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CHARLOTTE, N. C , DECEMBER 28, 1811.
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M I S C E L. E A N
From the Natchez Free Trader-
SCEXE IN AN EDITOR S CHAMBER,
it was in the dusk of a melancholy evening^. An
editor sat—not in the spacious hall of his lathers
not in the luxurious boudoir of his mistress—nor in
the minstrel’s trellised bower—but alone, in his dus
ty apartment of ten feet by twelve! l^efore him
was a crazy deal table, scantily covercd with baize;
a ft.:w old books and heaps ofnewspapors lay around ;
and his inkstand was not of porcelain, nov tbony,
nor a 2rrotesqno bi’onze, but the socket end of a
i'-r-tv,r.rv.i,houti,i.viii2ior cliampa'Tiio Iwttic—iho generous wne had in.ver
:,iully.t.rV.,.i.s, ni«io„. spiirklcd on /»,s lips! He had quafied none oj its
A’i'erii^f.ment^ will be con.'^ijiewously ntid rorroctly insert- j })eai ly inspiration. A long', narrow windov,', iilied
r i at ffnr ])oihir\)vr .-'ijuare for llie first mstrtion, and Twcn- I up Wltll two rows of little Sinoked panes, StOod lioist-
Tl/ for eaell eontiiiuanee—twccj.t Court nud otiiLT ! rd before hi’!!, fioni which a faded chintz CUriain
;uiieiul iKiverlis^ ni'. ii's, wluc'n will bi- elnr!r.d tirc}>li/-tlrcp> t
(,it. hiulur than ihe above ratis, (owiiu^ '.o the (!>'!:iy. .-nue-
ruily, attendant u]ujn eulleeiioiisi. A liberal dijcoiini '.vi;l be
matle to those whu advirtlde by tii^' year. Advi rlisements; sent
in r r ;ni'ii;i"ii;oi;. ur,;st ln' iiir.rkt.i! with tlu riuiiib; r oi' iiu-or-
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Iietfcr.s to the E.iltur, uiKes:^ ci.ntaiiiln:: money in 5-twns
of I'ii'e Dullartt, or over, must come free oi jiostage, or the
nmount i>aid at the ofliee Iicre u;ll l»e eliarged to the writer,
in every iustanei-j and collected as t>ther account.?.
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flaaiitcd la/ily in the dying air, like the drngghjd
shirt of some blowzy slattern! A thread hare car
pet. four feet srpiare. was on the floor—and tlic dun
walls fairly gaped in their nakedness, save here and
tlierc, the eye rested on a rudo pencilling—not the
oiitliin^s of an artist, nor diagrams of a mathematical
brain—but the memorandum kept with his iras/i
v:oinan.! There is no \)oe.lry in such a schedule.
.'Jas! the poor scribe! sadly as ho needs a change,
he olten looks serious at the approach of his laund
ress; somelimef. indeed, he skulks until she disan-
I pea.'S!
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- i rsight drew on apace, and the w’riter leaTied his fe-
j vered brow upon his hand, lost in the gloom oi
" “biller fancies.” In vain he summoned philosophy
! to his support; the apothegms of the lyceumand the .
academy, grew' cold and comfortless; in vain he j stop now
looked back to early enjoyments or forward to a ca
reor of distinction. Such reflections brought no.
bright images to his soul, btit came trooping along,
like 'phantasmagoria^ vanishing one by one into
deeper shadow.
Board of Superintendents of Comn'ion
.M. Schools for Mocklciibnrg ('onnty. hereby no-
1ify the School r.ommittee? in the several I)istrict.=;
thill a me«’ting of the I'oard will be held at Ciiar-
lotte, on Tuesday of the cnsuin^^ January (JourL—
;vt which time the said Coinniittees arc rerphred to
make a llevorl of the mnnhcr of Children in their
vespective Ui.^iriot?'. In those Oistricts A\herc no
clcction lias been held lor (.'orrnnitlcc-mcn, the va
cancy ^vill be filled by tlic I’oard at the meeting as
above appointed. Kc.duriis should be addressed to
the ‘-Chairman of the Doard of Coannon School
(!!^0!Timissionor5.'’ and may be leJt, previous to the
Court, either with the under.-igned. or with Cb.arles
T. Alexander^ Esq., Clerk ot ihe County Court, m
Charlotte. iLbL)?«. ( hairman.
