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. 2 HA - 1 aaaB VaWBaaaBaaaaaBBaBaaaaaBaaaaBBBB union, -giE constitution; and the haysthe guahduns or OUR LIBERTY. THURSDAY, GCTOBniiR 18, 1838. rv. on. V01''111 . i IT.0- lfc Craad C4'( Uaig.) THE WIDOWS FOOT. M 1( ever a M lwf If yaw '! I "- OU Ye, dear reader, and if you Lae beet ia . o h I. BI tot know tuber ihe tenuwcni, bli. or r apture, ur " that wrl!ing epd-gue of th wipe- ;j J ihease'f-rlh IHi-ffible sir ping of ilic amJ in the tMj hnry-dr f happiat-ea. Tin f!iade id ! are a diflneni, tiu.nrfHia. and vt-he of them at fl -eting, 1,41. aa ihe id Ix'i. We have luuted a Urn f th urn i plaea that edo'n the ,ihav'fthrliule archer. S.me emrr . a f r munre. the jroe of enii. m.i. aal thrre f.weirre rtnio; while .liter i)-nrLIi p ilirtujh the b.eer ul b'i, and tlie rnrliail.-d tale of rapture, irno the trr biaeii t entire, prreci, , alat'Wi burUn hapcioea. In nt to be inferred that any nne of these muat of : nrc-.i' v h Hie pur a la the otnrr. A s la a tualun inuiidatinf tide, one wil be , e.x a at t'e rry urre 01 ine rapnj , ), e-piy, oeauuiuiiy uiue eye, tiiry ueam, an I forthwith deposited, with-1 parkleJ wih a eofieued ray of catislac ul chance of egrr, in .mt little ed j "" but anon paed away; if I a erred y. where he will mnttantly pursue hi (-nd'lw t'ue.J t'lat her eoinplfstoo wa nionitinons round onother w ill be home ' what Sir Jo!iu Reynold meant, when along t'e lenjtli of water in it violent ! tolti hi pupil Ul t'liuk of a pearl or a course; w lnle a third i caught up at the i peach, he would let some slight ign nl very mMth, and at O'tre precipitated into ' gratification escape, and straight was cdd t ie Imiules ocean; llius, with love, one : again. Whatever I praised 'twould pleae will ieer get farther than the sentiment. ' her, but I had n yet succeeded in bring anotVr plunge at once into the ea of ' i" J her ehreck that long, deep, thrill iotouoa'.it'g tin. Dut to iny own true Klt which tell you, you have hit life. jtipun the true ol'ject of wu nau't highest Ot a bright morning of the e!iei 'pride. Uy I ever , I wa walking forth, Accident, however, so in wa eonn ' wiKimg th soft breeze of the gmiile air. ' missioned to rrte.l to me that peculiar ila-ieing in nsr very hert in the rich .chord uf vanity, by I inching which, 1 muK of the fet laite rhoriier of the j hoped to make the widow heart vibrate wood; in 6.ie yielding inys,lf up I t the ; in union with iny own. On a itill quiet thousand bind delight that charm the e"ul Sunday , wa were proceeding to hint of him who aJ.ire that good old dame , erice in a church ome few mile Nature, when, aa on thi lovely worn, j diilant. I accompanied on hois back, she eeemrd to celebrate her natal day. j the carriage which conveyed the mistress emerging (torn a delicious grove, I ;f my affections. While riding soberly came upon a plain a level a greensward , along, the negligence of the driver upiet ceuld be. and fragrant with tha aromatic , 'he coach, and to my great dtstret I saw breath of the wild rote, the honey suckle. I '". It however fell gently, snd on and the woodbine. It was a deserted j booking at it, all that could be seen of the garden. A stranger lo the vicinity, I ! I'd J w a a beautiful little foot, cutting the knew but tit le of iu story. Evident j pigeon-wing, and pirouetting through the tokens of a disposition to reduce to more ' uppermot window, which waa open, egdir culture thia wild little Eden were "h 'he ""tf nd rapidity of a one hoeever manifested. i the end of the jltggl Yestrii. 