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vt L' ' -"' -A ill Jf,jU'r. - i; 'J j ' '' r r. t V.V ; "'- '' -" ' - VOL.' I-XO; 27. ( Kill - ti it '!'. .WADES1J0R0UGII, N. CTHUHSDliy, MARCH 17, 1850. NEW SERIES. ill U Xliitr rtf t vi 1 ; t rCBLISHED.WEEKLV 4 . DARLET. i ..J TF.RV8 DF 8lIB3CirriO. JUl oplM, Two Dow Invariably in T Clubi of Tea and wpwerd, it will b furnlibed At Ox Pout Ht par eopy. ' No lubieripUoB rewind for Um tain tlx moaUit. c,. s t ii t ! ' : ,. BATES OF ADVEUTISIKO. , Ad HUM, III HH OB LUI VIiI. , Cm Inwrtlon - 12'. Thr Inwrtloni ..M. 6 Tire monlhii, bIm IttMrtiani .....J 80 , ? i Thn MMtlM, or thirteen iBMrtiwM...... J ' Mil BoMbl .... ............. O 00 On 7x ..............'- 00 Admtinr ni iuu tbt naraUr of tlmei Xtiry Wbk 4kir drrtiimienU lniwrMd t atbtrwlM 1brf rlU b tootinaed till forbidilea, J ebtrgt Mord lag to tti bor. . ; ' " " .A(MBia fill U mad vita jtuXj JertWr Ubrl tad tdYanUrrouj isrma. , , rrofattianal aad Buainria Crdn,hot rxorixllag fire tide brerler is Unjtib, will b Inaertad firr $5 a ir) tf aaliaf Ira Kaaa alll b cbargad Iba tama aa blliar dnniatmanta. . ' . OUtoar aolieo fraa vIk ant aioatdiag twtatJ A8IIB II ARARAT E, Fraeliea ia Bartoarabip la the ceauty of Aaeoa, apt oa the Criminal Doaket la the Caast. Court, (J, K. Hargraie bing HouatT Solicitor.) They will attrad to the collection of all elaltai en (ratted to then In Aneoa aad the ttirroundlnnf oantim. T. 8. Athe atteada tba Caarte of Ricbmood, Moat amr. Htaalr. Cabarraa, Union aad Aoaoa i. B. Hargraia tbaaa of Montgomery, Stanly and Amo. - . . t , MrOffiee at f iWaro',' THOMAS 8. AHR. J. R. nABCRAVB. KMf 1 LITTLE BATTLE, .itlornry a ltd Counsellor u rl Lac1 . W ADESBORO', N. 0. ALEXAXDKB LITTLE and B. n. BATTLE, Jr., Keqf ., bavinK associated tbeaiielrcii in the practice of their arofeauoa, will promptly attend to all bntlnesi antraeted to them in tba C'ountiei of Anion, Rich mond and Union. OiaceeppoatU tba Bn. - 4 i - lt-V9 ELVAN3 & THOMPSON, nsi.voro.r cirr, n.c. Jftlfrt in Conch, Cpblaet tnd Fpbolitcry Dirdmtrf, 7 Bar Iron And Steel. , ST A Campltf AitottmcHtcf II CBS, SVOKKS, WIVES, SHAFTS, e. gc. 12-tf DEJTMSTR T B. IIORTO.f , VESTIST, WADE8BOBO', I 1. N. C i will operate oa TEETH it . lie following LOW rate, for penon who call at air offioe to hare the work done, or pay eiuh: Gold I'lnge, $1.60; TartJi on Pilot, f; Teeth an Ootd Plata, 89 aab np to ill all bare that fi tacb; a Full Upper Bet on Section, $76; Lower Tectfa, tba aama. All other nperatiooe ; aqaally low. When I bare to credit my old ehargei will be Bade. I can refer thoio who with It to iome of the ntoit mpectabta eitiirai tut whom I bare plnggid teeth elgbteea year ago; the lime plnge are till ia and doing well For otbert 1 .ham put in laeta oa pleat aad gold pUta, aoeaa fall eatl on anc tioa, which tlray tiara wora for arreral yean, and are (till wearing, all doing well; end many other npera- '.' tloni, wbicb bate been done for aboot eighteen yearn, all doing well. Bnt ae I warrant all my operations, ' ad bare tho advantage of apwardeaf eighteen yean' praetioe, I have no doubt bat I eaa giie satisfaction ' u all who are disposed ta patronise and gire me a fair trial, which U all 1 ask. X. B-Haiing engaged in tbe Photographic Art, aonie bait bean induced to beliere I hid quit tbi praetioe of Deotiotry. Now this le a false impreasipn. I hare not made eaough to juxtiry my retiring from the basioasi. On the contrary, I am better prepsml bow than eier to operale on teeth, and am it ill in tbe eld, ready at all times to attend to all calls from tbii or aay of tba adjoining counties, and reepeetfully ask ' a eootinaance of that patronige heretofore so liber - ally bastowed. So come along and bare yonr moutb pat la laogbiag order, and then git one of my superb Ambroiypee. Bo yon who hare beauty to IIORTOM should taVe It, And too who bare none should go let him make it. - -. ; S. S. ARNOLD, .... .,: ; i Mtltl IN . Bfy Cttrii, Oathiat, Dali, fip, Booti, 8hon, Hurdirirr, Cratfrit, Cre;kfr), saddlrt, raioU, Oils, If f AT THE OLDSaASD.' TnAVE BOW RRCE1VED THE WOST Ot NV lato anrehaaa of Fall as I Winter OodUe, cou.-pri-: iag a mash larger assortment than usual, eSu.iisting n part or the following aruues, tis : Black and Faaer Silks, j Brawn aad Befd Sogers, Cashmere, tC Rie, Jara aaa tg. voaee, fAda. aad ttperm :aadlee, hleroMBi asd Sperm (His, J Train and Linseed Oil, S Cantor and Cod LirerOiln, - g - White Lead aad Zink, PsrisGreeaiaOil, . Chrome Ureen in Oil, 3 Coa8h-.yrpitiU,.; ii Window Glass, all siies, - B Potty ia Cn, , . Merinos, Poplins, . DcLnines, . DeBeigu, ' .Jaooaet Muslins, Swim Muslins. Barred Muslins, , Bnllantea, T - Stella Shawls, . Wool Shawl, ..; ' Cloaks, . , 4 ' KldOauntleU, 1 Rashmera Gaaatlcto, - wOtoraaaad Hoaiary, ' tCloth aad Caaaimaraa, Concentrated Lye, ' Keroseaa Limpa, OnneandPa'olf, ' Carpenters' Tools, aJuitba' Tooli, Kails, Si lo 40d, ' Well Wheels, Vesting. 