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JVewbera :
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1827. i
JorienUon at WasWmgton.
At a Convention of Delegates assem
'bled at Washington N. C. oathe26th No
vember, 1827, for the purpose of concer
ting measures for the improvement o f the
Navigation at Ocacoke, the- following
gentlemen appeared as Delegates; viz v
From Newbern, IHlliam Gaston and
Sifvester Brbivh, Esqrs. . , '
From Washington, John Graj Blount ,
Lewis Leroy, William Ellison, and John
Jackson; Esqrs: if:; "
: From Eden ton, Joseph B. c Skinner,
John Cox, and George W. Barneys Esq's.
From Plymouth, Thomas B. Hough
ton and Thomas Cox, Esqr's. ,, y ":
From VJurlreesborough, Benj. Wynns,
and Jamesr Morgan t Esqrs. . j ....
From Hertford, Jonathan Jacocks,
JE?g., and : -,'1 '; ;
From Elizabeth City,. JSxuza rNeioby,
Esquire, T . . ; . . :.
Joseph B. Skinner, Esq was called to
the Chair, ' and Thomas Cox appointed
Secretary.
It was moved by William Gaston, Esq
that a Committee be appointed to consist
of one member from each delegation, to
report to this Convention what measures
are expedient to be pursued to accomplish
. the object of the Convention ; which mo
tion was adopted, and that Committee
made to consist of
iv;ii;a n tJ, : Tt cZ-.'nn-
niUiam UastOn.JOSepi If SKinner,
Jnhn rtmu Rlmmt Jam, s Morgan .7 hasJ.
B; Houghton. Jonathan H. Jacocks.ana
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Bxiim fiewby, Esqr's.
-The Convention then adjourned, sub
ject to trie call of the Chairman. i
AD JO URJVED MEE TMG.
Ua itiesaay morning ine in naa-1
ber, present all the Delegates as befpre.
Tiie Committee, consisting of one Dele
gate Irom each Delegation, composing
this Convention, made the following Re
port, accompanied with its Memorial,
which was unanimously adopted, and the
Memoria. subscribed accordingly, by all
the Delegates : .
REPORT.
. . The Committee appointed on the part
of the Convention to take into considera
tion the evils arising from our obstructed
Navigation, and to suggest some modt by
which, those evils may be lessened or re
soved, respectfully report ; ' '
That onan. interchange of information
they have beVn all astnnished'to find, that
the evils attendant on our obstructed, na
vigation, greatly transcend in' magnitude,
w, whatever thev had heretofore believed or
- apprehended. ; They forbear from ma- . Your Memorialists believe that the an
kinq a detailed statement of these in this nual exports of the products of our coun
xeW)rt, but refer the. Convention. to thb' j try through Qccacock, are not overrated
representation of them as set, forth in the when estimated at five Millions of pol
memorial hereinafter referred to. Toi lars. requiring for their transportation,
large portion of the Ciiizns f North- and actually employing, Two Hundred
Carolina, the most effectual relief from ' Thousand Toqs of Shipping. They find
these vexatious and oppressive mischiefs, from, calculations carefully; made , rand
would b a direct and sa.'e rom.nunication ,r compared, that the charge on these ves-;
with the ocean, at the mouth of lbeniarte !sels for lighterage and detention: at the
Sound. The Committee earnestly in Swash, averages one dollar per. Ton; and
dulge the hope, that the time will come,
that it is not far distant, when this noble
enterprise will tatteirmted and carried
into successful executions As indiyidiiiils
as representing communities and sec
tfoosof the country feeling a deep in
terest in the prosperity of the whole State
the Committee iM join thns mon
Immediately interested, In all propel ex
ertions, at a favorable moment, to accom
plish this object.
At present,' the" northern and middle
counties of North Carolina, have a Com ,
raon outlet to the ocean: Your committee'
believe that, it is demanded by the most
obvious considerations to apply our united
strength to the improvement uf the exis
ting outlet, befare?we attempt the making
pf .a new outlet- Tor this improvement,
all that is essehtialiy necessary, is the
deepening of a channel, over the Swash..
