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NORTEL CAUOlilNA StBKTINlBlL . i ' vnougli to give him the stamp of celebrity, and Felix soon found the cejitre of attraction in me fashionable circles of London. Here intoxica ed with the fascination of youth, beauty, and rank; he might have been perfectly happy if lie could have forgotten his unfortunate birth, But theahought of that haunted him like a de mon and ho was soon to suffer from it still uwtc dreadfully. ' m- j " Among the many charming women with Whom the poet-painter was now daily associa ted, T was one who seemed to realize all Ins dreams of female perfection. He had been first attracted to lady Charlotte Erldon by her frnn resemblance to Lady Iredale, and when "he learned that she was indeed the cousin J of "his first friend, his heart warmed towards her t tr before he knew her worth. Notwithstan ding the great disparity of age between Lady Charlotte and Lady Iredale the resemblance w.as certainly very striking. Lady Charlotte possessed the same pensive expression ot coun tenance, the same largo dove-like eyes, the Karae finely curved mouth, the same high and snowy brow that had characterized the being whom Felix had worshippeJand whenhclearn fl that the resemblance was to be found also m heart, and mind, he gave himself up without restraint to this new and delightful homage to earlv attachment! Lady Charlotte was -young,-xVniri, tender and mexpenenecu reiu vua enthusiastic and passionate what -the of love in such hearts must have been, i rvocrress a n rnav imagine but none may describe, i hey ihet in secret they plighted their mutual vows .of fidelity, and though the purity of her spirit shrunk from a clandestine intercourse with Tier lover, she yet resolved to -wait patiently tlatil time should have removed the' obstacles between them, and then to give herself tb his fortunes forever But they were' betrayed. The 'friends of Lady Charlotte were outrageous ; ami cveirher kind old father told Felix that he could havcoverlooked his poverty, but that it was impossible tQfcxeuse his ignoble and , dis honorable birth. They were separated. Lady Charlotte was closely immured from socifety, iijid Felix buried himself among his books and L - y 1 11:1. pictures. A stern ana vengeful pnae naa ta ken possession of his heart; - He resolved to win such fame as should make the mere inheri fors of a noble name quail before him, and sub rluin" the bitter agonies of disappointed affec- lion, lie appneu an iuu cuujjus v "'" fo this great task. He was successful. Before three years had elapsed, he had the proud satisfaction of learn ing that the haughty brothers of her whom he had so much loved would gladly have bestowed the hand of their unhappy sister upon the gift ed and distinguished minstrel. It wa3 toodate. The gentle spirit of Lady Charlotte withered beneath the blight of hopeless love, and when ii fain a dmitted to behold her, Felix found her t a shadow of her former self. Nor was the c.hange in himself lew startling. Days of inces sant labor, and nights of of repeated vigil, com bined with intense mental suffering, had wast ed his. health, though -they could not subdue his spirit, and thp lovers felt that they would soon be united for ever in the quiet sleep of death. They .-saw each other constantly. The fading spark of life in the bosom- of Lady Charlotte seemed rekindled by the presence of her lover, And Felix, with all the wild and unnatural ex citement which often attends the victim of con sumption, continued to pour forth strain after sfmn. of the most exouisite poetry, until th clcath of his worshipped idol broke the spell for ever. A few da3rs after the death of Lady Charlotte, fie sat alone in his apartment. The agony of his grief had subsided, and the consciousness that he should soon rejoin her, had tranquilized his bereaved hearA but there' was one grief for which there was no solace one sorrow which haunted him even todeath. The door sudden ly opened, dnd admitted a woman closely muf itlcd in a cloak, and veiled. Before Felix could ifse or demand the cause of such intrusion, she approached him, and throwing off her con cealments, disclosed a faeo perfectly unknown ro him. Her countenance, which was that of . a' woman about forty yearsof age, still bore the traces of extreme beauty, and her whole ap pearance. was that of rank and fashion. ; "My splrny son," exclaimed she in a piercing tone of anguish, ' can you forgive your wretched mother." Felix started up m undisguised hor ror. Casting herself onthc. floor before him, she clasped his knees, and with all the elo quence of woman's sorrow entreated him to look upon