Uecv mbcr 7, iSil. -i‘J—tc
CharloUe .Tournal, copy.
I lis mail had been ransacked. There v,-as nothing
to rouse him up. The slogan cry of triumph rang
in his ear : but it was the triumph of his adveisaries.
tlis political combinations had dwarfed away, and
nine-tenths of his exchanges were filled with attacks
upon his fame. Ilis fame; his character; the sole
property of the poor editor, writing for bread!—
Other men, of every craft, toil for wealth and hon
or—the journahst alone strives, literally, for jood.
No comfortable homestead—no broad spreading es
tate is in the dim perspective for him or his! That
first sweet prayer which we learn to lisp on our
mothers knee—Give us today our daily bread,''
is truly his prayer, and is breathed every morning
driver perchcd himself upon fh** front of the vehi-1
cle, and oflT we started, the f-'i i v opiietrc^s of our I
antid}’speptic machine givu!^ hnn Ins direction ;
“ Now, CjBsar, do you drive uj» the river [the Pas
saic] on the farther bank, unt;l you come opposite
Belleville; and mind j^ou don't miss one stone on
the road, and don’t you stop, whatever is said to
you. unless the bottom coincs out. A display of
ivorv was CoDsar’s signiiicant response, and away
we went Phaeton like, rnttli.'V^ through the streets
and across the bridge, with cn;r teeth dancing to a
lively tune.
(>iice nut of the city, and a strait road ahead,
Ca'sar plied his lash, and the nags flew like mad.
The road is none of the smor-thest, and the driver
obeyed his directions to a letter. Imagine our ap
pearance. Such a giggling' of ladies—such gal
vanic like distortions of heads, and such a thump
in'^ of the w’ai^on bottom! Oh! Oh! 'i’he recollec-
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tion of it makes me sit uneasy in my chair. A\ e
w'ere passing along the banks of the Passaic—a
few vessels were lazily dropping down with the
tide, their sails flapping against tlie masts—and I
shall not easily forget the app'^arance the scene pre
sented ; it was precisely the ^ame as though 1 was
looking thro’ a window glass full of wrinkles. On
wo w'cnt up hill and down, over stones and across
gullcys. “ Stop. Ca?sar,” said one prK‘y girl. ‘*do
stop, my hair is all coming down.” Caesar was deaf
Divers were the complaints of disarrangement of
dress, hut all to no purpose. My colleague in the
departtnent was somewhat of an exquisite, and had
just furnished his head with one of Leary’s hats.
An extra jolt left this (the hat) right in'the middle
of a flock of geese, who were hissing their disap-
I probation of our appearance. Casar, you must
, stop now—my hat is gone. But wo were descend
ing the hill, the foot of which was our destination,
and stopping would have been no easy matter even
if Ca*sar had been willing.
(>ncc at the bottom, we pulic*tl up to repair dam
ages. Our liatless friend started up the hill with
the speed »f df'speration. I helped the ladies out.
and a queer looking set thc^y were. One’s curls
were dowm. another’s hair streaming down her back
—jammed bonnets, and misplaced s were the
order of the day. Wc lauglied heartily at one an-
The anecdote of the tv/o cats, w’hich has been
told ofm?*'v Ift’rn'- l mm. originated with Dr. Bar-
of Ur.iversity and one of Cur
ran's coii’-iir; ;.r’.iit_s. Ilis only pets were a cat
and a kitten, its progeny. A friend seeing two
holes in the boiom of the door, asked him for w’hat
purpose he made them there. Barrett said it was
i'or his cats to go in and out.
