V
Is ...
3.
i Lan
prl.s ..- JrJuUtoUipIatHl In til M
;.. a-are ail lad to th work. th lock n-
z. J- :l
V ir,J 11 thm denlH f "tee iaereased fmia
hre to fir Unfjrtunu!y for th com
ianrovecjest, nor ori;iiall? contemplated, with
. , . i --f t.
tusalteient MM", lclin w ue suupwuu vi i-
wnmmansnreto or InsJutuato pin a.
Tk cost Mem!.; vriginal ntiuiate, is
not, therefore, tba raatilt of a emir in the csti
' luita; bol of 0 ItonJd nd onUr,rJ iwprove-
aaant, nut-embraced in the estimate. It wu,
' bwrcver. somewhat twotled by the itcra in llio
price of UW, in the interim between th asto
of the estimate and the commencement of the
work. ,
' The great nro rf revenue to the improve
' Bent, wi.l be ranportiilru of tr.ebilminwua
enal, eiMting, m ab.je stated, in tho valley of
Deep river. The analysis of Mveral distiiijruUli.
d chemists, proves tint coal to b uperior in
the production of g to tht of any coal in the
country. Two minee ere opened, only ooe bow-
' over ie in operation. 1 tin inarmed by the
agent, that the iron ore excavated in the proecm
of esininj?, will eever the cost of riieins the 1 ;
' it fa certainty a rare end nneiiur quality of ore.
The coal eon be delivered in Wilmington, in
eluding mining, toll, fuijfhUsd ehr-ee, nfford
1 ing s hatideoiu profit to all pirtiw, at fear dul
Jar per ton. '
' I am inrormml w exwnMve op?riiona win
be e!iHw'l i .. m tUo parll.ie' intended
io the or J &U1 ein be assured of the completion
of the Cape I'aar anJ Deep river improvement to
FayettcvilW.
- I M coafiJvnt that the income uf the
tnde alune, independent of other aovrcea of reve
nae, will Ue eoScient to cover the annual fi
pcnM of the work and iutcrmt on the capital,
crv aooo after, if not from the date of 0-t com
pletion of the work ; and there w'Jl be, for a loop
period, a e-Mitinoally ineroasing demand for 'thr
mrml. an well as an inoreasin revenue from other
aoareea.
J nave the honor to be, .
Voor Eieellnncv's very ih't. acrv't
WALTER OWVN.V,
(!ivil Knginecr.
SFKKCU OF Mil. 1'ICKETT,
Of Atuom, on the WUmUgto ami VlutrlvUe
Jfauruotl.
Ma. SptUKM : I do not riae for the purptaw
of making any great w lengthy aneech on this
oeeaaion. Nor will I trotiUu the Houae with any
lonj? array of fire,' f'ti or atatwtica. Those
aaattera I have left to. acy friend Ml. Mcarex
from Brnnawick, who haj devoted more time to
the eubjeet, and who ha more taste and talent
in that line than I claim to poeseM. Hut, air, 1
naa nowilliDjr ailently to keep my teat when the
fate of n Railroad ntewmre ao directly important
- (s this ia, not ooly to my conntitneuts, not only
to the people on our Southern border, but to the
people of North Carolina aud other Statea be
aidea, ia aooa to be decided. Thia work even
terminating at Rutberfordt-a ia admitted by all
" to be a great. State work ; but paa .:bia bit), ex
tend it to the Tenneee line, and it at once be
eomea work of national importance, and will
ting aa a natural eonsetiuencc the rich produc
tion of Eaat Tennasee, Kentucky, and the groat
yorth-weat, to the aide of our own then expand
eJ commercial marine. We shall then be the
earriera in thousand vewwla of our own rich
prodoetiona and the production of our aister
tatea. Wo shall then be sufficiently able to
ftevnieh other with the many and manifold nee
ftnrie and lazorie of Irfc. - We ehall then oe
fpy the pmitioa toward lierawhich we have
so long permitted them to occupy towards na.-r-At
every point on this liue it ja nearer to Wil
anineton than it is to Charlcton orany other
town on' the eeaboard. At Wadosborouh the
eUflenoee ia forty aiUe ; at Charlotu it ia fifty ;
anal even at MorrutowM, in Kast Teoneaace, it i
one hundred mile nearer to Wiluiington than it
ia to Charleston. Th diitanee ia our favor, with
one oontinuua Ene, with-mt the break of fpuj:e i
or bulk, prt J an advantage that will defy ail
a petition. The advantages to be (Jen red by
ny eooatitneoU are very great, although oar
eoart hotwe at Wadeaboro' ia but twenty-five
. miles froa Cberaw, Sooth Carolina. We makr
euttoa, and bet little else. It costs ns ooe dullar
to take a balo from our farms to Cberaw, and
from thence it must pay its way to Charleston.
Thia seme dollar we pay to the warouer will take
' a bale to the veaael'e aide at Wiluiiiirton, savin?
to the county t,f Aason on thia ooe item the soiu
of $20,000 annually. On our iron, our stilt, and
tba other articles naed amengst ua, the saving
will be aa greet or even greater tliao that on cot
ton. Uy etiaVkoce of freight we shall save at
the kaat eatcuUuoD .VJ,(X0 a year in that coun
ty. This sum ia pent on South Carolina io
conveying to and from aa the articles we bay and
aelr abroad. It ia spent aiineceasarily, ia fact it
ia thrown entirely away as it would be saved were:
thia road built. Even as to pork which U now !
