A the won Tti JcAnoir ayettevVlle, n. c. C FARMERS'. DKPAIITMENT tfcftaeaa tarar (tM m4 ficwtte Syrs. Ms8rs. Editors I feci it my duty to make Known to the Southern public the result of my Syrnp making from the Chinese Snnr Millet, in hopes that others who hare sown this raltp able variety of the Millet, may be induced to work it np into Syrup thiHRi0 I sen you a fw 3Bf th C"e nd ' aamrt. r t. Srmn oil which I hare made several barrels. I obtained my atari 'of setd daring the Spring of 1855. from D Redmond, Esq.. of thSoorb rn CuJtio' UToosfdered it 'hombug,' from its clone resent Mance in aed and growth to fVc 0.i:ieu Corn," until my children, towards fall n;;ide the discovery of its being to their taste "en! " the tfJe Sugar Cane. r . year I planted one patch, April 15th, w May 18th, near Calhoun, Gordon conn t. o.i laud that would poduce, during a "sea -.able" year, forty bu.si.els of Com per acre -id this year not over twenty bushels. Seed sown carelessly iu drills, three feet rt. covered with t-horse plow; inten-d-a t 'chop out" to a stand of one stalk six lucnes apart in the row; but failed to get a g io : stau.l as the seed came up badly from the aeep and irregular covering Worked oat ae fr Cora, plowing twice and hoeing once. B Uy suggestion of Gov. Hammond, of South Carolina, 1 determined to give the Syrup-making a fair trial; consequ.ntly ordered from the Messrs. Wiuship. of Atlanta, a very complete Horse-power Mill, with vertical iron rollers, that has worked admirably, crushing oat juice for eight gallons of Syrup per hour, worked by two males, with one hand to put in the Cane, and a boy to drive. On the 13th of this month, finding the stM folly ripe I had the fodder pnlled, and tht eed heads cut. Yield of fodder per acre, 1,100 to 1,300 lbs Yield of seed per acre, 25 bushels of 36 lbs to the bushel. First trial of Mill, 10 average canes gave 20 4anrte of juice. 606 average canes, passed once through the rollers, gave 38 gallons 1 quart of juice; passed a second time through, gave 2 gallons of juice; the 40 gallons, 1 quart, gave 8 gallons thick rjyrup. I carefully tneasored an eighth of an acre, hav ing the best canes, and the best stand, another eighth having the poorest stand The result I give below, the canes having passed once through the roller. BK8T EIGHTH OF iN ACRE. Yield of juice from 3,315 Canes 253 gallons " of syrup from 253 gals, juice 58$ " Hates per acre of syrup, 43 POOREST EIGHTH OF A.V iCRE. Yield of juice Jroui 2.550 Cane. lto.--v of yrup iroin 119 gals, juice, 43 Kates per acre of syrnp, 846 Weight of 30 selected CnSi " " Jnice pressed outj " Crushed Cane, Loss In crushing, 49$ lbs S5 23 i ii Weight of crushed cane dried in the sun 9 J " The following tests were made at the mill, by Dr. Robert Battey, of Home, Ga., a gradn. ate of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy: Specific gravity of jnice, I.08& syrup, 1.332 N. Orleans syrup, 1.315 Thermometer applied to syrupy It degi juice, 70 ' Saccliarometer " juice, 25 " The juice should be placed in the boilers im mediately after being pressed out, then boiled Jowly, until the green scrum ceases to rise; th stir in a tea-spoobnful of air-slacked lime 10 five callous of juice; continue skimming and rod-n until the syrup- thickens and hangs down e fi k on the fiffl of the dipper". I sve made the clearest syrup by simply N h'! and skimming, without lime or other c in risers. The !?.. requisite to neutralize a portion f e iteid in the juice; the true proportion rr .t be determined by well-conducted experi ments. The cost of making the Syrup in upper Geor gia, in my opinion, will not exceed ten to fif--teen cents per gallon. This I shall be able to test another season, by planting and working np fifty acres of the cane. I am satisfied that this plant will enable every farmer and planter in the Southern State; to make at Uom nil The" "Syrup required for family use; and I believe that our Chemists will soou teach es bow to convert the Syrnp into Sugar, for export, one of the staples of oar favored clime. Obtaining such uulooked for success, with