'Merino Vests and Pants, -' flooDs and Hoop Sklrta, Well Baokete, fte. AU of which will bo disposed of on the most ac commodating term. ' Pleas sail .and exaatiae before tasking yoar purchases, , a). 8. ARNOLD. , l-tf ' ::' "1' A. E. BENNETT'S v M GOODS, DARDWARE AXD- GROCERY STORE, WADESBORO", Ar. ft T HAVE JUST RECEIVED MY FALL AND WINr i. Ur Stock or. . v . , DRY GOODS, . ' Kmbraetng CLOTHS, CA8SIMERES, DELAINES, JL'ALICOES, 81LKS, to., fto. Also, a fresh supply of -GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS, ' Aad a large and well-selected stock of . r SCHOOL BOOK. ' Hp All af Wbloh I will dlspos of for CASH, or on time to punctual e as loot en. - -tLJ- JIST RECEIVED BT S. . ARNOLD, SALT MOLASSES T . - r FRESH tH)VE OYSTERS; " 5 " . . . BAGGING; BOPKt TWINE; ' lUf ' COTTON YARNS. OR A 9 J? Eft, LEMONS, CANDIES, ' BOSTOB BUTTKR and LKMON CKACBERS, . .. COCOA HOTS. PBCAN NUT8, , .... , , BNGLI8H WAUlit'TS, FILBERTS, BA181N8, fce. Jmt roocirid by . 16-t ; . 8.8. ABNOLP. BtJcKTf IIE AT, w-arnrtiT ri?e!E9li ICi CIDER VINEGARt V Smoking Tobaao; of wiv qnalitr. Jaat c repaired aad fur aal by ' tf i - - ARNOLD, SMITH & LINDSET, DRCGS, MEDiCI ES, FITET UEDICIIES, Pdlnl and OlUS PERFUMER! AND FANCY ARTICLES, ' (A genaral aod txUntir ataortment,), , - Glass Ware, Ac,. , WADESBOItO", A". C; . Pbralaiana froel ba eoantrv eaa raly apoai PliHH MKDIClftU; aad all ardera CORRECTLY asd J'VMTl'ALLl' Met, at a amall adraoca on Nortbrra frleat. 1-tf GARDES fiEEURt 0 V Alt KINM ASD EVERT VARIETY FOB aalaby 23-tf) SMITH k LINDSKY. T . IONO'8 BVPERIOB BMOKIXO TOBACXX aj . for tela at Ui Drag BUra af BMI1H tU.NDSgV. ' SWEET OIL. J inn T P ' . : .Rtf ' SMITtl A I.IN'DSKV. pomades ad rrnr lines, 4 KD EXTBACT8 fOB FLAV0B1.N0. - - For eale by tf SMITH ft LIND8EY WI1DOW GLADS. LAROE LOT OF FBEXC1I AND AMERICAN. For eale by A atf SMITH ft LISD8EY. LINSEED OIL, A 'NO COLORS OF EVERY DESCBirTlO.''. . J For eale by ... . . tit SMITH ft LIVDFEY. S.OOO LBS. W HITE LEAD. 1 ,OR BALE BY J(.tf - SMITH ft LISDSEY 35 OZ8. ql'l-IIXE. -JL- OR BALE BY i -tf SMITH ft LIND8EY. TKAI.t A.1D LA.TIP OILS, F OR HALE BY tf SMITH ft LIM)KV. 140 LBS. BEST GLI E. .OR 8ALE BY P J-tf 8MITH ft LIND8EY. A FIXE ABTICLE OF kPEK.11 OIL. IOR SALE Bf .. 8-tf ' BMITHc UKD3EY. DE GRATU'S ELECTRIC OIL, T?OR SALE BY 8-tf SMITn ft LIND8EY. PAINTS AND VARXISIIES, 0 ALL KINDS. FOB SALE BY SMITH ft LINDSkY. STRIPS niOf PHATES OF LIME, IRON, SODA ASD 0Fi POTASSA. For sale by 8-tf . . . ' SMITH LiypsET. KEROSENE LAMPS ARP OIL. 4?t EXPI.E89 VARIETY OF TBESE NON-EX-PLOSIVE. ECONOMICAL, AXD I'NSIR SED LAM PH. tne of these lampi will gire a light equnl to four candles, and eoniomea about ene cent's worth of oil In three hour. For economy and brilliancy of light they cannot be equalled. Far enle by 8-tf SMITH ft LINP8EY. Horse-Shoins;, Blacksmith! ng and Iron work in General. own A LUDSEY RESPECTFULLY J5 inform tbe people of Anion in general, and . .itH, THEY are carrying on the BLACKSMITHIXG f BUSINESS, IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, at the well know 8TAND no partly occupied by Mr. ELI FKEEMAN; and th.it they .ire prepared to do and perform all work in this lim. nf business with prompt nen. They guarantee tht aT! work done at their establishment shall be finished in a workmanlike man ner, and that there ihall be no unnecessary delays and disappointments tbr.t when a job is promised by a certain time, when Ik it time arrive, the work shall be done, and well done, too. - 13-tf NOTICE. TTAVING IX Soutbi miON ia j AVING SENT ALL. MY HANDS TO THE Southwest, I am now anxions to sell my FLAN )N ia Anson county, on ihe waters of Flat Fork snd Cedar Creek; and if early application to purchase is made I will sell ery cheap. It is, In my opinion, as good as any Cotton Farm within fire miles of Wirisshoro'. It is a hieh and healthy place, snd has t Never-Failing Spring of excellent water convenient to taVe dwelling houeo. It contains 83 1 acrpa, and will be sold all together or divided so as to suit pur hntr. The principal improvements arc: A fine FRAME DWELLING HOUSE, new snd well ni.l.: ak'lTCHENand SMOKE HOUSE; a new framed -COTTON GIN HOUSE and SCREW; sew STABLES, v'itb fourteen stalls; a GEAR ROOM and CUTTING ROOM, with a wMe passsge In tbe middle; and i PoDDt Bn n' '! "". and CRIBS; POTATO ''9'''.n"" J'"".01 It lies within ,two mllei of the WhVington, Charlotte aad Rutherford Railroad, which is now nearly all ander contract, and which will be completed within two or three years. (. Terms will be aeeomaodatingv January 15, lS69-ia,tf A. LITTLT;. Will You Please Take Notice. THE SUBSCRIBER ANNOUNCES THAT HK IS prepared to REPAIR BUGGIES AND COACHES at short notice, and In the BEST STYLE, CHEAP and DURABLE, FINE and TASTY. Call at , - E.. FREEMAN'S." P.. 8. No. ll Self-confidence, without arropinee, prompt him to assert, that In regard to BLACK SMITIUNO he fear no superior, much less an sqr AL, on the sunny side of Mason ft Dixon's lino. Give mt eatl. ' E. F. P. 8. No. 2.r4lSTIX0, unparalleled Sonth for BSACTT, blboamoe, tastb and DlsFATCn. E. F. gtJ-AU branches of the bnsiness promptly at eaded to. . - .'l-tf ,; , E. FREEMAN. JOB PRINTING. WB ARB PREPARED TO PRINT AT THIS Ofliee JOB WORK of all descriptions, such a BLANKS, BILLHEADS HANDBILLS, H0R8B BILLS, . 