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Mill mvc BP tiii taNpa OFFICE O.N TIIK W KS T SID E ( J V TB A DE. STB K KT : ?u fa S3 per annum ('ITARACTKft IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATE S AS IT IS TO IXf)IVIDrALS: A3 THE GLORY OF TITE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER. IN ADVANCE lies tern SiKSS Bh jSB mmM YAMS, k...toh . ,,., CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER $ p. swifii. Attorney asiil Counsellor at Law AY ALWAvafBK FOIND AT THE OFFICE ,J in. John-ton. Kso. 'r..itiTt attention srivcu to Pollcctions. writing , Deeds, Couvi -yancw, &c. Jauuary 26, 1838. ly W. A. 0WEXS. ATTORNEY AT LAW, CHARLOTTE, N. C. ll.Ii practice in tbe onrta oflftis and tbe adjoin- illr i '.ilMltieS. llVKK'K xkaki.y opposite the Pot Omct. .January If. II Lr. ALEXANDER, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, Rf. C. Office over China Hall. Angusl . ls:.3. tin ftnilE undersigned having entered into Copartner-B- skiu l'"r t lie purpose of curving on the (O.MKITIOAEUY, BAKEUY, Fit I IT AMI I?KT.I 1, Grocery Business, : j leave 1" call the attention of the citizens tif Char i itte and sm rounding country t their New Stand on it- Street, between Litem's mid FrniikcnthnH's, :it Stratl v iJautel' 4d t:inil, where they would le pleased to see all tlw-ir friends and aciuaintnnccs. moody k nisiskt. January .". lf.5S. IKJ-tf E RS. FOX Sc WHITE, Mrdie.ne and Sirgcr.. I - f Orncs up Stairs in Springs' lbiihling. t". J. FOX, SI. D. W. K. WHITE. U. ft April ::. IHS8, .-tf otici:. !.!. !!:; in il bted to the sub-criber will make im- i ii," li.iir settlement, or their Notes and Accounts aill Im placed in other h-nds fur collection. ;.;:i ::. is:s. :i-tf I" J. I-OX. BRASS AND COMPOSITION CASTINGS. I :im pretarcl to ninmiiaituic :ill k i iils of work in tbe ive line of hniarH I would call artiealar atteu iii if thoae thai have mills or f. torit-s. or any kind of machinery that needd coinpositioti of dnrabilily for mill ,.ik. that I hac one of ni v own. nm! I have never heard if any thing that would stand Inlf eqnal lu it. I will uarranl them to run live y-ars. There are some of aay !.:i!.e th.it hi'.ve b;en riiuuin? fifteen and twenty years. I could Itiriiih moie than a hundred certificates of its duraliii it y. To Persons needinyt Mill Inks tem ndgcol I will turuish the Pel for eight dollars. Try them and save roHStlfKi the troulde of ftoppin; your mill when all else is rij'ht. JOHN M. MASON. June 8, lS.-iS. 1-tf SILVER PLATING, Am) Cold, Silver. Bras and all kinds of metal work re :tired. oa-h makers at a distance that may want tin ir work done, may have it attended to in (he shortest notice and inished in the best style one hundred yards i. rth off the Court House and Best door to Overman i VVilsoa's coach .diop. .H)HN 31. MASON'. June h, 1m."i8- TJ-tf Gun and Lock Smithing. AH work in the above busifMSf. except stockinijr. w ill he pnnrtuathr attended to and finished in the best manner if workmanship, al uty shop north of the court house, next to Overman .i Wilson's conch shop. JOHN M. MASON. June 8, 18."8. 12-tf 1 L 1ST G A 8 THE BEST, T M O : 2 fx S T AT BOONE'S, 01 POSITB THE BANK OF CHARLOTTE October 5. 18M?. tf If, 1105 Acres of Land FOR SALE. The subscriber, resi ling about four mile? south of Lineolnton, on Indian creek, offers for sale his valua ble PLANTATION, rontaining about six hundred and thirty acres, 225 of which is cleared, nbout t0 acres of l.ottom land and meadow of first rate ipmlitv. Th re is a new and commodious Dwelling House and all ne cessary out-houses. Also, a fir.-.t rate improved water privilege with a pood Saw Mill upon it. together w ith two unimproved Shoals. The ereck affords water enough for almost any purpose. The said Land lies on the road leading from Lincoln ton to Vorkville. and Trlfbin one mile of the Wilming ton, Charlotte and Untlierfonl Kailroad. Also, four hundred and sixty-five acres of timbered Land, adjoining the above, will be sold in lots to suit purchasers. Rfer to C. C. Henderson or John F. Hoke. A. P CANSLER. September Y, IH.'iP. 3m-fd. Dissolution. The Firm of VOCNC & WILLIAMS is this Any dis solved by mutual consent. The accounts of the" Firm w ill be settled bv JL H. Williamr. U . A. YOCNO, II. H WILLIAMS. Charlotte. Aug. lf, 19.r.S. 2 ;-tf MANSION HOUSE. UNDER NEW AUSPICES This commodious aud magnificent csiablishnient has recently come under the personal supervision of the subscriber, who respectfully announces to his friends and the traveling public especially, that every effort w in ne maoe on nis part to please in every particular appertaining to the duties of mine host.v W. W. ELMS. Charlotte, August 2 1. 