‘•Why,” replied his friend, “would not one do
for both ?”
“You silly man, answered the doctor, “how
could the big cat get into the little hole'2”
“ But,” said his friend, “could not the little one
go through the biff liole?”
‘^Egad”
never thought of that. ’
er correct. If then the lands are sold at all, pni"-
chasers must come from other placcs than the neigh
borhood—from the “ oid,.thickly-scttkd Slates.”—^
Now, in the name of comm on sense and reason, in
which of the old States, or where can persons bo
found fools enough to come to Hyde Countv—buy
lands in the sw’amp at 5 or 10 dollars per acre, and
then expend 850 per acre more to fit them for cul
tivation, when they can ‘go to the new States and
get land equally or more productive, and easily
cleared, at 25 to or §>C per acre? The idea
w'ill not bear examination. If these lands cannot
be sold to those wdio live near them, they will not.
in this generation, bo sold to persons from other
said Barrett, “and so she could, but I j Slates, or Europe. We think, therefore, it is time
' that this experiment of draining swamps should
stop where it is, at least, until the sale of the land-=:
already drained shall prove the wdsdom of furlla;
expenditures. We cannot consider it othcrwi.'c
than as a waste of public money to go any larihcr.
thousands of tht) State’s treasure is now being sunk
in the experiment, and if it is ever returned back to
Vduse before, yoii follow example.—A mule la
den with salt, and an ass laden with wool, went ov
er a brook together. Ijy chance the mule’s paoU
became welted, the salt melted, and his burden be
came lighter. After they had passed, the mule
told his good fortune to the ass, who, thinking to
speed as well, wetted his pack at the next water;
but his load hccame the heavier, and he broke down
under it. That which helps one man may hinder
another.
otlier’s appearaitcc and mi-haps; and when our
friend returned with his hat. which was not much
the worse tor the geese, we all replaced ourselves,
and started back for the city at a very moderate
pace. Arrived there safely, I thanked the ladie;
for my ride, aiyJ bade them good bye, fully persua
ded, hovvever agreeable a .-Iraw ride may be lo
sorne, there are fundameiit;:! objections to its being
participated in by those wluse bones avc not w’cll
cushioned \rith flesh.
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Y )i» K ViLLE
HesMiiiarv,
(Vorli-Viili''? S» C’o)
when rising from his sleep—that sleep, O how sel
dom hy grlimfMsoe of sunshinc and dreams of-L —- - -- _ ,sTorv>;
iov! Ah! if the world thought more of iTiis, ;ui I Yv'here the man, at ail fond of ^^pon^}, who
editor w’ouid be seldom attacked, Abroad mantle | does not like a fox chase? At any rate, there is
of chai.'iy would cover his sms. As luings no\V | One In HultilnotC who is decidcdly fond
run, how often is he the target of every man’s ma
lice; the foot-ball of ribald wit; the shallow pate’s
gibe; the rich man’s contmnely!
“ Xone of yovr ratiler?/'' as the mail-coach said
to the locomotive.—Buxfo/i Post.
The Declaration.—Here is one of the neatest
turned epigrams in the langu?ige. Imagine, if you
please, a sentimentalist most gracefully reclining c i
a sofa, with the last fashionable novel in her hand,
and heart unfeeling-as a pin-cushion, and before her,
prostrate on his marrow bones, a perfumed youth
of twenty, with eyes upturned in agony sublime,
sobbing out in any thing but dispassion;
‘- My charmer! I would dii: for thee
If thou would’st only live for me' '
“ Ah! do,” replies the dark-e3’ed elf,
‘•1 Xr.VKll AVAXT TO DIK MVTHEI.r!”
the State, it will be, more than one geiieration henoe.
