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, f - - ler a brave man and the most capable perhaps of the' two, was their second in command. The battle commeuced and was conducted with spirit on both sides, while the issue was for some time doubtful. At last disorder which was to hate been expected found its way into the ranks of the Regulators. Nor was this all. The cannon of the royal! army played incessantly upon them and did great execu tion, not one man among them in all probability ever having heard the discharge of a piece of artillery before. This created a panick, which terribly in creased thir confusion and a retreat or rather a flight ensued. Many were killed and wounded, ana many mnm wAr mada nrisoners : among them was Col. n.,ia. nnii insml nt.hoi leadinc? ..characters : but u-mon HnahnnHa tnnde his escaDO. and Bed to to back part of Pennsylvania, from whence he had em igrated to North Carolina, and was never more seen there. But his influence was not lost. He soon be inm a member of the Legislature of his native State and so continued for many years and afterwards it is believed was a delesate to Coneress. Governor Tryon, after his victory, held a court martial for the trial of his prisoners and by martial law nangeu on a gibbet six of the most obnoxious characters, among them. Col. Butler issued his proclamtion requiring those who fled as well as those who remained on the ground and were captured, to repair to the royal Standard, and take the oath of allegiance to his maj esty or suffer the penalty of death for treason and have their estates confiscated. This requisition was pretty generally complied with, and among those who made their appearance for that purpose was in cluded the noted Col. Pyle of Orange or Chatham, and of whom I shall have occasiou to speak hereaf ter. Aud these people generally remained faithful afterwards to the royal cause, and were a severe an noyance of the good people of North Carolina da ring the period of our Revolutionary struggle. Tryon, after this victory, having forced the sub- i iiiicjiuu vi iuc3u miutiiiJi u Lilt utumtu mtn. - on free cost. This pleasing and alluring exercise vine re-established the civil authority iu' Hillsbor- body ough and other places, where it hat! beei NORTH CAROLINA. f nrni&hc4 by" tblrlcs Campbell, Esq., for the ?t Balcigh Register. HISTORICAL SKETCHES BY COL. GUILFORD DUDLEY. Antique motions of the manual exercise as then practised, in order to put them into the attitude for firing several faggots charged with combustible matter, and lighted, were nurlea ny some uexieruu. hands to the top of the column, which soon kindled into a bhuVand as soon as the fire and black con densed smoke, occasioned by the tar, began to atfcentf, which seemed almost to reach the clouds, the troops with their officers at their proper posts were ordered to fire a Yolley with blank cartridges, feu de joie fashion, from right to left and from left to right, ut tering loud huas at every volley ; and this firing was kept up until the pyramid gradully burnt down, dripping the tar in profusion from barrel to barrel, until it descended to the ground, where spreading itself in streams over a large surface, last of all caught in a blaze which ascended as at the top on a heavy column of ire and black, some of perhaps 30 or 40 feet dimeter, to a great height a3 before, and at last consumed itself for want of more fuel. Whilst these sports and rejoicings were going forward on the lawn, the merchant and others of the more wealthy and hospitable inhabitants had provided some Hhds. and barrels of rum and other spirits which were deposited on the first parade ground, with one end upward and the heading knocked out ; to which place the troops were then ui ached, follow ed by the numerous spectators all shouting and nuz aaing till they reached the spot. Barbacued meats and other viands were ako prepared in great abun dance, and every body who chose feustea, and all up- Ihiia pleasing and alluring of feasting, and merriment being over, every retired to their homes iu town and country, after a joyous day spent as above described, without any riot or tumult, but all in good humor with theui eelves and the world. Thus much for the Stamp Act and its repeal I have already told the reader how the Duke of Grafton as prime min'S er, and Charles Towr.shend. the new chancellor of the Exchequer, came into pow er, who immediately procured the passage of a bill for erantine new duties in the colonies, to wit: on class. Diner, nainters colors and tea. The heat I of opposition which had subsided upon the repeal of the former impost was now revived, with additional ardour, by the same principle exhibited in its new form. As might have been expected, the new du ties gave rise to a second association for suspending Importations of British manufactures. Uniformity in this measure was promoted by the M.