the Chinese Sugar Cane, I concluded to try our common Corn. From a "new groifwd," planted 3 by 3, one Stalk to a lull,, a week be to 11 d the roasting ear stage, I selected thirty stalks. Weight of 30 stalks, ' juice, " crushed stalks. Loss in crushing, 35 J 15J lbs 194 " Yield of Syrnp, The Syrnp of a peculiar disagreeable taste, entirely unfit for table use. RICH A HP PETERS. September, 1856. Pigs thrive best if a little charcoal ia mixed with their food in the trough. The charcoal is promotive of purity of the blood, a great desid, rratnm in raising hHJ twine. Ab arctic AaYchiare. Kane's Arctic Expedition abounds in adven ture like the following, which mokes one shiver U read. Dr Kane and an Esquimaux liunier take a trip after seals: "I started with Hans and fire dogs, all we nM mn.to tAm nnr disabled Dack. and reached the -Pitfihtcley Berg' in a single hour's run. But wliere "Was the water? Where were the seal? life floes had closed, and the crush ed ice waaltfl that told of oar intended hunt ing grotrnd. "Ascending a berg, however, we could see to this North and west the dark cloud stratus, which betokens water. It r through our old battle-ground- 4W'iTefg IB-It' tire labyrinth tpf4HK wandering' after the frozen party last f winter. I had not been over it since, and the feeling it gave me was anything but joyous "In a coople of boors we emerged upon a plain unWwfltfd to the eye, and smooth ns a billiard-table, 'ettbers of young frosting gave a plush like nap to its -Surface, and toward the horizon dark columns of frost-smoke pointed clearly to the open water. This ice was firm enough; our experience satisfied ns that it was not a recent freezing. We pushed on without hesitation; cheering ourselves with the expec tation of coming every minute to the seals. We passed a second ice-growth it was no! so strong as the one we had just come over, but was still safe for a party like ours. On we went at a brisker gallop, maybe for another mile, when Hans sang out at the top of his voice, 'Pusey! pusey mat seal, seal!' At the sama instant tire tiogs bounded forward, and, as I looked up, I saw crowds of greiy nets, this rough or hisped seal of the whalers disporting in a sea of water. I hardly welcomed the spectacle, wften I saw that we had passed upon a new Wft of ice that was obviously unsafe. To tfre tight, and left and front, was one great expanse of snow flowered ice. The naest solid tftfe was a mere lump, which sttfbd like svn island in the white level. To tiifn was impossible we had to keep tip our gait. We Trt-ged ton the dogs with Whip ad Tttfoe-. tbe ire foiling like leath er bettea'th the sledge runners; it was more thah a mile to the lump of solid ice. Fear gave to the poor beasts their utmost speed, our voices were soon hushed to silence. The suspense, unrelieved by action or effort was intolerabje. We knew that there was no reacu me noe. auu tnat every thing depended npOn dttgs- artd bur ddgs alone. A moment's chefe wtttild blunge the t 1 wnoie concern into the rapid tide-way. No presence of mind or resource, bodily or mental -uu ua 1 iic eais ior we were near enough now to see their expressive faces were looking at us with that strange curiosity, which seems to be their characteristic expression-. We most have passed some fifty of them, bfeafit high out of water, mocking us by their self complacency. "This deSpePale rafe against fate could not last. The rolling of the tough salt water ice terrified our dogs, and when within fifty paces from the floe they paused. The left hand run ner went through; our leader, Toodlamick. fol- ' ? .1.4,.. ..I 1 If a.A. li;uu t . 