her, and forgive her. To describe his feelings would be impossible. All his deep and deadly hatred rose in his heart ho loath ed her for the very hirrnbleness with which she writhed upon the earth before her child her offcast son.., But whqn he heard her tale -when he learned that he was the offspring of a secret itucrriag'e between uic son of ono of the no blest famalies in France, and the daughter of tho ancient house of Montmorency when he heard that the marriage had been publicly lc-r "-alized several vears before, and that he, the Iirst born of that marriage, naa remained un claimed, lest he should deprive his brothers of then- princely, birthright, his rage knew no bounds. Spurninthe wretched woman who still clung to him in agony, he poured forth a torrent of invective, each word a dagger to the heart of e. mother. In vain she entreated him 4o remember that she had entrusted him to the t-aTo of one whom she knew would provide for him; that he had not been the mere outcast which he deemed. In vain she entreated him to repay her years of suSVriug by one Svord of wmuncss from her Inn lost son. "Woman: k know you pot," exclaimed he; "away! but ! he-fore you go, take with you this message to i my pother. I havc tiflcred poverty, disap j pnntmcnt, and disgrace. I have seen the bc- i"g whom I-worshipped, dying, because I had no name : t,, offer her. I have Von a name for myself at the expense of health and life and all his I owe to my mother. Look here he said, bending uown over the kneeling figure at his 4cct "look at this wasted -brow, and see if I speak not the truth; theii go hence, and bear to my mother the curse of her frying son -Tho unhappy woman feReenseless at ,u 11 o . - - w Uw eyes glittered writh the light of insanity, as jlie stooped down -and looked earnestly on the J pafce and stiffened features before him ; then .lffe.rin in to a 'ji;iM aud terrific la.irgh. he spran over the prostrate form of his mother, and rush ed from the room. The next day, when the sexton opened the gate of the burial ground where the remains of Lady Charlotte had been deposited, the body of the unfortunate Felix was found stretched on a mound of earth beside her tomb, totally dead. A dark red stain on the fresh grass told thensan ner of his death. The agitation of his feeling had hurried on the work which consumption was slowly performing. He had broken a blood vessel, and the unhappy victim of a mother's weakness was at rest forever. FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF EUROPE. BY K. P. WILLIS. Malibran Paris at Midnight a Mob, $c. Our beautiful and favorite Malibran is playing in Paris this winter. I saw her last night in Desdemo na. The other theatres are so attractive, between Taglior.', Robert le Diable, (the new opera) Leoiitine Fay, and tne political pieces constantly coming out. that I had not before yhsited the Italian opera. Ma dame 'Malibran is everyway changed. She sings unquestionably, belter than when in America. Her voice is firmer, and more under control, but it 'has lost that guehing wildnesp, that brilliant daringness of execution, thai made her singing upon our boards bo indescribably exciting and delightful. Her person is perhaps etill more changed. The round, graceful tulnesot her limbs & feature has yielded toa half-hag gani look cf cafe & exhaustion, & I could not but think that there was more than Desdcmona'B fictitious wretchedness in the expression of her lace. Still, her forehead and eves have a beauty that is not readily lost, and 6he will be a strikingly interesting, and even snlendid creature so long as she can play. Her act ing was extremely impassioned ; and in (he more powerful passages ol her part, sue excee led every thing I had conceived ol the capacity ol tne human voice lor nathoB and melody. 1 lie house was crow ded, and the applause was frequent and universal. Madame Malibran, as you probably know, is di vorced from the man whose name she bears, and has married a violinist of .the Italian orchestra. She is just now in a state of health that will require imrne diate retirement from the stage, and, indeed, has play od al read v too Ionur. She came forward after the curtain dropped, in answer to the continual demand of the audience, leaning heavily on Rubin!, and was evidently so exhausted as to be scarcely able to stand She made a signal gesture, and was led ori imme- diateiy, with her head drooping on her breast, amU the most violent acclamations. She is a perfect pas sion with the French, and seems to have out-charmed their usual caprice. . It was a lovely night, and after the opera I walked home. I resided a long distance irom the places ol public