-issachusetts assembly, whose activity and persevering lii nmess excitedthe marked displeasure of the crowd. They were ordered to rescind their resolution-1, aud ou their refusal were dissolved. been resisted, inarched b.ick to the low country and discharged them,- Such W;is the eclat the Governor derived from the success of this short cnmpiign, both in the Province and in England, that in the course of the year 1771, or the beginningef the next, he was trans lated by the Ministry from the Government of North Carolina to that of the rich commercial Province of New York, a much more handsome sinecure than the former, as prub ibly his salary was doubled, if not trebled. Iu this post he was found when the: Amer ican w:ir broke out, and in which he Continued un- During the administration of Governor Tryon, in North Carolina, a splendid palace for his residence was begun in Newbern, the Sent of ths royal gov ernment in that province. The sum of "25.000 current money, equal to 02.500 dollars, was voted by the House of Burgesses for that establishment iu the first instance. This sum being gradually expended, and the buVlding unfinished, another c ill was made on the House of Burgesses at their next Session for a new appropriation, which with some difficulty was obtained, perhaps to the auiountrof 4G90U more, and the work progressed. But even this aJdiiioml sum was found insufficient for so splendid a building with all its offices, and Governor Tryon, with the assis tance of the influence of his council, always obedient to the wishes of the Governor, aud the mandates of the crown, who jointly constituted the upper branch of the Provincial Government, obtained from time to time new grants, until thex8iims amounted to .40.000 or 100,000 dollars an immense sum for North Carolina to raise at that early period, which though extensive as to its territory, w:is neverthe less deemed the poorest Province, except Georgia, in British America. This enormous sum appropriated for the accommodation of one man (a creature of the crown.) and his family, extorted by degrees from the people, (whilst many wealthy and virtuou3 sub jects lived in tenements not costing SI 600) created jnany tnurrouriDgs and much discontent, throughout the Province, especially among her hardy sons from Hillsborough, as far as her settlements extended to the West ; whilst the people below, who possessed of more wealth and a considerable black population Were better able to pay exorbitant taxes, quietly acquiesced under these oppressions. To add to these discontents, the people in the upper districts loudly complained of oppressions in another form, arising from the corruption and laxity of the R.oyal Gov ernment as exercised in this Province. As all ap pointments to office emanated from the Governor, who was the King's substitute, he was in the habit of appointing Sheriffs in the different counties, who if they were not already his servile creatures, were most likely to become so in order to retain on office, the gift of the Royal Substitute, and that without taking sufficient security, if any, for the faithful dis charge of the duties of his office, and for his punc tuality in accounting at the Treasury Office for the public taxes, and other fees always collected -by him, and besides making other alledged exactions not warranted by him of his own accord. It so happen ed, as might have been expected, that many of these Sheriffs, palled up by the pride of office, and the temptation of extravagantly squandering whut was not their own, often failed aud absconded with what of the public money thai remained in their hands. These taxes once collected already, because the Provincial Government could not do without its annual Revenues, were again levied and extorted from the people and that through the negligence or misrule of the Governor, Another grievance also these hardy people loudly complained of, was the ex horbitant and illegal fees the clerks of the Courts and the lawyers exacted from those whose misfor tune it was t be involved in law-suits, which if not paid without, was 6ure to be levied and collscted by execution, without the smallest chance of escape, un less they prevented it by force of arms ; and these men driven to despair by the acts of these licensed knaves and oppressors, at last had recourse to acts of resistance and violence, the dernfer resort of the oppressed everywhere. This at last, after a forbear ance of three or four years, brought about that state of insurrection, which in North Carolina was so em phatically called the " Regulation." These " Regu lators," as they styled themselves, everywhere ap prehended the obnoxious Sheriffs, Clerks of Courts, and lawyers, some of whom they severely chastised with stripes and otherwise maltreated, iu manv pla ces, such for instance as Louisbucg and Hillsboro', til its close. In the commencement of the summer of 1779, he was despatched from the City of New York, by the Commander-in-chief of the British forces, up. on an expedition to Connecticut, "accompanied by a numerous force, and escorted by Admiral Collier; ; he landed at lvist Haven, then visited New Haven, Fairfield and Norwalk: in each of which places ho exhibited the most barbarous scenes of plunder and conll.