'tugs km auuiucrgcu: saj nrsi luoagni was to liberate the dogs, t leaned forward to cut or ToOd's tracM; and the neit minute was swittmirtg in a little circle of pasty ice and Watef aldngsidc him. Hans, dear, good fellow drew near to help me; uttering piteous expres sions in broken English; but I ordered him to throw himself on his belly, with his hands and legs extended, and to make for the island by coggiug himself forward with his jack-knife. In the meantime a ftlcfe itlstant I was floun dering atjOUt frith sledge, dogs and lines, iu confused puddle around me. "I sucecded in cutting poor Tood's' lines and letting hi ft scramble to the ice for the poor fello"w wae drowning ffie with his piteous cares ses and made way for the sledge; but I fouud that it would not buoy me, and that I had no rescource but to try the circu.nferei.ee of the hole. Around this I paddled faithfully, the miserable ice always yielding when my hopes of a lodgment were greatest. During this pro cess I enlarged" ffiy circle of operations to a very uncomfortable diameter, and was beginning to feel weaker after every effort. Hans, mean while, had reached the firm ice, and was on his knees, like a good Moravian, praying i nco lie rent. y in English and .Esquimaux; at every fresh crushing iu of the ice he would ejaculate, 'God!' and when I recommenced taj paddling he recommenced his prayers. "I was nearly go'ne. My inife had been lost in catting CSt the dogs, and a rpare one, Which I carried in my trowsers porfcet was so envel oped iu the wet skit tbat I cotrfd1 not reach it. I owed my etric'ai6n at last to a newly bro ken team-dog, who was still fast to the sledge, and 'm atrugbng carried one of the runners chock against the edge of the circle. All my previous attempts to use the sledge as a bridge bad failed, foi it broke through to the much greater injury of the ice. I felt that it was a last chance. I threw mvself on bit back, so as to lesson as much as possible my weight, and placed the nape of my neck against the rim of the edge of the ice, and then, with caution, slow tf bent my leg, and placing the ball of my nio cassioiied foot against the sledge, I pressed steadily against the runner, listening to the half-yielding cfttrftit of the ice beneath. "Presently I felt my Sftvd was pillowed by the ice, and that my wet fur ju'niper wa-y Srid-ing up to the surface. Next came ttff ShoftMers- they were fairly on Oue more deciderf push, and I was launched up on the ice and safe. I reached the ice-floe, and was friclioned by Hans with frightful zeal. We saved all the dogs; but the sledge, kayack, tent, guns, snow-shoes, ftf,d ererything besides, was left behind. The thermometer at eight degrees will keep them frozen fast re fee sledge until we can come and cnt then wit. Crn. Cass and the The following letter appeared ew York Herald of January 8, 4851: " ' Portico, 313 F. sr Washiugton,-January 185 7. I informed you by telegraph, 011 thk sf.of Januarv. that General Cass himself toll iUe the Premiership had been tendered niml ! now inform you, ou the same authority, thS ?h'e tnis accepted the appoiutffient bT Secretary- ff State. It has cost me two dollars, which .plesf-credit me in -"subscription to the Herald. ' " - Il30 foward two coiurnunit-atiens, embfaciiig memoirs - 1 i FIFTY YEARS OF EVENT: POLITICAL, POETICAL, AN'D HISTOaiCAA'; With auecdotes of llcuiarkabie Men. by John barney. : tvhieh, not having been pu bills he'd-; 1 rqnest may be returned to me by mail -I having en closed to you the requisite stamps to prepay the postage. -: I am your obedient servau't, ! JOHN BARNEY. " We have made iiiqiiipy in regard to the cor rectness of the statements cOh'taiued iti the fcfe going letter, and feel fully authorised tb ruy that they are entirely without foundation. We feel equally well assured that no one jnelii- ler of thft 'on bi-ffeT. Iin?: Stet lii-vn Rilf !. I f" 'tj. - tr mui. an awiueuis iu me cunirurj are PK-Tetjf speculations or conjectures. I A Matrimonial Swindler on litS Travels 1 Liopi among the Laaiee. 