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Vol. XVIII.
Fms tb Now I II Bevirw.
CIHCF JUSTICE MARSHALL.
mi Lin axo rrsuc Esricss.
When In one ofuur late numbers.
b4J occasion to renew the dreisions of
the Supreme Court f the United Su'M
njurn C'ninu-i'nai questions, it occurred
thai a some whai la v extended view
f ihe Me. character an.! services i.f Mr.
I'hit-f lc Marshall might be useful.
I" ai could ir.p-rljf find a dac in thai
ani-le. We avail t.orsrlrc if an early
.rix:ui-ii)r lo f "try into execution the
lUtrutMU
wnoil uirw ii'Biru Ksosrir i
our fiii'iJ. nl pr.'p.i.e in ur bi-iore our
ira hr Uie Leirlra of Ilia bixgrarihr.
a.i l (unary pr..f, M.uii labor. If .t be
.!evit. through the loop lodes of re j
in-eV' lo g 'ie ujmm the passing scenes'
of the b ir worlJ. it ia not leta pieaiant. ! .Mary Ketih, by wl.iWi marriage lie be
and ilia fen? tally fir m.ire inatrurtiie. -eame .:..icud wiih the aiida!.ha. be
M lumbirk up mi the paat. and l re!fet dnwo opn a email farm at the !ce
cli i'ie m.a a of thoie who. having J here J.iha Manhall, bit ulJeat tun. wa
Mfd t'leir j-afe npnii the great theatre j born.
if hu noi bfi-, are imw gathered Mihej Tliomai Mjifhall. ihe father, was a
dut of their aweatwe, and hate Jrft to. man of enraordinary endowinenla. great
u ihe inheritance of ririrclerU and iheir
f4e. It e are thua enabled, amid.l ihe gtnal eduration waa eery narrow and im
lint j'ur.,i$ ol buainraa. and ihe eager i perfect: but he nveieama theae duajran-
an I jeI..ua ria!rira ol party atrire, in
iaue lr a momeni. ana to aee, at It
were, nflVru-J frm a diatant mirror,
men and tiling in iheir jut and natural
irp triin. tripp-d of ihe pageauiry
huh amnetimea dieguiaea iheir defr
nine, and drprined of the gl-ire of ihoae
fj light which cheat ihe umlertt.nd.
ing een more ihan the r-ne. Ii has
bren so.n-utnf said, and iheie is great
truth in t'te remark, that if you would
knw ahttamaa really is, j on should
inquire what audience be addrese:
whrihr he addressee the present aee or
posterity whether he seeks the spluse
of the gidJy multitude of the hour, or the
slaw praise which riaea from, rather than
scitic nn the tomb whether he asnires
tn the fame which ia born on the breath
of ihe living, satisfying and sating, or j lablithment, and wss in service during
that which rites unbidJen in the hearts; the memorable csmpaign of 1770. He
id the wite and good in after generations, ; as engaged ia the brilliant affair of the
and though it be voiceless lo ihe world, j surprise and capture of the Hessians st
speaks 1 1 the conscience and the souls of , Trenton, in Drcember of that year. Af
men with a thrilling power, the more ir- terwards on the I Ith of September, 1777.