This is a subject that should attract the attention of
the people, it should enter into the next elections,
and let the men of the present day decide whether
they are willing to tax themselves with heavy sums
for the benefit of remote posterity.
From the National Intcllii;cncf r.
As the repoit of the Postmaster General, being
the last series of documents accompanying the Pre
sident’s ^Message, may not find a }>lacc in our col
umns for some days, and as the Public is very de
sirous to see what the head of the Post ()fnce Estab
lishment has to say concerning Railroad transporta
tion of the mails, (of v/hicli something has been ru
mored,) we have turned to that part of the practical
business Report of that (Jfllcer for the purpose ol
placing at once before oin’ readers so much of the
Report as relates to that subjcct'
An Irisl\ gentleman thus addressed an indolent
servant who indulged himself in bed at a late hour
In the morning; Fall to rising., you spalpeen,
to rising! Don’t there lying in bed there all
all day.
■Ocferred Articles.
From the Wtstcrn Carolinian.
THE SWAMP LANDS.
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rS^HE Trnsloe of ;iie V>ivK\ lliLbi h i'i.»l.\Lhi
E- A Ii:i\ii!'.’’• hL’-ajrcd the ser\ )ces ot
lostnu’toro ill nhoin tiiey [)i'tcc, entire coiilide.iice,
their School will he o])eni‘d o)i Moudui/, tin; '.i.ind iii
stanf.
The Trustees think lliey have just cause lO rc-
commcnil this institiilit)n as an (digible place for the
edncatiou ol chiulren. The \^i!!arc is noted I’or its
)iealthfulnos.=:. and for the liigh moral and religiou.=!_
lnne that pervades tin; conmiuiiily. Tiie course ol
stuilies lo be jnir.sued i:> as extensive, as is taught in
nnv similar institution. The disripline v.’ill he, iirm,
yet tt'iiipered with kiudness' juid the itiin oi tiie In
structors to make thorough and acconiphtihed sclio-
lar.^, and to instil into the minds of the pupils, moral
and religious princii'.le.
TERMS OF Ti JTJOX, Per Scssi^r.i:
In Spell I)}?, Ui-ading. and Writing, -S
The ahove, with Kndi^h (irammar, (k.o-
(Trdjdiij, (ind Arii'iDnefn',
Tite .sainr. u i.'h nmj of ilir fulltiiri.iLy: Xi
iitral Philosoi>!iij, (Vicrnf.'itn/, A.'^truno
oiiy, (fCdlngy. /iotoni/, J\(ttt(riil llistnry'
Mental and Moral'Pliilo^ophii,
Jihctoric, the Eridencrs of ('hri^tiamty,
Algebra, (jtuinclnj and the highe>- .Ma-
Ihematic.'f, and the /jatni and (irctL
fMHiruagef!.
Frcnch J.angw.gc,
.Vnsic o.i the f*ian >.
I 'se of Piano,
Drawing and J^aiidii.'g.
'Theorem and Ahzzotitdo. )ia.r Horn.
^lit ll IVorlx, Ornamental Secdlt■^^ ork.
cat'lt.
iXSTRUCTOUS;
Ihv I'KinilSAM) JACOnS, *1. M.. PrinripaL
Ai,.s‘. niJZAniyniJ. thott, ^
Mis^ liozAXXA n: a. ruoTT,s ""'
Kutrancc mone\i, One Dollar per Sr.'ston.
j^OARDlNG, including Fuel, Light?, and
Washing, can be obtained in respectable funiilies at
from SS^to .i^lO per montli.
AVILLIAM MOORE, 'i
JOHN S. MOORE,
A. S. nUTCUlISON,
.lOHN A. ALSTON,
W. P. TIIOMASSON.
I. D. WITHERSPOON;
T HO.A 1A S WAR R Ex\,
R. SAJ)LER,
MINOR SADLER.
M. G. SIMRIL,
E. A. CRENSHAW,
K. H. SIMRIL,
II. F. ADICKES,
J. D. GOORE,
W. P. McFADDEN,
Yorkville, S. C., Nov. IS, 1811.
