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ro oca CONSTITUENTS. - --r Haviaz taken an active part LeSire, 1 pr5mri tnactent CaroTin Ril iB ordr . P?1' ? SSSSLSSSST o? oar coarse, and in-order that that taSaitaelfmay properlj oD.leratood.nd Important it expedient to give a brief his- fKoflS mSSJS the Assembly :-to ,et ftrth iU nLSffi effects upon the condition of our Tn to most of you, th.teviou to t in out seats in the late General Assembly, whilst j jt among yoo.ire, as well as moat ef the Western Wbers?Were 'declared advocates of a- Charts to nwAe iun Koad from Charlotte to the town of Da iU, ln' Virginia. With great el, s.nd if laith iriTwt'euti Sit an endeavor w accomplish mis pnrposS. This pledge, and this Weaver, were pre Sieated upon what we regarded, sssf Jfch wit; that the Rail Road authorised by the -Virginia Charter from Richmond to Danville, would be speed ily made, and thotM.sUit of uncertainty rested upon that event. We had not been long in the Cuy of Raleieh, howler, before we found out that the eventual suceess ot xnai measure doubtful, and from all the information we n able to obtain in relation to it, we are compelled to Hia rnmrtnsion mat H eimcr utn " ies will discharge theiitieej?W onrjts I this artificial channel, whil t W Js iern- J increased In filnet !Thfr?oUft-1 1 wabt nsnn made, or if made at all, it will be so long before it is done, as to maice, ioiiy m - tion. before we attempt something for our own S tat e. We discovered also, that many patriotic eud Enlight ened sons of North Carolina, in that patriotic and enlightened bod&'were averse to an enterprise which would carry the trade of these fertile regions, in both . directions, Immediately beyond the borders of our StAte,-They had long seen and deplored the want of Community fcf feeling and interest between the Western and Eastern portions of the State : they knew well, as we all know, that oar enfeebled con dition is in a great measure owing to this unnatural estrangement, and they strongly deprecated a plan which was forever to perpetuate this state of things. They said they thought they could de.vse a scheme which would answer all the purposes of agriculture, and at the same time prevent this severance and al ianation between brothers. They said it was true, that unless something was offered that might better claim our sanction, they had no right to stand m our way. and prevent us from helping ourselves in any such manner as' we could with our own means : and that if this more favorable alternative was not offer d to the West, they would acquiesce in the grant of tne unarione aau """- y , . . cd also, to the fact when we should arrive at Kicn raend, we were still 180 miles from sen, and that such a market would, by no means, answer our agricul tural productions. .We were, therefore, calletl upon to pause, and we did pause to see what this alterna tive might be. After the scheme proposed in the Governor's message was rejected, and all hope of ad justment seemed to have vanished, this scheme of n Central tail Road from Goldsboro' to Charlotte was proposed by the Senator from New Hanover, with the advice and consent of some of us and other mem ber of both Houses, from the East and the West The leading features of this scheme are, to start at th Rail Rond that runs from Wil mington to tike Roanoke -River intersect-with the Neuse, to wit, at or near Goldsboro', Wayne Coun ty it being toe neaa oi nTigauon uu iuv .t, thence to run through Raleigh and Salisbury to Charlotte. The at further provides that whenever one million of dollars is taken in stock by indmdu als, the State is to subscribe two millions. It also, makes a prof ision, by which the Raleigh and Gas ton Rail Road, (now the entire property of the State) will be saved from utter ruin : this provision is, that one half of the stock of this road shall be surrender ed to the former stockholders, and they be released from all their liabilities (which are very grievous) upon condition that they put fivo hundred thousand dollars worth of work upon the road. This central scheme bad the one advantage overall others ever proposed in the Councils of our State, of drawing together and harmonising the discordant and long alienated divisions of our State. It presented the further advantage of falling in with the tide of travel ling, and of supplying " the wanting link" in the vast chain of Rail Road that stretehes (with this ex ception) from the Lakes to the waters of the Missis sippi. It had the advantage also, of conducting us (with only about twenty-five miles difference in dis tance) to Richmond, where oar chosen scheme, the Danville improvement, proposed carrying' us : and over and