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f 7r 4- Father, I'vo brought you ia the backlog,; . Uncle Peleg was struck, np ill of heap fare couldn't believe hie cvee, lhat thai great sixfoot tr wh the boy lie had cow-hided, and be couldn't believe hia year when he heard him eall him father J a Mian from the grave wouldn't have sur prised htm more, be was nnfakiliaed and bedura ed for minute. But he came too right off, and . waa iced down id a freeio' pint in no time. . What did you say I says he. , That 1 have broogni you in we pact tog, air, ered by a good Vegetable mould, not psrtieblar- rocky, and sustaining treea or large size. ut ong the Belt brconvulslon thellisarernneh too cent me out for. . I Clip UI?Ilf V vcvu W1UVUUU6U IWllg lime a fotchin it,' says ho 4 that's all I can say. Draw the coals forward, put it on, and then g$ to bed.' ' i - Now. that's a fact Squire ; I know the parties myself and thafs what I do eall coolness and no mistake ! &um owe. 3, jLAJagalar Natural IrheiMmieiioD la ,f i Weiterta Carolina. Extract)! from a communication of the Hon. T. L. Cunqbmk, in the National Intelligencer, October, 1848. , - v Gentlemen t As you have recently been pub Wishing a aeries of letters in relation to that por lion or the Alleghany range which is situated in North Carolina, you may, perhaps, find matter of interest in the subject of this communication My purpose in making it is not only to present to the consideration of those learned or curious in geology, facta singular and interesting in them selves, but also, by means of your widely dis seminated paper, to stimulate an inquiry as to whether similar phenomena nave, been observed in ear other Darts of the Alleghany range. A number of persona had stated to me that at different periods, within the recolleciign of per- . sons now living, a portion of a certain mountain in Haywood eouaty bad been- violently agitated and broken to pieces. The first of these shocks remembered by any person when I have seen, occurred just prior to the last war with England, ' In th year 1812. Since then some half a dozen or more ha ve been noticed. . The latest occurred something more than three years ago, on a clear ; summer morning. These shocks nave usually Occurred, of at least been more frequently obser ve"d.TB talra weather. They hate generally been beard distinctly by persons in the town of Waynesville, some twenty miles ou. 1 be sound is described as resembling that of distant thunder, but no shaking of the earth is felt at that distance. In the immediate vicinity of the mountain, and for four or five miles around, this sound is ac companied by a slight trembling of the earth, which continues as long as the sound lasts that is, for one or two minutes. After each of these shocks the mountain was found to be freshly rent and broken its various places. Having an opportunity ofibrded me a few days since, I paid a visit to the locality, and devoted a few hours to a hurried examination. It is sit uated in the north-eastern section of Haywood county, near the head of Fine s creek. The bed f the little creek at the mountain is probably cl stated some twenty-six or seven hundred feet above the level of the ocean. The French Broad, at the-Warm Springs, .some fifteen miles distant, is .t wetyejjundre d, ,feey lower, Theyre;sejrari p aiei nowever, ?oy mouiiiaiir rioge iu uiure uian '"" four thousand" feet elevation above the: sea, and there an high mountains in all directions around the locality in question. The immediate object of interest is the western termination or a moun tain ridge nearly half a mile to the east of the house of Matthew Rogers. The top of this ridge, at the place where it has been recently convulsed, is some three or four hundred feet a- bove the creek, at its western extremity ; but it rises rapidly for the same dfstance as it goes off to the eastward towards the higher mountain range. The northern side of this ridge I had not time io examine, uui we mams oi violence are observable at the top of the ridge, and extend in a direction nearly due south down the side of the mountain four or five hundred yards, to a little branch ; thence across it, over a flat or gentle slope, and up the sideyOi the next ridge as far as - I went being for three or four hundred yards. ' The tract of ground examined by me was per haps half a mile in length from north to south. The breadth of the surface subjected to violence was nowhere more than two hundred yards, and generally rather less than one hundred. Along this space the ground has been rent in various places. The fissures or cracks most frequently run ia a northern direction, and towards the tops sof the mountain, but tbey are often at right an gles to these, and in fcurt soma may, be found in all directions. While some of than are barely visible, other are three or funr fcet in width. The annual falling of the leaves and the washing of the rains has filled them so that at no place are they more than five or six feet in depth. Along tins tract all the trees have been thrown down, and are lying in various directions, some ef them . six feet in diameter. One large poplar, which stood directly over one of the .fissures, was cleft opes and one-half of the trunk, to the height of more than twenty