amusement. Dr. Howe and myse lf had stop ped at a cafe on the Italian Boulevards an hour, and it was very late. The streets were nearly deserted here and there' a solitary cabriolet with the driver asleep under his wooden apron, or the motionless figure of a municipal guards-man, dozing upon his horse, with hi- helmet and'hrazcifarrnqr glistening in the light of the lamps. Nothing has impressed me more, by the way, than a body ol these men passing me in the night. I have once or twice met the king return ing from the theatre with a guard, and I saw them once at midnight on an extraordinary patrol winding through, the arch into the Place Carrousel. Their equipments are exceedingly warlike, '(helmets of brass, and coats of mail) and with the gleam of the breast plates through their horseman's cloakr, the tramp of hoois echoing tnrougn the deserted streets, and the si lence and order of their march, it was quite a realiza tion of the descriptions of chivalry. We" kept along the Boulevards to the Hue Riche lieu. A carriage, with footmen in livery, had just driven up to Frascati's and, as we passed, a young man of uncommon personal beauty jumped out and entered that place of gamblers. By his dress he was just from a ball, and the necessity of excitement after a scene meant to be soigay, was an obvious, if not a fair satire on the happiness of the "gay" circle in which he evidently moved. We turned down the Passage Panorama, perhaps the most crowded tho roughfare in all Paris, and traversed its long gallery without meeting a soul. The widely celebrated pat tisserie of Felix, the first pastry-cook in the world, was the only shop cp-.m from one extremity to the other. The guard, in hh gray capote, stood looking' in at the window, and the girl, who had served the palates of half the fashion and rank of Paris since morning, eat nodding fast asleep behind the counter paying the usual fatiguing penalty of notoriety. The clock struck two as we paased the facade of the Bourse. This beatmtal and central square is, night and day, me grana rendezvous oi purine vice ; and late as the hour was, its pave was still thronged with flaunting and painted women of the lowest description, prome nading without cloaks or bonnets, and addressing every passer-by. The Palais Royal lay m our way, iust below the Bourse, and we entered its magnificent couit with an exclamation of new pleasure. Its thousand lamps were all burning brilliantly, the long avenues of trees were enveloped m a golden atmosphere created by the bright radiation of light through the mist, the Co rinthian pillars and iirches retreated on either side from the eye in distinct and vet mellow Dershective. the fountain filled the whole palace with its rich mui mur, and tne broad marble-paved galleries so thronged by day, were as silent and deserted, as if the drowsv geno d?armes standing motionless on their posts, were mc only living oeings that inhabited it. It was a scene really ol indescribable lmpreesivenees. No one who has not seen this splendid palace, enclosing with its vast colonnades so much that is magnificent, can have an idea of its effect upon the imagination . 1 had seen it hitherto only when crowded with the gay and noi sy idlers of Paris, and the contrast of this with the utter solitude it now presented not a single footfall to be heard on its floors, yetevery lamp burning bright, and the statues and flowers and fountains all illumi nated as if for a revel was one of the most powerful and captivating that I have ever witnessed. We loi tered slowly down one of the long galleries, audit seemed to me more like some creation of enchantment than the public haunt it is of pleasure and merchan-k7-t u Emgle figure, v rapped in a cloak, passed nastily by us and entered the door of one of the cele- n;? u Is m which the Playing scarce commences till tha hour-but we met no other human being. V e passed on from the grand court to the Galerie as you may find in the descriptions, YrtTS !? 