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' ''I ? 1 V if :: if Dr. DA WKIlVSr; CKICPI, AH, " VALUE OF RAIL ROADS. We hve been favored with a copy of a Circular, ad dreued to too People, of Franklin County, in this State, by John D. Hawkins. Esq. in explanation of (be vote, given by him, at,uu last Session fil our Legislature, in favor of the Raleigh and Gaston d.;i Rr Thi T-eukr is coirentlv written, and ' most satisfy; we should think, the most fastidious ofj bis constituents that the vote in question was a ju dicious and patriotic one We publish below, some poribua of this Address; and with the; greater plea. - ium. hecauM the views presented are not such as l.'mkMiivWtOTtottMMl tnr the noliticar party, of wbJeh Mr. HawkisS is a prominent member. 3 FetlovD'Citizent of : the County of Frank. Jin. I have been informed that among some of you dissatisfaction is entertained towards me, in relation to the Tote i gave at the last Assemby in faror of the Raleigh," and Gas, ton Rail Road. . I address all of you ; free holders and non-freeholders. For although am strictly accounUble! to tho freeholders only; yet I desire the good opinion of all. An old man, who feels that his political course must shortly . terminate, and whose elf-convictions are pure and upright, desires more the approving favor ofv his fellow-citizens that'he deserves office, than office itself. It is; then, due to you, and it is lue to my self, that my position' in regard to that mat ter should be clearly defined. ' By the Comptroller's Report, the landed property of our County amounts to 254,557 acres, valued at an average of $3 16 per acre, which makes the whole valuation $505,903, and pays, at 6 cents the 8100 worth, into the Public Treasury, the sumof T $430 24 Bv the same ReDort the ooll taxes - pf the county amount to . By the same, the Town Property tax is - : Tho Stud Horse tax is The Store tax is . The Tavern tax is The Pedlarstax is The Artificial Curiosity lax is The Natiural Curiosity tax is 515 63 16 23 44 18 101 52 48 88 37 60 28 20 14 10 Making public taxes pd by county $1,236 63 The poll tax of $515,63, as stated above, is paid by 2578 polls, at twenty cents the poll. - The number of counties, before the last Assembly, was sixty-eight, and Franklin county is 'near an average county among them. The., interest on the sum.of $300j 000, for which the securityship of the Stat; was given for one year, is $18,000. The liability of Franklin county for its part of mis sum is a ooia pari, wmcu isu -The question is, of this sum. what will a single poll pay I r The whole poll tax we se is $515 68 for the -whole county, paid b '2578 polls. - The sum is easily worked ;,bu to arrive at it ' we must make .two calculai 'tions. First, to tell what part of the sum of $264 70 the poll taxof $515 68 must pay. J Thus, if if 1,260 :63 is to paygzo iu, wnat part of it should $515 ; 68 pay!! The an swer is $107 76. Then of this' sum what does one pojl pay 1 Thus, if 2578 polls have to pay $107 70, what will one poll have to pay ! - Answer, four cents and one sixth, (4 1-6 cents:) I wish now to show what the Farmer might pay of this sum of $264 70 upon each $100 worth of his land, in the County I have shown that the land tax of the County by the. Comptrollers Report is $430 24. Now what part of this sura of $264 70 should the land tax pay! Thus, if the whole tax of the county which is$l,- 236,63 has to pay $264 70, what part of it should $430 24 pay," which is. the land tax? The answer is $S9 91. I have shown that there are 254,557 , acres of land in the coun ty, valued at $3 16 per acre, making the sum of $805,903. Now what part of this sum of $89 91 does $100 worth of land pay T : Thus, if $305,908 has to pay $39 91, ; what should $100 worth of land pay? The answer is one cent and one eigth of a cent, 1 (11-8 of a cent.) ' Then it is'obvious that a farmer, who' may have a large family of children, under age, owning $200 worth of , land, and be paying for himself J a poll tax, will have to pay . of this bis poll tax 4 1-6 cents, and for his $200 worth of land, 2 1-4 cents, making, in all, less than seven cents. 