North Carolina Newspapers

THE CO MING COMM ERCIAL CRISIS. NeaTl v snc years have elapsed since the discovery of sold was made in California. arxi within that time at least two hundred millions of gold have, been added to the -currency of the 4 world from that single source. Australia has not been so Jong i 'KA K .. 1 . 1 ... 1 . 1 . 1 .. .1. tore, ueeii o areau ,u would not ue lar but of the wav to nut die - urnilnrt of that country iovv n at mty millions ol dollars. .Tube within limits, we estimate the aggre gate addition of the gold currency of the world, within the past six years, to be about two hundred aiid fifty millions of tplfars. This leaves for the arts-and un,t , 1 1 .a 1 1 net nf nit rimnlrtaa K...I j.ialiforr.ta nd Australia. It appears oy f official returns received fromtime to time r . t a. . . irom me great uanKing-iirstitoiions' ot vltasr been no increase in the amount of gold bullion or coin in their vaults, the total amount n hand is no greater, than it was ix years ago. Jt has not, therefore, be come the basis of t he pa per currency. The increased .value of nietalicf tency must -Have rsssed Ironi .. the mints' into active -lien, or, at afl events, into the hands j li a t it hU not -fWrved-aa'a Tou'ndtion Jr irp HICHH -1 . W I , B UblWIC 1 1 1 1. 1 1 UHS ? ; Jn raised to such a dizzy height in all quarters .oflne globe. The "progressof i -r financial knowledge, and the remns of the uge, nave wipcu nui ail tiiu systems, a nu a new onler of things exists. What would have been considered an impossibility a few years since in banking is now daily j- . practised, apparently with impunity. There was a time, within the recollection of mid dle aged men. when gold and silver were absolutely necessary as a basis for bank ing operations when it was considered the sole representative of the paper cur rency of the country. Since that time a revolution has been realized $ and the precious metals appear to be of no conse quence, except fur the purposes of making change, and transporting from one section of the.' world to another, in regulating balances of trade. VY"e now find banks springing up by the dozen in all parts of . 1 lie country, and launching out at once into the most expanded movements, with out five dollars in gold or silver in their vaults. Credit is their basis. Paper pro mises to pay are the foundation of the whole future inflation, and one class of cre dit serves to support anotler. They are piled up one upon the other, the first" hav ing to sustain tlie whole, until the weight becomes so great that the whole fabric tumbles with a tremendous crash to the bottom. Government and State stocks - aud bonds form the first strata; then comes city, county, town and village bonds: canal ootids, plankroad bonds, and soon up. until the most worthless, valueless paper securities, form the capslieaf. There appears to be no limit to the amount or , - I t . - , . . i variety : and the first warning the builders .. r .1. t t: .1 . . r .. - ...... ft"-"- in nreu- nnti is cuinnlvti' nrntttraliiirt nnl (liOrnr. thieni'f reading rutd atf tlismay" among those engaged in its erection.. '""v' ;; -3.. . During the past ; five years the financial - and commerciel community have been ra nidiy rustling onward in this channel. rhev have been actively engaged in creat ion evidences ol tlebt, without the remot est idea, apparently, of the consequences, lionds have been manufactured by the mil lion, and sold, either at home or abroad, - to the highest bidder, and frequently at a great sacrifice. All sorts of internal iin . provements have been commenced and partially completed, and every species of extravagance entered into without the first thought of where the means of payment were coming from- This recklessness must Imiia 1 ( c 111 o tri I If iiiiict coon u t Inf or 1 1 u v J a avwMiu a. v u v 3vu s ws a v. reach its culminating point. We do not intend here to point out the method of pre venting it or a remedy for its cure. At present we shall confine ourselves to the fact that such a state of things exists as will bring upon us all the evils which have heretofore so often followed such an artificial expansion of public and private credit. The large receipts of gold from California and Australia have for some time past lulled and continues to lull the public mind into a fancied security. " It is argued that so long as the supply of precious metals continues undiminished