston, Chairman, Genrire E. RkL gcr, William Hoy lan, John II. liryan, liac Ooom, Joseph J. Daniel, Joseph A. Hill. Wm. H Haywood, iun. John Huske. Louis D. Hen. ry, James Iredell, Cadwallader Jones. Join. D Jones, William U. Meares, Frederick Nash, John Owen, Samuel F. Patterson, James Som ervell, Henry Seawell and Robert Strange. liauigu Star. 7The Raleigh Register contains die names of the gentlemen compnshi" the Committees of Correspondence, in the various counties of the State, appointed hy i he rreident ol the recent Interna! Improvcmen' Convention, for the. pur pose of circulating the Address, and oth erwise promoting the objects of the Con vention, pursuant to n resolution of that body. liie following are the Commit tees for this and the adjacent counties: - Edgecombe Louis D. Wiloi., Jobn YV. Pott, Gray Little, James W. Cbrk, Henj.-in Hovkin, Joseph R. Lloyd. Richard Hine. James J. Philips, Spencer D. Cotlen, Johri Paikur, I heophilus rrker, Michael Hearn, Spence r L Han, Henry T. Clark, Joab P. Pitt, Ji.iafc Home, Peter Evans, Redding Pittman, John F. Hughes, Benjamin Sharpe. Pitt Alfred Moye, James Bloxve, Thomas Jordan, William Clemmons, John C. Gorham, Dr. Robt. Will iams, sen. John L. Foreman, Ashley Atkinson. Gould Hoyt, Redding Blount, James Perkins, Gon. William Clarke, John Joi ner, Marshall Dicker?oti, Henry Toole, Howell Albriiton, Archibald Parker, George Eason, James Clark, Churchill Perkins. Martin - David Latham, James L. G.Baker, John Cloman, Simmons J. Haker, Joshua Roba son, William Smith wick. J. D. Biggs, Henry Slade, James Shaw, Doct. Lancaster, Jesse Coo per, William Walts, James B. Slade, Joseph J. Williams, Samuel S. Shepherd. William R. Ben nett, Thomas W. Watts, Jos. Robertson, Wm. M. Clark, D. W. Bagly. Nash Willis W. B-ddie, Joseph Arringtou, George Boddie, jun. Henry Blount, Samuel W. W. Vick, James N. MannJohua Watson, Mar tin R. Garrett, William Bryan, Jos. A Drake, Bartholomew F. Moore, Robert C. G. Hilhard. John II. Drake, Stephen S. Sorsby, Redmon ijunn, wutiam Hurt, Austin FJummer, Samuel Brown, Turner Westray, Bird R. Tunnel!. A new route. A correspondent of the North Carolina Journal proposes the construction of a rail road from the town of Fayetteville, through Raleigh, Louis burg and Warrenton, to Halifax. The road would thus commence and termi nate within the limits of the State, at the point of the termination of steamboat na vigation, on two of our must important river3. Raleigh Reg, (E?"A notice appears in the last Oxford Examiner, signed by James Mebane, of Orange, James Somervell, of Warren, and William M. Sneed,of Granville, pro posing to hold in the town of Hillsboro', on die second Monday of September next, a meeting of delegates from the se veral counties interested, to consult up on and devise means for extending tho rail toad from the Roanoke. ib. (GThe Board of Commissionprs. un der the act of Congress to carry into ef- frrt tho 1t rp ... I T.i I nft rnu iaic x retiiy wmi v rnucc, Olivine disposed of the Memorials before them, have adjourned to meet again on ihe 3d Monday in October. Gen. Saunders has returned to tbig city,T-i&,
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