'Noijr' what is the profit which this farmer xnay 'derive from the Rail -Road, for hia out lay of. less than seven cents. He and his family can surely make a hogshead of To- - bacco; The freight he saves now upon that, to Petcrebu f g, is $5 "50. "A nd ti pon his Salt, bis Sugar and Coffee and Iron, it ises- 1 1 mated he will ffain half that sum, making tjpon 4he articles named, $8 25; and should he make Cotton and Wheat besides, for uaiKci., oi aujr wvubi uwimi ; vtup, uc win gam in like proportion additionally, to the sum named. Then by taking his Tobacco to nenaerson or rranminton, ne can sen it himself, and save 2 1-2 per cent, comrnis aians charged in Petersburg, i cet vhoine the ; r. ; .7v . - ."'f. Miuo u; mm mauiuuv; iu ; ui (wyi-sii . me ueiiuaj unanuci,u uwuYCi m luotc moie part ot tne county, and appropriate tne money promptly to any needy call he-may haye;; - Whereaa,' if . he ibad to rely tipon 4 getting a wagon to carry hia Tobacco to 'Petersburg, ho would not only- have to pay the'sum of $5' 50 as stated, for ad -. dkional , freight, but be could not,, nine i tUnea in ten, get a wagon, willing and ready ; to Uke his Tobacco, carry it to Petersburg, so tnat ne couia uej"c, ,: uuuer.i tftat ;nve thousand sacks of Salt are annual -iK.n foor; weftka.'TiThesB' heretoforeh d f. I .t ; ik rA..-..-.-. v-:-: e ficultieMurely ought to be, worth head more, because they have boen , ifore so great, as to put aown tne 'Tobacco; and since the operation Jtai! ,Road S bacco; i taking nowthet lead of all other ... , . . : . while, in a market ror. whichTcan be so advantageously raised rappniwareqoirwgvresti .iwi-.i.il."w if 'trWr?? ioo them, ana tne. quicic, time n which ;ean yet them. If this farmer live in a rea AkU . t tj:i frtu" """t v ivobu) every heart Pine Jree, and every s White Oak 'and Post Oak treei Jia has'upoir bipjand, U in. creased in value. With all these advanta ges combined, I assert, that-a Planter , who has 200 dollars tworth!bf land, and pays only one poll tax, may derive jen dollar ben efit from i the Road, when under no circum stances, can lie have to pay seven' cents, as his part of the tax expense of it. But no one acquainted with the subject believes bat the citizens will nave to pay one cent, because the State is completely indemnified by ) he Bonds and sqeurities of the Stockhol ders and the friends of the Road, and the ortgages upon the Road and all its En gines, and Cars, and Ware Houses, and all the property of the Corporation of every sort and kind. And it is known that the Road alone, with its Engines and Cars, will at any time in several markets, command more mo ney than the State is liable for. Then the farmer will not have to pay these r seven cents, nor any thing else, but will get his profit clear of expense. There are some Farmers in the county who have aaised, and will again, twenty.five hogsheads of Tobac co, besides; other articles for market. By the rules laid down above, such a Farmer will save upbu the carrriaige of his Tobacco, (twenty -five hogsheads) $137 50, and cer tainly half as niuch upon his Salt, Sugar, Coffee, Iron, Lime and Steel, and a variety of other articles he will use in the run of the year, which will be $68 75 more. His twenty-five hoghhead should be worth $2, 000 ; and two and a half per cent commis sions on that sum is $50, which he saves by selling it himself at a home market. This farmer may bave business, or it may be his pleasure to go North or South, often in the course of the year; he may and will make Wheat and Cotton, or anything else besides Tobacco ; and say that these latter advanta gee are worth $18 45. aud they are worth more, then, he will have profited by the Rail Road the whole sum of $264 70 the part allotted for the whole County. I have endeavored by these two cases to show the advantages, in part, to be derived from the Rail Road, by a statistical demon stration, so obviously correct, that all may comprehend it; and by knowing the value of his lands and the number of his Polls, can readily estimate the advantages he will derive. But the superstructure of a Rail Road made of wood, is perishable iu its nature, and but for that the profit to the Stockhol ders would be great. By this, however, it is greatly lessened. It is estimated that sills and rails last about five years, and they must be substituted by good timber as the old ones decay. This will keep up a continual state of repairs, and -a continual demand for sills and rails. The quantity of sills for a mile is about one thousand and fifty, and the quantity of rails, a little short of eleven thou