1 hastened to die coach, flowery wate appeared a beautiful cottage, and. with the aid of the atuptd driver, toward which I li-t'ely straysd. Slop-! raited it from the ground; which move ping for a moment to contemplate lb j mn enabled the lovely occupant to sweet, atill spot around; as gentle, as tncate and compote herself. Too much c-alm, as free, as if drdicated to nature by . fluttered ti proceed, we returned home some devoted prieti; I beard a sharp ' I describe J the predicament in which ahe hriek. and a stifled cry near ine; and wa ! placed, and aa 1 spoke of the Mab- just in time ti pull from a rote bruah, a j pnght eyed little seraph, of about three wr four year ol !. She had fallen among the thorn of the rote, and thumb 1 could ! have moralized upon the early mishap of j the little maiden, in thus finding piercing! thorns where she (ought to gither a lot ! utunt Sower, I conceived that I should be better employed in aeeking the aiie;uMnt , from whom the little fairy had evidently strayed. When the fWat shock of friirhi from her fat), and surprise at being in the j emit of a (irauger were over, the lisped out that she hadtwatked thither wuh her mother. Do you believe in presen- tcnents, reader? I do; but no nutter, 1 i left the child iu pain, and I must find her nunher. ! Turning the sharn ancle of one of the . - - alkw. I miv bet'are me ihe only bcmji ! who could have been the mother of ihiid so lovelv. Awkardlv enough, 1 1 prcentcj the little innocent to her. and rtl.11i.1g 10 her the accident that had hap pened, drew the fair lady into conversa tion; and I'm formed much that sort ut acquaintanceship which one will frequent ly iir.ke : in a $ae coach or steamboat. Hut as I gazed 11,1011 that brilliant face, and dr ink in the sound of her maic voice, dear reader, I fell my lime had eorae. Titer was a tinckling in the pulse of my vc nm, w hich told but too truly that the electric beam id love was In year. Mis animus mother hurries roursmg through the channel of my Itle. htm off, as 1 do this haty story; and if it Il thou be a wile, thought I, I am undone, i provoke a laugh from you, dear reader. 1 bat child she in tin be married; no, im! 'tvv ill almost compensate me for the half she may ho a widow. And upon that! fmnicd frown with which my gentle wife may Oe, I hung a fcag nenl of hopes as high, as tall as Olympus. We parted, and 1 looked upon that only lonn tut it passed beyond my view, w iih the fecUiij that fill the breast of a Persian at he gazes on his departing ('tj the sun. Returning to the little village in which 1 had tsikco up my abode. 1 was eager in my iuqiries u(ter the lady whom 1 no t. Sympatic' with me, she wat a widow. 1 know not why it is, but I have felt thai if ever I lost my heart, it wuuhl be to one of that inteiesting class of ladie. And my prophetic soul" had truly predicaU-d. Here 1 w as in love deeply, devotedly. Finding an obliging companion, we on the fnilotvinjf, dy soon gained the re sidence or the fair object of my fondest lii'fs. Uci ig formally presented to her. we laughingly talked over the "Jncountei of yenerday, and wert s ion well acqu uni 'd. My visits were repeated duly. 'ie was evidently pleased with them, v"ti would pardon this if you had seen ' b!iii;i, .tl cj;-li dvy I wa but riv- rf more tfghdy ue adamantine chains Ibat bound me. !Sr ' J" r,,", , " r - wmrw, i ioij my lote I lea lh fwdea drjecif J, bi ui ui.uraiiriiru, on uaa not yielded ber runsrni. out my e inrodtliip ra dearly prized, and must not, ifotJJ not be wall, drawn." Hope, the rich 1J lady, tent me beg spectacles, and through these strong magnifiers, I soon tm every b- . If! .1. i...tt - . I .1 L . L jiacle dwindle away, and the path la the j ' V1' "M',m ,r,rt pcrd cheerily j br f.ire ne. t c.rry woiQta aa come asaaiuoie , Pinl. (I had nearly eid a blind i it, for ! wlm h i.lea I ak pard never intend, jran Hoard of Foreign Miaina; and ba wf ml any Udy in iliougl.!. word appear In have been eminently faithlul r dred;) thrre i fume key which will.lt hi trut. amidt numeroua perila and jdM-k the heart of the mt oli.lurate. privaiiona, which are recorded, not with TUi ky I certainly had nut found. If! tain batin and esf ;eruiti! but with I