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Communfcatfons. I'OIl THE FIIEE TREbS Mr. Howard: Notwithstanding; the course pursued hv the last Legislature upon the subject f Internal Improvement has been denounced by .some ivNt ones as stinted and illiberal, it will ba en from the following that that body i supported by the opinions of the best political economists of the country. A was observed by Mr. Hamilton in relation to Hanks, may with equal truth be alleged with reference to works ol Internal Improvement. The keen and magnet ic sense of individual interest pointing invaria bly to its true pole, is the only security that can be relied on for their successful and prudent ad ministration. It is the only basis on which an enlightened and permanent confidence can be maintained. Uul Mr. Hague t hall speak for himself. EDGECOMBE. From the Examiner and Journal of Political Economy. Internal Improvement. The Legis lature of North Carolina adjourned on the loth inst. without having acted on any of the measures brought into its view, with the object of promoting Internal Im provements. We do not pretend to know enough about tho internal rcsour ces of tint State to offer an opinion up on the wisdom of this course, but we think it highly probable that more good sense has operated upon a majority of the members, than some other States can boast of. The more we have re flected on the subject, the more we are convinced, that the less a State Govern ment has to do with jobbing, the better lor the public. If a rail road or canal is really called for by the wants of agricul ture or commerce, the very fact proves the existence of private capitals interest ed in the undertaking adequate to its construction, or, if that be not the case, private capitals can elsewhere be found . .1 t mi rcartv to emoaru in tne scneme. l tus may fairly be inferred from all our past experience. In every State perhaps, and we know the fact in reference to Penn- vcrntnenis were administered upon the principle of merely telling the truth, if nothing was concealed from thu people which they ought to know. Then, in stead of the miserable jargon which takes it for granted, that a work of internal im provement cannot but be beneficial to the public, we should have such honest confessions as the following: "The condition of the public works, underta ken by the State, continues to afford demon strative proof of the sound policy of leaving such undertakings to private enterprise, prompted and directed by that instinct of interest which is the njifn snTt' trnl tin in xti ch matters. Souh Carolina has incurred a debt of near two millions of dollars in the construction of roads and ca nals, which hardly yield an annual income ol SI 5,000, three quarters per cent ) In many parts of the State, canals have been constructed which do not yield sufficient to pay their cur rent expenses. And, with the exception of the State Road, and the Columbia Canal, there is hardly a public work in the State, which, put up at auction, would find a purchaser." This is the testimony of a sound polit ical economist, Governor Ilayne, in his message to the Legislature of South Ca rolina, of26th November last, and a flat tering picture it is truly. It is however, we fear, but a miniature compared to tho great picture which some Governor of this Slate will, at a future day, he com pellcd to draw of the wisdom of our Le cislators. FRIDAY, MARCH 2S, 1S34. sylvania, capitals have more frequently tCS We are r(Jflues,d los,ate lhat 55 run after internal improvements, than mSof the friends of (Sen. Jacksr iprovement internal improvements aftvr capitals, and we think it may very safely be asserted, that money will not be wanted for the construction of roads nnd canals, after the time has arrived when they may be constructed with advantage to the public. If we are asked how it is to be known when the proper time has arrived, we reply when capital is so abundant that it can be withdrawn from some productive pursuit, and be invested in a road so as to produce a greater revenue in the latter than in the former mode of appropria tion. Any one may see, that if capital can be employed in commerce, agricul ture, or manufactures, so as to produce ten per cent, per annum, it would be a losing concern to withdraw it from that pursuit, and risk it in a road or canal, which would yield but six percent. Tens of millions of dollars have been expend ed in Pennsylvania upon this losing plan. There are hundreds of miles of turnpike roads which do not yield a toll more than adequate to keep themselves in repair, and to afford an annual dividend of three or four per cent. These roads, as far as they arc made of stone, when looked at with a scientific eye, arc seen to be petrifactions of the beef, pork, bread, milk, potatoes, whiskey, and other com modities consumed by the laborers who built them, which commodities, had they been appropriated to the support of the eame number of laborers in some com mercial, agricultural or manufacturing enterprise, would have shown themselves under the form of tea, coffee, sugar, dry goods or clothing, or under that of