r
iMUiriL i:nuoYi:;ii:
I cm tl.er Ralt'-h Star. -
We invite special attention to the fl-u,f
buing communication.: AVe rrjoico tojjfat ermperiy epect 'on a branch tb
see that the m.j erk-r:1cfSTtunJin(l "tlie j K a !e i rf- 1 1i tswill rive a speedy and
ijdniiralio &dvatapcs qf Beaufort aro(jrrct communication between the cap.
eliciting that just arrreciatiun t which
they ore so -eminently entitled, ' Our
wish las long been (aud exrericuf;c has
ttrertgilM-lued it) to tet a Central lload
w..tf h. ..WIW lllllll.iJVUUi.U4l 1U. WW. ' v y
turn part of tlie State, a the most cflcc
- tual plan for concentrating the cnercy
;and Health of North Carolina in build-
ing up a port inferior to none upon the
A'lantic coast. Let us naisi.ai.d con -
template the wreck produced by the in-
activity and selfishness ofha IT a ccntu -
ry-recollecting what we might have
been, and what we arp ? not. Stimulat-j follow the brilliant example of Tcnnsyl
cd by disaste. and profited by expert-' vanin and boldly contend for her
encc, let. us ihen bury deep and forever
bur insignificant and sectional cotrover-
sues. Let trie wealth and- patriotism I
fhr entire ZMntA I n trivpn In tnia vrcat
. work, and its accomplishment is cer
- tain. Need we sav that the commerce
ofthe State-, thus placed upon an indes-
tructible bask will then How utUliver
sity and re-invigorate every sccuon 01
. oiaic- a ins iiu it as ivtiaiji a
jlmt causes produce effects. ' :i ;;r ' "7
We are gratified to say that our es
teemed correspondent will continue his
communications oh this interesting sub
ject!! ! And we s would, further remark, ,
that the State is under great obligations
to the house of Messrs. Jno. Burgw in &
'-Son, v forCdemcnstratiig conclutivcly
"that shehaf ofiTt)f "the finest sci-porls
lit U1U XJIU WU Ol IVS. ( ."
-Cleared," en Tuesday- morning, 19th
Jnnc,' 163S, the ship Napoleon, Copt E.
. W. Sherry; ft Liveq ool, with a cargo
of Cotioa and Terpentine , , '
1207 bales of cotton, valued at $00,000
-698 ba rrcU of terpentine, , 2,000
. This ship is per , register 638 tons.
5 he went to sea in fine style, early tin's
n.jrninir..' ujiHT ft.. I!tht wind frum tln
'oith-r-tidc ahtadv. &hc waa oveF the
bar, from lir mccrfrgs in about one
hour, k This fchip when she went out
-drew 17 feet water-and, although the
Fude was urvery fulCthere ' was 4 1-2
water n our bar. will any gentleman
after this, dare to get up in our Legisla
ture, and with a sorrowful countenance,
proclaim lo his1 aud torst) nhat North
Carolina has an iron bound coast, with-
- -1 nit one gtod ha r bor, Ct" Tor foreign conv
merre--aiid that cf muskioktoijpur
jter8taHs Virginia end South Caroli
na , vr a n out let for our produce? " e
' have iiiw a demorst ration, iucofiirover
tible jBts any one ofEuchdV-thatNorth
Carolina ha a sea-port superior Lfo any
ore looih of Norfolk--and even rrore
ccsy of ingress and ercs thanNorfolh
l'amine the map ot North" Carolina.
nd )ou will perceive that the port of
Beaufort is situated very warly- in the
cen'reT our sea-coasWVV'on will per-
r ; c ei v e a !so t h at by Col e, Pamlico, A I be-
VrriarleT end Croatan" IStundv Beaufort is
vcnrcctcd with all htf interior ports, to
the Virginia" line. Tha United Slates
nv. ijI in a few day commence deepening
Cre Soiindft
els as notv -iredc; from Elizabeth City,
Ncvibcrn, canvcn etQ the port of Beau
f rt w ithout theJ ex pcuse of lightcra gc.