'H CIRCULAR". CARDS,, i . - BANK CHECKS, Ac, fte , fto., at NaioDaUa rata. W solicit work from all wh have It to do, whether residing la Wadesborn' or at a distance. To the latter we would say, Bend u year work and it abaH be doae, aad well done at that, and forwardsd U ,o, r. an, -a, ,o. may direct. To tho people of Anson aad nelghboriiig oountiee we say, Fou now bar. established i. yoar midst a pres., . whlch.If erada HbVrit.and adeqe.-.. ly mstaiiwd, will cattr bmeiiogsaiound your haartb- .lone., and cause you to look with pride a'nd pleaaur. , nnM vonrsona and damthtors. whose minds have been with kwwledg. b, perariag U. column, of .b paparwhioii you aided aud sustained by your ini3. aad means. Look the. with aeaUeM te tbe S WZ&SZT??? middle and IV FU-UUt. ws nn.1 A-ri, " j i - j-- r rr- OF WATER within thred Jrar4i of tbe wtabts totfdHB'tiily and effect of sueh issuesvWtHle realrprae BLACKSMITH SHOP, and eleven NEGRO CABINS j tical, useful questions of the development and KOHTH. CAROLINA AUGUS. ' FortheArgwi. '.THE TEIPf ID. y1 . i it scaaaAW, i x - ..''f . . "Fattier abora, OU1 gwid tbe wanderiag feet and speak Peae to the weary, troubled heart, That, faint and tempted flios to Tbie For refuge in this darksome hour. 1 We know, oh I Fathei', that ear strength ' ' le aia oar frail, weak spirits yield ' . "1 ' Too aooa, alaal so fading, sinful joyi . . '. . -- ; Thit chain, and oh arm, and draw our thoughts , . From Thea and holy tblagil Stretch forth ; : Tby loring band, and gently load . ( The tempted one that fain would flee Forbidden, sin-beguiling paths. '- - . - Sara now, in dark temptation' hour, Ohl Father ssts the weary ana .- ' TbattrasUin Theel" i The lad, wild prayer Went forth from tbt youug pleader'! Upi Ia rager, aool-deep acoent breathed; . And an tbe pale fuce, beareaward raised, The star-light looked In wondering grief, And the pitying moonbeams stealing In, Paused whore she knelt, and gently touched ' The sad, wh'.ta brow upturned to God, As she bowed in silence there Tbe lone night watoliei through. The glad, Bright morning dawned and prouJIy flung Its crimson banners o'ei tbe sky, 1 And then the ttnpterflcd, far, far From that tried spirit. Then arose Tbe great, soul-breathing gratitude Two deep, too full for utterance; In lilent adoration there . . , 'twas offered up by that yonng heart, To Him who gnre tbe rictory. "Ye tempted ones, When oft ye feel tbe Dark One's power Beguiling you from right to stray, W.ttch! watch I and 'till the morning breaks, Aod swift tbe eril preseneefleei. Cm not to pray; tof tbe Mighty God Can free tbe tried, sin tempted soul, And guide the erring feet. Oh I falter not; for eve, tbe light Bursts forth and brightens all tbe way, The Dark Power's crushed ye're sated I saTcd And tbe angels shout for joy. NATIONAL FOCNDEEY. SPEECH OF DOS. JOES A. CUIER, OF NORTH CAROL1XA, In the norsi or Repbcskktatitii, FcbrvcirylX, JRS9.. j The Honse being In the Committee of the Whole oa the state of the Uuion Mr. Gilmer said.: Mr. Chairman : In offering any views in sup port of tba claims of my nalivo btate, North Car olina, to a share of the public patronage and dis bursements in theestnllishtncntof national works, I am at onee struck with- two important reflec tions. First, that, of the many millions invested in munificent Government structures, distributing so much capital among the people where they sre erected, and, at the same time, strengthening the hand of commerce and enterprise in their rcspec tire localities, and from which all of the sea board States have derived more or less advantage, the old North Statertlough one of the most faithful of the thirteen sisters who pledged their jewel', treasure, and honor upon the altar of liberty, and never broke tho vow, has yet to be rewarded with tho first particle of Government patronage to any respectable degree; and second, and perhaps more astonishing, that mineral wealth of such almost boundless extent, as is proven to exist there, should not long ere this have been called into active use by well directed individual enterprise. Here are two manifest derelictions of duty of some sort, and should claim the immediate attention of every true son of North Carolina. The first neglect, I fear, has resulted from tbe want of