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VOLUME III
PUBLISHED WEEKLY: v
WXJAMIX 8 IV AIM.
d ' 0oflit per annum, In advarce,
or mice uouars, ii noi paiq wunin
three months from the date of the
first" number received. " ' ' '
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I til arrearages Me paiaj unless ai ine
discretion of the Ed iior,
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for the expiration oi ine suuscrip
tton year, equivalent to -a. new
1...M M.miAn I
A Letters, Communications, &c. to
COtJiB pom paiu. , ..
Prices for Advert hirg.
Advertisements will bo conspicuously
ni handsomely inserted at 81 00 per
Wre of 10 lines; and 25 cents for cv.
i' . : .: v. .j
;ry suuscijueiii iikciiiwu. m uvtT-
isement, howeycr short, will be charg-
:d less than tor a square. . .
rVurl Or Art and indieial fvriiu-
wwa T w .. www w
Wnt will be charzed 25 percent hiffh-
IT c
hrj (we sometimes have to wait so long
T..r the nav.TT " t ? .
iv. .... j-,-,, .;
i Those who advertise I vthe vcar will
be entitled to a deduction of 33 J per cenf
brovidcd the pay in advance.
: from he M P. Stanford.
INTERNAL-IMPROVEMENT. "
We promised to make sonic further
r.rs relative to the Wilmington and
llakiirh Rail Road t but in olare lliereof
t insert eitracts from a letter that was
tritteo to tbo Editor, Irom Wilminzlon,
r a gentleman of high character who
lot our readers generally wHl see the
lu'.hor u the tentiments of the writer
that we should not be taking a very
IB I TV " w
lime. However, the letter dues not ex.
fressly confer the right to do so, and we
o vmiiiiiJk miiu I'uuusuiiig lira juci
od IA utktt i and eiDrefsmir our I
!unts io ine auuior, noping mat we may
Uen Dcr from bim on the interesting
uHcct which he has so much at heart.
od the details of which he so well un
n Ji tlmin-ton, 25tb April, 1839.
Havii)!! been railed on!
9 act in our Legislature of 1830, ai d
. - 1
Kivur mi iir-ui m iuii wmiu vi . mm rr -(
itMniinililv of what wai dona bv them. !
f - "
V is cat oral for me to feel anxietv about :
lS rtiull of our tilana of Imnrrtvument. '
r I " . I j . - - .........
t u.ww ... wiww I'limicu iuii lire IHvl VI, licalll
k 'ounciUol thit period, was to "Do iume- boats and stares, w hich have been
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par," to concentrate oor means on -
Wkl that Would be rertainlv exeriltHt '
f 1.L f.'a .....L J
t ciuiHiiK i.i riiuuu iu uciiKiiipiniio uaiiy man, ocrM aauca 10 me amount 01 in ;ernis ui jusi piaiu in reiauon to me
r practicability of improving North j unsubscribt d capital, and the instalments enterprise of a particular section, to en
. arolina.but not to Pti far hevond oui hot et eallod in. ennal ' if th.v Art nnt aura the denunciation of hi art nA
present means as to involve the State in
, i mi vipun wui uf;a
if "'"-vi , aviivuiva ntjt.ivuijr i.ii aiiuuiu uu 11113 wura inr tu per cenu over I
) jiM-cesslAa a membei of that Assenvhisettimatett lIowratifying to every I
i 9tmA a. K .Mn . . iinA.MjilibJlM- f..l '.f'
i . t - - ,
menu iu m jirairiou ana cauinus
ijsiein, lor gradually improving my
wn naiive land,", I do rejice to find
that our work was not alloiri'thcr in vain.
flffll luitl'Alllfa kali., lli.k .......
Mivin mv mini iihii uri H
j r-. iiu inn . auiuiiii v. i urjr are u.nci ui s inning hiiu error, w nen wo
J j H Fnl'rnwhdii Triey wcw,1wgriT!ie-cfyect ir Ij laproducV tl
M jj Mil do no harm to repeat them. 1 ttif in elevating the commercial char-
ooch for their accuracy, since I have acterof N. Carolina, or increasing the
M l lend roil a summary. They are
in What I lorirrto voo.