there can be no danger of a revulsion. i his is a dangerous delusion. the ie- . ceipts of gold in large sums will only hasten the collapse and make it more dis astrous when it comes. All the un mined sold in the world would not restore pub- lie confidence when once widely : proslra- -" ted. : Credit, both public and. private, is a very, delicate, sensitive clement to deal -' .withiWe-rMay for years 20 on prosper Y4, Al' the future ma j be full of pro- 6,;.ifT spec oe. viaioie in tne nnanciai or commercial thorionV!:fhen suddenly a dense'black cloud may obscure the whole, v and gloom and despair be Visible where but a moment before all ' was confidence and hope. We have known panics , to . take possession of the public mind as in stantaneously as a summer's cloud will shut out the mid-day sun. When credit is enormously inflated the financial and mercantile systems of the world are in an unhealthy, diseased condi tion, and we know not what mo-nent it may take an accute form, and prove fatal to many, whose condition particularly sub jects them to its influence. That we are approaching such estate of things with rapid strides no one who coolly and calm ly watches the expansion of credit, the extension of extravagance, ' the headlong way in which all are rushing into every species of indebtedness, can for a moment doubt. Our impetus has already reachd such a height that we question if it is pos sible to stop without causing serious dam ages. We might perhaps with safety put down the brakes and apply all our force to a gradual slacking of speed; but it would not do to reverse the motive power while under full headway, for we might bring about by such a movement the very evils we wish to avoid. H. Y. Herald. Krom thKuieh standard. i THE PUBLIC LANDS. I We invite the attention of our readers ' to the articles in our paper to-day. on the , subject of the public lands, from the VVes- tern Democrat and the GoldsborougU Republican and Patriot. ' v One of the leading Whig issues in 1840, it will be remembered, was the distribu tion among the Slates of the proceeds f j the public lands. The .eloquence n& ingenuity of W hig speakers and Whig Edi-1 tors were exhausted upon the subject. ' this state especially the issue was consum ed " a strong one ; and Mr Badger went so far in his celebrated Granville speech as to show, by a calculation in the appendix to that speeeh. bow much money each County , would receive from the general ment if the proceed should be distributed. a - f K - I - ' . X. . - - U m well, "ine-. ni weni inio puwj nirj Miilv to stanil bv the nrovisioffs of the compromise ... tariff aclO but to see that the old. States got their share, as they termed it, of the public lauds. The 27th- Congress met. The W h ig h' a' jnajoi i t ies i n - but h bra nc hes, and they d a'President of their own selection.. " A distributionbill was iniro- -fcailif syaed. aUafoyeiLSepteojrWiwii 1841."' This bilf provided that, in aJdi lion to their full share with the old Slates, the new States of Ohio. Indiana. Illinois, Alabama, Alissouri, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Michigan, should receive ten per cent., on the nett proceeds of the sales; and that they should also have, an an absolute gift, four millions five hundred thousand acres to be chosen by themselves ! We give below portions of the act approved in 1841 The first section, it will be seen, gives to the nine new States aforesaid, the ten per cent on the nett proceeds; the second' section provides for a general dis tribution after deducting the ten per cent; and the eighth section gives to these new Slates the 4,500,000 acres above men tioned : ' Sec. 1.' fie it enacted by the Senate and the House oj Representative of the United States of -lmerica in Congress assembfed,That from and after the thirty-first day of December, in-the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-ohe, there be allowed and paid to each of the State? of Ohio, 1 ndiana, I llinoia, Alabama, Missouri, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, snd Michigan, over and above what each of the said States is entitled to by the terms of the com pacts entered into between them and the United States, upon their admission into the Union,, the sum often per centum upon the nett proceeds of the sales of the public lands, which, subse quent to the day aforesaid, shall be made within the limits of each of said States, respectively; Provided. That