6fandiHg between the east and west Thf 1, 6 aiS., R2aL U is sometimes called the "glass gallery' The roof u, of glass, and the MhJ? entirdy, r ndow,re. separated ?m fp S'Trt in the shape of pillars rem the roof to the floor. The pavement is tesee lated and at either end stand twfcolumns complet ing its form and dmding it fronf the other gallenes into which it opens. The shops are amnn?k0 ,w liest in Paris ; and what with the vast proportions of mo iauji, "wumui nu guieumg material aid the lightness and grace of its architecture, it is' even when deserted, one of the most fairy-like places in this fantastic city- It is tha lounging place of mili tary men particulary ; and every evening from six to midnight, it is thronged by every class of gailv dres sed people, officers of duty, soldiers, Polytechnic scho lars, ladies, and strangers of every costume and com plexion, promenading to and fro in the light of the cafes and the dazzling 6heps- sheltered compietelv from the weather, and enjoying without expense or ceremony, a scene mere brilliant than Uienoet splen did ball-room in Paris. Wre lounged up and down the long echoing oavement an hour. It wis like some ! kiri??y " feanojjtet hcdl deferred." The Inmns burned dazzling bright, ihe mirrors multiplied our figures in-1 to shadowy and silent attendants, and our voices echo ed from the glittering roof in the utter stillness of the hour as if we had broken in, Thalba-like, upon some magicai paiace oi silence. It is singular how much the differences of time and weather affects scenery. The first sunshine I saw in Pari, unsettled all my previous impressions com pletely. I had seen every place of interest through the dull heavy atmosphere of a week's rain, and it was in such leaden colours alone that the finer squares and palaces had become familar to me. The effect of a clear sun upon them was wonderful. The sud den gilding of the dome of the Invahdes by INapoleon must have been something like it. I took advantage, cf it to see every thing over again, and it seemed to me like another city. "I never realized so forcibly the beauty of sunshine. Architecture, particularly, is no thing without it. Every thing looks heavy and flat. The tracery of the windows, and retievos, meant to be definite aud airy, appears clumsey and confused, and the whole building flattens into a solid mass, without design or beauty. I have sjient the whole day in a Paris mob. The arrival of General Romarino and some ofhiscom oanions from Warsaw, gave the malcontents a plau sible opportuniy cf expressing their dislile to the measures of government ; and under cover of a public welcome to this distinguished Pole, they assembled in immense numbers at.the Port St. Dennis, .and on the Boulevard Montmartre. It was very exciting alto gether. The cavalry were out,and patroled the streets in companies, charging upon the crowd wherever there jvas a stand ; the troops of the Ifne marched up and down the Boulevards, continually dividing the masses of people, and forbidding any one to stand sti ll. The chops were all shut, in anticipation cf an af fray. The students endeavoured' to cluster, and re sisted, as far as they dared the orders of the soldiery; and from noon to night there was every prospect of a quarrel. ' The French are a fine people under excite ment. Their handsome and ordinarily heartless faces become very expressive under the strongest emotions ; and their picturesque drcs-ess and violent gesticulation se; off a popular tumult exceedingly. I have been highly amused all day, and have learned a great deal of what it is very difficult for a foreigner to acquire the language of French passion. They express them selves very forcibly when angry. The constant irri tate n kept up by the intrusion of the cavalry upon the side walks, and the rough manner ot dispersing gen tlemen by sabre blows and kicks with the stirrup, gave me suihcient opportunity oi juugtng. i was astonished however, that their summary mode of pro ceeding Tvas borne at all. It is uimcult to mix m such a vast body and not to catch its spirit, and I found myself, without knowing why, or rather with a full conviction that the military measures were necessary and right, entering with all my heart into the rebel lious movements of the students, and boiling with in dignation at every dispersion by torce. 1 he students of Paris are probably the worst subjects the king has 1 hey are mostly young men of from twenty to twenty-five, full of bodily vigour and enthusiasm, and ex citable to the last degree. Many of them are Ge-mati:-, and no small proportion Americans. They make a good amalgam for a mob, dress being the Tast consideration, apparently, with a medical or law student in Paris. I never saw snch a collection of atrocious looking fellows as are to be met at the lec tures. The Polytechnic scholars on the other hiVnd, are the finest looking body of young men I ever saw. Aside from their uniform, which is -emarkably neat and beautiful, their -figures and faces seem picked for spirit and manliness. They have always a distin guished air in a crowd, and it is easy after seeing them, to imagine the part they pl;yed as leaders in the re volution ot the three days. Contrary to my expectation, night came on without any serious encounter. One or "two individuals at tempted to resist the