proper attention and vigilance on the part of her Representatives on this floor, who have spent too much of their time upon abstract prop ositions, in fostering the mere political issues of the day; which, when advancement or tenure of place is to be the result, are never wanting for ardent, if not furious advocates, while the real in terests of the constituency, and the State they re present, have becrj toq much neglected. Days, ' weeks, months, nnd years, have been wasted or labored away, urging in the political forum mat- j ters wholly abstract, and often incapable of even a practical test: and in which fact consists, in many instances, the. major part .of the apparent improvement of the material resources, agneultu lal, commercial, aud mineral, of theif State, have beeo completely overlooked. Now, I do not pro- mu 1,1 ,.,ti,;,-n nnv irentleman for a failure in ! duty, who has heretofore, or now represents my i State, for their reasons forahoir previous course of 1 leeilative-otwikharft4u(h.bepJi to them ! aatisfactory and sufficient. But, f do proposo to j air ilium, and all others, to unite with me in ask them, aud all others, to unite with me in giving some attention to the real matorial interests of N'orth Carolina:" In fact, I might extend my j remarks beyond my purpose, afld cause tljem to apply to many of the other Southern States ; but, in doiug so, I would not only assume the duties of others more competent o do eo.but would, at the same time, trsnscend the courtesy extended to me by the House on this occasion. Nor can I now do full justice to my St ate on this important matter, both for the waut of time - and all the information I could wish, even were I ' k-A:. ;l,.Pi.l,ieetnf the patau-' t:.il-n, nf . n.finnnl fminderv. to which I shall advert direetlv So immense, and almost bound- . lea are the iuineral and manufacturing resources pehmenU, many times tho amount which the ton- . , . - ' . , , . ' ofCth CaX that a volume may be filled 1 work, would cost; whilst a great national branch In addition to these materials, there is fi,e witb their varictV. quality, and utility. I speak ' of industry might, by this means, receive a legit : clay of best quality, in great abundance, inter no now of the eold and silver existing in such imate and efficient encouragement. I lining the scam of coal and blaek-band nre ; thus not now ot trie gota ana suver b Tbe- hnt Httln doubt that manv Amcri- afford nir. from the same pit or shaft, coal, iron liX .Tu.Tbt. but 1 mean to allude more partio-1 can iron ores are equal, at teaslo those of. Nor- ore, and fire-elay ; and the other descriptions of j Hig body was considerably br-nsed and damaged, U,l the more .olid abundant, and.-I will way, nd yet the national armories are driven by ; iron ore, to wit, the hematite, specular, and mag-, but he WM not immediately killed, though he i AA mora valuable deooiU of coal and iron ' necessity to purchase froto abroad tbe Norwegian netio, beiusr immediately oontiguous, loaves : considcred dangcrou-.'y injured. bimmnah Ae ThL nre the article of nniversal nse, which , iron for the muufacture of .mall arma. Chooa. . nothing to be done but . to develop and uae them puUicH . : . . 1 a mbab everybody pay tmiate to ,n , an tint-!, ao long as cOmmerca and agriculture, ann their natural off.priug, manufuclurcs, axe the lead- je" of i.L's' attention. 1 care not who , ? .",-' " i,;i T 1,,1 tho articles of indis- hM tb purao "h- Densable use, such as coal and iron, l no ioruier ; Will loosen it. string and flow to the latter a Laton - JT aa the magnet if attracted by the poles. VLZ JLfc.hlta . W-u. r' iLhera an- dW. roof, , either dlreUy or indirectly, the fabrics or product of ooal aod iron, and paya fur them, iu lonio iliapo ; therefore, every nun is a oQtributor to the uae of those great atapla. oiin- erals. While Spain and other European I'ow- era held and absorbed, is it Tore, tbo so-CHlled preciou metal, then known both to the Old and the New 'World, England, being possessed of the (olid coal nd iron, the real prccimis tnetaU, h, drawn tho gold and silver of Spain and other countries into her national coffers, where they are yet safely locked up, and ire likely to bo, while English domestio and commercial poMey is ob served, and until other nations, equally blessed with like matcnal, shall adopt the aame precept tnd example, of. using their Ixnt resources, their tolul wealth, their nxtl and iron. North Carolina is bountifully blessed by Prov idence with these solid staple minerals of eoal and Iron, and cqunlly blessed wi'b water power and other nitural clement for bringing them into use, and which must com into use, in spite of present or hi'.herto neglevt. Her water power, 1 can al most say.ji the best in the universe. II cr ad kin, Ararat, Miehell's, Pithoiv, Das, milli. Nonh and South