driven on foot from Te.oneeeee, if the aame were
trsniportd by rail road, the saving to my eoauty
wonld be annually from fire to six thousand dol
lars. Vfp bay MlQ hogs ansuajlr from Tennes
see, and saving at leat Won Id be made of one
dollar per head by rail road transportation. " '
The construction of this road will serve to
build np our villages, eburehes, erllegee snd
academias, and at ttie same time develope the
past agricultural, mineral and mechanical re
aonrcea of the State. Look at Lincoln county,
aee what she ia aw, and what may aha not be
come if stimulated by the sid of facilities. She
"and thseowoues i nronnd her are pre-eminently
fitted tor the industrial f rta. Then there are in
that eoaoty 20 ioa ektablishments engaged in
the saanafaeure of thia metal in all its various
forms, 10 cotton facUiny, 3 wool mills, t paper
sttilU, and 3 steam titffieriee, and a narober of
flouriog mills of bih character; -a steam vngiue
and machine factory, aud variety of other me
chanieal eaUblUhmenU, all tending to eatabliah j
the fact that here is the perm of future greatness
if they receive proper otmrtreii)Cut in a proper
wav. It aflids the belief that th cotton of my
eonn'T will first find lu way . to tba pen i us and I
water newer of tba Was, and then return to the '
eabourd to b bipped in a mora valuUe form to j
lU various niarketa-of the world. 6ir, on tbr
tin of tii is road the people ar uneroua, Iibeml
nd intelligent. They ra not aarfs or slaveal
Dor ar they fitted tor ao bumble a poiuo. jok
at oar eollea, institute and eadwus of tii
kiffiuaat order. Yt what poaiiion dp they oees-
. .... . ..j.u.it: ' i !
p, j w ttt lawui no "'y.'Tr'"
taea who drink mora whisky thn knwW
d who wear mora bra, on their bra.- and
Uak than bra,- and re-on w tbe,r bend Can
liuw much Joucer shall Kip Van W luklaery " a
tittl Bor deep and a liui mora alnmber.
Th eoautie along the line of thia Uoad and even
those above, bar always bean tributary to Month
I'aryliaat and she, to bind us as ah hoped in
swMtMsl hondaa. has built six roads to our
fc.wtb.re ttder, aad ia now working oijrht and
aUa in rat thmiuA oar Wet at Hsbn lisp to
tak from n what ou.t to ba aud what must It I
r ..aai J S .!
Mir4a tra4 of at fa ana romwtj '
sUitk IVsoiiaa ia kutod to export anniully elevca
pUlas of dollar of prodttoe,: onk CrcJia
i . j: i r..li.. nuilita iiiilit'ioiui chance
ysny, wry ' "w - -r - . - r
inAh plan uf ihuir iiuprvvment, with eorre.
, 'ponding climates s th error eotsojituJ ha be
.ki ui.n.nl in i.rr nut a rresl and imnortatit
JoneeUjply half a tuilfion. How much of ler exports
dues aha derive from our Mate can wen be inv
iriocd when I assert aa an ondisputublc fact, that
Anson eountr alone sends her 20,000 bl of
o-rftou annually, worth at least 19(10,000 at pre
aent Driccs. f till. air. South Carolina ridicule
our citiaena, sneers si oar S tote, aud calU at no
worthy of freemen. When bir citiaena go abroad
thev aar thev are from Caruiitia, aa much aa to
say they never beard of, and knew nothing of
Aorta Carolina. 1 bey will not take ZVortit laro-
liaa nioncv in that DUtc. We turoma Inem
flour to cat and if we so there and eat it our
aelvos, the billa of our best baoki will not pa,
for the breakfast. I am for culling the tin that
binds sa to this arrogant matter. 200,000.North
Carolinians desire, yea demand to be released
from thia thr ilJoiu, and we call upon the sove
reign power of the good Old nrtb Slate to throw
the niaolle of her protection around ua, to help
ua at least Jo rid ourselves of the tyranny that
l ulee our destiny. '
Now we are required to jielj submissively to
tho lawi of -North (. nrolins, but all our intereata
a)Ki in connection with Charleston, our eyes are
bent etsmally there. - Ahhongh for one, and I
rpvak for many, I desire to aee a Chinese wall
between the rtaUn of ortb and south Carolina,
a that when Gabriel plants one foot on land and
the other on noa to wake up thesinful living and
the mighty dead, we may not be pained to hear
south Carolina any, tiabrtel, tlioa art unsound on
the slnvery question and refuse to be judged.
Mr, Speaker, (he construction of this rowd will
very effeetnally build thia wall. We are nearer
to Wilmington time Charleston, and amuld gladly
have oar ioterexta there .could wo do so, liut we
are too feeble of ouraelvee and none but th
strong arm of the Sovereign State can bring as
relief, tfhe can t refuse It. Uur Woe turn bretn
ren and we the whole 200,000 of us rejucst to
be annexed to North Carolina, annexed not by
tteographieul lines as we now are, but in fact, in
interest, 1a spirit, ia body and soul. Aa some
parwiuioni.ius deruagngae says no, it will take our
dollars. What air. ia it question of dollors !
base soul is so narrow that Ms generous patn
data ia limited to the threshold ot the Treasurr
That will do for the Jew whine soul uenwrappod
in his dollars, and who for :he silver could even
sell h'u Savioor. But I trust the true sons of
North Carolina will never count the silver that
is neceaMrr to deliver 200,000 brethren from
their miserable and bitter thralJoui. Sh.ll this
bill fuil with sjch claims from so large portion
of our people f With what face eaa you ask
them to increase their taxes and take upon them
el res heavier burdens to support North Carolina
interests snt North Carolina works? They are
left to the Under mercy of South Uaroliua, and
hare their interests identified with hers. In such
case may you not expect to bear -the just murmurs
of the yon spun when dispensing your bless
ings f Can you expect them cheerfully or pati
ently, or even at all to co-operate witb you in
your s. hemes, or vour plana to elovate or even
maintain the character of the State f Sir, paaa
this bill and make ua one people, we shall then
be a strong and mighty people; bow often and
repeatedly have we heard of oir State divisions
of hast snd West with bickerings and dissen
sions ! Vet here on this bill fjr the first time in
the tiViiry of oar legislation do we see tho East
and Wed stoiiding side bv side pressing a pro
ject for their mutual benefit. I J ere 3 the first
u-ssure ever proposed in which the hardy moun
taineer is perfectly enlisted in bis "own' behalf,
whilst the son of the ocean for his own interest
strives with him in sccomplishing their mutual
hopes, their common purposes. Sir, is it not s
great day for North Carolina, that at last one
project haa been devised, which stu's the jarring
cry of East and West and brings ns all together.