praivrd the avincuil of l.ercorgeoua! modty and bretiiy. Hi deacriptiune, hair, al.e Ii.m4 the in b-ick fruiQ her! indeed, are ail of ihem gtanhir, without nble brow, the dome uf lfir thought. : bine minute or tediou. Ur(re reach ' amtici, pieaeilly but languidly. If I booked my aJjiiraxon into thnae " dark likw lieauty ot iliat twinkling loot, I saw that I had al length discovered that ap pendage of her personal beauty which wa most her pcide. Often did 1 sneak of it snd often did beguile her" of a warm and winning smile Sealed together in that gay garden, on the evening of thi 'memorable day, I fell upon my knee, and cried, Juliana uf my oul empress of my love -I swear by the kits 1 now imprint upon thi now white vctture of your magic foot, never to rise till you reward my love. Sr.e arose, she totter ed 1 Caught her lo my breast; and the exchange of bean was fervently sealed, I jusi escaped being a rutty musty old bachelor by foot. I pressed for the wedding in ten days; " il is impossible." My love," said! their dead, and covered with mats and :. ... .. ' ...... . . ... K f with a tom like yours 'u might, aliku the great Pitt, absolutely tread on j 11 oitj impossibdiiical" Wc were married on the l tub day. And now the tits b fore me the same bright creation of beiutv and of niiu.l. lhal won my heart's best love. Set, she 1 has just taken a fancy lo know what 1 am I writing; ami mark how like a skilful ; general, I make a diversion in my lavor, j by accidentally spilling the contents of the ; inkstand 011 the new slip cf our eldest i bov, who is amusing himself by all the j monkey antics of a young gentleman of wijl receive this history of our love Reader, the beat footing ol life is thai 'of the happily married man. I speak Iroin experience; for our blessed union in no who resembles Ihe sad pairing of hands not hearts, which we sometimes) see. and which reminds us of the horrid j tortures of the tyrant Mezeniiut, who was accustomed to unite wuh strong cords the living an J the dead. Ttom Ilia Nickrrbocker for June. Journal of an Erploring Tour beyond the itocny Mouniomt, tn.Ior tho direction ol the American Board of K r.'isj Missions D... ... :.. . L. 1835. '36, and 37, with a iimonf tho Orecoil n ,rt. TeMiory. By He v. samul Packer, A M. In mm viilnin!, pp. 317. Iihaca, N. V. pub lisher Tor t ie aut mr, Mew Vork: A. K. Bar trjin, 451 Broadway. Spread before yon, reader, a map nf that port. 011 of this continent which 'ireti-hes westward front a lino with the Council Bluff on the Missouri River, n I with the above-named work in your ail, f.iibw it, author in all his josjf- ... .... J eey iogs. ou j, f.iCi, wila ft,, iroo. jhouta1 .. . v... I' - dark fulling waves of the Pacific. men eireieliet, without en i M,ud. for five thousand ail intervening ilea, to the roatt of Japan. Wliat a vast client of country you haa traversed! how sublime the wwkt the Creator through which you hae take year was. We lack apace li follow oar author in the tlrtail of hie wandering, and ahall Bt liirrrf.ire anepl a none at laree ul tlie volume under eonaiderauoii. Ut ahall !endeaor f trrenL in a rrneral view. eme arai more prominent featurea. Mr. Parker waa aent out br the Aner. ing the Blaik Hills be places before us the prairies, rowing in immense seas of venture, on which millions of tons ur grass grow up but lo rot on the ground, or feed w hole leagues of that flame, over which sweep the cool breezes, like Ihe trade wind ol the ocean, and into whose green rerestes frightened sntelopes bound away with half-whistling snulT. leaving the fleetest hound lwptlely in the rear. There herd the bu Haloes, by thousand together, dotting the landscape, teeming scarce so Urge a rabbit w hen urey ed at a distance from nme verdant bluff, ' swelling up in Ihe emerald watte, hub t litner far, ami upon a more magnificent ea!e, are the scenes among the R icky