Tow, Coney Ivy, Swananoa, French Uroad, 1'igeon, Tttckascega, Tennessee, Nnntihals, Valley, Iliwasseo, Watauga, New, Catawba, (Jwharlo, Haw, and Deep river fur nish streams fur manufacturing purposes, which will last l'nexbaustable, beyond thq power.of man to consume, n long as the mountains fron which these streams flow sliall stand to attest the work and glory of a beneficent Creator. In bcr French liroad alone is more water-power than in all New England put together, only waiting to be called into use by an industrial enterprise similar to .ha: which has maile New England what she is, and I I hope will ever be in this particular, to render I North Carolina in everything her superior. Over , four hundred thousand spindles rcvtlve in Lowell j alone, and over ten times four hundred thousand cun be moved by the regular waters of tho French I Broad alone, without even making un impression on the' abundant supply. Ilesides the over-nbun-j dance of water in the limpid streams of the old ' North Plate, they are exempt from the bitter 1 frosts and freezing winters, which congeal at times the best streams in New England, obstructing their greater utility, while in North Carolina they rarely ever freeze, and are at the same time blessed with an. derated locality, and wholesome moun tain, atmosphere, rendering her valleys not only safe for man's habitation, but equally desirable. But iron ores, the best and u;Obt abundant, as I have stated, abound throughout the whole State. It would astonish one not familiar, to see or learn theirquantity and extent. To attempt to describe tbeir precise locality and extent with minute ness, would lead me into too great'detail ; bnt be fore confining myself to the particular subject designed in these remarks, this much I will say: you may cast your eye on the map of North Car olina, and start with me from the county of Stokes, where you have an abundant supply of coal and iron, in immediate proximity ; you may go west- ward, bordering bard on the irginia aud then j ! the Teunese lino, till you reach the Jtoan moun tain, nnd from thence bear southward till you reach King's monntnin, wl.ich continually calls to jiiind much of the heroism of the Ilcvolutiun ; and from theqee ea-stward till you run into the itcp river vailcy, and you will have traveled over deposits of iron so abundant, of such superior quality, that not a similar scope of country on the earth can surpass it. Forming, as it were, a groat reserve treasured up in nature's .store-house waiting foe the trained hand of the enterprising utilitarian to quietly unlock and use, to the benefit and wealth of mankind. I cannot coiitcmplnte the vastness and value of these sinews of wealth and grandeur of. my native State without being greatly moved, and longing to see tho day when a bet ter directed industry and wiser political economy shall, with fjstering policy,, call them forth and bid North Carolina be in practical fact what she is hy nature designed, one of the best aud most extensive iron producing countries in the world. Onee developed, the mines, will sustain them selves; and the Southern forge and rolling-mill will sustain and meet tne. soutnern aematia, and every car-wheel that traverses the State, bearing j the products of her soil, will wiud their way over j iron rails taken from tho same soil without the aid of tariffs or protection ; and then, indeed, may we talk of and about Southern Independence. It has long been a growing conviction on tho part of the Government, that a national foundery should be established, not only for the certain supply of a tetter article of certain kinds of fab rics of iron for naval and military use, but also to iiijprove the system of combining, and the effect of combining, the various descriptions of mil anil other kindred metallic ores. Thin imnnr. following earnest and emphatic maimer: -;- The -importance to the public sewiceof ca tablishing a natioual foundery has been so often brought to the attention of Congress by my pre decessors, that nothing but conviction of its great consequence to the public and private interests ; nf tk-a whole e.mintrv encourages me to mentiou ' it again. j A well-mamged national foundery would j very speedily develop and estbHsD facts, to our national j which would add immensely wealth. It is scarcely to be ci wealth. It is scarcely to be credited that, with j the infinite variety of iron oro, and their bound- j less extent in the United Sates, we should not ; have yet discovered a mine capable of making taot subject at once uttraoted the attention ot the character mat irom twelve to sixteen gallons oi , paraue oi new iieugctr ana urn nnwent ibln Seereiin v of War. nnnn his install, kerosene oil can te extracted from it while it is ; cians, in the shape of so called S nient into office ,'tind iri his first 'annual