In conclusion I invoke the aid of trust-worthy
public aervanU topsa this bill accomplish this
work, and henceforth sectional prejudices sod
State divisions will be bushed iu silenoe. We
shall then be a happy, a united people, vicing
with each other in all that a good, honorahli
and beneficent
THE Si .ME D1NNEK
We copy the following, account of the compli
mentary dinner to John W. Sytue, rq , lioiu
the Fetersburg Express of yesterday :
If ever there was sn 'occasion ' fraught, with
more pleasure, geniality and interest with more
of that thrilling sympathy which excites the
sweet and mimical chords of friendship to the
acme of all harmony to which human feelings
can be 'niado accordant than the ovation to
eur worthy and respected friend, John W. Syme,
we do eiucerely aver that it could have ooly
occurred among the e!aic deities of vore. Over
their atubnial cups, still our imagination fails
to eonceive a feptival more brilliant, or more in
teiuely enjoyed. The totelaty deities of the
State were there -the gods whose rule sways,
or at leat carries with it, the acquiescence of the
mind of party; those who shine, as bright stars
in the- political henii.'phere; and those whose
radiance ia the light of society and .literature
all, were there. And' these were assembled tc do
honor, to Syme, and honor worthy indeed to that
noble champion of the interests of old 1'etersburg,
and . for that 'which he deemed right for ur
whole country." ;' .
Among the gentlemen of prominence whom
we bad the pleasure of greeting, bearing and
cheering at tb festival last night, ' were oures
tefmed contemporaiies, John It. Thompson, of
the Southern Literary Messenger, Ridgeway of
the Kicbmotid Whig, and A. li. Cuigon, of the
Law Journal. The sum total' of I he Petersburg
Juiitoral Uori were present and did honor to
themselves, the eompany and the occasion, if we,
as an impartial reporter, may be allowed tospeak
ourseotimiita.
-ThTTaTT
wer ''ably manned, and able
commanders were stationed to do the honors;
Tboa. Wallace, Kq , President, C'apt. Panoill,
ss Vice; Sir. A Kevao and lr. J. 11. daiboroe
having command of the -opposite extremities of
the two heavily laden -and most tastefully and
choicely arranged Ubles.
Mr. Wallace, noon the removal of the cloth,
made s most appropriate address, in allusion to
the subject of it compliment; which was elo
quently and feelingly replied to by Mr. Kyme.
After this, Mr. Judgeway made a speech, tolktw-
eo py Jonn iBompsoo, tusq., oma or wnom
were wsrmly spplsaded. Among other speakers
wre Cbambliss, ofOreensvilie, Mr. Omm",
f Richmond, Mr.. J. Alfraal Jones, and tho
Kditorial eorpa of retersbarg.".
Goou.-W notice that a resolution bat been
adopted, by tbe Commons, empowering th i'jirit
select committee on in Tape Fear and Loep
y.jvr Uompany to send tor person and papers,
,nd examine witoeaKe. apoo oath. Good 1 . Let
,rcbingiBvJstiiioo into tiMsaffair.
& . rf
demlad ifc tb
if aor. msv rest where it tn,ixrls bolomrs.
- - . ' i . j ry
UMVEKSlTx- OK AOKTII fAROIJXA.
We teara ttat at th late neetiag of the
Board of Trasteas, held la this City, the follow-
lugsppoimmeniai werw niaae;
pr Mt. Jobs Kjaiberly, feswiir T Agrfcultural
Cbemistrr.
Mr. II. II. 8mitb. Professor of Modern Lao-
- ' . .
pjajes.
Mr. Samuel 8. Jackson aad Mr. Peter E.
Ppraill, Twtor. Jlal. Standard,
. ' From the ysltolna 6
FUOM OCU COHRESrONDENT.
, .ltAUiomJan'y 17.
Jhf) firat thing rpon the House cnlcndnr
to-day was a resolution intniduced by Mr.
Reeve to rxpange from tlie record the
"Mexicnn Preamiile-" sThi. absurd and
tinprecetlented prorHtsiiion o defended by
Drrnocrnl who lav some claim to talent
and Rood sense. Much wit and bitterness
ai displayed. TIm House rem at nod in
continuous session until T o'clock, when the
resolution pnssed ill ?d find 3J rending.-
The discussion went over a large liclJ, po
ing back to the political question in 1816
many able speeches were delivered. I wat
pnrticularly pleased With those of Messr.
Outlaw, Ferehee and Cald el!. The Hour
did Bothing else, having watted the whole
session upon this foolish piece of business.
Yesterday the House wan i-ngiiced Trom
half past 1 1 o'clock on the bill Io amend the
charier of the Fayetteville aud Coal Fields
Road. , Mr. Shepherd left the chair, and in
troduced aevcral amendments. , One of
which allow the road to increase iu capi
tal stock hereafter, but for. the present
make ii terminus at the Coal Fields
Another givr the Slate" the privilege to
come io as toclholder before the term of
10 years. ' '
Mr. Shepherd advor-ntej tlie inter f
the rond wi;h much iibilitv. II
lind no objection to loih' lliver
merit and Railroad being built, but it' one t
the other wae to uirer now be thought it
should be th River, a Col.Gwynn' Report
aid It would Uke IJ20:),000 to fit it up
permanently, while the Railroad only asked
a tr&nsfernient of bond to the amount of
$000,000. lie spoke of the pre I interests
which the state had involved m the tfevel
opmrntofthe coal mines, and said with
truth that the whole financial ytm of the
otate bad an interest in the building of thi
road and the opening of our rast mineral
resource. lit? spoke of the good ctiect it
Would hare anon our banks nnd thngener
al credit of the Slate. It was my intention
to have reported hi remark more fully
but I have not time or t pace.
Mr. L-otten Kke agjinsl the road in h
peculiar way. lie said he slwuld vote for
it, but it would not be Gotten" voting for
the bill but it would be hi constituents,
having received a pe itiou in its favor icD
hi by over 800 name. lie said the Demo
cratic party wn the original and real in
ternal improvement niirty, but that the
Wbitr party vs l'u- one which hud run the
S ate.in debt. Metu ; Action of thia Lei
islature look like it.) ;
Mr. rerelee spoke in reply to some m
lusions of Mr. Cotten, and took occasion to
express bm opinion ujion the Railroiid arid
Hirer improvement, lie preferred the lal
ter.