resistible beesue vntuspectrd. The ex- he was placed with his regiment on the
ample of a good man is rarely without its j right of the American army st ihe battle
full influences; that of a great man who-of Brandvwine. and received the attack
Lat stamped his own character upon his j of Lord Cornwallis. The regiment, on
ess a j-, cannot fail to have much to d- ( thai occasion, miintained iu position a
for encouragement or admonition, w ith gainst scperior numbers, without losing
the destinies of those that come after him. j an inch of ground, until bath of its flank
Th biography of Mr. Chief Juttice ', were turned, its situtiition nearly expend
MirsUdl has not as yet been written, led, and one hall of the officer and one
and it is yet uncertain when it will be. j third f the soldier were killed or w ound
W do not, in this country, utually lake ' ed. Colonel llu!l. whose horse ha t
much paint to gither up the private an retvired I wo bill, then retired in good
ecdotes, or memories, or papers of emi-i order lo recover his position on the right
nent men. un it long alter their tie- j ol hi division; but it had already retreat
cease, when mot nf their cotemporanes ed. His suVeqnent military service
have patS'-d sasy fr-on the scene, and were eqm'ly honorable; and he main
those who survive have in their rer..lrc I taiued through life the cfiararter "fa gal
linn only faded pifiures of the past, nl-tant sol licr, an arcouiplilicd gentleman,
ten obscure and dim. an I generally with and an unflinching patriot,
nut the freshness and warmth of eatly , The scene among which young Mar
akrtches. In other countries, a more shall was reared, wee well calculated to
etrnest, and sometime misplaced, soli-; nourish a spirit of independence, and to
citude is exhibited lo preserve and nar-jgive vigor to a sound physical constitn
late what is not well knon; snd lo give! lion. To them he proba'dy owed that
us, almost at the moment of the death of, robust health, which carried him almost
the individual, the side lights of his char- to eighty in the enjoyment of the men
acter the habits of his mind his table, sana in corpore ino. His invagination
llk his peculiar tastes his various or
close pursuits the fiuiiliar pleasantries
of his private life thn occasional shade
and sunshine which played about his cha-
racier his marked savincs his dreams
at well ss wide-awake speculations and
-a a . a.
een the hue touches of Im nan infirmi-;
ly which, when not entirely graceful, are
yet of a natuie to let us into the inner
man, and trroncile us somewhat to the'
rteadv co it' iiitdjiion ofhis arcattiess. bv'
teaching us that he was mortal. We or- j
tier all these things differently in Ameri-
es; sometimes from a delicacy of Id ling ins in ihe darkling shades of some lone
towards the living sometimes from a ly dell. And thus the spirit of poetical
shy reserve sometimes from a dread of enthusiasm was awakened in his heart
being intrusive or impertinent and some !
times O.iin the notion that all our public
characters should, like hemes upon the;
tste, bo dressed up for dramatic effect,!
nd preserve ihioughoiil the dignity of the place, among a rude and sparse pop
Iheir h .lid iy costume. There is itoth-; ulation, where he could hope to cultivate
ing very reprehensible, or even perhaps! a litorary taste. Ilia father, the com
inconvenient in all this. Bui our sad,' pinion and guide of his early days by
ml to say our often shameful neglect of whose conversation he was elevated
the private papers of our great men. and
tmr tardy justice to their hme, in leav
ig their memories to the chances of mis
represent niniis and mistakes of friends
and foes and sometimes our equal mis
chievinus indiscriminate publication nf
all that is left, without considering that
much which is written by men of a has
ty and irritable and jealous temperament,
nay reflect dishonor upon themselves by
its petulence, its injustice, snd its resent
ments; these are matters of dcrper regret,
and more enduring mortification.
In the cute or Mr. Chief Justice Mar
shall, we have few materials for the sto
ry of hit life, bevond what may be glean-
d from the eulogies delivered soon after
his deceasi-; and these are necessarily
hrief, and dell principally npnn his pub
lic art, and tint innii eminpeleil ts-itb
them We are compelled to relv on
fie-e for the main ouilino of our own
ketch. ,
UNION. THE
1 i tr wira ar finaa fa
J Jm Marshall was born at plare call
ed Germaaiowa, i ihe county of Fauqui
er, Virginia, nn the 21th day f Septem
brr. 1765. At the time of tut birth. Fau
quier was one of the frontier counties of
the state, though now in the remre t-f it
population. Hi grandfather, of tfie aim
name, was a native of Wales, and eel Jed
in W rstmorelatid County, iu Virginia, a
(bout the rear 1739. !. I.. . ...t
Eia.iVlii Markham.a native .f England.