ieet, is still standing. Though the fissure, which passed directly under itscen Ire, is not more than an inch in width, it may be observed for nearly a hundred yards. Ail the toots of trees which,. crossed the line's fracture ate brqken. -The rocks are also cloven by tftese lines.. The ton of the ridire, which seems orig inally to have been an entire mass of granite, is broken in places. INot only have those masses of rock, which are chieity under ground, been cleft open, but frogmen's lying ou the surface have bwm sh'itttireuY AJ1 those jxjrsona who have-'-r' sited it itamcdlutoy niter a convulsion conw m .oayiiijf that very fallen tree and rock Irr? b;;cu moved.. The smallest fragments have ; hx.ii tiiii v. u t orn thafbeds aa tbouirh fltey had Locu liful up. , In confiroatia of this statement i obscTred' thai a large Nock of granite, of an oblong form, which, from its size, most have weighed not loss than two-thousand tons, had been broken into thjeepieccs of nearly equal sizs. This mass was lying loosely on the top of the "ground, in a place nearly revel, and there were o sbrns of its Lavinc ruDed or aHddenl The txagjneata were soparoted only a fmv inches, ren dering it almost certain that it had been broken Iry a sudden shock or jar, trbich did not continue long enough to throw the pieces far apart. " Some parts of tho surlacc of the earth hav sunk down irregularly a few feet, and otherpor- more abundant,' and , there are only young trees growing the elasticity of which enabled them to sianu uunng me uorus. . - - . With reference to the mineral structure of the localityi it may be remarked that that entire sec tion seems to fotttuluts i hv Dozens formation. It consists of grauites, gneiss, sometimes porphy- ntic, hornblende Tock, inicaceoui schwis, clay slate, and various other melamorjhie strata. The nearest aqueous rocks that I know of are the conglomerate sand-stones and sedimentary limestone ; in the vicinity. of tlta Warm Springs, fifteen miles distant in a direct line. ir any vol canic rock has been found in hundreds, of miles I am not aware of it. The mountain itself bears the most indubitable marks of plutonic orijin. It consists mainly of s pray ish white granite in which the felspar greatly predominates, but it is sometimes rendered, dark by en excess of mica in minute black scales. This latter ' mineral 1 saw also there ia small rather irregular crystals Some portions of the rock contained, however, its three ingredients, in nearly equal proportions; the quarts, W color, frequently approashing ash gray. In several places I observed that the gran ite was cut vertically by veins of gray translucent quartz, of from one to six inches in thickness. There were abo lying in places on the ground lumps of common opaque white quartz, intersec ted bv narrow veins not exceeding half an inch in thickness, of specular iron, of the highest de gree ot oriiuaucy ana naraness mat uiai mineral is capable of possessing. It may be remarked that there are, in different directions within two miles of the locality, two considerable deposites of magnetic iron ore. The only rock which I observed there possessing any appearance of stratification seems to consist of mica, hornblende. and a little felspar, in a state of intimate mixture. Having but a few hours to remain there, 1 don t pretend that there are not many other minerals at the locality ; but 1 have no doubt hut that the predominating character of the formation is such as I have endeavored to describe it, and I hare been thus minute in order that others may be able to judge more accurately in relation to the cause of the disturbances. While 1 was observ- tiona baTflbenraisodL.ZThere. are a number 'little elevations of hillocks some of a few ly in extcssV aa4 others twenty and thirty .anis over- u The largest rise at the centre to thif height or eight or ten lew, ana mope gTJuiujaiy down; some of these have been surrounded-on all sides by a fissure, which is not yet entirely filled up. In. some instances the trees on, their sides; none of them forge, are bent considerably fsopi the per ; pendicular, showing that they had attained some size before the change of level took place on tlie surface where they grow, j --- The sd?s of As mountsm, generally, sre cor i , : Uoctors' lillls. - - The follv of 'dabblimr iu inediciue is very pleasanttyiiitff.. piecet ;,v . ., , . , "About four years ago 1 was nappuy marncu to a very prudent lady, and, being oi tne same disposition myself, we made-a very prddent cou ple. Some time alter our marriage my wue wiu me that doctors', bills were very nign, ana, r.s we could not always ex'pect to be free from dis- 1 .- : t . . . . r t ' ease, sue tnougnt iest to purchase some uoc- tors looks. 