above this, to Petersburg, to Norfolk, to Raleigh, to Newbern. and to Wilmington. It pro mised I indemnify the State in the large outlays whiehhad been made in the two Rail Roads already in operation, by bringing up the value of the stock. It called for. much less money from individuals, and therefore, seemed much more likely to succeed, than the other scheme. Norfolk, Newbern. and Wilming ton, are all near the seaboard, and, are therefore, for all grain, much better markets than Richmond could be. Wilmington, in particular, is the best market for an interior country, of any port in the Southern States. Upon the whole, the alternative proposed in this scheme, embraced far more than we asked or expected. Who that loved the Old North State, who that rejoiced in her strength and pride of char acter, could halt between opinions? Who could doubt or hesitate? We did not. We gave up at once, our preference for the Danville Charter, and in so doing, we think we have met the just expecta tions of xor constituents, and of all the friends of Western Carolina, We think too, that in so doing, we have opened a way for the redemption of our declining fortunes. Now, as to the practicability of the proposed scheme: from Charlotte, to the Yadkin River, (46 miles) we know from personal observation, that the ground is highly favorable for the construction and keeping up a work of this kind. A direct line be tween these points, would be well adapted to such a road ; but by deflecting either to the right or the left, we. have a country that cannot be surpassed in oitablenes3, by any in the State, at the same distance from the sea. From Goldsboro' to Raleigh, reckoned at 45 miles, there is a uniform plain, abound ing in the very best timber. On both these sections, labor is cheap, and provisions plenty. The proba bility is, that these two sections can be constructed at the very lowest rate which is given for such work. We would suppose that eleven thousand dollars a mile Weald be an ample estimate for this part. Allowing for deviations, and to leave no room for cavilling, we will put the whole distance from Goldsboro' to Char lotte at 210 miles, (though many think it less) Taking off these 91 miles, there will be 119 miles intermediate, which is not so well adapted to this kind of improvement There are many short hills and a considerable number of streams. B ut we have received positive assurance that, the profile of this section is nearly, if not quite as good, as that upon which the Charlotte and South Carolina road is lo cated! and better than that ver which the great Georgia roads are laid. These roads laid with hea vy T. iron, nnder the supervision of those accomplish ed engineers, the Garnetts, cost only thirteen thou sand dollars per mile, including cars, depots, water sta tions, work shops, offices, apd in fact every thing complete, aui u we are sate in our first calculation, there will be enough money left of the proposed three millions to allow $i5,95S per mile, Tor the in termediate 119 miles of difficult country. With the same' skill employed in the surveys and estimates, we need not have the least fear therefore, as to the sufficiency of the sum proposed in the Charter. Nor have we the slightest! doubt as to the profita bleness of the stock. In thej first place, we will pre mise that the average stock of all the Rail Roads in the United States pays a-cle"ar profit of seven per cent. We have the very best authority for saying this. The information is derived from the official reports of the Rail Road Companies published in that safe andatttious periodical,. the Rail Road Journal Again.we hav the fact stated in the same Journal, and confirmed by many others, that there is no well made Rajl Road i the United States; bat what dbts svi y&Cnt on its capital stock, and often mo4 Furtharqiore, we are equally well established in the fact that tke Rail Roads in Georgia,, (not one of which is finished) pay, and have been paying for three years past, between six and ngk per cent, on the stock subscribed. Georgia is stretching her iron t0Wa.' Nashville, in Tennessee ; Montgomery and Mobile, in Alabama ; towards New Orleans, and is looking with anxious eyes towards Pensacoln in t lorida. Congress has been invoked to assist in do-1 s iog this last work, -with some prospect of a favorable 1 1 ?er, above the Narrows for 150 miles, can be made navigable for steam boats at a yery small expense. Tbereis no part of any rivet la the United States thus remote from the sea, except the Mississippi nd ita tributaries, that can compare With ilia their nat ural states, and if it bad not been for the (nsoperft We barriers which fhe slate mountains: below us have