authority of the troops, and were considerably bruised, and one young man, a btudent, had three of his fingers cut off by the stroke of a dra- ' jcrooirs sabre, teeveral were arrested, but by ejjht o'clock all was quiet, and the shops on the Boulevards once more exposed their tempting goods and lit up their brilliant mirrors without fear. The people thronged to the theatres to see the political pieces, and evaporate their excitement in cheers at the "liberal allusions; and eo ends a turnult4hat threatened dan ger, but. operated, perhaps as a healthful event for the accumulatingdisorders of public opinion. Ar. Y. Mir. Fi'om a French Paper. ' The following horrid occurrence is said to have taken place in a lonely house at the camp dc Lune, arrondissement of St. Mench could. The account is extracted from the Echo dcVEst; "A person, of the department of the Marne, who had about him a sum of 800 francs, was arrested towards the close of the day in a forest, by a fellow who demanded his purse or his life. 44 My purse is light, said he, "six francs i all it contains. "Give them," said the robber, "and pass on your way." The traveller was scarcely out of the woods when perceiving a light in the fields, and afraid of bein attacked by other thieves, he thought it prudent to direct himself towards a lonely house and ask for refuge. He there found a woman alone, to whom he related what had happened to him, not forgetting to add, that bv his presence of mind he had saved his 800 francs. The woman readly consented to give him a bed, and conducted him to a back room. Her husband, who was no other than the thief of the forest, came in soon after, and sher told him what he already half knew. The worthy couple immediately laid a plan to assassinate their guest, which was fortunately overheard by the traveller, who armed himself with a heavy stick, and resolutely awaited his murder ers. The husband seizing a large kitchen knife, and the woman a hatchet, went straight to the stranger's room. The door was barrica ded, they broke it open, a conflict ensued in the dark, in which the stranger, by a , blow with hisstick, felled the husband to the earth. The woman concluding that it was the traveller whom she heard fall, struck several blows with her hatchet on the head of the victim, and thus accomplished the death of her husband. Justice is inquiring into the circumstances ; but if these facts be exact, Divine justice has already agenged society." Venison. Deer have been unusually abun dant on the Androscoggin and in the neighbor hood of Moose head Lake. A man came to market at this village a few days since with several deer, and stated they were driven into his barn-yard by the wolves wdiich have alsp been committing great depredation upon sheep. He related rather a curious fact. The carcass of a sheep- was suspended from a tree and a trap set at the foot of the tree. A wolf ap proached looking up at the sheep and put his foot in the trap but not on the spring; presently another came up and sprung the trap, and when discovered the two wolves had almost kil led each other. Thi was rather a more profi table job than killing deer, as the bounty is 88 a head for woives; and such has been the abun dance Of venison that ithas been sold in Augusta rl t wntspernonnd. Grtrdirtfr Stafford RAIL ROADS. ! FtfOM THE RALEIGH REGiSTEE. Granville, 20th March, 1832, Messrs. J. Gales & Son, Gentlemen: In compliance with my promise, I now give you such particulars of the Charleston Rail Road, as may aid in forming a correct estimate of our Rail Road projects. Mr. Allen, the Chief Engineer, in his last Report, exhibits the following estimate of the-cost of that Rail Road : 135 miles now under contract for For Rail Road Iron, Iron Spikes, Piling faachinery, Edisto Bridge, Turn Outs, Inclined Plane and Double Road, $391,677 133,8U0 12,500 3,700 1,700 5,000 6,000 Engineer Department, 45,623 Contingencies, right to timber, damages, &c. 100,00 Total cost of constructing 135i miles, $ 610,000 Being $4,510 per mile. But as Steam Engines are used on that Koad, he adds lor lo:omotive power; Engine to be stationed cn mchiitd plane, Six Locomotives, One hundred and sixty wagons, Water stations, $ 9,000 30,000 20,000 2,000 $ 61,000 Making the whole cost of Road and Locomotives $671,000 or $4,961 per mile. In constructing that Road, after clearing the ground and excavating where it was neces sary to attain the proper level, Piles are driv en by machinery into the ground on each side of the road, thus forrriiijr two rows cf Piles five feet apart, and the Piles 6X feet apart in each row. The Piles are then cut to the pro per height to preserve the