1.S03. Good Family Flour. WILL keep a supplv of niv Ix-st Flour at the Store -of H. B. WILLIAMS & CO., where tho.-e i'w-siious can obtain it at any time. FOK CASH. A. P.. STL WA UT. Charlotte. .Tune IT. 1S:,S. if Belts! Belts!! Belts!!! ROM the best Belting Compan, at Manufacturer's prices; CASH PRICES: 2 hirb 12.', ets. er foot. n :- :; 17 - 4 - .. 22 " : ' - 27 4i ; ii :s2 " 7 " ! :;h " " 10 u CO w ' 1 1 72 " I 2 4 ply ' MfL- Seamless lit -Its manufactured to older at short notice. Conducting Hose of all st?es, for water or steam pres .'ne. ordered direct from the Jfattufacturcf. ALSO. Packing of all description, at "o Cents per pound. j. u. f. room;. June I, lS'.S. tf PETER MALLETT WITH D. COLDEN MURRAY, mtral Commission Jttcrcb;int, 02 South st,r,t, XEVTJYOg. June 20. lfC8 v CAROLINA ITY, N. . The Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad being now completed to Beaufort Harbor. 1 nave determined to locate at Carolina City for the purpose of doing a Forwarding & General Commission Rusiness. and hope by promptness and strict attention to merit patronage and support. Being the Agent of mi:i.':a)' s ljak ui iiust class packets to this and Morehead city, every elfort will be made to make this the cheapest and most expeditious route to New York. Vessels will be loaded and discharged at my Wharf (adjoining the Railroad Wharf.) and thereby save cartage and lijrhterage. Particular attention will be given to all orders, and to the sale and shipment ol Produce. WM. 15. ORANT. All shipments of Produce to D. Coldeu Murray. New York, will be forwarded free of commission. June 2f. 18.ifi v ran; liiviK I. VKiOit.iTOR! PRKl'AKKD KV DK SAXKOUO, Comnoiiihlcd entirely from GUMS, TS OXK OF TIIK IIKST FLRliATIVE AND UTKft ME- M. IIICINKS now tKflore ine puutlV, im "CIS n . r uinn of. IfeetiiMl limn hi) v other medicine known It in not onlv drtaifll but IAr-r remed;-. Brlinp first on th film to eject lis murbii matter, then on the nomach ml tiowels U t carrv otTthut mutter, IkM Hrtvinplinhinir two parpaMR e.Tectu lty, without unyof the paiutul feelimrs exeriet,rcl in the o)er tiuns of mot Quia' Urn It Mrenirtliens tile fjjtwi t tlie .sauie time thm it purjreR it ; nd when taken daily in moderate doeK, J. will Ktrcngthen and build it up Willi uiiiiMial mniuni c o The Ijlver i one of tlie principal rewnfalorl of the perform iu funciionb well, fullv developefl. Tlieifirt 75 9 w r-S- o the ixiwers or ine mirra ari i MMl entirely HMM iirrr for the uroper i ertxrm uimmii uou.t , auu nvn i on the healiliy action of the nnceof its functions: when the tare at fault, and tbe whole of one Bip.au the 1.1 ver For the VMSslea of that or has made it bjfl study, iu a years, to tiiut some remedy many ueraiisnsmcuis to which at last found, any person trot plalllt, in au ei III for:s, conviction is ceitain. morbid or bad matter from place a healthy flow of bile, eausiup food to ditrest well, Kivinv tone and hiMlih to the the cause of the disease Mutracil i at fault, rtw bowel. ' .ysteni snffers in consequence m liavinir ceaved to do its duty. I (ran. DM of the )iroji ietoi prac tice of more Iban twenty ' wberewith w couuleract ImJ mm It la liable. Ta nr.,,. !,it III i rme,l tt o bled with ijlvcr Vom bas hut to trr a tottle. and l'heae Uuraa remove all1 the Kytem supplying in their ftvioralinc the Ktomaeli. 4 a pui-lfylitB tlc blood, W whole ninchuiery, removing effectinR a radical cwre. Ullloas uttarlu are -jm better, prcvciitcct, by. 9 I.I ver In vlsforntrtr. tapw Oueloe after eatiif is ut - , and prevent the fi3 from Oniy one dose taken before marc. tlnlv rm dose taken at i rtued, and, the occasioiuil what use of Is the lie ient to netVetre the etoavacb iHatlsfC and sourinsr. retiring, prevents KlgUI- ntebt, l,sen tbe bowels irently, and cure t'of I Ine dnee taken after each (J-One d" of two tea- x ft St SB taaaa 1 I u : ; ; .. IH-biu,ihIb .tlreni'sa. 1.' spoonfuls will alas relieve male oljstrnction removes Ihe ' makes a perfect cine. . g relieves ( hoik , while. Pal a sure cure far Cholera Kick Hrnrtacbf . I :ie bolt ic Ink en for fc- ( cause of Ibe di?ea?e. and 1 Only oe doae immediately Oue ilose often repeated i Morhai, mid a preventive 03 of 'hiilt'ra. , rS i Jbjiiniv me ltile I needed to throw out of Ihe ayalem ibe effeets of ajeoi I Ine bottle taken for lowneaa r itnnatiirat color Oue doMC taken a l,ort 1,-or to tbe apperf te. and make One dose often repealed rlircn In its worst forms. Bowel complaints yield Cue or two dose cure at- cine after a Ionic sickness. Jnnndlcc 1 1 moves all sal : from the skin. time before eatiuir givea vi- food diireat well. curea t Uroitlr IJlai , while Snmuirr and nlmosl to the first dose. larks caused by Worms in safer, or speedier remedy iu Dropsy, by exciting the mending- this medicine as a 4nr, Clil 11 Fever, lou Tj-pe. It operate are willing to testify to its I es j. o EC h a a the world, as it ncrer Jhfet (IrlJren : thre l tio nrer, fic A lew bottles cure aborteT.ts. ' We takeplen-iire in rerore- aH prerenlive terFrvcrnilll aw all Fever f a Itlt witb eenainly.and 'l. iiiii,is All who MH l ore Rl'-lnS their uianlnou testimony lu Its favor. W Mix Water li the month with the In gorntor. and swalltiw both toj tnrr. THE LIVER IN VIGOR ATOR IB A SCIteSTrnC MEPICaI. 