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' v- ' , ... - '. V. . ' . ... - . lllifl i ill 11 1 II 1 1 1 1 1 JUL . UNION, THE CONSTITUTION ANH THE LAWSTHE GU4RDUNS OF OUR LIBERTY. Yol. XXXII. WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 13, I 31. o. 1370. . May jaw rick aB, , , CvuWant, aatara'a better UeMings pur OVvtTV 14." :'. WilT ARB A!!Ei MOItE VALUABLE TH AN 1.1ME OB GYPSUM AS rCETlL- ceRS! ......... i;T Our neighbor of lxn I. Jan J have be. CHBC famous Atf ilcir inHe in ashes. They .end their bal the entiie length of the Mhk Yal'ey. ami ihey would push thiiir enerprixs as far the Black River Yaltcy.if th. Blck River Valley Cimil wa ro npleie; and they could well afford in tnnp"H not merely the live ash, hut the refuse ash. ; Ther hare keen iu i!n luSit of haying th refus of llie ahefie nf Unity and Troy, and paying as mock fn ii as the soapntaker paid originally for ilia lift ah. In looking about for a fer tiliser, the Ing Iklmder have found by experience, that Ihey, form the best whirh they ran employ The question which wt bate propounded demand an answers wt therefore proceed to sute, ih.t ahei owe their alue to their rompoiition. Our reader will, pethapa.say tlut lie knew this before. ' Very well. We say sjptin, and more to the point, tlut atie, spent and aapent, owe their principal value to the potaf h in the firt inrtanre, and to the phophaea 'ml musnesia. in tha second. We design to speak mainly of spent ah , ihoog'i we U-lieva Lrmrrs hud much better keep all -heir aahea for their corn and wheat lands, ratlier than sell ihem fori one shilling per bushel. ' bnenlaanes, then, we repeat, are va luable foe the puofphklee they contain. Mother the tuna and magnetm which are in a state of ereat sub diieion Dcfides the foregoing elemenU, silei, both oIuMtf and ino!uhle. Is present. The amount of the former will vary in the quantity br the intenitv of heat to which the vegeiaMe may have been subjected. Thus the yellow pine, which grows on the asndy lands aret of Albany, coutains 10 lis weight silica. WIipii the value of ashes ia sought for. H msy with propriety be said, that Ihey rank next to bone dust, containing, as they do. photplnte of magnesia anl iron, to gether with a Urge pprcenige or lime, The ash of the forest a well us frail trees, is as various as their own products; scar rely two agreening either in the amount of ash they Yield, or in the elements which eompof e it. Farmer. Cutting Fodder for Stock. That cutting fodder for stock, especial ly the coarert kind, is a subject worthy of more attention among farmers, will, I believe, he admitted by all u ho have giv en it anything like a fair trial.- Cut fod der of every description, ia of more value lor Mock than uncut. I hare known per aon to be of opinion that a hores would tliive as well upon cut hay, as ha would without its being rut and a moderate al lowance of oat added. This may he claiming too much for it. but yet there is a stronger argument in ita favor. Horses, as well as other stock, sppear to reluh the same fodder better for rs be ing cut ; besides the advantage of ea ing it in half ihe time, allowing m ire Tor text. It ha alo a tendency to obviate" the dif fcuhr to which cattle sod horses are sub ject, in the winter season, when they are kept upon, drr fo lder, auch as wheal and . sTCII I niv. imrn lauMAi nnn tv ati ' wnicn win be ranch better eaten by being . a a ... . . --.....,,. , ua.c rcjiraicuiy vrru louder offered 10 cattle and refused, and the samo fodder p issed through the cut- ter. returned to ihem apparently to their atisfaciion, from the disposition ihey made swiai ik... ... : a. a a a A i it. llay th it h musty is murh unprov ed by cutting, a. the dost becomes libe - raiwby tiieoperaiion. I here is one oih- er benefit to be derived, which is mixing straw, poor bay, &c, with that which is Boon, uy winch means all will be eaten.; Some, however, may object, that straw. and p . or hay are in a mnnner worthies-.' therefore