placed ia its current and the shallowness of the bar at Its mouth, it would long ago have become the great highway of commerce.. When it shales rerch e&wjjh;theLreat work jre are now NeontempJatingV the cherished hope of half a xentury will ;be reali- sed. The rich bottoms of this beautiful stream d its tributar through selves will be ureal 4ies of Rowan; Davidson. Davie ajad 0tkt& that fcor. der on the Yadkin, aud the counties of Sarry andH lines, wnicu. it Disecis, mu ut iuw mviuui, therefore, in forwarding an undertaking that promi ses so glorious a result for them. What other hope havefAiy for redemption from iher present depressed condition ? We forbear to dwell longer upon the cheering prospect which this view of the subject opens upon our vision But it will be asked how is the one million requir ed of individuals to be raised ? How , are farmers expected to subscribe for stock, when it ia known, that from causes already pointed out by us, there is but little money among them ? We all answer this inquiry, by saying in round terms,tbat they may take stock and pay for it without paying any thing in money, except the five per cent required to be ad vanced at the time of subscribing: beyond that sum, they need not be called upon to advance another cent. There are thousands of slaves in Nerjh Car olina whose labor from the causes adverted to, ia ut terly unprofitable to their owners. Should .these slave owners choose to change this barren vocation for a contract upon the Rail Road, they may safely take the amount of half of their intended contract. Experience proves that this is greatly theflytst pro- t . m Waelf in eom..tha course of the croiected Rail Road. It it well "..frf.vVr-lfncA. Vat nonadoubU known to us and to most of you, that the Yadkin ri Ser ability to dtf.o, Atwa said re.idy making 7 per cent- profit j what will be the effect of completing these connexions, H i not pos ible even to conjecture. . -Whatever the result may be it will eventually conduce to the valae .of , our Road for they form ita Southwestern continuation. It is in fact, so much .done for us. Look then, to the accumulated masses of travelling custom which the North can ponr down upon us. ' Look at thi pursuits, the institutions, and the social inducements within our own borders, that are "strung along this, route. All of these are destine'd to produce way iravelling. This term is used to signify trips upon a part of a given road, without going through its whole extent, and is generally far? mr profitable than what is .called through: travelling. Between Wilmington and Weldon, it amounts to more man double the income of the other, although the coun try over which it passes is generally barren, ana un improved, -j The late Governor of the State, a very cautious and intelligent gentleman, has shown by some sta tistics, which he laid before the General Assembly, that about four hundred thousand of the people of this . -r mm - : State, reside within fifty miles ot tneproposea woricj we will add, that they are among the most thrifty and well informed of our citixens. Consider how much of this population will be put in motion on business ..... . 1 . . m 1 ? .1 - 1. "1 1 1 . n wilnm tne state, i nere is me mini a vu,,nBlk") the Iron Mines and Furnaces in Lincoln, Gaston, and Catawba The Gold Mines in Mecklenburg, Union, Cabarrus. Rowan, Davidson, Randolph, and Guilford. The Banks at Charlotte, Salisbury, Sa lam. Hillsborousrh and Raleizh. The excellent Schools and Academies. (Male and Female) in near ly every County ot the whole line ; and above all, the University of the State. There are the Courts and Clerks' Offices along the route, and the Supreme Court at Raleigh. The Legislature, the Governor's ffice, the Comptroller's and Secretary of state's Of fices. The Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, and the Hospital for the Insane. There are all the trades and professions from oue end of the proposed work to the other. There are the strong ties of a social and domestic character nil. all tendinj? strongly and abundantly to create way travelling. How many of these400,000 will have some surplus to sena to mar- ket, and how many will go with it, is scarcely wnn in the range of conjecture. Can any one doubt, who looks at these thines, but that enough of travelling . ;.. . . . n i and other ousiness will gainer opon mis uoau iwgive it constant employment; and constant employment is synonymous with profitable employment It may Le said that the Wilmington Rood if completed to Man chester, will take off so large a share of the traTell ine as to leave the Road unsupported. That this route will take a share of the through travelling, is