iunHjsl.joy when ho hears it mentioned
with respect, or. do his veins tingle with
vexation when it is sunken of in the tones
of t.iunt and derisionl Then tell your!
Legislature, who have this holy treasure!
aii uw.u Keeping, mui in inese uays tue
spirit of improvement is abroad, and the
strife for preeminence in the arts of life
is carried on with chivalrous emulation,
no St ile has character that advances not
in this career. Are the employment of
tilt noor. lh( PfWnnr.'KTpiru'tit nf flm indim.
' b
trious, and the comforts of all classes of
tue community objects worthy ot the care
of a paternal Government'. Would you
furnish the means to instruct the ignorant,
und lay deep the foundation of republi
can government in the education of every
frees child wiihin your borders, however
humble his origin or destitute his condi
tion! Would you stay the flood of emi
gration which is sweeping from you bv
th ousands the most adventurous of your
youth, and remove the necosity which
bids them abandon the home of their
childhood and the graves of their fathers
for some distant land where scope is to
be found for exertion and reward is otter
ed to enterprise! Would you bring the
grazier and the miner of the West, and
the planter and farmer of the Interior, in
to communion with the merchant mid
mechanic of the Seaboard, and unite the
integral but dissevered parts of North
Carolina into one brotherhood of interest,
feeling and patriotism? Would you com
mand for her -that respectful station
among the States of this Union she ought
to occupy, and assure to her a fair share
in all its honors and all its benefits!
These all these great, and good and
glorious purposes you may accomplish,
but you can accomplish them in one way
only. Internal Improvement has eflecf
ed them elsewhere and can effect them
here. But it is for you to give the im
pulse. Instruct your .Representative to
organize, and to prosecute with vigor, a
liberal system of Internal Improvements.
Direct them to cause to be ascertained
the host plans for creation and improving
markets, and for facilitating and cheap
ening transportation, and when ascertain
ed, to forward them by n judicious and
efficient application of the public resour
ces. Chosen by you, and solicitous for
your approbation, they carry into the Le
gislative Halls the spirit by which you
are animated, and take from you that
tone of voice which is heard in legislative
enactments.
It may be asked, why has not the Con
vention ventured to recommend some
specific plan of Improvement! Brought
together suddenly from various sections
of the Slate, ami remaining in session
but three days, had the members deemed
themselves competent to make the re
commendation, it is very obvious that they
-wanted the leisure for maturing a plan fit
to be laid before you. But in fact the
great purpose of the Convention has been
10 awaKen you to a sense of the vast im
portance ami urgency of the subject, and
if possible draw to it your earnest and
united attention. If Wc succeed in rous
ing you to think seriouslv und to com
mune freely on the topics suggested, to
strive to obtain and interchange accurate
information, and to resolve after deliber
ate advisement in favor of Internal Im
provements, specific plans may be here
after much more advantageously devised
and arranged. Our propositions there
fore, (for in truth they nre but proposi
tions; are laid before you in the form of
simple resolutions. With our sanction
they may become the principals of State
action; without it they are wholly inope
rative Examine then, we entreat you,
vvith the candor due to the motives that
have prompted them, and with the calm
ness and good sense and regard for the
public good which ought to determine
your judgment upon them. Call toch
er such neighborhood and country and
district meetings as will afford the "most
convenient opportunities for obtaining
explanations, for interchanging views for
removing difficulties, nmf fwrfn
mnmalln and ascertaining the public
I r,!V," niDnnff "selves such
cu nl. lmP'nent ns your peculiar D. j
, l!,us rtiqre, and apply at once to
execution the means which through
your county courts arc already in yourl
hands, or arrange for procuring legisla
tive sanction to them. And when your
Delegates shall assemble as wc have pro
posed in November next, let them come
together deeply imbued with your spirit,
thoroughly apprised of your views, zeal
ous and ready to work together in this
great concern or the rtate.
hellow Citizens Wo owe to you as
well as ourselves an exolanation. There
was a difference of opinion in the Conven
tion on one of the propositions now bo
fore you on the Resolution which de
clares that "true nolicv renuires that the
funds of the State ought in the first in
stance to be employed exclusively in pro
viding the means of Internal transporta
tion and in creatine and improving mar
kets within her limits." We shall not
trouble vou with the arguments which
were respectively urged by those who
suDoortcd. and those who oonosed this
Resolution. We, who address you, did
ourselves differ on this proposition, but
each knows that it was an honest differ-
ence of opinion among men, all zealous
for the same end, and no one doubts or
questions the patriotism of the rest. A
majority approved of the Resolution, am
therefore it is submitted to you am
.however you may decide, we are all am
earh of us ready to support your decision.