noi ung is gainciL But we mayj. Boort, by which means all will be eaten. recollect that tha time has not long sinco gone by, when very many doubted their rciToiim mat mo nine nan noi long since gone by, when very many doubted their being any advantage in grinding corn and cobs together for provender; hut expert- ments have established th fact that there' prinuinir rnrn am! tiler. . economy tnt; ami ft m. .meexer,ec. fj day passes that sone n muinf fodder I Hunk the jdvaniage, th- doe9 J t gwFrong. , Workmen fully Mual ionising robs with torn pro- faiI &. rnn,rfa fa h. vender. ' Maine Farmer. An exchan p.ip'f cnumerales the fol - lowing list of advantage attending the ad eriiaiiig in a newspaper it has enlarg-.: d many a small" fiosiness; has revived many a dull holiness ; lis recovered ma - y a Iom losines!; hax preserved many larja bo- insts ; has created many l new ousines.r-.' " .... from Atibaia Hon Gaartta . , . WHO AEE THE HAPPEST7 " Whit trtwUes yuu.Williaa r" said Mrs. Aiken, speaking in a tone of kind concent to her hu.Und, who sat Heat tod moojj, with hU eyes -fixed upon the floor, tad now full owing the Conns of his plainly-clad children as thej ported, fall if health and spirits, abuat tne room. , ; - man who earned his bread by the sweat I of his brow, had, a little while. before, returned from his dail r labor. No answer was made to the wife's Saestioo. ' A few minates wentbjr.and leo aht spoke again. - : Is any thing wrong with job, Wil liam V ;- . , . M Nothing more than usual," was re plied. "There', always something u rmr. . IT,. r.f I. fljll.'V liai HI. Mil. ll&CU MW 1116 William r . , i , , I Mrs. Aiken came snd stood Utwl.lhld.i her husband, and laid her upon his shoulder. Th .vil .mrli ftf . ;,. t.nt ,n ik. u .n. I...- ,:. -1- - - - J , nnnsi SMn'isi aVAw4V il.t l:. -,;r- i .,.n . cl. . pwt aaasau a as c ami uuiil had often before seen hltn in this frame of mind. . ,. I'm as good as Freeman, am I net" O. "Yea, and a good deal better, I , i ' i- i i ;t . ' P;-7?!riluKii,.'-:.iA iiusn, v ii nam. iionriacso. it doe. roe no good. . We have a com-1 fortaCle homefwith food nd raiment, let as therewith be contented and thankful.-. , : v.: . -1 Thankful for tills mean hmt ! ! Thankful for hard labor. Door fare, and coarse cioinine; i t .1 In f.!V -Th! ' i.i . - . : i" V; I tL a ther who have ontr the nlaine.t food, iiuuri nuuE rmuf ucurr iii-bilii. man Doyon ever ro hungry to bed, W.1- Ham?" Ham?" No, of course not." the cold of winter for lack of warm clo- tl lno-V "No- but." ' WilliamJ- Do not look past your' ml .-..mfnrt. In f K Vi..5n" - i in v-nii nr vuur Eiiiifirr!ii Hiiivpr in God has piren to others Denend tin.' uod has given to otners. iiepend up-, w mmm wivill,; on it, we receive ail oi this .world'. floods the kind Father above sees it best lor u. to have. With more, we might not be so happy as we are." I'll take aft that risk," said Aiken. Give me plenty of money, and I'll find way to largely increase the bounds of enjoyment." . . TM. - 1 i .f I I believe. isver to be fouauMn that external' condition in which God has - . placed us." ., ' " men every poor man should w I insly remain poor." V I did not say that. William. I 4i i. "v i i -. , think every man should seek earnest. j w impiBit " l,r-J':' be contented with his lot at all tune8; lor nnlif in .nntAltlmrnl Id 4k&f-A h. a v..v ... v:...vM..v. . m.. mr ALTiuMTSk P?n S i Siert tt in lrt B?ore P You intt.neTl IXl lSr I .mPK,i f fhll - I .. I ?J !l n I . t .V bJ. IW n - uLi i.fc-!.a v.;ijt Doesn't that tell .MJW exchange with h.m in every respect - o not in every respect. I would like to hat e his money. . ., AnV "."i" ; " " T s dX 1 IV C si Oiiuvsv lli livuu . a ww uiv in? place in your heart fos the entrance t?r. tw , of bad spirits. Try to enjoy fully what you have, and you will be a far happier I . v w n Xr 1 poor hay. &c j man than Mr. Freeman. Your sleep is terarice to words of envy towards him r eaten by being sound at night. . , . , . I