-igration, insult and devastation no object be j ing too valuable, none too contemptible, to save it j from his destructive grasp. No building was suffi ciently sacred to protect it from the torch. What was spared by one of his parties in the morning, was by another destroyed iu the evening" till, satiated with revenge and plunder, the expedition returned to New York, crowned wit-h the laurels of a marau der and an incendiary. Concluded in our next ) the and other towns ; the splendid houses built by the lawyers out of theproceeds of their unlawful gains, vimer uemousnea, or partly torn dowu and de faced by these infuriated Regulators, und their ten ants forced to fly to a place of safety, out of their reach, to escape personal vengeance. Courts ' were broken up by them and all law proceedings at least for a time interrupted. This was the nornm.- ment of that insurrection in North Carolina; known as the Regulation and the number of the insurgents was daily increasing to an alarming amount. In this State of things, Governor Tryon, who was an nglishmar, and bred to arm, and who it is believed was a Colonel in the British Guards, thought proper to call out the Militia of the lower country and beat lip for Volunteers, many of whom of the first fami lies joined his standard. Meantime, the Regulators were embodying themselves under their leader, Herman Husbands, who bad long been a conspicu ous member of the House of Burgesses and and was a man of strong natural talents. Their place of rendezvous wasou the upper side of Big AUuumncc, the principal branch of Haw River, about tweqty two mtfes above Hillsborough. Their numbers were . estimated at 5000. At last, Governor Tryon, with 2nr 3000-miluia. and volunteers, the latter actine as Tk 7?' . .7 lUiC,; wr 'ouf-sasau nem pjecefi. about the 5th of May, 1771, approximated the insurgent army. A v.,v -j vjnic niu suou muue on CS W and Powder and ball were to decide the hazardous and doubtful contest. 1 JwJ!8Ulat0 ?lthouSl brave and hardy peo- ?ft36tK yert1CS3Ve,y defi(?iet in polish to direct their course and skilful officers to lead S Into battle, and knew but little of MilitarvdiS line and tacticks. and Hernmn h.v- i a'sclP' , - ""wuus.oetoramcr..' ler, ut- Exlract from the speech f Mr. Edward Ecerett, in support of the Memorial of Iltrvurd, Wil iizms, and- Amkersi colleges. DAicered before a Committee if ike Massachusetts Legislature. We hear much at present of the vein9 of gold which are brought to ht in every latitude ot either hemisphere ; in fact, we hear of nothing ele. But 1 care not what mines may beopenrd in the North or in the South, in the mountains of Siberia, or the Sierras of California ; whereso ever the fountains of the golden tide may gush forth, tho streams will flow to the regions where educated intellect has .woven the boundless net work ot the useful and ornamental arts. Yes, Sir, if Massachusetts remains true to the policy winch has hitherto in the main governed het legislation, and is not now I trust to be departed from, a generous wave of the golden tide will reach her distant shores Let others Tempt icy seas where scarce the waters roll, Where clearer flames glow round the frozeu pole ; Or under Southern skies exalt their sails, Led by new stars, and borne by spicy g:t!e-f, For me Yes, for me, may poor old rocky, sandy M3?sa chusetis exclaim, land as she is of the School, the Academy, and the College; land ot the press, the lecture room, and the Church, For me the bairn shall bleed, and amber flow, The coral redden, and the ruby glow, The pearly shell its lucid globe uufold. .'Mia rnceous warm Hie ripemug ore to gold. it matters not if everv nebb e in the hr-d of Sacramento were a diamond as bic and as precious as tho mysterious Co-hi-noor, which we read of in the Lst accounts frcm Indi::, on whose possession the fate of emoire is believed. j in those benighted regions, to depend. It mat ters not n mis new I'actolus flow through a re gion which stretches for furIomrs--a trac?of solid gold, i he jewels and the ingots will find their way to the great centres of civilization, where cultivated mind gives birth to the arts, and free dom renders property secure. The region itself to which these labulous treasures are attracting the countless hosts of thrift, cupidity, and advet" ture will derive, I fear, the smallest part of the benefit. Could they be peopled entirely with emigrants like the best of those who have taken their departure from among us, and who carry with them -an outfit of New England principles and habits, it would be well; but much I tear, the gold region will for a longtime be a scene of anarchy and confusion, of violence and bloodshed, of bewildering gains and maddening losses, of any thing but social happiness, and well regula ted civil liberty. If we will not be taught by any thing else, let us learn of hietorv. It was nnt Mo; on,i d. J " -w UllU C ru ; nor (what it imports us more to bear in mind) ruriuga! nor opaint which reaped the silver and golden harvests of the sixteenth and seven teenth centuries. It was the industrious, en lightened, cultivated states of the north and west of Europe. It whs little Holland, scarcely one fifth as large as New England ; hardly able to keep her head above the waters of the superin cumbent ocean, but with five universities dottintr her limited surface. It was England with he" foundation schools, her indomitable public opin ion, her representative system, her twin univer sities ; it was to these free and enlightened coun tries, that the gold and silver flowed ; not mereiy adding to the material wealth of the community, but quickening the energy of the industrious classes, breaking down