-Tie route of a canal ras b en purveyed
by the Litcd Scales Engineers from
1 he Northeast bram b of Caf e Rivcr.
It is a t art of the inland communicution
Vcj.Ic to ll atSeston.; Ai ian Undoubt
ed fact that besivy "articles, 'such as
lon.bcr n'avat Xoies canbetr.or'e ad
vai.tngciulv conveyed on a canal than a
rail i oad. ,! Kow,' if the State of North
Carolina w ilUfxpt'od small portion 6t
suimus revcuuer m miprovimr-r ui
-Clubibntand f f grkrwr c reek' ca na !. "It
would forua continuation ofthe United
States canal above mentioned, arid af
nd facjliticf fti" c-iiccntiatipg an im
1 Vr.crse ainount : r,f iuintcr ,.aud naval
" -storei at the 'oort of Beaufort, Individ
ual would cheerfully Rive their stock to
iieciaie. nwcua uxn ie me sole
" I rri city of Ute State, and wculd, with
out doubt, tjrtng a comlderable and an
i ually iilsreasii g reveritc inq the Trca-
il is canal ocght to be doubled in
' vidth- dceiwned t.;havo six jett water
. .d ba ve a tide-Jock ,ofjfbe i n stone,
laid in hydraulic -cement, put down At
, the mouth of Harlow's creek. ; A, Ccn-
t tral roud shoiJd bo conimenced: by, the
State, at the mn?t eligible point, in the
lirbf.r of f'U?;rff this fc!;ou!d inteffcCot
with the Wilmiiiglon and Halifax:" rail
road, .by Uic itonrcKt rul best routes
thence by tbe'ltert roulo to FaycttevilW
. to UnitA with ihe rr nlml mil rnnrl uliili
is to be conxi ukted from Fay etteville
.to tic Ye'kin ihrrcc cnc branch to
I . i i t i . i '
ui.. c with liic uiariesion sua utx.innau
mil rond, rt:d another brarch to rvn to
lAViiUUW, in tlie north western j art
the State. .The Wilmington and
Hal.
itnl'-flf the State and the rTt of Beau
fort. The central rail road from Beau
fort to Fayetteville can be constructed
at as sn.ali expense as any rail road in
the State; and hips of the largest ibss
can bring the rail 'roadiron into the
port of Beaufort without lightening any
01 u outsiae 01 ino oar. - i
The -peg le op the line of the Central
rai road have not the funds to subscribe
sufficient amount of stock to enable
thcm to avail themselves ofthe twnfilths
offered bv the State. This State should
share of the trade of the rich Taller of
the Mississippi. Pennsylvania ha? bor-
rowed the enorrnoua.sum ef twenty lour
millions, to construct her great lines hf
canals and rail roadu and the cotton,
tobacco, and other produce of Kcntno
ky, iconcsse anaotner vestern otaics
is now In great quantities, carried in
steamboat to Pittsburg, and conveyed
thence by the canals and railroads, .to
Philadelphia, on better "terms than i
can bo carried to New Orleans an4
shipped t) New York. If. the Imprpyei
merits in North Carolina, aforemention
ed, were made, would not her own
Beaufort come in for a decent share of
tliu Western ' producer The shortest
route from the great valley ot tlie Misr
sissippi to a good seaport, on Tthe .Atlan
tic, is to lieaujort. Have our lanneri
ever calculated what .they would cave
in their pockets by haying -importations
from the West' Indies and Europe into
the port of Beaufort? Let us' lake t
onei view oi inecasc; , s , . j
A imports an aril ic Ie from Li vcrpooL
costing there we will say one dpllarhe
sells it to B, o, merchant in North Caro
lina for one dollar and 5 fifty cents i B
sells this srUcle 'to farmer for two
dollars and twenty .five . cenfs. ' Now,
has not farmer L sagacity enouch to
perceive that it would bo greatly to hist?rt th- firW in ih hW nr mi..
advantage io purcnasc mis arucie oi me
purchase this article of the'
importer at Beaufort for one dollar, and t
fifty centsLl snould Le clad Jo, know !