11IS 0VERY, ami is daily workins: enres-. almost too preal to believe. II rnres as KWf mafr.c. rnu tJ.r JU rfo- yfriaff Mjg .a. d e,iour a.ore Ito one bottle is retiniiriJ to rnre any kind of Llrer nyteyl, fr.n lb worst V,iu(.W or to a .-..nrmoii Utudacht. all of which are tb result of a DlsjcaseU Uv. raict one DOia.au ncu bottub. BAM FORD A Co.. Proprietors, !W5 Broadway. Xew York. Wholesale Asten B.0 Park. New York ; T. W. ."T. rauiled be alt Ilrnp-irtsts. Sold alto 'y w.-iruierliil virtties PL 2 5 9 3 CO F. SCAKK & CO. SCAUR & CO., Druggists Ac Chemists, No. 4, Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C.f NVITh the attention of Physicians. Planters. Mc-chants. kc to their N F. W an I c implete sto k of DRFCiS. CHKMf CALS, kc. The extensive patronage they have received from the Physicians of Clmi- lotte and its lciinly is i tie ii -t tiiiaianlee of the PI RITV OF them. THE ORCOS tol4 bv October 12. lsr.8. For the Toilet. New and clegauf stock, consisting of Ktijilisli, ricnch :ind American IIAIll BKCNHES. Tooth lbushcs in o reat variety ; Tuck, Puff and side Combs iu Tortoise shell. Qiiflulo horn and India liubber. VliVMM and KMLISII SOAPS. American. Freni h and English Pt.mat'es. Oewnrne Lwbin's KNTItAI.'TS, 1.j varieties. Also, rdlogne, verbena, gcrauum and 01 her Pet futneries just receh-ed at SCAUP .t CO'S October 12, lft5S Drug Store. Choice Family Teas. Silver Leaf Hyson, 0oolng, Imperial, Priakfast, Cunpowder, Ne I'lcs Ultra, and other variolic at st CO'S October, IS.'itt Drugstore. Preston 6c Merrill's YEAST POWDERS, The onlv reliable Yeast Powder sold. SCAiiK ct CO S October, linn: Stiuik. Sup irior Vinogar. A verv superior arth"lc of Familv .nc.'ar. Al- o. Nut lin os, cloves, mace, ginger, cimiannm. all-pice. Re A fresh sMpply at SCAUR .V '.S O. lobes. .sf)S I Im Slure 1 OASit MRS. SAB. AH ADAMS, of CurK.vsuosorGH. . C-. resiei tluil.v informs the Ladies of Charlotte and surrounding' country, that she has juf t rccidved one of tike largest am! most fashionable .stocks of ISo!3SScla, .Se;I-SrpsKO. Arc, Kvcr ofl'-red in Western Carolina. All I; received and fromitlv attended to. Orecn.-boroicrli. Oct. IS. 1S..S. rders thankful- i Ml -f.f-pd Wilmington, C. A. R. Railroad Co. It is ordered by the Board of Directors of this Cun panv that a Seventh Instalment often i cent, ot the capital stork subscribed, be called 'c;'. and that the sam, shall be litC aud payable on the lath dav of Nov. next. II. W. (U'io.N. Oct li", ls.'.H It l'i-s't. Ya.isa!c Town Properly for salt:. The Subscriber offers for sale his Dwelling House k 1 1 ' v 1 1 as Ihe Cry.stal Palate." The House is pleas antly situated on the corner of.UnH.rcfa and Lijrhth streets opposite the residence of Uc Georgp Cross. On the premises are the necessary out biiildiugs in good rejmir. I'm' further information address the loideisio ued tit Piueville, or nunbr to J. P. Smith at Charlotte. Terms moderate. JOHN DANIKL. October I ''. 1 s,")8 tf Dried Fruit Wanted. tto want to purchase 2000 bushels of DRIED FRUIT, for which we will pav the highest market juice. .MOODY ci XifSBKT. Oct. 12. 18.'8. 1 m. Di:. j m. ntixm Charlotte, N. C. OfFICK OPPOSITE KKKIt's IIoTKL. Sejit. 21, :Jib-p1. Notice. Our NOTFS and A"COCNTS are in the bauds of V. A. ('t)OK for. collection. Thtifee iufrrrhd find bet ter 'AV up forthicit, if thev wish to SAVE COST. I!0i)XL & C 0. Aug. 2t, 1P:P. J. A. KS'i'KS. 23-tf THOMAS 1 1 ' 0 K A V V K X f! V: I ! ) JT. A. ESTES V CO., Factors and Comiiiiion Meichants, For the sale of Cotton, drain, Flour, and till kinds of country Produce. Or-ncK North Atlantic AA'hahvks, Char!ron, According to th" terms of the Co-jiartnO! ship. ve will not .-"Ecn.ATE. directly or indirectly, in any Pro duce shijiped to our house Brereuca: 0 -Mills, S S Farrar, Pros k Co. Laniu an, Smitb i Whilden, Thos J i- C II Uoieo, Charleston. S. ('.: Col Ii Anderson, K Hope. Columbia; Thos JL Clure, Sr. Samuel McLilly, N R Laves, A tj DouovauT. Chester: Col F Senile, Union; Dr. Happoldt, Sali: bury. N. C; .J L Di.xon, Knoxville. Tenn. June 1. li-5S y Tailoring Cstablilisiieiit. L. RKA respectfully InftkDm ijr the public that he is now pre pared to execute aubstartiially and ith neatness, any work in his line witl- which he ni8 v be favored. He is in possession of the" LATKST FASHIONS, end feel? contident that it only requires a trial to convince gentlemen thai he has the will and ability to please. (Jive himn call. Oct. lto7. Dissolution. T IIL Firm of RLCLWITIJ k bUITTAIN was this i , A 1 ..... 