The Rail Road from Wilmington to.
)wsrds Roanoke, is in fall and aurreaaAil
fpcrwion from Wilmington to Waynes-
luuvuii.1. OI it ..L.' r.i .
, MUjjii, 0t nine, ii sav noining oi ine
I rv '"'ws that are finished at the end next
f ij r ,.,Dke, as I hsve not ren that) and
r t line of steam boats belomrinir to iha
",f Mwpwy, runs every day, andconnects
I'.VingtonwithCliarteKton. The jpra
wrt OTwpnn the unfinished part of the
rfcc-i .u,l d is very far advanced, so fir.
tin fJ1' Snginccr expects after Jutyto
na ma uno oijinuQea railway io to
muci per month, until the whole is
wnnletedt I
ave surpnxed me, and probably
A"1 may intwjsf otiieri.1 ' ' ' :
I w viitwissi mini nibi wiijisi
1M. lhe COi.Ltrv tlirniirh iliU
'i paa-ei, froM Wilmington to IVm
i(j level, that Jhera aro onlv
o;i Me Me line of 84 fi7e,
vre the excavation is doep enough to
m m carnaj'J cr canl
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the
.o.inn i.U.. .k; ,hi
ami. ' a i earn ci uic8e. inn innrrin i
. -'-v ...... ......1 jaiui.nuBi u uiicc-UIUlt W U1Q HOCK UlU DOl
I should iudg, without ; an 'actual luffice, North Carolina should take four! !
as
measurement! ; .;
Brd. The carves in the Road ar,rv
iriflirtndor mo-lhan hatfihrd
tance this Road isferrty raiA
"iAi- u .1:- 1 ..... i
half the distance or a little over it) the
receipts lor passengers and produce
through the whole Tine, Stages, Steam
boats and Cars, average about 800 dol
lars a dayj :ci';''":,'il'';';,',H
5th. There Is a mistake in the public
nind, I confess I have heretofore , la
ired under it inyelf,) about the nature
tf the country ver which this line of rail
way pacses. We have supposed it was
a sterile waste, dependent on its extremes
for 8uput, but not so. I have travelled
over moit of ihe Rail Roads north of us,
and I doubt if there be any one which
passes over a country, that yields more
produce for transport than this I Pro
duce is now lying all along the line at
the several htpott, although a train is
daily employed in its transportation.
mo cum i pmui iu uio uocknoiuers WUI
of course proceed from travellers, but
the benefit to the planter will be great
in the facility afiorded by the lload, for
carrying his produce to market, quickly
and cheaply ! I was reminded, of the
discussions on this subject in 1S3G,
when ! saw a produce train laden wuh
Bacon, Cotton, Turpi nt Cue dec &c
and iLinyfrkndwjiolhciL confidently
supposed -and therefore positively as
serted, the impossibility of transporting
Turpentine on litis Rail Road, had
ecn to-day, (as I have,) several hundred
Barrels deposited at the ware-house
Irom the Cart, he would have laughed
at his own triedtre to eat ait the fur.
v t
pent ine thit Road ever conveyed to
martetr ; - ,.i -
6th. But there is another fact con
nected with this work that does great
honor to the Engineer, while it demon
strates the aptness of our State for Rail
Road Improvements, It is thu: Though
the estimates of the cost were 0ri2ina.lv
j.
made when the price or tabor was much
lower than it is now, the' Rail Road it
. . .... f
is still believed will cost more than his
first estimate, and that belief i war
ranted by the expenditures thus far in
curred! It will indeed be a wonderful event
when inv vrenf Mif.li irimrnv.m.nt
r a m v v ivu
shall be finished for a sum that falls
wunin i no annate 01 IIS rosi I ior IS
ihia rvnArtaiLm nntrA',tA ku !..
