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-i' v ,i . :' ' r DAiiT ' f which willaf&rd ample aeptn in uie wooy the water over the sheafs above, so at to give u sui trooA the Cap Fear and DeP Rive I leMMb.B 3 feet water upon them. The To 2Vfert. Alex. McItkeV AJ.?besetV AS. joo wiH be followed Wwilfv y.' . - J? . . . V u: JL th Coiumi tee. will be a darn erected ever iU f : This dam will be 8 McNeil enu ""V tIa;.hsld io t0J hhtbm l 180 feet long, and in continuation of ?.?f? i t- v..fc mAKt-Ininirof Mui-veraod the same dam to the bank below the 9'd Cal. a dam V -V::r and 6 feet h safao 4S0 feet of 577. -w RtVpr. n. hieh qd as Han- i dammtusf 54 feet hieh. to couuect eoine inlands above P. T . . . AT.th IT., rnli'ni EVnm t hm lon thnilKrh a (TUBrd lock, the boats Will Dan into the old canal which mu.t be wideued and cleared out for that purpose, as far dowu as the locks. to oe erectea 10 rawer mem iuw me par. There ajre the remain" of several dams, two sets Kiftu n Mnnra CouBtv. North Uarolin. Gentlemen :-Having been engaged by Major Walter Gwynn, on your behalf, to nmke ft survey or the Cape Fear and Deep Rivers, with a view to the hiirh ud as Hancocks . iJSTn i m ntihtv. and hatinz completed -thsindMecka, same half a mile apart, and the old canal iMt v,KM'"l,ti',oentl1 ex i alluded to showing the efforts made in former years amiaationsef the most difficult portions, ot tnem, as to improve the river, "the general ouwue upou the line allowed me would ,pennit, I have the hon- (which these improvements were last projected was t?f herewith to report the results, including an esti- . mite of the crooeoie coscoi m otc rrw j . . ? sr t aii-A arii l Sim si lion, to oefbnnea oy a socce8au w This character of Improvement is admirably adao td to these rivers, as indicated by their ineonsider- . -Li. .r-il lit HAin inmiVhU ie9S IMfl IWU B nil? iBii uer uuiv. vawa feet thronghoitt their whole length,) their conse- qoently sluggish eurrent, and the extensive natural .pools already to be found throughout their length. T iTnMrinv the imt)ortace to the friends of this im provement that the question should be ascertained in the shortest possible time, whether soch a naviga tioniooM be obuined appn these rivers, to couuect witli' the present Steamboat navigation upon the apFear at Fayetteville. and with a view to expe dite the work, after organising a party and procur- fog a suitable boat, I began the descent of the river. I foand Hancock's dam 12 feet high, and was told by him that it backed the water up for five miles above, with a depth, of not less than 3 feet. Thence descending the river, f found a succession of small shoals, until I passed the lower end of Murcbison's island, where I met, with the back water of Peter Evans, Jr. dam, 2 miles from Hancocks. . Cr ivu nr.; ta P.an Mill, a distance of ten miles, I found a spiefdid pool tff water with a depth -ranging from 3 to 9 feet, at the then low stage, which was that of low summer water. Evans Dam has just been rebuilt upon the rafter Elan, and packed in with stone, about three feet in eight It is 190 feet long, and leaks to some ex. ten; it did not in consequence hold a full hend of writer br 11 feet : when this shall le the case by ( the deposit of mud nod sand hold in suspensioa by the water brought down the river, it will flow the water buck to Haffcocks Mill, 12 1-2 miles. In Evans Dam, a Lock will be placed, of 9 feet lift, from which a boat will float directly into the back water from John Horton's mill dam, and through this fine pool of water for &i miles to Hor ton's mills. The depth of this pool, at its ahoalest place, which is 200 yards belojr Evaus Dam. Is 2 feet for a short distance, from which it immediately deepens, to 5 feet and continues from 5 to S through out irs length. Horton's Dam is 374 feet long and eight feet high, a whtMtt the water flowing at the time : show ing thereby a plentiful supply. It is proposed to raise this dam one foot, which can be done at a small expense, to insure 3 feet at nil times back to Evans dam, and thus supposing a lock in Hancock's dam, we find already formed with a small outlay, a slack ff l pulsation of 2 3 miles. From the lock in this dam, 'aT6aT wTTl float tnto a pool of not less than',3 feet depth, to be formed by a dam to be erected 200 feet below Thomas Parish's fish dam. This dank will be 9 feet high, and 284 feet long, and will connect the pools at present ex isting and occasioned by the fish trap dams of Thomas Farish, and Peter Evans. Sen, forming one continu ous pool for S miles from Horton's dam. A Lock will be placed in this dam of 9 feet lift, from whtch aboat will float into a pool 7 J miletslong and not less than 3 feet depth, exteudmg to drug's mill dam, a short distance below the mouth of Rocky River. At this point, the first real difficulties are encoun tered and it becomes necessary to leave the bed of the river, for the first time in 39 miles. Nature n l,-mA . -A . l III D 111 II I V I Un Mf ! .1 i II Vl l & rl a natural canal, or BXon of 50 to 70 feet wide, which it is proposed to use fur 2050 feet. It is now used GB the race to Chugs