We go every man of us goes for North
Carolina and the whole of North Caroli
na. Improveme nt to be effectual must
begin s mewhere but wc hope it will
reach every where. What gets not the
benefit of it to-day, will we trust receive
it to-morrow, and every successful exper
iment facilitates the next. It is our ar
dent h ope and earnest prayer that, whate
ver spot this beneficent spirit shall se
lect as the first scene of its operation, it
will not desist from its kindly action un
til its immediate as well as its general
blessings shall have pervaded every part
of the State. Too long has North Caro
lina been rent asunder by sectional jeal
ousies and paltry local feuds. If she is
ever to prosper, it must be by vigorous,
persevering and united action bv "a
strong pull, long pull, and a pull "alto
gether." For ourselves, we pretend to
no exemption from the infirmities of na
ture, and are conscious that wo respec
tively feel those partialities which bind
men to their immediate vicinities. But
we infinitely prefer the advancement of
the fetate, as a btate, to the prosperity of
any portion of it; and it is because we do
so, that wc hope for your approbation
and ask for your concurrence.
William Gaston, Chairman.
mmons, Battle 702, Maclih G02, James Davis occupied bv Mr. Phoebus, known as i,c
9, Richard Wynne 79, Osborn Overton 38. Cameron house; also, a blacksmiths
Wayne Gabriel Sherartl, S. Cullen A. and warehouse. A black bov, h
Co
3G9
niioL-nnn nnil P.ilriclc Cromwell. O.
-V Alfred Move, S. J. L. foreman anil
Roderick Cherry, C.
Dirk Sullivan. This personage, who
dubs himself with the plain republican
cognomen, Uicli, in eoniraiiisutietton to
the aristocrat ical sounding title, Richard,
believing with Dr. Jackson that rotation
in office is essential to the perpetuity of
our institutions, presented himself, a lew
days previous to our recent election, as a
candidate for Congress, in opposition to
the lion. Thomas XJ. Hall. Dick is tru
ly an "original:" and though he cannot,
like Davy Crocket, grin a squirrel out of
a tree or the bark oil a hickory knot, he
pledged himself to the people, to ride the
Sea Serpent, saddled and bridled, over
Ocracoke Bar and up Tar River to
Washington. His serpentship, he said,
should, on leaving us, take the Sand
Shoal (which is a serious inconvenience
to all honest sea-taring men who navi
gate our river) in his mouth, and while
passing with it over the Swash, give that
such a wipe with his tail as would open a
channel sufficiently wide and deep to ad
mit a 74 gun ship which would prove
more ellicient, as he believed, than all
thft "shovel-nosed sharks" in existence,
with the funds of the General Govern
ment to boot. Promises like these went
far with Tom Bowline and his crew, who
almost to a man, united with many other
friends of Internal Improvement, in sup
port of Dick. But it would not do. He,
poor fellow, like many an honest man be
fore him, found himself in what is called
a minority; and instead of riding the
sea serpent, has been obliged to return
again to the piney woods, thereto dream
of Congressional honors that have slip
ped through his fingers like eels through
a seine. Washington Union.
O. E. Radcr.
John H. Bryan,
Wm. Boy lan,
Isaac Croom,
Jos-. J. Daniel,
Louis D. Henry,
John flu she,
W II. Han wood, jr.
Jm. A. Hill,
John D. Jones
Cad'r. Jones,
Wm. B. Me arcs,
Fred'k Nash,
John Owen,
S. F. Patterson,
Henry Sea well.
J. Somervell,
Robert Strawrc.
James Iredell,
Raleigh, Juhf 20, 1833.
1 M M M ISj0i)s
Congressional Election. G have
received no Official returns of the vote
for a member of Congress, from the
counties composing the 5lh District, but
are almost certain from the informal
statements which have come to band, that
Gen. M. T. Haickins is re-elected over
bis opponents Messrs. Williams and Gil
liam. Raleigh Register.
The Halifax Advocate give3 the fol
lowing as the vote in the sevcrul coun
ties in the district:
Hawkins.
Nash, 262
Franklin, 242
Granville, C15
Warren, 5S7
1706
Gilliam.
375
70
.963
73
MSI
Williams.
247
695
101
13S
11S1
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1S33.
(PWe lay before our readers the Address of
the Committee on behalf of the late Internal Im
provement Convention, to the People of North
Carolina. We presume lhat we need only re
rnnrk that it is from the pen of the Hon. Wil
liam Gaston, to insure it an attentive perusal.
ELECTION RETURNS.
JIT
iasn co?;2ySamuel Arlington, Senate.
George Moddic and Taylor, Commons.
W.Iham Dozier, C. C. C. Elijah Woodard, C
Vv'-ir a!e,.f lhe Po,,: Senate' Arrington 274,
Willis lioddie 250. Cnmmnnc nnr
Taylor 490. '
Franklin Thomas G. Stone, S. Wm. H
mule and Josenh .1. M
t ii o v v-...,, v. iridic ui me
loll: Senate, Stone 207, John D. Hawkins 102.