Mountain. Here are the visible foot. tep ol lioil! nnder, mountain above . mountain, peak above peak, ten thousand ! feet heavenward, lo regions of perpetual snow, rise the guardian Titans of that mighty region. Here the traveller treads his winding wsy through passage so 11 ar row lhal the lowering perpendicular cliff : throw a dim twilight gloom upon bis I path even at mid-day. Anon be emer- get. snd lo! a cataract descends a dittant mountain, like a bell of tnowy foam, gir ding ita giant tide. On one hand, moun tains spread out into horizontal plains, some rounded like domes, and other ter minating in sharp cones and abrupt emi nences, uking the forms of pillars, pyra mids, and castles; on the other, van cir cular embankments, thrown up by volca nic fire, mark out the site of a yawning crater; while far below, perchance, a riv er dathet away throogh a narrow', -rocky paatage, with a deep-toned roar in wind ing mazes, in mitt and darknett. Fol low the voyager as he descend the Co lumbia, subject to winds, ripidi and falls, two hundred miles from any whites', and amidst tribes of stranger Indians, all speaking a different language. ' Here, for miles, atretehe a perpendicular balaalie wall, three or four hundred feet in height; th-rq fosrh the boiling eddies,- and rush the varying currents; on one side opens a view of rolling prairies, and through a rocky viata oh the other, rise the far-off mountains, mellowed in the beams of the morning sun. Now the traveller panes. through a forest or trees, standing in their natural position in the bed of the river, twenty feet below the water'a surface. Passing these, he comes to a group of isl ands iving high tn the stream, piled with the coffin canoes of the natives, filled with split plank. He anchors for awhile at. a wnari 01 natural oasaii, out presently 1 a wharf uf natural basalt, but presently proceeds on his way, gliding now in so- lemn silence, and now interrupted by the roar of a distant rapid, gradually grow ing O'l the ear, until the breaking water and feathery foam arise to the view. Paus ing under a rocky cavern, by the shore, formed of semi-circular masses which have ovetbrowed the stream lor ages, " frowning terrible, impossible to climb," he awaits the morning, listening during the night watches to hear tha dittant c,!jfl'i " reve-berate tha so'ind OT patted frsgmcnta tumbling from on high. Such are the great features of the mis sionary's course mild the boundary of the far west" is reached, and he reposes for a time from his long and toilsome jour ney. Our author gives us many details in re lation to the Indians of the Oregon Ter ritory, their habits, manners. &e. Since 1829 seven-eighths of the Indian popu latinn, below the Fall ol Columbia, we are informed, have been swept away by disease, principally fever-and-ague, i it- creased parilv bv intemperance, but great ly augmented by their mode of treatment. In the burning Mage, of the fever they plunged themselves into the river, and continued in water until the heal was al layed, and rarely survived the cold stage which followed." So manv and so sud- ,1., wr(, iilft nVaiha which nei-nrnol iht -- " " vio s.iurrs m ure yiinoiuii wcro vtrewtu with the nnburied dead. Whole and large villages were depopulated, and some entire tribe have disappeared; the few remaining persons, if there were any, uniting themselves with other tribes. The great mortality extended not only fiom the Cascades to the shores of the I'je.ific, but far north and south it it said as far aa California. The natives have a standing clause in their eys'em of table etiquette. wLkh we have ere a obeyed in civilized aocieiy without com pulaory enaetment: what the gueatraa not eat in doting hi repast, be cnutt take away with him a privilvfe nf which the white man liberally avails tutnelf. for the Indian rtutute is not over esir sire nor delicious. Seme of the tribes have