Of four sous and fiie daughters of this
maringr, Thomas, the fidier of the chief
J Justice, was the oldest, and according In
ihe law of primogeniture, then in fierce
in i irviuia. Ililirrttrd the L.tin'r ...Lie
urillrj Use foie!, consisting of a few
! hundred aetesof poor land in the eame
county. He removed from Westmorc-
land In Fauquier, soon after be attained
in manhood; an I having intermarried with
fignr, and undaunted fo tirade. Ilia ori-
tagea, by ihe diligence and pereerence
with which lie vied all the means within
i hi reach ofeidargiiig his knowledge, and
refining it by a studious attention to po
lite as well as to solid litrr.Hre. He
was from his birth a near neighbor of
j Ueneral Washington; they were associ
atea during iheir boyhood; and continued
I friend through the whole course of their
lives. Lord F-irftx, the then great pro-
I pnrtor ol ihe northern neck ol Virginia.
ihtch included Fauquier, employed Gen
eral Washingtnn as surveyor of the west
ern part of hi territory; and Washing
ton employed his friend Martha!! in Ihe
same business. When the revolution
broke out. Thomas Marhall received the
sppnintinent of commander of the third
irgtnia ree unent upon the continual es-
was wsrmed. and hisenius kimtied. and:
his self-reliance strengthened, by the va-
riely of landscape about him. Nature
every where around him exhibited its!
wild oriental features of irregular erand-1
a a I
eur. lie was accustomeu to gze on ine,
mountains with a silcnl reference tn
penetra-e the deep gloom and pathless re-j
cesses of the forest to alake his thirst
in ihe sparkling rills which leaped from j
nrninoiitorv to nromoniorv. or trickled:
d.in the valley w ith a gentle murmur j
and to repoe himself alter his wander-;
a spirit, which became the companion of
his youth, and the delight and sol ice of
his riiier years.
A Ironiier county, however.
was not'
saw loo clearly, thai he must go to oth
er regions to acquire the rudiments of a
solid education. He accordingly sent,
him, at the age of II, to Westmoreland,;
at a distance of a hundred miles from'
home, where he remained under the lu-j
ition of Mr. Campbell, a clergyman of!
great tespeciability, above a year. He
then returned home, and continued his,
studies under a Mr. Thompson, a Scotch
clergyman, who was just inducted as pas
tor of the parish, and resided in his fa
ther's family. He pursued his classical
studies under this gentleman fur another
yeir, and was then left to his own stren
uous diligence lo accomplish his mastery
of the Latin language, wilh the help only
nf his grammar and dictionary. His ai-
tainnetits in that language were highly
resiieoiaide; and when he was thus loft
' to his own unassisted studies, he was just
: coinmencinir the works of Livy and Hnr-
ce. His attainments in English Liter-
CONSTITUTION. AND THE
atnre were almoat entlrt ly awing ia the
intelligent eare of bia fi!er. h libra
ry contained maey of the beat writer of
be age ol Queen Anne, and wbnae taate
ai.d diftcernment led faia choice in the
fairrft and ml iiiirreug mudela of that
ge. - My hihrt." (aaid be. in a leiter
Ml a frieud. written atianr vrs afur-
ard) aaperintroded ihe English part
of ray education, and to hie car I am
in Ji bird for any thing tatuaUe which I
may hate acquired in ray yimiu. He
waa my only luttl'igenl cumpanion; aad
waa bi'th a watchful parriti, and an af
fectionate inctruclivc fru-nd. The Tounf
men wiibin my reach were entirely n -
culiiraicd; and ihe lime I pawed wi-h
them was devoted to hardy athletic exer
cea.