report ! being calcined to fit it for the blast furnace. Six ' cial Conventions, and tomethiiig bo snnk-n and recommended tho subieet. in thai to sixteen inches is the usual thickness ut the and available resiittd to. lite the very bost gun, or, if such be. discovered, enough of mineral land to supply two furnaces j ure$, und tarnishing to our prosperity a certain that there are no means by which the public with material for some generations. It would j trilute as they afford delightful retreats and service fan to-benefited ly it; butauch is the- suffice to sink the pits, and erect two furnaces on abodes to cur citizens.. In short , I wish to see fact. j the Scottish principle; and, as the minerals are tho South in fact, what nature has eminently " A national foundery would serve as a great the same as in Scotland, the plans ought to be im- designed tier to be, a commercial and manafae laboratory at which the quality and value of ported from thence. The two furnaces i could j luring, as well as an agricultural people. metals throughout the- whole Confederacy would be tested and fixed. Every variety of iron; with its Decial adaptation to particular uses, would, in ; a few years, bo familiarly known ia the country, and individual enterprises, would be saved, in ex- j for Yo, bit quality of ire.. A na- pj aoroau iur i j . y nonal foundery would soon leach to nupreie the , manufacture of iron, and we would be aaved the 'mortification of bringing ironTrom abroad, and ! money, too, we have to pay for it. . mo ""-j , "! c i ana - trt niva inn iwhw. nimiiLifii in arms, wa uni 1 ne coat oi 33? " diminished, and t.;cir quality -odd to, .ndoubt- dW. ten materially improved. - .. ; - It therefor, appears to me that every eon lidcration of sound policy and economy de- ' D'ands the establishment of a national foon - L dery, which I accordingly respectfully rccoiu - ' mend." - ' ' " : Su soon a I discovered that thi (uhjert was 1 again recommended to the attention of Congress, 1 1 at onee felt couviueod that North C'lfolinu wu the Suite, tnd tba Deep river valley the locality, which offured the best fucllitie for erecting melt a work; and when my colleague, Mr J3ranch, at tho hint session, offered a bill to this effect, I was in hopes the effort would move steadily for - ward, and that the claim of North Carolina, and the facilities she uttered on tbi subject, would bo well considered, and, if well sustained, as I believe they can be, conceded and allowed. Hut, like most of measures which ire nf a truely prndiual ano commercial eusracter lor a southern Mate, it has been permitted to linger till it is about furcot ten It is now my purpose lo revive the eubjeet, and claim for my Slate a full and fair hearing in the premises. I premise, then, by saying that the Deep river valley, in the State of North Carolina, is a suitable place for a national foundnry, and tlist the. .Suite of North Carolina has peculiar claims tor its locuttutK within her borders. What constitutes suitable place for a national found, rj T . ' 1. 1 morals and other materials for uso in such a work ; aud of these, principally coal nnd iion ore. 2. Locality, accessibility to tide water, and in accessibility to an enemy in time of war 3. Climate and means for subsisting a popu lation of-mechunics and workmon.-.v On the first lean safely sny, without rlifpar agenient to other places, 'that thelWt, river vnl- jey has no superior. It has coal of the best and most abundant quality. It is bituminous coal, totiilly free from sulphur, or other noxious ele ment militating'against its ffee use for manufac turing purposes of any description. It is cui.ee ded to be one of the best gas coals in the world, and yields the greatest abundance of the bet coke for smelting and forgo work, and is troll adapted for making what is called hollow-fires, for heavy wrougbt-iron'Work. Its iron ores, too, are equally superior, embracingevery variety. The specular, brown hematite, magnetic, and blue clay ores, arc inexhaustible, aud areall beaded together in a narrow compass. And then, over and above any other place known on tbe continent, the only workaulo vein ot black-band oro interlines the coal fields themselves ; not only so, but are the deepest in thickness and extent ever yet discov ered in any country. This is not assumption, but fact, proven and visible to the inspection of any inquirer. A shaft, lately sunk y oncof tbe companies engaged in operating these mines, to the depth of five hundred teet, discloses no less than, upwards of seven feet of eoal, nnd over eleven feet of black-band ore, all confined in a stratum of some forty feet. This is only one spot; but others arc equally favored. Dut tins important malleable artiele of ore, fur the purpose of making all the descriptions of fabric fur war and naval use, 'cannot be