Mr. Humidirey moved to strike1 out all
afar the enacting clause, and insert hi
bill to incortMrato the ueautort, fayelte-
ille di Coal t lelds Kaiload.
Mr, Mean delivered a abort speech io
favor of the bill. "
Mr. Shepherd occupied the lime until the
House took a recess. He drew a compari
son between past expenenee la the trans
portation of coal upon slack wa'er naviia
tion and by railroads, which was much in
favor of Hie latter. He was opposed lo Air.
Humphrey's " amendment, ; - because las
ihouulit it would defeat the bill.
The House took a recess until 3 o clock.
when the d.cnssion on the bill was resum
ed. The vote was taken late in the after-
nron, and stood : yea 53, nays 57. So the
bill was rejected.
I lie toenate, yesteruav, was engaged al
most o!ely on the Revenue bill, which they
finished lute in the sAernoon. A largr
number of amendment! were made to it.
In the btfiiate, to-day, tbe bill to incor
porate the Yadkin Manufacturing Compa
ny, and a resolution in favor of Alexander
Johnson; of Cumberland, passed their 2J
and 3d readings.
Tlie Senate then went into committee of
the whole, on the b II to amend the charter
of the W. N. C. Railroad. Mr.. Avery ad
dressed the Senate iiima it merits. In the
afternoon, a discussion sprang up upon what
constitutes a private bill, which continued
for a short time. The Senate soon adjourn
ed, holding but a short session.
From the Standard w copy tii It luwioj report of
tk Finance Committc apoa rrportiuj thr sew KrTf
au Bill. We would lay it before oar reader only
for It krafttk :- . . , .
A .BILL
T mmemj tkt 99M Ckayier if lit United Codt, tntitUi
iUctnut. w..
. aaroar.
The aomailtte ef Finance have had ander eoaaide.
ration tbe Tarioaa subjects ia relation to tk pablic
rtTtMt, and likewia tbe laUrnal improvemeat policy
sf the State, so fat as tbe sao relate to, and ia con
nected with, tb pabli trcaaary. U
To a fall nadrUading ot tkw toaaieal aoBditioa.cf
th 8ute, th cemmlttee ksv tboaght it mast sdviaa-
WeJ0Bregt..Wjrits of tba paHa
4bt, with tb aaaonat sseesaary to aet lb aceruieg
inUrut Uwron for th axt t yaars. - ' -
T tkat and we lay before yoa thai. pnrOM at tb
treaaartr'a report bearing apen tk subjject, Witk Sack
r marks sad aBrntioBi s wem appropriate t th
iaipdrtaao of U qoettioas ander eoaaidanliofc I N
Tbaatetedabt, as show i
- by tb report referred
to, ia
UUd disbursement
for tb year 1 107,
Ellin. ted diebarrewente
for 186,
$5,2!M121S.40
77,002,!3
.f928,006.M
EsUmated recetpw for '67, )287,676.4&
Eatinotoi reseiuta for '68, 0Z,1(.M
-$790,08879
68,237.47
74,C79.M
SbowiB. a dtScit for 1857 of : ,
, " IMS of
total daftcU Cor th avil tw rni $U7 ,017.0
Tb eommitte cannot well aatieipat tb kappcav
&f of any vet that will materially street th sbevs
atimita ; but in order to provid tk dxtcU wklck
wiH kappea fca 1M7 aad 168, aa shewn by tk ntk
mala aforesaid ; aad likewise t provid for sack
other demand aa Buy fca mad npo tk treasury,
and aara barmleW tb fallk aad eradit of tbe Sft,
do sot besitai to reeovatead aa htcreasa ef tb publi
tana.
Tb qaaatloa axeeasarily praaeat Itaelf, sa to tk
beat aud af cqaaHilof tk Bordn sf gvraaMntf
a aa t br fairly aad Jasily spoa all its cltiuaa.
t Tk eommitt ar tuftj, apprtaad that tber 1 a
grtU dlrsrslty of optnioa apoa this aoh, sad kavs
ndsarortd, a far aa praetieaht, t rnl tb
dlvar pialon la tb bill propuaed.
Ia tb wtiatates pttpod, it U bUv4 tk4 is-
sres sf revsnae wUl b raalUad ef sa annaWt
thoaaaad dollars, which addition) ana) would place
Ik treasury ia saay s'reaaMlansss, and Bleat prompt-
If any abllgatlsa likalj U fall pa tba traasury witb
in the atxl tea years. ,
Wlia (bis parpos la vlaw w propeee ts ioervaaa
ah land and noil tax twaa;-r fr asst., snd all
the sthar snbjtels sf tauUua now satbraesd ia tLs
revcaaa law a like laarsase of twsnty-lvs par stnt
ad apward. Vs ars net aaata4rul of the hot that
there ia aoaae aaeartaliity ia eaj kails at aaletiUUon
tkatsaa be aiada, wk4 rsstlag npa aaolia(saslaa
tkat aaanot k forsasea, but th asUssata, of tkat
aharaeter are saaJl ia amount.
: Tk UJ and palls ara the ooty eariala tad reliable
aearas ef raiaiog ravsaa Mriktas, it weald be
sianlff atly anjoit to rely entirely upon tkat aonrea
WsaJtb, la every varltty of form, akaald awds to
kaar its imtle ia the sneral sharp snd axpeaditure
sf foraraaient. .
Ths bid which aeoonfaalts tkla rvpart fropaats U
rajas the ta aa Uad from twelve ta tfteea seats a
tba kandred dollars valas likewise to increase th
all tax tnm forty to Ifty csnts ; these ts sabjessa
aloM will raise aa addittoaal saw ef flftjr-aet tlion-
aaod Iva haadrad aad Mtanly-algbt dollars.
A further lacrease en money at later, dividmde
and prttU ot four etuis', iaataad ef tbr, aa new pro
vide!, weald raU sen ssvaaUaa Iboosaad dollars,
aad It la bllv4 tkat if proper ali4aot ald be
ehtainad f dtvidVads snd prolta a very eaaatderabl
additionat aaMunt would b ebtalaad ia tkat way.