feudalism, furnishing the sinews of war to the champions of liberty, and thus cheering them on to the great struggle, to whose successful issue it is owing, in its'remote effects, under, Providence, that you, Sir, sit in safety eneaih the canopy that overhang this hall. a What the love of liberty, the care of education, and a large and enlightened regard for intellectu al and moral interests d;d for the parent state, uey will do for us. They will give us temporal .prosperity ; and with it what is infinitely better not only a name aud a praise with the contempo rary nations who form wuh us the great proces eion of humanity, but a name and a praise aroonrr enlightened men and enlightened states to the end of time. RAIL ROAD MEETING Oursuant to a call made by a preliminary meet ing, and at the instance of a good manj of our citizens who had issued a card a few dajR before to that effect, a very considerable number of the freemen of Rowan assembled in the Cou House, on Thursday, 8th instant, to take into considera tion the action had by the late Legislature upon the subject of Internal Improvement, and partic ularly the scheme of the gre4t CemIRuH Road. The meeting was organized & 1m pointment of the Hon. D. F. Caldwell, aa'reai ident, and Col. E. D. Austin, Archibald Hender son, Esq., David Barringer, Est, and Richard Harris, Esq. Vice Presidents: James E. Kerr, Esq, and D. A. Davis, Esq., Secretaries The objects of the meeting having been ex plained and enforced by the Chair. Col. John B. Lord submitted the following resolutions, viz : Whereas, the General Assembly at its late session, passed an Act to incorporate "The North Carolina Rail Road Company," as well as other acts' for the Internal Improvement of the State acts fraught with great benefit to every section and to each individual of the State: And whereas, concert of action and UBity of purpose are necessary to ensure the accomplishment of such important works : Therefore, lst. Resolved, That wo heartily approve of the wise and patriotic legislation, which conceived and adopted measures so eminently calculated to improve the condition of our State. 2d. llesul-ed. That self interest as well as patriotism calls upon every citizen to devote nis energies to the completion of these great enter prises. 81 Resolved, To secure united effort, vce re commend a General Convention of the friends of the.e measures from every portion of the country interested, on Thursday, 14ih day of June next. 4'h Resolved. That we will organize a bodv, to Lo called, the "Rowan Internal Improvement Association," whose duty it shall be to promote these enterprises in such manner as may be deemed most advisable. John A. Lillington, Esq., being called on, wont into a history of the progress of the Central Rail Road schemes in the General Assembly its ad vantages to the whole State, and pirticularly to the Western portion of it. He also explained the reasons which had induced the Western members tr give up the project of the Charlotte and Danvil'e ch uttr for the Cen'ral fcheme. Mr. Lillington was the Senator from this District in the Ute General Assembly, and was under stood to have tak'?n an active p-irt in effectuating the measure under consideration in that body, i His exposition was complete. J.W.Osborne, jjsq., being called upon, delivered a;! very excel lent speech, approving of the action of the late Genera! Assembly, and impressing tt cfnTfifX pub lic mind that their wise, liberal enactment should be made eftec:inl, by a corresponding course on the part of their enn'sti'iicnts. II. C. Jones, Lsq., (Commoner from Rowan in the late Assembly.) was called upon, but decliued addressing the mretitig, stating that he thorght his and, not least irL our estimation, every sill, and i nail, and bar of iron, and every stroke of work upon the Road, will give strength to the Union of Ike Stales. . ',. These remarks have been thrown together hastily we have much more to say hereafter." IF IT CAN BE BUILT." If the saying of the poet be true, that " oar doubts are traitors," theu does the above expression embody treason to the Railroad, we had almost said to the State. "If it can be built!" That's not the sort of talk to efiFect any purpose, except the defeat of the most practicable scheme ever set ou foo t redeem the fortunes of oar good old State Suppose every man of us fold our arms, look knowing, shake our head, and say, "It is a great work if it can only be built P Is the " great work" likely to be accom plished under such encouragement? No. And the m .i.n r.liiovA a renutation for sagacity by such smirks, onlv deserves from his country such reward as is due to those who defeat great and patriotic pro jects for the good of mankind. Rot lAt. pvm-v man sav. "It can be built it must be built," and what is the consequence? The early netniotlnn of the Road. That's the way to talk for effect. Let every citizen be fully persuaded in bis own mind no matter whether he has money, labor, or only the influence of thought and talk to invest in the work ; and let him speak of itwith a view to the benefit which he miy honestly believe it will confer, and of the undoubted practicability of the work and it rcill soon be done. Greensboro'' Patriot. friend, Mr. Lillinirton, had said enough to satisfy nil