mill; it will be necessary to take down Clings river dam, which only holJs w .ter for 3 feet, and construct upon its site a laoi 5 feet high, and 1023 feet loug. This dam will give suf ficient depth over the shoals at the mouth of Rocky River, and above that point back to the sill of the lug out and bbtstiog. will be required, the cost of which is embraced in the estimate. The Dam must be raised over the sloo as far down I as we use it, and in this dam a lock will be placed of 10& feet lift, from which a boat will pass imo a pool of three miles in length and of sufficient depth, form ed by the erection of a dam just below the head of Pullen's Falls. Some cleaning out will be required in the upper part of the pool. Pullens Falls are the chief obstacles to the open ing of the navigation of Deep River, and to a casual observer, or those unacquainted with the means resor ted to elsewhere in surmounting similar difficulties, they do appear to constitute a barrier to the naviga tion of the rich and fertile valley of that river But they are by no means insurmountableand when it is considered, as will bo seen by the estimate, at what an inconsiderable cost the upper portion of the river can be rendered navigable, it will be understood that we can afford to expend an amount suf ficient to overcome the difficulties at these falls, and yet leave the average cost of improving Deep river quite low. These falls are formed by the river flowing over a succession of lodges running across its bed, with short Pools of still water between them. The fall from the head to the Coot below Pollens mill, is 34 feet 6 'Incites in a distance of i miles. The 1st dam in the falls will be placed upon a ledge Of rock making across the river 29 feet below the level of the water surface above; it will be 8 feet bieh. and 381 feet long, including the abutments. A luck Will be placed in this dam of 8 feet lift. a ooat win noai out ot tnis iocs into the pool be low of sufficient depth, and 600 yards long, which brings us to the 2nd dam. This dam will also rest opbn a rocky ledge, it will be 10$ foet high in the main river, but as it will cross two islands, its aver age height will be much less. It will be 800 feet Jong. A lock, will be placed in this dam oflOi feet lift, from which a boat will pass into a pool formed by a dam 1200 yards below, built upon the site of Pullens dam; it will be 8 feet high and 446 feet long to the island, including the abutments. There also will be required 170 feet of . damming to connect two other islands with the first From Pullens dam, it is intended to take oat a canal through the level bottom in which his mill race is dug. . It will be 1026 yards long, of easy ex cavation and will require one guard lock where it leaves the pool, and two lift locks of 10$ feet each, to drop the boats into the river, somewhere about the new bridge, beiuz erected bv Dr. Smith JiwUI aUjojregire a waggon ford where it crowe the main road. --4 F rom the outlet lock of -this canal, the boats will float into a pool 11 miles loug. reaching to Buck horn rals, with no difficulty for that distance, even at this time, and of sufficient depth, excepting at two points, eue at Dr. Smith's sein haul,. the other at Ila wkin s Island ; the depth of ater at which points, now 18 inches, Aboat 24 jniles below Pollens Mill, and d,r-.i above the cenflueuce of the Haw with Deep River, is the tewa ef Haywood, finely eitnated upon an ell vaterf second bottom, which is destined to become jdaae of considerable trade, when this improvement shall be opened- It has a rich back country n the Coantjee ef Chatham, Randolph, and- aeighboring Coitvad.m be the point where aHth.wrpla. L?, IwtheM t?OBti" wiU eoaewtrate; be r.utzi rarkeuof F- stepped ta te smooth the way for us, and we fi!w 'or .loo, which le.' th. i milH, asram enters ih. tl:! . ssa& i-cL'K" Of to 70f It UK Amuiaju J . th vr.SVTT",-1?.6! across the in th main earraet. hot the details were. SO wretch- .- . ' . - . edly carried out, as to render worse than useless an . . vL . i :n the money expended upon tftem. i oe cmni w iu the first place cut I mile in length from Buckhorn sloe, and locks erected to lower the boats into Par kers Creek, which it was intended they should follow to the river, about one-fourth of a mile. This creek is an inconsiderable stream ef about 10 feet in width aud 6 inches depth, which would have been always filling up with the sediment brought down by it, to the obstruction of the navigation ; even though the water of the river had have been backed into it by a darri from below. It was afterwards concluded to throw away these locks together with half a mile of the canal, and re turning back open it, lock into the river hall a mile above. Ibis was accordingly carried out and llie locks put up, which would have answered the pur pose very well, if they had have been properly con structed, but the simplest laws of hydraulic pressure were totally disregarded. the sides of the locks were merely upright posts braced at each alternate post, with a single lining of one inch plauk. and with no other support whatever. As might have