what amount of tax is paid by the cood
. . i j . 'flv U f I t I
VUiimT rw Vr-,j r
the merchants of New York, Philadel-i
phia, Baltimore and oOier towns out of i DQ JUcn 1 b mad0 b isi;tion Xo
thi.&ae,;fr their luiidiwr our.
ing Drv - goods. Groceries, Crowery, i fy8tc of Govcrnmeni: The grcat body
andhardWare let themV I beW U: Uve tonlraclc muh
ions of dollar?. I should be glad to cjofl of hw and 8uch dispositit)n ,0 sub.
tnow whafamcuul of tax is paid by tfe 8tUute be mere influence of rublic sen
mercbantsoforthCarohnato thecom. tinient for, , enaclmcnW m tho g0T.
mission merchanni of New Aork and crornenl 0f ty, that jhe tendency
other cities, foMhc; great kindness h. nardl u :Con'8tanily f increasing, as
dipping to Ejirote . tho cotton, n? val u r,ain, ivinccd (t0 dtM M 0thw
jtorcs&c. which they w, to. WJ by the increased frcquenny
themselves from the por of UauforUo ,of ,hc impunity with
Lurore,and .get the return, in .goods. hich reck,eM . aro JiIowL for
wnicn arenecoea lor ine consuirpiion;.,: Zm" r:.,nM v.:- 4
- . c, i lT - i ki purposes ot mere gain, to nazard and
..?,ai Pluur l't T 'T
er
Carolina.
Aow k-t us ask vou. farmers mer-
- . .person ana propeny we arc inueuiea io
chants, mechanics, and protcisional t ...I -r i.
menlls it wonderful we LavEhifrd limes fXLS
in North Carolina.
a tax of about three millions
- . .... T.
to the people of other States todd tth
business for us' which 'we Ought- to do
ouircl vest. "This blind and" mistaken
policy" ha driven, and is iicnually J d r
ving thousands of our most talented and
entcrprizingmcn to the ? western states,'
ande yen to Texas. Mr. Editor, if Vou
a re a'fophet, or tlie son of a : propnei?
do tell us when uncle Rip' Van" Winkle
will wake cjv and change his policy f H
If , the old man don t wake up in a. year
or two, e are off for Texas, or some
otlicr place where there are fertile lands
eftterprreing people and a good govern- J
menr. - ' - i. i . -il
"" I can f rove tonhcSatisfantioTrofTinyl
maa w bo know s A from ' Z that thisf
Centrr.1 rail road can bo built by tlw
Sfat, and' not hy ' tax, or otherwine
cost the7fcoolo- one dollar but by; 'aji
institution which fwut confer gfeat'anU
lasting bcrcfits,' not c nly upon .the Tri
ple of this State, hot the whole United
States and Terri'orics. Ina few das
I will redeem this pledge. ,'' '"' ' "
' . ; CLINTON. J
: Beaufurt, June lOth; WIS. : -f
:.;Tiic.cANAait;i;Roxtiwl
The following important massage, of
, president Van Buren in relation
f 2 ". to theiate outrages on the , Canada
,; frontier was communicated tdfjC
v house oi representatives on thczOth
To the house nj 'representative of the
p tfhitta Siatet: ;rA ;if "':'? tf :i
I transmit, in compliance with a jrcso-
lu." n ofthe Hour, f rrrrcscntativcsof
the llt!i instaut, n rtslami the Kecre
tnr' f Sate, Tn ' n rv, nnd Wzr
t!. j (.'..cunicnts rcl.rrtd to bytLcinns
fectivtly.' It will be keen that the out
rages committed en the Steam boat Sir
Robert Vccl, under the British flag with
in the waters ol the United States, and
on the steamboat Telegraph, under the
American flasr at Brocksville. in Upi er
Canada, have, not been followed by any I
demand, by either Government on the J
other for redres?, VTheso acts have been
so far, treated on each side as criminal
offences committed within the. jurisdic
tion of tribunals competent to inquire m
to the facts andjp punislr the persons
concerned in them. Investigations nave
beea made, some of the. individuals to
c ulpatcd naWbeciTaWsTeiwf prose-,
cuiions are in progress, me rcsuii, oi
which cannot be doubted. - The excited
'state of public (peling on the borders of.