1 - '.11 .v.-,.,,.: ajam i , i i VI va v- I indebted to said tirm are requested to come forward im (laV UiSSOIVeU in 111 Ilium lun.scui.. -in .-v.it. mediattly and make payment eitner u eaan or auu-. su the biiajness of the Firm must be closed. . W, UKCKU'ITH, June 10, 1858. W. J. HRITTA1N. NOTICE. AV1NC, bought the entire stock of "WATCHES, JEWELRY, &C, of Reckwith i Brhtaiu. I shall continue the Business at their old M.iml, wiktc i will be pleased to see mv old friends ami customer;. 1 R. AV. BECKWIT1L June 15, 1S3S. tf - , s ,, , s y t a n r- r -a r T . RUBEUT GIBBON, M.D. i mi iT-"?n iu Rjr TIEDICIE A!D SURGERY, Office No. 5, Cranite Row, CHAR LOTTE, X. C. February lf, isr.s. A(;iii(Ti;rui:AL address Del i4 i n if btfore the North Carolina Agricultural Soi irty, Oct. 21, 1858, hf KOX. THOMAS L. CL1KGH1N, OF lil'NCOMBE COt'.NTY. Mr Prrtirfmt, Ladies and Gentlemen: When sutue twelve luontliM ago there was a similar iis.semhfciee at thid place, we were entertained with an address nbmindinf in knowledge of Agricnltu ral suhjeets, eoinprohensive and thorough in its detrttw, and in all respects interesting aud useful to the planter and tanner. Such in diameter have bet n niany of the addresses heretofore delivered nn these oceafisions hy the PresidiMit of the Asso ciation and others. I regret that it trill not Vie in my power to present to you a similar offering to tlay. My pusa course of lil'e anJ ihe j ursu'ts with which have heen oeeupied, h ve f-een ot such rharaeter, that mrst of you ::re, jerh.ai s. niv sui c riors in these luanehes of ki.owledge. ri be fact that the Executive committee o' the Association should have selected me for such an ofliee well knowing nm they did, donbtless, my deficienees in this resj.ect, would seem to imply, that in their judgments there were subjects, within the reach of any man of education, suiticiently rekiteu to practi cal agriculture, to be interesting on au occasion like this. Having no especial reason for declining the invitation with which I was honored, aii'l feel ing a deep interest iu the muveineutH and success oi the Association, I had no alternative but to ac cept, and must therefore bespeak your kindest in dulgence while attempt the perlonnanee of a duty wholly new tome. At the first view, arri culture strikes the mind as being the most inde pendent and certain progress of all occupations. Fertility, or the capacity for production, is a perma nent, enduring quality of the earth. The course of the. seasons is regular and constant, within the necessary limits, so that they bring in proper oriler, sunshine and rain, and the required changes of temperature. Even if from any cause, particu lar spots of the earth's surface should be deprived of (heir pnx'utetive powers, nature supplies lertiliz inir agents in great abundance The. wr.nti of man which impel him to cultivate the earth, are fixed in his vei y nature; while the knowledge ne cessary to enable him to obtain a sub-istence by hiishainlr- i so small as to seem almost instinctive. Such discoveries as led to improved modes of cul ture from time to time are easily transmitted to succeeding generations, and without any very great mental exertions the stock of knowledge in this bran eh of industry is gradualllv increased. It would seem, therefore, that where agriculture once obtained a position, it ought to extend it self, until, by successive advances, it attained the, highest state of perfection. As, for example, it has already ac(uircd a lirni foothold in the f nited States, is there any reason to doubt but that it will expand and improve, until it has taken entire pos session of the North American continent, and everywhere exhibited itself in its highest condi tion t 'i here arc many facts in history which seem to sustain the affirmative of this question. It has been observed that agricultural States were those which manifested the greatest and most enduring vitality. India and China are pointed to as ex amples, and Sparta and Ronle have been contrasted with such States as J'heuicia and Athens and Carthage and Venice. It has been truly said that nations which were mainly dependent on commerce and manufactures were often mined by a single unsuccessful campaign, while those chiefly engag ed in agriculture could stand repeated reverses, and arise from each shock with