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THE Wtfll (UABMPlL.ilK DAK , From the Salisbury Watchman. ': JACOB' COTTON. THE MURDER VAX. Thu fellow, charged with the murder of Mis Maiy West and hei grandson, was tried ami convicted at Mocksvillc, - lastvweek. The case catn& p on Wednesday" morning, be fore his honor, Judge Pearson, and- after a most tedious examination, and elaborate de bate ou both sides, was closed with the Judge's charge about 12-6'cloek on Thursday niht. Stales' Counsel, II. C. Jones, Nat. Roydeu ; Counsel for tho prisoner, James E. Keir, .J. Claike, JrA. Lijlingtou. . A case of such interest rarely occurs in thi's part of the world, usuatly so civil, and as may naturally be expected, created a good deal of excitement. Some of our readers probably remember lhe rircuiint.ince'j under which this most awful minder was committed: Mrs Maty West, a very aged uomuu, (about 81 year) lesided in this vicinity, alone, wiih the execptiou of a grandson aged between 1U and 11 years. She was living iu ease and comfort, with an extensive connec tion, around her was beloved and respected. It was a well kuown fact that she had . a handsome n mount of money at her command, that she bad money loaned out; and always kept a sum by her. This tempted the cupidity of Jaci.tr Cotton. He conceived in his heart the perpetration' ol the must horrid deed ever committed iu this part of the country : aud on the 19ih of March list, put it in execution. Colfou lived in Davidson, .couuty, -Mis Wett in Rowan, with the Yadkin river and a distance ofsix miles inter veiling, between their several residences. Cotton bad former ly lived in Rowan, near Mrs Wests; and up, to the uight of this horrid deed, had some re lations residing but a shot distance there from. Before day, on the morning of the 19lh March, theje relations of his discovered that Mrs West's house was on fire, aud by them spread the terrific intelligence, through out the neighborhood. In a short time many of tho ueighbors were ou the spot, who after diligent search discovered the lifeless remains of tho aged occupant smouldering in the a.hes of the ruiued dwelliug. They immediately drew it out, and with it came up the hitherto undiscovered remains of the little boy. They were found side by side just under the spot where the bed they usually occupied should have stood. . A Jury of Inquest was summon ed to the place, who after a careful examina tion, returned that Mrs West and her graud sou., Henry Svviuk, had come to their death by violence from the hand or hands of a per son or pesons unknown, and that (he house was afterwards fned. They were led to this conclusion by the facts that the bodies of the unfortunate tcn'antSj were found together where (hey miisd have slept; and that the hin ges of one of tho doors were broken and bent as if force had been applied to open the door. The lock of the chest in which the old lady kept her money, was found in the ruins under the snot occupied bv the chest, with the bolt forced out of the. boxing, aud just iu such a condition as might have been expected, if one, with n chisel, had broken it by prizing up tho lid. And then ihere were drops ol fiesh blood on the steps of tho back door, and on a plank leading from the door. These circumstances, together with the exreeding improbability that a person of such great age, arrest, " I know where 1 got my money, aud can tell, if 1 choose to do so; and if people are so bad off to know, I can tell, or show, who killed Mrs West and yet during all his trial, he could not, or would not,how where he got his money, neither would he di vulge anything in relation to the murder. Numerous other circumstances were brought out emulated to strengthen the probability that Cotton was guilty. But the main facts weie me money iouuu n. r- kind of money silver aud the purse which contained it. ' The purse teas proven to be the purse, the properly of the deceased, Mrs IVesl. It was identified by her daughter and by her grandson. It is a , buckskin purse, about seven inches long, aud two and a half i,t three inches broad. The principal mark by whirh it was identified, is the ' uverwhip ping" at this top, or mouth. Rut its geueiat itppeaiaucc was satisfactory to the witnesses, th it it is the very ssme. Jacob proved by his mother, that he owned a purse some two years before, aud .