self" Would you," said he, " take all sound at nigni. i as a man irnn nnnra as nsrii j -a -.nun. as I do, can't help but sleep soundly. .. Then labor is a blessing, if for no- thing else. I took home, to-day, a cou- pie 0f aprons made for Mrs. Freeman, Sne. looked pale and troubled, and I ' asked her if she was not well." Not very "she replied. " I've lost' so mucn rC8t cf iate. that I'm almost worn out f jjj not.sk whv this was; butaf - i jid Usk why this was; butaf-' tv,r remaining silent tor a few moments,' ,he said- . I .. Mr. Freeman has got himself so ' ' ' . n-nt him ftp 1 F fioi excited about business, that he sleeps' Br,,rl- thr. hours in twentv-four. i exc;ted about SCAeCer thr jr. ne:. ;. i :r i ' J ... iner lor eaung nor uim- ilid not watch him. would B?Mt .n.a. .knna.l in laiunl nnl. I nw ,i, k ...i ,i.L ...u. v ' Vaia.tw; a; Ja, JJCttCU UICII1 lUUCOUW prove to be untaithful ; in fact, a nun j dred things occur to interfere with his expectation, and to cloud his mind with disappointmenUjkWe were far happier fwhen we wereVpStffe Mrs. Aiken, 'ere 'was a time when we enjoyed. thy? jfe. Bright days ! how well are thisa- meinbereiH Mr. FreemWa isAk i wtwiloIlai-3 a week; wetved in two rooms, and did all oar own work. I had fewer wants then than I have ev er had since, and was far happier than I ever expect to be again oa this side of the grave." : - " Jast then a cry was heard ia the street. - Hark !" exclaimed Mr. Aiken. " Fire! Fire! Fire!" The atarUing sound rose clear and shrill upon the air. Aiken sprun to the window and ?Jn Mr. Freeman's new buildtnr. as I live!" . Aiken dropped the . window, and catching op his hat, hurriedly left the house. Mrs. Aikin shook her head. It waa an hour ere he returned. Meanwhile, the fire raged furiously, "a 'I0 h" n she w ,arSe new "Ctory, which the rich man stood beside tna" jBt rerteu, entirely consumed j hand trend vt .e erce devouring element. All. ' " . y I in vain was it that the intrepid firemen oupM nwi nuracte. oi oaring, in ., - BV1. 4 ... 1 :i t- Ot i me uuuuint. 010- rj auer aiory was successively wrap . . f u.?t5, at U&b over fif-j jv vnousana uoiiars worm oi properrj " - I nMP 01 0l nu moumenng , a-n in si ;':. . ,. , .. . at to the skin, and covered in cin-' U Mr. Aikin when he returned ..v. ,,, rJZ era,n--1 PltJ h,m from m W. h"? V". hu Statnvt' ",0P: .U.,,H.5 "u Ti ,1 tlv 1 'VS V n edMrS-..A,ke . ... .,. ' .. - r " rarity, uuieverra mil insurance Iom, In "less than-two week, this ....... . few lactory, w.tn ait ,t. pertect ana IZT I,w r. . . v now high, and Mr. Freeman would have cleared a handsome sum of money on .1 . . ... if- " 5 r" ? Itisaternbledisaointmentfor him. 1 never MW 1 ma?.? ,?uch d,!.t.urbe- .oT n.d 7w?.tiFr.5ht V ,lIura . mm . ..,11 ..1 WW mu n i iiu .. N rich he j win he be a happy as you to-morrow." ' 1 we,re ne " a A'KeD' . . would not fret myself to death for this loss. I would, rather, be thankful for the wealth still left in my possession." "o, uimam, we same spirit mat make, you restless and discontented now, would be with you no matter how EF&l!??: nut niriii iiiui . iwi r. m n reeman was once as noor as vou are. lio you think, him happier for his riches ? Does he enjojr " ""'" & v I c i e a 11 ; j. . i cr ireeuoin iroio carer uaa 11 uiauc V.a cl..n owaa i Car ftm fmnwn ins .nvti t .vi t vu u Ric;cg Uve but increasei tU gour. ceaf discontent.. . I ThU not a necessarT conse- I .... ... uence. if Mr freeman turn a bless- in? intu Curse' t,,at is defect in his pabular case." - "nA ttW' ia tHU faUen and wil world, are free from this same defect. WiUim' If weaUh were ou8ht from n'fish ed. then il W0U,J make il F986880'"?. Kuthowfewsoseek beieve tUat th evU ; Mrg A;ken 8poke c,rne9tlrf and something of the truth that was in her , mind, ahed its beams upon the mind of ; Ii a hiiuKtanrl ' You remember," said she, smiling, " the anecdote of the rich man in New siva at uouuiiut York, who asked a person who gave ut 1 8eif. Would yo . - the care and