sand teet, for the same distance. The sills to be made of good white or post Oak, are worth fifty cents each, and the rails about seventy dollars per thousand running feet, to be of good Jieart Pine or W hite or Post Oak. The length of the whole road is eighty-four miles, and it will lake for its whole length about ninety thousand sills, and nine hun dred thousand feet of rails, at a cost of one hundred and ten thousand' dollars. The one-fifth of this sum, say $22,000, to be an nually expended in sills and rails, enhances the value of that sort of timber largely, and the land which grows them ; and brings into a neighborhood a large sum of money annu ally to pay for them and the labor of getting them.. Sills can bo hauled to advantage six miles, and rails twelve miles or more, by wasrons and carts, to the Rail Road. Tiic land within six and twelve miles of the Rail Road, which can furnish this timber, is great ly enhanced in value. The Rail Road runs within, and near the borders of Franklin county for near thirty miles, occupying a guished fellow-citizens dwelling in unheal position requiring at least one-fourth of a thy parts of the State, which is certainly ad- supply of these timbers from the County of Franklin. One-fourth of a supply will de- mand the sum of five thousand dollars; the interest upon which is three buudred dollars, and is greater than the sum seVown to the whole County by $36 30. Thesdmre some of the individual advantages accruing to the citizens of the County from the Road, and martv more miphtbe orescnted.but thev will j a , - , readily suffirest themselves, to the intelli gence of my fellow-citizens, and particular ly, when experience of ; their use, shall,1 as they certainly will, deveiope them. But 1 will state, that it is pretty well reduced to a certainty that the County made last year one j thousand hogsheads of Tobacco, and that the 1 mr this vpnr. will be two thousand. The saving in the way of freight upon two thou- I sand hogsheads, at $5 50 a hogshead, will i De asu.uuu. me cominisaioiis seu u wc I same valued at $70 the hogshead, will make 1 the sum of $3,500. These advantages must I ., ------ - i anu gci muuic wuiiuc w""- ,ub";i - 1 mis ueneui may ue reapcu iu a icw uuuis, i ant to none need tne tune De extended be- J yond two days. The comparison between these benefits, and sending to Petersburg, in the old way, all can make, who ever carried a hogshead of Tobacco to Petersburg. The benefit, then, to the County from the Tobac- Co crop, if it makes two thousand hogsheads of Tobacco, will certainly be $14,500. It is estimated, and reduced to a certainty, lof its being alwavs to be had at the shortest notice, by the; facilities of the Rail Road. . .. ihuu UUVHimiVH III IHIbC, B IUC - faeiliti.. MH ndmtiunn illi,a,. t.. tla r; trZ rZlZZZ kl:'t:" ti:":Z.vl other .r f ' I - " iuerwjn not be stripped ol tne very great aavaniage, and become a most prosperous people in the nor a quart of li4tk a day; can, you I day, bf the short time in wliich a Farmer may most desirable and healthy section of the for an instant, supldse that this- ere marl L'S hia Tnharpn to the Ivdll Road. Sell it. Stnf It may Kf aaiA tk'al mi r on! I a mmiC .1.1 I . ' - H rri i m-i m n Ml ar. am m mm mm w u aKd amr a a m B . a . - 4 mm m h w vHBga u u vaaac wa uaav i iiiii t-m a in aaau wza rm nrr r aa n a a iita v n abvm a a h.otn I --- --- , j . -- ..... . irgujia, wuuuas uy ine use 1 Will UbIGUJ t ma v tha nraat iratn iinAn Ih.i mnot nooAaan .ft-! : - . . 1 . uvSo- aoiiar. anu niiv cenia ine tuct. vnicn vi u. Na .. rv: ...i i i i ... raising or ry article, of the sura of 87.500. and this ad- Vf lanH inm,.. (nnr u,aa i 1 Ze I '' . . . I f5'-- 6.. u iwnt ucbcssv oi iiime. u a. maniirf'. imnrnvpn itvcntv scroB l r .of the i - u..-: .- .u .l i r: r . : -vu-.u...c.3.wi. 8Ucu i laiiLavc is lu un t wim nr.ii. w nil iuk rKriHim v i tirin n i o " . . 1 - -v.-nti i n a.aik iiu w in he of thn tiwrnhWK-V?i ZLZJ - .2X11 VZ?