other beef, pork, bread, milk, potatoes and whiskey, or some other thing more eata ble, drinkable, wearable, and transport able than a stone road. The wasteful expenditure of capital, however, of which Pennsylvania has been the victim, has been generally kept out of sight by her law makers. It has never bee.n expedient or popular for her Gov ernors to present any thing to the public but the bright side of the picture, and hence the people know nothing of tin immense losses which have been sustain ed, and which have retarded the progress of the community on its road to wealth What a glorious thing it would be, if go- We are requested to state that a meet- son will be held at the Court House in this place on Easter Monday, the 31st inst. (JWc are authorised to announce Solomon T. Bkaddy as a candidate for the office of Sher iff of this county. CONGRESS. Senate. On Monday, the 17ih inst. the proceedings of a meeting in the inte rior of Pennsylvania were presented. These proceedings contained a gross re flection on the character of a Member of tin; Senate, and, in consequence thereof, a motion was made to reject their recep tion. This motion gave rise to a long de bate, but it finally prevailed by a vote of 24 to 20. Mr. Webster was prevented by the lateness of the hour at which the debate terminated, from introducing his bill for the rechartcr of the Bank of the United States, but gave notice of his in tention to do so the next day. On Tuesday the 18th, Mr. Webster brought forward a proposition to conti nue the charter of the United States' Bank for six years longer, accompanied with remarks at considerable length, ex plaining and vindicating the plan which he proposed. 1 he chief amendments are, that Congress shall have the rbht at any time after the 4th of March, 1836, to establish any other Bank; that the Bank shall pay, for this extension, -$200,000 annually; that Congress may restrain tin Bank from issuing notes under 820: that tlie public deposites shall be made in the Bank, unless Congress shall otherwise order. On Wednesday, the 19th, Mr. Man- gum presented a memorial from sundry inhabitants of Plymouth, N. C. com plaining of the deranged stale of the currency of the country, and of pecunia ry distress, and praying Congress to adopt measures to restore the public de posites to the Bank of the United Slates. The memorial, Mr. M. said, was signed I by about 2o0 citizens, and the voters of that place amounted to about 450. The memorialists also prayed for ihe rechar ter of the Bank of the U. States. Mr. M. moved that the memorial be read, re ferred to the committee on Finance, and printed; which motion was agreed to. Mr. Tallmadgo continued his remarks on the old special order. When he conclu ded, on motion of iMr. Clay, the Senate adjourned. On Thursday, the 20th, the proposi tion offered by "Mr. Webster, to continue for six years longer, the charter of the Bank of the United States, was taken up and considered. On motion of Mr. Cal houn, and before the debate was conclu ded, the Senate adjourned. On Friday, the 21st, Mr. Calhoun, on the proposition to continue the ciiarteror the United States Bank, largely develop ed the radical disease in the currency of the country, as consisting in an uncon trolled issue of paper money; gave a his torical account of the causes which led to such a state of things; and proposed as a remedy that Congress should adopt some constitutional measures of restraint. Mr. Benton closed the sittings, by a condem nation of the paper system, and a recom mendation of a specie currency. On mo tion of Mr. Mangum, the Senate ad journed. In tho ITmisp. of Representatives, on Monday, the 17th inst. the day was taken up in the presentation of memorials, chiefly on the subject of the deposites and the Bank. On Tuesday, the 18th, the debate was commenced on the Report of the com mittee of ways and means, or rarher up on Mr. Wilde's proposition, by way of a mendment to it, declaring the reasons of Mr. Taney, for the removal of I he depo sits, ti be unsatisfactory and insuffi cient. The debate has begun when it icill end is another question. On Wednesday, the 19ih, after the re porting of various bills from the commit tees, the resolution submittted by Mr. Mardis, on the subject of the Bank, was taken up, and Mr. Burges spoke until the close of the hour. The order of the dav was then called up, and the residue of the silting was devoted to the question of the removal of the Bank deposites. Mr. Wilde, of Ga. concluded his remarks. On Thursday, the 20th, bills were re ported as usual, and referred to thir ap propriate committees. Mr. Mardis's re solution next came up; and until the close of the hour, Mr. Burges spoke upon the sobiect of the withdrawal of the ntihlie j deposites from the Bank of the U. States. The question, under a different aspect, was further discussed, upon the amend ment submitted by Mr. VVilde, in relation to the report of ihe committee of ways and means. Mr. Pinekney addressed the House for about two hours. On Friday, the 21st, various bills were reported. Mr. LSurges continued his re marks on Mr. Mardis's proposition on the subject