the sum so allowed to the said States, respectively, shall be in ns wise affected or diminished on account of any sums which have been heretofore, or shall be hereafter p- plieu to tnc continuance or construction 01 tne Cumberland road, but that the disbursements for the said road should remain, as heretofore, chargeable on the tvo per centum fund provided for tiy compacts with several of the said States. Sec. 2. And be if further enacted. That after deducting the said ten per centum, and what, by the compacts aforesaid, has heretofore been allowed to the States aforesaid the residue of the nett proceeds, which . nett proceeds shall be as certained by deducting from the eross proceeds alt the expenditure ol the. year for th ioUQw.rrf"Sile. objmrrs: salaries and expense, n account ol General Land Office; expenses for surveying public lands; salaries ami expenses in surveyor general's office; salaries, commissions, and allow ances to the registers and receivers; the five per centum to new States, of all the public lands of the United States, wherever situated which shall be sold subsequent to the said thirty- first day ot December, shall be divided among the twenty-six States of the Union and the Dis trict of Columbia, and the Territories of Wis consin, Iowa, and Florida, according to their res pective population as ascertained by the last census, to be applied by the Legislatures of the said States to such purposes as the said Legisla tures may direct. Sec. 8. And be further enacted, That there shall be granted to each State specified in the first section of this act live hundred thousand acres of land for the purpose of internal improve ments." The same act provided that the distribu tion to the States the old States included should cease in case the Tariff should be raiseii above twenty per cent, under this law the people of North Carolina l something : but the Fed- eral leaders, oeins more uevoieu to ine .a 4 B..B...I interests of Northern manufacturers than to the old States, raised the Turiff above twenty per cent by the act of 1842. thus blasting at once the hopes excited among the people of the old States, and defeating the object of the very law upon which they had staked themselves in the campaign, and which they had most solemnly assured the country should be faithfully carried out. They committed a double wrong. according to their own showing, upon the people mi the old Stales first, in taking bacK their share 01 the land money secondly, in doubling their taxes by the law ot i4a.'-Lrt;-.f: - 1 his is a specimen, and a fair one too. of the conduct of the Whig leaders on the subject of the public lands. As we salt in-our last, their clamor on this question Itacbeen hollow, hypocritical, and hta.de for effect; Again : The Whig National Convention which met in Baltimore, in June last, was sutm as tne grave on 1 nit question. 1 he subject is not even hinted at in their Reso lutions t and one unacquainted with the condition of the country and the history of parties, would infer, from an examinatian of the Resolutions, ' that the government never held such property as that under consideration. What did . this show, but a disposition to evade and dodge to make the most before the people, of different views 011 this question in different sections of the country ? Are such men worthy to be trusted, with the administration of affairs? The Democrats, on the contrary, have pursued the same uniform, straightforward course on this question. They , have de ceived no one. They have adhered to principle they have turned neither to the right uor left for temporary popularity or temporary ascendency; and in . the late election their policy was approved by twenty-seven out of the thirty-one States of the confederacy. The truth is, the only benefit which the old States have ever received from the pro ceeds of the public land!, was the result of Democratic action. It is well known that, under General Jackson's administra tion, a large surplus which bad accurnuUt- THE NOlHllPIHl ej in the Treasury, and - which includea the proceeds of the public lands as well as olner funds, was restored to the people of tne States according to Federal population. This was the hard cash not proceeds in expectancy. nor certain quantities of wild anl uninhabited lands. The amount receiv. ed by North Carolina was near'y one mil. lion nve honureu trmusana - dollars, and amount it how Af fiajilW 'the income for the support of our Com6n School jere was a palpable, a substantial benefit the result of Democratic ; policy.