-?J"9 r ...WM.. ,a..R., ca.moi.oe weuascenain- ed but it is known a were consumed in this County, The amount of gain upon these last mentioned articles is therefore a matter for speculation, 'and only to be arrived at by computation. And I presume none will believe the amount gain ed upon them all to be less than 85,000; It may be said that the gain to the Mer chant, in his freight, is no gain to the Far mer ; but this is a mistake. The Merchant can, and no doubt will sell his goods cheap er, by the amount he gains in the cheapness of his freights. And nothing illustrates this more strongly, than the sale of the article of Salt. The gain, then, upon the article of Te-v bacco freights, $11,000 ; the saving, in sel ling it upon commissions, $3,500 the gain upon Salt, $7,500; the gain upon all other articles, $o,000 ; all added together, make the large sum of $27,000 ! which leaves J, out of this calculation Cotton and Wheat. And all to be gained by the , Country of Franklin for one year,1 and every year! And as the Counties of Wake and Granville, including. Raleigh, are very much larger than Franklin and Warren is also larger than Franklin we may safely estimate the gain to these Counties to be four times the sumofthegain to this County, that is, $108, 000. And this estimation may be ascertain ed correctly and certainly, by the same rules and data by which I arrived at the gain to this, County. All these gains of the other Counties added to the gain of Franklin ($27,000) makes the very important sum of $135,000 to be gained by these lour Coun ties in one year, and erery year, from this Rail Road. Whereas the sum of $18,000, which is the whole interest upon the sum of $300,000,. and which is to be met by the whole State, when contrasted with $27,000 profit, shows that Franklin county can afford to pay it all, and be then gainer $9,000. Whereas she can only be made liable for $2G4 70. But! the advantages derivable from a Rail Road will not be stationary. If the gain this year will be $12,000, next year it will be greater.; It will be cumulative and progressive, when the interest to be paid must be stationary. For when advantage shows itself to a discerning people, it will be availed of, and the encouragement held out by certain profit from it, will increase their exertions to make the articles upon which they expect to get it. This is human nature, and is shown in the article of Tobac co. Formerly before the Rail Road was built, but few, very few made it, and now all are trying at it. And so it will be of every other article,to which our interest may point; the Rail Road standing as the grand artery to receive every thing, and to dispense every thing, every where, as public and private in interest may direct. The Rail Road has actually thrown open the country as it were by magic, affording to the community the ad vantages of Ship navigation, without the ill health inseparable; from Ship navigation. And the grand 'spectacle is presented by it, of a sublime improvement, which the God of Nature has given to us; but denied it to our I forefathers. The powerful influence it has to shed upon, this country, is a mystery; but not as great as me invention oi oieam pow- I er itself: for we can realize the advantages I we have, but can only speculate upon what are to come. We know that the region of country through which the Road passes is one of the most healthy in the United States. We know that the soil is susceptible of in finite improvement, which has heretofore hppn kent back bv the ffreat difficulties of getting to market with our produce. We know, also, that it is a region so desirable, notwithstanding the subdued and impoverish ed state of our soil, and our heretofore diln- culties of market, that many of North Caro lina's most favorite sons lived and died here. And that it is a great resort for health and pleasure in the sickly season, by our distin- ditional evidence of the desirableness of this. Combining all these advantages, and crown- 'ms them with the very important facilities of the Rail Road, may we not say that it sheds a lustre upon our country, which time is to brighten as it rolls on, with more and more refulgence? Imagine Washington City asrain invaded, and about to be sacked and burned, as it Was during the last war, by the British army ; and what would now be the state of things, with the! advantages the numerous Rail Road facilities leading to that place? Our brave volunteers would fly to us rescue, as u were on wings oi ugnt- . - r i ning, ana tnrow tnemseives tnere,as tt were, by one instant effort of concentrated military power, which would overwhelm and demolish the invading foe, without their having a chance to escape. i jjui wuu me auvaniagesoi me is.au lvoau, we shall improve our