Im this state of thing be was found at
the first outbreak of the American revo
lution. Fired with the lots of liberty,
and indignant at the impending oppree
ins of his na'ire land by the domineer
ing authority of the tn-ither country, he
at once gave up the study of the law, to
which, as a profession, ha meant tn de
vote hime!f. and aiddndy engaged in
the study of military tactics. I.nioedi
ately after the battle of Lexington, he ss
sisted in lite oiganization of a battalion ol
minute men. in which be teas soon after
appointed a first lieutenant. In the au
tumn of the same year he marched with
his company to the relief of Norfolk,
then threatened by a predatory party un
der the command of Dunmore, which was
repulsed. In July, 1776, he was com
missioned a lieutenant in the eleventh
Virginia regiment on the continental es
tablishment. and waa advanced the next
year to the rank of captain. From thai
time, with a brief exception, ha contin
ued in active military amice, until Feb.
1781. During this period l.e was enga-
ged in the hard and perilous operations
of the campaigns in the Jrrsies and Penn-
svlvsnia. He foncht at the battles of
Rran !r wine, of faermanlnien. and filnn.
mouth.. In 1779. he wss in lh cover-!d"o
ing party at Stony Point, and astisled
. .
in the detachment which entered the re- j
n the detachment which covered the re -
real of Major Lee, and his brilliant aur-la
prive and capture vf the British Garrison ;
at Powles Hook. In lh winter, and !
spring and summer ol 1790, being on
forlow wnh other supernumerary nlfi-
rers or the V irgima line, he resided at
Williamsburg in Virginia, and attended
the law lectures of Mr. (afterwards Chan
cellor) Wythe, in William and Muy'a
College. He resigned his commission
in February, 1781. finding, from the su
perabundance of officers in the Virgins
line, that there was no chance ol active
military employment; and in the succeed
ing aiiiu nn he commenced prac ice at
the bir. During his military career, he
did not arrite at any higher rank than
that of captain; but this was not owing to
any defect of high military qualities, but
resulted from the slow progress of pro
motion in the Virginia line, since there
was, as has been already intimated, a
great superabundance vf oflicers. His
merits, were not, however, overlooked.
He was often employed in high confi
dential stations; and he served as deputy
judge advocate on many occasions with
great distinction, and the unreserved con
fidence nf all officer of the army with
whom he was brought in contact. Per
haps no ram, by bis gdlantry, his gen
teelmss of demeanor, hi urbane but dig
mfied conduct, his intelligence snd dis-;
luieresiedneas. anJ activity in behalf nf
his friends, ever acquired a more en via-
hie popularity among his brother officers, i
loineuayoi uieirueam, me veterans,
' I . . I. .1 . f . I. ' -1 . .1. . . I. . . !
o na.i Known nun and served wiin
htm, spoke of bun wilh a tenderness of
affection, snd a warmth of admiration,
rarely to be found among those who have
not been influenced by the claims and
homage of superior rank,
nes of his old compani.
I'o the kind-
ins in arms, the
chief justice was accustomed in his mod
est way, to attribute the success with
w h.cli his early efforts at the bar were
crowned. They knear," he would say,
' thai I felt their wrongs and sympathiz
ed in their sufferings, and had partaken
of their labors, and that I vindicated their
claims upon their country
and coasiaut earnestness."
with
a warm
From the Su ithern Cii'an.
FAXNON'S MARE.
The exploits of Fannon, ths) famous
torv partisan of Randolph, would make
body ot lacts more interesting than any
tale ol fiction. He was a reckless follow
bloody minded as ihe hounds of Hayti.