renewed vigor, like the fabled earth-born giant, from the touch of his mother. JJut numerous as are the circumstances that lend plausibility to this view, and pleasing as it would be for us to adopt such a hypothesis, a wider in duction, and a more careful survey of the facts will not allow us to rest with absolute certainty on such a conclusion. Thousands of vears a&o, immense V CS 7 nation; existed in Suuth-Western Asia. Dim as is the light of early history, it is yet sufficient to satisfy us that the country on either side of the great river Euphrates, and extending quite to the Mediterranean, once teemed with dense masses of human beings. So imperfect were the means of transportation then known, that we can have uo doubt but that tin y obtained their subsistence mainly from the soil on which they lived. Rut the traveller who now passes over these regions finds comparatively but a sparse p.j uiatien. ami the ruins of mighty cities, with immense mounds and buried columns, and sculptures of strange de sign and execution. Covered walls and cisterns, and dilapidated aqneduets, afford evidence of former industry on a vast scale. The minds in stinctively asks what has wi ought this wonderful change, and converted fertile fields and populous cities into deserts '( Tt cannot have been caused by any great geological convulsion or movement of the earth's surface. The form of the continents is now what it then was. aud the seas and rivers still occupy their former places. The revolutions of the heavenly bodies continue in their long known accustomed orbits and periods: nor can the finger of science point to anything in nature, that has affected the course of the seatons, or materially modified, the amount of heat and cold, aud sun shine aud rain, that visited those regions in the times of Nebuchadnezzar or Cyrus, or even of King Solomon. As inanimate nature, and the course of physical events furnish no adequate cause for these changes, the reasons must be found in those political and so cial conditions which influence the actions of men. It may be said that invasions and conquests, cr desolating wars, have destroyed the industry of these regions. it undoubtedly true that feeble States are often plundered by strong ones to :. ruinous extent; but why, for example, did not the successors of Alexander the (Jrcat protect their subjects for their own advantage ? Why did not the mighty monarch? which have since held these resrious afford such security to them as to encour- ' - :..,i..... ,i !.,.... .... c. v.;,,t. ,.. .. age muusirv. anu keep up nitui luouvi inn vuu- fe?rwist X o I'Liaia uiiMM is iu ine.-e (uc,-i:"ns c uiuei look to example nearer to our own times, and to cases in wbien tne tacts are more generally witnm tiie range of our observation. While tho great ' lioman Republic held the choicest parts of the then i known world, Italy itself was blooming like a gar- I a J . . a I 1858. den, and filled with a dense and prosperous popu- latiou. After the lapse of a few centuries it was found to bo in a state of decay, a large proportion , , J ' . s, -.ii ot its inhabitants had disappeared, and Wild beasts roamed over what had once been among its best cultivated districts. Certain anti-slavery writers in Europe, seconded by some iu this eouutry, have contended that this remarkable ehJfTige was to be attributed to the existence of slavery in th empire. They strangely overlook the fact, that this institu I tion existed in all the great States of antiquity, so i that such writers as Aristotle regarded it as a necessary element in every stable, political and j social system. For centuries during the best days i of the Roman Republic, the number of slaves was j computed at three times that of the freemeu, while j the manumissions under the later emperors, and af ! tor the times of Constantino, the liberation of all I such slaves as might become christians greatly diminished their numbers. If the question, there ; furo, should be narrowed down to this issue, he , would seem to have the advantage who should at tribute the decay of the Roman empire to the I emancipation of its slnves. j A far more 1 otent cause can be found for this I remarkable change. The provinces of the Repuli- lic were governed by proconsois, praetors, and oth er officers, who wen; seldom held accountable for their conduct towards those subjected to their con trol. It Was the object of the (Jovernor to amass as much wealth as possible, and esteemed a great merit to return with such riches as mitiht enable him to expend at Rome large sums for the amuse ment and support of the populace. This was the high road to favor and political preferment. The exactions from the distant piovinccs became more and more oppressive aud grinding, until their wealth was exhausted. After their ruin was com plete, Italy itself v.