" V. Will. HHIV.Ibll J Itlb
fart that th riimmnv haa Kn ..r trill
i Mitrr.I tn K..rr.vv mIM. rnv
.w v. 1 lvn Itiviiv 1 UI II n III9I
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w waaa v'avr -f IV. II tt V W WVU
purchased to set the line into present
tiruratinn. nA tlt onnr.uin nflliA
j. 'l ri 11 . .1 . .
excot-d, die sums borrowed. It would I
w iioiu'i ciivutii iui iiira lllall CVCI1 II IIO I
.kn..N J.. Ik:. . .L T.IA: ...i
..v.... v'i 1 1 1 1 1 1 ii n imbov inv i
proreos ana prostec's or mis work It
is aliiHist, if not aungether, certain Uiat
the stock in this road will be a safe and
i prcfitable investment t still it ii to mv
n.iiri nwl' U. . 1. I I
i iiiiuu iiuai Kiunui, ut.i wc lllo III I
danger of r falling into error, w hen we
trade of our chief port. Wilmington.
A a 1t as an investment ot money
for the sake of reaping profit in the shape
s f j I
of dmdtnd. this rail road most be ex
ceedingly valuable, nor is it destitute of
....:.i..i i. i. : .i.. ..
ujiiaiiic:! nine ucziiriiis ill tiiti imitrr bsiiiu:!
of the subject But if the effort to con
nect our western conties with the Cape
r oar river proves successful t if the road
from Fayetteville to the Yadkin shall be
. T.-J-J.L- '
constructed ana ine counties aooveare
mere bv brought down o our own uert
j a - .
i ..iiiiti.: i .
anu i-uinnricu wii a mi roau ut r i
tmntlon, through tho Cape Fear, the ef
fects it would produce unon North Caro
lina at a State, and upon, Wilmington as
a noint for our trade, would be incalruU.
by greater I The moral,1 politica!, and
pecuniaryf result! ro 'so manifest, and,
to the mind of a ?u rt! Carolina Patriot,
so"datzIing, that we may jegref there
haa twpiYlcft A chnnci f.iVniiUtifiiritment!
Por ortf. I dit iiitf fitisitate to own that
i such a case I iha'l rhbum over the
ASnEBOINV, (N. C.) FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1889.
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nprrippf rn
.TtLTe ""' T:,ar?i
fifths!.' : ,
" T.i ;-ft.f. i. r.,,,,ll. XiL.
thEfiri?
reach the other. Our domainTlike al
r. ..j t .I .
. . i: - m m i
In a word it will be to dit member our
mother S'ate. : v-- : .: ,i, -
The valiev between the western plant.
ers and our eastern merchants is as abso
lute a barrier to their mutual intercourse
as though there was a "great gulf be
tween them." One Constitution nrwt
political destiny one system of laws
. . a a a
one state uovernment belonging to each
. . . i ... " H
and to both of the parts, and yet .the.
western half 11 obliired to oa to nthora
western half is olliired to eo to others
for supplies, to look unto others for their
trade. They go abroad for every thing
but a law to tax them, and nothing can
correct this evil, nothing will remove
mis uuraen out
form at least Ui
between them
crossing should
the ceneral interest
the-commou-jntcrest
UrnuU all inctifu ikn TuandlliiM I tl
.
wonder that all our people do not con.
.Wtf... w HIV v.ubuyiiuiii J M
cur in this, and I am astonished when I
see men, men Of intelligence attribute
IU I a . a a
seinsn and sectional motives to such as
venture to express this opinion.
: Why cannot alt of us. in all sections.
concur in the common object of uniting
the West to the' East, before we ro an.
other step in debt for less urgent and
more local improvements T W hy is it
uii wc win uoi go io complete mis
main body of our system before the
State is over-laden with debt in the ma
king of branches t
I ours, one,
From the N. C. Standard. '
TIIE STATE LANDS.