- Tfc Whig leaders clamored for the proceeds. promised to divide them, but falsified their promise clamored 'again, and. . then at -t.: 1.. - - ' I..' . . uauiiDre, in June weni into pro.' f4iunt silence on the subject; the Deino- crsts stood on principle, made no ornm ises, bat, in .depositing the surplus, til allvtliey could, with the Constitution-' Scruples ihey entertained, for the beneflL the prosperity and welfare of the people of the old Stages-- - v RESOLUTIONS ' offered at the General Jttteil '- Wv of Wrvo School Prcthyleriantby Rtw. Dr Ross, of Tenneitee. ; ;. i. The order of the dav was reached at qtfarter before eleven, and the report read again, viz : ; . Kj : 1. That this body shall rea,fSrr doctrine of the second resolution; atiOte J by the General Assembly, conya4;: t Detroit, in 1850 and. v. 1 ' 2. That with an express disat t' f any intention to be impertinently., .-j torial, and for the sole purpose ot arri v. at the truth, so as to correct misappreht sions, and allay all : causeless irritation t committee be appointed, of one from -eat of the synods of Kentucky; . Tennesse , Missouri, and Virginia, who shall be r -quested to report to . the next Getters I Assembly on the following points 1.: Ti e number of . slave holders in connectn n with the churches, and -the number if slaves held by them. 2. The extent o which slaves are held fronmn unavoidab e necessity imposed by ; the laws f thy States, the ob iaiions' of guardianship and the demaud of humanity. 3. Wheth er the Southern churches regard the sacred oess of the marriage relation as it exists me staves: wneuier oanti e provision is made for the . religious well being of the slave." Sic. &c ' l)r Ross moved to amend .the report by substiuiing . the following, with an ex press disavowal of being impertinently in quisitorial that a committee of one from each of the Northern synods of Uea appointed, who . shall be requested to re port lo the next General Assembly;- 1. Hie number of Northern chore' members concerned, directly,; iL building and fitting out ships for the African r' ' 1 trade, and the slave ytradfs ibettii' S. - The number1 of ;N6rtherw members who traffic with slave h-- and are seeking lo make money by se., them negro clothing, haiid-cutis ' and cow hides. .- '. , 3; The number of . Northern church members who have sent orders .to New Orleans, and other Southern cities, to have slaves sold, to pay debts owing them from the South. TSee Uncle loin's Cabin. I ; 4. The number of Northern church members who buy the cotton, sugar, rice, tobacco, oranges, pine-apples, fis, ginger, cocoa, melons, and a thousand other things, raised bv slave labor. .--;J 5. The number of Northern church members who have intermarried with slave-holders, antl have thus become slave owners themselves, or enjoy the wealth made by the blood of the slave; especially if there be any Northern ministers of the Gospel in such a predicameut. 6 The number of Northern church members who are the descendants of the men who kidnapped negroes in Ali ica, and brooght them to Virginia aud New Eng land in former years. , -'- . 7. The aggregate and individual wealth of members thus descended, and what ac tion is best to compel them to disgorge this blood-stained gold, or to compel them to give dollar for dollar, in equalizing the loss ol the bouth by emancipation. ' 8." The number of Northerner- members, ministers especially,' who' advocated murder iu resistance to lb" of the land. - ;.- - - 6 The number of Northern j the, members who own stock in under-grw3J railroads, running oS fugitive slaves, and in Sabbath breaking railroads and canals. 10. That a special commission be sent in Red River, to ascertain wheLh'" 1 who whipped Uncle Tom to death. 7and 1 I who was a Noithern gentleman) be net still I i rnnnepiinn with HI IITit NnrltiaMi ms. grM,, and regular standing. - . 1 1. The number . of Northern church members who attend meetings of Spiritual Rappers or Bloomers,-or " Women's Kignis conventions. v ?t 12. T he " number af Northern church members who are cruel husbands.. - .