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Dari vcr camc on the night, and the wind sighed fit-
full v aroimd: the figure at the table grew more dim
until it faded into rnf-re outline, and looked like thee.
0 Poverty I craunt and spectral. I’ut the ray ol a
taper f il athwart the chamber, and a gentle foot
step was on the stair. The dreamer looked up, and
a vision of hope, and beauty, and consolation, stood
beside him. 'J’here was a “fathomless depth ef love
in the liquid eye that beamed so tenderly upon hirft.
No smile of foy was on her lip, nor jewelled orna
ment sporkled on her brow; but there was taith
fn.ith that triumphs over the gloom of the grave, and
like the moonbeams on the ruins of some ancient
abbey, sheds a soothing light over the fountains ol
the wretched! He gazed upon the vision, and the
warm blood came back into its forsaken channels.
His rye grew bright and his spirit free. He could
breast*the surges of the world with his ov/n stout
arm, nor cry “ Come help me, Cassius, or I sink.”
♦
'Was this vision an angle? No! but a being of
earth, yet scarcely less sainted—his first love and
his lost—the name which, next to that o{ mother, \&
dearest and holiest—the first wdiich we sigh for in
hours of youth; the last that lingers on our dying
h'ps !
A STRAW RIDE.
In our yotmger days, says the New York Com
mercial .Advertiser, we have been one ol divers rid
ing parties. We have enjoyed the delights of a
sleigh ride, a ride bare-back, a crate-ride, a plank-
ride, a coach-ride, a cider-miil ride, and sundry oth
er varieties. !Morc recently we have ridden in a
cab, in a stage-coach, an omnibus, a rail road car,
and a—no, we have nev'er had a ride in a balloon
or on a rail. But there is, it seems, yet another
kind of a ride, which w^e had never even heard of
—a straw rich*. It is found, we learn, in New Jer
sey, and is thus described by a correspondent of the
Boston Post, who writes from our pleasant sister
city, Newark.
Some (]uite respectable and very prelty young la-
of the amusement, though he has not always met
with the success his energy merits. He has often
been out, but has seldom bagged a fox. When he
has a hunt on the carpet he usually avails himself
of the kindness of a friend who has several hounds,
and frequently, upon his return, has been twitted
about his want ol succcss.
A few duys ago this gentleman started on his fa
vorite amusement, borrowing the hounds of his
friend, and he was successful in his hunt. He
caught a fox, after digging in his den a considera
ble time. Much elated, he started for home, but on
his wav stopped at a jmblic house, where he had a
number of ac(juaintances. To these he related his
adventure, and appeared to glory much at the idea
of showing the fruit of his exertion when he re
turned the liounds. He had caught a fox, rmd he
was determined to make the most of it Just at
tliis moment the idea of playing oil a joke upon
him entered the minds ol his acquaintances, and.
after considerable trouble, they got the l>ag, remov
ed the fox, and replaced it w'ith a large cat. Not
being aware of the change, ofl he started, reached
the city, and forthwith proceeded to the house of
his fri'iid. Here, with the ysual salutation, he
broke out with “ 1 la ! ha' I’ve got him now—I’ll
show you that J ctin catch a fox;” and, with an
air of triumph out he pops the cat! Utteily
confounded, he knew not what lo say, wiiile grim
alkin quietly crc[)t into a corner. ‘ W’^ell,” says
he, after recovering from his conlusion, I dug a
good while for that thing—1 must have taken the
cat and left the fox behind.” The company around
enjoyed the affair much, but their merrunenl was
heightened when, shortly after, they learned the true
state of tiie case.—Sun.