He sometimes slew the helpless and
innocent in cold blood the coward! But
he had that instinctive tone and bearing
of authority that kept his people within
the metes and bounds of his own despotic
will, lie and his party were one day
resting themselves by a spring; lounging
here and there on the green grass in the
shade of the trees. One of his sub
ordinates, a big strong man, had sot mad
with him. His rage had been boiling
in him for several days; and some freah
affront at the spring caused his anger to
become ungovernable he drew his sword
; and rttshed at his captain, swearning he
would kill him. Fannon had stretched
his slight form on the sward, and waa
resiinz with his elbow oo the ground and
LAWS THE GUARDIANS OF
bis hand snder Lis head. Hie devoted
followers were around him. and be beard
ihe c!iek f their Kick as they cocked
iheir tiflee. Let hint alone! erted
Fannms. in his quick sharp tone. He
laid still, calm and eell-pos eased, with
his keen dark eyea fixed on the raging
lieutenant, a be eaade Irrmrn tu
plunge t his breat Dal w hen the stroke
came, its object swerved away like a
sake. and ihe b-f3-d man plunged his
sword into the ground. Qui'k as light
ning Fannin' sharp blade passed through
his gigantio frame Tout and that,
I pnni.h tHiwe wht disregard ntv authori
Jtj!".Hl
'aer.ieat'a.
se eyes sparkled like a
The man sank to the ea-th
forever.
But Fannnn's Mare is written at
the t p of this sheet: and she is the he-
mine of this nreseal writine. Achilles
had bis Xsn-hus aid Rilius. and Poa -
dares: Alexander and bis Bucephalus:
MeDonald had his Selim. Fsnnon was
a man of bhtod, like them, and like them
he had his favorite and Jtruiy charger;
and Fannou's mare wa worthy of her
owner, or even a better man ' He
called her the Red Doe, from her
resemblance in color to deer. She was a
rare animal fleet, powerful, intelligent, j
docile as a lamb and her owner valued
her, I dare eay, above king or eountrr, or
the tfe of his fellow man. She bnre him
prnudly and fearlessly in the bloody
skirmish or the quick retreat When he
stood in the noisy council of his partisan,
or in the silent ambush, the faithful brute
was br hie side, ever ready t bear him !
withersoever he would. Out Fannon lost
hia mare.
Down on the eat of Little River the
partisan and some four or fiv of bis
followers one day esptored a man by the
nam of Hunter, i whig from the country
'about Salisbury. This was sufficient
cause of dea'h. and Fannon told the man j
.he should hane him. Huuter wss evident-
1 m m. ni lh fn. km .tt.i .1,1 '
alone and defenceless, with a dozen
-
bitter enemies? It was a case
se nf com plete
, desperation. '
strong old oa
desperation. The rope was ready, and,
ik threw nut its convenient
branches. Fannon
told him he
might
nrar. for his time was come! The noor
'man kneeled down and seemed absorbed
in his last pennon to a throne of merer.
Fannon and his men stood by; and the
trusty mar stood among them with lh
reins on her neck. They begun to be im
patient for their victim tn close his devo
tional exercises. But they soon discover
ed there was more nf rl!i than heaven in
Hunter's lhnuvht! for ha suddenly snrane !
on Fannou's mare, bnwed his he"id dowu j
on her powerful ne :k, pressed his heels
on her flaukt, and darted away like the
wind!
Ihe lory riues were levelled in
moment Shoot high! shoot hieh!" 1
cried Fannon sae my mare!" The
slugs at whistled over Hunter's back. !
save one that told with unerring aim, j
which tote and battered his shoulder !
Ireadfii'ly. He reeled on the saddle and
felt sick at heart; but hope was before him
death behind, and he nerved himself
for the race. On he sped. Through
wood, and ravines, and brambles did
that powerful msre carry him, safely and
swiftly. His enemies were in hot pursuit.
They followed Imn by the trail nf blood
from his wounded shoulder. He came
to the Little River; there was no ford: the
hank was high, and a deep place in the
stream before him. But the foe came
he drew the tein and clapped his heels lo
her side, and tht gilUnt mare plung-
ru reckirssiy mm me sprsy, site roar.
II . I t.
pa wen ine yielding wave, arctied ner
beautiful mine above ihe surface, and
skimmed along like a wild svan. Hunter
rned her down slream iu the hope ofip
evading his pursuer; and reared and
I ished through the flishing waters of the
ahol. like livhtniw in the storm cloud.