-;,, resorted to, and the ingenui ty of the empir -rs was exercised in it:' enting schemes of taxation and modes of extortion. As .1 i 1 . 1 . - luC system uecaiue more anu more oppressive, hi- dtistry was discouraged and idleness rewarded. Who would labor when the product of his exer- , t'ons was to be seized and given to the indolent ' and lazy t The people abandoned the fields, and : flocked 1o the cities io receive the lartrcsses, and live on the bounties ol the government. 1 he pop ulation of Rome continued enormously large, on account ol the expenditures made there, while the rural districts were wasted aud deserted. The condition of the Empire resembled that of a dying man, when the diminished vital energies cease to send, the blood to the extremities, and it returns to, and is collected about the heart. In our own day we have a similar example pre sented bv the Ottoman empire, that 'sick man" 1 11 4tm . 1 m whose effects hold out such strong temptations to the avidity of the greedy and ambitious. Its pro- ; vinees, naturally so fertile, aud once so prosperous. ; have been so long plundered by the various func tionaries, that have immediate control of them, that they are in a wasted and dying condition, ; while Constantinople is the j oint of attraction and j expenditure. The immense British corporation which has so j long controlled India and its jiopulatiou of one hun- ' dred and seventy millions, is draining that country of its wealth, with a skill and efficiency, and com- vated point in Uic Ailamic State. 'J hough Hun ro- pleteness which throws entirely into the shade the j io" , p"" ' , frUr,"r nd .1 1 c i 1 1 1 -.1 1 ' eternal snows 01 the Alim, ret their want in amplv clumsy methods of plunder practiced hither o by , lU(mf.d ()1. ,,v v, M (hc UoJrt barbarians. Ihe lcbclhon still prevailing there, 1 BeiVe can b.nist of. ltccky tnatea. of i.,,mer, seems to be a struggle, it may be only a death j height and magnitude and Jong ridges and frightful struggle, to shake off the gigantic vampyre, which j precipices are to bo found, but the prevailing hor- wilf otherwise draw the last drops of blood from ncter t,,is action is .,e of sn. h fertility that tha the heart of its victim lore1 "Tt" Hlla,fl t,,nr ,,mff' lin,'",f- l portioti. tn ne.inoi us icum. on Hie sides, and eTen about the tops of the highest Ihe great principle, which I would deduce from j mountain. There too are 10 be sen thos fcrnMfcri all these examples is. that while feeble States may ' treeless tracts, which the aboriginal inhabitants ntp be ruined bv powerful neighbors, who are hostile, j posed to be the loot-prinu of tJje "Ueii one," as he great empires have always been destroyed bv their Pepped from mountain to mountain. Their unoolb, 11 tj 4. ' r c own cnvpninii'ii s A sintil .State ia sale tri.111 fv- ternal violence, can watch over, and restrain within due bounds, its own rulers, but in large ones the I central power is so great, and its territories so ex- j tensive and remote, that there cannot usually be a ( sufficient understanding, and concert ol action j among the sufferers, to enable them to make an ef- i n . . . rwa w Mr . , . - a. : 1 leciive opposition. in t;ici wnere resisrance ocgims ; especially rontenn in ttie variety, delieaer and bril in any section, the other portions of the empire can lianey of thi ir hues. From the sides of Ue mouu gcnerallv be used for its sui.prcssion, before any j tains flow cold limpid streams -Along broad and , ... i j. . j t. ,1 i I beautiful valbes. Though such a retrion us this eaa extended organization can be effected. U tilns jiaa ,mTT -. H, . .. . ' " " ,, . , , . 3T never weary the eye, its chiet nrei it is, that almost every usually happened, that the oppression of the gov- piirt f it is fated to be occupied by, ami to minister W eminent has continued and increased until it has i the wants of man. weakened :.nd destroyed, in a great measure, the ' Our State, from the aeoshore to its western limit, country subject to its domination. is prolmbly as well watered as uny equal exunt of ? - . ti.rr'dnrv on li A f aa. , ii,,, ,.1,.!.,. ... A 1 1 a, l . view. I hope uoiv to be excused tor repeating it, be j i u i 1 1 1 . j v ' su v vMjBtjnv u i io ' t ' a v , n- If .irfniT Duna itoaro nirn ..tto.m.t. J t , i ru.oiif ih c cause I think it can be shown th;it the great danger to us in the future, is o::e of this kind. To a rr.j-pe rous system of Agriculture, then, it may be assumed that there should exist a territory of suihciet.r icrtility, wi(h a coiigeuiai climate, an intelligent