Your committee are unibte to state with
precision, the expense, which; would be
incurred1 in this undertaking 5 but . ihy
caa say witfr moral certainty, thai it may
be accomplished at a charge comparative
ly contemptible, and'M0 lne
loss which hCjState sustains from the
t of such V cna n oel, j V pur. commi t
Me Ulieve that thV.Couyention ougbtin
the fiit place, ' to ' lay ,beoreVthe State
I tegislaure, a correct' presentation of
the enor&ous evils which' the country en-
uures froo. its present otructed navlwa-
3oni and r this purpose ibev, bri'
prepared a memorial.1 which is herewith
submitted. If ought nit ' to be, doubted
but that this representation will draw the
oiiEiiiiuii vi iiic Ltcgisiaiure ana me reo
pie to this vastly important subiecti'and
that the Legislative wisdom and parental
care win pe exniDitea in suggesting toe
In aid of this primary 'measure, the
Committee suggest others, which will be
all found emDodied in the follow resolu
tions: ;,!'-?;:--'
Resolved, that the embnal Kerewitb
presented, be subscribed by all trie mem
bers' attending ihis .Cdhventiort; arid be
transmitted7 to tHe General Aiserably.-;
Contention, on their, rtturn to' their re
spective hdms, be requested to obtain
and to furnish to their Representatives in
the Legislature, all such detailed statistic
information, as will ! throw light oh the
subject of this Memorial.
He solved, That a copy of the procee
dings of this Convention, and of, the Me-'
"morial so subscribed, be transmitted to the
Editors of the Garettes of this State for
publication.
j Resdlved, "That a 'copy of these pro
t ceedings and memorial, be transmitted to
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our members in Congress, and that they-
be requeS1edr Sbould"congre d.em- U
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To the Honorable, the General Assemble
of the Stale of . North Carolina:
The undersigned Memorialists in be
half of themselves and; their fellow-citizens,
whom onjthis occasion they repre
sent, beg leave respectfully to state;
.That it has been long notorious that
the Trade of this State was kept down by
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hoard and thatof these, the imnHm0rir
me oosiruciions io navigation on her sea
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"""usuwwiMiwa, wcrcinei
, lUUSl Ccnsivriy lllunuU8,-BI OOStraCIingC
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the only oul et .o .he Ocean. for the pro-
ducts of the industry of on half the State.
The charges for lighterage over the
Swash, and the expenses and perils of
rlatantinn rnnermpnf . nnnn ihti n mr-ocnt ..
Cf lighterage, constantly pressing them
se
Lves upon,
the notice o( those Ummedh
ately concerned in the trade which passes
through Occacock', they resolved in se-
j veral places on having a conference with
each other, tnrotigti tne means or com
initTees for that purpose appointed, to
ascertain the extent of the mischiefs af-
!fecting the ' cortirrunity from this cause,
and to devise. some mod? by which they
might be removed; Your Memorialists
m m m
thus appointed, have met together,1 have
endeavored to collect the information es
sential to a correct - understanding of the
subject, a od astonished at the result of
their enquiries exhibiting an evil far
transcending ii? magnitude, all that they
had before believed flr feared feel it an
I incumbent duty to Jay that information
f before your honorable body, and lo en
i trni vtir earnest, and effectual and
speedy exertions for its removal.
) amounts annually . 10 1 wo nunureu
Thousand Dollars; that the, additional
rate ol Insurance, because of ; ?he risque
and detention , at t the Swash, averages
three quarters of on per cent., and a
mounts on the exports and imports to
Seventy Five Thousand' Dollars, and on
the vessels to Sixty -Thousand Dollars
per, annum. This annual tax of .Three
Hundred and ? Thirty-Five Thousand
Dolla rs upon the na vigation of our section
of the country, independently of the mi
nor evils, the . vexations and difficulties,
which will be readily perceived caiwiot
but enhance the rate of freight or the cost
U conveyance to market. The price of
Freight from t Notfoik 1 and . Wilmington
(the latter but one hundred and twenty
mifes distant from Occacock) to the West
Indies, is from twenty tq twenty five, per
cent less than from fhe ports jdependant
dd Occacock :Inlet, wbicn .difference on
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bulky articles, such is lumber, staves,
andshingles,, amounts ,betwef n thirty
and fort v per cent of their ordinal yaluTe.
fle( freight and charges on a rticles ship
ped coast wise tor, ,re-sbip))ment to their
places of consumption amount on Naval
tores to twenty five per cent. on yoi
As all thi I orinarf charges bconvey-
ihee to market, though' paid by the' nifr-
bnUfJBCtallv and uWmatelftli'upoa
the; producers, the Farriers and Labour?
ers or the country, the cnects oi this en
hanced freight are at oie discerhedupon
a comparison of the price of the products
bf North Caroling indgstry in the ports
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af Suffolk in Virgiuip; Pipe Staves com-f
raand Forty Dollars per thousand, at
lyiurfreesborough, Winton ,and Vynsor,
they ire Void at Tnty Five Dollars.