The Washington N. a Renubliean
has an interesting editorial article on
tne siiPicci oi tnc state lands. It may
be. as the editor savs. that too Hula at.
tentionis paid by the press of North
. a . a
Lafoiina to otate interests, and we hope
there will be an improvement in this
subject. Not the least of the difficuties
which oppose the promulgation of mat
ter relative to home aflairs, is to be
found in the lota prejudices of Aieh
mf Jed men. An editor shall but aneak
in terms of jnst praise in relation to the
tlie misconstruction of his motives. We
ii.'w .tibiiu .. iu umi ancilipi III
uv jusiia iu uic iiiiiiiaiii aau Zed I OI
the builders of the Wilmington and Ua-
J; r..IAA Mlh. n.lnli.M. ..J I r
""n j .... F w iivi t.ii
nan ine trains wa imcna io ineir praise,
nor attempted to yield them a moiety
of the honor to which they are entitled,
We make an extract from the article
IK til. l7onllkl!fa TK to nAm .IL.JnJ
uw nvjiuu. m i,uui aiiuuwu
"' u,.vu Y"y juaii
wll: ' ., .,A , .,
The legislature at the session
ding the last, appropriated the s
to are in the Counties of Uydeand Tyr
prece-
. I I I ... I .... . V " ."J ... aw. M WVUIIIJ ,
$200,000 to be expended in improving and threatened td cross the" mountains
tko .nt.mk lanta til ttt. Slat. ... J.. .k.l.. .L . ... I .! tlFMI-
aum rti
the IWlfflh lands OI the State. nnrW fh.
- - - - - y M..wa iiv
direction ofthe Board of the , Literary
Fund. .This section of country wasse
lected as combining the greatest facility Lieut. CoL John Sevier, with two hun
of draining i and two canals wera ar. !drvt and fnriv M from: IVuMnntMi
ly located, extending from Pungo and
III' .. f .1... l m- rni
Alligator IaVes to Puntro River. Tho
U - 0
selection of country was eminently ban.
py.' ; The people on Pamlico sound ' had
bccd, wiuiuu iici ura puou-: iunas4
invested in railroad Stocks in thn Smith.'
'
East, and West t and; without I pro$
a. r .J..aMlau LU ' L.
npri ail KiPTiKiiEiaai amis w miia irv. nnn rnpnr.
via bm '" --.---jj v-mi! vi wa
prise ? and now wnen this money was
AYnaVniAl MlYinnflf thnr f ktiiT.'
V -aiawi viiia tIJVT IIHII"
1 i .a 1 a -
in treiveraus animiinn wnni mirrnT
7 . M..ft.a
have been demanded 'as a Tight. The
iMKtiu uavu uuiis iiioh mit . )iuaaia cuiumanu m vuivi, uu vira nisi oi vClO
ha va nppn invited from Contrartnrai 5t hr vam AeenmlrhfiA an ,tnnti t Alain
theirs.1 burely there is energy enough
A4 aamk .a,M A ati tl i aa iaAill aran ah L ;
iv vuusuuiaw tiua ivat nuiv '
..mi r. .
. f. - undented propri-
CtOF OI laO DOil flrp nf nillana.. i
TmJZZ'L
Zbdt ..mST ' uFtrl
"I"!!" ?ed ?nd afe. fVoT lhV
margin oi nign land, studded with bust
I --T wwww avs v r aw i
Hiiu u u is ii 1 1 1 fi v iwiui ff prill nfiifiv i v bi i - i
I.. , . .. I
lauei ot io Jeet from the points on Pun- '
go river w here their respective canals
wui terminate.w-Ar. Shauft 2nd Re-1
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. Xnese lakes have not outlet except
wnen avernoweft hv via miI rain, f
erally their waters find their only way
to the rivers by filtering through the
porous soil The intermediate country
- w.w.w.. ... wwu-
wiB iwairu, auu Willi IUO UII
growth of swamp lands-often only
Xa -r j - ... . . . . - .
is wi cuurse awarrp. ana wiui ine usual
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bed of reeda sometimes thick shrubs,
tad a few scatterm trees. r While this
rcnaers
I a ' .
es no argument
the soil
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A .