level, and a tenon is cut on the upper end. A piece 9 feet long (5 by 9 inches with a mortice in each end to fit the tenon "of the Piles, is then placed on the Piles across the Road, and pinned fast. These pieces being tij feet apart fi cm centre to cen tre, there are in a mile supported by 1821 Piles (or Posts as they would be called in the common language of the country.) The Rails are placed on these transverse pieces and made fast by being let into them ahout 3 inches and wedged securely. The Rails are 6 by 10 in ches, and as long as they can be obtained, not less than 191 feet. The bars of iron are placed on the inner edge of the Rails and made iust iv nun ipiK.us. ine nvneeis useu on the Rail Road arc all of cast iron, with the in ner edge of the rim projecting an inch, forming what is called a fiangd which prevents the wheels from running off the track, and keeps them on the bar of iron. That Road does not very from a perfect level more than thirty feet in a mile, except in descending to the valley of the Savannah river, where, in distance of 3200 feet, its descent is 130 feet. At that place a Stationary Engine is to be used, on an inclined plane. In passing over streams, marshes or other low places, the Piles used are long enough to preserve the level, so that on some parts of the road now in use, the rails are fourteen feet above the surface of the j scarcely a hope that the Legislature or any in ground, corporated Company , would engage in a work It is possible to ascertain precisely the cost so. costly, and I doubted the ultimate success of constructing a Rail Road on any particular ot lne u?or iven if it were undci taken. Since route, till accurate Surveys and Estimates arc : tJlcn have examined the subject more alien 'made; but perhaps the following Estimate, by j and am now prefectly satisfied, that no giving some general idea of the cost, may af-1 thing is wanting to ensure the success of &: ford some satisfaction to those who desire infer- j east olie of fbe Rail Roads, but for the com-' mation on the subject: ,munity-lo attend to the subject, and obtain 17 tone of iron may be imported and delivered at our wharvea at $51 per ton - - - S867 1200 iron bpikes will cost y cents per lb. 108 1624 Piles of different lengths not hewed, at 12 cents, - - -812 Transverse Pieces 9 feet long, 6 by 9 inches counting side & edge 9135 ft. 10,5GOIlunninfj feet of Rails 6 by 10 inches do do do 14,080 ft . 203 23,21511. 820 per 1000 ft. ' 464 30 Amount of cost of materials for one mile 1642 30 Carpenter'? work, $250. Driving Piles 350 600 Clearing ground and contingencies 257 ) The cost per mile on the most favorable ound, 2500,00 To this sum, add for Engineering, superintend ing, excavating, when necessary to preserve the level, and the additional cost of Piling in places which require, the road to be raised much above the surface to preserve the level, and it would probably swell the cost to $3500 per mile. This might be sufficient to construct a Rail Road over a level country ; but over a broken country it would cost $4000 per mile on the most favorable location. If the Route should require extensive excavations, the cost would greatly exceed this amount. Wages and provisions being cheaper here than in South Carolina, we could construct a Road for less than it would cost there, andby availing our selves of their experience, avoid many of the errors and disappointments incident to all new undertakings. Suppose then that we could construct 100 mile of Rail Road for - g 400 000 Three Locomotives at $5,000 - 15,'oQO Eighty Wagons - - . io,000 Water stations - - - . 2,000 Total cost of 100 miles, - $ 427,000 The inquiry now arises what quantity of pro duce, and what number of passengers, would pass on the road. In the absence of all certain data, I submit the following Estimate, based on Mr. McNeill's Report of Commodities transported on the River between Fayetteville and Wilmington in the year ending 1st June 1831. 