been ex pected, thev were forced opeu soou afier beiue sub- jrctc&te the head necereary to pass a boat through them. .1 hey were miserable attempts at iock ouua iae. and it would have beu far better bad the mon ey have been thrown into the river; as the effect of their failure, although some twenty year have past, is still found iu the wind of many eiiterpr -iug aud in telligent geatlemeu, who look upon euy further at tempt at improving ihis uoble river, as Utopian, mere ly because they (ailed at that lime, without knowing or reflecting upon the cause, which was an utter want of skill in carrying out the improvement. A spirit is uow aroused, however, which if proper- ly directed and judiciously managed, will render the navigation of the Cape Fear and Derp Rivers, oae of primary importance to the State at large, as well as to the Counties within its influence. From the outlet lock in this canal, a boat will float into a pool 6 miles in length and of sufficient depth to Douglass' Falls, half a mile below Norriugton's Ferry. This pool will be formed by a dam 8 feet high, and 750 long, to be raised upon the ledge of rocks at that place. Here it is proposed to take out a short canal for 440 yards on the north side, thro' a level bottom of easy excavation, and by a lock drop into the river below. The next pool will be S miles long and will extend one mile bf low McAllister ferry, where a dam will be built 8 feet high, and 5.27 feet long. A lock in this dnm will pass u boat into the next pooT'bjeTowT which wiTT Carry it four mites to the next dam, which is to be placed upon the first ledge in Smiley's Falls. As these Falls are well known to be the greatest obstacle to the opening of the uxvigatiou of the Cape Fear River above Fayetteville, I will give their physical character. These Falls extend for about five miles over a succession of rocky ledges, with no great fall at any one of them, leaving inva riably between them, still pools of wafer, varying iu depth from three to tcven feet, and in length from 200 to 600 yards. The ranks of the Kiver, at the head of the Falls, are from sixteen to eighteen feet high, but increase in height to 30 feet as we ap proach the foot of the Falls. It will be seen from this briet notice of their character from the height of the b-inks aud the admirable foundation xffrred for the dams and locks, as well as the existruce of pools of still and deep water of considerable exteut, that nature has marked oat for us the plan of im provement to effect the navigation through this part of the river. In fnct, there are natural exc tvatiooa and benches formed in these ledges of rock, upon which dams can be erected to withstand any freshet that may arise, as is abundantly shown by the im perfectly constructed fish dams upon them, which have withstood all the freshets in the Cape Fear un til the actual decay ef the timbers in them, and yet the stones remain upon the foundations as they were originally placed. The d im at this first ledge will be 8 feet 9 inches high, and 445 feet long, in which a lock will be pla ced of the same lift to lower the Mats into the pool below, which will extend for 11 miles and of suffi cient depth to the bead of Big Island The site for this dam is remarkable the f .11 at the ledge is only eighteen inches, but there is a ram part of rock running acrobs the river seven feet above the surface of the water, except at three openings where the river has worn a channel through it. Unon thisledcre. or rather arrni th ihinnla tkm' it, a dam will be raised to 104; feet high its total length from bank to bank being 500 feet. Iu this dam a lock will be placed of 10J feet lift, to float the boats into the pool below, which wiii car ry them I 3-5tbB miles to the next dam, to be raised upon another ledge of rock. This dam will b8 6 feet 4 inches high, and 750 feet long. A lock in it will carry us through a pool of 1 miles in length to the next dnm, to be raised upon the ledge at Hodge' timber landing, which will be 6 feet high and 600 feet long through a lock in this dam, the boats float iuto a pool of water 5 miles in length. This pool is intended to afford sufficient depth o Ter the shoals to Averysboro', and on to Doctor's shoals immediately below Smith's ferry, at the mcuth of lower Little River. The dam upon Doctor's Falls will be 9 feet high and 350 feet long ; it will not only create the pool above named, but it will flow the water for some dis tance up Lower Little River, thereby facilitating the rafting of the clamps brought down it, and ; remove all danger of looting them, as is now frequently the case when they arrive at the mouth of the river. From the lock in this last dam to Jones' Falls, the distance is five miles, which will be the length of the pool. Upon these Falls the last dam will be erect ed it will be 9 feet high and 400 feet long. From the lock in this dam. of 6 feet lift, the boats will float into a fine navigation to Fayetteville, 15 miles. Some out lay will be required in this distance to remove obstruction, which is provided for in the estimate - The fall from the foot of Hancock's dam to Fay