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- TFBHS OP BIBSCKIITIOX. i
flis Wimf Vnrnitit pablisksst every stoefaj
, aeralag. . - i J. j.
rcsn-Wtnt as Batarasys WsdaeMlajr. j '
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tti stost tsvu-sUs aisilitiint uf itv
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SE'IWVErilLY;
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iatoa typs at lss, wloi-h ws Jlatituara, vs trg
as follows for tiiMri . .n is ths kly i
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- FitBHtiira n Nibt:i I'lirnr int. The Bureau
report fir September, on frcedtnr u 'a affaire in
- tbi Btate,tate that tbero w isnued to Freed
men in that month S5,80 rt?, The number
of school lor th ncgroe I In , teacher j
achorvtrTTiavsrw' 'irtreetluieir
are, for tualc, $9-75 per mom ., , ii female
" t3.85.1rteoiidi)B ii expreaatNl that," if thels-
lue of ration be Mopped during till month as
' ordered, (and as It Uai been,) tnkny black will
die of starvation, ai fituthertliemunicipal, coun
ty Bor State aulboritk are able to make anyiro
visum lor weir wppors, . i
H .i 1 ;., .-."it "
: Wuito 8minu Capk. Geo,
M.lUtBef
has been associated, with 3. W. Alspaiigh, Esq.
in tlie'oMtorlnJ management of this paper. Capt.
Matbce was a gallant officer In the Confederate
army and.i aaid to b a gentleman o4 fine tab-
DlRHTT-TKAVa WITH LlVEllfOOU--Wf !
pleased to learn that the eteauishlp MdU will
losj fJtJToiMMcr .Uieipwtffirat.bQHtflu.
middle of NoTember. 4 The rates of freight will
;' be very reasooablcj of which announcement will
be made ia good timOw.. .'..j ?..- - . ..J.i i
Z.-S-- . .' H'"'" I "
, t - i , For tiie Sentinel;
'T IlKwiii Eihtoii iThi people of the South?
" are poor and la debt, but tluir omiditioa it not
, liorMtl48- w belief thattbii refflon U the
- moat tl iruble, bf nature, In the world. What
ia Wanting now Is rimply win and conrageont
t'enterpriMi We are In- the cnndilllm of a nian
who la in debt, but tin' a treasure hid iq hie
""Helda and vhub fzt-wA m reatUod except t
ewmtleriMe rpf.rT'm IT,' -The
existing dbt,ay, la lire thooiaifd dol-
- Ura. It will take tweotyne hundred more to
reati the treasure and tender it amilubla. Tbi
latter ia worth , million in cash. Now what, ia
to tie done! The debtor baa no money and no
wa?a for raising it but two, and these re to
. jpulf half his place or mortgaj.'e all. - - -
' Will he lie wise to refuse either plan f He'll
be ruined end nltimately told out if he .doe'l
""pursue! otie of these courses. li he. resort to
, eilher of tlnffl, and fils to get the treasure, he
wilWonly arrive at Ule place wbitber he will go
way. ,lat lh tWasurs if then tiul kttwis
it. At a eertaiw poiit be'tt reach if, nd yet he
' cmmulers liimsolt too poor to tligiur it. WUat
an absurdity I ' ' - ' ;
The obvious course of the Sonth 1 to push
" forward her work of internal improvement, and
bring all her rich soils, fine pasture an l-
hauMlea mine scar to market. , .-'
, We want n immenae immigration of Intel-
' llfrent laborer ; but the men we look for have
been accustomed ton different system 'of cut ti
ra ioa. from thai herrtflfore puiod ie the
H.HMtH9lwv fiiiv" eulitvl small farms, and.
iimIs every tusk tei mt every etlj cot. They
is wlitt we call truth firmrrtj and thy have
bucu in the habit of selling every surplus potj
, . toe, cabbanrf af)le and .berry. 3'Ay ssmst
- tr tumarlut; and rf we wilt build railroad
alt over our regtpa it will sxin be planted with
thrilty laborer as thick as black-burrica,,, There
" I no mistake in this, If we build road we will
be the richest people in the world, li we don't
". we'll be the poor eat. Two way are before us;
- which will we choose t, J',. i ; , .i.to ,
'at it is aakeil, how can we build roads I Let
- me reply by other qoestion. ' Uow can We do
. without them I Who will buy our lands t and
if we can't sail ear buds, how will we ever get
ontofdebtt .
,J" JJut where there i wiil there it a Vaj.f ;1We
'"can build roaihi if wttry,":, - r..tv,ri'-?;
i Allow me to mi"w?t one plsn, ' pi'pjiAao wa
' -'take the Comptroller's Books and ao i luiu the
assessed value of the real estate of every county
and corporation in the State, and tlten pas an
act f JLasemljly aUawiugeai h county ud cor
"' poratioa, to sul-nbs one toii.li ot its nett value,
that ia, of it awstusod value everibiexJsting
debt, to any railroad or cuu.il which it may e-.
tout Allow bonds to be isud for such sub-
irrtptionS, of small dcuomituuon, receivable for
- all Bt(e duesapd fuutiu.blB-alths cpljrin. of the
holder of, aay, T50 wortlior more, in tock ef
1 the work fir which in uwl, and let thr'"bondt
m-f fair twenty or tiiirfy yt , and. .bear
mall interest. - ' '
To nrevent frauds, the bou.U cuitld all be U
ued by the State, for the enrporatio) coocera-
eil, on a cmnmou plate, thf lottering only being
" peonliar in eiteh cune. "- 1 1
Tbi Would only lie riiikinaf t.nlh f 1 1it
we are worth to b.ivi r, '1 ; thi j ' in . " i ve
' sMfeircoltttiniT im',ml it'tnsv -.ulief
'' -;were to en;" -, t'e (State wo ' be
-Covered ocrii a net k of roinruercial
"' arteries, onr dead lauds wot;! 1 ( to hlV, and
our eoA vuluntion be live ti. - t i! is mow.