Canada, on both sides of the line, has
occasioned the most painful. anxiety to
this covernment. .'. Every effort has been
and will be made to prevent the success
of the design apparently formed, and ina'
the ccurse of execution, by Canadians
who have found a refuge within our ter-
ritory, aided by a few reckless persons of
our uwu couiuryf yj mvoivwino uuiiuu
in a war with a neighboring and friend
ly power, buch design cannot sue
ceed while the two government appre
ciate and confident)' rely upon the good
faith of each other in the performance
of their respective dufies. With affixed
determination - to use all the means in
my power to put a speedy and satisfac
tory termination to the border troubles.
I have the most confident assurances
of tho cordial co-operation of the Brit
ish authorities, at home and in the north
American possessions, in tlie accom-
Ipjhtncnt of a put poso so sincerely and
earnesny uesireu uy uw govcrninems
and people both of tho UuitcU btatcs
and Great Britait.
i
M. VAN BUREN.
Washington, Jjunc 20, 1838.
From tho Cbcraw ! Gazette. J
That tho frequent steamboat- cxplor
n.mm hi tU Mmn
w,art.m. h th -
,rovcd beyond" doubt by the
v t. V.,k i..n
r ... j-... nPf,.; Tk r.t'tt..i
Wlui uiwimi' inniHi. ;i u, .v Hl
hundreds
nrwn Kriiwl re An tf riitman livsi
... -,i I.-.s : .t:. ,k:u
destroy the lives ofso many' persons.-
. 1 . ,. i .
v.iiir ihw I tJKIIUIIllS. IlltriU II
ij version to resort to them.
TEXAS.
- This is destined to" become r a great
country, and we always peruse tlie pa
pcrs we jreceive from that quarter with
peculiar interest. A file ot tho IIous
ton - Ttlcgraph" to the 26th May has
been received; from which we gather
the following kerns! Congress adjourn
ed on the 24th. 'Mr. lice has resigned
the office of Secretary of nVar. Ah ex
cellent threatro is about , to bo erected
at Houston. CoL P." W. Grayson has
consented :.at the - earncstirequcst of a
number ef bis loljow di(izeii9f toteconw
a candidate lor tho presidency. - So
there are two Richards in the field.
Gen. Lamar is the other, w ho has been
nominated by several . public -meetings,
and will probably be elected. ,We are
gratified to perceive however, that none
of That bitter party spirit which prevails
in the United States is manifested by
the friends, of tlw respective candidates
Both are spoken of in flattering terms
by v their opponents, No charge is
brought against either; they aro treated
wiih the utmost respect and courtesy
and mutual kihdi ess and good' fccljng
appear to prevail ..The rashness of Col
It. Poller (Query are you there True
penrtyT) will, wc regret to learn, "prob
ably plunge the country into all the hor
ror's of a murderous Indian , war." ? It
appears that in April last, he lost some
of nis horsey and suspecting 'they bad
been stolen by the Caddo Indians, he ra is
ed'a ' party of armed men, and arrested
several Indians, who madp their escape, ,
Ilcrur; -:cI them lAo tl.eir viliaf-,
was clout to carry T sonsc f
in rr l childiTn; v.l.rn a f
arn;cd Indians arrived, and a tki....;
a tKi . a
-r, were!
ensued in which thrco Indians
i t nn-, i
W lillCS WCrU fcUtVU. l-v: i 3 "cio
f.A in Ihn fm.cn nrnr Ms rntllcmcnt.
on his return home, whifkr they had t
v wv iw -'i - ..... w
stravcdl Tho Telccrauh says: "The In-
dians are bacomintj very troublesome
in the northern part onioustoncouuty
Many of the settlers are forsaking their
farms and removing' down the Trinity.