4 and thus,' said she with a smile, we ein steal their trade at once.' , This I agreed to, and made it my particular business to attend all auctions of books, in order to buy medical books at the lowest rate, in fins, in less than' twelve months 'I had bought a coo pie of Dis pensatories, : Buchan's Fsmily Physiciantwo or three treatises on the art of preserving health, by different author; seven treatises on the dis eases of children, and divers others of the great est note. My wife spent all the time she could snare from Uie economy of her household in studying them, end as soon as my store was shut lip in the evening, 1 edified myself with a few re ceipts from my Dispensatory, As soon as spring arrived my dear wife in formed me that she found it positively enjoined by some of our writers that we must swallow a large dose of cream of tanar and brimstone, to be taken every evening for three weeks, in molass es ; this the whole family complied with ; first I myself, who, being the head of the family, I rec kon first; my wife, rov brother Dick, who lives with me, my son and my daughter, my negro boy, and the servant maid. This cure we nil went through to die entire satisfaction of my wife, who had the pleasure to find her medicine had the desired effect. u Soon after this the contagion of reading .med ical books spread through all my family, and scarce a day passed but some of them made use of some medicine or other. My poor brother Diek, after he had permission to read mv books, had acquired a dejected countenance, the cause of which I could not conceive. At last he broke silence : Brother,' said he, (supposing that 1 had read more than himself.) feel ray pulse ; I think I have too much blood; had not I better get bled! You know that if too iuch blood cets into the head it produces apoplexy the :T1 Triw Itcuiedy. Proscription. The AugustaGs.) Chronicle, foremost among the journalsgf theouth in all that pertains to enterprise and improvement, makes some intel ligent observations on Mr. Qlay's letter concern ing emancipation and. colonization. It says: "The Caucasian race outnumbers the African in the united estates, st una time, as six io one. No more negroes are coming into the country from abroad, whilst Europe is sending over a mil lion of white laborers, to reside permanently and multiply rapidly in lhe American Union, every four years. The ceaseless progress of thisever suffmentine disparity in the number of the two races, and of two distinct classes of laborers, must eventuate in changing the character, complexion, habits, customs, and laws of society. It eannot remain stationary ; and it is the part of sound con servative statemanship to foxtisee, coming events, and shape them so as to advance the best inter ests of the community. Although we do not be liev that the convention to form a new constitu tion in Kentucky will take any action in favor' of emancipation, immediate or remote, neveruiciess the time will come when property in slaves 'will cease to be desirable in that State." - The gradual, operation of the laws of social and industrial economy, in every civilized communi ty, carries with it a sanative for the ills, whatever they may be, of the system ills which might become aggravated and inflammatory it rudely and arbitrarily dealt with. Great changes in the body social or politic cannot take place suddenly save bv convulsions, which mav Dcril the life itself. A chronic disease, fixed in the system. implying a gradual growth, requires to be remov ed By slow and gradual means, and bv means in harmonv with the vital principle. Hather, we mav 2V. it is the actios of the vital Drincinle it- S'M', through subordinate means, that finally throws off the morbid elements from the system. i Baltimore Mtntncan. jli? ;.""V i rtrr I Visa tsi1itv Ui mr altonttn aaa A ipantori ti an elderlv m&n who wis crlidinir with a BtrftUhvatcn isvmptoms of its appearance, savs Huchan, Tare through the forest, carrying on his left shoulder remarkable redness in the face, and you see that a ride, and in his rurht Hand a small hoe. such as MS case wnn nit. i rouiu uui uui the diggers ol ginseng use. tin glances, alternat ing between the distant ridges and the plants a bout his feet, showed that while looking for deer he was not unmindful of the wants of the inhabi tants of the Celestial Empire. On my question ing, him in relation to the appearances, he said that he had observed them often after the differ ent shocks ; that the appearances were changed each time at the surface ; that I ought to see it just after a shock, before the rain and leaves had filled the cracks, adding that it did i' not show at all now.' ' He expressed a decided opinion that the convulsions were produced by silver under the surface. On my remarking that though I knew that metal in the hands of men was an ef fective agent in elevating rocks and excavating the earth, yet I had not supposed it could exert Juch.Ah. ' influence ,.when.r.lkcply buried under grsttiidv he1 vfed ( in 'ttowwrt- ut' hig-Yipiwaw that oneofhis -neighborff had on the north side of the mountain found a spring hot enough to boil an egg. He also added that some three years since he had seen op die mountain, two miles to the north of this one, but in the direction seemingly of the line of force; a blazing fire for several hours, rising up sometimes as high as the tops of the trees and going out suddenly for a moment at a time at frequent intervals. He declared that at the distance of a mile from w here he was the brightness was sufficient to enable him to see small objects. Several other persons in the vi cinity '1 fuuud subsequently professed to have Stien the same light from different points of view, and described it in a similar manner. As no one of them seems to have thought enough of the