Oct 17, 18C8. N.tt
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- The Election Conseiv:.'' ? Cain.
The election returnit are (till in . plete. 1 " e
radical majority in Pennsylvania, h we pre.in t
ed, ia tnateiiiily whit tled down as the ofuuiid rw
turns couie in, and the probaloUty now ia tJ.it it
will not much, if any, trceed twelve tliou,nd.
The conacrvntives, therefore, have aim-J sonio
j .'th'ng Dear. 8,000 upon the majority against them
x-ia ttie laat prcsitleiitialehn-tion tlint gain bein
more than e jnnl to the ni;iorif y n'r iinst BlcClet
l lan in JN'cw York in 1 Jl 1. In Ohio the conserva
lT.tive gain has boas etiil hwio iltitve. I.ineolu's
? majority wa5i),5Sfi, but at the recent election,
'.. when the vote was aiipn'ntly a heavy ai ' i 'nt,
the radices hive not uMaiucd more than .,(lo0
, majority. Imiianasliowsa somewhat similar ro
: eulL- Ijnn.'n'a w'ori'v in thnt in
":; 'aa S'VV "-. I n... ',. :. .. :) . I
dsici d below 1S,I- X i he conservatives also
" gain member ot Coe;-ei in luii. uta, ns well as
one in Ohio. We bavo not y r- -ive-i u:'l.
cient rot urns from Ia to lorm a r n-ue
" of the result j but there ia no ih.io l, jinl;.;in
from our advices, that the ra licalshaveatso h-t
'. in that State. The tu .ij i':y forLInro'n in 1 i
; in Icnva, was 1 '., aud te r- ' ; 1 t
Mowisaut likelv . r. h HV . 1 a..l t; e
.-:8tatte,threr..re,v' W Uli e!,t i
bfConerv,:fna n-i'., i
titwn the voi at toe i i t
I jjrea
, JIT, T.Humliulij'endtnt.
---The Afri'f'Klturul Pureait'at: V;..., a "'
'tim4tc tiie cotton cmp, fur 1 i, at l.-uj.tJj
1 bale. ' Thi U above the usual estimate. "
Thi Dead of te JaiClutere-.
' " : Fa'-Ii within Ins nsrrtiw r tl furavr lai.l.
, . mile leje.ULheia ul ihe j: mu L ultn-p,"
TIm KiclimonuT Whi ol bit., !.. ,
I tenting to iton-adera Jalie JtHcriptioiij pu tuo
monumeuu nv fcivH ktxv i;iu uemetery, accoin-'
paniod by note ol Its own.... W have tltonyht
that it would b t feature of 1ocb1jj4 even of
State lutlrcot o borrow the exoclleut idea of
ovu fespeieotmTKirry, wtdtrftmtlsll im
ilar brie, .ccasiouat s Vetches of the yenerated
(lead who lvep-itl'ni the barrow, precinct of
our city grave-jard, and who were persona of
mark and merit, la their lives. Many good r.i
and Women afeep there, wlioe memories rov ,
dear to llu eommnmtv, " t io IicrliC M w Un-e
PTt'o.'e iirv'ves t' e A.j
.. ...
of the tomb.
OMM,y.livr'bti!ijj oeitil, ytt epiakcfh.'J'1 W
begin, without iurllor. pw'aoo, with some of
those who Vcte longotit identiSetl with tbe in
terwU an j pqojj'.s of ll:Ji;ir'.iraud.nhaiivlltO
tereae sad honored old : 1 '"' ' ' ,
.! V fJkS .V . '
--- . - ; i. , . V: v- ,,- :, .(,! . r I
tn ssemorV of VV'ii.iam Pot.a, huratsitim enanty el
" 5Jeckluil.ni ;, Jul) a, 1. vl; ik partl Ihw Ida ai Uto
city of Kslei. ijJ .in. 1 1( x0, f eJ ;,r veara, f sjuriltlsf
sno five itni,i ,A i' l iii.ii soiiiier tlLrolumt the
uw-hv wlm a th ii. ; i t luirnee of his, country was
V- 'hlH hit.i!n)tv ; firm In frlfluUliiii. &i LruM mnA wanm
' in seek wiciai aff.il.Ki. ' Ho e!-wl, hil liviag,
Uie msiieot and attachment of all who knew hiuL
; and kft aa anVietkMaui ceratios for bta eharaetur
' dejljr imr)iMed a She heart of his witksr and
children aku Aavs sauscil UiU sviunweat U be
a,iere.-ted," .. ; - - - - r - -f '.y
f ol. Polk belonged ,f ca ,o men that
tori i to have almost passed away. Of command
in' ; ' i setlee,' grer.t decision of manner, as well as
of c'l.im'efer aiid lofty Jideas ot .manliness' and
persoiMl esteem, which he illustrated In all hi
tok'TXoupe with the world, be would liars madb
hi mark in any or any country. lie pos
.C3)J, ifl. Jt rcuiar Labis-' degree, the faculty of
govemlnir and controlling (lien, and many Inter.