- 1 3. The number of Northern church members who are hen-pecked husbands. Tuk'Bhain of Arthch Spring. .'a phrenological professor in Philadelphia, has made an examination of the head of Spring, the murderer, who was executed on Friday last, and says that the develop, ments were characteristic of ; the man The head was large, being over 22 inches in circumference. The perceptive facul. ties. were strong and: the reflective weak" Benevolence anc the other organs indica tive of a good disposition, were very poor ly developed, while selfishness and firmness were large, and cautiousness was well il veloped. Secretiveness was large, and the animai organs, aucn as comoauveness and desirucuveness, were enormous. Th base of the brain was very large. v fh forepart of the head was very , small, an( the back very large, indicating sensuality and cruelty. inning me staves; wneuier. oaptisni is duly administered to the children of tie slaves professing Christianity, and in gen eral, to what extent and in what maniidr TTpLEASANT ANTICIPATIONS. Wr Porter conclude - one of his pamph UtVin serial navijsatitfn with the following m f orospec:ie- fancy ; bSricipateO hat wtthin a oiths the '-"rtai machines may be Ir-arifiw ln-ifriuu directions. and at : !i-ht ileations ' apparently iibrbo;c the clouds, : and others. m-"9 .: ..r rWwallWr'Jifei"rljr Jut above j surface of tblarjii The sides of the t ist lofty and ragged mountains and the , ..Iteva will be alike reconnoitred. f cfour gentle readers innag igine themselves It visitine the pleasant and excellent vary establishment on me summn 01 in 1 Ilolyoke on a sunny morning in the jy month of June, and gently descends . tience towards the verdant- plains jh border the meandering Connecticut,. tbei atan. elevation of only eight or ' et from the ground, , mailing 1 100 ely ver the rich fields of broom i ml ), and over the flower-sptnglcdfieids ss Caving to the western breeze, ami s Caving to tne western breeze, ami I itt-Z Of tne -way wan m merjr I I ecrrs. as tber tollow their r ra. as tney joiiow titeir recreative r location of hay-making then ascending Krateu velocity o inetaiiituue. -o7&ew0atnre,naJ.rfrtuHiog lew. t ork to dine. - v. ? . i; vs i v . U suppose yourselves leisurely-crashing V Jrthe steep and rugged sides of the 71' A vpt(iitains, -.and laughingjst he 1j countenance-.of the harmless ,ri r at. the agility of the friht- f jJt f and 1 then descending to -';ii. vr;. prairies to watch the pranc g r t-l xiiltl horses, or the furious rush- 4 PZi 1 huT ,es of.-i buffaloes. 1 hese things re .Jfv.l but fancies at Dresent. but in fekmonthS' these fancies may become jplealant realities in America, while the pruu nations of Kurope are staring and wonleriiig'at the soaring enterprise of the indebeiident citizens of the United States " lNSTJlUCTlONS TO OUR REPRESEN TA I' TIVES ABROAD. - Hin.Wm I. Marc v, Secretary of State, has issued iwstructions to our diplootatic and consular asents abroad, intemled . to effect important reforms in those branches of . the public service. Hereafter our for- ir ministers are to transact their own busiws, and not to transfer to their sec- retaifes the onerous and responsihilties of officii! signatures. For the future all our foreign legations are ordered to be opened everf day. except Sundays, from 9 A. M to r. .Al-i for the accoumtIatioii ol Auiericao citizens, ami .American pass por are? to' be vised gratis at the Ameri can.legation. in all places where there is onei- ah, tees paiti at a consulate are to be Reported to the State Department, un- ,1-1 penalty nf dismissal ftom ofHce. The etary has also abolished consular - and matic uniforms, in all cases where can, be dispensel with. American kters must appear at foreign courts in Itaple -dress ol an American citizen. Hejr can. do so without imparing 'alness. .. .. r.; . . - .. ' -.aisnplicity of , our usages and the ne f our feeling among our people," ijslthe Secretary, --ismuclv more in ac cordance with the example of our fi.st and must distinguished representative at a roy al court than the practice winch has since prevailed.' No one but; an American is to be hereafter allowed to act-as Secretary tof Legation, and in this connection Mr Marcy remarks : 1 he correspondence between the gov- rnment and the i legations of the United tates ' must be ouarilil ivilli lli iitimtt secrecy even as relates to our own citi zens. To submit it to the examination of foreigner will be regarded as an indis- kretion in the offender, demanding imme- nate deprivation ot omce. 1 he hrst duty I a subject is supposed to be fidelity to ns Sovereign. rorein rlerks may lustly e regarded as unsafe depositories of the pec rets of our diplomacy in the legation fhere they are employed . The possibility I Hat a revelation ot our secret Mate papers ay occur 10 this manner, is suincient to xcite fears on the subject, and require e strict observance ol the above lnslruc- iuns.'' ANECDOTE OF WESLEY. Joseph Bradford was for some years the Vaveling companion of Mr Wesley, for horn he would have, sacrificed health, and tcq life, but to whom his will would ncv rbend except in meekness, f "Joser'' said Mr .Wesley one day, ;"ike these letters to the po st office.?' I B 1 will take them after preaching, k' - -. ' - ' ' . - W. 