etteville is about 178 feet The distance being about 100 miles. PLAN OF THE DAMS. The plan of Dams upon which the estimate is bas ed, is what is termed a crib dam. It is formed by longitudinal timbers, well secured to the rock, con nected by cross ties, wi h the down stream end of the ties, itept at such an.ieratiaQbovelh.e npsj ream end, as will give the proper up stream slope of 2$ feet horixontal to Lfoot vertical. These timbers will be of yellow pine properly hewed, and well tree nail ed together, and the intermediate spaces or crib?, Well paeked in with stone. Upon timbers running length ways of the dam along the face of the up stream elope, will be laid the sheeting of 3 inch yellow pine plank, running up and down the slope, aud well secured to these timbers by free nails. . PLAN OF THE LOCKS. The locks will be a modification of the " Compo site Leck; fce alU will be formed of well hewed yellow pioetinibers laid length ways of the Lock, 10 feet apart, connected by eross ties every 10 feet of their length. These cribs will be well packed with stone to the entire height of the Lock walla, . These Lock walls will rest upon timbers extend ing entirely across the Lock, laid close together, and joa which a double flooring will be lajd to the ex of the lock chamber, and the lining of the cham Vr will alee be double. TheXocks will be 100 feet long in the chamber, by 18 feet width, and are calculated for boats 100 feet long and 2 feet draft and 30 to 40 tons burthen. Tti lnth nrovlded for In tMWfmata Is ii do case less tnan eei, antx-no aouma ooat can oe" struct ed to draw les than f he &e n med aboVei These brief description f the locks and dsn are considered all that is necessary nt thii time, p ah understanding of the character of the improvKnent contemblated. - - -.3N ft is necessary to asythat when the worku laid off for construction, modification of the plan if. lm provement above presented may be found adviwble, and )n all probability may lead to somVaavljg in expense. , t ft A I LROA D9 . I tnto njhimoro. in nme nf (hp rvrinrina! sf a nlo-- ,A n MMfnl tnvesttifntiOB nt aft th AVrttAtMl i. . - . ' it- J - - ecessary to accomplnh this work. upon th 'plan f- , j iii--.VAi rKw.f,. riLLZ2MVZ - 'TOUT, necessary nronosed. the items for which are h arated ibeet, I to it amount, to fticmlafCr oest mmtXngm.tiVmtWW In order that the committee ntayliarea dear un derstanding of the importance oj? hU proposed im provement, te the Interests not oniy of the country through which it will pass, but of the State at large, both social and commercial, I will endeavor to point out some of the physical features of thetalley and of the country it will traversal To do-so, I ill ask them to examine with me for a few moments the' map of the State of North Caroliaa ; and begin ning at Wilmington, the chief seaport of the State, we find the Cape Fear Riverflowing through a broad and noble valley, and steam boats plying upon it for IU0 miles above, to Fayetteville. Theuce by this proposed improvement we fiud still, the broad and rich valley of the Cape Fear, pursuing a North west direction some 60 miles further, to the jtftiction of the Hew with Deep river, and thence by the valley of Deep river, which bears doe west, 40 mHes fur ther: approaching at its nearest point to Wit hin 33 miles of the rich and fertile valley of tie Yadkin river. . The highly productive lands of the Cape! Fear and Deep rivers throughout the whole extent of this pro posed improvement, are susceptible of an amount of surplus production, which it would be difScult to estimate, could the proprietors of. them aeaiV- them selves of the easy and cheap mode of conveyance to market which this navigation would af&raV 47pea Deep River, 12 miles above its eonfluetfttfcija- the Haw river, we first com upou tbebituSsiaousCoa deposit, whieh extends on both sides of Ihat river for some 15 miles above, and forms: one vase co il ba- Hin, as is clearly inurcated bv the nneniiz wiucn have been made upon the lands of Thornfe Farish, ou George's Creek,on the branches of Buffo'oe Creek, u the opposite side of the river, upon t life lands of John Hurion where the boring has been continued for some 20 feet wit bout fiuding the thickness of the bed, and also higher up near Dr. Chalmtr's planta tion in Moore County. This coal burns with a brilliant flame; it is found from 3 to 5 feet below the surface, and Is identical with the far famed bituminous Coal of Alleghany County, Maryland, to transport which U her sea coast, there has beeu expended in the construction of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, $9,502 ,345. be sides a new issue of bonds recently mode of $1,700, 000, making together, $11,202 345, fur construction alone. To this must be added the interest and loss upon thesaleof bonds up to this time, of $4,458,970 ; this swells the amount to $15,661,315. ' Th; Report irotn which the ab..re is extracted, says ''The prominent and tiiairt purpose of the canal as a work limited to the T"tley of the Po tomac, is to lay open to the inhibit a nt4f the At lattt icraiertncr wmeiui iwamimi ecns Thd Baltimore Patriot pubJishes a atatement of the business of the Baltimore and Ohio Kail road for the last month, which shows a great in- crease over the business of the corresponding month ot 1847. 