1 During the past year, a man calling himself Dr. S. Thrasher Lyons, ha5 Keen sojourning in New York, Ltd moving in respectable circles. He represented himself as a man of wealth, and as he lived and appeared well, these circumstan ces seemed td cbnfinn his representations, thu recently developed facts show him to have been, not Only aJeremyDiddler.but a deep-dyed scoun drel, capable of perpetrating any crime. He is about forty-five years of age, about four feet and eleven ii.chcs high, and weighs about 170 pounds, has black hair inclined to curl, eyes dark with a snakish expression, Roman nose, and rather oval face. He is a man of superior address, is highly educated speaks French with fluency, converses intelli gently upon all topics, plays the piano forte with good taste, and is extremely engaging in his maimers. So far as it cAn be ascertained, he has confined his schemes of rnfceality Vd swindling women out of money with whom he would get into communication, by advertsittg for wives, in the morning papers. So systema tic and extensive, indeed, have lieen his schemes, that scarcely u Week paSSed that he had not advertised. Once in cemmunietttiSn with a lady, says the N. Y Tribune, he would obtain a knowledge, of her pcertiiiary circumstances, and if she had nieanS, he would continue the acquaintance, in gratiate himself iu her favor, made n formal eu gagemcfit, advise her as to the employment of of her means, offer his services in m .kinirjnvest ments for her, accept her money, po ket it and discontinue his visits. RBwwvedge, he wasrengageuTfo two I a die! I city, both of whool were getting their wedd'n; dresses made by the same dressmaker. It is stated that during last snmn:er he eloped with the wife of a c'tizen, m coiri ani d her to a neighbor ing city wler- h st le h'- je velry and tin n !e'i. It is said also, that he has married several wives, and havinsr posessed himself of their means, has left them to take care of themselves. Recently, he accidentally formed the a-qiiintan e ofa lady who contemplated going to California with her family He volunteered his advice and assis tance, and she gave liim $1 100, to make the necessary preparations for their departure and pro"cure tickets. Soon after giving the money, the lady ncei dentally learned Lyon's character, and ris he was mis-ing, she caused a warraut to be issued for his arrest.. Sorrftf SnpersUtion. The Brownsville (Texas) Flag notices a case of superstitious barbarism which almost sufpasseS belief. It is said to have occurred in Matamoras, Mexico, about a month ago: It seems that a yftnng lady of Matamoras was taken sick, and an cfld lady of the neigh borhood, reported to have some skill in the virtue of herbs, was solicited to visit and ad minister to the patient. From some canse or other the old lady failed to atteftd, and suspi cions reports were circulated that the old ladv had bewitched the young one. The authorities were petitioned to compel the attendance of the old one. Officers were sen to take her before her" supposed victim, and these miserably igno'f&hi wretches reported that they, on sev eral occasions, repaired tb her domicile aud could not find her at home, but found instead a suspicions looking black cat. After several efforts, however, they found the old woman at home, instead of her cat, and she was taken to the presence of the invalid. But her herbs failing to restore the sick to health, and the meddlesome black cat persisting in following its owner, and being by the neigh bors found in the roofrr of the invalid instead of her mistress, fixed fhe opinions fa6t in the minds of these ignorant people, that the tfld woman and black cat were one and the same person that she beinjr a witch could take the form of the cat and resnme her own shape nt will that the invalid was a victim to het dia bolical art. With these convictions, it is said they sought out the unfortunate old creafnre and actually tied her np, and with thongs crnel fy flogged her to'death a a wirh. In justice to the civil authorities of Mata moras, we are happy to state that they were net a party to the tragic part of this sin?nlnr transaction, and that they were prompt in r. resting the actors. But what a mournful pic ture does it present in this enlighteued ael 1 .: x - WISC LhN' rs 111 MS. LAYistt raiijs by steam. Two c laineers on Virginia Ceiitriil rlioad have contrived a fiiaiWne? for laying railroad in-k's 'y steam: Accord Rig to thp, Aeeount puMinhed, it does alt the! work of g'r;idiiiir lie road, laying 'the tieg suirl itiittinir the rails and chairs- in position. TlfefWne uk V sixt-two feefe in length, I "nl !f 'e ffstfinatfil tlmt it will Isiv traek at Vh'ei rate of ten feet a rniiutte. On Thursday, the following gentlemen we?e eleefed by joint ballot of tft'e two Houses, Trustei s of the TJitiversity of Xprth-CarOliiia:- Thorn;! s Settle. Jr., of Roi kiugham. .Prf R. DiH;irl. of Chown 1 William W. Holden. or Wake. R. A. H rnrltoii.