-he thought the purse found iu his possession, when arrested, was the same; but .she could not tell why she thought so, and did recollect that i: was "overwhipped" at tho mouth. lie also proved by her that he had a good deal of silver money IS mouths befuie money that he should have received from the two gentlemen whom he named the same money that ho could not prove he In fine, Jacob could not From the Union, i COTTON THCGR EAT STAPLE. -,-vWe lay before the public this evening ojib of the most interesting papers which has ever appeared iu the TJnion. Our regular corres pondent in New7 York furnishes u clear, full, and decisive 'description of the result of the celebrated experiments made by the East lu dia Company in the cultivation of cotton iu the East. We recommend it to the attention of our countrymen, particularly of lhe South : New York, Sept. 22, 1845. The Zeuobia, which arrived at this port on Saturday morning las!, Irom Calcutta, East Indies, brought home one of the American c otto u-pia liters, whWj some five years since, entered the service f the Hon. East India Company, as auperintendant of cotton farms, in their extensive experiment to grow Ameri can cotton in that region, aud to improve the cultivation of native cotloii. I have had much conversation with Mr T.t who went from Mississippi ; and after having served the gov ernment for five years, the tcim of his en gagement, has returned, as stated, in the Ze uobia. fie has communicated to me much valuable and interesting information iu rela tion to India. He estimates the experiment has cost the govemmeut. $500,000, and that it has resulted in the most complete and signal failure ! Iu 1840, an ageut of lhe government came t. tht United Slates, and repaired to Louisi- bad ever received. show his innocence of the crime with which ar,a and Mississippi, where tho growing of he stood charged: and there weie several very roii0n has been carried to the greatest state of sti ong ued itncoiitradiclory circumstaoces going t establish his guilt. He could not show w heir, he slept ou that fatal night; ho could not show how he came iu possession of the money; he could not prove that the purse was his own ; ho knev who murdered Mrs West, but would not tell ; and on being asked (the day before his trial came on before the Magistrate, Mr Piuckstou,) whether he killed Mis West, answered "I do not know- whether I did or not;" and to cap the whole, on Thursday night, just before the lawyers had concluded their speeches, the purse was found stained rcilh blood on the inside. The Jury retired about 12 o'clock at night, aud very early next morning despatched a messenger to the Judge informing him that they were prepared to bring in a verdict. They came iu aud returned the prisoner guilty. Guilty of the buiglary, guilty of the mnider, and guilty of the arson. The prisoner heard the verdict almost with perfect inditfeienee. Indeed, he had kept up, throughout the whole trial, an air of careless indifference, and on several occasions found matter to excite his resibilities. Un the last dav o lhe Court, the pusotier was a"ain brought before his Honor, and heard the .sentence of death passed upon him. lie is to be publicly hanged, at Mocksville, on ihe24'h day of October, instant. On Friday night after his conviction' the prisoner made a conjession. He implicates three other persons, two of whom (Peyton flasket aud David Yoleiitine,) were imme diately arrested aud committed to jail. perfection, and where he engaged teu Amer icans, who had been employed iu superintend ing cotton estates in mat section ol tnc Union for several years. They were well recom mended by the most respectable planters. They left with the agent for India, via Eng- and, and took with them largo quantities ol - I a the best American cotton-seeu, agricultural implements, cotton gins, presses, &c. Tho planters were eugaged at an average. salary of about '300 each, with an allowance for subsistence of 100 more. Each enter ed into a contract to remain iu the service of th compauy live years, and to conduct the experiments in such parts ot India as me gov ernment should point out. Of the ten per sons thus engaged, three alter the lust year returned home, beiug paid their salaries up to the time ofleaviug, but were left to bear their own expenses home: while, according to the agreement, those who remained five years we;e Not Yet. The negro fellow, David, who' had been sentenced to be hanged on the 3d iust., at Concord, N. C, for an attempted rape anon the nerson of his vounir mistress, has could sleep "so profoundly as not to discover j heen respited by the Governui for four weeks the dwell m a on fire until il was too late Iu escape from it, or after discoveiing it, never J removing from bed, was satisfactory to the Jury of Inquest, that a foul deed had bien committed. Rut there were