1 he transportation Eastward Coal, Tobacco, Grain, Meat, Sic., Pork and Bacon, Iron, Lard and-butter. Hogs, in number, 36.236 bbls. 4,023 tons, 76 hhdJf. 216 tons. 503 " 55H 3S5 " 64.064 g any count v; particularly i;a inexbausnble iniues f Coal aud Iron' Now gentlemen, this immense outlay has been expended to construct a lineo! canal Irio 4 10 miles Ion jr. less thin the distance in the Deep Kiver mineral region by 14 mil, and when we take into consideration the tariff of tolls necessary to pay th interest upon this large sum and com pare it with tint necesnary to meet the interest upon the small expenditure necessary to accom plish tins improvement, is it not as plain as the cun at noon d-y. that you ran rouipete with the Maryland coals in any of thu AtUtric seaports J Hematite Iron ore, is also found upon the banks of Deep River, soap stone, and also a sub stance very mui-h resembling black lead. Without desiring to weary you, gentlemen, I tnuet carry you alon with me, either by water navigation, or if that is impracticable, by a port age Ril Road, over the countr) dividing the Deep Miid Yadkin Rivers, where we reach an immense and populous valiey, rich in every variety of ag ricultural wealthwhich would be collected and transported upon the Ydktn 'T 'HiJSji H'H ' and if secthMial boats art urtd sucas art in daily use upon the Canals in Ptfnyhria, they would, icith their freight, be transported over this short portage Rati Road, and launched upon Deep River for the seaports of the Slate. It appears to me there can be' no doubt as to the profits of this improvement. That it would render the stock of the lower Cape Fear valua ble, must be admitted. In conclusion, I would ask what Atlantic Sea port would have a more extended communica tion with the in'erior than Wil nttigtoii f Sup posing the Vadkin Valley penetrated and un proved, as am informed it can be for seme 150 miles above the narrows," thus forming 400 miles of interior transportation, which lor econo my and low freights, would not be urped by any other improvement uf the same length in the country. - North Carolina would then, from the products of her own bosom, from her own inexhaustible resources, assume that position among the Com merciai States of the Atlantic Seaboard, te. which h hs a legitimate claim,, arid , lfure,f wit ness the diversion of herprrfducts9fptldiog t up of the Commercial Cities in the States on her North and South ; but accumulating upon the wharves of Wilmmgton,. they would be shipped wnere me laws oi iraae nugm afreet. -. Respectfully submitted, Bv your obedient servant, VVM. BEVERHANT THt)Ml'SQN, Civil Engineer, Raleigh, Dec. 22d. 1648. " I have carefully examined the noter arid cal culations upon which the above estimate of the cost of the improvement of the Cape Fear and Deep Rivers was made, and have! no. doubt that it is full and ample, with good inanagement, un der the direction of a competent Engineer, for the accomplishment of the objects contemplated, and I fuMy concur in all the views and deduc tions' contained in the above resort. WALTER GWYNN. Raleigh. Dec22d, 1848. KISSING -H DM AN NATURE When a spark attempts to steal a Iim -from a LNantuckfii ukJihjeyfi j I'll rpht your mainsail with a tvnh6!rfj7 The number of hogs was 44.960 or 250 per cent greater than in December, 1847. The av erage number taken to Baltimore in the first 25 days of December, was 2500 daily, from which the revenue was about $1,675 per day, or up wards of $40,000 for the month. The tonnage Westward from Baltimore to all points of the road was 4,632 tons, and the revenue herefrom $15,962. The revenue of the month from pas sengers was $54,843 89, and from tonnage $00.767 71 total $145 611 CO increase upon December. 1847, $2J, 853 19. What do the farmers think of such an amount of business as this, transacted by a single Railroad in the short spac of one month ! Col. Thos. J. Boyd, a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Wythe county, has sent us a copy of the able report of Gen. O. G. Clay, President of of the Lynchburg and Ten ntssee Railroad Company,, accompanied with the reports and estimates ot tne engineers, Messrs. Duuinock, Prevost and Satiford, by whom the whole line oi this improvement has been sur veyed. The fol lowing is a recapitulation of the surveys ofth? three divisions, and the estimates of the Engineers : From Lynchburg to Big Lick, per Capt. Dnu- mock's report, 53 tn. 4.300 ft. $306,310 99 Froni B g Lick to Crip ple Crei'k, ter Air. Pre- vost's Report, 83 m 3,560 fL 1234,287 81 From Cnople Creek io Tennessve line, 84 in. 3 080 ft. 1,270.326 92 IN T11.-V two Camlin.. .a lt- Carolina "aifv..H fore, to npe,JN mentioned, B1Oi L"Which their ijWfl al . ' vices in public cienttv fc..l K -J -uuwu toth. t alM to add. th-t l. eieut number under bnttoauy 0u;t Jjr at Wake ForeS December next; tS,tl bi mad. f . 