a famous a memenU called th buffalo dancing march." Orersed iit the skin of the neck and head of this animal, the horns all standing, they imitate his law bellow, and wheel and jump with wonderful fi delity to the origin d. Tlie nativee are eseeedingly l-nd of the M firew aierj and one inveterate drinker, our author tell us, purloined, in eundry secret draught. ! all the spirits in which our (fiend and correspondent, Mr. Townsend, had pre- served a large assortment of veno oous reptiles which bad been collected beyond ' the Rocky Mountains. These tnbea of Indian sre trulr alwirieine. One old chief describe J to Mr. Parker his imprest si jsionsepon meeting for the fiist time with i I meeting for the Gist time with I wniieiuen. iiimeil aiiUliiaagecom-!Ciieine. i iinnid m iwii y shduo. , panion thought ihem a new race. Secjed opinion, and hall feel ready lo per-' tng their face eery pale, they supposed t form the rel of my duly, by a' cheerful ; them to be suffrrin from some unknown acquieaeenee in lh'e uf other, who tke s cause with Cold; and although it was pain to o.get better ones. Tle pWi- mid-summer, they built a laige fire and oti" inquiry abouid er b?, ll'kut it - w - inriled them into their lo!ge ti warm, themeves, where they persisted in wrap-l ping them in buffalo robes! !ot the least attractive iiortion of tint eery interesting Journal" i ibe arrounl ! Wilmington io ihe Roanoke. Much has j - . ... . . ....!. , .. of a visit paid by the author lo the Sand-; wich .lands, to which we can only make 1 ; tin bttrf reference. 'thenee for the United S 'safely at New London teen absent more than having jonrneyd upward thousand mile. Our traveller is of opinion that there are no insurmountable barriers to th eon ' trucuon of a rail-road from the Atlantic to the Pacific. No greater elevations would need 10 be overcome than have been surmounted on the Portage ond 0 : hto rati-road And Ihe work will be ae enmplithed! Let the prediction be mark ed. Thi ereat chain of enmmnniration will be made with linka of iron. The treasures of the earth in that w ide region I are not destined lo be lost The moun- lains of coal, the vast meadow-seas, the fields of aalL the miehte forest, with their trees two hundred and fifty feel in height, ihe stores of magnesia, the crys Islized lakes of valuable salts -these were not lormed to be unemployed and wast ed. The reader is now living who will make a trip across litis val continent. The granite mountain will melt before the band of enterprise, valleys will be raised, and the unwearying fireateed will spout his hot,, white breath, where si lence has reigned since the morning hymn of young creation was pealed over mountain, flood and field. The mam moth bone and the bison's horn, buried for centuries,' and long since turned to stone, will be bared to the day by tlie lv borers of the Atlantic anJ Pacific Rail Road Company;" rof-ks which stand now as on the night when Noah's deluge first dried, will heave beneath the nction td villainous saltnetret and where the prairies stretch away. like the round' planter descends ihe river with hi tobc.-; cen, girdled with the sky," wilh its'co; no one dnem it ngtn hat he should wood-fringed streams, its flower-enamel-1 led turf, and its herds of startled buffa- ... . . ... . hes. ahall sweep the lonj, hisin train m cars, crowueu wttii passengers lor ine passengers Pacific sea-board. The ver realm of! chaos and old night will be invaded;' while in the rdace of the roar of wild! beasts, or bowl of wilder Indians, will bei heard the lowing of herds, the bleating of flocks; the plough will rleave the sods of many a rich valley and fruitful hill, while "from many a dark bosom shall go tip the pure prayer to the great Spun. From the SanJard. STATE AFFAIRS No. II. Mr. Lorino: Though 1 have not been guilty al any time of submitting views on our State Affairs, formed without reflec tion, still, I am sometimes obliged lo write ihe m out hastily. Hence, tlieie will be found in their composition many opportunities for criticism, t discover that there are several or these delects in my last essay; but I do nut stop to cor rect them. One thing, however, in that essay, requires explanation. It might be' ' . . . .. .. nferro.! from anin .inri on in It. 1 hat! I desicned lodiscourace any and all Uon-i venlioos on the subject of Internal Im provement. 