But Fannon was on ihe trail, and rush-
" - - .
inr down tha riant with all the mail
.. ... .
energy that the loss of hit favorite could
inspire. Hunter turned the mare to the
opposite buik, it was steep sevrral fret
of perpendicular rock but she planted
herself on the shore at a bound: and then
awav she Hew over the interminable forest
of pines, straight and swift as an arrow
that admirable mare!
Oil ami on did the generous bru'.e bear
her master's foeman, till the pursuers
were left hopelessly behind. Late in the
evening Huuter rode into Salisbury, had
the slug extracted from his shoulder, and
after lingering some time with the effects
of his wound and excitement, finally got
well. And that gallant mare, that had
done him such good service, he kept and
cherished till she died of old age.
76.
Guadaloupe.Vte- have jnst received
distressing intelligence from Guadaloupe
of the date of the 30th of July. The
yellow fever which had appeared in the
hospitals of that Colony, has extended
itself beyond their walls, and caused great
havoc. I he Luropean soldiers were
dying by dozens every day, aad military
duty in consequence was much neglected
M. de Sambossi, the King's Attorney at
Marie Ualanle, has died of the disease.
and many magistrates have been attacked
by iu la uontlitutionnct.
OUR LIBERTY.
F'a the Standard.
STATE AFF4IRS No. 13.
Ma Loaiso: The UJeigh and (Jastou
Rd R ad Company was incorporated
for the purpoee of making a rail read from
UJ'igh to Roanoke river, at a point above
Halifax, where a new town has been laid
out and called Gaston. The books for
subscriptions in said company were open
ed, and a capital of about 709.000 dollars
subscribed. This no-'k w as commenced
after the u.ual preparatory surreys, and
p to ihia lime it baa been proeeuied
with zed and energy. It is in doly oe
one half of the d'utanct (or 4d mile,)
and t ie other half is progreing. The
orifind estimate of it coat was one mil
Ilton of dollar, an I the cna lenee in its j
jsuccers and iu prouia s stro ig that thej
j company made no great exertion, at the i
out-set. to colar ihe oriind suberio-
jtion beyond 70J030 dollar,. ihey en-.
llerriinin the opinion that Hie a.hlmo.il i
stock would soon go above p. an I thrre.; Wrren. Fraikh i, u J perlupi otnere.
by yield a handaomo profit to th 6ri j Itrcue it will grail.P increase the l
proprietors. Smee the rad waa begun ! ponauee ..four seat of Ooteroment. nnd
and lh eubseriSer have paid in IW :J the way to the etb!ihioenl of n It
stork, it ifl aaeertamed thai fieae ex;ecta- terary iiti;ii ion for I'm edoeatton .f lo
tions about a rise in the e.n-fc are n..t re-. n e. h . pr m no expend ihnn
hxed that it will take 1iJO.OOO , a.uU elaewhere. Iciue if thie road
lars. or more, lo build the road and lm
new subscriptions cannot be obtained ;
The friends of the ral h .ve not lost eon- j ic eeniin-v. mat win operas jun.-,
fidenre in its ultimata success, but a.t jly mjmi ihe eau-e of i.nproveiuenl f".
man of intelligence can perceive thaL on- rally. Ueraue ibis Mad may be helped
der exUtinj cirrum.tances. the Mock ofjby the eiate without great risk, without
necessity uiut be dcpred in the mr. bunhemog the people, without interfering
ket: and the company will soon be e n- her own adopted dicy and sy stem.
barrassed in their o;iera ions, unless thev
can re aideri Irom m m quarter. , :
The r enteriirixa is one which is not
now offered for ihe first time to the publn.
It is one whih the public is not elled on
lo btgin, or to asil others in torn ntnrin.
Were it o, the scheme would find no
present support from me. The me, as
I have all along m timained, ought not to
encourage a system ol improvement thai ;
is calculated to divert her trade. The l
primarv duty of North Carolina ia U
oKtn a w ay for her own trade lo her oM
nr r
ita-board. In this, I think a majority of
our people concur. But here is a work ,
which has been already begun. It has
oecn carrieu more wan oaii inroug. ii ,
is a work of value to the pa'd c, a!th mgh
it does not constitute a ti..nch in our !
adopteil tystetn of $tate imptj cement.