and energetic r.ico of men, and such a political and sodal system as will aff ird security to industry, and stimulate, rarhcr than repress its activity. . North Carolina has fifty thousand square miles of territory -just about the area of England. Rut while England, exclusive of Scotland and Wales, has a population of seventeen millions, North CaroHna has barely one million. If this differ ence is not to continue, ca we ever equal, or even approximate, the populatiou of England ? When at Washington, persons comparatively strangers to our State, often have said to me, fc0 -vjili n rri . from the piney region of North Carolina." They' sometimes seemed surprised when I told them that me scciioii iroui niitcu i caiuo was uioie rcuioic greater variety ni miner. ti sunsiance than any siu froni that district covered with lines than Wash- gb State of tUc L'nUm. Not only does lo; pn.ant ington City itself, and even less like it in its ex- ,hc 4jim(jn'1- VWVV gtbbiivr, and many other tcrnal features. The fact that the principal lines rlX "J V1'"' '"f, lU,ur , , . , j , raritvt otAUructnc; to the luvtrs ot oruaiucnt, lot of travel through our State have been along that , ,heir beauty, but ihe p-sm i. gtc.a abuitdancu comparatively narrow belt of level pine forest, ha, those minerals w ir h add mo' to the v.ealtli and made most per-ons from abroad suppose thai the permanent MOPBWfe ft t' Me Though her wm1 whole State w mi that character. m'a.nre, ar. not nerlmi as xutiP.e a tbv.e of It was in the month of July, i5fi, that the '. first Europeans who ever touched the shores of any one of the old thirteen States, approached the coast of North Carolina, under the command of Amanda" and Barlowe. In the report of Sir Walter Raleigh, drawn up by the latter, it is said tmuiwoaavs L-ciore uiey came in signt oi uie land, "We mi iclled so sweet and so strong a j snieH, a-if we had been in the midst of some de'i- . , , . , f.l bate garden, abounding with all kinds of odorifer ous flowers." On reaching the land it was found "so full of grapes, as the v-i v beating and surge of the sea. overuou ed them, oi wbich we iound such plenty as well there as in all places else, both on the saud and on the green soil, on the hills as in the plains, SEVENTH VOLl L M JlllEK 383. M we nn every little . hrub. as also cliutbiiu the top "f hijrh cedars, thru I think in all U world the lik "f 0". "''h 5SlS ! r," tuose part ot btiTape tUut mCtt abound, Und such dil- , fLrenee as were imruibl to be written." lusidc ot the long narrow tract of iianls. nlonar which thw ; coasteu tor twy iiiiuurett miies, tUe.v luuuu what "ap peared another great eeu,' between UOM uud the ninin hind. Everywhere thev ore stunk with s rprinc. i thev beheld the variety, the nutguilude mid beauty of the forest trees, xhicu iiot only surpas.-ed those ot Ho I hernia, Muscovi or Hucjuia," Loi bettering tLe cedars ofth.- Azores, of the Indies, or LybauuStii Two years Inter, after 11 residence of twelve month 1 ! on the main land, with n puny ot' colonists, Hnlph Lane 4e hired "the noun to be tbe goodliest soil un der ihe cope of heaven, "the gooiilicet nnd niot ' pleasing territory in tbewnrkl," 'nnd the climate in , wuolcsorae, that w had uot one sick sinre we tonrh- ed the land here.' He r.ftirros that if it "had but ; horses nnd kine in some reaaoiuible proportion, i I dare assure myself being inhabited with ivngliNh, no i realm in Christendom were cattipAnibla to it. For I this already, we tied, that whtt anmnnlNM I never. ; Spain. Fiance, or ltally. or Hie Last parta do yield I to 11s, Ac., these, parts do abound with the growth ioftheniall, and sundrv other rich cnmincdilirs, that uo purls of the world, be they West or Kn.-t Indies, have, here we f.nd the grcntast nbundanr'- of." When we contemplate North Carolina nt ihe prc- sent day. we rt copni.f the feature? hire flt-FCTibcffc There is on the const the nnie long line of low sandy I island-:, probably f l in'-il by Hie deposits of Lidi ! ment, where the fbr.iat waters' fn m the inte, in ure checked in their cnwtvi by ihe p'hptWtiff curnuf : of Hie Culf sti-cnm. With the exception of the ti r . I harbor id' ficnnfott, th- re nre tlie :.f.me ddlictilt inlet.; which trrilicd theve rnrTv oynprrs, nnd on their i maps were mat ketl w it h figures- of inkin(r '-'h'w. iii side ofihe rwnge.f hciv ftietho snuie broad nnd sbf How i sens, fiiosl nbumlaut fy sttpplied with lisb, and tborc i other inhabitants of t he deep, which are alike calcu lated to minis'er to the necessities and luxuries of I mankind. On the -main" there ore lands not infe ! rior in fertility to Rte f:'in(n- H'dtns of the Nile, ' or the Mississippi, rnltivation for cue hundred fue centre years, in crops, lots not ls e most rxlu'Ti'-tfr of the grain diiniui'hed ! ' jTvilttrffvcne.