-of Granville. i)r. J. F. E. H.irdy, of nuueombe. Pennsylvania. The total Variation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for all the counties, as shown by the andilor general's report, is $521,731', 304 on which there is a fax assessment of $1,649,967 75. The num ber of taxable inhabitants is 582,185. The amount of storks held by incorporated compan ies is $1,724,496. Value of railroads and i-annls, $33,365,616. f m. r- t. -l 4 ,'-KYI-Axn- 'tpe nuances. 01 Maryland are represented tf be in a verv excellent condition: There is said to be a balance in the treasury from the receipts of last year, of abaut $238, 000, which, added to the surplus remaining of the previous year, jrives a total surplus in the treasury of nearly $600,000. The receipts of Hie State for the year are about $1,230,372, and the disbursements about $1,003,290. Fishermen's i.rcK. The Yarmouth Regis ter, says the fishermen at that place are now doinsr a srood business in mining for eels. Large quantities of those fish are every day sent to New York market via railroad, where they bring from five to six cenf per pound before beins dressed. The largest qnaMtity are taken in Orleans, no less than fire tons from that town being shipped at-our depot one day last Week. This business affords employ ment for something like one hundred men iu thnt place, and they are enabled to clear about $3 per day for an ordinary day's labor. RHORE SSI.AD OtTEtt STJITE SEXATCR. Yesterday the legislature of Rhode Island, in joint convention; elected tTon. .Tames F. Simmons (black republican) to the Senate of the United States, in the place of Senator James, whose term of service expires on t lie 4fh of March next. Mh Simmons represented Rhode Island in the Senate from 1843 to 1847. FMftF'C Ell RJTFOf. The New York Journal of Comm'Tce makes the following mention of a movement in that i-'f y wh'ch is emi'Vptlv ca'cnbitpil to lie attended pii-for..;; to roov tle o'-etrnc- lie nnmn lewii toft mi t'e o'llnrnr tp niT'r'l n "nri ''' OI ITc rASMf,.f; MtV ah" MiTPprrirT. I !c plfiM of onnro t"oM5 i?ino"r? to lio thoronTh'v o inform the pnef'-rn wo-' of .the ntnre s"d n!nili'!'tv nr i:fo'r"l riKnuron. to OPPH t'P londs tn Bft f lomAnt nn?l pnUivd'on. nnd hv moniis of n -roirj iv:)f(i'i.pinfl ornrtand. fiiirfled nl- fpnity li'M-ir" ro'rcQ. nnd nrtrl't'onal nnd p''(nnor nopnmmo'l-'t'nits for pmi'Tants bT Rpf. o ppenrp to the SfitP n hpolthy pmiT-'tmn Tbe inmu'ltpp . have, an offippat 160 Pearl strppf. from wh?-h thpy propose to furnish in fopmation to pmirrat!nr rartip. This move mcnt includes the friends of Oregon also." " 8V41er f p Wa' of tti. Washtvgtov .Tin. 8. A Convention of the Soldiers of the War of 1 SI 2 ha been held here, and resoTnt'ons adopted ursrinsr Consrress to pass the Revolutionary Pension Bill. A pommittee was nppointpd to devise means to pi'pft a monnment to thp memory of Presirlent , Sfadison. A vote of thanks was returned to (Tomrress for their having donferred upon fJen Winfield S'-ott .the ti;!e of Lieutenant General. After adjourning, the member's of the Conven tion called individually upon President Pierce'. Bt'R STATE "fIEfTS. Bank of Cape Fear, Sept. 30, 1856 Capital stock ,$1,591,900, notes in circulation $1, 565, 094, specie $491,631, notes and bonds dlsconn ted $2,406,779'. Bank of the State, Nov. 22, 1856 Cflpital $1.500,00arcircnlation $989,568, specie $301, 085. notes discounted $2,056,751; Bank of Wadesboro Nov. 22. fS56 Capi tal $324,850, circulation $617,900, specie $40,323, noteK discounted $731. t6t). Hank of Charlotte. June 7, 1856 Capital $300.000,. limitation $302,329, specie $43,942 69, notes discounted $252,208, general profit aud loss for six months preceding date. $38,670. 