'ler i mk Li,. -- 232 ra 30 ft. 3,311.02572 Or per mile, $14,25907 The survey of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad route has been commenced, and the Company are now determined to prosecute the work witn energy. The Mobile Tribune says : Captain Chiide. chief engineer of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and Lewis Troost, 1iq , assistant, ar- I rived here o Sunday from the mouth, of the unto. These yernrerrrim m reacning vmr ciry have passed over the whole route of the contem plated road, which, with the preliminary recon noissance nude by Mr. Troost sdwc months siue.e, will greatly facilitate the actual survey of the road Mr. Sullivin, another assistant, arrived here two or ttire wekt since, with sur veying compasses, instruments, &c- All the parties are now on the ground. Every circum stance is propitious tor a favoraole isiue. A I prejudices, ail misgivings have happily been over coin; and what was deemed by many a visionary project scirceiy two years ago, is now lookeu upon as almost more thin halt accomplished that is, the will and a respectable amount ot means are ready to b ck the enterprise and push it io a speedy completion." m I learn from Capt. Dibbel, that his steam boat pi v- ins . po :ne neuse Ker is 100 feet lone, 17 feet uvmnirlttf Vnn iti,.!,1!,!.. : ' . i. teet t-n, - . ft itw ,o , 8iern 01 Tne Pa taxing coiorotonn, and remain inwjosT . - -.jmi u io iacn.es. The Boston giils hold still until iheV are well kissed, when they flare up all atsoneti, and say, ' I think you ought to be ashamed."?-. When a young chap steals a kWfrotn an Al bany girls, she sayi, "I reckon iiVmVturn now," and gives him a box on the ear that he don't for-gt-t or a week ! When a clever fellow steals a tise from a Lou isiana girt, she smiles, blushes deeply, and says nothing. J a In Fennsylvasia when a feliale is saluted with a buss, she puts on bonnev and shawl, and aBswereth, -I am attonnhed at ihy. assurance," Jedediah ; and for this indignity vilVsew Ihee upv The western ladies, bowevff. re so food of kissmg, that when saluted onfone aejek, they instantly present the other 4i ; . ' The Sag Harbor girl tusse&i and scratches till out of breath, when she autmits to hir fate with the most exemplary fortiltide and resigna tion, without a murmur. When a young man steal' lags from a Low-, ell girl, she hlufhes like a "ne)w bWn rose" and I as the operation lasts. RAILROADS INCKBASC WEALTH." The Binkers Magizine has an excellent ar ticle on this subject, Ironi which the foiiivwing is an extract : A man can now accomplish in a dty.bv means of railroads, what he could not do thirty years agn in three or four days. The labor, therefore, ot the whole population is thus rendered infinitely more productive, and is so far exactly in effect wlnl it would be if we increased enormously the productive population of the Cnun. try, without increasing the number of consum ers. When a man has a railway, or a new mach ine which enables him to perform duble the work he did before, the effect uuon the coun try is the same as if each man had a stranger who came and gave him his labor without any remuneration, or without consuming any part of the produce. Railways and steamboats are, there fore, great new machinery by which both the capital and labor of the country have been econ omized, and each rendered wonderfully more pro ductive. And it is this great advantage, expe rienced by the community individually, which leails to the extensive 'traffic and high rates of profit which they have made, and which in fact is the best indication of the public utility.'' The Railroad Journal summing up the extra ordinary influence of railroads upon the country and upon the world, says, it may be safely es timated that the enTire expenditure, within the last twenty five years, in the projection-and con struction of railroads, will not fall short of one thousand millions of dollars ! and their influences in facilitating business, in reducing the expenses and rime of travel, and of opening up new re gions of country, has given an increased value to property of twice that amount ! and yet their in fluences are only beginning to be fell." SIGNERS OF MR CALHOUN'S ADDRESS. We fiud the following names appended to the Ad dress as published in the Charleston Mercury : J. M, Mason, R. M. T. Hunter, A. Atkinson, Tho. H. Baily, H. Bediuger, R. L T. Beale, T. S Bocock, R K. Meade, R. A Thompson, W. G. Brown, of Virginia. J. R. J. Daniel, A VV. Venable, of North Carolina. A. P. Butler, J. C. Calhoun, A. Burt, 1. E. Holmes, R. F. Simpson, D. Wallace, T. A. Woodward, of South Carolina, 11 V. Johnson, of Georgia. H. T. Turuey, F. P. Stauton, of Tennessee. W. R. Kiug. B. Fitxpatrick, John Gayle, S. W. Harris, S. W luge, T. W. Bowdon, of Alabama. Jef Davis, H. S. Foote, A G. Brown, W. S. Feathr:ou, r. W. I ompkius, X rheropeon, of MsiSip)X- r - , -S. U. Downsj bmiie Lasers, John 11. Harmaason, T. E. Morse, of Louisiana. D R. Atchitwn, of Missouri. S. Borlaud, W. K. Sebastian, R. W. Johnson, of Arkansas. D. In Yulee, of Florida , Timothy Pillsbury, of Texas. AN' AFFECTING INCIDENT. Wd think we know our readers well enough ?o be assured that thre are few of ihem whose