Red Oak Staves, hicfi at Washington,
Newbern j and Edenton, can scarcely
conn raand Ten . Dollars per thousand,
usually sell at Wilmington fbr Eighteen
The enhanced freight necessarily oc-:
casions also an exceedingly heavy lax to
tne consumer on all articles imported
through Occacock. Let but a single,,in-.
stance be mentioned in illustration ot this
ifact. The article of Salt in the Opcacock
PortSj, sells for at least ten cents in i the
bushel above the price at Wilmington,
which alone is a tax of Ten Thousand
Dollars' year upon thos who are obli
ged to obtain their supplitt of salt at the
: former places.
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' These Memot-iali
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immense
al quantity of valuable
cend it in search of a
products must descend
market. All this produce must either
j pass through Occacock, and sustain the
enormous lossei mentioned above, or go
to swell toe exports, enncn uie einerpnsc,
and increase the importance of Virginia,
j This State has long sustained, and is
every day sustaining incalculable injury,
from her products finding a betterjnar
' ket elsewhere than they can procure at.
home. An inspection of the map will
shew ,Kat more than halff of North-Caro-
lina.arid a considerable
una, ana a consiaeraoie pari hi Miesumn
' ,r. . . 3. t-t. tviiit
ern . ecllon ol V irginia, nave ineir naiura
ern section of Virginia, have theii natural
out el to the Oreari in th s State. Remove
the hr.,r;n. nUiK ore inlPrhm-rt In
. ;
MW vuotiuviilfliff winvi iv irf's
thtf free use of thi. oatlet. and ich j, is :
unquestionably wifbin: the power of the r
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State, at a cost' comparatively insignifij
till uugu iy 11 I cujui , omu inc ncaiiu,
ve,ana ine vreaun, -
lation of our State will, must gro v with a"
rapidity cheering to the heart of every ci- '
tizen, who is not dead to her honor and j
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est interests. rruOUCe oi uiikihus must ,
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increase in price,
and command ready '
sales at home. Foreign comforts and ar- i
dependant on Octacofk, and those where hope of procuring their aid in 'the l'ke&
the costs of deienti and periib o
erage are not to be eicountered. While -: a. .. :vH"u,,.dr
hicles of necessity, will be comparatively ly unimportant. Animated by the hopes
abundant and cheap many of the pro-. I thus excited, they approach Congress, as
ducts of our forests which are now de the Constitutional Guardians of the Na
stroyecl as incumbering the ground, will ; tional Revenue, the National Commerce,
yield wealth to their possessors. Agri- and the National Ndvy and respect
culture will receive a stfmulous to exer- fully but earnestly request that an ap
tion which will be manifested in improved ; propriation may be made ! to effect
skill, in more-successful returns to maus-
try, and in the enhanced value of land, appropriation, while it advances the great
Our impoverished fields wiH be fertilized, ? rational Interests, above indicated,which
our rich swamps, pocosins, and low are exclusively confided to the care of the
grounds will be reclfiimed commercial Federal Government, will not,' they are
enterprise and the mechanic arts will be persuaded, be deemed exceptional, be
fostered and rewarded. The tide of emi-; cause it also promotes the prosperity of a
gratiun which is incessantly sweeping be- j section of the United States which now
fore it, bur most hardy and enterprising ) suflfers under a N severe depression of is
citizens will be stayed and instead of ; commercial and agricultural industry, and
descend'ing in the scale of comparative j which has long steadily contributed to the
wealth and population, North Carolina National Receipts while it has seldom
will be enabled successfully to compete j shared in the benefits of the National Ex
with her sister States in the career of im- penditure.
provement and prosperity. J
. Yopr Memorialists believe that . the ;
first act necessarv in this .course of im- i
provement, is the removal of the, awash,
or rather the deepening of the channel j
over the Swash at Occacock. This is the
immediate ubiect of interest U all of
them. When experience shall have shewn
the facility of such undertakings, shall
'have increased our knowledge of such
operations, shall rhave demonstrated to
the most inattentive their immense prac
tical benefit, and shall have augnented
our means and strengthened us for higher
efforts, vour Memorialists tndulee the
nope, tnat 10 sucn enori. n,s Knowieuge, y
ana tnose resources i.,e appuea, uuu.
all shall be effected for the prosperity of
our beloved country.: which may render
it a fiuresidence for an industrious, thn
ving, virtuous, and hippy People. .. . ,
Wiiamston; ? -Silvester
Brown, $ J.