Our citizens have invested a latge sum a
the enterprize. and when completed. Hie
road will add something to the general .
go.d, by promoting the local interest of
man of ihe interior counties -and narti-
cularlv it will add to the wealth and im-
porlance of the teat of government. LH
no one suppose that tins last considera
tion is urged upon the i lea nf there being
any peculiar connexion between the pub
lie iiiterrst snd the personal weahh of the
citizens ol Rileigh. I mean no such
thing. The importance of which I speak
still be this: Supposing this roid to ttop
at Raleigh (as 1 Hope it will, at leasi for
the present.) thereby an easy sccess will
be allorded eastern gentlemen to a plea
sant and healthy spot for spending those
seasons of the year which are now mil
tpent abroad. The wealth which is
1 yearly drained from our state to purchase
j trips lo the north will more likely be spent
' at home, and the delightful and patriotic
pleasure of mingling together at our own
i Capitol, and on our own mountains, and
contributing each to a co nmon stock of.
Carolina sentiment, will be
a rich com-
pensaiion for the enjoy mems that areo't secure payment. Whatever may be
dearly obtained elsewhere. Our seat ol thought by others, 1 cannot but apprehend
Govern nent will, or at least it might, be j thai this loan will be effected (if effected
made also a teat of Science and a nursery at all) upon very disadvantageous terms,
forsnnthern pttr.oiism and North Caro- I hope 1 may be mistaken, but money
'lina Slafe-priJe. This is the sense in
j which I spnik of any work as being i-n-1
- irtant to the $.'a!e, becaus it is impor-!
' taut lo the fo7 of government. Whilst
! I am on this subject, and as it has a more
direct association with domestic or inier-!
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nal improvements titan many are accus-
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toineil to Consider. 1 will rcmarK inaii
North Carolin t the seat of government
oF Xarth Carolina ie the most proper,
location for an institution which, above
an
ill others, the whole touth needs fligA
i tchonl for the education of female.
Xnt an institution lo be supported by
state patronage, but a school upheld by
the patronage of 'parents and guardians,
wheie our daughters may learn all the
accomplishments and other more impor-
tant matters which southern psrents dear -
ly pay for at northern cities. Being ae -
customed to gather facts for myself, ra-
tner than quietly to acquiesce in the in-' Thus: Suppose a loan is obtained for,
ferences of others, I availed myself of an 300.000 .!oilrs the pnneip l payable af-,
opportunity which was afforded by a vi icr 10 years, ihe interest to be paid anna
ail lo Philadelphia and New York not ye- ally. That amount being expended ia
ry long ago, to ascertain as near as I could, ' the construction of ikta road; 300,000 do!
what sum the gentlemen of our stale ex- lrs more will be necessary to complete it.
pend in those cities to educate their If the latter sum is not also procured, the
daughters; and the result was astonishing, difficulty will hav been deferred, but not.
There were not fewer than 15 or 20 of removed; and if it i procured, their debt
our AWA Carolina girl amongsi thein- will b $S00.C00. Then at the expira
mates of the city schools, and their ag-l Uon of 10 years, the principal of the debt
gregate expenditures were about 20,000 being demaodable, its payment will rtfr
per year! A sum eqml to one-third of the corporation, unless the profits have
ihe whole expenses of our ttate govern- been sufficient to pay the dkbt and in
menl!! A sum which being applied at tkrkstI Indeed, a rail road which cost
home to ths same purposes, would alone million and yield a handsome profit oa
endow the school. A sum winch probe-, that sum, may be ruined by a debt imm
bly no man would credit, unless it had diately payable to the amount of une-fifili
, been arrived at by actual count! Remetn-iof iia cost, or nocfith of it real value,
ber that this was the outlay, not of thejSuchmijhvbaih.cinbarraa'neBiofthi
IVo.0 24.
setaA. but of Xurtk Curotum. nJ tell eat
if it ie wot a subjeei of general np--lanee.