left no traces by which they could fix a reasonable suspicion "upon any ono. Thus tho whole matter rested for some timo ; and it was rapidly fading from the minds of tho people. About two months and a half had passed away,-when public attention was again awak ened on this subject : Jacob Cotton, a poor, miserable wretch, was arrested on suspicion, and after a close examination before Meshack Pinckton, J. P, of Davidson county, was -.fully-committed to await his trial. The time, place, and result of that trial has uheady 4ieeu stated. We will now mention n few facts elicited on said trial, going to connect tho prisoner with tho deed of which he stood Rodney, in that State, in 1839, ou which he i raised over nine hundred parts of clean cotton to the acre ! He says, that year ho made a fine crop, actually sending to market two hun dred bales of good cotton, averaging four hun dred and fifty pounds each, from ninety-six acres of land ! What a contrast, this, to croppiug in India ! - Mr F.j one-ofthe American cotton-growers who went to India, and was stationed at Go ruckpore, put two hundred acres iu eoltou, from which be gathered only two hundred pounds of clean cotton! The most those sent to Coirnbatore could do, was to raise, iu :i favorable year, two hundred pouuds of seed cotton to the acre equal to about fifty pounds of clean 'cotton ! The most Mr 1. could do, w as to raise, the fi-st year, teu pouuds of clean r 1 ..... I C ,U cotton Horn American- conou-seeu - oi ure Mexican variety, (the best.) aod seventy w.imHs of native cotton, to the acre! HJ .1 : i . -: i .. r. . smvs me iiiuei icau seeu tuiuvu uui uui ai Rnr nev. :tho best iu America,! ueterioraiea " j . - 1 every year ; the staple or fibre growing short- er, while tha yield grew lessj It is his fnm opiuion, that if the American seed be planted over and over again in the same soil, in ludia, in Jive$ca, it will totally cease to mature any cotton whatever ! fie also says, by changing it to other districts, it may be made to yield something a few years longer, but would ultimately ruu out. He thinks the resources of Rritish India greatly overrated, and that its produce of, ail kinds is growing less ; accompanied with on immense diminution of the Indian Govern ment revenues, which (like the patent power is immensely iu d;bt ; .and, like her, has gone largely into banking and loaning operations. Paper issues are afloat all over Iudii, put iu circulation with little hope of ultimate or fu ture redemption. The Affghatij and other recent wars, have added 13,000,000 to the ludian government debt. During Mr TVs residence theie, they issued a loan lor ,000,000 rupees, at' o per cent., have other targe outstanding loans made at' 4 per Cen. The fact is, there is no govemmeut which has been' so wastefully aud- Coimuuii J cations. managed as the Indian govcrn- sidaries h.rve extravagantly rueiit. The most euormous been paid to its public officers, from the gov- neial down to the collector of reve nues in a di.-tiict. He says that ludia never can become set tled with a European population, on account . .'..';'. For the Carolinian. A Mr Ravne : To the remarks publishtd io th Carolinian of the last week over th sig nature of Si Vis, there were appendfeU some which seemed to convey an indication of a suspicion that the writer would throw an ob stacle in the way of the talked of road from Raleigh to this place. Such was by no meaus lhe iuteution of the writer. The design was to endeavor to do away tho impiession enter tained by many that the construction of that road is indispensable to the welfare of this place, and that the town is nearly ruioed if in constructing the rtad it is left out of the line. That the road would be of sonn? advantage to the place, we admitted, but that leaving us out of the line Would mill us, we deny. The people of Raleigh may tell us flattering tales i)!' the advantages we .should receive, but who that has watched the course of ihiog, can for ;i moment sbnnose that such tales would be verified We ventured to suggest in opposi lion to this, that there was anothei way in 'which the interest of this town would be mtich more effectually nerved. Our views on this subject have been in some measure anticipat ed by remarks in the last paper, to which. wcj have referred. To add mote, may seem su, perfluous. Indeed, so little is the probability of the construction at present, of auy road, that it may seem useless to waste woids about the matter. We are not, however, without hope; but even if nothing is done at present, the discussion may do good, leading lhe peo ple to think ""upon