John- G. Blount, 7 . , V
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John jackson,
IJoseph'B. Skinner,
(ieo W Barnet
John Cox, V !
ofEdenton,
ohm H. Jacocks of Hertford.
Exm Newbt; of Elizabeth City.
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i-yj The committee appointed at the Town
7 MeetinVon'-ih;V.i;.WX'fkr
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mm w riwrn irrarv aioh a 'a. . . -
? lu vwugrws me joi-
i owing Memorial and Petition iiuMhe
Memorials will no doubt be transmitfprl
irom otner places; t ,
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To the Honourable the Senate and House
of Representatives of theVnited Slates,
in Congress assembled: ...
The Memorial and Petition of tne un
dersigned, Citizens of Newbern; in the
Your Memorialists and Petitioners, in
behalrW themselves and their fellow ci-
t'4ensof Newbern, respectfully shew, that
inis rori as wen a as targe section oi tne
State of North Carolina, has no commu
nication with the Ocean but through the
Inlet of Occacock ; that this Inlet is im
peded bv.shoajs known under the general
name of. "The Swash," over which, ves--sels
drawing more than seven feet water,
cannot pass without being lightened of a
part of their rares ; and that this im
pediment. , necessarily occasions great
embarrassments, to commerce bv the char
ges of lighterage -and the. expenses of
detention. , Your Memorialists further
shew, that a situation of greater peril and
epusure man ine owasn," is nor, to De
found on ' our Atlantic Coastj and that
every year, heavy and numerous"-iosses
occur of the vessels there detained. Your
Memorialists respectfully represent, that
the Revenue of the United States derived
from . Tonnage and Customs,; thereby
sustains serious diminution, while the
commerce, between this State and the
sister Slates, and the commerce between
this part of the Unjtfed States and foreign
nations, i$ impaired jo an extent which it
difficult to estimate. ; . , . ;. . ; : ..
xYour Memdriaiisii also represent that
! a good channel over" the Swash," would
onen ta the niinna-H . :i
rino nf th- ITU C ' :.t:.
-..w .. ..,. uuu buuiiH7l.tIIU Ilia-
iiug ui llQ J If 1 UtdlrSa aim lllr X ll!4ll Vila
he .uoolv of ercett T sZ"
f - . mimt a.
Plank, Naval Stores, and almost every
article of prime necessity in the construe-
non oi puDlic and private shins. .
has already attracted the attention of the
Federal Government, and they are grati-
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ucu iu icam. tuqii, uic sui vet s luiiue uuuer
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its authority L demonstrate that itsremo-
val may be effected at a cost comparati Ve
inis nigniy importeni ooject. ? uch an (
.WILL .- GASTON,
rgw,
mqSES JARVIS. '
Committtt appoin
ted by the citizens
of JS'eicbern.
JOHN SNEad,
SILVESTER BROWN,
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INewberk, Nov. 3p;
Pnate Boarding School,
- HILLSBOROUGH.
1 HE exercises of my school will close
1 on the 30thf this month,; and be
resumed on the first Monday in January
i j: witherspoon,
Board and Tuition $65 per session,
I in advance.-.Five or six more pu-
ih canrbe reccived.V J. yy.
r iot-i nd INewbero
Sentinel, will please give the abprefour inser
tions, and forward their accounts for pay men.
r 1 ' .. . VI. r Nov. 27 '7. 10;
v WANTED, ;V
A JOlIftNEYMAN BOOT&SHOE
J. MAKER. " To an approved work
man of steady habits, good wages nd
constant employment will be given; by
J. H. GOLDSTON.
fCortV-Caroiua aUmaacs
Thn the Tear 1828 For Saie.by the Gross
Jj t Single, at the BOOK STORE of i '
J . . ' S.'. HAltltk !
October JO. ; - -' kv.' ' t;;
- PLOUGHS,,
100, CONNECTICUT Ploughs
itist received and! Ar sale by ', ' r I.
HENRV DEWEY.