Im4 a farthtr raereaae M capita! ia eureka adi a ta
on V third f per rat. Instead f sns fcartk sf aae
a i j"-r MM. vaxtM rata i
aud a IlkaTaUa af lasraaa oa all thr avhjeeta af
tasatioa wovld uwraas Ike revena eajaal U, If Bi
oaaldarably vr, an haadrad tkaasd dollar.
It wUl b preld that ia tk abwra astlasats a
meattoa ia aaad af dlvideads arialng from wrks of
iotaraal Improvrawal, whll it I kolioTtd aar publU
work ar in a healthy aad sovad eeadiUon, anal mass,
in a akert Urn, b in a tltaatioa ta daUr oawidtw
hi diet. lewd. 8 til, noa their vary nature, tky ar
uljwt to sa assay aaaaaltiaa, aad their divideode a
flacUatlng it woald k maek aafrr ta transfer their
ineosa ta a slaking foad, to meet tb prineipal of tb
pabli debt aa U foil da. Tb treasury weald tbea
rely apoa tk Uad and poll ass. aaraey at Interest,
dividead and profit, BMrrkaat'a tax, k., aa a save,
toady and reliable food t aaeet tka 8tat'l 1'iabiIiUea.
Th book and vowekera la tka eosipt roller's lu
are la ara ot axaauuatioa, and a ill he reported aa
aa aeon aa (numtd.
Tk committee take pleamr ia aayief , tkat tb da.
tie in tk (Bo of tk pabli traaaary, wklck af late
kav become very laborious sad reepoo stole, hare been
dieehargtd by Mr. Conrta ia a manner that eatitl
kirn to mack credit for tb eomaaemlabl leal display
d ia prewerrinf tb faith aad rdit of th State. '
If tk bill reported by tk con Mitt b adopted
there eaa aeareely b a raaonabl doabt of realising
therefrom at Mat t a half million of dollars as a per-
ataacat soars ef revese ; a ram amplv safSeieot to
it all demands likely t fat apoa th tresaary, aad
teav a large amoant byway af dirldeada from oar
pahlie workr, to b applied aa the wisdom of the' Leg !
i i . j... t. i
ui. i u rv mnj urii mi .
AU which la respectfully submitted,'
GEO. D. 150 Y D; CWw
DEBATE ON MEXICAN PREAMBLE RESOL17
TIOS.
Tk hut.BUadard oa talus a notie af tk debate
epn Mr. reeelntio to xpaag tnm th re
cord tliat famoa Uexieaa Preamble. It was Car In
tention to save pablUatd thia whole debet aaj com
mealed a it, bat oar pae weald sot allow It, asd
wa kav I defer it antU oar next. Tb Stiadard'a
remark ar aut a foir rpmnatioa of tka. Mr
FereTwa, iaitaad of eomlag of seeond beat, got mack
the b-'.ter of kis opponeota 'apon every point vhi
wa dincaaaed. lie further ekalleaged aay member en
tlx oppoalt aide of. tb Hone to meat bin aad Io
fairly aod openly Jireaaa th meriU ef th question
5o on aeerpteti this challenge f Doa thia hwk like
he wa (raaquLihed ? Throagbont tba whet diaeas
i, tb minority, though small ia aeatbers, proved
itself ttronc ia mind. W kava wilaaaaed saaav a
diseuMion, aad we kav yet to ar en is wkiek a
mar signal vitfciry waa obtained than that ia which
tba American of th Legislature triuapbad a Thurs
day. Tb diseaaeiua wa a trlamph af miad
aw Iter, tk vol a triompk of matter aver mind.
Ths Standard attempts to ridirala air. Uaaa forts
error f bis. With Try fair dealing man tkla mi
rpralatioa will b of a aeail. W need ealy say
that il wa aa accident oa Mr. Uaaa pail, which he
did cot notio anul the roll was being called, to cf
rect tb error. II afterward ratradncad a reeola
tioa apen which tb fatlemu from EJgecomb com-
rated. ;J
Did lima parmit, w shoeld lik to point eat Ik
ridiealoa kambaat wbieb prevail throagbont the ar
ticle, bat w will etoeCwilh one idea, which seggeats
lUelf to ear miad. Tka eipcnx of the loiute f
Cemmons, per day, is at leant $fr0. Jojt caaetiy
tkat aaoaat has ben thrown awaj by the iutrodue
tiua of th resolution. Ample opnertouitua wen af
forded to th Democrat to atop-th debate and pro
ceed to tbe baaine of tk day by btyiag n tb tabl
r indefinitely postponing,' but tbey refased tu do it
Tb dio.ion continued, and State baaiaaa wa a-
glectrd. Th rcaolotioa paseed, snd what does it
amount to ? A mers sothing, aa abstraetioa for which
th people generally ear not whit. Thisssooey wa
ipeaded aad tb evasion prolonged probably several
days, and for what? To gratify th whim af a Demo
crat r tb vanity of th Jtemotratie party. . Th
Democratic party were almost aaaaiatu araa tba
qaeetion, whether thia is to ba attributed to Uelr
having aaaad apoa it, r that they ackaowbwlga i t,
Bcveaa tk Drmoerati Ueder in tb Hob, We
aw not, bat kappvs th latter, aa they stonily da-.
ay tk former.- Malagk Mtgifr.
Ikteexal IvrsovEME.tTa hj reference to
tbe proceedtnj ef tbe House of Commons, it
will be seen that several railroad and other In-
toraal linproveuient bill have been before that
body, l be amended charter ol the ilming
toa and Hutberfurd road passed by tbe catting
rote ot toe Bpeaker, snd tbe V esters railroad
was ruieeted by a lari majority. The bill to
charter tbe Trent Kiver and Tuckaho Naviga
tioa Company wa m rcieeted by a bree ma-
iunty. 1 be people ol tbw Mate were told las
summer tbat Uie uemocrauo party waa tbe great
Internal Improvement party.-: woe this action
kiok a if it jvss aof Tb Fayetteville and Coal
Field road ia (till pending before, in. Iloooe.
nd will probal meet with iu fate to-day. We
opine tbat tbe judicioa system," so mncfa talk-
about lot suoiruer, mean a just bol system
at all. ' .i -v:--.