wealth, add to our pop- ulation by staying the progress of emigration - v. ..u,. j iicieui tor t uciioo popuianon. it is a mis- i uKe, ior mosi an tne lananoiuers own too much land. It is a true remark that in the rionnernana iuasiern estates oi tnis union, me nuuesi men seiuoin nave more man one nundred acres of land; here, few landed men have less. We have an extensive quantity of land unoccupied by being in the forest, or exhjaosted. All of which is capable of the ... .1 highest improvement, and when iniproved, a small quantity, with small comparative la- y bor, will eive us an eiffht-fold croo It is re ' . , . S'!e "s a" eigni-ioia crop, it is re to make four hundred barrels of corn ? Ev- many of our acres does it take 5,i '.IC'." answer mi question iormm- V " 2 SZ V" " , r1 r"'"f" t HP 1 1. in IIIII IVUhl lrf Ih on.! feu" aTT ' V! De Fesf the lina wea"n OI Pa" 01 country, - :KlH ' - w - - . ' ua T 11111.1 LOLCU III a II . . - " ; staHs through ;Wake, to mites. And IflP nuMtinn hx. ftfton Xrrr""': ..'sc,,i ,uc, wnrmuca an 4iitiAai u.- .i.- .; rrn ,wv sivic. lias liib x.II iunai . . t . : . -. 'k'; J '"Ml-i- " , the land extend from the Road on acb side of it t These must, ol course, be questions tor speculation, becausevtije Road is too ie w, and too little land has changed hands, since the Road went into Operation, to furnish a certain standard. AlHknow this, however, that the people are indisposed to sell ; they seem satisfied to stajif and live where they are. And what can bfrnoro gratifying to a Parent, in his declining years, then to see the country in which it; has raised his chil dren, and where be Vould delight to have them live around hint prosperous and be coming by improretfnt, an ample field, where they may live,i,tnd. do as-well, as to emigrate to the far Wf or far South, where they may make some money, perhaps, but where they will have ti spend more in Doc tors bills, and in puti t of health, and where : l . ; :u as sad experience proves, they will shortly stagnate ana ate, amu ;ie wreicneu miasma of a richer but very iuiufrfbrious soil ? It is said by a wise man, tl'X'tevery country has its advantages and disutivantages. This cer tainly, now, combines 'loore of the advanta ges than any other, al.!hings considered. And to realize this tfplh, we have only to improve our present (ttyan.tages, by cultiva ting a proper spirit, afl'-shaping our course by the lights of reason, and proper" experi ence. After these digiessionsjthe qufstiotis again recurs How rach. additional value per acre, and how'far rJ.oes the rise in value of the land, on both s'ubVs of the Rail Road, extend? Many are of the opinion that for ten miles on eachside of the Road the land had risen one clollar anif fifty cents per acre, upon anaverage. It ii; known that in many places not remarkable;:: for any thing, the lands havesold for ore thundred and fifty per cent, more, since Lhe.Jload was established, than they could have oiininanded before. Then take one dollar lihd fifty cents as the measure of the rise. 'I'he Road is eighty four miles longmultiply that by twenty, and it will give sixteen; hundred and eighty square miles. Multipj'that by six hundred and forty, the numbejjof acres in a square mile, and you will hvij:! ,075,200 acres in creased in volue, at onVdolfar and fifty cents per acre, the sum of ' f 1612,800 in all the Counties through whie it the Road passes. AiEaiCA.N Enterprise." We have a coun try unsurpassed iuti advantages by any other country in the fijbe ; and blessed with a government, soil, a"f) j climate, unequalled by that of any others ; took at the mighty progress we are makfrfg in internal improve ments. Already jthisMiountry, which led the way in canals, has 3,7'iO, miles of canal navi gation, pouringih its Hbundance, and 4,500 miles of railroad . ThV & we nave about 8,000 miles of these useful ' public . works, equal in value to about! $lO;000,000, expended for the benefit and happiness of the whole people. No country o'n earth, ancient or modern, can produce anything in physical acheivment at all comparable with this. There is, 'no defect fn our institutions, or in the character of ouS people, which occa sions the present depression of our concerns, loreign ana aomesiio " sianu eievaieu in the eyes of the word for capacitv to pro duce. If Russia wishes to build a vessel, she sends to New Yo ik