- s. Thonfrh it has cost someth nn- tti rrtui', thi . . . 1 . j . f ec fwr.mp- lands suitable for cultivation, v. 1 1. f piienltntT.l in- vestment ever made in Atrtehen'; m-H : ? ;i V better return, nnd this 1KH fib id ::"'( " , tion of the truth, that I'rovitb ? ' tftM the best things in life shall eo.-t )itl,inirfvi f: -1 f And yet, up to thi? time but a ehrrlM i m' I . persons lliink not one fiftieth rart of the -wr-ir-p lands in tin Ktistern pinion of the Stale, I , I I put into culti ation. Wi rm rhr the miu r.fr i)i Wo! land all this region vha'T Inl ve been t-eehihned. the en tire present population o; ihe State Wifjght be remov ed to it, without being able t., culiiv. tc the hnif of it. Almost every port i oB of it, too is jienetrrtert bv navigable Htreams. I'asing inward a hundred miTis or more from 1 lie coast, v, e reach that lndt of pirn Innd, which wax formerfy regarded as t i.fy vnpi-,Me for its timber, and nnval ttSreS geii'-rtfrlj, Im which later experiments slo w. hHa-. w tilmut difrirnby, b- rendt red highly prodm-ti-, Mv tin- rrpplfrttflbfi of ninrl or lime, it has been H -,. Wafhi -d ti nt most cf this region ertn be made to v-idd ahuini.nit crops fiotli' of cotton ami the cereals. Westwiu-I of thi.-, ther stretches for two or WreV bnndn-d m?lr, U moder ately elevated, undulating; rnrnitrv. j'rcscnling nl mosl every vriri"ty of liils ape, : oil rfnti j;rndnetion. At its extreme boidero. tjco rNcs up a mountain ous region with bolder seen or y nnd it more hrarlnp cliintite. Few of our own eiti.iiiis realize the extent of this district, or aie nw are of the fact, that It in three hundred miles iu I net', nnd hiia prbatdv more than forty peaks. Htat surpass in altitude, Mount Washington, long regarded cb the niodt eh unriuuiiing sunaces covered won waving prnfK'f. .r , t'"n,T suggest far different associations to the preent be holders. The land-cpe is vurigated too, by HT.cta of thirty and even tony tailed in extent, orered w ith dense forests of the hahwm fir trees, appearing in the 'distance dark as "the plumage of the raven' 1 wing.' and green carpets of electee moss, and eount- . ', ,. tmmvmtmims awUia.the knlmia, and the Thodb.ienrirofi. . . . .. . - 10 liiiTTn-rf.js sivc- twj v.. ,..v vt, v. vl L.-fj. unu mii nil I IM ; miauie ami upper portions, Ute supply of water pow i er is inhaustible. iu fact tbere are single rivers, ! such as the Catawba, and French Broad, or ' Kucing river " of the Chcnikees, which aro sutti- ient to move I the machinery of a State. Throughout our entire ter ritory, there are no Irnrrcn waste, and rarely a souarc mile to he touud, which cannot maintaiu its ' proportionate share if pop'ilnt ion. In all its ; parts, too, the visriety. magnitude and beauty of its forest trees fully snstaiu the encouiumB of those ear 1 Iff explorers. While t seaboard counties hav: i those peculiar to lhat region, like the cypress, ju i ntper, liveiaik. and tho gigtuiti pinvs of the swasnpf, fit U become the "iuhsIs ..i great Admit lis,' and tfie mountains such variciies ns are sailed to a hardier climate, the State as a whole seenn ti contain re i preseutsitives of almost all ihe trte of the North I American forest in their fniltat and grandest devel--: opmtnt, nd to atrord in the gre aest prolusion ali , manner o:' timber aud beautiful weods for the inc.- of the artificer. . -, When we look beneath the surface of the earth there are abundant object si of iiiOre.-t. North laroii na has the distinction of bciug ihe lirtt of nil the gor erument of th" wotl.l that oi Vied a ga fling; imtf er- vey oi its territory, ana -ne, .u in my opinion, a -omcoi me oiner .i. :o -. .. ; uny ate bulacifcuvy r-o to b inexhRUjUbU, wiii' lb? ;tils ar f the vtwy bet qu.'lities for fuel, for t e makii g of gus ui-d for the manufacture of ison. , ,. With respect to the ores ot iron 1 think she amy fairly claint to he the first of ail the Suites, because -she not only has alt such ores n liiec poises in law t ,.,.,,,, a ,. fi.j. I,,,, i.i. ,' , , i ., ,,ni. ...... L,., ..... CICaiCn ,1 ,y " s . ' ru,. ... .'..a, .. lie AJIUUU t0 cooiaia the rare and vafBahle black bawl ore, and that in quantities vastly surpassing Ihe deposits in Scotland itself. When, therefore, we look to tho coal nvais urea on uecp river, ami no" - - m the greates. auu . I , . coal seams tbemselv-.-, adco.i .i .1 uic . f i..; v.- mi this locality . we cart Irardiy dolt,, me c . c f the oniiin u lafafeMH hy tbe noat aapesaeneail miners and DMttnfactnrt is of iron, that when proper outlets ore opened by the completion of the w orks of March 2, 1S56. A