75. The statement of this Bank for the months ending fflfth Dec., 185o, does not a ' ear in the , Report, although we learn it was duly forwarded. " Bank of Wilmington, Nov, 8, 1856 Capital $502,300, circulation $434,169, specie $60,,187', notes discounted $381,590 - Commercial Bank of Wilmington. Nov. 1. 1856 Capita! $350,000, circulation $157,970, sppeie $62,246. notes discounted $34f.l08. Bank of Fayettevllle, Nov 10. 1856 Capi tal $380,000. ciri-ulation $308,977. speefe $-48, 401, notes discou'nfcd $662,393, profit -and. loss 1 ft. fS 1 . - Bank of Clarenn at Fayettev'ITe, ov. 10. 185f fa-pit! 40O 02tf. -4 O36.otes discounted $178:i21.profit $14,314 In a rort peroce n road in the eonittv of Tip persrv i stuck np a pole, havinsr affixed to it board, with t!ii inscription: "Take notice, that when the water is over this board the road is impaesable." 3fiOVtQ OtPOD 4t3SfiC3 - . vUWV FAFETTEHLLE, If. C. Jafn rdn'y, .In n nary IT. I 857 . S-C. C. McCxcfx is onr daly authorized agent for thp ectfcfetWn of all claims doe thi. office. C1PE FE1K m KET ftlfE3t. W Ih - Fir the course which we have pursued upon this subject we hare been greatly maligned, and in some instances vacnelv threatened It therefore behooves ns to say a word or tro in reference fa ourself before entering upon the subject proper. In this watter we hare' no ifiore personal interest thaa has .any other indi vidual disconnected with the sehemc. Only as a hnit in the State; a single citizen and a tax payer, have we the slightest selfishness to dic tate a word or point a sentence, fre cannot therefore be charged with interested motives in examining and exposing tin's defceftrul "scheme of public spoliation.) Nor will we use, in refer ence to our future course, the a fgiiment'um id absurd um put in requisition by the Wilmington Journal, that as 'w'e are in for it we may as well go ahead.' Ve entervd upon it wih an earnest design fb do our duty towards the good old State of our adoption. The people here and elsewhere have so far sustained us, and we are gratified to find that the LegisUtbre is be ginning to lift the Veil, which has so long shut out the lighl of public scrutiny from the inner tempfe of this enterprise. As to divers threat ening which have come to our earsi We can only say llat an honest man never makes them aud a brave man never fears them. We pass them by as "airy nothings," trifles whieh can neither deter nor urge us on. We have as yet bnt begun our exploration of these streams; ittid many a nook has yet to be searched, anil inany a snug little cove peeped into, and, withal, not a few tributaries to these rivers explored io their fountain Heads before onr task is done. We hope that we are not too allegorical. In the first place, let us nsk a simple ques tion, merely a questfdn. When the last appro priation was asked for, wag it not dislincAly and positively stated that the shin then demanded was avtply sufficient to complete tkt work and close the enterprise with abundant success? Furthermore, tVi!3 it nut tiitii promised to the Legislature that no more State aid would be nked to prosecute the work? We might an swer these queries onrself, but wfc leave the res ponses to others. If these assurance rind these i-romises we-e niiMle; and tli'e ivHi; k as it now stands is incomplete, aud incapable of comple tion with the sum then obtained, wiiH wlmt a ni.ii vi llous t,egri:c of .issuruuee does the Cbni pm now curne forward and pray the Leerinln jtwe ooes 1 not- 1-ert a 1 tily cap the climax of itiijiudetice, when, a kuowledging tlie absolute failure of this tiuclih Wbrft cif bdiistf Ubtibn, they recom mend that s'totte tlam& be substituted aud a large amount appropriated for the purpose? It may not strike others as it does ourself; but really, debits bur indignation, we can but smile at the effrontery of the thing. Furthermore. granting that the Legislature appropriates one million dollars (aiid il will require that sum at the very least) for the execu tion b'f this new project, into Whtise hands wili it be placed? Into the hands of those very men under whoSe ''skilful management," "able supervision," aiid "scletit'fic engineering" the present tiotable failures were brought about. We have no offensive charges to make a gaiust these gentlemen. They doubtless did their bestt iu tlie premises to accomplish this great scheme. But it is as inevitable as death that there was either a most deplorable defi ciency of judgment abd the most lamentable in capacity somewhere, or a still fffbrc grave and serious imputation lifust fes rip'o'n Somebody. Aud here we may as well remark tbat the sitbstafftirfl truth of every declaration and every assertion we have hitherto' made can be established. Pettifogging ingenuity may pick a trifling flaw, aud unblushing effrontery may boldly deny a charge brft the truth must out, and so far as iu us lies we will bring it out In our last we ptft a series of pertinent ques tions to the company. But a moody, perhaps a "dignified" silence is their response. Ah, gentlemen! that game may do for thick-pated editors and cTippefy politicians, but it wont answer in this instance. Do the people of North Carolina tnow, and if kwrwfng-do. they reflect upon it, that in pro" portion to the oouulation and weakfi of this state, more taxes are paid for works of internal improvement than in- any other sfate in the Union? Yet it is n4u?putably the case: And upon whom does the burden of thii taxation fall? Ah, the people can answer that question too promptly! And for what work is a large proportion of the extra tax imposed? For eight' gears' friritiess labor upon a costly -structure, which at the time it should have been completed is rotting and decaying, and in whose cOnsTrucfiou the artiz"a'n and' the engineer reaped the only emolument. There fs" riot a Bunkum declaimer in the Legislature wh6'd6es not rant and rave about "the heavy burden' 6 ,Kpular taxation," and fhrre K 0t a calm 'hinking. se' sible man ia lVat body who does not see and know the ultimate tend, ncy of this im-rpased and unjust imposition. But to the work anon. The inefficie,J of these wooden locks and darts to srenre the - desired novigatien is too pal pa Me to be denied by any one, even though he possessed the ignorance, want of judgment and effrontery of the entire Navigation compa aj. And the injudicious location of sTerr Saras is admitted bv the engineer, who recom raeiitfa their removal to more practicable sites The washing away aud cutting round, rotting down, removals, &e. &c. have now been going on for eigYkt years all, however, providential and beyond the ken of mortal man, owing to the '-frtpT&ed'etoted" freshets. "T he work was dohe according tb contract approved by the engineer; paid for, washed away and faoated down to Wilmington, all "according to con tract" we suppose. . Aside from "the practical work itself, the Wilmington Journal, so tenderly susceptible on the subject and delicately admonitory to wards us, says--"ThtHg8 hare been kept cloak ed up smothered op hocus fiocussed up too much: We here those at least who own stock are about as badly in the dark as anybody else.' A pertinent admission truly. Further, says the Journal "We hear that such a company or contractors has taken such a work, to be done in such a manner, giving bond &c. The work is neither done in time nor manner speci fied; yet somehow the contractcrs get paid, and no man has ever yet heard ofa bond being sued out." Alas for the gullibility of human nature! Did our friend ever read (and that he haa been an extensive reader we can bnt adroit) ofa case or any number of cases where in contractors and directors were ftlehtical per sons r 11 not, iu t lie .course ol a long aud use ful lifr, which we heartily wish him, he may chance to read about sonic such thing. With all the serious admissions of the Jour nal in its late issue, aud with all the stem and stubborn fads of the case, it is proposed to continue this disastrous enterprise in the same hands and under precisely the same aaspices in and under which it has arrived at its present utter and undeuied failure. Was there evef such an act of wilful, delibe rate self blinding? And is there another state aiid another people i 1 