anxiety attendant upon the management of my large esUte and j extensivebusiness operations, merely fr VOUr victuals and clothes?" No, indeed. I would not," was the quick answer. I get no more," said the rich I man, gravely. And it was the truth, William. They who sret rich in this rworld. rasa un through incessant toil and .nxiety r and. while they seem to ' eniov all the wl thinfrs of life, in re- enjoy all the good thin ality enjoy but little, their victuals and c worked for many rich al J B D Ihey eet only clothes. I have ivnr1rt fn. monv t-iiK I .! ioa , mnA f An not remember one who appeared to be hannier th I ,m And I am mista- I. rr- a i ken if your experience is not very much like my own." A few days after this lime, Aiken came home from his work one evening. As he entered ihe room where his wife and children sat, ihey looked up to hun with a rheer and smile of welcome, and thelat ter gathered around him, filled his ears with the mimic or their happy voices The fat'ier drew an arm around one and another, and as he sat in their midst, hi heart .welled in hi- bosom, and warmed with a erlow -f happiness, Soon the evening meal was served served bv the hands of his wife lhe good angel of his humble I'l'-ae. Wd Iim Aiken, as he looked amonj epon hie smilling children, snd th ir true-hearted, even-tempered, cheerful mother, frit he had many blessings fur which he should be thankful. I saw something a litils while s to, thai I shall not soon forget, said be, whea alone with his wife. "What was that. William V I had occasion lo rail at the boose f Mr. Elder, on some lniness. ss I rsme heme this evening. Mr. Elder is rich, and I have often enied him ; but I shall do so no more. I found him in bis sil ting room, ahme, walking the floor wiih a troubled look oa his fjce. He glanced at me with an impatient expression ss I entered. I roentiored my business, when he said abruptly and rudely I've no lime to think of ihst now. "Is I wa turning a war. a door of the room opened, and Mrs. Elder and two .children entered. I wih you would si up to ihe nurseiy," h fretful, half-angry voice. send them ehildien te exrlainiel, in a ' pgry voice. w I m in no hu j mor l be troubled wiih ihem now," "The look easl utv n their father hr those two innocent little children, a the'r ' pushed ihem from die mom. I snail nni roon torgei. i rrmemnerea. as i ie .i.e not.se, n.i ,ere i.aa neen a liMa riltir tea Ufarfesat avtrstaaf astaJ ihwl Vt Vi ',' : teitain a pnhieamlienee. talents, lo which Mr, Elder was said t. be ihe loer by , one ten thousand dollar les. ih4ilT?I!!!r ?f V?8 i a .i . i ZTxVSl 7l 1l Jl: '.'1! Zl. ViZlZZ .Z, mSZtt'"t1"iilw C4 Field, of cot jXeZ E,r'r' ' mlm ' whirh 1 h" h?J9 ,,BmWe' P" tvn my undivided attention and labo- wwraiw. . - I Customs Of the Turks. Mr. Biown, . who resided a I mg time in Constantino .n.J accomp.nie. Amin Bcy.l.a. Scioia U2ette, some interesting papers upon the ha l0msofil.e Turks. From o published in Ihe bits snd cos- one of ihem we ,he r,1,wwin8 - - -- he higher rlassea of the Ofomans or Turks of Constan-inople, are verv re- U,eil r Wfc u very gentle and mild in disposition. I a im - . and UUler vert mucri Irom Ihe lileas ge- n(.r,!ir h.d .h.o. i- ,h;. .,i m.. A. er countries. Their education cannot be c"el ''ry good one; ihey have but few WOrks on modern sciences, and none on ,he histories ol oilier routines. Beyond a ,jg,ry of Catharine II. of Russia, and another of Bonaparte, at St. Helena, there are none in il.i-ir nu-n tn m. any of ihe sovereigns or governments of Of America, ihey po..e.. one mI!.i vr,i;nn r . v.. nr ih niMfv r ), iv M,.,n U contains much dial is fabulous, drawn irom ine earner aeconiiis oi me imafinen ... ... ........ condition oi the discovered Ind of vO I 1 . . . luinnua anu ins coinpauinn. 