f Mtmgrewiidscenceaexistof hisula tbisre-
tlect,afid of his ftrmhe ordUpouKion, added to
great kindlinees of nature, lie was present In
Charlotte, on the 20th 4-1 ot May, 1773, when
Mecklenburg declared its independence of the
llrifjeh Ooverjiment, and,' a stated on . the. in
scription, served to th; srwi through the war
of the Revolution, Laving been wounded both
st the battle ol Oermantowa and that f T taw
Springs.' lie held several public po us, at
Various ttrntsyaStd era eiuid U ill t'. ..t he ever
bnderttHilc. f f: w us the father of the no) ' n4
Umeuled ITitteyp .Tolk,' Lieut-General of the
Confederate Utrs A troy, and of several other
childreB,'0ne of v.hoin, , airs. enoeth Uayner,
itill reside at the old ancestral mansion, in the
north-essterrt portlofl ttt th city," whtch lradK
Hon describe M'li'iyt'rtjf "Jboea .fr many yeri
the seat of the most slegant Sod refined hospU
To the rneTii
of j
a Car, an F.iigUHhman
v bu th. hut
A 1 i ei ( ie-. .v ftirtv vem a
ri'iaen f liiUei.
h. j. n il l b. i. i;a : diod Atur.
i llany ef nr citizen, now living, will reniein
ber th lli..iig ciiei.'.'-, the . cheerful preawnos,
the lithe etej,-; and the active benevolence, of
Joseph Calua. Ha was bora hi Cetigrskiiej in
Enirtaud", wa a bookseller and printer by pre
fesaion, and. for several ymr published .the
"BhefTield lit ...u'H M ttnpaalldrt
ed oirculation at th4 fl" .y. f The kvfeet Clriai-'
ian poet, o'mwjt.," spyreotiee in
this office, and always rcUined an f cfiiroate
Tencrntion and attachment tot hi pittroo and
friend. , 'v nl- MULittonp&Jl to flee from
England to stoM political persucuUos, and, la
1701, r--e V the r""d P'jtes nd settled In
Philadelphia, where he p. "shr l, tor period,
the "IndopcndiTit Oaxette." - He wa tb first
steno'Hhic fepo-' ' '""r nown jfjx this coun
try, aud rM.i)rttl the ce'.jbraled fpeech of Fisher
Ame on tB inj i'l..., with i hich rcport'lbat
gestlcman wa rwt!l p' 'uwd tht h present
ed STrrti;. v.'-Ti tL 'off, '.)-hi goj tend
to the p-.''; p--!r,'f' ho, with'.faTge
fcimily, - , t.i., ' work f
his daily I i ' L i . .', . .r. C Jrt removed to
Rulcigh, and e' ih!kJicd the "ncgister," whi. h 1
he conducted ' r nenrly I. 'y years. He
f r many ''uL'ic Printer to the State n
1. iyor ol t y of I' .! ii, and was uuiv
sally osternn-d i rV.f ;,!.' ".c ;-lrifrhI dovol'
to the in' i.'hts t the coinmutiily and of
State, an.i Lis amiability and poodness of (
aoter. T.y wif!, the l-;e Vi'ii.irieJ Sfr '.
O'.' , hoi.i ha survived for two yesia, was cur.
ot iue moxt remajkaMe women f her d.-y. the
puhUahed aeverat volun , prlnc'r-.My of fie
tion, an.I left Khind ! a uuiubur f vaia
mamiscripta now in ti powscssiion of her do
SCCtl.l.ii.ta. .. - ;
'T.l the P. iijiar, tlikint a toiuu.ii iatclkd
" j ' ' ii i 'it y oft i.-.'.. .'
of copies of i. a -j :piirs, published in the inter
C ! of t' . . Cr
i:-y' "1, -r-'-H-.b
wmi4si. '1 r -jrs, w ith the article
tlms rr--v'- m f t t' 'r'. "Oi'-"i, wilh di
r't'; i top i' 'l ii ". ' I J' ; ';er.