for one as a model. When she needs; an jnperial steam frigate, New-York is emplofid to build it. Spain also sends to New-lH'-k for steam vessels bf war. Is a Cotton Fac tory or a steam Sugar Mill wanted, Arher r furnishes it. Does rrussia need a v iott g mm, sne senus to oaitimore tor macniaf ry. An American is selected as Engine'! while Dantzic sends her citizens to Roci Ister to learn the art of grinding Whfeat. .4uslfia sens to Phila delphia for locomotivtts. The Grand Sultan sent here for our Ectiford to instruct them in ship building, and -iqur Porter to impart capacity and valor foVlheir defence vWhen. fc-gypt wakes upt frorr) er f haraoh sleep, and finds that the hands ef-her subjects and her bullock mills arenot '.he most perfect in the world for digging" Cabals, she too sends for tools and steam engine 3 -When Texas wants machinery, she sends, 'to Lowell and Patter- son ; ana iMigianu vseii senus to rniiaaei- phia for Locomblivij ifpr she can build noth ing to equal them. ; it is only in our own country that America i genius and enterprise are not sustained; aOlf honored.. Gen. Tal oflmadge's Address 1$ fore the American In- I stiluie. j Western Eloq: j?ce. The following aPPers n a Westeif paper : Gentlemen of th i lury ; Can you for an J instant suppose thf-fmy client here, a man 1 who has allers sustUi Ud a hieh depredation in society, a man yfcflV ail ou vou susnprt am esteem for his 'rtmHuI good quantities yes gentlemen, a'ihan Vhat never 'drink more wuuiu ue gumy oftaooKin a oox ol percu num caps f KattLlf hakes and coon skins J forbid I Picter tor y ousel ves. gentlemen, a feller fast asleep i nhis log cabin, with) his Hnnocent wife andrpban children by bis side ail nature- h? is!iel in dern rpnos. and nought to be Hearf iUut the muttering of the silent thunder antf hollering of the 'bull frogs then imaghs-to .yourselves a feller sneaking tip to ttd fdobr like a despicable --I- . . j hyena, softly en U r ng the dwelling of the peacef-' and Bappjlfamily, and, in the most mendacious and d tardly manner hookinsr a uoie dox oi pereusnum i ueni emen. I not I cannot divell upon the mohstrosi- such a sccne; j ; My feelings turn from a picter of ratWai turpentine, like a hia wood-chuck would hih (mm Anl. i I cannot for ari in Hint harbor the idea! that any man in these c" itre-intrs. much lii. I .LIJ -jr; . - ' T m "..coiho ot tguiiiy ol .coromittifiir an act of such rantaoklrous and tinextramnled discretion. : fir ; -4 1' . 1 ww iva uiu .isiicat ui vein in mgffa' itn I II I IIU HflCD 1ST TVM-1 ilifwnnl A I " your minds candidli ianduhoartiallv ini,i I us such a verdict sawmiht rAMnKi0 .... 1 pect from sucti ariightehed ahdirirblerant t .:Li.-.,-.- - toemttie of Bun ii. TT:ii : '1.1 ' - -rr-- n iRoeuerrnan If innnfianf Ai.ri UxlJ t i .i s- two or th Royai, Gbokob, Our will, recollect thatNurtng:ihelast .iifeaniint miRntibn few yearsrequenro has feen tnade of experiments to recover articles from this once noble ship. The fact that an immense man of war, lying at anchor in trarbor, witb fine weather, should have" gone down in a moment, carrying more jhan one thousand persons to a watery grave, considering the strict discipline of the British Navy, was a most remarkable event. . . On the 19th of August, 1782, the English man of war, the Royal George, of immense size, three decks, one hundred guns, and nine hundred men was, lying at Spithead, near Portsmouth, ready for sea, and with a large fleet bound for the Mediterranean. She bore the flag of Admiral Kempenfeldt, a fine officer seventy years old. On that day there were two or three hundred women on board -the wives and friends of the seamen; also a large number of persons with articles to sell to the seamen, making between twelve and thirteen 'bundled on board on that day. A water cock below the. water requiring re pair, the ship was careened by changing the guns, &c. When lying in this position, a sloop came along side, with a load of stones, which were deposited on the side of . the Royal George which was in the water. Then the water wasadmitted into the lower ports. The carpenter becdme alarmed and told the Lieutenant of the dock ; who told him to mind his own business, and did noth ing to right the ship; the Admiral being in the cabin. The. carpenter again told the Lieutenant that the ship would fill, who a t r waiting several minutes, ordered