over-estimated, and I should give a controlling influence in the selee-j tion of the, locality for such a national work. 1 lth the use of fins depositc, exclusively as yet found in workable quantities in the Deep river val- ley, combined with the other and harder ores found in such great abundance, will enablo the Government to uiake every description of iron fabrics, from tbe hardest steel cannon or shafL down to the softest loop band that can be de? manded for any part of the naval or miliitary de partments. Several vorv able and lucid reports Lave been i made by eniinentscologists, whobase tbeirstate-1 mcnts upon actual" explorations, made with the ; docs, I feel autheriwd to claim for her tho full greatest caution and attention to the facts, among : benefit of an equality in the- distribution of tho whom I may mention prominently Professors public patronage ; and'l invoke the voice ot every Johnson, Jae'kf on, and Emmons the latter being i llepresentative she hM in this Capitol to unito the authorized State geologist for North Carolina, i with me in the demand. 1 truely regret that tho From their uuitedopinions audstateiuenuin their j opportunity lias not been favorable for my col -severl reports, the following, are some of their ' league to urge the bill he introduced at the last conclusions: j session, or that bi tier progress could not have 1. The coal is of a quality equal to the best Newcastle coal, and the best for making gas, for which purpose it would bring in New York six or seven dollars per ton. I. It is very easy to work and free of faflit. 1 be ipund earnest in insisting upon 4Qin t:io aa . 3. It is admirably suitable' for smelting irou, j vantages and rights of North Carolina in the being free from sulphur. . j premises-. I shall keep my eye steadily upon the,- 4. Black-band iron ore overlies and underlies j movements of tilings in their behalf; snd shall the coal, nnd can be mined from the same pits aud ! not fail to urge for "my native State all that is so openings. . ' : ' j juily due from this Government to her long-ne- 5. The -black-band is' in deposits eighteen glected rc--ou.ret.s, so far as the Govermuctit has inches to six feet thick, and of a better quality the right ami power to r.ct. Lthun any found in Scotland, containing such a ' flaree Doition of bitumen, and of so peculiar a 1 black-band iron ore in Scotland, -I C. Hematite iron ore, clay baiul; ami aWuing- netic iron rcs, -fw iinoi'mV-depoaiis-irilfiin ton miles of the coal and black band, 7. Pig iron can be made from the above de- posits, of a quality superior to any made in Scotland, in any quality, and at prices less than I iu Scotland, the proximity of the minerals to each other more thau compensating for the higher j wages in mining. - says a practical acotco iron : master, speaking of the Deep river valley: I am satisfied that pig iron can bo made at a cost of nine dollars per ton in Chatham county, on the banks of the Deep river: One hundred i and fifty thousand dollars would suffice to buy i make four hundred to five hundred tons a week say twenty thousand tons per annum at a cost, of about ten dollar per ton, (S200V)00.) Price in New York and Bostou varies from twenty - two dollar to twenty-eight dollars per , ernment can wish to requii-e the use of iron. anA .nnu-d iwiniitA for snitabli. - The seeond supposed J"!"' . for 8 tmtable ( srte for a national foundery-the W,V. ac , ecssibihty to ttd water, and itiacceMiliihtj loan, y"' will briefly state, is advantageously n...u - -i .,!,). ui nnv niiciu auvt an v niieuvj tuav t-iiu viui- t l river flT thmuh the The Deep river flows through the coal I deposits. It 1 a beautiful stream, h.ghly adapt- 'ed to elaok-water-worka, which ar now being j oortMirc'cd TW distance from llietitc of tlic 1 work to the aeabord, or mouth of the Cape )' ur ' 1 rircr, into which eop river flow, i only nl out I one hundred and sixty mile ; and tide-wat'i t" the depth of aoroe twelve fuel, cotnea to jtl.ii aotnc seventy mile of the pince where a nutit nul i foundery could boadrautageouely erected. Will) the- (lack water work couili tid, a Ibey on ; will be, liesides a ruilrrad lo 1'iyeUeville, r. w under rotilructioii, Hie fulnlc lor Uovctnuri-i.i use iuu tnfely and conveniently be carried tut , to the udjuvent senports, or Lurne by ruilrosj; i whilst no enemy's fleet can ancend the stream, .. or an armed forco invade the csUiUishmrt.t ! without miiruliint; over hind a couiderab1e j journey ; which is about a mgli security a .Tho locality I claim to be i can bo ubtaiucd i good nnn ilnrdly, id mitre, mid nii!S ol. subsistinp s, population of mechanics and workmen. In this respect the Deep rier valley certainly ppsrscs trapvrh't advantages. It forms, indeed, thediviJ: ing lino between what re peculiarly Southern ami Northern product. Kxtrt ding