matter to induce him to attempt to approach the place' though some persons represented that they had subsequently found a great quantity of "cin der " at the point, the statement of fact is not perhaps cntided to more weight than the hypo thesis it was intended to support. It is probable, ho waver, , that some difficulty will attend any explanation that can be offered in relation to phenomena at this place. We know that the elevation of the surface of the earth is at many places undergoing a change so gradual as not to be observed at any one time. Some of the north-western parts of Europe, for example, are experiencing a slow upheaval e qual to fi ve or six feet in a century, while on the coast of Greenland the subsidence, or depression, is such, that even the ignorant inhabitants have learned that it is not prudent for them to build their huts near the edge of the water. Similar changes are observed in various other places, but they obviously bear no analogy to the fact Under consideration. Again, it is well known that earthquakes from time to time agitate violen tly portions of the earth's surface of greater or less extent; that while one single shock has per mantly raised two ot three feet the coast of Chili for several hundred miles, others have elevated or depressed comparatively small spaces. It us ually happens, however, that when the shock is so forcible at one point as to break the solid stra ta of the globe, the surrounding parts are violent ly agitated lor considerable distances. In the sent instance, however, a shock for half a at least in lenjrth and for the breadth of one bund' red yards, lis such as to cleave a 'mass of, granite of seemingly indefinite extent; and so ouick and sudden as to displace the" smallest fragments n the surface ; and yet at the house of Mr. Rogers, less than half a - mile distant, Mhght trembling only is felt, not sufficient to excite alarm, while at the distance of a few miles, though the sound is heard, no agitation of the ground is felt Very respectfully. T. L. CLINGMAN. . A Corrupt fe. The most direct agency of disorderis yet to be spoken of. We mean the licentious, unprincipled and venal Press, the Puss which sells its influence to the most corrupt uses, which sneers at benevolence and at religion, which has neither faith in an. reverence for God, nor balief in any which panders to depraved aopotites. traffics in falsehood and calumny, speculates on dishonor, Sloats over vice,, and 'does its utmost to weaken le moral sense of the public' and bring the law into contempt Who will estimate the part which this branch of the Newspaper Press has had in bringing about the Astor-place riot T Who can tell how much of the violence there display ed was the fruits of its insidious assaults on all that is best and most sacred ? And by whom is such a press kept in existence X That, too, read er,, is a question which we lesvs for voa to re- ; fleet on,; V. J". 7ibimt. i . . , . ' laugh at him ; he was indeedred in the face, but such redness as indicated the very offspring of health. Our maid, from an education at a coun- try school, had learned to read : the earnestly re quested her mistress to lend her a doctor's book to read our Sunday afternoon. This reasonable request was , granted, but, poor creature ! being not of the fairest complexion in the world, she in a lildo while became quite low spirited, and find ing my wife and nft alone one evening she came in, and ventured to express herself thus : 4 La! mistress ; I am concerned and afraid I shall get! the yellow jaunders, as I begin to look yellow in the face.' Decency prevented my smiling for awhile, but when she had left the room I could not but enjoy a IaAh. My negro boy is always eating toasted omoSis for a cold, but as he can't read, he.hartueW.T fsnped eyery Other ti,80r dor'Qtta.n.tg8 at -w WjrS'tet- going bed tny- wile desired me in the most serious -manner- that if she should ever be taken with a lock jaw that I should rub her jaw with musk, as she was convinced from comparing the arguments of a variety of authors, that this was the best remedy. I told her there was no danger of such an event, as I had Dr. Cullen's word for it that it seldom attacked females; indeed, I am convinced that a lock-jawed lady it rara uvit in ttrrit. Hitherto our family medicines were used with confidence and satisfaction on all sides, till I con sidered one day that our family without a doc tor, had consumed more medicine in one year thanjny father's family used to do with the ad vice of a physician in six years. But one day when my wife told m h tliought it would be well to weigh our food before we eat it, Ipsi we should eat too much or too little, and that San cuoriout advised it for good reasons, I got such a disgust to our scheme that I teiotved gradually to abandon it I ant now convinced of the truth of a saying of a rational medical writer, ' one or more things must happen to every human body to live temperately, to use exercise, to take physic, or he sick. And I am pretty certain that if I and my family persevere in the two former courses we need not bo in danger of the two last" Saw Orleans. Tut Past, P&eskmt; Fptihe. ;-The city of new Orleans was founded in i718"by the cele brated liienviue. Its first newspaper