1.1s f 1 to i i s i, t - -'i -r " y 1 ' earned
sya-j-j.. j . e . 1 ::t t.. a
-";i5rovr f - ' ! t 1 T: . "ie Uif
-- ' ----' s t - '. :
conn; y, c ;t - ti..,Jby
ts0.y,-mi - Jouj..'. ; i-i iI..'.o.I f..r a jear,
until hi family ouU f "-w IW. I;..y year
a nr, In t'..' ci'r, Lf ta.1 i .a pnj"3r bound ani)
lubtUud a b'jore descillfvJ.' lit UumUiaed ,
through lite, the satue principles ef KepubHcan-
Isnt that bad lcl to hi' persecution and exa.
tnatb. n i--. f i;'
" 'Hi wM.tie''fatu'vrVfoc(U faaU. ojfth
'Natiomal4Jp4eUjgtpcer,Md.,otW
(J i's, whosiieeoedtdhira ih th "negiBW. '
1 .4 ReirA vVti.ttiai BVTirrfTiT,f.' TV P"m In
- AueuHtafmuitv, Viinifti, Hmm1H tT, A lue to
tin City Nov. ftn, Uli-. ruT(urtyyowumMr
of ths frhjrtifia t'lmrvhf ,"lkiiwil '0 liie
dead who diu ui th I;A," .y, - -
. The Presbyterian. Church i BsU'ijjh stand
so enduring taoBoment to the wefulncta, the
eaineet piety, the unaffected Christian simplicity
.nd migelfishnoss of this runerahle man bf Go h
f ;.ny persona of pretty -well s.)vaned years in
various part of the tttabs wilt xeuieaaber hlyi
well, and bian were doubllrj at' ontf : tlui.
vhiimIh Of hiK fr.r' i-ir,tr knil'" sins p-;,!V.r.r
-i 1 ' 4
i1'utrU the.iouiig.iila, MklL.tatot4 -TliCae
could give interesting rsraisisceaees of bis In-.
doniitabl will and detrmlhaliin1,M tempered
with flt5 most einct bU'ai of jiistice aud with
ekcWTiog h(lueis bf heart :aa,wRUi'yiIo-:;FM
if tr Jitiun speak truly, s firm, beliovor in-ihe
efficacy of birch and i the wise man's proverb'
that' be1 who -.red the rnd spbtWJthe cbltd.
The largest Offemiera, knowing hi aiuioU nna
ttrnKiisf o( duly, stood i as much, terror of
the ftdut ouo sentence of bis dif jtleaaure, a
the tmallrst boy In school ;and well they might,
for lte malepo disiiinctio! '''VlieiitliS,,!
e)io!iii.t!c wa yiplnted, ,Ie w for many yew.
JPrincij J ottheidillisJigWAcimf, fam
of Inst ition 'ia ' jlCj't0'
rhany nwtful hcn and twotncn,"whd liive ,,'.not
'done the State some service,? 'p;
, Dr. llcl'hoeter wssiaderaiigablein hi holy
calling, and Illustrated the preeept of th Gos
pel by bis Walk and conversation 7 In Mem
ory ls fragrant among toe desccnihiuU of. tut
congregation ia Ibis City, which he so long and
acoepUbly serr W vroture- twsevtiosv
that our older citiaeni rarely enter the precincts
of the Fresbyterian' CTiujxhwithoutyrecaning
his venerable form and strongly marked features,
a he once stood sod miuistemd in it pulpit .
Via ht latter year b a trtod by a painful
and terrible disease,' which demanded several
suigicat oicration.s'II died, s he iad Ured
pwxlul Jliniater td model geuilomaA V pi.
the old chool.', " ! i f
. tA m J Z " Ik ' t 'H
t t torrtcpoiiaciic oz ,t&t tuauaei. , 7 , ;
- . ertktwtm., N. C, Oct. tt, 1S8.:
The BuperiT Court of Iredell County I being
held here thi week, bis iloaof Jtida Buxtoa
presiding, ti-v -r .; ."'',
. Th usual sad routine of crimsis 'on docket,
wih theasual prevaleuo of freed men among
the defeadanti. There i a capital cane to be put
on trial on Friday; iavolvlinr the live bf Ml.
Dula and a female accomplice.' ,j
. The bar i quite aa able onT Hov. Vance
and Cob Johnson are her from C harlotte. -
Nath. R, lioyU. n and Burton 'raig'e are in at-tendatios'..'-.
j.a:Au - H ..---
: Very little Is sold about elections, every than
seeming to tei ancertala about our relauni s to
the general government, and therefore ut- rUin
whether to vote at alb fiiv ...
t tftaUHvib'! Uka. the rest of our towos, has
sntlered serious f.'nin from the war. Prior
to the war, 1,0 , . , . .s were tine and the spirit
of improvement bd fairly ct in, hut ad waa
arretid,and it is only by power : j i irottf that
anything eaa be don lit . tu . if bitild'ng,.
titiiV'ltit progrcs tvm,jy.. i I sti.It o'iur
country towns throo.i-'.otit ' ' - ...t. . m i ,
TTha Cncord i'eoia, (. ;.r.es," iocatad here,. .
is prof!,in finely f the tiinea. -If b -bo-twotMl
Jiiiysitdsiatj t ' . rs and a f ult eont of
b'acham under the pre., ieucy of itev. J. 11, M.
tMj1t,ot Ca.' ; T :7: 1 y 1 '
i , The locality of t ..a fi. ;r is proverbial for
iU .beal'hiulocs; und it stands upon en emi
nonec t'.'iti enmntnb) f view 'of an immense
'. country. 1 rom the oh ervstory, on the
n pohe-'H, even,! U.st"-t Millts of
'ii Bel bf dihiiitct'... seen.-' The
ill, i hurry- Comity, some L.i'y
; -ot, . renrina 1 nmrtrfc
i... iit .!.! I teet en.i
'y toviaiUs t' i Lcav- r. .j r' -'oUrly- bnpo4
"S v. ... . . - - '
I uu I..K.k, vke..,..y distant, in the
y of Iiork, can tm phiinly sn, a also
,nnni '..'..uwt -K:Utt!!, to" liuncoriitia
y, about on hundred n.i'-('''tmit. t
' lwaml.nr:.l t'.- .1 ft'-e.int i-.ii,.iirj!l 1,- a
H point L.wt of the 1 cty ilouiitains und
will not eem incredulous. . .. .