TIIE BATTLE OF KING'S M0UN-
vr:v-r:,TAIN.;:i.f'v.;,,..
Interesting Revolutionary Doeu.
ment. We have never seen the follow
ing document in print which we now
publish from the original manuscript, in
the possession of a gentleman of this
town. It gives an account of a brilliant
affair in our Re'&lbtion. drawn un at
the time by the chief actors in it, and
belonged to the period. , This, with
very many other battles of the South,
nas never attracted me applause, or at
tained the historical . notoriety which
have attended the Revolutionary inci
dents ot the North, and so muchiraore
been done by the People and the States
in that section to commemorate and
signalize them, that the present genera
tion in the neighlorhood of Cowpens
and King's Mountain know more about
Bunker's Hill and Lexington, 'and more
of Starke and Putnam, than of Pick-
ens or CompbclL . ' ""
INo monument, inscription-stone ;
Their race, their deeds, their names al
most unknown r .' .. .s
j We have always thought that those 1
ba'tlefjelda in our State which were i!. I
Iustratcd by the gallantry and devotion
of our ancestors should be marked by
permanent mementoes, at , the cost of
the State every one, from Fort MouK
trie to King's Mountain. : And he who
would cat ry such a measure through the
r l... : u k: ir j....
ucisiaiuic, wuiuu iuuikii wcsvive a
moauraenu-- ,oiumoia Attescope. ,
44 A ttatement of the proceedings o
tne n extern Jirmy, jrom the 25 A
; dayaSepemberiVtS6t jto ihe re
duct ion of Major Furgison and
the Army under hit command s
()n rereivinff intellivrnm that T . t
rurmson had advanced ud as hmh aa
...p ..'......HWV Ill
i.iinpn 1 nnrn. in iiiiinrmm inimi
. tn -t : , r . "
ltn thn u-ectprn wnlAro IVil iv;tt:m
' Maw wai w . w a-y wv ff f 41 II (A ill
Campbell, with four hundred men from
Sullivan countvi North Carolina! and
county, . North Carolina, assembled at
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w j, - - - r f .
Watauga, tin the 25th dav of Sentem
- j g-
tar. uherA thev aera inlnnd -hv. CnL
r -j- j -- 0 vTn
Charles McDowell, with one hundred
ana sixty men, -irom wo counties 01
RnrltA anil rfniKirfrt who had AeA
awa ffw wnu aAlllVllvav MMa MWB
j before the enemy to the western watera.
lf I AA. L W
: .w d ipr? a ah m ai rr n riri inn vrsii
vu my will IT W " VI V jvaaavnai
Cleveland, on the Catawba river, with
fnraa' kiinJfA rtl rAuv TaaAava. ei.
llllvV UUUUIvU Ullvl aaF IIJvU flVIIl Ul
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rnnn ni ivi Kina iirrv . rira nn
-WVMIIVV Tl mi J 9 'V VU
officef having properly a, right (6 the
a J lai fWarvirV Kim .aaa
situation, fend requested htm to cendan
I a. lit I. Am La J .af La. k.
ivuivu iu iac vouiiusu4 vi uq wuoiu.
NUMBER, 00.
la the mean lime. Lot r.mnUil ...
L
cho.8en comrna,ndant until such gen-
T ol??cr i,looM tm? ' w
ed to the Cowpens, on broaa river in
huo'
dred men. on vn no W ik ,l
ui i .am w cin.a uiia-u vi i nurur f lavraai ranffrNA.
about
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hniaAwtaM a . at a. xv ii a.