was called t AloniltUT. By' a treaty entered into by the United States government with Spain in 185 the navigation of the Mississippi was opened to the Western States. In 1803 the whole territory of Louisiana was ceded by Spain to France, and bv France to the United Suites. In 1806. the old United States Bank, .chartered under Wash' ington s administration, established a liranch in New Orleans. In 1812, Louisiana was admit ted into the Union ; the same year the first steamboat descended from Pittsburgh. In 1723, a negro man slave was only worth 9125; and the population numbered at this time 200 souls. A' bout this date the Jesuits and Ursuline Nuns ar rived. In 1703, the Jesuits were expelled from the Province by Pope Clement XIII, and their property seized and sold. ' That property would now be worth, exclusive of its improvements, at least fifteen millions of dollars. In 1764 British vessels commenced visiting New, Orleans. A disease similar to the yellow fever afflicted the inhabitants for the first time. in 1769. The ex ports for that-year were about 250,000, and the population 3lfl0 souls.. , The cold vras.ao in tense in. 1770, that the mcr Was' covered with it "the space of "several -yards on each side. Great scarcity ot provisions in 1769 ; and, al Tho Enquirer represents the Whig- capers as coming . around very rapidly to the doctrine of CcriptiOnr SoTaras-we-sre-ncernewe leave to claim sn exemption from the gene raf charge." Proscription,., as it is understood ar present seems to us to be, the removal, without other cause, of olSeers for opinion's sake. Now we have never been favorable to any such doe- trine as this. We have always maintained that officers should be removed for sufficient cause, and even the Union, admits that Mr. Polk was in the habit of making removals of that character, What that sufficient cause is we have frequent ly taken occasion heretofore to explain. It is .. .. f M 1 ... embraced in uie cases oi incompetency, ana inter ference with popular elections. We have never endeavored to innuenee tne rainos oi uie execu tive officers with regard to the particular cases of individuals, but have lelt them to nna mem out m the best way they could. , True, we said yes m W t terday, and we repeat to-day, that wnen a remov al has been determined on, the new appointee should be chosen from the ranks of those who have been warm and zealous in electing and sup nortinff Gen Taylor. Person of this class have s rurht to expect offices, which have been made vacant by the act oi the Admmisuaaon in pre ference to its decided enemies. The Enquirer contends that Gen. .Taylor was elected by Democratic votes. That can hardly be, for no tnan ever received bitterer oi more decided opposition at the hands of any party than he did at those of the Democrats. It is true that many of them voted for him ; but that is certainly no plea for Uie office-holders. They, to a man, were either banded against him, or where , the caee vcas otherwise, were dismissed without ceremony. We have yet to learn that such Democrats as voted for him are at all mev ed at the removal of those office-holders who vo ted againut him. We do not, moreover, under stand that any man has been turned out of office for exercising, the privilege -of voting. Those who have been ejected, were incompetent un worthy, or have been active electioneers ! We have not learned that any man who attended to his business, and did not interfere in the election, farther than to vote, has been touched. We hare an example before our eyes, in this very city, of one such man as this who was to be re appointed. We allude, of course, to Col. Bigger. ' Mr. Polk certainly gave no such evidence of his magnanimity, in the remoral of his immediate .predecessor, who as far as we can learn,' never was a busy electioneerer, and always attended punctually to the business of his Office Rich' mond Irhig. Mt$r$: Swaim tf Sherttood: ; . ' I -T i'iS i Dear Sirs I desire s iW ; your paper when yott may find space for it, up on a topie which seems to engage the public mma at wis tune. I allude to the Central Raik road. . I am not in the habit of nuhli n,im . . r , oi whole island, "with cars rushinir on at the rate' of I though money was scarre in comparison to. thekalmost a mile a minute, the canals of England are present age, nour sow at vzu per oarrei. in doing a better business and lheit stock is more 17-85, the population was 4,080. Un Uoodlfri- profitable than that of any other mode of improve- ea,tb of the Hon. Charles Fisher. This community is again called upon to mourn the death of one of her oldest and most v alued citizens. The Southern mail of Sabbath even ing last brought the painfuljntelligcnce of the death of the Hon. Charles Fisher. He died on the evening of Monday the 7th instant, at Hills-' borough, in the countyof Scott in Mississippi. His health, as we learn, having become unsettled. under. an, attack ofthe lungs. and hvr .. u: l .1.: i. I - ... ... L dertaken the journey to his home in this place. Reaching Hillsborough, be was unable to pro ceed further There he laid him down to die ; and thougjr far from those most dear to him, those who would have rendered with greatest ten derness the mournful services which his expiring required ; yet