.'Rm", f r-ei-'y rf (' 'l j' -. ! rjow
f ft;:' iiu..,i-"; I'- ne.ri ..t.-iinl -.
, on t.. oit. - f-i '-llu--
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plies t i h-'i- i 1 1
t(iire in j r 1 v if f v-
ti.a liiin-1 i-, ii . ! . i :-'t
th' t w beat f it i -nr. . '. '. c
c i. e is t' t i ' v . i -.;,): 1
M.f-.r ii v ..i I '
wU.iier ..fy f t i .r ( .! U-j, ' ..-
s--.li i.- .. i a h-'H 1
t 1 at a - t: ! i i t .. i -i I, I -. U-
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l.r.M' i I' ; 1 tO t " 'MOM -.'1 Of
'.'. it, a i ! v.:tx . , "t t v i-. r It 'i
)- 1 1 i - - - f ' f
f.4 . i- 1 . .. ct V. .u.
.. f .11 . "' . i' ; I I ff . I- i
Sown, t---. ,i . - ii f . '
Si. ..I 1. , i -. i 1--.J...V, I.: i
gias aud i . ..r.
J never li..f tU i .. : f f i juui".II. T
the culture and n,e'6l it ia the Counties Went
of the lilue lti.l '"H U the. foundation of
wealth. - Aa abuadanee ot graa atTonl Uif
mean ef raining perhaps m ok and better thlnp
than any other. one. tbJflgS, d ftw thing will
five more or better grass than lime. . And at
iiuj. Wilson' price Jim (im ol lime can ,!
bought for the sauio money thut 4s j aid tor en
fH of guano. . Farmers, look at this calculat ion,
For building purpose it costs slwut half a
lunch a Northern liuie.-i i i
v "' South'." fik-n huauHM. 4 ':'. t-'
"o great distance from here, over in Cataw
ba, ucar the line of the Wei-tern North Ceroliu
lUitroad,' i a quarry of very floe m.. a
ample of which I send you. It i tuseeplible
of hijHi polish. It is being worked by
Steele & Sup;, sear Cntawbo Station, la every
divire.t form, tomb stones,, lurniture piece,
f' "iter' -.'rindin'r la4, eto, oto. niao iav
vi.- h.j he fcr a piece of luurbld, for
mantel piece or any other purpose, need sepd
bro4 fur It It ht here i oiimtUM and one
bo trannported to any poiot ; and more so
eommodating and prompt set of Railroad old
cers thaa those ot the Western North Carolina
.-Railroad I have yt to- Mb- ... ,. , , .stt
i'tcsident Tat inform me that ha Just
returned from s tour by which he ha not only
luccceiied in rtJw'mg the tariff of freight, I Hit
he has gotten It below ny other route by which
gotxt sas be gotten to or from W ottm-a North
Cnr(ilin..,TUi.ilLteU.upo th It. & 0,,nd
It It. transpurtation. from,, Kwfolk. and
Wilmington by another season. K, 7., J.
' There ha always loco a diflerence of opinion
sb to the wisest coarse in be pursued in the
matter 0? cbargea for freight -and paseage,
which ia best, ff or hm tariflt , Bui it ve
may derive rule trom those wko bsvo Mcesed'-
4, ws oertsmly - wntiHt -ne-wis fn -copyteg
trom those section .where low tariffs have been
SopUKL4.'l4 Vr&i-t. :
It Cost tarsa dollar to go from Philadelphia
to New York, nearly a hundred mile. Our
Southern road usually charge about double
this rater True, the New York snd Philadel
phia Hailroad Company ha twenty-fir ot fifty
paasengtif to our ou. . I!ut there yra a time
when it was not so; and they have arrived fit
their present ucce by wise management. , c
; But the traveller i sot only deterred front
iravdling by tbo pcioa of railroad tiukeUr but
al.io by the hi?-lj rstea of . kotd eAuryss, . When,
the war closed provision wa scares and high,
and it wa reasonable to eharg four dollars a
day fir board. . It was indispensable, t Hut
v hea produce, went down snd facilities for ho
tel keeping lucreaec'1, hotel keeper refused to
lower their rate. vNow, a man can stay but a
very short time ai a hotel,, because ot heavy
driiis npna his purse. Especially is thi trying,
When a poor little hotel, with the most meagre
bill of We, take advantage ot the regular hotel
chargee and demands, a much, as the tlmt claa
S"-,.: AswMa s.-ssiufrr:: : -
, ; It ia an easier thing to pay a bhrh pric at
iich a hotel a yoar very i;",eat "Ks. Iiartro,
, than at some plaoua. i "You ill go ov..r J. irtU
Carolina in vain in search ol a better hotel than
P nlei -h, can now boast of, ia the tan u of J,
M.iiuir 4Co. But three or fuur it. .liar a
day U a great deal for eating and sleeping any
-where.,', t:, '"j;-; .--.:;:.,:.:?.. ;-'--.-.