Stage, Accident. As tho stage from
Ilnlif;,x to this City, was descending a hill
near Moccasin creek, in Nash county,
on Saturday last, the horses became
frightened and started to run, and in a
few moments upset the Stage. There
were a number of passengers, all of whom,
we regret to state, sustained greater or
iuss injury. Cul. Leonard, of Nash, had
Ins firm nnd leg broken, and Mr. Lauris
ton 13. Hurden, of Washington City, had
ins couar none fractured. Col. Achille
:Murat, was a passenger. ib.
OThe Fall River Monitor states that
the Kev. Mr. Avery is among the miss
mg. lie is not to be seen in Jiristol and
no one Knows where he is. The popu
lar excitement against this individual in
lew England has been continually
M tIIJ6 wv, increasing in violence. ib.
pThe Editor of " The Union," prin
ted at Washington in this State, gives
notice of his intention to nh.,!
... . - -"in yj u lilt;
publication of Ins paper, for tlio want of
nr.,um j paironnge. And yet it i3 not
improbable, that sufficient patronage is
lavished from that quarter on Northern
newspapers, to surmort n otnM:i
at home, quite handsomely. It has not
ti ho ii'itli . . to'-"1
newspapers, as with almost
every thing else, hut little value attaches
to them, unless they come from tho me-
ndinn of Boston, New York or Washing
ton City. ib. -""i0
(ETA Fire ; occurred at Wilmington
last week, which destroyed a dwelling
longing to Mr. Phoebus, was also uufor.
innately burnt. lie was seen at the cm.
trance of the dwelling when the (ire com.
nienced, and it is supposed, that Leiirr
alarmed, he retreated towards an en?
trance to the cellar, where his bones
were found. My. Phoebus and Mr.'Cas
sidy were the principal sullorers. ib.
OCr'A Philadelphia paper cf July 27,
say: "Yesterday afternoon, at half past 2
o'clock, the sentence of the law was exe
cuted upon Clough,he murderer of Mis.
Hamilton. The gallows was erected by
the road side, precisely w here the woman
whose death was witnessed by Clouilt,
was executed last July. Upwards oi'
12,000 persons were present." ib.
Fire. We regret to learn that on
Tuesday last, the dwelling house of Win.
Murchison, Eq. in the upper part of this
county, was consumed by fire, together
with almost every article of furniture
&e. contained in it. Mr. Murchison,
and all his family, white and black, were
from home at the time, except a small
black boy, who is said to have set fire to
a parcel of shavings, from which the
flames communicated to the dwelling.
Fay. Obs.
CJT'Amos Kendall has been appointed
Agent, (by direction of the President) to
ascertain on what terms the local Banks
will perform the services of the United
States, which are now discharged by the
United States Bank; and has arrived in
Philadelphia in prosecution of the objects
of his agency. ib.
Hoax. A northern paper lately pub
lished an "extract of a letter, written by a
soldier of the 62d regiment, dated Ban
galore, Nov. 5, 1832," giving the particu
lars of a "Dreadful conspiracy in the
East Indies," by the natives, which was
discovered just in time to prevent the
massacre of the entire British army. So
interesting an article of intelligence, it
may be supposed, was readily caught at
by the editorial carps, who happened just
at that time to be worrying and fidget
ting for something new to give interest
to their leaden columns. It was copied
into almost every paper North of Wash
ington; but there its further progress was
millified by the U. S. Telegraph, the
erudite editor of that paper being the on
ly one among some hundred or so of the
fraternity who possessed the knowledge
that tin; aforesaid letter was written sixty
years ago, when the occurrence took
place. The wag who set it afloat pro-
uauiycut it out ot an old London no nor.
and by altering the date, made new of it
for the present generation of editors.
We came near being taken in ourselves,
but perceiving the story to have rather
"anantient and A-like smell" and ha
mg played the same Drank ourselves
about 20 years since, it was "no go."
Norfolk Herald.
tt?TheHon. William Drayton, for se
veral years past a Representative in the
Congress of the U. States' ftom this State,
with his family, sailed on Saturday last,
in the line ship Sutton, to reside perma
nently at the north. Char. Ev. Post.
Petersburg, Aug. G.
Cotton. Sales of small hits have been
made at 151, 16, lGi, 16$, 17, and in one
instance it is supposed 17 was paid., A
few loads are brought in from day to
day. Times.
The President. The Norfolk Bea
con says: "The President of the United
States arrived at Old Point Comfort on
Saturday morning at 6 o'clock, in the
steamer Columbia, Capt. Mitchell, from
Washington. Ho was accomnanied bv
Andrew Jackson, Jr. Esq. and lady; Mrs.
Donelson and children: Col. Knrle. Dr.
Thomas, and F. P. Blair. Eso. Editor of
the Globe, and lady. The President did
not land at the Point, but proceeded im
mediately for the Rin Rans with tlmse
who accompanied him, where quarters
had been provided for them. A salute
was fired from Fortress Monroe on bid