We trust the government will no longer
withhold from them the protection they
require." flaeigh Ser. i .'; , ,,
We are frequently asked il he Whigs
iaN. Carolina mean to ! go for the Na-
fUonal Cohvchtiont We icanftor: speak
Ibrthe whole party,; but 'as far, as we
have learned, we. should say they will
not. So far as they are concerned, there
is no earthly use for hv Mr. Clay is
their candidatc,iknd inf bite of 11 the
plcdces thai could bo made for them by
delcaates thev would vote for him: , they
could not . be prevented from doing so.
Therefore it would be unfair as -well as
unnecessary, for: the Whigs, of North
Carolina to send delegates . to the por-
poseu ooay. : - Anouter: luing ioo via mum
in the way of our moving in this opera
tion. It w that most of our oartv were
so heartily disgusted! at the Kuckcr Van
Buren Coiivcntion ; of 1835 that they
never can be caught in a measure in a
by degree similar to it. . Wo shall prob
. ably manifest our sentiments through
tho county District meetings, which,
with deference, we . think is a much
more efficient and satisfactory mode of
getting oxu Salisbury IValchman. ,
: . 1- . .. . .'
A we wcsternronnian.j
. - The Arkansas papers intorm us, tnat
ihe Creek Indians who havo been lately
j l t.. r..'i; -
removed csi, are nirtuoy uegmoing
to manifest a hostilo fcclinjr; they say
as soon as the green corn is fit to pull,
, the white people must look "ouu"! J r
'J It behooves the Government to make
' melJ preparations, and tako efficient
. These Indians have all been forced to
" emiffrate. many of them Urired to des-
reratioo and resistanee . by injustice,
i hunted down like wild beasts, and ' car-
bunted down like wild beasts, and ' car
ricd in chains from their paternal inher
itances on this side of the Mississippi,
havo borne away a bitter, and undying
halted for tho whole race of the white
man; aud if they, should be able to unito
amongst; themselves, - and induce tho.
wild tribe around them into an alliance,
"we may chance to have" awar'' upon
our hands that will cost a little more,
both of blood and treasure, than tlie un
fortunate and disgraceful Florida affair,
in which the Government has already
expended nearly $20,000,000, in attemp
ting to subdue the miserable remnant of
a single nation, and it is yet unconqucr
ed. . '-.-::r-f .
RETRENCHMENT ANDREFORM.
-It may perhaps excite the surprise of
some of tho Democrats' to learn the
manner in which tlie public money is
squandered by this Ketrenchmg and
fore select the following items:
For a ict d'eau (ornamental water
',. ;spout,) -.r $4000
For paper ing tlie East Roam,'1' S90
For painting tlie Hall and passage at
Xtho PrcsidentYbxHwc
Six chairs for a room ofthe capital for i
flio V.ce 1 resident, at $30 a piece '
7 r t,
Two sofas for the same room,;, T 200
Two marble slalw , - ' 200
Besides two splendid mahogany book
cases splendid curtains, chande- '.
)icr, looking glass, carpet, &c ; c
(probably $400.) r - n t
For tho "American Turf R?gis terw- ;' -
for die Secratary-of State per year, SO
Ihrcc portraits of Mr. Van Buren
al $6 each, Tr f-"- .-' 18
Ice for the Treasury department,.'.: 1 0-1
For the newspapers for the various' '
x': offices; per year,,';i.i:i;'',.- ;V,741
"These are small - items. 'but many a
mirklo makes a mucklc and they show
besides, the character of tho public' ex
penditunesv R. Register. t n J, ,
BRIMSTONE FOR CATTLE. ,
i It is probably not known to many of
our larmcrr, tnat brimstone m valuable
foi "cattle, n keeping them from'ticks.
,Thcse vermin, are , not only filthy in
their appearance, but an injury to cat
tic. Apiece of brimstone as largo as a
grain or corn, well pulverized, given in
salt, will cause . them to'droo off. and
prevent others from getting on for eight
or ten days. I consider brimstone as
necessary for a cow in summer at salt.