the subject, aud thus make them better prepared to act itl foture The suggestion, we would throw out. is that in stead of turning iur attention to the RaleigH route, we should seek an union w ith the dm- in-'ton. e had intended to nave gone into a minute examination of the comparative ad vantages of this route to us above that which would unite us to Raleigh, but so much ol what we would say, has been anticipated that we shall deem it prudeut to be brief. We lay it dow n as a fundamental' principle that as respects trade, the' interests ol Payette- ville are identified with those of Wilmington. With Raleigh as a place of busiu.s we never have had, and shall never have much to do but with Wilmington we are indispensably conuected. Indeed, strike out the inlei veil ing spacb, Favetleville aud Wilmington are lhe more we can shorten this spacej !5 one. cnargea. It was proven, that on the next morning ' niter the murder of Mrs West, about 9 o'eb:k iu the day, Jacob Cotton presented himself - at the house of Fii'gersou in David- sou county. Mrs Furgersou and sister were the only persons at home. Cotton looked badly as one who had loM sleep said he - had started to go to his mother's on thu day before, some 1G miles oil", was taken w ith a bleeding at the nuse turned back aud slept all night iu Swiccgood's barn. Alter getting his breakfast aud drinking several times of some liquor foi which he had j sent by tue sister ot Mrs rurgesou, he be came pretty lively,- danced about over the floor, singing a ditty, something like tho fol lowing : . The o!u hen and chicks went lo roost The oM she oppusum cut them down "''t And the old Turkey cock strutted round." Whilst in Ibis flow of spirits he shewed two purses containing money. He emptied them of their contents, and in the preseuce of the Kurgerson's couuted foity-two dollars and ten cents. It was proven that Cotton bad ac knowledged two days before that he had no money, but that he was going to his mother's aud would have plenty towards the last of the week. It was proveu that he lived iu the most abject poverty that although a good black smiih, he idled away his time, and . was a v trifling, worthless fellow that ho was never .known to have a large sum of inouey before. It was proven that he did uot go to his mo ther's, and consequently got nno from her. ' He attempted to account for his money: men tioned the names of two persons, of whom he saidr he received it. But in this he failed' They had, -it .was true, paid him some money five, six, or seven years before, but never an amount exceeding six dollars. Where then. did Cotton get his mouey? It was shown that he did uot sleep in Swicegood's barn: his father-in-law endeavored to prove that he slept at his houso on that fatal night ; but haviug told two stories entirely irreconcilable with each other, his evidence fell to the ground ; (and if his ears do uot pay for it 'twill be less matter:) Where then did Jacob sleep ? It was nrovcu that he said at the time of his From thuN. Y. Courier & Enquirers An "Anti 'I exas Convention" was held at Lowell. Mass.. ou Monday last. Dr. Elish; Huntington of fjowell presided, and a series of resolutious was reported by tho Business Committee, composed of II. Wilson of Na tick, E. R. Hoar of Concord, Barllett of Med ford, Lelaud of Sherburne, and Stetson of Medford, and altera long debate was adop ted. The follow ing are lhe only portions of them which can be deemed by any one of any special consequence : Resolved, That the act of the two Houses of Congress, at their last session, inviting lhe slaveholdiug nation of Texas to enter the Un ion, is a. clear and palpable violation of (he Constitution an assault on its compromises a subversion of - those principles upon whirh the. Government was founded; and de mands our most vigorous and united efforts to prevent its consummation and defeat its purposes. Resolved, That Massachusetts should ad here with unshaken fidelity and firmness lo htr declaration that lhe "Act of Congiess iu vitiog 1 exas into the Union will have no binding forco upon , her ;" and that she will "use every lawful and constitutional measure to aunul its conditions and defeat its accomplish ment,'' and that she should by every appropr iate act of legislature, continue to regard Texas as a Foreign State. Others were adopted announcing the pur pose of tho Committee, if Annexation is con- summateo, "renouncing all , compromises, without leshaint or hesitation, iu their private relations and iu their political organisations, by their voices and their votes, iu Congress and out, iu the Union or out, to