'Take them now. Joseph.". if B. I wish to hear you preach sir.' losist on your going How, Jo- I will not 20 at present.,' r VX vYou wontr" -;- cl r No,-sir. r:Y-' -r . . ' W--" Jl'hen you and l must .part.?' i' B.i.ery good, sir." . " i Tne CWMi men siept over it. ISoth were Carlf risers. At four o'clock the refracto- fv helner was accosted with, . "Joseph, have you , considered what said that we must partr" B. es, sir." Wr. ' And must we part?'' ' B. ' Please yourself, sir."- - V. Will you ask nJ pardon?" -c n. No, sir." i VV. Then I will ask your Joseph.' - Poor Joseph was instantly melted; sioit tan as by the wand of Moses; when forth gushed the tears, like the water from the " -fc, He had a tender soul, as was soon observed wnen tne appeal was maue to tne heart instead of tne nead. y Ah!" eaid old Mrs Dosenbury t.rninr is a sreat thing ; I ve olten lei the need of it- Why would you believe ; I am now sixty years old, and only i.r the names of three - months in the year and them is spring, fall, and autumn i i.mt the name ot. them when I was 1 beetle bit of a gal. Mrs Doosenbury knows enough to be an aiuerroan; LETTER FROM GOV. M6REHEAD. ' .' Orrice N. C. Railroad. 1 Greensborough, June , tS33. j To the Editor of the Greensboro Patriot : I have the honor to acknowledge a mm. (nunication from his Excellency, D. s. Rticl. under date of 4th inat .. reniifitin the President and, Directors of ; this Com pany.-fc&have the surveys made of the con- teniplated extensions of the North na Railroad, eastward ; from Gol Careli- ldsboro to Beaufort Harbor and westward from Salisbury-to the Tennessee lip according to, the proin.s of the Act? AssemfeTy eh titled J3n Actio Incof" A "The Allan tic - and JVpw A CaroHiKwClaii 'road; Compa ny,1" anti'"" 'JS'orth Carolina and 'Wes tern Rati 1 1 1 gtwmpany. ' ' - I desifv ,,,v tiiia pleasing intelligence to thefrjetTds oHhesK enterprises, through your valuable paper, with an assurance that -tie work will be commenced at as earlyfVay . Im&eflial nor ReiaVi as practicable. efliately upon the receipt ofGover id's corditnunication,I Informed our nor lie Uhief Engineer, Walter vti wynn ? -oor ooariLmeets early in July, by which time Lmpt we shall lav"e.fjcorse of Engineers LouJ'lor the held.- - - ' Wr- sHomeia ia- to .Usvttt - The deepVt'ir deep regret is, that these extensions aref3! not now in lull progress of construction. The giant strides of improvement around us should arouse os to action. I he igno minious and pusillanimous complaint that Nature has dune so little for us is a libel upon the old dame. .Let us see if it be not. If the labors, and. opinions of that distinguished , American citizen, .. Cant. Bache, of the U. S. Coast Survey, to whom our commerce U already so tnurh indebted, can have an influence on our opinions, we have at the eastern terminus of one of these extensions one of the finest harbors, at lieauforl. for all commercial purposes on the Atlantic coast. And if the improvements at the mouth of Cape Fear shall succeed, as it is hoped they will, we shall have another port, surpass ed by lew, if any, to the South. Then here are the ports; the latter requiring but little aiil from man.; the former made and presented by the hand of nature iu its un rivalled excellence. Uut it may be asked, what commerce have we, to require such a port as Beau lort? Let the answer be. the commerce of the world. Look at the location of this port placetl in the end nf the North Carolina const, which projects like a pro montory into tire Atlantic, midway and within sight of the jii'eat line of navigation between '.he North and the South, and within thirty minutes sail of the ocean- Nature made it for a stopping place for commerce the half-way house between the North and the South. where steam er may get their supplies of anihracite. semi-biluniinoes