present as to the course they had pursued in the Legislature, and that he was preparing au address, which would shortly be pul.lished, settioj forth ail natters relating; to l lie measure more minutely than it was necessary to po into l hem now. Instead of add resting them himself, he begged leave to substi tute bin friend from Cabarrus, Mr. Harringr, who bore a conspicuous part iu the Assembly in forward ing this measure; and being strougly seconded iu the cull, Mr. liarrinorer addressed the meeting iu au ear nest and effective style upou the h story, bearing aud propriety of the measure. Burton Craig, Esq , Hon. John. "V. Ellis, J. L. Ciciumuns, Esq., and J. Clarke, Esq., all severally addressed the meeting with great ability and effect. On rising to ask that the question might then be put, Mr Jones spoke in glowing terms ofTfia 'Intel lectual and patriotic cast of every speech that bad heen delivered on that occasion, begiuiug with that of the Honorable President, aud taking each as it came without exceptiou : He said he had I 'lt some anxiety as to the reception their labors might meet with iu the country, but ihe iuleuse interest which so lare an assemblage of his fellow citizens had taken in these proceedings for four long houis the frequent manifestations of the approbation that trom time to time had cheered each ppeaker con vinced him, not only that his constitueuts were sat isfied with his course, but that the policy of the measure would be appoved wherever it was under stood. He believed from the indications of popular tuvor this bay manifested that the great Central Rail Road was desiiued to prevail. " I feel it to be so" said h. " in every thinj I have seen aud heard this day I feel it all around me I feel it (as the old ladies say) ii my bones." After some other Words of warm congratulation upon the success of the meeting, the question was put on the passage of the resolutions and theu passed unanimovslv- Col. John B. Lord introduced the following reso- iniiim, wincn pasi-ci. Resolced. That the thanks of this neetlufc are due, and are hereby tendered to the several mem bers of tho General Assembly who favored and bus- tained the enlightened policy we have above advert ed to, and-' especially o the Hon. Calvin O Speaker of the Senate, for his disinterested and pat- nuu course, in giving tne casting vote of that body in favor of North Caroliua Rail Road. The thanks of the meeting were then tendered to mc rresmeni ior me uignineu ana proper manner in which he had presided. The thanks of the meet ing were also tendered to the other officers, and the proceedings directed to be published in the Caroli na Watchman ; and all other Newspapers in the State, friendly to the cause of Internal Improvement, were requested to publish them also. On motion, the meeting adjourned. D. F. CALDWELL. Pr. t r, rr ' JAMES . iVERR, D. A. Davis, ROANOKE INLET. As ihere is a bill now before Congress making an appropriation for the improvement ot a harbor at or near old Roanoke Inlet, in the State of North Carolina, the following information respecting the present condition of said Inlet may be of interest to our readere. We copy the extract from a let ter addressed to the Superintendent of the Coast Survey by oue of his Assistants, and it is as fol lows : " There rs no malcri il change in the Inlet since you lelt nere. l lie channel over tne oar, wincn was close armind the north shore when you saw it, now runs directly out, and seems to be working south. 1 have sounded it carefully, and the least depth on the bar was seven and a half feet, fall in off suddenly both inside and out, into two fathoms. Following the channel into the Sound, at about one and a half miles from the Inlet, there is a bulk head, upon which, at ordinary high wa ter, there aie four feet, crossing which the old channel is entered with six feet, which can be carried through to the Sound, gradually deepen ing as you approach it. Upon the vviiole, the water gradually increases, and, with 6uch weath er as we have had during: the present month, must continue to deepen. With southerly winds, the Sound is higher than the mean height of the sea, and lowei during :he prevalence of northwes terly gaiee, causing a very strong current to set through the inlet. My boat, with four good oars men, cannot make the least headway against if, at a mile and a half from the inlet, at such times, and the current increases as you approach the in- et. I think a iongcontinuance of moderate east erly winds would do more towards closing it than any other state of weatner, by throwing up a bar at its mouth." Editorial Changes. Mr. James Fulton, fdt some time past Editor of the Mecklenburg Jeffer sonian in this place, ieaves shortly to take charge of the Wilmington Journal. We have duringour brief acquaintance editorial, had to tight on oppo site sides of the political battle field, but nothing, wc are happy to say, has occurred to mar the friendly feelings that have subsisted between us in our private relations. He carries with him our best wishes lor his success in his new scene of operations. Mr. Quentin Busbee, formerly Editor of the " Flag " at Ralcisjh, we understand,. will become Editor and proprietor of the Jefferson lan. We extend the right hand of welcome to him. Charlotte