use all practi cal means for the extinction of Slavery uoon the American continent." The following amendment to one of the resolutious was proposed, but under a rule of order it was referred to the business com mittee; "That the consummation of tho plot for the annexation of Texas will be a dissolution of the Union and the Govemmeut, and that the Governor of the Commonwealth be requested on its completion, to direct our delegation in Congress to letui u home, and to call a con vention of the people of the State for the pur pose of taking the preparatory steps for form- new Government and a new Union." The Convention was still iu sessiou at the latest advices. to have all their expenses borne from to India, aud from thence, at the expiration f tho service, back to the Uuited States. Seven of the party remained to the end of their en"agemeut one of whom is Mr T.. who has just arrived iu the Zenobia. - w .1 lie says, .on reaching inaia, ineir pariy were distributed to different parts of tho .In dian empire, in order that the experiment might be tested iu reference to the different oils and Varieties of climate in that vast em- empire. One (Mr T.) was placed at Calpeej in the district ot Rundelcund. Another was station ed at Goruckooie. under the Nanal hills i an- other in Dooab ; another was located iuSooru- npote ; another ot Hfimeapnre, in the ciist. oflianda; another at Raatch, in Bundelporo; another in Coirnbatore and at Sural, on the western side of the peninsula. After experi tnetitiug a year of two at each place, without a prjspect of success, Ihey Vertj changed to other localities, so as to give eveiy district in ludia, as tar as posiule, a Iiial. Jlr 1 was changed from Ruudelcuud to Rungpore, Northern India near the base, and iu full view ol the tiimaylaya mountain--, much were covered with perpetual snow. Other were changed to Dahwar, in the southern Mahratta country. The American planter placed at Raatch during a rebellion vthich commenced wiih the Decoyls, (robbers,) had his premises at tacked, his houses sacked and burnt, barely escaping with his life and the clothes he wore In every part of India, where the Americans tried the cultivation of cotton, and endeavored to instruct the natives in the best mode of culture, they most signally failed!! Those who remained used every possible exeition to succeed, as they were liberally paid, having every facility granted that they could ask, with the expectation of being handsomely reward ed if they succeeded. - Mr T. thinks the two great and insuperable difficulties in the way of cultivating cotton in India, arc attributable to tho two great ex tremes of dry and ttel iceather, cither of w hich is peculiarly fatal to cotton. During the con tinuance of tho rainy season, the cotton plants grow with unwonted luxuriance and rapidity, to be as suddenly checked and cut off by the intense beat of the sun, which pours upou America Vf the extremc bt;at evuutiiig their laboring I hj wp jri hf wo lowl,s ,0;;e,hcr, burning sun. beneath a Such is the overwhelui of the heat, that all the night. The traveller is j- in tile open tielus without destruction. iug oppressiveness travelling is done at carried iu a sedan or pahmquiu, -suppoiled by six or eight men, who relieve each other at the end of. every eight or ten miles. They set oil, usually at 4 o clock hi" lhe evomugj travelling all night, aud until 9 or 10 o'clock next morui:ig, when they lay by for the re mainder of Iho dav. Il was iu this way the American cotton-yrow eis were earned from - - c one part of India to another. 1 roops man-n ni iiitrht. and olten fiiiht their battles nt night. Mr T. savs lhat such is the destructive character of the white -ant in many pails of.In dia, they actually level mud houses in n few years which aro the only kind of houses that can be used in thu interior, on nc.eouut of scarcity of timber. Machinery made of wood and carried into the country, alter a while is liable to be attached by the til and de stroyed. At his station, in Bundelcund, he found the heat so great as to be compelled to sleep out of doois the common practice in ludia. I n such cases, it is necessary to tihe tue na tives to keep watch all night, at 12V cants each per night, lo keep off iackals, hyenas,' and wolvc, with which the jungles abound, and which often venture upon the abodes of the people tu the moot ravenous manner. When one attempts to sleep iu a house,- the heat is so severe, that it becomes necessary to hire two natives lo fau you all night, by turns, with a contrivance something similar to that Used for keeping flies ftom the table iu