11 oeprtves CH,mbu, -o( mwh lhe ,;. w,.n u generally allowed him. and asserts that he hut followed lhe route oointed mil to him hv an arientnroua Canlain ulinm lot fnd at the C-narv IsUmis. llha.many report, about mermaids and other fabulous nd .Lws describe, several kind. f fruit.. which unfortunately, ..re not 'e. n i "V known part of America. Within late. years. some Bim geographies have been tran-lated , rSrkish from ,he French, for the use rf w y, by pn.nl SIam T,y .orne excellent works on mathematics and, it may here be said, that the people of the East have always excelled in the science of fisrurc.; and many grommeis andMictionarics exist in Turkish, of Arabic and Persian. As the Turkish language ulone is a very poor one, large additions have been made to it from lhe Arabic and the Persian, and it is these that lorm the Ottoman tongue. WMi these, ii becomes very extensive, and requires several years of atudy lo be properly acquired. The 1 urks and Persians use the alphabet of the Arabs, and like them, write fioni right lo lefi; but whilst the Arabian numeral are still ii'cd in Arabia a d Africa, as well as all over Europe, the Turks have a set of theii own, distinct and peculiar. All eastern people, except the Chinese, write with a reed; the latter use a btueh, and write from the top to the bottom of the paper. Most oriental people resemble each other in their social and domestic habits. Child ren of lhe two sexes only associate togeth er until lhe sge of nine or ten years, when the females assume the veil prescribed by their Prophet for concealment from the male. To that age, they associate with each other al schmd ; brother, and sisters freely associate with their cousins of eith er sex, b .t with no more distant connec tions. Brothers may see the face of broth ers' wives or slaves, and those of their par ents ; but not thoe of any one not nearly connected with thetn. A Mussulman is allowed by his religion, to have four wive, and to divorce then when he pleases. He cannot lake back a wife divorced the third time i he ran .then become united in marriage to another hatband. &e., and in ittra is oivoreeu ay mm. iiemay nave ss many lerenia slaves (ronrbbinra j bta pars will alhiw, and be has entire power orer ilieir persons as well a labor. These, as veil asniher slaves, become free afier sevra oi eight years of servitude, follow ing ia this rrspert.the Moai law. All shit female slaves are free who msy bear a child to their master : and all child rea thus bora of slaves, are feeai.d have the same right to the pair'xn ny of their lailier. as tbose tT the Tree married wile. Divorces are rare among the hither clas- Jses of MuMulroent they are considered .dUrepo table, and only now occur among the ignorant and ill bred. Few Musul mans hare more than one wife, both on account of the expense required to keep up diSerent estabhshnieitts for earb wife. and of the quarrels to which leelings of jealousy give rise smone them. Few a! Iso intioduee female sia.es into iheir ha- rems female apartmenu) for ihe aame reasons ; and thus, though polygamy is legal among tha I urks, the inconvenience attending it, prevents its use. a aubject of dry statistics: but on a subiect so deeply interesting to the people of North Carolina as ihe development of wof rrourrea, i none io 09 ania io ronv n"nd n ' w k 'ritie h.t which I have tha honor io t- L I Iriotis investigation fntihclaM few months. I - The value of coal, as a Mineial fui-l. rinna tnaMiiminn fn is but little known, except to those whoe interests have made il a subject of study. I'roietsor I aylor, in Ins invaluable work. on the Statistics of Una!, very ioitly te a a a. -i. . . marks, that it woubl be nouirneuli task to show, in figures, how vastly more profit able is the application nilabor in the mm ing and working and transportation of coul. than that or the precious metals. The snnual production of all the gold and silver mines of North and South America was estimated by Baron Humboldt at nine millions of pounds sterling, and at present (excen ing the terent discoveries io California) is less ihan five millions of pound, or twenty five millions of dollars. (vow. the value of the