Journal. REMARKS OF MR. LOVE, OF HAYWOOD. Delivered in the House of Commons, on the bill to establish anew County, by the name of Jackson Ms. Speaker : I ask the indulgence of the House while I submit, in as brief a manner as I can, a few reasons why the bill now ' before you should receive tne sanction oi mis oouy, uuu oecome a taw. i am aware, Sir, that at this late period of the session, it is ditncult tor one, so mtie experienced as myself to command the attention of gentlemen in discussing a question -like the present ; and were I to consult the inclination of my own feelings, I should remain silent on the occasion. But Sir, when I consider the great importance of this measure tohat people whom I have the honor to represent on this floor, i feel that tho ditty which I owe to them demands of me that I should raise my voice in .their behalf. Mr. Speaker, I fear that there is in the minds of many of my eastern brethren here, an unjust preju dice against creating new counties a relic of that sectional prejudice which excited such a powerful in fluence over the minds of many, before the constitu tional reform of 1835. Sir, before our Constitution was amended, when representation in the House was based on territory instead of population when the 1 creation of new counties necessarily brought along' with them an increase of members to the House, it is not remarkable that these local prejudices should ' have existed, and that opposition should have come from the eastern division of the State to the augmen tation of political power iu the west. But. Sir. the ' day for the existence of such influences has passed, and that unjust feature in our State govern- j ment Ins been made to give way to the march ; ot constitutional relorm, ana tne enwara course of the true principles of popular liberty ; an I trust Sir, the day is not fur distant when this unpatriotic cry of eas:ern and western prejudi ces eastern and western influences .-hall ctase to be heard in our land, and that we shall all come up to the performance of our legislative duties as a band of patriotic brothers, aiming to attain the same great end the advancement of the j honor of our State and the promotion of the hap- i piness of our whole people. Mr. Speaker, there is now hut three coiipider- ations which should be addressed to the tnind3 of ; gentlemen in determining upon the propriety of j passing new County bills : first, is there territo- j ry sufficient; secondly, i& there population suffi-j cient ; and thirdly, do the people interested in the measure desire it. If these three questions' can be answered affirmatively, the bill ought to pass, and no representative of freemen should withhold his support from the measure. Now Sir, let us applv these iust principle's to the bill on your table. By casting your eye on the map. you will find that the counties of Haywood and Macon each, are some eighty miles in length and some pixty miles in width. Look at the pop ulation. You will find that thpy have a popula tion very nearly if not quite sufficient to entitle them to three representatives, when in fact they have but two. J his petition, signed by several hundred of the worthy and enlightened citizens cf that territory, and which I have the pleasure to pre sent to this honorable body, shows that this new county is desired by all. That 6Uch a project was right and proper, is manifest, from tne lact that the neighboring portions of the counties, who might have been interested to deleat this object, have yielded their assent thereto fnm the fact that no counter petitions have been of fered by them. Why then should they be re fused thi9 reasonable request? It may be said, Mr Speaker, that I have not as serted, unqualifiedly, that we have the req"isite pop ulation. It is true, I have not, for I dislike to as sume that which I do not know ; but I will say that -"iVtllPv,.. ,n? is one of the ,; 0r,r, 0 r Humphrey n 'i '' gopher. he tf, "uern Dopia , tut.. H ... hi rinn ft l u'Mi!iu A , "M,i n ... See C earl ...l u"'a'e haDDi ".Pert, 1. 1 env oinera of iH not ffeni... J " 'He - y nn cualii. lb. inn a k-t- - ue at makes discip!iRe of ... , any ft.L"i V lioriPi ... t-'Siv Bty. the n,fi,:::..,duw: 111' and divini. V .J" 0n nd dJM v tin -f. m l - aCH 'i.e, tie -dl D"u tar above a cabs up the amaran tier ..i s the fT5..i" IV nf iUo-.:.. 3 . v., iriMinrr im., , sceptic only vieV -.V. "ere and despair !" a it. i M Ik. L. ! wr I ik. 1 "it et. 3 "LL SELL H ou ihe Sheriff's j. l' AN Di, or 19th d 8 6t:.heu U1 -'larch , ..w.,,orso much tW, S lie, County and Poor Ti " cost for sdveriisi. 'rJt uwners nam?s John H A Uir'ers Thos. VV. L)4vis W. V. McLean John M; Morrison McComlis &. Uar,ig A- C. McLelleu, J. L. I'liiilips, John W. M.-aM John liufll John VV. Jch.-.m . T. Alexander Joseph Atwell. AH in Levi Ceil It. H. Crawford Nancy Uoodknight James Sloan William Shiekld N'ich. Cook Paul Earnhardt George VV. (Jreen felh Rogers n lit i . i . Ei. yv . itougers Israra Wevor Catharine G lot Tfcr; do 50 c-air u 55 Bjfibrj rctila C I , .... l miners as rjifr ..... . or ne ."Nil.'cr a he.;n dAil George Bost Moses 8. Archibald James S. Burkhead David Liorion s Adra. Ki9 James A. Garmon 1294 8. H. Gray . 