such was the excellent char- i of the deceased, that we doubt not his Led surrounded by many warm hearts, and skil ful hands, and that he received 11 that Mteution j his situation required, in the death of Mr. F. day, in 1788, a terrible fire occurred, which des troyed about 900 houses. The first flat bo at from Kentucky, laden with tobacco, arrived this year. In 1803, the population was 8,050. In 1805, the city was incorporated. , ' The population is, at this time, (including of course Lafayette, Larrollton r reeport, Uretna, Algiers, tc.,) not less than160,000 souls. It. is perhaps but a reasonably supposition, that it will hereafter increase in the same r alo that it has done since it was ceded to the Tr.iud States' ; if so. its population, fifty-two years hence, and du ring the lifetime of chlklicn now at school, will be upwards of 3,500,000 souls ! Any other fair mode of estimating the future importance of New Orleans rt'ould lead to similar results. The vast and ferule valley of the Mississippi, it is believed, ainlaiii in agricultural pursuits a population the square mile as deuse as that of Ireland. If , its capabilities in that respect may accommo date a population of about 500,000,080 human souls ! At the rate of increase, which has been realised by the Western and Southwestern States since the acquisition of Louisiana, the population of Uie valley of the Mississippi, in i 000, will be near 100,000,000. Taking the future growth of Uie country as the basis ot a calculation of the incrcaso of the city, the result is that, in fifty-two years, New Orleans will contain at least 2,000, 000 of souls I Any estimate that may be made on fair principles will give, at the end of this centory, a population which can only be estima ted by millions ! liy mat time, our city or cities buildings from the Ursuline Convent to Carroll- ton, aud in the central portions from the river tod the lake ! Our commerce will be computed by millions or hundreds of millions -Lafayttte Stattiman. From the ftr North. Capt Koyce, of (he barque Superior, arrived at Sag Harbor, on Saturday evening last. He furnishes the following information, relative to it is not only this community which have sustain, ! m" T '".V , " q - ' T 7 ed a loss: but the State and Nation. Th great 1! hrouh.U!hrm6 ' S,rS fnlh 8t.?f J.UV' lo-tp, wiui m current running to uie ;vorui at tne rate of from 4 to 6 mile an hour. Saw whales in the straits, workimr North with the current. 4 after getting clear of Uie land to the North of the straits, saw large numbers ot whales, very gentle. Saw whales every day while there. Found it difficult to keep to the Southward owing to the Northerly currents. Was swept, four degrees to the Northward of the entrance by the current and supposed the barque within one degree of uie ice, juoging irom me posiuon given to it oy earlier navigators al tHe same season." Capt R. describes the weather as being most e ., ' . .ft V - i . oi tne tune uucx ana foggy, tnougn not wet as on the North West grounds, with a comfortably cold workimr air. Was on soundinirS all the time and frequency anchored, with no land in sight : l . .C . .I I , .t r . ' interests of these, he was not less eapable ofpro moting, than he was to them zealously doroteu. In the councils of the former h e served lon j iii the Halls of the latter ably iniboth cfHcityitly, and with great credit. And wltil.'t we leave to an abler pen the task of pronouncing a fitnng eu logy on the character of the deceased, v- f were untrue to ourselves and to bis memory to say less than we have offered an humble testimony to great worth and eminent - ability , Salt sbttry Watchman. A Yokt of Oxen at one Chaw." Many years ago a Mr. Millet, one of the early settlers of a neighboring town, sold a yoke of oxen for $50, and received in payment a fifty dollar bank bill, which he carefully folded ud and deposited in his u tobacco-box" ibr safaktcning. Mr. M. I in clear weather, with a depth oLwater was accustomed to make use ol the4 weed Lat any hour of the day or night even, whenever fie felt an inclination for it ,The night following the sale of the oxen, he sought his "tobacco box, and finding a convenient portion, he put it into his month, and not readily obtaining the full bene fit he expected; chewed it up roost vigorously and effectually, exclaiming as he did so, " No ttrengih to the tobacco ! . No strength to the to bacco !" lWhen recollecting the transaction of the day, and the place where ho deposited hi. treasure, he added, M Ohio V a yoke of oxen at i . .L. from 20 to 30 fathoms. Found the water shoal as he went North. Took 1600 bbls. in 34 day s. which filled his casks. Passed the straits to the Southward on the 23d of August Saw in the bays as he passed by them in coming down from the North large numbers of whales, and during his stay saw many canoes passing from one con tinentto the other. Capt R. always steered out ol their track, having no desire to form ac quaintance with the natives. The current was found running South when ho left the sea. Capt It. thinks the whaliru; fleet mav find employ- on? ehait'l at om OfUW Maine-Tarmtrmihi fpr vnn to coins in the- Arctic .ea, 1,- Canals not behind the Are. We mentioned some time since the fact that New York, the most