Sine tb above wa written, the Fsyatteville
and Coal Field road baa been rejected by yeas
63, .says 57. Raltiyk Rtyutrr. - ,
Pkkosal. KEriECTiQKS. Sferne hold'
tbat there is no such thing as at impartial
representation. ' A looking gla., he y,
one niiirht be apt to imagine, is an excep-
rtion to thi rule; and jet we never aee our
faces justly in .one. It give us nothing,
after alt, put the translations of them. A
mirror, jn point of fact, reverses our fra
tures, and presents our left band for our
Tight. This is adduced byr our author a a
fit emblem of all personal reflections.
There is much; true philosophy in the ill us.
.. . 6LTIIEME C0LHT. , ,
The followivir opinion have bfn tie
livered la the Supreme Court; f ;
Ilv rAko, J. Isj Freeman Brirger,
frotn Uertie, awarding a aeair d moea.
Also, jn Faikuer v. fcitieator, ia equity from
Anson, sflirmiiig the order. - '
- Also, in Fairly w. Trie!, in equity from
Richmond, overruling the demurrer. AIo,
in bhaw y. Moore from Currituck, affirm
ing the judgment,
uy Battle, J. In Brown in equity from
New Hanover, declaring that the slave
belong to testator next of kin. Also, in
Doe ex deui, Freeman v. llerrin, from
S.'anly, alBrminjX Uie judgement. Also, in
Underwood ,y. McLaurin from Cumber
land, affirming the judgement. Als in
State v. McDonald, from llladi-p, declaring
that there i no error.
Dy Nash, C. J. In Stevenson Vr Bim
mons. from Beaufort, adirming the judg
ment. Also, in Brown v. Hodge, from
Beaufort, in equity, declaring there i error,
io the order pealed from. Alms in the
State v. Rachael fiom Cumberland, dirrect
ing a venire de novo.
By Pbabsom, J. Io Mann v. Taylor,
from Stanly, directing a venire de ntjv'a
Also, In Codeld r. McLean, from Cumber
land, affnnjing the judgment, Also, in
Miller v. Cherry, io Equity, from Bertie.
By Battul, J. In Stale), v. Bond, from
Chowan, decjariog that tttere i no error.
Also, in Stale V. Burk, from Chowaii, dec
I ring there is no error. Also, in Cousin
r. VVgJI, io fJqaitv, from Beaufort AUo,
in Peterson r.'Mathia, in Fruity, from
Sampson, declaring that there is do error
in the order appealed from. ; '
Crrr Election. At the municipal elec
tion, held here on Monday last. Wm. Dallas
Haywood was re-elected Mayor, and all
the members of the old Board, witb one ex
ception, were re-elected. Hal, Standard.
Pbesident Pisart Gotwu to Visit thi
SotJTsj. The Richmond Enquirer states
that it is probable that President Pierce
will, al the close of hi administration, make
a tour of the Southern States '
From tb Ubservwr. .
W kav bad fossa arioslty t co wiper tk lata
ftrpart an tb Cap Fear and Deep River Improve
ment, aaad by Cut Gwyaa, witk tkat eaede y Cat.
Taoiapnoa in 1S48, aad w glv u reeall af ar ax-
aiainalioa, leaiiag It witk lb frWade af tbat Work ta
reconcile ike aoiaictlng sUUsaeal w Bad. .
CdThompson in hi report says, " After a oareful
laretirUua ef aJ tk expeaae neceieary to aoaoat
pliah this work apoa Mr ftmn rtifwil, Uu ilimt ft
mtotk ar presented ia a separata aheet, I gad It
amoant I (iaeladiag ten pet cent, for ntiBgnelee)
1185,000." Ia U preoedUs part of th report, Col.
Taoppaoa had glvea tk pin af im ; r. return! eoa
tamplated, Iht aaaaW mf tkt Jemt, their kagtfc, kaigkt
aad loeataaaWAs numb ikt far neoeeeary, their
capacity aad lift. Aad remarked, tkt' W
Mr of thi iarprevtaieirt hi admtrahly adapted to tk
river."
Tk number ef tk rack and dam foaad ky Cat.
Gwyna ia ki reeent exploratioa, doe sat materially
differ from th aaaiber anggeeied by Tbrmpaon la
1848. Thompson eadmated for ttyktet leek aad
tmmly daaea Gwyaa ascertained mere were aou'em
dams and twtnif-tw locks soft oa Uie two river. Nor
haa tk (harweVr f tba loeka sad dam bees amtef
riajly ohaaged a eUled by Cut. Gwyaa j for tk pUm
of tkem, a originally atawmpMlad, aw tUtrrJ,
aalil long after th esptitar of Baar Una donki
th (am Brat Uauled ts b their east, a. W ar
tliendW at a loss to aadcnUad Col. Gwyaa wkeak
s,ya tlial '' the Company adaptod tbeir improwmeat
to thia groat aad seawleof ttttma af Irmngt, " Tk
plaa of alai Ibreagb lb folia aad tb adaptation
af th aataral ponds, rairt rarer? frvy m tit tit
aaf eVnoa, trew tbtnJtnrJ. Kiss nans d tecs sot
toKlrmpitleJ ia littimtltt, wssa aanaa to tb works,
lit btkt tnlt'fri, ami tka depth ef water larreaaod
from thr to lr font.". Wj wUk tka Colonel kad
mentioaed, a a ftiiKut rtftti of tk present condi
tion ef tbe work," wker aay change were aaad by
tb Company for adapting Ibeir imprerrmeat Io say
mmnpttud emtio f Immv, not Outrmplated by
Thompma ia 1848, aad had naaed lb wae ara- Jutu
tad fovea, aad their loeatioa. CVsa Vrtri feck ad
afaaa, w know, waa a new work nut originally design
ed, for w well rmmbr, that ia bis celebrated re
port Tkcmpson naid, " from th tuck In this laat dam
at Jones' Falls, Ikt htmlt nil fotl into a in aarira-
tioa fo Faycttevill, IS mile j'-' but alaa I w bate
seen that thia txpectation of Col. Thompson was eot
realised, aom In r Itrtln ft foil ia lb tram be
tween Jones's and th month of Cm Crack, later
pewtd a barrier which aoold only b overcome by tb
raetien of an additional lock rJ dam at thia latter
point aa efoas aad fork f caarr which ct,
Stated by th Trassarer f the Compnay in hi report
eommaoicated t tk present legislator, $W,174 70.