tl.is bro.id un.ou which woaid so Ion,; have submitted to such' a palpable imposition, to call it by no harsher name? We know of experienced and capable engin eers who have declared that it us intpossille to lock and dum the Cape Fear without the expenditure of such vust sums of money mm would impoverish any people and bankrupt nuy State under the sun. These, be it remember ed, are the opinions of men who were uninflu enced by any wishes, designs, hopes or antici pations connected with any project to that pur pose; and whether they were right or not, let the eight years of labor, the half million and more already expended, and the rotten, dilapi dated, useless structure answer. This rallying cry of "Road and River both," is all gammon, aud everybody ki.ows it. The Faycttevillc community has been long enougb hoaxed and tricked with this aud other dtlu.' sions. The people of our generous and tuiie honored town have never wit held their warm sympathies, aye and their more substantial as sistance, from works of public utility y- from works to prove benefit- til to other communities let eve from her has be unaiiKwert i? ,,! J- -r jw inHjfMaViun, every public enterprise and every pitiful acheme of lotul benefit aud private emolument, banded iu one common opposition to her interests, nay in oue indivisible and dishonorable coalition' against her very existence. For many year the peUpli; bf Fayette , ille, against their own' interests, against the convictions of their own judguieiit, have extended a willing and helping hand to scheme npdh scheme o! public work and community befit-fit; and now when the pit-' iful booii, not of mlmey, not of State capital, but merely of endorsement upon bonds amply secured to shield the State from contingent loss, is asked, they find their former beneficia ries giving them stones for bread and serpents for fishes. This "River and Road" trn k is too transparent. Some ate gullible enough to be deceived by it; some are cunning enough to use it as an artful dodge, and others are otupid enough to believe that it is feasible. But tc, uot we individually, but "tee the people" have aUht the conjuror at his tricks. This l merely incidental to the subject is baud. As we-stated iu otff last issue, we are opposed to the River, road or no road, and we shall not again arftfde to the subject during tht continuance of our stictures upon the Naviga tion Company. The Wilmington journal speaks of "the main difficulty" as being the washing away of the alluvial deposits at the abutments of the dams. The Journal knows as well as we do that this "difficulty" is but a Urifte light as air compared with graver and riftre rrfomentous considerations farther down in the depths of this scheme than we have yet penetrated. But we have no war to make tfpb'ii our contemporary. We agree too well upon the main issue to quarrel about. trifleaV&id w-mh any material aid iu the prosecution of this matter, we need but refer to divers 6a'ck issues of our cotenqorary to vali date nearly all we have said. But yet. in reference eveu to this minor d.f ficulty, permit us to submit a few '.acts. From Smiley's falls, forty miles above Faycttevillc, to Cold Water, the banks uft lie Cape Fear are alfu'viil formations, ard tor many miles in va rious places composed of nothing but loose, light, shifting sand. The sand hills for miles ou either side the river are broken aud undu lating, with numerous creeks aud branches emptying in the mam stream. Down tticse sand-valley tributaries immense quantities of sarfd are constantly flowing with the water and are deposited in the sluggish pools whence they cannot escape; thus slowly but surelr shallowing and rendering nnnarigable those portions of the river which receive them. Alanv years would not ehlpse bis-fore tfredging maeh- mes wouia oe ionna absolutely necessary, and wnere tnose machines would emfttr the Band is a question beyond 6nt solution. Those immense quantities f sand Were for- merly, from time immemorial, either washed down the stream into the Atlantic, or washed ojp agaiMt the baak tbemtdlree forming a rw