coal produced an nually, in Great Britain alone, is compu ted at fifty mill ons of dollars si lhe pits' mouth, and from seventy-five to one hundred millions of dollars' at the places of conumption." Great Britain ia indebted to her coal for her supremacy as a manufacturing, com mercial,'and maritime nation. Take from her the coal mine and she would sink in to a fourth rate commercial and maritime nation. Take from her lhe mat mines and she would sink into a fourth rate com mercial and maritime power. Her manu factures would eeae her Sheffield, Birmingham and Manchester would be no more, and her people would be com pelled to emigrate or starve. The use of coal in the United States, to any considerab'e extent, has been very recent, the immense coal fields West nf the Alleghanies were considered of lit tle alue twenty-fire years ago, and the anthracite of Pennsylvania were scarcely known thirty rears since. The whole amount oflhat kind of fowl mined in Pcnn tylvania in eighteen hundred and twenty was only 365 tons. The mining of that species of coal increased very slowly, as it had to make its way strains! public pre judice, arising from its difficulty of igni tion. In 1828, ihe amount of anthracite mined and sent in market was only seventy seven thousand Ion. ' From that period lhe quantity rapidly inrreased, and in 1819 amounted to nearly three millions and a half tons. In 1850. it is estimated Ihe amount did not fall hort of four millions. The beneficial effects resulting lo lhe State nf Pennsylvania from the develop ment oi her coal fields was leli and ac knnwledged throughout the length and breadth of her land. The growth of her commerce increased with the growth and development of her mineral resources. In 1820, the coastwise arrivals al the port ol Philadelphia amounted to only 877; in 1847 lo 18.069. Three millions of tons of anthracite roal were brought to mar ket that year, whose value then was twelve millions of dollars, and eleven ihousand four hundred and thirty nine ves sets cleared from the single port of Phil delphia that season loaded with a million and a quarter tons of coal. During ihe agitation of the tariff in-irrom Ui6 relative cost oi the two improve 1846 at Washington, it was stated by Mr. ments, and the means of transportation to Cameron, of Pennsylvania, that llnrtv years ago coal was entirely unknown in this country; yet in 1846 il gave employ ment to four millions of days work annu ally. Ii kept iu movement a ihousand shin of one hundred and fifty tons each, ami afforded a nursery Tor the tratninf of sixf regards bituminous coal-', the owners thousand seamen, whd earned three mil M mines ou Deep River need not fear any Tfa of dollars yearly. It five rircoU ina to a espitkl wrgfiv mIIms of dollar. ll kept in actiriiv fifteen ihoosand miner. and abstained a aiming population f so venty ihousand soul, who annniUy rrn- . samed apwsnls of two iiiillin worth f agrir-ulturtl proilueiiont, and snort than : three and a half millions worth ff merchab due. To Pennsylrania (says ProrWmw Ty . lor) the almost exeulkive possesion of iiis , species tf rombnsiilte (anthn,cite) whin reaonalle diatanc of ihe sea-hnard. i t boon of inestimable price, wbiclrlarea her in a position of enviable superiority, t snd b files speculation as to the point to . which it msy ultimately elevate her. If ' such then have been lhe magnificent re sults, from lhe development of the roil , fields ol ureal Britain and Pennsylvania. and such lhe anticipation ss to lhe future. the question occurs what u the value or the coal fields of North Carolina! Their value d. pends upon their extent, upon the thickness of the bed, lhe quali ty of the coal, and facilities and cheapness of transportation lo lide water and tbenra In a market. As to their extent, jon heard last evening tha sutemrnt of Pro- ' fcsor Johnson, than whom no one stands higher in bis profession. II had recently returned from a tonr of several weeks x- ' aminaiioninihevalleyofDeepRiver.il