(8m staasment-C.)-- .,.,. .
Sat tb "BBeipeeted aeeeasioa of toaag," sb rl
wa it to om frem? Col. Tkempean, in ki report,
referred to "the k ighly prodactiv Uad of th Cap
Fear aad Deep Hirers throogboat Ikt wkoU trtml f
Ibi proposed iaprvmnt," asd eipreiily said,
"liar mrfUtt avvoacrirm roulA it dijftuhttntmtift.'!
He referred also to Ik bitaminoa eoal drpoait wkiik
ezteaii en both side ef Dorp Kiver, aad locate on
et eoal boeia. Jt. mentioned toe, tba lading of
Hrmttiu irea ere, of ttaf atoxaaii kfocA IrtJ, aod
aa if these tooMMag devclopmeau war aotsaffUwat
to areas th friends f thia improve went, tu Cotanel
refer, them to the valley af the Vadkia, "rich in
every variety 'of agricaltaral wealth,'1 which at a
trifling coat, might be "fowarsrs' upon Drrp Bhtr,"
and go to swell the tonnsge, snd add to tb ralo of
that laiprovmBt. Th (aeetioa may be aakad, did
CL Gwyaa know of all thia? Now the Cetoa! eaa
better answer for kimlf. Anneied to Col. Tkoaip.
eon's report In 8t8 ee Ugialstiv docameaU, a
tb ltitb pg of Uoaa f Commoa docamest' K. 17
i th followiiig significant eadonement of that report
oy yal Qwyaai "I bar earefally examiBcd tba
note aud ealanlation apoa wblek tb above eatimatia
ef lb cost of th Improvement ofth Cap Fear aad
Deep Hirer Wtf Wads, and hare ao doubt that It it
full aad ample, witb good BUUMrsmeat; nader th
irectioa of a competent engineer, far tit trtovtviuk.
wtf'l if lit objrtlt ttmttmplaltd, tiul J wily eimtmr r
alt tht rim tnd dtiictyoat canlamtd m tit alvtt tt-
part," '. ...
W kav show that tb aaoiher of locks sad' danu
is about th earns waa originally Bggted by Col,
Thompson. We kav shown that Tbompsoa, la ki
report, contemplated Ui traiuporUlion all tit
afiitaltural wealth of lb apper Cape Fear aad Us
tribntari, and area of th l'adkl i beyond them.
aad af tb oal, iroa, soap Hon aad black Wad ea
Deep River, Aad wa now desire to kaow ef Col,
Gwyaa where tlii "great and aoetpectod orm a
toanag," to accommodate which, tba plea af
laic tkroagh tb folia, aad tka areettoa of Ma nam
damt and bet i mot taairmpiahd ia tb estimate of
Tbompwa, ia to eoma from?
Tkaarigiaal aetimaU at Cat. Thmpoa, foe cam.
ptcrlng th rarn-i tat an th Cap Fr and Peep
suvare, was siaaca a low agar, to wit IIM.OOO, tt
ry.ia ardcr to iaapir soasdeae ia th
lfUktajw at IB48, tbat soma glaMr, bettor kawwa
ti k, sioul.1 aisnr iWWy tUt tUpltn!
stimatm f Taeamaoa war right, and tb view sad
deduction Mntohsad k ki report were reliable.-!-Ileac
tb aadorermeat aaad by kit old filrad, Cel.
Gwyna. Thampoua, ht aeeeaa, sroat (V latradactory
remark la kU lapert, mat iaaaprd if Ottfaa la mat '
tka MO-vry. It Woald bar bee aaiimd aot to kaTr
doraad aay sUteeaeat Thoaapaoa waa 14 bar asad ta
lb lrmle. A great atan U NurU Carolina ae
aid, " Il la to eommoa for arkltcta aad wVerrl
act apoa Ik principle tbat tb people bat aot la ba
tofnrmed al jinl at all th a moan af txpeese, sad all
tba dtfficnlu of a pablla aadartaking, test thry be
aVterrad ky aa apprakraaion tkat tbey ara msr
moaaUble. Sack men toll a tkat It la best, If peasi
bla, to eihiblt aalcalarlcn someabal lees ka tb re
eall than may b rejolit, tkatth people, being nc
indaaad to KmaitN aad aoatinna till tb Wrk I
tw-tkird ar tkree-foartb advanced towardi It a
amplihmt, they may t nader tb sacswrity ef
aappiyiagtb rest, that wkat kaa ba already ex
pended may aal b wkolly lost;" aad ka added, " Ibi
differ llitls, if anyulag, frem abaolate kaarery."
B' woald awl apply sack karak Uagaag t eiiker at
th Colonels bat it don srna, that blam ikonld real
apoa as aa for Ike aystom adopted, hs making Its
vary low ttliatalt, to Indue th Btsto ta go lot Ike
arkeat, aad now calling for estraordlaary approprla
liua la earry a Ike work, aad tk bill ma tioa saggt '
d la tbe lata report at tk Frwldent af IhsCampaay, .
that aal tki sid ia gtvea, a hat h keen already
expeaded s sy bs wholly lost to tk Slat. -i
Col. Thorn proa, at Ike time at kis re part, waa aw
aaern Hfaau M a engineer La tba aid Btato, sad wa
keaard tfc piawm, that if it had M beea for ka
Vry full had ip'iMt'tnau.'.l..VrTJ k'bJ "
natta ami aaltalaii, by Cat Gwyaa, U wkm tk
Stat aad oiiSdeec, Bot a dollar would kav bean
g'vea towards sack a alnplaa project.