The writer mnt not be tupposed to be com
plaining, but he yields o no man in a deeper
wiiibto" tlie tulo-of prwporiiT set In once
-ttorevBd h wellore that one or the ;. .
dmtttt route to tbi i U pliet faeilil A
s' ttermth of menviio .ies busin-s to c. . iora
futui one point 4.) another. , ' :
There la a -icat deal ot gold hiiotimr in the
cj -per CiiUn i cl iNorth- Carolina. 1 lure .are
m i' v otrunj; , berescarcliipg for it They lip
I- eieh so quietly t ,t tuey are unknown;
1 i iy are here in every' dirnctinn. ;.,To-day
l j Prenidcnt of the Mimlord tuiuea paasud
no the lUilroad on a tour to thb "diwlui," not
.f .r Went of thi phun. Ha i fiam iOTa Sco
tia, ami, "pretty ti:l,'1 they say, ia rneaus,, I
letim tlit .n'Venty liye Uiouaauil dollars .bare
been fj() udcil by the company, sud they sre
well tiiiiu.Ji pl'j.i-.l to Kpuud luoru, Ilanjsome
yiold bave beea realied.
y.i. ...... .'... - -y-Ti,Your tmlV, ; 1 -T-a
-"-r ; .... 7 y ,. mNEKAST."1",
y As an iuitance ol the manner ia vhi' ii th
present unsettled toie! i of the gout hern
Btatct retard the (levolop.oeiit of their internal
r ourpes, tttrny I n sutttl that Severn! pe
i artlii ; as the s- 't.ts of t'rein h capital-
iats, tare been tor son e t; mo in the city f.r the
pu-r of invest.iu ' .. -c sums ii vaiio'is Vir
giniarntcrpriHii; aiuo(i .'others tiiecouafrwtiolt
of the Jume liiver can..l totlieKnalia,thns
''"''"Jf additional -tranporfHtion route
from tiie mineral re. ion in i 4 Vi : u i i. Tie v
e unwiilin!, howevor,tic.-iM-li.. i. -i-. .i. .,
i ' ! the future statu of the latest i.-lr i
aon shall be positively (leteriiuued; i. 1
i 1 1 i.-.-i. some (-!y solotiouof the uui'U.T Li aU
t ineil, Ihcf will (fonhtli i-s n-iura to Kuropc
,r. JV.l'..'.rui. . :
OS Co-fTii
The I.. ui. Il'verdy
- ot t;9 m
't, CKtrieilt
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U.e tiih. in it., by
.it. n, Colonel, II. W.
. !, en IS- I'. Z.,.'.ir,
of
1 ...Is talks
ij ti.a r
ty U tm "i
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ii.-i't t:...
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meet EuiI.h,C'oiii;! -....,, u u fvu-Luu.,-
ms a:::.
Lectarf j rrofesiot ?asal . ,-
i .'
Tha first Iwture by prof. Ai'asnit, on the
Natural Featu f the Amazon ttiio, unitcr
the aii"plcv of the You pi Men's Chrwtiaa A
seciatioo, wa gtvM"Ott Tuesday evinir -, ui
Tremont Temple, Bostoii, before a l-m-e in. I
highly intelligent' ami ienco. . lie pn i.t. . I 1 ,s
lecture bj expressing bi oMi; tiii-m to I...
lei Thayer, Esq , Who di cisjed ad the c
of bi iin tothe Amasroii, aud paid the t .
vf sit assistants j t- the steamship eon-' . .
which carried him o to I - ?il ; to the Ui; ie.1
State narai oBiccr and th- riled fate hitf
'btet at Bio, Who cheerfu'ly olmyed t order
.of the Hovemni'" f, u., ! rendered him ail t u
service M their power. , 'lie wa met tiy a t
fiirndly meassg of welcome from the Emnetr
of I!ind on bis arrival at ltin, treated with the
Utmost hospitalitfnd all t ho ntcii. s of, tr'Uif-
pot tiUOn us GOUtU wit ior in na pnivuimu
of hi rosearche placed at hi disposal by the
Emperor, who also cnt an enpineer who had
surveyed the Amazon and its tributaries, and
watttiiriliarwrth"it'tiiarai'toit:. tics' kinl'th
leading poiutaof interest, to aseiit him in his
researches. On reaching Para, one of th Om-at
(teamers of the Amaitonian Bteamahip C'onip
ny was placed at his disposal lor one month,
aud at the end of that time a l.iu.'.iiii.u war
tcatttor.WM tlnroted to lutaurvlre, ami w am-'
tinned tillhe had ended hi investigation.