and bituminous coal, so profusely scattered on either side, and, un less 1 am much mistaken, under the bed of the great Central Railway, which, by this eastern extension wil connect with tbC ort. . ; l - j 7i-;S' '- ; -; v' ': ;- But there are views connected xvith this port to which public attention has not been sufficiently directed. Lieutenant Maury, of the ashington Observatory, whose services have done more for navigation and commerce than perhaps any other man living. raddressetl a communication one or both houses of Congress on the ubject of the . commerce of the Amazon. Mississippi and Gulf of Mexico. For philosophical and statesmanlike views this paper is without a, rival, and should be read and studied by every American citi zen. It shows very clearly that the trade of the whole Gulf of Mexico, including its magnificent rivers, must pas out at the traits of Florida, and that some Southern port must become the emporium for that ammerce. - Has any port the advantage hat Beaufort ha si But let us take a western view of these xteusions. : The Road running from Beaufort along the Central Itailroad to the Tennessee line, ami thence along the lines aireauv 111 progress 01. construction to Memphis, will not varr one degree from a due west course. Extend the same line westward ('antl I predict it will be done to the city of San Francisco', which is to become the great emporium of the Kast In dian trade, ami who can doubt that the ratle of the .Mississippi valley, as well as that .of the East Indians aud China will crowd our port. This line will vary less than three degrees from a due west course. Hut to those who do hot look so far from home, let us direct their attention lo what nature has done for us at home. We have genial climate; navigable bays and riv- a t? as B . . -ai ers; cascades anu wateriaiis; a sou unsur passed for fertility; and minerals exhausts less ? tukihe - earln opon which weptreattr their richness equalled only by- the soil that tries to hide them. That we may not be ignorant ot their existence, tney peep out at every step and look us in ths face, yet we find them not. Like the lazy la borer who, with Ins lellows, was caugnt slumbering by his employer; the latter, by way of rebuke, said lie woum give a crown to know which was the laziest in the crowd I'his long, stab-sided fellow, alter a great yawn anu streicn, " oive me oe - money. ihj rascal, take it," tendering him tne crown. With another yawn and eitott touring nts Docket in view, "do, massa, 00 roe ue ia- vor to jest urap it in uai jjuvav . . . u.nc him we look upon the coal, iron and lime stone in juxta-position but as it is not forced into ploughshares and roiled into rails, we touch it not. ooiu anu copper. silver and lead, nestie logetuer in . tne earth; but as thej are not melted into pigs, ingots and bars, or coined into currency and placed in our pockets, we heed them lint. " ' '"' " " ' ' " ' ' '" ' - Nature has not done enough for us!! ' No, nor never will, until she gives us MEN men worthy of the age in which they live. The President and Directors of the N. C. Railroad. Messrs Editors, will have the surveys made, to your corps we look to have the work done. Let the whole press of North Carolina turn their artille ry upon these points, and success must folloW. ,; -, . s" - Onward! and take you the lead. J. M, MORKHEAD, . ? Pres't N. C. Railroad. 1 SUPPOSED-MURDER PROFOUND EXCITE-', " MENT IN WESTFIELD. A few days since, a gentleman of West- -field went out to try luck in trout fishin. In a lonely spot, his ear caught the sound . of a faint scream.; Subsequently he came " within sight of a well dressed man. who" was engaged in throwing stones into a deep hole: This singular einploymentyas "' immediately associated with the scream r The angler having been found o'u't ly the stra liner's dos. came . forwunl - Tl m,. , y . . . o , 7-- . m' - ' ' picious gentleman pointed :: to the hole he had been filling and exclaimed in a hollow -voice, "you needn't fish there, there are no ; Kl, Ml M-l.ii-W-ltl.l 1 ": . ' . . . I . IE. . a 1 1 WT mm r M pa., WHfll I PF .11 a, 11 nnal time to see that his strange acquaintance r had. worn out his gloves in throwing stones into the hole, that he wore awild appear- a nee. and also to become confirmed, that ' '' loufplay bad been practiced oo'fhaf spot. ' iin uujtH ui ins suspicions suouenijr a v trsiiiviu eenneinan W.