55 Jane Gray gg do for Parsonaire 125 1,1 L'uidy 200 Ruckjl i'J 'do Mary Kizer Levi Klutz S. W Rod vojgers Scc'ries. ; 1 ' wuuu, wno was nothmz at home hot. a was their Commander-in-Chief; whilst Col B The Son oy Louis XVI i Wisconsin Rev. Mr. Porter, of Green Bay, in writing to Rev. Mr. Peet, makes the following remark: "We have all been surprised at developments which go to prove that Rev. Mr. Williams, of this vicinity, is the son of Lonis XVI of France " THE CENTRAL RAIL ROAD. Tho Greensborough Patriot in an article of some length upon this subject, makes the follow, ing suggestion, which we think is not a bad one by any uieane, but one which might JiejMjted on by the people of Rowan County. The distance through this county, is about IS miles, and we are confident, no man by engaging to grade a mile of the Road, will ever regret it. It is the easiest way to get the stock and the most certain way of building the road, and 10 secure the incal cuUble benefits which its completion mast diffuse throughout the country : Carolina Watchman. "We have heen struck with the suggestion of a friend which brings this matter, closer home to us. All that is wanted, is for the people1 in Wake, Oransre, Guilford. Davidson. Itnu'an Cabarrus and Mecklenburg (supposing the road. .u pAcs mruugn tnese counties, as it must through some of them,) to grade the roaJ nd take on third of their work in stock. The two third 1 rum me otate in money will pay them belter tnan any oiher work they can get at In many of these inland counties there may not be much money ; but there is bone and sinew industry ami energy, which may be readily made avail able in this great work. Guilford county, for in stance, is only twenty-eiht miles across if ihri. fore. twentT ebrht men wnnlH anraa tMi;.. L - mile each, the work could. be soon alc'ridwl ew York oa Tturday last, and a powerful inducement thereby held out for its location through our midst. - I he expeiditure on this Road the wealth and A Pitiable Case. An excitement was crea ted the other evening, in the neighborhood of the City Hal!, occasioned by a poor fellow who was seated 6n a 6toop,too much exhausted to tell what ailed him. lie wah seen passing up Fulton street about 6 1-2 o'clock, and appeared then too weak to walk, as every few yards he had to lean himself against a wall or railing for support. Have you been hurt'1 asked a bystander. Worse, muttered the6t ranger. 14 Have you beeu rubbed 1" Worse." " You are not starving, are you V " Worse." " You have no home, perhaps," continued his interlocutor. " Still worse," replied the poor fellow. Worse ' Grul, but I don't know anything worse than to go hungry and homeless, with an empty pocket Have you taken poison 1" Worse," was the response. " Worse than that !" exclaimed a dozen per sons around, as their countenances exhibited the grea est aPtonishment aud anxiety. Why man are you crazy V ' Worse," he again muttered. Everybody looked on with amazement. " What is tne matter with you.' " I have 1 have," ,and the poor fellow fall back with a groan. ' Have what 1 What have you done speak ?" "1 have committed a" and the poor fel low put his hand before his face, and groaned a gain. " Committed what a robbery." No, no ! a desperate actan act so desper ate " aud again he closed his eyes and remain ed silent. t " For God's sake, man, let us know what it is, and don't keep us in suspense." So desperate that I tremble to tell you. You would arrest me as a lunatic " "If you don't tell quick we will take you to me cells," saic a constable. This seemed to stanle the man, and he said, "I will tell you, if you will not take me to the lunatic asylum. Well then, I have" . - 'Keep still : keep silent," shouted a score of voices, hvery body pressed forward to catch a word, and for a short time the mass ef people BWdyuu iu anu iro line me waves 01 tne ocean. After a lapse of five minutes there was a death like stillness. Lvery one held his breath for fear of losing the poor fellow's words. " Well, speak," said one. He seemed to nerve himself for a desperate ef fort, and looking upon the crowd for a few sec. ond, said " I have head all of the President's Message. 1 he effort exhausted his weak frame. He closed his eyes and sunk back. " A desperate acr, maeea poor tellow," said a score in tones of pity. He was properly taken care of, and this morning there is some hope entertained of his recovery. Brooklyn Daily Advocate. must irtM-easp give spur to the c. T. 1 . .... vY'rav Jl MIC State. Its completion will, in addition to open ing up a choice of excellent marker for the far oier. establish frequent intercourse with neih fnTthJ S,;les7mvi.te ttlers and good farmers into the country mcr?ae ihfl pric of Ballooning to California. A private expedi tion of an "Aerial steamer', was to take dIar in Tho Sun says: "Application has been made at Washington fer a patent for the Aerial Railway, or balloon wire-way which it is proposed to build to California. The ex pense for building the roadway for mail and passen ger balloons, from New York to San Francisco, is estimated at one million,) three hundred thousand dollars. The road and balloon is warranted to con vey rul the passengers offering, through and from two to five days when the wind is fair. No b;i" gnge allowel," I do know that these two counties, from parts of which we propose to