enterprising State of the Confederacy, at the very moment that she is lay ins down her railways in every direction, and indeed preparing to push her cars at the English speed of fifty and sixty miles an hour, is also ap propriating immense sums to the enlargement of ner canals, nio more significant tact could be mentioned to show that c;mulj are not, as they are so often represented, behind' tiie age. From a late admirable number of the Quarter ly Review,-"descriHn4 the jtjrxtent.' and pTr1 tecttutt of the" EngtUh railu ay. system, ttappeari Hlftp, ,111. IIHUOk VI IIUIIVIIUJJ .lit. ment whatever f Does this look as thouirh. can als are behind the age T Canals for travelling-canals for light freight are behind the age. These want die railroad supplies. But canals for the heavy productions of the earth are not, and never will be, behind the age. Hence there is no collision between the two modes of improvement in England and New York! In fact as the latter State multiplies her railways, the business on her canals constaUy in creases, and the multitude of boats on her princi pal canals swells its numbers with every year. From ,ih jUgvi,., Bdsjeworth. The senior class of Edoewouth Femalb Sem inary, having completed the prescribed course of studies, were examined before a committee of Literary gentlemen and a large and attentive aud ience, and on the 10th inst, received the highest honors of the Institution. The Diploma is the finest specimen of art, and those on which it was bestowed had devoted many years to perfect their Education. ' A more deeply affecting scene cannot be imagined than the close on Thurs day, P. M. The examination had closed,- and all were in silence, when the singing of a parting hymn a wakened the sympathy ercn of strangers. Each of the senior class read her list composition on some leading department of her studies. The ornaments of female delicacy and taste gaye to the. exact ahtLchaatened style a singular interest, aside from that of the occasion. 1. Miss Mary Richmond, f Milton, N. C.) " The Gospel adjusted to the Philosophy of Mind." , 2. Miss Sallie Reid, (Iredell, N. C.) "The Author of the Analogy." Miss Margaret J. Morgan, (Edge worth.) "The Beauty and Power of Language." 3. Miss Julia Paisley 'Wharton, (Guilford,' N. C.) ' Sciences and Arts manifestations of Divine Attributes." 4. Miss Margaret Rankin, (Greensboro, N. C.) " Astronomy an aid to Devotion." C 5. Miss Margaret Monro, (Marion, ,S. C.) 6. Charlotte Eliphal Morgan, (EdgCworth. " The Harmony established by Infinite Wisdom. The pupils about to be separated from their beloved senior sisters, addressed them by 'one of their number in the most moving manner. I he farewell address by Miss Richmond to those out of Edgeworth,' Visitors, Citizens, the Church, the Pastors reached the sensibilities of all. Miss Rei3, in her parting address to those in Edgeworth," to Gov. Morehead,"" to" the pupils left, to Prof. Morgan, to Mrs. Morgan, and to her own classmates, lft no cord untouched, no heart without sympathy, no countenance without tears. The Diploma was bestowed on each with ap propriate intimation oi personal attainments, graie ful to parents and the admiration of merit A copy of the Bible was also placed in the hand of each graduate with a parental salutation. All closed with prayer by the principal. X The Rev. S. A. Stanfield, inbahalf of the ex aminers, expressed their lrgh gratification in all the exercises during the three d.irs. He( con gratulated the vupi!.ivho remained, and those who were to enter upon other-scenes ; he con- m . a .i v a . i gratulated me rounder, ana tne mncipai on the success which crowned their respective efforts. Then fair hands with -affectionate- hearts, plawd garlands of Flowers on sisters, long to be-J named snd loved in Fxlgeworth- - " -1 or writing for the public attention, as you will rT" --cover irom wnai is before you, but pro bably the reader can gather my ideas on the sub ject In order to come rioht nn tn th . !"f!rZ"rin? A Urt "n1er while the csm- FT? ""Kum on. not one word w.sKiidahonr1 me,coiuwachon of Ois Central Railroad but to there r 7,. r WS .X on lh People of this State to the amount of two millionTof dollars T I guess that if a man could have been found who was in favor of that project he would have had to have gone to Raleigh on his own hook and there been an idle spectator. There was expec-' ted a charter to be granted for a road from Dan--. vine to Charlotte, that .would be built without costing the State one cent and enable the west em counties to pay what they are liable to pa for the present Roads, which give to the city of Raleigh and Uie counties below such great ad vantages, which they did hot realize before the" construction of these roads, as a gentleman ia a public address stated in Raleigh lately. But the friend, of the Central Road say they have fell upon the right nlan to extricate the people from Uie pending danger that they were likely 4o fall iato. ' Well, when I can be made to believe that if a roan has one foot in the mud and in order to get ont clean he should put lhe other in, or when a man is on a tottering log over a creek to keep dry he should jump in, then I will, believe their assertion. I am much opposed to family jars and do not like to find