this country, which lhe natives put in motion by pulling a rope on the outride of the house. mg a A person in company said iu a violent oassion to another. You are a liar I a scoun drel !" The other with great composure turn ed round lo the company, aud said to them, "You must not mind what this poor fellow says : it ti a way he has ; he was only talk iS io himself" A Palpable Hoax The driver of a stage coach from Iiridgewater for Abington, Mass., tells the remarkable fact that he receutly con veyed ten ladies at a time ju hisJ coach ueilier ol whom had a bandbox ! them during mo succeeding dry season. When the dry weather sets in, the sun ripeus the bolls prematnrelyj when apparently not more thau half giovu ; while the leaves of the plant aro crisped and burnt to a brown color by tho intensity of tho solar heat. In lower Rengal, tho rainy season com mences late in May, and continues till Oc tober. In central India, the rainy sea sou be gins about the. middle of July, and lasts from the 1st to the 15th of September. In lower Rengal, as much as 76 inches of rain usually falls iu 12 months. In central India, no crops can be anticipated with much less than 13 inches of rain. Eleven inches never fails to result in a famine, which is dreadful in its effects upon the natives. In addition to the uucouquerabledifFicultics of the climate, the cotton-plant is exposed to the fatal attacks of destructive' insects. There is one which lays an egg in the flower of tho plant. Before the boll matures, the worm forms within it, which feeds upon' the reen and tender fibres of the cotton, eatin out all the cotton within the boll before it ma- iui"j iciiiguui;.i u.iv or iwo in some bolls, or pods, while, in others not a fibre is left. In some parts of India it is also subject to the nt tacks of white ants, which cut down the plants whik pods, and cut them off. All that the Americans could do, with their best exertions, only enabled them to raise, on the average, about ten pounds of clean cotton to the acre from the best American cotton seed, aud only seventy pounds of clean cot ton to the acre from native ludia cottou-seed Mr T., before leaving Mississippi to go to ludia, superintended a cottou estate uear young, or attack tho voung 1 HE 1 RUTH ARRIVED' AT AT LAST. It IS now about a year aud a half since we publish ed an account of the trial of a Catholic Priest in Indiana, (Romain Weinzcefdin,) for an ag gravated crime upon a female of bis Church, (a marriod German woman,) while nt Con fession. The testimony was of a revolting character, and the w fetch was consigned to the Penitentiary, loathed by all except a few friends vtho believed him innocent. Several months elapsed, when circumstances led others to apprehend that he was n victim to conspi racy. An effort was about to be made to ob tain a Pardon, but he interposed against this, unless his innocence could first be establish ed, saying that libei t v and life were of no value to him without hi good name. Recently, tacts have come to light which fully establish that innocence. Schmoll, the prosecutor, who had gone off to Missouri, there confessed the conspiracy to four German acquaintances, who disclosed the facts in a letter to the Rev. Mr Deydeir, of Evansville, Indiana. One of the Counsel of the imprisoned Priest went to Missouri, and cbtaiued affidavits setting forth that the wife of Schmoll, who swore against the Priest, had been suborned to do so by her husband, who threatened to abandon her if she refused. The following is the concluding part of a statement from which we condense these facts: .V Trite Sun. "We appreciate this providential interposi tion iu behalf of suffer iug innocence, as an occasion of the most profound gratulation to the whole body of the unprejudiced communi ty, to the Catholic Church every where, to the poor victim himself, aud last thoOgh not least. to his venerated 15 ishop, who left bun in the penitentiary, on & visit from which he is iust returning, and who is kuown lo the writer of this, alter having drained his treasury, to hav borrowed funds for bis defeuce, to have author ized the pledge or his private fortune for his security, aud lo have shed tears of bitterness for his fate. The letter above alluded to, and the deposi tions, are deposited at tho office of the under signed, one of the counsel of Mr Weinzoeplin, for tho inspection of all who feel au honest de sire lo investigate the truth of the affair. R. M. THOMAS. the more closely will business be couneeted. Capo Fear River, unfortunately for us, likr all souinern river, wucu uci uini-n uuou through the scantiness of water. Cieat iu tenuptionsi thereto tc-j are occasioned in the transportation ol. goods. this occasions a ieal annoyance to the merchants.. 