" "I"""" " twuum ia a - USl. ;
hlcJ Iw hptran
hundred of the best men, about 8 oVJcck; ?
the t tame evening, and marching all
nint canic UP witl1 U)e enemy about a ?
o'clock,?. M, on the 7th, who, layt eo. i
ivaiiipcw vu uro ivu VI AUJK iUUUuUIIA. 'j
ik. .r ir: 11 . .
twelve miles north of the Chcrnkp. :
ford, hi confidence that they could not 't
be forced from so advantageous a post, ,r
Previous to the attack, on our march,
the following distribution- was madei-t"
CoL Selby's regiment formed a column t
? .1 a A - ana a
in ine centre, on me wit; U)U .Hmp
hell'a reviment annlhpr nn ' fh. !.!,.
;iment,hea
inston and
- Q- ' r- - ...w.. " iikl ,
got within a quarter of a mile of th en- ,
wine. In this order ura advanAH
emy, before' we were discovered. CoL
Shelby's and CoL Camp"beirsfregirnenul .
oegan uie auaca, ana aepi up a fire on
the enemy, while the tight and left
wings were advancing forward to surr
round them, which was done 'in about r
five1 minutes, and the fire became gen- '
era! all around. The engagement last,
a l ? . l
ea aooui uve minifies, ine greater part
01 wmcn ume a neavy and incessant -
fire was kept op on both sides. Our "
men. in some parts, where the regular. V -
fa'jght, were obliged to give way a small '
distance two or three timss, but raided
and returned with additional ardor; to
the attacL The troops upon the right
having gained the summit of the err,'u
ence, obliged the enemy to retreat ajong'i
the ton of the ridrd to wherft
Cleaveland commaoded, end were strn
j 1 l: u. . r'."
ucu vv Mia uiixwv iiku , a uasr was tm-
rurciion havmr
fore.) for a surrender. '. Our fire. imrt r
diately ceaeed, and the enemy hid f
aown weir arms, me greater part of
them charged, and sufrendefed thera '
selves prisoners to us at discreetioa - '
1. 1 r -i.
ii appears irom ineir own proris
ion returns for that dar. found in fh.;
camp, that their whole force consisted.
ot eleven hundred and twenty-Gve men.
ont of which thev sustained ih fotUt
ing losses: Of the regulars, no majory!
one captain, two sergeants, -and fifteen i
privates, killed! 35 privates, wounded, t
left on the ground, notable to march:
. .i ... , .
iwu capiauis, iour lieutenants, three en 1
signs, one sergeon, five sergeants, three't
corporals, cne drummer, and forty-nine
privatei, taken prisoners. Lossof th
Tories: tTwo Colonels, three, captains,
and 201, privates, killed 5 one major,
and 15J7privateswounded' and ft
the ground, not able to march? one co!
fwinl ' InrnTtr. imnl.!.. .1 . , I' f
ants, two ensigns, one Quartermaster'--
lure, then commandmar officer, i
been kJlierf a little h. v
... . . - j"
one adjutant, two commissaries, eigh :-r ,v
teen sergeants, and cuo privates taken t ,
prisoners. Total loss of the -nemyt
225mcn,t King's Monniain, -j . -j
Uiven under our hands, at cac:: -y
i r ,v ISAAC SHELBY, ' f I
WM,CAMPBELliV;
;yt't2NJ.CLEAVLAj;i
f
i CROPS IN MISSTSSIPrl. '
The Natchea Courier 6fAhm IttKWi
ceived lastnigt by the steamer Persian,
icprcscui ura tuuwu trup s exircrneiy '
unpromising. 'A letter from a plahbt ia : ''
planted his whole crop twice! and a part j
of it S times, and that ft dies almost at 3
fast as it comes up. : It teems that th
fields are ravaged by a small insect :
which appears in immcnee uambcfi tip-; ,
vn fhlk Irtaf .ni4 it.tfrnir. if . Til.! -am. V
Ian letter states that the corn ropi Jocii
loIalvtryfiatterirjjV. O. J3t . ; u -u
, ; A . . ':" " i" ',. li T'
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