It is MrleM lo rail at people
about leaving the grave of iheir aire to
seek new homes in ihe west. b-e
exeit woraeUes l' mike it iheir viterttt,
tm $tay here. Ii te idle 10 complain of
pareui for sending heir d-iochtrrs to Phi
ladelphu and New York. di. " be edn
eaied, unlrs we cooeeuUaie our efl-Mta
to eatablish amonct ourele eqnal op
portunities for their improemeoU I
this, as is every other iotern4 improve
meou lutkUg does oo g id, we must DO,
snmlhi.ig. . j
Pardon ibis apparent digreio all
who read these esavs will probably not
esteein it .
The Raleigh and (lwn rail rd then
claims our ail because it haa been "
menm-d and its nee.-a will pro.noie the
loeal mi'ieM e many iounor coontiee,
viz: W-ke. Chatham, Orange, C.ranvil.e,
ful 'or iak of r.Mb; attne. it
failure would pr lue a reuUion in pun-
t mU a;per pc aeticaitle nereaiter w
n.o rn.-imn --" r
our tvtrein. I ne wnernor ..
aid be relu-cd? Why Hati uoi the friend
f our hone policy give it iheir rounte-nm-e
and supp.MiI. Tier sdl answer
l"r iiirmevea, afier it is shown how all
this u". he done, jind after I ha met
and
refjied ihe bjrcMna commonly
wade against it.
" luoicnpnon i
tork of the R-ileigh and Gasmn road will
' o msne. ougru not re oe r.
. a m. mm m m. . w
What right has a repretentativ ot tn
to uxe me pumic money nu mj
eioek at 100 dollars per sltsre wnieii in
wi- i - . ...
vine would be indefcnibtt and it cannot
be procured. Were it a new atoek there
would be n 'thing like the same objection
a rlisnce of depreciaiion would he
then accompanied by a chance of profit;
hut this -lock is now greatly below par,
and ihe state agenta however confident ia
their estimates of a future advance on the
price, dare not invest the public money
in buying a depreciated slock, at parT or
what it the ssme thing, by entering int -the
partnership when the stock is depre
ciated 20 or 30 per cent. ' Any member
nf Assembly who would not be willing to
lay nut his own m utey in the purchase of ,
named stock, has no right to buy that
siock wild mo jjuuik lunua, tfoUHl
prudent man buy at 100 dollars per share,
stock in this rail road now. when the
stock-holders (many nf them) would take
29 or 25 per cent, less for their interests? '
For this reason, as well as for the oft-r-
pealed sentiment of what is th primary
duty nf the slate, I do not advocate a tub'
tcription tn the STOCK of the Raleigh
and Gaston road.
The President of the company, it t
generally understood, has been authoriz
ed to raise money upon the bonds of the
com piny and give a lien upon the road'
lender are exceedingly wary, and there
are so many opportunities for investing
weir weaun uponwwiiruweif arccrruy.tnai
they require neavter interest irom private
corporations, ami generally atiow anori
credits. IViw it is plain that the Kaleigh
. , - ,
anu unmn n. ram. an auana-
geous sale of their bonds where only a Ut
ile more than halfoi ihe capital necettary
to itt completion ha been paid in, and
there are no other remaining Subscript
ntns lo be collectdV It i possible that
a loan ol auu.uuu nonar might re-arti
mtte .confidence, and thereby indue tie.
patrons to subscribe more in the stock;,
but thai is to be tried yet, and it will hard
ly be the case unless the loan is granted
for a great length of lime. Any, period
i short of 20 years credit would expose itv-,
j dividual proprietor to a total loas of their ;
stock bv foreclosure of. the mortgage.
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