1 hoe of the interior, iu particular, impatient of de lay, aud making no allowance lor. the cause, cry out !igrttut rayetteville, as if she tve re culpable for lhe defects of the river, or as if no other river were so defective. Threats are continually thrown oet that some other channel for the conveyance of goods ha II be sought, and ..they, whose proximity to' Rail roads will permit, have forsaken lhe river and It an "ported their goods through rhose roads, some by way of Petersburg to the depots on the Raleigh toad, and some by way of Char leston and Columbia. The, reason assigned iu these cases, is the uncertainty of our river navigation. Suppose then a .Railroad were constructed from Fayetteville to Warsaw, of some point u the Wilmington road, the evils complained of might then be remedied. When the river failed, the toad, for all light goods a' least, might icmedy the defect. And wte think it might be clearly shewn that fib small advantage to the Iratispottalion .would be de rived from the course. All uncertainty would then be .removed. Merchants fiom the in- teiior. as well as our own, would be able to make precise calculations, and could obtain their supplies without loss of time.'. "J'he same facilities for communication with the north would be afforded that could be had by a road to Raleigh. Rut it is said, we should proba bly lose the line ol stages to Kaleigh. Sup poe we should, .it woufd be only changing the' route...-. Rut j it inay be said, such a step on the part of ratettevdle, would form a stiong inducement on the pattid" the project ors of the coutiuliatioii f -the Raleigh1 road to 'cave Favetteville out of the line. W e think otheiwise, but even if they did, the branch to the V i'rhington might be continued to a junction with lhat, and thus a double ad vantage of communication aud transput tation would be secured. Wo arc awaie that. many things rriav be said concerning the effects ul -such a junction, and of the whole project. We shall not enter into a minute calculation of advantages and disadvantages, though we believe it mfght bo easily shewn that there would be little to fear and much to expect in its favor. It is euough for tho present to rest the matter on these geueial hints. The main object we have in view, is to try to awaken atteution to the importance of a tveHeru turn pike road from this place. This, as we have befofe expressed,- we, believe lo be of vital im portance, but at the same time, we believe lhat the importance of lhat tvould be much en hanced by a more sure and peifecl tiniou wiih Wilmington. Could we see ono or two good roads leading from Fayetteville into the in terior, and then an easy common icat ion from Fayetteville to W ilmington,- sure at all times, by water or road, we should feci confident that Fayetteville would not only hold her own as a place of trade, but lhat the amount of business would be greatly increased. As relates to Iho comparative expense of constructing a road to either place, the ad vantage by far, would lie on the side of that to Wilmington. The distance would, be much less ; the cost of grading would be muh less, and Ibe materials from abroad would be brouoht upon the spot at a much less expense. Br no practicable rouio couiu jiaieigu u dollars UiHcrence of cost. A Road construct- enwiiu iTCBr; nun runs ana toy the way no other ought ever to be built would probLbu cost more than this estimate by the mile , j nese general ninis we nave thrown out rather for the sake of eliciting inqairy, than wun any expectation inai iney win lead to ac tion. A railroad, we fear, will not soon be constructed, either to the one place or the other. However desirable it may be. the ensi of construction will be so rat as fo forbid. for the pieseut, the hope of n profitable invest ment cf capital. We honft and heliev ih time will come when such au undertaking will be affected. For the present, we shall probably be cmpelled to make the best of lhe river as a means of transportation between this aud W ihmugton. The efforts now mak ing to constitute light boats, will, we trust, have the effect to remove some of the difficul ties of which complaint is made. Fayetteville has no reason to despond. Admit that some tow us have taken the start in the i acb of prosperity, let her uot be dis couraged. A little patience and perseverance aud more reliance on her own strength will1 bring her Up iu the race. Her peculiar ml. (.vantages for manufacturing, if rightly im proved, cannot fail to give her pre-eminence. Good roads iuto lhe iuterior will help much to secure a good portion of the trade of tho Slate. These fcau be had if we will take hold of the woik W ith energy. Instead of wasting words about connecting Fayetteville with Raleigh by Raihoid, go lo work and open a good way into the interior. Rise on our own inde pendence ; make our own calculations ; take the business on our own shoulders; make an effoit lo do what we can. If we ran not e-complj.