of the Bank, until the close of the hour; when the House passed to the order of the day. The question uf the Bank was further discussed, by Mr. Gilmer, of Ga. until the adjournment. are Richmontls in the field almost in ev. ery county 4 candidates for the llou. of Delegates in Kanawha 4 in Wood 3 in Fairfax 3 in Berkeley 3 , Fauquier 3 in Shenandoah G in Fred erick 0 in Loudoun. We shall niakeu register of the candidates before ii(; polls open in April. A similar excite ment prevails in the Senatorial elec tions. R ich vx and Enq. 05s" We saw a letter a day or two since, from Fayctteville, in which the writer says: "There have been eight failures in this place, and one in the vicinity; and we are in daily expectation ot oth ers." Raleigh Reg. d7"A point of some importance to tho Bar was decided by Judge Strung at the term of Wilkes Superior C ourt, bo gun on the 10th of this month. It is that the remedy by attachment docs not lie in favor of a Plaintiff who docs not reside in this State, against a Defendant who is also an inhabitant of another Slate. V mention this because the question has been variously pronounced on by the pro fession, as well as on account of the high respectability of the authority that made-, the decision. Salisbury Watchman. The remains of an Indian were du up last week, by some laborers at work on George street. When the grave was opened, the body appeared to be in a tol erable sta'e of preservation, but expo sure to the air soon reduced it to its kin dred dust. An arrow head and a pipe were found in the grave, und are treasur ed upas the only tangible mementoes of this departed son of the forest. Newborn Spec. Extract of a letter from Messrs. Baring & Brothers, dated London, Jan. 22: Cotton is for the moment drooping, and will probably recede further, depending chiefly on the extent of crops in tho U. States. Our supplies from Bombay and from Egypt are not expected to ex ceed those of the last year. The con sumption in Europe during the past year, notwithstanding the interruption from high prices, appears to have exceeded that of 1832; but we think moderate pri ces necessary to its continuance on tho present extended scale, and cannot re commend to our friends to ship, unless at a moderate cost. Should the crops of the United States prove as large as some estimates make them, say 1,200,000 bales, prices may go very low as wo ap proach the close of the year. ib. C?Thc Globe of Tuesday informs the public, that the President of the United Slates has declined receiving any more Committees; declaring "that he would respond to any inquiries the Committee might make in writing, if submitted to him in writing but he would hold no conversation with them, for the purpose of being reported from memory, because his views and opinions had already been subjected to misrepresentation, which he felt himself bound to guard against in this way, for the future." This reply is said to have been given by the President to Mr. Watmough, the Representative from Pennsylvania, in the case of a Com mittee of Philadelphia manufacturers whom he proposed to introduce. Norfolk Herald. C7James W. Bouldin, has been elect ed to Congress from the Charlotte dis trict, in Virginia, by a majority of seve ral hundred votes over Judge Beverly Tucker. The former is in favor of the Administration nnd opposed to the U.S. Bank, and the latter opposed to the Administration. (TJWe have never seen the cauldron boiling so furiously in the Old Dominion. From almost every quarter we hear of arrangements for "the spring campaign; of candidates coming forward, and of vi olent struggles that are expected. There Rapid Improvement. As an evidence of the growing prosperity of our country, we state the receipt of the ''Grand Gulf Advertiser," a sheet that for beauty of ap pearance will compare with any journal published in our most populous cities. The editor informs us that the town of Grand Gulf is situated on the Mississip pi river, one mile below the Big Black river, eight miles from Port Gibson, and fifty above Natchez. It has been settled but four years, and yet numbers more than twenty mercantile establishments, doing a business as extensive as any in the state. As an instance of unparallel ed improvement, we deem the growth o( this town without a precedent, and wc sincerely hope, in accordance with iho expectations of the editor, that it will be come, in the space of a few years, equal in size, population, and business, to any town on the Mississippi. J7, Y. Star. C?Lotteries have been suppressed flC New Orleans, and throughout the state of Louisiana by an act of the Legisla ture, and yet gambling is legalised by license granted, at which place at 'all times may bo seen, young and old ho arding their gains at the gaming table, and thus become fitted for the desperate deeds which we see daily chronicled i the journals of the chief city of that State. ib. Diabolical Murder. The town of Natchitoches was recently made tlx Kceue of a most awful murder. On the 3d ult. a gentleman of Arkansas, of gen teel exterior, named Worthington. wa
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