.These unusual facilitii enablixl bim to collect
ana trans not t siieclmeus m u u numi'er an.i
of such size a he could not have uoue under
any other Circumstance, tie experiencea "no"
danger or disoomtort, nd very few travellers
ever enjoyed tuch ttcilitica,;. , thi unbounded
liberality til part of the Jirsniiian fwm
men wat more ttriklng from the fact th .t v. bit
the country, was under the control of the p. r
tugucso, the great IluiubolJt was f.irl.i J.'.en to
traverse the empire, lust be should spread, doc
trine pernicious to society and religion I ,t
1 Th Boston Vest awyflt ' ,,
' ' " Passing U consider Uia Water of th Aina
trm, the speaker said that the country wa so
different trom ny we are familiar with or beard
of, so peculiar hi its phyaictd comliunn, tluit U,
dewrved to be carefully esaiiiitt.al as a sn-inn-a
of tropical nature in Africa or A '.. lit the lht
r-htoe the whole Am axon re; -ion U a vat plain.
Iheiw are uo hill InterrupUm t' U i ' lnenne
expanse of wood end water. nly in t e n i I
dle and lower rour of toe river it ti. se
range of low bills.- The Prob'seor here -' iu
exl by mean of map th varion loc,.ti. ri,
same of tributary. rivers, and other fact ton
nectcd with the tubjeef chii;'ned to i!li)'' i'
the immense space covered Willi wat-r, oh ing
to the little slop from the Andes and the w m
durful net work of river. The valley of t
Amasoa exbtula from went to eat live d i
thotthe line. The ten:, h ot t'.. a...y is
S,tK)0 miles; width Uu't l,-iO miles; the
soupec of the river 4,ft!l) miles trom Its month i
and tiie whole of this space i a plain, sloping
from ttie Andes-W the Atlantic Over a leii;-:n
of 8,(H0 miles Hte slope Is only 210 fret. Tine
fore, th Amazon valley ennnut be comj' ui J to
ordinary river valleys. -V uhin th s v i t ex
panse are several river toiler than a y of our
Atlantic-rivers, hardly 'known even l y nt'iio.-i-
There are great lake b'ivi"t c "
with the Amazon, S" I, in i ., t o i- r i a
va-it fie-'l water o. .i ... i i i 1
il . 1 1
t o -n,
'I
'. Ik
..ft '
.t it u i
plain. ' There are spat'e .x
the opposite shores rmndt
1 r
aoa n ull la lure a... i.t
snow begin to nu'lt '. t'-e t
the rim advances by t! ,
1,
Ur-h tlmt-it Is h-it iu loo tower wm,, i .t
is billwtt ii June, U lakes Xioin t i . r I )
Jrm to swell, and tli.it tiu'O lor tn v m r I -.,
Uie Amies to rea. Ii tiie c-'-no. 1
ist
t ti
principal source of t n i. ; A f
the.- Willi lient'-Tytit -takea pl.t. s- 1-1 t
months,' bantling In H pteinler..i lit
all th river on th right iite I :u to t
The rsiny season on the ni '' 7 -in
March, and it is hot until .' . .y tu.it t
bcgii" to swell. The Comhiucd action ot
letb... . h mala Hfewn iiicrc;i.s hi I I
Oi'tohor to Juno, and f.i'! t -fr."? J
October." .The li i nef. r i. --n
SU'I i fre.H,-lilly till y. ',1 i-i ' 1 "
-y
t..lr
'L
.
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1 f.
-1
.imagined n a country ! V I. , .t-
quulitb- of surface ars hum i to ois y a
auveiUv five feet . Tlrnit: r in,,-, il my
said, lht tba. bole boni s .uul
when the lorent is actually mn '
s-nl through ttie fur tsiu i i y
the Indian have sn expo "i n .---patiL":
- Yi'U may on a !a r.
luff, on a boit I'-uli "ff ' - - -'
' 'e
I :U1 li
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11.. I
or ho Marrow I li:.r all tiie I
civil mm I -I t..u il.ii It
SU(1 e M"t -cupil.d hy v.
i
b.r-
Ut piiittrnUj
re a r-
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...- OH 1 I-
i. . '.'. -s tiie
: I lit V II
1-1. KIM I it is slmoilt Oil
iitoiigu the dense vegetal
. iy in the ve-ei.itinn v t
'l'u wiiti-rs ot tiie ttiuin t- .
w bat like a miiu e i t c , .
atUOUiil lf lliilk, - 1 tie y iM '
mr.nae amnmit ot sediment b
tnomciitttie wateritst.il.' T 1
Aiii'.'ui where it eiileis the
wide, snd it U a'l b-.!i -i
IM 1
J Di H
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the A
( in bo seen .
I it neiiiil;
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Amn.'.'ili, b: t ;
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t 'irn the hen
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hi ti I
hue'
fciel ubollt 1 , . I lion i w -
'I he C'i!ll!i! Ot "mi re; .-!
Tt ii j v 11 ' ,:' 1 y 1 :
as toe il "'I ' 1 or -l
-f n; u ol t.e I '
i.t the l.'iu-l. I'.e.' ' " r. - '
i. iH to t -i A,, ."" 'C, a f .M.l hi.
dill the time, hi that t .0 aver"!