-h all we would, we can accomplish something, and that little will encourage us to do mote. Wait not for officio, but go for w aid in our own strength. Enterprise will beget courage, and coinage will ove'eeme difficul ties, ami thus in a little lime, wiih perse vet -am-e, we hall gaiu a height, which, under a feeling of dependence, can never be reached. S. The remarks whi. b we pjrhli.!) to-day from the pen of Si Vi, we like belter. Wo hopo he look no offence at our editorial appeiidsgo of last Saturday. Although it is impossible' to foresee how matters of this kind would woik vthen completed, wo are loth to believe tha f a4 railroad could be supported betwecu thi and Warsaw in the present thinly settled con dition of our country. Noveitheless, wo feel" the Torce of the views of the writer when he mges the importance of a certain communica tion between this and W ilunnglon. Nature has furni.-hed us wi'h a river, which is unfoi tunatelv uncertain ; but jit the same time, the veiy circumstance of there being a liavigahlo river, seems to bar lhe prospect of supposing a road. - - but we are sorry thai we anticipated the view of our correspondent; aud we hope he will pursue the subject regardless of any of our luferferenri. From the Ohio tlniun.- THE TARIFF OF 1S42. .omiiml duly . PEP. I D. Pei furriery vials $2 60 Cut-gins, 1 and under 25 ruttiblers, plain ot moulded 14 ;Jas, 18 x 10 above IS x 10 lit 50 W indow Do do Demijohns brown sugar Refined do Molastes Salt Rolled iron Hoop do Smoothing irons Wood screws Ingrain carpets Rocking and Raize ' Plain cotton good Dyed and Colored goods Fustians Plain silks5 ' ' " Tin red cables White lead Whiting mid Pari white A lichors Anvil Chniu. cables Trace chuius Ox chains 25 21 6 : 2l 12 30 u Htr. 30i 35. 60 5'. 4r. fi 2' 21 21 4, 4. v Ah ct. I'll 2--H ft -too P06 77 2lo 137 b7 N7 50 120 1'pO 1,1 7 55 M G6 Irln 43 70 86. 1-41. 1C0 reached at a distance less than from 60 to 65 miles while to Warsaw, Iho distance would not be over 90, aud by striking at auother point, the distance would be less. The cost of construct iug a road from Raleigh to this place would exceed lhat from this to the Wilmington road by one fourth of the amount. Suppose then, from Raleigh to this plaee the expense to bo $S,000 per mile, that to the Wilmington road would be $6,000, making in the aggregate, a bum not less than 150,000 We rpiottt the above lafdo from tho Ifc oik Post, made up by personal investigation, and examination ol invoices of actual, ad va!r oictn duties upon the important articles of common use there enumerated, as rompaiedf with the apparent or nominal duties by the quantity, as laid by the act of IS42. This system of deception pervades lhe whole law, and renders its action and effect1 so unjust! aud unequal, lhat, should its real operation be laid bare before the people, il would meet viilfr universal condemnation. To remedy this hi' justice will be lhe duly, aud we doubt not lhe plea.-uie of lhe next democratic Congress, un der the recommendation aud plans which will be pieseuted to then by President Polk aud his indefatigable Secretary of the Tieasury. Painful developemenis were made in Rich mond, Va., on Saturday last, relative to alleg ed fraudulent transactions by Mr H. Jurey, a meichaut of that city. He was arrested, aud after a brief exarniaation before the Mayor, committed. A further examination was lo be bad on Monday. He is charged with suc cessful forgeries on three Banks in Richmond lo the amount of $10,000. He has since confessed his guilt, and will suffer the penalty of the law withoot 4rJal. It is said his effects will pay all the amounts be committed forgery to obtain. Hint aud his wife were members of lhe Churcff, aud she urged him to plead guilty, which he persisted in doing against the advice of his corrnsel. A quack doctor, quarrelling with a neigh bor, swore iu a great rage that some time or other he would be the death of him. No, doctor," replied the other, "for I shall never I send for you."
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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