the druas to beat to quarters, that the ship might be righted. At that moment a flaw of wind struck her, she keeled over more, the water rushed into the lower decks, and she filled and went down. Only one of the women was saved. The Admiral and more than one thousand were drowned. From the Oxford Mercury. Mr Editor. My attention has been cal ed to this subject by the 'Bill of Mortality' which has been furnished by Dr. James Webb for the Hillsborough Recorder. This Bill contains an account of 13 deaths in Hillsborough during the last year, in a pop ulation of 1000 souls, exclusive of the pu pils in the- different schools. If any one could ever have entertained a reasonable doubt of the general health of that village it would be dispelled by the statement ot lit. Webb. But the statement I am enabled to make in regard to Oxford, will establish, for it, still higher claims to the character of a healthy village. I have no means of fur nishing you with a Bill of Mortality in Ox- ord, for the last twelve months, because 1 was absent the first four; but during the last eight months there has been but one death n Oxford, and that was the death oi an in fant -of only 10 days old. And this period it may be remarked, embraces what is general- y considered the most sickly season of the yc?r- : ...... . .' I will merely add that the high character of our population for morality, intelligence, and hospitality renders Oxford a desirable oca t ion for those who may wish to retreat rorri the sickly regions of the State; and the deservedly presperous condition of our schools, gives it high claims to the consider ation of those who may have chindren to educate. Very respectfully, JNO. R. HERNDON. Oxford, Jan. 17, 1842. s Notz it tbk Editor. Oxford contains near 500 inhabitants, exclusive of the scholars in the yarious schools. Our GovEkNOE. It is consoling to think we tight under the banner ol an excellent Chief. 'Our own opinion is that North Car olina never had a better, more efficient, or economical Governor than the present incum bent : and when the time comes for re-elec tion, we will feel no compunctions of con science in advocating his claims to the utmost of our poor abilities. We would advise our opponents not to make the contest between Morebead and Henry a test of the strength of parties in this State ; for they may rest assured that when his present Excellency is brought on the course for a second beat, he will make such a run as was never seen in North Carolina. When his administration is submitted to the people, it will be approved unanimously by acclamation, and even those that .vote against him will do it with the con viction that he makes an excellent Governor. Oxford Mercury. Distressing. Col Smith, of this county, was on Tuesday 11th inst. returning from a visit to Davidson County, and in attempting to cross the Yadkin Hi vet, at the ol4 Trad. ingFord in a gig, was cast away and drown ed. A little negro boy about 12 years old. who was in the gig with him, as well 83 the horse, was also drowned.. The body of Col. Smith was found on the ninth day afterwards, about It miles below. The horse and zv were found a few day s afterwards, about three mikis below the Ford. The neera had not been found when we last heard from th neighborhood. ; Col: Smitb: has left a large family of children, by . his first wife, and a widow. He .had been married to hia la at wife only about one month! He was an energetic, practical man of sound principles, ana mucn esteemed ijy his neighbors.-. . To his family, his loss Is a terrible stroke; " .' , . SalisburyiTVaickman. A man up town, on going to dinner a day or two ago, found a maenificent turkv J weighing fifteen or twenty pounds, smoking hot on the table. 'As he smacked his lips in- anticipation of his pleasure, he happened l icuicv mai ue naa atmseil purchased a pair of ducks market that raorning and began to wonder bow they became traosfonn ed into the; dish before hthi -S " Ben," said he M the loyftwahing upon mm, r wnere ine devil -did this turkey come from ! v . ." Why, sa;; replied Beh da t iar turkey o urn rooBun on our lence dis iree nigou an S'rs mormn1 1 seize him for de rent de SurtttKO An lora ,wil j S?I13IVMP XOTTERIE ; . ; FOR TEBRUAllY, 1842. , , .f., , . ,v J. G. GREGORY & CO., Managera. 025,OO-812,000. VIRGINIA LEESBURG LOTTERY I ' v Class C for t842. ' To de drawa In Alexandria, Va. on Saturday, Febi ary o, ibz. . 