Bat Cot. Owyan mys that Iks work sadmatod for
In 1848, ky Cot. Tkompattn, was to k ana af k "awat
lanaawnary tkiraelar, anrraaW mt lit tiav, mainly f ea.
aaawafa tkt afritallarai pradarttaa af tkt aaamtrf aae.
farm tkt liaa af M-voermmt." ladeed t aoald
&4caal Oy waa s nadevitaad Uf nad ka aal read
Cot. Tbampaoa't report, end Bot ad kis remark abaat
"tki t karat Ur af hmpnvrmmt ma kamf admaraaia
adapitd t tkaa river T' Didkaataatamsaar
in wbiab k prpd I aaah kis "r yewlr fori,"
and tka plan fki "n abaw." Aad did it ap
ki faMrtia, what waa Bald a boat tk aWawwaie -Umpia
at atahag made aom twenty 4v r thirty
year eg, apoa Ism varyrivsM ttirimamiaf same
af wkieh anM to kk viw, aa k pasasd thraagk tka
"aUtamal" around itockhen shoal ? V k did Bs
read tt, tot m ommad It to him. yAadkmn a
paraaikati 11 are say, hat Ike Meaxkal langaag ns4
by Tbompata towcnl tho ld Berks aad Ihair pro-
jeetoru that 0taa wraklt ffrmAi'l: mads Ja
former yehrs, ''tb detail at whloh wen a tttktd.f
tarritd aat at ta rtadtr warm lita uttlta all tit anmap
uptadtd," it., might witk mack fore b applied lev X) .
the praeeot wrk.) Bat, Mriaaaly, wher dl4 C4.
Owyna gat tk aolioa, thai tb work wa t k f a
Wmporary ckaraetor, and aniy mtomM to aaeaarsg
tka n.rUaUural pradaotiew. A., kordatiag an tka
ttaT Carlaialy net freea Thompsaa for k say, If
tba friends at tba work baild It, tt is "aa plaiatb
aaa at aooa -day, tkat they saa emp with tk Ms
rylad oal," W wre to ttptft fmttamallp,
work atmpltod snd mtlmaled for by kim, Were I
b aoM thing mrs than trmparnry aad ealy Intended
I rataaragt tit tfTKutlaral prwlactisa ef tb -
try along tk liaa af imprvvraent, 1st If lb) Wa aa,
kow i il thai a " as temporary work,' ana a rerjr
Umpardrf a to decay before Iu omphrtioa,
woald Iter tatawraaa tb agrieaitnriato alaag tk liaT
ParkapaCal. 0 wyBa eaa SipUia. ' '
Col. Gwyna save tbat "ibepla of womtoalorka, sl
i gh n lock wer wat ai Br eolaa,Utd,"
w a aeaeaeity b lb viglai eoaatrwetWa, af tka
wort, to awl aeoew I tka gad bnildinf atoaa to b
found aly at liaekhora aad KortblngW. '.- tt mai
fraaa this, tbat tk gtato waa to b wlsemOsd tola a
aaWription for a teparary'w.-k, which waa aaly I
bsaaadaaaa aaiQiary to raack th qaarrtM to ard r
Uut she might he foroed aTUrwerds to saaaaak- r
fat job for svm Cagiaecr to leeoMtrwcl th wrk with
aton m aow recommended.
But Col. Gwyaa wye la hi "fnJihfal recard," la
aabataoce, tkat tb wbol week is net af mack vain.
tkat Uj lucka ar generally rt ttcn and the dams are
tottering ' ea th verge af charms," A., aad advise
a graeral abandonment aad tbe rebuilding af the lock,
abutments, Bad guard walls, at atnae this, k aay,
eaa b aacampliskmi for f 1 ,200,000. Thar la an ld
f d,le of th P and the flic, which il wld b wU
to raaermber. A hungry swarm kaa been fvaetiag ea
this ssost temporary work for about elgbi year, and t
may be If tbey ar driven off a more hungry set amy
take their place, and la lb aext sighteara drsw every
dollar out of lb tmwary af lb Slate, sad effect r
more for th afrlratlmritt aloag lb lift than kaa al
ready bewa done. . - . '
From tb Obarvr.
CURIOSITJE8. , , ,
Mtitrt: Kditort : nSome tinte ago, Mr.
IL T. Steele of Montgomery, N. found
on his premises, on Chrek s Creek, some
petrified bones aptwafeiuly f some huge
animal." . ;.
-'t Bv the reouest of Mr-Steele,- Mrr C. J.
Cochran and myself accompanied him lo
the placw of discovery yeslerdav, and after
digging into the lund-ttont a little, to eur .
surprise, we found a great quantity of bones.
of all sorts and sixes, which seemed to have
been deposited by some mighty sweep of
me iajhs. aiiey were nil closely
bedded in Ik red wnd-ttan. We cut out
about 00 poutaJ of bone. One which mea
suird abtrnt 10 'Indiei in lengfJi, and of "
huge size. I- Samples of the bones can b
een at Tekin or at Troy. , It is supposed by
those competent to judge that there is an
immense quanlity of coal imbedded in tho
valley of Cheek Creek, and -a meeting i
to be held in Pekin on Saturday the 17th
inst for the'purpose of foiming a company .
to commence operutions. II.
Jan'y 2d, 1656. i
. a , .-: V
DEacBirrtoN or a Coc.VTEri!iT. Tba ..
counterfeit six dollar bills on tho FanrHv'a
Bank of North Carolina, referred in our last,
an much lighter in appearance than the
genuine, and the face in the left hand low
er corner ia very defective, Tbe Isrge let- -ters
S I X across the bottom of the bifi over - ''
officers' signstures are dark and distinct in
the genuine, but very pale and obscure la' - i.
the counterfeit. , Ore of the two 'story
bouses, near the centre of the bill, under
the tip end of the ragle's wing, is plain in
the genuine, and each one of tbe two story
houses ha a cupola on it, while in the
counterfeit the cupolas are scarcely visible, .
and the windows of th front, building are
imperfect. K t
Many other minor defect wilLfppear tip-
on oompannkT with m aenuine. bot tho
above, especially the face in tho left hand
lower corner wil) strike the most casual ob
server, fait jut 4 Flaf, .-
SriTE. Formerlv women were dto.
hibited from marryingrtilt they had span
etofbed furniture, and hence yerr an.
titled spinsters ontil married.! iN'ow d)B
they spin street yarn. . ; .. ., j- .