. " Ohio Fariner.
Vi"iLiiiNGTo:: k n. hail
f-l
i t.
AVili::-ttu
.j j is now orni tu
a1 AfV 11 "?
f':i)0t
. v " I
tits r.oriH
.-. ...l-I,, r
of tllW, 6UJ t,.-C.i fUll regularly
.
hence to that poinU ;AV itft.'a iurcu
weeks ten miles more will ae thrown
pneii to travellers, up to the Lljz
aueth road. r Tbe distance remain
ing to be completed, and now iir
a rapid rtate of progress is 1 1 1 1 52
miles; ! The bridge across iHeuse
river i? ready for laying down the
irons, and cvtry bour is diminish"
ing the distance to be. travelled o
ver bv staecs. Thewhole roatl
from this to iXr: river, (ISO milea
-and il south of Enfield,) has
been placed under contract; , and
some time in August passengers
will oc carricu iroui juutiu m
Halifax in - cars. : The; componyN ,
he w boat The Governor 1 Dudley,'
was launched in New York some
time wnccXand may be expected
in pur waters by the mwltlle of Ju
ly. We. presume the 'Governor
Dtidltj1!, will be immediately plac
ed upon the line to run in con
junction with the.Norlli.Caroliua
and me nnmuer oi trips per wees,
between this port and Charleston, r
will be thereby increased. t ' ;
' Wilmington Advertiser.
' .! tju:r 7 v '
Attachment of a Ware io hit
Matter.--rAfter the boiler of the
Puliski exploded, and when near-'
ly all on board -ofthe shattered
wreck were engrossed mentally or
actively in preparing the means of
escape from the threatening dan
ger, one lnhe passengers observ
ed a negro in an bust lye m ploy ed l n :
collectiugc6rdage and other mate
rials for constructing a raft. Un
being questioned by I Jeut. Thorn
tco, respecting his intentions, the
faithful negro replied, "I am de
termined to rave my master, if it
be possible, and this seems to" be
til nnli ' linn YV Mt that
we do not know the name of this ,
self-denying and devoted depen
dant. AVtrifrn -fyrcaor ? ,
ThePresidenUfjheJJS.iit if.
said, intends tins summer to . Visit
the White Hulpher Springs and
otxer watenog puces or good re
pute in the Ailcganics ,t
In Alabama, there is an act of
the legislature, making it a quslifi.
cation for admittance to the bar. lo
take an oath against duelling. This .
law has been declared by the Su
preme court of that State, uncon
stitutional. Judee Collier, dissent-'
j r .
ing from the opinion ' of the ma
jority. . - :
We, perceive through a para
graph in the Hichmond Enquirer,
that a Van Huren-correspondent
of that: papers has rstiKKcsted : the
possioie necessity or starting some
other nartV eaudidate for the Pres-A
idencyrin lieu of Mtv-Van: Uuren
himself. b'uch a course will pre
sent a curious problem for the par-
tv mrtanhvairimit. th finliitlnn nf
which will determine whether the
patty abandons Mr. Van Uuren
because he is not strong enough to
sustain his principles, or because
i ll" : irz? zItt r-n n -
notigli tc sustain him. The .sug-
irettn tit cnrli an allprnativi.. tin w.
ever. Is a insignificant one, and re
mihda,tis of a shrewd saying of our.
late esteemed and sincerely lameu-
icu lrienu vhm urocaetr, (woo
Ottered' more original common
sense remarks than almost any oth
er man we ever knew.) that the
Deonle of Tennessee hnd nuitCnn
I - -J-..WWW...
Jackson because he. had ceased to
he a Jackson man. Nat, Int.
The twov splcadM Giraffes ' or
Camcieorris, arrived here some
days since, and are now safely lan-
dedat Nos. 507,500 & 5 1 Broad
way, where they will; be ready
fnl tlll!l!' f.K!tiiltAn nn VvlAmT Mm
ifiwuv waiiiuiiiuii um aiiuai ur
HillllPilaV Arlhl. w..lr A
rafter.
''