1CH1-KK. 1 prize bf $25 000 . .. 1 prize of 1. do 12,500 1 da of 1 do' ' 6,000 1 do of 1 dt ' 4,000 2 prizes of 1 do 2,837 3 da of 1 do 2,000 "6 do of X do 1,900 200 do of ru- $1,800 1,TK) 1,600 1,500 1,300 1,250 500 Ticket only $10 Halve $5 Quarters S2 sn Certificates of Packages of 25 Whole Tickets $3q uo oo xo Halt do Do , v do 25 Quarter do ' i 1 - 4-: 3 Capitals of 'i5,000amountmg t0 $7 5,000! UNION LOTTERY Class No. 1, ro 1842. To be drawn at Alexandria, D. O; on the 12th of February, 1842. BiLirAXT scaexz. 3 prizes of : $25,000.50 prizes of 1 prize - I0,G0050 do. Saturday, 65 321 300 f t do 5,000'50 do I d. 2,477j65 do Tickets only $10, Halves $5, Quarters 52 50 Certificates of packages of 26 w hole tickets, 130 ' Do do 26 half do 65 Do do 26 quarter do 32 j ' VIRGINIA MONONGALIA LOTIERY, Ulass U for 1842. To be drawn at Alexandria, Va. on Saturday, February SPLENDID SCHEME. prize. of t do do ' do do do $30,000 1 prize of 13,000 30 do 10,000 60 do 6.000 60 do 6.000 t29 do 3,000 &c &c 2,870 1,000 500 400 250 &c 1 ickctr 9 10 Halves ?5 (Quarters '50. CertificateK of Packages of 26 Whole Tickets $130 Do do 26 Half do 65 Do do 26 Quarter do 32 100 Prizes of $1,000 amounting to 1 00,000 Dollars. U N ION L O.T T ER Y, Class No 2, for 1842. . To bedrawu at Alexandria, D. C. on Saturday, Fel . ruary 26, 1842. . SPLENDID SCHEME. 1 prize of $30,000 10,000 5,000 3,000 2.500 10 prizes of 100 do 10 do 20 do 84 do $1,017 1,000 300 250 200 da do do do Tickets only $1 0, Halves $5. Quailrrs $250 CeriiScatee Of Fackagt-s of 25 Wholes! 130 00 Do do 25 Halves 65 00 r Do ; " do. 25 Quarters 32 50 For Tickets and Shares or Certificates of Pack age in the above aplendid Lotteries, address J. f. GREGORY & Co.Managert. Washington City, D.C. (r The Drawing will be eent to all vrho ordei u above, aa soon as over. ' JAMES PHALEN d CO. Manager's OrrieE, Corner of 6ih st. & Pennsylvania avenue, Waskington , City. FOR FEBRUARY, 1842. We preaeat to bor patrons come of the very best schemes for February. Capitals f5U,000 in $ 1 0,000 ' Prizes, $32,000, $30,000, &c. ; and we advue all who want prizes to send their orders to JAMES' PHALEN & CO, Washington. ' -Ptizes of $30,000, $20,000, $16,000, $15,000, $12,000, $10,060, and a large somber of $8,000, $7,000; $6,000, $5,000, dec. have been sold within short time, :, and in every instance the caih paid. ' ; FIFfY THOUSAND DOLLARS. 10Q prizes of $ 1 ,000 is $100,000. To be drawn February 5th, 8CH00L FUND LOTTERY Class 267. 78 no Lottery and 13 drawn. - 'sriasom scacva 1 do vl do I00da 20 do 20 do 133 do N "&C. 1 prize fo $10,000 10,000 10,000 3,00a 1,320 1,000 500 250 100 do do do do do 10,0001 10,000 4,000 Tickets only $10 Halves $5 Quarters $2 50. Certificates of Packages of 26 Whole Tickets $130 Do do 26 Half do 65 Ih, 0 26 Quarter do 32 j To be drawn February 12, : ' SCHOOL FUND LOTTERY, Class 273. 72 numbers 13 drawn ballots. rich scheme. 1 prize of -1 do $30,000 10,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 S.000 1,202 100 . ,1,100 1 prize 30 do of $1,050 1,000 500 400 300 250 2D0 150 100 do do do do S do1 20 20 20 ,20. .20 20 126 do do do do do do do I &c Whole $10Halve $5 Quarters f 2 50 Certincates of Packages 24 Whole Tickets $1 Uo f . do .24 Half do w Do do ' 24 Quarter do To be drawn February 19. . . SCHOOL FUJD LOTTERY. r - v. Fifteen drawn ballots oat of 73 no. ' SFLKKDf D SCHKKS. 1 Grand Canitar nf &210 OOOi 1 fa $1,300 I : do ,; : TOnnl 1 da l.240 I do f f 5.000 10 do 1, Vdo;v.M300 ;I0 ...do . 1 , do 1 2,000 10 do 300 1 ; A. i on IS do 1 " ra- i KkAtinn do i l'" 1 ; '."'do : 1,400 See &e " Wholes $10 Halves $5 Quarters $2 50. Certificate of package of 26 wholes $120 r. Do 'of of 26 halves- 6rj .' Do of of 26 quarters 30 7 TO BE DRAWN FEBRUARY 26tb, 1841 School JPu JLotUry, Claas 285. Thirteen drawn bombers out of 75. gnsHDiD scaxaa. , price of do do, do do do $32,000 5 25 25 30 30 prizes of . do . do ' do " do do Ac. $1.5 . 8,000 . 6.000 5W I 4,000 3.678 3(X 2fi00 dee. Whole Tixrkeu$lO, Halves $5, Quarters 2 w Certiorates of 25. whole only $1 : - DO -r--fSS halvaa 60 tjiau orders adareeti to mc Tni- r dantiti attenUoru r J V ... m - - " - - .3- t - 4i96 in vuo iuc ui i us a cnaw or tooactjo.
The Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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