-I nut for the siiperslitioiis is given in the New
Orleans Crescent, upon the sacred honor of one of
the most respectable citizens of that city, in a story
of which the following is the substance.  )n the
morning of the twenty-third of September last,
about two o’clock in the morning. Monsieur de C
, a merchant of Bourbon street, New’^.h'-
leans, but at that time, in Pans, was awakened from
an uneasy slumber by a rustling of the cuitains
ouiiiu .uiVA **- ^hout his coach. He tell a cold hand pressed upon
dies invited me (knowing that i am a confirmed his own, an 1 fancied that he heaid a voice u hic 1
bachelor) to accompany them on a straw ride. I { he recognised as his son’s say, “Father! 1 am y-
3S.^9w
to Hire.
ON THE 27rn INSTANT, at my
residence, I will Hire to the highest
bidder, for the term of twelve months
EIGHT OR TEX VERY LIKELY
XE(^ROES,
(Women, Men, and Boys.) belonging to Dorcas M.
Lee. minor.
ALSO,
At the same time and place, will be Rented, for
the en.^uing year, a VALL ABLE PLAN I’A 1 ION
bclonffirifT to the said minor.
JOSEPH REID, Guardian.
i'^Iocklcnburg Co.. Dec. 7. ISll. 30...J
accepted the invitation, though w’hat a straw ride
might be I could not conjecture. At the appointed
hour, next day, 1 called, and found standing before
the door a pair of fine horses attached to a common
farm wagon. 'Phe inside of the body, which w^as
set upon°the axletrees without the intervention of
springs, was partly filled with nicecle.in straw; ov
er this, buflalo skins were spread, and altogether
the aflhir looked pretty comfortable. The yoimg
ladies had invited some of their friends, including a
young gentleman of the city, so that w'e made a
party of about a dozen.
All l>ein£f ready, we poceeded to the sccne of ac
tion. Here a nice manoeuvre was necessary in or
der to pack us all in good shape. First, a lady on
one side sat down on the bottom : then one opposite,
the feet of each touching the sides of the wagon.
In this way we got in our cargo; myself beings
placed about the middle, and the other inascuhne at
the extremity of the wagon. Here was a pietw\
fix to be sure ! Such a mingling of limbs ! 1
suf^n-ested the propriety of chalking to prevent mis-
nk^- but the young ladies declared there was no
nSitv. as thel- each knew their own Th^ black
mg!” I50 decided an impression had this presenti
ment upon his mind, that he immediately ge>t up
and noted down the circumstance, and Uie piecise
time that it took j)lace. Two weeks after this oc
currence he was on his voyage to New Orleans,
and a few days ago he arrived there. His first en
quiry w’^as—“ W’^here, and how is my son ?
“ He is dead and in liis grave,” was the answer.
As the poignancy of his grief had subsided, ho
detailed to a friend in whose arms his bclov^ed son
had died, an account of his strange presentiment,
when to his great astonishment, his friend told him,
that his son died on the twenty-third of Septembei
last, at two o’clock in the morning, and that the last
words he uUcicd were “ Father, 1 am dying !
“ I’ra terribly troubled w'ith the prickly heat this
season,” said a fat butcher in the market, the other
day.
“ And so am I,” responded a full-shouldeieel ve
getable woman.
“ Well,” said a wag, who w^aspassing, “you are
the largest specimen of a 'prichley j>air, that I base
?'''on sir''e I left jMcxi^’o. '
In Hyde County in this State, and in others of
the Eastern Counties, there arc extensive tracts of
'vasto lands covered with cypress, bamboo briar, a
coarse heavy grass, and during the greater part of
the year, with water. These lands are known by
I’ne name of “ Swamp Lands. ’ Tne soil is, we be
lieve, mostly a deep rich alluvial or a formation
from decomposed vegetable matter. Some acres of
the highest places, have long since been cleared
and cuhivateil, but no very large bodies, it re
quires immense labor, and a lu;avy experjse to put
these lands in a proper state for successful cuUiva-
tion; in the first place, they have to be drained by
large canals to relieve ihcir surface of the v/ater;—
next, the timber, which is thick and heavy, has to
be cleared ofl';—and after the water and timber are
removed fron/the surface, then large ditches have
to be cut through them at short distances, iti every
direction, otherwise they are too wet for cultivation.