smith, from the locality of tlie.mines, you traverse the cotton nd rice regions ttlicre those staph are pioduccd for ' export lo all part's cf the Vor'd; while moving' towards the north and west from these mineral deposits, you are greeted with a fine wheat, corn, and other vegetable producing region, adorned with beautiful scenery. In fact, till the staple, either North or South, for the ubsieic nee of work men, can be commanded in the Du p 'river-valley at the ehenpist and most accommodating rutes. ' liy way of description, it may l c cid that these talnnble mineral deposiles are in " a prsvl land; a land of brooks of wUer,of fountains, and depths that spring 'ut of valleys and lulls; a land or wheat anil barley and vines and fig trees and p.iuiegranatcs ; a land of olive, o'!, and honey." And besides this, the elinnlo i self is excellent, being elevated xnd healthy,, abounding in fresli Water springs of the purest qualiiyl No region is moie beullhy thau that oi which I &m now specking. There i also an abundant supply of oak ami all other timber suitable for such purpose as will be needed about a national foundery, within con vetiicnt reach. There are also limestone and otbrt suitable materials for practical uso in a foundery, in abundant supply, in the country round about. ' Then, msy I not a?k, whnl more is needed for supplying all the demands requisite for a national . foundery ? Can as much as I have here attempted to state, be faicT of any other named locality f It is true, other placet may possess some particular , articles of material to an equal, and perhaps greater, degree than ia to be found in the Deep river valley; but then, can ell the materials be found to tbe same extent, variety, and equality ? Till better informed, 1 a.-sert they cannot ; that the same varieties of iron ore, with the same sup ply and quality of coal, with all Ihe other mate rials I bavo enumerated suitable for the making of cveiy description of iron fhbric for Govern ment or national uso, are vet to be found in such connection in anyone pl.ipe; Aad I then oak the question, why will t.ot the Government pay proper delerrncti to a place to suitable aed favored by nature, in (electing its site for a na'ional foun- , dery r Why shall tiot Iorth l;atolina number j within ber borders some one of the Government structures, when she oilers at least equal if not tho best, facilities; and derive, iu common with her sister States, some of tho advantages lo the trade and commerce of bcr citizens, resulting from Government expenditures" Ibis latter consid eration would, not be proper if North Carolina did not offer equal facilities for the erection of national foundery to any other State or locality; but wl'.wi it is so clearly demonstrated that sho been made. But, there is yjt time and opportu nity, and let tbe future improve it. It it sbsll be my province, to wield a voice in the deliberation which will finally dispose of this question, I shall In tact, I wish to see a new era "open up in tufl South cen-Tallr. I wish to seeTess fustian and HCU-UOH II I'llill-. out hern Cpmmer- more practical re is better, as well as niore profitable, work before us than th mere echoihg-4ift higb.)unding resolutions, with. rflBt.ft.lwisilile featurem them.-ora possible ben- ent iu 'their provisions,, to the South or any body cise, beyond' the fancy of those who p.fss "them. I wish to see our valleys and mountains brought into actual uso. I wish to see Our streams studded with mills, whose numberless spindles and I looms shall echo back an eternal response to their ever anu ouwara nonmg current, x wum to ace u blast of the furnace, and benr the stroke of the forge, declaring the fact thai commerce and manu- factures are in ripe -development, the mountains of the South, pregi I wish to sea nnnt with, their mmei ot wealth, disgorging their hidden treaa- then boast ot our greatness, because we will then be great and prosperous. - , ' A SicRIOUS Joke At the dinner hWryesler gay an Irishman was lying at full length on a bale of cotton, placed in Lamar's Cotton Pre ready for compressing, wltcn companion, wish ing to startle him, gave a little steam to the ma chinery. The jaws rapidly closed aad gave th-j man who was VHiff on the Dale a scvi-.c v , Large qu.mtu.es of tea secds ncd in earth Yanu' mae tree.and its seeds, seeds of the "" Tung oil tree, and of the "Oo- t .uPbo - IM ' CoulmiBioDer of dun?, " ' 'V ' r. v .;.-,K Patents at W ashtngton. . Je ng m.e much Mteemed in China for its fruit V the TungoU ., . ... . produce a valuable- oil, largely wed by carpen- fiT,d TSn,i,her.; and the Oo dan. highly ten and 'sBe ,na 1 ' priied for j-ravpept-. '.
North Carolina Argus (Wadesboro, N.C.)
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March 17, 1859, edition 1
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