hearts will not be stirred by the perusal of the following brief but toothing narrative : Correspondence nf the Journal of Commerce. Alexandria, January 24, 1849. A meeting of great interest was !ield at the Lyceum Hall, in this city, last evening not po litical, not literary or scientific, not relating to matters of trade, commerce, or manufactures, but philanthropic, altogether so, embracing ali classes and denominations, who love tofeel the influence of beayeri -bprn1 piiy. h was the an nual meeting for the Beptit of the Orvhan Ast. ium ana r re acnooi Aiexajndria. W. I hompson, of Indiana, and A. H. Stephens of Georgia, had engaged to address the meeting. Circumstances preventing the former from at tending, the field was left open chiefly for the latter. In the manner of the speech of Mr. Ste phens there is an air of great sincerity. He advocated the cause of the Orphans with deep feeling and earnestness; he drew pictures of domestic comfort, happiness, and abundance, with a skilful and glowing hand, rendering the impression more strong to the mind's eye, by the contrast of the wandering, homeless child, thrown out on the cold chant if8 of the world He now proceeded to individualize, stating some deeply interesting facts that came within his own knowledge, of a poor boy, who in a cold January night, with nojmtne roof to shelter his head, no paternal or maternal guardian or guide to protect and direct him in his wanderings, reached at nightfall the house of a wealthy plan ter, who kindly took him in, fed, lodged, and sent him on hie way with his blessing. Those little kind attentions cheered his heart. and iuspired him with fresh courage to battle with tne ilia and obstacles of lit. Years rolled round; Providence led him along ; he had reached the legal profession : his h.pitable hot had died. the cormorants that prey on the substance of man had formed a conspiracy to gft away from the widow her estates. She sent for the nearest counsel to commit her cause to hint, and th-it counsel proved to be the orphan boy years before t welcomed and entertained by her and hrdeceab ed husband. The stimulus of a warm and tena ciou gratitude was now added to that of the or dinary motives connected with the profession. He undertook her cause with a will not easily to be resisted ; he gained it ; the widow's estates were secured to her; and Mr. Stephens added, with an emphasis of emotidn that sent his electric thrill thrnutrhhllt iho hnnso. ''tkit nr-nhnn Am Stands hrfnr t,mi " Thar kind rf alnn.io.o Al1 ,Qe Pri2e proaifflW J which in a natural and striking way lakes hold of ! , l. " old "'Pi ........ ... ... . . 1 trie had betn un ik i .... tne present, the visible, the tangible, talis with iQ (Iin , -v."" th crrpalpsf mnvurnn ih hnniari niuit A hurst - " moll 10 - f- - ...... y . . v.. ..Bi .iw.a.M.. a..i,.ua ii wuigi i & fulfl ..t I J .L- . ! . i "lWU 01 npirtuoe lonowfo una announcement, wnicn probably took mor t of the audience by surprise, though there were tome who couid not help an ticipating the very conclusion to which he came. A ikU his uuui i oa aaduJuMciy a ndea v urin gjta avert threatened disunion, to preserve the golden band of thia confederacy from the assaults of thjsej.who would dissolve it, scattering its glootny fragments through the length and breadth of the land ov. 6. inan tht 0,000 B Was promptly paidomfj January, by those olj fJ Iruly Lucky Louen Jf Wo. 1 Light Strwi i. - --- - W 0 brilliant galaxy of J,m,Prj" ary, is herewith preaeatdttJ pondenu of this well heuse. Pvfer & Co. The first inieinJ0t Pvfer &. Co'. Be.th.SS , "A INDIAN ELOCIUENCE. 'Kh-ge-ga bough (Re v. Ci. Copway) recently addressed the Legislature of Virginia and an assemblage of citizens, at the Court House. Rich mond, upou the past, present, and future condi tion of hia rare. He proposes that the U. S. Government (should set apart a reserve on ihe head waters of the Missouri, of some sixty square miles, where encouraged by the hope ot a per manent h ime. the remtMiit wf all tribes may de vote their attention entirely to agricultural pur suits. The following extract from the Rirhmond Southerner's report is the concluding passage ot his address. Since I have commenced to address the people of these United St Ales, I have pet sleepless nights, with an aching heart, pondering over the -blessings which would fpllow if this end could be attained. Imagination has pictured to me church ea and institution of learning dotting all over the Indian's land O ! if ever the day comes when I shall see the Indian happy in the enjoyment of his peaceful possession! I shall get my people to raise another monument in the centre of our na tion, on whoee dizzy height we will place the figure of a man whose tame, honor and virtues are undying who emerged from the dark days of the revolution the man of that age, and now the pride of every American citizen George Washington. (Applause) We will rehearse to our children his noble deeds, as one above ah others the true model of ike world. Yes, our children, imbibing his spirit, one may ascend the hill of attainment, and with something else be side the