14, -248 Bales Cotton supposed average 3001bs. each 4,274,400 lbs. 631,200 261,000 2,191,800 10,000 290,800 4,800 3,604,384 2,195,000 638,200 80,000 481,000 75,300 526 Hhds. Tobaco 1200 4,350 bush. Wheat 60 10,959 bis. of Flour 200 100 half do 100 1,454 casks Seed 200 16 Barrels Spririts 300 64,364 bushels Salt 56 2195 Hhds. & Pipes 100Q 3191 barrels 200 160 Tierces 500 240Tons Iron 2000 50 Casks Lime 300 14,735,884 73698. Articles not enumerated Vnght !M49 68 A011 LI 44 OA 7369 tons at 10 cts. per mile. 73;90 00 Aua mr carrying u. atates Mail and f asen $237 15 Total amount of receip From this amount deduct wear $"0,000 06' & tear of Locomotives 25 pr.tt. $6250 Wear & tear of Road at 10 pr. ct. 40 000 I rwt Superintendence, wood and oil for ' 0o' Locomotives 55,000 The act of incorporation allows th ny to charge four cents for toll and eight cenr for -carriage of a ton per mile. The abor e lomh. e es- iiiiiaic is uiiiiit' si l hi r.f mi l-hiK . i , would VlpM itaj employed, ll the estimate be mad e can. e at lr .... u. ...., v.... t ii nuum he more th Li per cent, profit, after paying the annual r? pense and providing for renewing the rraJ once in ten years, and the Locomotives one four years. If the Road were to cost o00o per mile, it would still yield a profit often cent! But will the business of the count furnish as much to transport on each of h? contemplated Rail Roads as was transporter! on Cae Fear River between FayetUvil'. and Wilmington in that year? Look at th! Geography of the State, consider the fertihV of the soil, the quantity of produce now m ried to other markets, the great increase of iJro" duction in the upper counties which cheaper ing the price of transportation would neces sarily occasion, particularly of AVhtat con sider how much Rice, Fish, Tar and Turpen tine, would be carried from the upper i0 the lower country for home consumption, and the question may be satisfactorily answered. The introduction of steam'power on Koad seems destined to effect the aine chanoei.'i transportation by land, that it has done by wa ter. In the above Estimate, 1 have allowed iW uirce xjocuiiioiives oi nurse power each Suppose they were to travel at the moderate rate of ten miles an hour, and carry fifty tons each, they would transport one hundred and fifty tons., one hundred milts in ten hours r The amount to be transported, accordino Luihr above estimate, is eight thousand six hundred and two tons per annum, which at loO ions a day, would take only &7J- days to do the whob year's work ! Results so stupendous startle 1 h n minl and rlicnnen t r r s-r. 1 '. i iv .1 n.unwiatiuai cApunciice cuii.saiisiv us that itis possible ! This experience wt shall soon Lave, whether we construct our Kail Roads or not! Our neighbours n each side are engaged in similar works, which will be in operation in the course of next year. Yc can then see the effects, and as ours will not be well under way by that time, we may profit by liuir expericnci-. In conclusion, permit me to observe, that without having paid any very particular atten tion to the subject, I voted against the appro priation bill for making the Surreys prepara tory to forming these Roads, because I Lad ..r....i : ; umcieni miormation to term correct calcula- tiong. I he abortive attempts at Internal Im- j porvement in our State, and the heavy losses Oll04o! Mml It-- 4 L . 1. 1 1 . Duoiouitu vuuae no auveiuurea tlieir mo- jney, have produced a prejudice against cv- ijr om.iuj(i vi uic miiu. 11 wouia oe easy u show why each of those attempts failed I ; "and that the causes which produced those failures would not operate to defeat the Rail Koad Scheme ; but having been already sufficient! tedious, I must conclude. Yours, &r. - JAMES WYCHE. CHEAP DRY GOODfi OTTO " rJTHE subscriber has just opened a new and JLL handsome assortment of fresh imported Which he offers to the Ladies of Newbern, and the public in general, at very reduced prices, at the Store formerly occupied by Willaim J IJandcock, on Pollock-street, one door from the corner of Craven-street. J. VAN SICKLE. Newbern, 27th March, lj832. RAISINS, SEGAKS, ttc half boxes box Raisins, Spanish Secrars of beat nuality, in half and quarter boxes, Loaf Sugar of superior quality, 1 hhd. superior Old Antgua Run?, Received this day, per schooner -Perseverance, and for sale bv - JOSEPH M. GRANADE,fcCo. Dunn's Corner. Newbern. 28th March, 1832. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, ) 83. x- Onslow County. County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions February Term, A. D. 1832. Dexter Burns 1 Original Attachment. , Jacob J. Doty V I"T appearing to the satisfaction oQ;ourr-. . that the Defendant is not an inhabitant oi this State i.It is ordered, That publication be made for six weeks in the North Carolina Sen tinel, that said defendant appear before t - Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Onslo County, at the Court House in Onslow, on tho first Monday of May next, and replevy or plea VO issue, or Judgment final will be rendered against him. Attest, DAVID W. SANDERM THE HIGHEST CASH PRICES, WILL be gi ven for likel v young Negroes oi both sexes, from one to 26 vears of age- : JOHN GILDERSLjW. GARDEN SEED. FTVNE Box, cpntaining 40 doz. fresh Garp VU Seed, assorted, just received and for S3 by JOSEPH M. GRANADE. & 23d December, 1831.