1 did not mean to be so un derstood. Let the spirit of improvement be kept alive, in any and every way which suits lo promote it. What 1 wish ed to d, was to guard against any im pression thai the plans already formed had faded of success in a manner t t re quire their abandonment; to prevent any movement which might have a tendency to open tho way for abandoning the scheme already adopted in its principal features. Neither do I wish to be under stood as taking the ground that the sys tem alieady begun may not be wisely ex lendei; but the extension might not to be so great as to excite the fear of the peo ple; nor should that extension, be. of a kind w hick) change the baU of oor pre vent aperatMMie. Thi. in a few wr.l. i what I bad in:e led pthfib in my Imeaaar. ewlualeer lit riil.naoi, beeaete there i aa teurny m mhi of my eipveeiMi; and I tear thai even good se ore ejecaMonatlr 21 -etc J by jealousies hi lhes IO, Jet), ft m twipn. sible that ll should agree peeceely in their ttewo ad'suie flt smI aiaie poli cy. i klo imjret!e-iiie in eoaivey one o: i'.n 4 r's, n se essay; but I I Ac the itresenl iitrf.rtunil V In de. ' dare, aod I lti to rrw iw the eeqwel. I that I have on Wi U ewy of the im- pr .vement going on m N-wtlt tJ.r.dina. I bougS my j m went my Jel snetopre j frr some Mhrra. it doe n ot f..I!w that il: nv. I .U.IJ ! ih loseeanyofiheml.il; nay. I hate the stale lo prevent it, where a plan of doing it ran he devised consistent with ber general ,Mdiey; and it shall be my ef-' frl lo submit a plan by which ii miy be d.me. A a citizen of ihe suie. I wi-h to se Nortli tiaroiina lake ihe eif eure. have n laise pride aVoit ihts or tliai . - . . .1.. a w a . a . : or'' ' . i my last essay, it wa shown thai a' dexl would be effected bv the ur. ul operation ol the R-ol Ibud from It gret eesstul been accomplished already, toward the execution i tail work. I io cost (i The main feature in the system of im te main feature in the system of im-! 'menu. adoped by the As-einMy of . was, thai Ihi road, terminating at hiel seaport town, should form the or foundation, to and from which all provemenu, 1839. our chief basis or foundation, to and from which all the other improvement of our stain : should go. Dy adheri'ig 10 that, we shall soon bung our own trade t i a home-mar- ket; export our produce Irom a home- purl; and. coiii;qiieiiy. im,Hrt a eoui-;m durable portion ol lite supplies from olh- c lands, which our own people con nine, We shall receive back from the trade of adjoining etl. some portion of the tn- bute which we have been pat mi to them ff fifty year pail; and me Mi'nmlui lor lhal part ol our tra-ie, wmcii, oy ne-j cessity, they will continue 10 enjoy. 1 The advoca'et uf a h-nue market do not wUh to oblige any pinner to trade then; but they would)uf il in hit potter to 'buy and sell in a maikrt of North Caroliim; or to ship to any foreign mm ket. out of a North Carolina port. We !o dot av lo him, you thnll trad at home; but only that you may do it. We w..uld no pre-! vent him fro.ii eelling eNewhere; but we wnuld not force him away from. a t.oin- markrl. In a word, we "wish ' i;-u to him a market nt home, instead of shut-; ting him out from 11; instead of forcing him lo go t Virginia, or 10 South Caro- Ima. They who iuvute to 11 lUrtvrem view, either iniuuderiand or misreprt- present those which we leullv rmeriam. ! To illustrate this matfr; A R ianoke be forced to carrr 11 to Wilmington, lor ils sailed from liar) lias fallen wnlnn Ihe estnnW un-jtnrow 01 an nuj-e. assie is aiwaja jtia- . - - -tates. and arrived ! muted by the Engineer, and it 1 due lo nine; the other 1 for doing f woe lis fer . .., , Conn., having dial gentleman lo add. lhal 00 such woik, t ppiog horl, jwm when the other Walj m '-yjji . s two tears, and 01 equal magnitude, wa ever any where mnster an in fOgia logoanesu. . - - 4 v ".' of twentv-eipht' before aeeomplishfd. at a price below the Pw, I l 1 nlink any one will eon -..':'' 1 ---.