make this new county, have a large fractiou of population over and above that which eutitles them to two representatives on this floor, un der the Constitution that we are a great aud grow ing people, aud. that against the next apportionment of representation, we will have so increased in num bers that we will be fully eble to meet the require ments of the Constitution. . You should not, Mr. Speaker, require us to come up to the full ratio. The Constitution does not require that you should. On the con trary, with that liberal spirit which should char acterize such an instrument, it contemplates the erection of new counties with a population less than the one hundred and twentieth part of the entire population of the State, and provides for their representative. Then Sir, suppose we should fall a little short (but I trust we shall not,) I would present for the favorable consideration of this House our great inconvenience or grievan ces the immense distance many of our people have to travel to Courts and regimental muster. and the like requiring two day's travel to rearh the seat of justice and involving the expenditure of much money. Sir, you that are more favored you that can jump on board a Rail Road or a Steamboat, and dash from point to point with the velocity of the eagle's flight, know nothing of our difficulties. Locked in, as we are, by our towering mountains nd majestic rivers, unless you extend to us this relief, our progress to prosperity and wealth must be greatly retarded, and our usefulness and hap- piness much impaired. LECTURE ON CALIFORNIA. Mr. Aiherton, of New York, who recently re turned from California, delivered a lecture on the climate and resources of that country, at the Broadwav Tabernacle, on Friday evening, to about 1800 people. It does not appear that he imparted much new information on the subject, but he fully corrobo rated whut is generally known about the climate, soil, gold and capabilities of the country. He supposes that 100,000 persons will be em ployed in digging for gold during the ensuing summer and fall, and says that they will find suf ficient room for their operations. Nevertheless, he would not advise any person to go to Califor nia who can do well here, so very great are the inconveniences in a new and unsettled country. The climate of California he represents to be extremely healthy, with the exception of fever and ague, to which persons are subject, who re side on the banks of rivers. The soil he de scribes as excellent, and capable of producing most of our agricultural products in great abund ance, and particularly wheat, which is there nev er subject to be desiroyed, as it is here, by the red worm. Laid, whfen he first went there, sold for $2 per acre, but it is now selling at $20. The next subject which he touched upon, was the article necessary to take there, such as an India rubber tent, which is indispensable, some long stockings, furniture sufficient for a person's use, &c. He wouid not advise any one who is doing well here to go to California, for there are a great many privations to be endured ; but those who have nothing to them he would say, goby all means. He would not recommend persons to send out frames for wooden houses, because, in case of fire, all the buildings in town would be destroyed. Clothing can be had as cheap, with the addition of freight, as in New York. Provisions are plenty at San Francisco, but dear at the mines, owing to the great difficulty of getting them there. Farmers ought by all means to go there, for the soil is excellent for agricultu ral purposes. Successive crops of green peas are raised every month, in the open air there. Houses, of which there are about two hundred and fifty in San Francisco, can be hired for from one to two hundred and fifty dollars per year. " Illness or Gkn. Cass. A telegraphic despatch to the Buffalo Courier, dated Detroit, Feb. 13, snys: 41 Gen. Cass is quite unwellmith the prevailing in fluenza so that it is unsafe to start on his journey to Washington. He will leave as soon as he is well enough, and probably go by way to Buffalo. Franklin Turner Oliver Wiley F. M Wallace Moses Darnhardt James H as-key Leonard Funn 'Jacob Haj-lor Hezekiah Herr John Lefler Christ'r Keinhardt Smith & Faggert Alfred tough, Adm. 54 William Slough 50 Allison Stoogh 51 Leah l-res' heirs C. N January 18, 1849. 100 177 SO 125 111 45 107 41 27(1 76 41 1(16 312 150 Behold a Gold lie More fertile than the Sacrarn'Mini THAN CALIFOm Ne voyage " round the Hon'i THK ErOHMOCI PRUlfej 70,000 DOLUS Was promptly paid out from the 1(3 Jjnuarv. bv those old hswbliswo, Truly Lucky Lottery and Enhicp PITER A CO, No. 1 Light Street, BalW Where's the use of g.Vm; to brilliant ealaxy of Lotteries lor'Jiert ary, is herewith presented 10 thewwi poudenU of this well knowd hU n.,ror It. r.n alnrsrs tel! anil PA The first investment frequcnilj ryter &yju - . fj A II .K Pm,ps nromOllv PlB "1 sent to an 01a """T" Inrkv. hut jersef SQ.O'lO sent per mail to BefiieU- clum Rocking .l a FaUQUlt v fih above pruM" . 1,p eren oat"'' IV paiu, a"" "v of Pyfer 0. 1. . r AI....ina WHO r ... arv 10 make 11 1 draw f fer & Co BEAUTIFUL Date. Capital Prizes. . 9,000 t 1 ...m Off to secure u. - T.OTTtKI'.' 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