-. , 3 His suspicions were, fully awakened, and he precipitately fled. . "-4., r - - On arriving in W'estfield, his story was soon told.- A large number of individuals immediately prepared themselves "with ' teams,' and grappling irons, and the necesv sary articles for rapid transit and efficient labor, in dragging the deep hole. The expedition embraced several wagon load., of individuals. The hole was at last reached, bu. the suspicious stranger, fear ful of detection, had lied! The hole was dragged most efficiently, but there was nothing found but stones! In the mean time. West field was in a fever of excite ment. The tale passed trom lip to blanch ing hp, and when the company returned, they were met by the anxious villagers in ciowds. A high old laugh from the wi.ons proclaimed the -'sell,'' ami further informa tion has reached them that the mysterious personage who was so busily concealing the evidences of his guilt, was nothing worse than a very respectable cieroy ninn, geologically inclined Springfield lie publican. FOIl KENT. A desirahle residence on llavmount. this Oiiue. For ;.ii lieul ue apiilv at June 47-iit NO I ICE. I will sell for cash r.t the Court House door in the town of Fa etteville, on the liit Monday in Sei'temlier next, the following tracts ot l .iul, or aii much tlierenl as pay the taxes due there on, for the years 1S50 and 1S5I : 320 acre, listed by the Me DrT N Came ron, located on Puppy Creek, 7Jt dis-' ; trict, taxes due. . .-. : . - ip5.22 I toyn lot listed, by David jCarver, jr res--.--iv - ..... itleoce-,-taxet dne'?:'i -.' 'A - 3.7S - -200 sereb listed fey iUT Renter, Head Waters of BeaveriCrek, taxes doe. ' - J,00 ' ' 7.1 acres listed by Robert Register, Head -,v v Waters of Beaver.-Cleek, adjuiuuig . Mi) 11 roe, taxes diie., 70 SO acres listed by Alexander Black, An- dernon Creek ', taxes due,9"1 to 63 13 ) acres . listed by Lewis Jones, Giul berry, taxen due, .' -OS .) acres listed bv J 1 Burks, Harrison Cieek, taxes due, ' J ,0 t- 121 acres listed by Daniel Maxwell, Arm strong Creek, taxes due. ' 9,20 2-jW acres listed by James Jesst.p, Harri son Creek, taxes due, 07 400 acres listed for the heirs of T Toler, Harrison Creek, taxes due, 1,33 220 acres listed by Itoberl Alcubb, Man sion, taxes due. 3,70 ALEXANDER JOHNSON, Shfl. By John D. McArthur, D. .ShfT. June Term of Cumberland County Court. June IS, isr3 47-ts NOTICK. I will seel for cash at the Court Houe door in the town of Faet te itle, on the first Monday iu September next, the following tracts ot land, or so much thereof as wili py the taxes due thereon, fur the year 1S-31 : 90 acres listed by Furney Bennett, located in Neill's Creek District, tax due, . -; 1,09 105 acres listed by Barnet Keardon, NeilU Creek District, tax due, ' 40 1S5J acres listed by Riley Jackson, Ave- rasboro District, tax due, 1,41 ... 336acre9listedbyJan.es White, Averas- boro District, tax due, " 1,32 41 acres listed by Obed Lee, Averasboro ' District, tax due, : . , , - . 15 100 acres listed by Henry A vera for the heirs of Win A vera, Grove District, . tax due, - " 37 ALEXANDER JOHNSON, Shfl. , ' By S. D Piww, D Sbtf. - ?.-. June Term. 123, of C. Ci Court. -June IS 1S53 ,ATt ( Aitreeablv to' an order hi ibif Court rf '.Pteair : , . -- .KJ7 - cash, at ..the t?oart House in Lumber too, on the- " 4th Monday iu August next, the following tract of Land, or such part thereof as will pay the- " taxes doe thereon lor ine year jsoi, and all ac- cruing expenses, viz JYb. of mhom listed. Tax due. ' aerrs. - ., . .-..': , soa r - Lewis Green ' 1 92m 7i ' jhunn Malloy for the belri of Archibald MrMilUn 40 3S0 Pnnld MeOugalJ for Cthrin McDngaia 2 88- 150 Dnniel Mcrsydon 1 80 276 John Mc Duffle 1 11 ' 310 Uilbert MeKsy 6 84 . 1UO Neill Campbell 1 t2f 3o0 Listed for tbe estate of Collen MeLauchlan 1 II " 360 ' .' Listed for the enUte of Neill Melnnis 1 02 360 John B Conner - - 1 01 )i ' - 100 Alexander S Britt S1J 87S Harmon Cox . 112 219 Dennis I Try - 1 SO 101 Daniel Ivey 1 30 50 Richard Wilcox 1 15 - 4.1-2 Neill S Withenon 1 A3 - '; 273 David Lewis 62 - v REUBEN KING, Sheriff. Lumberton, June 10, 1853.. , 47-10t Bacon and Pork. 3.5O0 lbs North Carolina Bacon, received and for sale by June 18. 1853 47-3t 10 bbls Mess Pork, jmt TKOl k. MAItSH. Molasses. 15 Hhd.jat received. THOT t MARSH. Jane 18,1853 47-3 Clerk Wanted, A Rood Salesman, acqoainted with the Dry Goods business, none other need apply. HALL is. SACKETT. June 11, 1S53 4G-tf ,