--(... - 1 estimates. sale or lor exportation; oud-niably, he; stance, and the bank Mock next paid Tor, .1 ... 1 . -..'...!...... . ..c lain ..'...:.,! k t nui he alhiwf.l t hfre he ran set nc uri irn-r. um u 1 ai i for North Carolina, by her svste n d the expenditure of ber-money, to forv bi n to Portsmouth or Peicr-dMim! U any North Caro'intans deiro tint he shall be, cut off, by North (Carolina leji-daitoii., from our porif Sirely not. The road 1 I he inevitable consequence must have) 10 our own port not b-ing in eaii't-xee,, bec-i (baJ both roads been started) that by will, however, force the pla-ner to Vir , a dioithn of our resources, and by an el ginia, bv other channel; that road being fori to do loo much, we should have ae in operation, open to htm the compeii j complished nothing. Both these work lion ol both markets, and put il in his would now be laboring under a pressure. power 10 sell at home, if the price is as, good. Thi i ihe true position of home- trade aitvoeateu ami I wonder that there should be anv amongst us opposed lo it. Again: This road once being in opera tion, an I connected with the interior, the planter who reaches it may go 10 Wil mington and sell al a home market; or if he chootes to ship his prnluce abroad, he : may do it from a home-port, at Wilwing-i ton, to any part of the world; and should j the price at Wilmiugtm be lower than it feteratmrg. or i-orimoui. or iw- .n i- v-in. . - ..: ! on, nw may. oy una aams voau, K" ' r,,r,ni'"nn or .vunoiK. r...,.i-; lion I Kepi up, anil l'ir iiiirrvsi vi ior Commonwealth, and her character aUo.j are preserved. One thing is worthy of special nntiee; The charier of ihe Wilmington road has; been so framed, that when the profits ; from passenger! is large, produce can be! ..... . .... - --. canieu lor rates tower man oy an nnt-i road. Thus the planter will be beneht ed and our home-market fostered; the pri vate interest of the producer is here con sulted, and the general benefit of tha state promoted, at the same time. It may hap pen (and I believe it will ere long) that produce will oe conveyed to Wilmington. on this road, for a mere nominal price.; Roanoke rati road will answer ihe double The effeag is obvious. The state will j purpose ol increasing our means, and al save, by keeping al homr iht eoit of !o wafiraing the belief ihu internal im'- tranv pMUtina in other state; ihf COtB ait-sie M aaetehariu in wthef sute. for alig; h rMBai.e importer l .lrr l.tr. artirie purehased fof ewf ii..we.iie eiM.fuvnpiion; and other snoro . general aJrnigee, which it would b mit f place for me to riif al thin lunea. ill nerrue to the stale, as a fta! and to her riiizen- indiidoallf, Tlie- remark npplr. itb addhiawl. f.iree, if wa look forward to the com pie How of the net! liak i wr system of ias.' prwvement: to wit J A Kail Road from Fayetteville U the Yadkin litfr.4tli) ; weterw pan if the stwie... . 