M dcj. lh maxiiiiuiQ b
rt-.ti
9 b
pw
j.e ot I-
whole reeiou i b2-th(i p,,.
avern ucpreasma of tiie t
;.t
73 d
Iho
rue
meter
the huiiy seiisoa i Ti dep., so that the lii
teniperature are much as 13 d-g. the bias
tiiiiun not bcino more than !)') d- ;., tmrthe min
i.iu U l.iw H d I., and a f-.-u I -e beins,
i- i every Vi ning ,iy sen.o.'y. 1.. cireuiu
si .ii.-.-i .f eiimau) Woiild, tin i. fir-, reuttr it
ue of t moat pk-iKiaiit and dcairuhla tropical
r urn, ' ,t im country has a worse a !miiiwa
t "ii, e i, ' to liie (oviirnai. , t of the pro- aicia
a id the mode of lnoof the iuh . jituius.' Youri
men who have no experience in p iverameut am
p -ucrally eetit a governors, and owing to their
ambition and other reasons, they con -i-.l-.-r it a
1 - e ii-lll ' . U tl.'-v l' 1.1
b"
y as
: toe
iire.ii
.'itUat theit .
ia to.
rior
1 tis
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iii-f
li.meit
- ait ' "ii1 auu t. y I,, .).- ... (
country iiel'rofvsiormii.l tii.-itwh-.i. wk
ad adesiio toeutivthatrc. iou be was w.vrm
he was nmniu" bitoa re, hm of r! -,;. h, I
Were nod-""" and har.Py t r
t.ij Uiht Wi.o' '.'..'r re. mi:.; tn .ue
Water comniunicuoR wish . y j- .-t
valley, itlia speaker mentiur.cil ..-' r
C ' ill r. "."inl to the re '"'I fl.-t '
j-? T--re in i- nf, ii.i i ' ,s of i.. ..
t!:U 1. ii.il. '1 ..! I.iuin -i l,.,,e 1 . n liill lo
' .ve to tti lVw villi! i., ii. This ranti-y
ny .lit be made a 1... ..hue, tu lieh it iu lei'u-..
rai prodiH-tbuMti and immense wraliU i to be
nbtuined ti. e. j Twee" mi '; of men couul
live there iih nwm ol the , wbi.-h we
fej.-y by il 'V. i. jiii .; ti,- t Vl I 1, 1 1, ., yjet'-
builbtiu. ht to liuoket. A be,, r i.. . ui lor the
country coviSd not le comvlvcd than f r torn"''
of our Knstern lnml-r mti U cvploro t1') for
esta, whi.h tie f;tl of t,,- !vr in tuelt tt-npit
Variety that we bav no idea of tii-b . mcst
At a provincial e-.li'hiiiin in 1 i, th. o wat -ti'.'.hcJ
aeuilo. -hui of 117 i'itr itnode-of - '
cosf'y timtr gathered front a piece -of land
ba t -a mile sesiar.' And "yet in th whole
Anin-'n re i'.n, ever an esh nt of country two
tiioiiMind r -ea in h i: .It and twelve hundred
wide, them is not one ssw-mill. La . e tre-m are
cut down and choppedotf wi.h a bau het i i the
form, of a I'" l make a ' k mm i h in
tbiekDosa. There is a want i f t ' i'l and r . i
ty in the population.
1 1 ho Amafia 1 still a ctosed Country, but is
soon to lie 'lied tu the omimnit.eti 3ie
world. - Cue of. th prcat feaf-i- ot t'-n Ama
", wbieh it vy i- ' i t t t.,0 im " "
liiii river ba n.t th-ini t -r : rtc iar rrtrat
riwis are resmit...- t. '.Yet it ri.--i iiu
mense ttuu'ei.t iof i.,u l more C.-m niyo'hr
ttrenrn. . Tb;s ra ow t'i Pioi. r 1, to
a v-i'-y ii"'": ir r"Bi'-iint'xti of cm-.'M.s, -t.-os,
v. bu.o. ho had o..t iuiu unravi ;nd ; but one
thing was certain that the ocean encroie he
iipoo th eoiifiiK-nt and at a fearful r ; 'I hi
eueriffniiiiieiit has ( "i- on f.r 8;'s I ,e ' i ro
rial in Of I- " i ' t "'il I.ai.e Or' , i to
war. i-t I.i '. a J and t bi four 1 Ire-1
1 ,' s i -f t..,s i.w I, as ttlo Jy i. . . I
liutu be.ion. t .io putH ut ii ii in til t'f th'- j ,,t:r -:
The fact of t- e riirmm him ut is nrniiiti kilile,
Whether on I . I.i i'.e ':inS rf t; n- '"id
upon which it vim hs or by the sul. a.. . ot the
laud iu'tihliiioil to the diieet ai t..i ot lue caf
be w tioaMo to s-. ; The .Pin's .ior treuted at .....
oiiie leu 'i iij.iui i.,e jm-i'i aphu id chru ter of
the river v i y In riieue, Hull w ' !i t'-e theory
of encron- : - t i f ti a imiiii iij uii the laud, ....
Uiid Coiieliiii. .1 b.s address by expri'-., .f bis ,
pjireci.-.tion of tiie very valuable ai ' - be
bad received I mi y. .' t'oii-'uii, si iu
r: illeef, 1 ! -r tWelvtt y( ' t I I I '1 I -h.
r; -t'-ev. i..y if ti " A" i -..! s ...iing
a- !, of it Wa.. so t' .ll.juii- i-r Ii.i I only, "
j it wern, to n-., i out ii I 1i ' ; rp the . lor
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