We learned these facts, not long since, from an
intelligent gentleman who resides in that part of
the stale;—from whom also, w^e understood that
the expense of pulling the Swamp Lands into a
complete state of cultivation, including every cost,
is from to Si00 per acre. V\ hen, ho\\e%ei,
they are"once in a proper state, their production in
cornnnt] ic/ieat is very heavy, but they arc always
too wet and cold for cotton.
^riie soil is so rich and deep that it is never ex
hausted or worn out, but will last for generations.
^I’hcse I.jands belong, for the most pait, to the State,
ns but little was taken up even when they were
.-subject to entry at five cents per acre. They were,
in fact, considtn-ed i>retty generally, as of no value,
in consequence of the expense and diiiiculty of fit
ting them for cultivation.
While the Swamp Lands w'ere lying in this
con lition of utter neglect, tlse iJf'a w-*..'' suygest d
that th(‘ State ought to drain tn^’.n., ai. i •' : '’V
bring tlvm inte* maikct. Wc belie\c t^eiy iiOgis-
lature lor a number of years, rejected the p:Oject,
and reni.'cd to go into the schema;—.". .!.i, during
Or.vrrnor'hip -.f Mr Dual^jy, a i.-iw was passed
M micteiu(ke th- wo- k, and hundredc of iiandt, have
ever since been enq/..>y:d, at a very heavy expense
to the Stale, indrauung. Sonu; ot them being in
this way prepat'^d lor markf't. a sale was adveitised
in Novtinber, and the laiuls have been ofl'ered, but
it turns out, that not one acre of them could be sold.
They could not be sold, ejn a credit of some time,
even for what it cost to drain the m. In another co
lumn may be found an aiticle irom the \V ashing-
ton Republican;' wdiich gives information of the
gj^l0 J—the article is very lull on the subject, and
we point the reader’s attention to it. The Editor
seems to think that the time w’ill come when those
lands u'ill sell. Perhaps so, and we hope it may
be the case, but we apprehend much that it will
not be in liis or our day. We sincerely wish it
may be otherwise, but let us sec the prospect;
He says:
“If the lands are sold, it must be to persons from
elsewhere. We in this section ot county’ alreaely
own more swamp lands tlian we w'ant the supply
is greater tlian the demand. That no sales were
made to individuals in this section, furnishes, there
fore no inference that we are mdmerent to the fate
nf iho enteri)risc, or distrustful of its ultimate pro
fit to the State. With our hands already full of
swamps, it would be folly to buy more. We repeat
and it is well that it shoidd be known, that purcha
sers must be found abroach
There is no prospect of selling the lands to the
peof.le in that section of the Slate, for the reason
fnat they “ already own more swamp land than
they want.” “ With our hands already full of
swamps,” says the Editor—“ it w’ould be folly to
buy more;”—“therefore,” he continues, “if the
latids arc sold, it must be to persons from abroad.
’I'his is found reason in jr. and we^ believe a!tog«'th-
nxTPACT raor.i riii: rosTMASTER-ciiNEitAi.’t: ia:rou'r:
“An anxious desire to elVect some permanent ar
rangement with the llail-lload Companies for the
transportation of the mail, upon a basis that shall be
both just and uniform, consideritig the nature ot the
service performed by each, induced me to invite a
meeting of the Presidents of tlie ditferent companies,
in the City of Washington, on the first ot January
next, andT am gratified at the prompt manner in
which all w'ho have been heard from have consented
to attend, and a hope is cherisJied that some arrange
ment, satisfactory to all parties and beneficial to the
public, may yet be ctTected.