fault of my neighbors, but in this particular I do not think there has been equal justice meted out to the counties north; souUi and west of Raleigh. If I should not be disappointed, which I hone I will ; Uie people inhabiting these parts of the State, which I have mentioned will pay their proportion of die eight hundred thousand dollars which we are bound to pay, for which we never have received and in my esiimaUon never will receive one cent in value lor what we may pay. But notwithstanding we are bound for Uie above sum of eight hundred thousand dollars and for what? For Uie citzens of Raleigh and a few ad joining counties. I see a number of our western members after getting to Raleigh and hearing speeches made there in favor of such a plan, and being puffed by the citizens of Raleigh and neighborhood, and cheered in the lobbies and . greeted by Uie friends of the scheme, became mesmerized, and forgot their electors who sent mem there and therefore went hastily into the measure without giving the people s chance in Uie matter. Now as stated before-it- was expected that a charter for a Road from Danville to Charlotte would be granted and that without the State pay one cent ; Uie stock would no doubt have been taken forthwith as in Virginia and South Caro lina, and in all probability tbe work would now ' have been going on, and when done would give -. aa- amvh'HnriJi Ike" iloJh'uini3fc, as tlie" Central Road would or could, do, that is .taking . Uie counties-collectivelyj-mnning a-linc-frbm north to south by Kaleigh, and all west of Ujat line, for it is known that the counties south of Fayetteville will not be benefitted bv the Central Road, and all above Fayetteville will not be ben- . e filed as much by the. Central Road as by the Danville Road. But the doctrine held out by Uie Raleigh clique is State pride. O yes, State pride. You must give nothing unless Uie citizens of Raleigh have all, or at least a large portion of Uie profits. I presume Uie people have not forgot what State pride done for. them i Building the State house. You know mat the estimate of the building was, if my memory serves me right, fifty thousand dollars, or at most seventy-five thousand ; Uie appropriation was made, and one appropriation after another has followed until we have paid a bout a miition of dollars and not 'finished yet "And is that all ?" No, see lately how the State Asylum sailed, almost all over Uie State, but there was no place that it could slight until it got to Raleigh there to set down quietly. Fellow cit izens do not be mistaken on Uie subject, although you see so much stated in tne papers about such great meetings ; and they have even lugged Geor gia into Uie scrape, but vou do not see much certain subscription, none in fact If the people were now called on to vote on that question, I have no doubt but a large majority would object to it until they see that they are released of the eight hundred thousand dollars ; and never will Uie people of North Carolina agree to be taxed three millions of dollars at any one time. Now. I profess to be a republican raised under Jeffer son, and a disciple of his measures. My motto is, free trade and sailors' rights. And if I can ben efit myself more by carrying my produce to Vir S'nia or South Carolina, do not hedge me up ; r I must ssy that both States have acted as friends towards lis, and that the last legislature did act ungenerously towards them for your project I believe will not succeed and you pre- vented those States from doing us much good The Lincoln Republican and Highland Mes senger will please give the foregoing a place in Kofi i iiniiNj'rjivfcrn mill jiajioiB. a nivuil 4 XIlk. ALAftlAKCE CLASSIC AL KIIOOU TUG SPRING EXAMINATION of this Institu tioD look place on Friday, the 4iu int.. ia the presence of a very respectable assemblage i of spec tators and to the entire tatisfaction of sll .present Buih the examination and the sneaking were highly- , creditable to the teachers and scholar ; and all tires-7 enl expressed themselves as much gratified with ibe ' whole of the exercises,. ' The next session will commence on TiosJj, tb 5th of June ; end we can coi.fiJeni!y lecun.wei il this ' Institution to the patronage of the publie. 1 he testis erand scholars, except tliose who live in the neigb-'-borhood, all board at lhe Same house ; the- instrw -Hon is lUrough; all possible cre is- taken of Uieir, morals.' Of the ability of the teacher wo can speak; Without hesitation ; and probably no preparatory ia- stitution in the country fiords more advantages fotl the intellectual and moral iiriproveme.it of youth. P ADAMS JW GII.MER R W GLENN DC STEWART n CD1CK F SHAW JMeLEAN: Msy,1849 TTTIANKI 6:3 Trusties. TURNPHCE TO THE VIRGINIA LINE. THE atteutkraci the public is called lothis "n portant work, and notice is hereby- riven Uj.t Books have been opened at the. y . ssy tor subscripUon of slock- A copy of tAs cha rer is open W tho examinntjonPf mho tajs "H us tK. ta Ths rout will be from ureensooro by w?53.c!r.: Ro,dN 8fmii boor's, sod Mt. A$.TjIJ1 ISSIONERS. r. 1 --. ;
The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, N.C.)
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June 2, 1849, edition 1
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