staled that his ow n observations satisfied him that the coal measure of Deep River extended fifteen miles, and that he had re liable authority for theii extension fifteen miles farther. He did not state the width - of the measures, as he had not lime 1 1 ex 1 amine, exeept in one place, where he had . ' traced the beds on bpth sides of lhe river. and where ihey were from three and a half to four miles wide. From other sources of information, I hsve no doubi of -their greater extension, both in length snd width.' But if we lake the length to be but 30 miles, and the mean width si three . and a half miles, we have an area of one hundred and five square miles. The ihirknes s of sevetal of the veins, the learned Professor stated. None thai ' he examined were 1es than six feet. Some ' were of gieaier thickness, and, in some localities, two or three, veins were found ...l.l..-. '...I. fct.. :r .. tiiitiviij nig cai.ii uiorr. nvw 11 w cao- mate the area to he underlaid with only one vein, and that vein to be only six feet ' thick, this estimate would give Tor the solid cubic quantity in the ground six mil lions of tons lo the square mile. Making allowance of one fifth for waste and faults, the whole available amount would be five millons of inns to the square mile, or S22 million, of ton fnr the entire ennl area of Deep River. The coal is of three kinds, the highly bituminous, the semi bituminous, and the our anthracite, snd each kind has been shown by analysis to be among the best coals or its class. Iu quality of coals the fields of Deep River . are unsurpsssed; in variety unequalled by any location in the United States; iu quan tity, as far as regards all practical purpose, equal lo any other. To mine the roal of Deep River al lhe rate of two millions of ions a year would occupy 262 years, and at lhe rate of three millions of tons a year 179 year. J he remaining question is, what are the means and cost of transporta tion to market? The means nf transporta tion are through the slack water improve ment of CapeFear and DcepRiver. The en lerprize of a few individuals, aided by the liberality and wisdom of your Legislature, has opened a pathway in the ocean, which for extent and espiieity combined, surpas ses any(canal in this or any other roun try, and at an expense not exceeding four hundred thousand dollars. Compare the canal, as it may w ithout impropriety be called, with the great canals which have been constructed with a view to benefit the coal trade of Maryland and Pennsylvania. The cost of the' Chesapeake and Ohio ranal, was upwards of seventeen millions of dollars. It is about the extent of the Cape Fesr and Deep Rivers is sixiv fi-el wide, and six feel deep, with locks of 15 feet in width and 100 feet long. Your canal sverages 450 feet in width. The' water in lhe pools is usually from ten lo fifteen feel in depth. The locks are 18 feet wide and 115 feet in length. Il re quires 1 4 days to go from Cumberland, at the head of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, to Alexandria, and return, not in cluding the time occupied in loading and unloading the barges. A steamboat with her tow of bargea ran go from lhe mines on Deep Kiver to Wilmington, and return. in 4 days, making a difference ol ten daya in one trip. 'I he expanses of transportation are grea ter in other respects, as well as in the -saving of time, as it regards these two im provements. On the Maryland canal, ani mal power is used to draw the coal barges; on the Cape Fear vnd Deep River im iprovements, team power will be used. be used on mem, mere can ne scarcely a compaiison, as to the telative amount of toll,- or the expenses of transportation. When at tide water, al Wilmington, lhe 'coal ran be sent to New York. at as little expense us from Alexaudtia. As far, then. "a r - a i 6
The Durham Recorder (Durham, N.C.)
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Feb. 12, 1851, edition 1
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