'f " I be Aewhly,vf ISSaiAoriznTiLe . suberipiion ioi two-unns oa Jt iot eonstnTi u.is woik. provweu inniviuwwi should first subscribe theoiher three fifth. :' Many have ot sight iI Uy part -Ol umv . t eysiem. and oilier have deepfy egrette4 - bat ibey eal its failure;" oecaute is ; dmduals have oof suvscrtueJ tnree wuu . tf the.etuck. withiai the time preseribetl ; or the aetoi IBJO. . a now am wnor.. thai ima is uui jisi iiw.irnmtwsi . ... . . . ' . m mif jrm uijrn. ----- y -( nor wie. t- surrender e U sMuisiderea-. f.3'l plan tf publ e g sod. beeua'iny oo rt be eseruted at th Jirsl effort 14 aoconi-t , "v pla iu (Jreat end are twHm .wUtnea 'j, y withoui relute pcrseveran l-'-TIi .v.A . .a, Ii l J sttlviAlti whom we may d-ignate'a ivipuhty , . " j palriott, do not fiei'iu'cceed in f r,-.O.v"u;.I V inotiug the o.mI .f the repul lie. 0 wtii- . '-'y a the thoiking. peneperhg otas'mer . W hat, in realilv. i ihe guaranty wf kullir '' 4 t.i. .1.. 1 e...i' mate eucee s with ih- l.tter;he forme t"- ,;-" rv v ffVq.ieody' treat at' in "over . tin inn un aider me an enemy to internal improve mem; and yet, for one, I cannot nnw.re : g-ei that the soberption of individual t . , were not made its ihe Yadkin and F , - " ." ettevde Kad. Yea, I vejoio at it. At : the time our Aubly aathorizsd the " . - ts mem; and vet fr one, 1 cannot nnw.re the time our Aubly aathorizsd the work, all believed that the money in our irtavify would be abundantly sufficient t-t meo the stain uhcriptipna in iw ahd alto in Ihe other roaJf tw one then, fore the ,greai.preur in the, none' market,. wheh nbequently occurred; and he m-U hive been laughed at ae a (l, in Ib'Jo. who ahould have predicted' h:,t the urj,lu fund of the United S aie nonld not he been alt deposited with the states, in 1837. The month ef M iy. I0J7 noweger. louna toe peopio pressed lor money; the banks, all over the Union, suspending business and slop ping payment; nd soon afterwards, the tilt qnstrer of the surplus money to bo deposited with the sa. tea, was unpaid; "d the law, requiring iU payment, wae suvp-nded by ttogres, at their aessioa , in Oeioher of the a oe year. . It d.e not belong to my subject to is quire imo ihe can-, or to snggett a cuio for these thiiii. The tacts sre Slated,, beau-e I hey are necessary 10 prove, that if requisite t..ck had been tubtcribed to Die Y' lktn and Fayetteville Road, the , hope of the friend f improvement would hare Hi en eeitnuly disappointed; perhaps blasted. F'. let it be remembered, that the sub scripttous for the stale io llee rail roads, va payahle out ihe turpi ut money, an I no other; that ihe stale scrip of 400, 00 J ilollars. heing paid nil to Hie first in 9 Hill IU IQtfU IVVfJliru, MlltU. VJ , the 4 h qn ttier of the suiplus being sus pended, lite residue ol the surplus money, ' in our treasury, was not sufficient to pay ihe two-filth 10 both the Wilmington and Rab-tgh rail road, and alto the two-fifihe in the Yailkm and tayelleville rail road. ruinous lo their success and dangerous to the cause ol internal improvement in the stale. Our policy, our prudent policy of avoiding a tlate debt, baa now been carried out; the funds already in hand' have been concentrated at a point; and the enter prize upon which the money was embarked must tucceed. The Ae sembly of 1839 will find a great and tin portaut work accomplished; and ita ope-" ration steady, economical, and free of embarrassment. Had both been under' iacn ai uie same. time,, and the pubtio v onwu ur.wvni mem. ine Aaaem. - Ll I I - I r ... i .nuu hitv munu bo ft of th?m now crippled, by the want of fund.4 ami oespoiKieiuiy imploring help; tho friend of internal improvement in that state would be discouraged, and ita ene m'M d the elanora of the dia co'itentea would ring m our ears the un welcome cry . Ymi have profited much anil din n . .1 1 ... H -"--if. 4 y. Plow, however, we proudlr exhibit tW unimpeded progeeta of ihia good work, and argue from that progrese ita speedy completion; and may confidently demand of the representative f the people to jisi aftfirr, inu g on unto trie end. The success of tlie Wilmin-ton .-. i '4i a & V, 1 ' ?(-WI..-. ,
The Durham Recorder (Durham, N.C.)
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Oct. 18, 1838, edition 1
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