“The improved mode of intercommunication by
rail-road and steam, operating umler chartered rights
grafted by the States, and over which it is not pre
tended that the General Government, much less the
Post-Otfice Department, can exercise any control,
imposes upon Congress, iti my opinion, new duties
and obiigations, wiiich can only be cancelled by the
adoption of some measures wdiercbythe Post-Office
Department may, \ipon adequate considerations, se
cure by compact the transportation of the mail in
tlie cars of rail-road companies, and at the same
time give the Department the power to control the
departure and arrival of the same.
There is now paid to the diilerent rail-road com-
lianies annually, over .*^400,000 for the service, with
out j>ower in the Department to regulate tlte travel,
arrival, and departure of the mail, and constant and
frequent diliiculties, .both in entering into and the
execution of contwcts; are presenleti.
“It has occurred to me that the present was a
most fiivorable period for the adoption of some mea
sure by Congress, whereby to secure to the United
States the nglit to transport the mail on these loads
in all time to come, free of any annual charge upon
the Post-Otlice Department, by the advancement ol
a sum in gross, which may be agreed upon, to each
these companies, or such of them a-s may be wil-
of ^
ling to contract. xMany of the raihroad coi;ip:inie.s.
and some of them constituting most important links
in the great chain of intercommunication b».i\veen
BostonTmd Charleston, ov,’ing to the great derangc-
mentofthe monetary concerns ol the world, and thr,
depression ol all State aiul Company Stocks, find
themselves laboring under embarras.-.inents and dil-
ficulties which the aid of the  iencral ( Jovernment.
a])phed in the way proposed, would etiectualiy r»-
n«ove, and at tiie same time secure to the Tnited
States Ihe advantage and the ample equHr.lo.ji of
transporting the mail upon these road.s.
“ The credit of the United States to an amouat
not oTcater than the sum necessar\ to produce, at five
perT'ent. interest. t!ie amount paid by the Post Of
fice Department to these companies annually. Avould.
I have no doubt, be sutlicient to accomplish this de
sirable end. The prompt aiul favorable actioa nf
Congress upon this subject at the present time would
cll'eetivdl” te •\'v> Government against the dan
ger of being called upon for occasional and large ap
propriations to meet tJie balance.s uuc by the I.^epart-
ment.
“Do I ask the United State.'=; to do m«Te for ihe
Post Olfice Department tlian justice would :seem t..»
demand, when it is remembered that the whol? ex
pense of the official correspondence of the Govern
ment and the public, and private correspondence
of those entitled by law to the Iranking privilege, is
sustained and paid by a tax upon the correspon
dence of the community ? If by tins arrangement
the Department is relieved from the heavy annual
chortle as now rated, (and it has neither the power
to lessen it nor to prevent its increase,) it may be
hoped that the object so much demanded by con
siderations of public justice (that of reducing the tax
upon the friendly and business correspondence of hi-
dividuals) will be attained, and, at the same time, the
usefulness of^ the public mail greatly enlarged and
extended to those portions of the Union hitherto
measurably denied the necessary mail facilitiot^.
“If the Gov^ernment was required to pay postage
upon oihcial correspondence, and if the ihiuKmg
privilege was abolished or reduced to proper limits,
the revenue of the Department would be increaseil
to an amount sufficient of itself to pay the interest
upon the deb't to be incurred by the pro})osed ar
rangement, and liquidate the principal in less than
thirty years. , . 1 ,
“ I respectfully submit to lha Pre.si.ient the pro
priety of communicating to Conirress the \ iew.^
which I entertain and have here cxoresseii upon this;
subject ’’
The Small Pox Iwismade its appearance on I»oa-
noke river, in the edges of Mecklenburg. Va., and
Warren, N. C. About forty persons have been at
tacked since the commencement of the disease.—
Prompt measures have been taken to prevent the
further spread of tlu,- contagion, and the Oxford
Mercury thinks there i^ no longer room for tiiarni
even in ^he iiif c‘cd i ivi.' —l.vichhnrg Repvb
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