war Cub in hi hand, he will cut a notch ill the end of the eighteenth century, which will illustrate his genius and nobleness to the world ! We will raie another, on whose column we will place our benefactor and friend a man with a wide brim hat the 'personification of Christi anitythe noble and illustrious William Penn ; (Applause) and the heart of the Indian will swell as be views it, as mine leaps with joy at the bare mention of his name. It remains to be seen whether I shall be blessed with success in my mission of mercy, with the Congress of the Uni ted States Should we be so fortunate as to get the co-operation of the- Government, we 6hall raise a third, and there place a short,, noble, ven erable looking man ; a man, a patriot, as the man who shaped out the good and true destiny of the country : I mean Zachary Taylor ! (A deafen ing shout.) 1 beg of you to receive my warmest acknowledgments for your kind attention, and I ask of you to pray to the Great Spirit, that the same angel who nursed me ii the woods, may guide and shield me while I live. . 4,000 4.000 ft.000 8.000 Roeki n Yodli Every one of the than ly paid, and my be seeasi'a. ot ryter $ uo Names of per6ruwhoW tin oniy uecessjrj w ami frr & Ltt. to secure a haud liKAuTlr UL LOTTEklfi Date. Capital Feb. Prizes. Bdltn. 12 M 13 14 o 15 16 i 17 19 20 21 7,500 3 of 15,1.00 22,500 9,000 30,000 20,000 7.500 24 000 3u,0iiU 8.II0D 5 of I2 OU0 55,000 y.Ooo S of 25.H00 65 ?U it J 75 .No. !i3 78 Sot IU 78 Noi liJ 66 Not I! J 75 M ltd ri Not 78 .Nw ISc 75 M( U 75 flint llg 73 Nos. II. 75 ."WlJis 78 Not lie 75 Notilhi 78 Nm M 78 flU. Hit 75 Not Utol 7S Not liJ 78 Not. UM 75 Km m 7S Not KM 73 NojUs 75 Not Ua 22 23 7.$M 15000 24 6.0 26 9,000 23,000 27 30.UO0 28 9.0ti0 30 000 f7ORDERS answer bj risbly. The packae prize ol Qnri oubluhed in ibis paper. I'it s flalvet in proportion. Oincial anJ PrnKTiaiig ed by the first mail titer imr and SHALES. fr jWe aiUirt ourCorre AGKS of TickeU. U " rani . anil ttllv draw iu osiFitii 1'aizKi. (EjPYFEIf & CO. pjJFl Forward ordera a few dH nf Hraorintr. have on every Mindy, Saturd jy an Eiira tltasxW Fry" Lottery) that w'" prize ii pi.uw. i Orders promptly aliended ta For any of the Hnd' schedule, it i only nect Parkffa from the old wUob of LITERAL TRANSLATIONS. A Parisian author has translated Shakspeare's line, ''Ont, brief caudle, n into French, tbas: -'Get out, you short candle !n That isn't as bad as the trauslation of on exclamation of Milton's by a French matt; who rendered "Hail, horrors hail I" thus ; How d'ye do, horrors how dye dot : Uy The Ohio Cultivater states that sweet and good butter may be obtained from fetid cream, if when put on the churn, a small quantity of saltpetre is added, i Uy A public dinner was given In honor of Gen. Gsps, at. Lansing, Mich., on the22d ult., at which 200 were present. The Cherokee Indians fired salutes, en learn ing that Gen. Taylor; had been elected President. . ' 07" TieS Harrison, the' gambler, has been par doned by the Governor of his State, G-3B. Jackson's WilL A writer in the Union brings to the notice of the public, the following clause in the last will and tes tament of Gen. Jackson, that the preliminary steps may 'be taken to carry out the patriotic intention of the old Hero. " The gold box preseuted to me by the corporation of the city of New, York, the large silver vase pre- 4-efHed-tae by tbldir Chiletea, S. C, mj i native State, with the large picture representing tbe unfurling of the American banner, presented to me by the ciiizeus of South Carolina, when it was refu sed to be accepted by the United States Senate, I leave in trust to my son, A. Jackson, Jr, with direc tions that, should our happy country not be blessed with peace an event not always to be expected he will at the close of the war, or end of the conflict, present each of said articles of inestimable value to the patriot residing in that city or State from which they were presented, who shall be adjudged by his countrymen or the ladies, to have been the most val iant in defence of our country and our country's rights. WILLIAMS, HAYWOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Druggists &c. KUEr constantly on hand, a large and well selected stoca of Drugs, medicines, Paints, Oils, Dye Staif fs, Perfumery, Wiit " do w. and . Picture Ola, and ir uggislV Glassware. Also, Wine and Brandy, of the best quality, for Medical tuTpo;es, and superior tfecars. Tobacco, 4fC dto, w hicik-ihey -o&m-Jor sals, m the mest eceammoj mu succeed dairrs; termr - Raleigh, Oct 1 84 tmie Consolidated J THE following Bpkml'J idsted Lotteries of MerjJ below. The Great Pri XI. " nW Museom BniUHM UNEQUALLED l All order, for TieWMJ U will receive proma w ra: ..-1 Ainmiav J " j LOTTfiRJES FOR Date. Feb. 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 SO 21 21 33 24 28 27 28 Cspitsls. No.1, 3 of 5000 75 11 .600 711 30.oo 6 ; 20.000 76 -514.000 1 3 30.00 75 J 5 of 12000 7 25,000 75 3 3 of 25000 75 78 I 75 14 23.6i'0 15.000 60,000 25,000 20 000 80 000 78I3 751 78 H 75 13, , liberal' r i..ni are 1 at the same p"-- fif 0 advertised tyfj rf The smsHjJ, fr1 the above me .