V'tS
lT ugfflOlD.
v: On motion rWrwkSpeight oh Greene,
the Judiciary Committee were instructed.
to enquire into the propriety of so amen
ding-th? Judicial System a? lb giveto
the Superior Courts, original, exclusive
jurisdiction in ajl matters of com ro versy."
where title on land is orpugbt iqto ques
tion ; and to the County Courts ; original
exclusive jurisdiction over, all. actiontiof
fr v b?tf?fy ubject jiowever in
r igr.XWr tT7T; noeaLio tbySupe
; Mr. . Spaight of Cien presented tlie
petition ofs Wm. Holland, accompanied
Dy,a out to oivprce him from his 'wife
Esther, which bill and petition were, read
and referred to the Committee on Divorce
and Alimony. , M..
iV Mr. Jones of Wilkes the. petitipnv of
Sarah Tilley, praying to have property
secured to her Mr Wilson of Camden,
the petition.of Ed. S. Pugb, praying for
a fliyorce and Mr. Love of Haywood,
the petition of sundry citizens, praying
to have a new county, erected . from the
South western part of Hay wood. These
petitions were referred, . the latter to a
select committee . consisting of Messrs.
Love, Shober, Spaight of Craven, Frankri
lin and Scott.
V tiOUSEJ Or? COMaiONS.
y Monday, Nov. 26.
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A Resolution was received . from the
Senate, proposing to appoint a joint se
lect committee, to enquire into, the ex
pediencjf ol amending and consolidating
the several acts of the General Assembly'
respecting, the .Treasury Department s
and hat the said committee be instructed
to. examine the Books of the Treasury,
the monies in the". Treasury Office, and
the sums deposited in the different Banks,
to the credit of the State ; and that Mes
srs. Pickett, Owen, Speight of Greener
Wilson of Edgcombeahd Gray form the
Committee on (heir "part. The propo
sition. was agreed to .and Messrs. Fisher,
Spruill, Alexander, Morebead and White.
part of the House. . t "
Oh motion of Mr. .Wheeler, the Com
raittee on Internal Improvement was in
structed to enquire into, the, most prac
ticable plan of opening a communication
between the Albemarle Sound and the
Atlantic Ocean. '
On motion of Mr. Jones of Rowan,
the Judiciary Committee wee instructed
to enquire into the elpsdiency of. so a
meiiding the existing jaw on the subjecof
compensating Prosecuting Officers, as to
secure the fees due on the conviction of
Insolvents.
. lir. Stewart presented a resoiutbn, re
ferring to a Committee, composed of the
members from Halifax Bertie, .Martin
Northampton, .Washington, Hertford &
Chowan, the. subject of regulating . the.
Fisheries, the laws now in force ip rela
tion thereto, being deemed ; unequal io
their operation.
, Tuesday, Nov, 27 .
. On motion of Mr. Perry, the Judiciary.
"Committee were instructed toenquire. in
to the expediency of $0 .amending the
laus in relation to Administrators, as to
enable them to . rent out the lauds of their,
intestates, from the deathof the. in testate'
until a guardian is appointed to the heirs,
at law ; and frtherniore,; to enable . c Adr
ministratbrs and Eiecutors to receivje ,alj
sums of money in the.bpnaVof clerjts anot'
masters in Eqqityj arising .from thesaje
of the lands o, their testator, or jintestate,
by a decree of the courts of Equity.
Mr, Benners presented a bill to. fu
thorite Wright Cl Stanly to buijdi it
Bridge, across , Neuse River,, from bit
plantation, known by ; the name of Spring
Garden. Read the first time. j . ' , -On
motion of Mr. Foy, the Judiciary
Committee . were ; instructed. ;tov- enquire
into . the expediency of providing by law-,
for the arrqngingf revising and digesting
the whole body ol fjublic and statute lair
of ; North Carolina commencing with
the earliest English i Statute , in force ia
this State ; and tor the compiling under
one head fill laws in force oi pny one sub
ject, with references to the year whea
such. laws were passea.
On motion of.Mr. j Bynu-m, the Com-
rnittee of Finance, weie instructed to exa
.nine into all disbursements of the .public
monies, within the preceding fiscal t ar
'fori the fidrposef uasceiftainiiig whett.er
such disbursements ha vet been made un
der proper authority ; Vd whether there
have been made any j improvident or im
proper disbursements by reason of any
misconstructibn' of i defecUin 'be, laer,
which may require fegtsiatiye 1 interposi
tion.
I On motion of Mr Allen ' of u lontgtf-
V