undeniable. But when we think of the vast amount of this kind of travelling that the Boats on th Mis sissippi and the Sea Packets now carry,and reflect that most of this will inevilably take a'Tlail Road, whenever one is made throughout we ought not to covet all this custom. That we shall have our share of it, the superiority of our climate, and the lively and interesting face of the country, with all its other natural advantages, will amount to a full security. We shalL undoubtedly, obtain enough, with the way travelling above suggested, to make the investment a good one. These are considerations that mostly address themselves to the cjipItalist-T61h class of our citizens who have money, and are seeking to put it out at a profitable rate of iuterest.' But there are considerations beside these that ap peal strongly to the bosom as well as the : pocket of every farmer. Let him look to the fact that as things now stand he toils and sweats the year through, and lays up nothing at the end Of it. Ilia lands are wearing out for the want of a motive to preserve and improve them. His sons and daughters are growing up without the benefits of a refilled ed ocation, because he has not the spare cash to'send them to the higher Seminaries. His live stock are degenerating: His boildings and feuces are going down : His neighbors and friends are leaving for the " far West," aud himself constantly growing more captious and discontented. It is needless to say why these things are so : yon all kuow the cause of it, and we will therefore only proceed to say that this plan opens a prospect for a deliverance from this melancholy condition In the first place, the ex penditure of three millions of dollars among the la boring classes will of itself produce a state of pros perity. Business will become brisk. The price of all kind of labor will rise. Every species of produce wUJmU higher, and a general activity aud spirit will prevail in all the departments of industry.! Neither will these incidental advantages cease ou the com pletion of the wotk. They will become lew im portant, it is trne, after operations shall have begun upon the road itself; but even then hands will find employment in repairing and superintending the work, preparing fuel, attending water stations, de pots, Sec. &c. These will svstain a limittedbul per petual market along the line. But then will come in also the great and more extended benelis for which the work was undertaken. Every thing that can be grown upon the farm every thing that can be fashioned in the workshop, or made in the facto ry every mineral that can be dug from the earth, and every animal we rear, from a chicken to an ox. ran be sent speedily to some one of the many mar kets within our reach and sold at prices at least dou ble those now obtained tor them. In the mean time, the farmer may ke?p his bands and horses at work upon his plantation save the wear and tear and breakage of his wagon aud gear, and escape the hardship and exposure to which the present modes of transportation expose him. In connection with this part of our subject, we wauld direct your atten tion to the most wonderful discovery of nodern times, tub Telegraph. It is a small piece of machinery, with wires branching off in different directions, aloug which the iightuing is eeut to carry news: Every Rail Road is obliged to have this invaluable appen dage. By this means the state of the several mar kets can be known in a few seconds at any and ev ery depot along the whole li ne : so that if corn or flour should take a sudden rise in Charleston, Wil mington, Newbern, Norfolk, or Petersburg, j the offi cer of the Rail Road at that place, or some confi dential friend, has the Telegraph at Salisbury or Con cord set to work, and before a man can walk to his stable, bring out horse and saddle him for a journey, the same fact is made public in your own county town. You see that this secures you against run ners and speculators, aud enables you to avail your self of the best market in the shortest time. But this is not the only benefit which the farmer may expect from this great undertaking. The Increase in the Value of his Land is a consideration of great magnitude. Only a. few days ago, it is a notorious fact that the lands of a fair quality, numbering several thousand acres, lying in the county of Davie, some seven or eight miles from the town of Salisbury, some of them on the Yadkin River, sold at public auction ou a long credit for less than three dollars an" acre. Such lands in the State of Georgia lying within seven or eight miles of any point of any of her Rail Roads would com- From tU Standard. MASONIC. SEMINARY, AVe hi?e before us the Kiteorff cMhe TrUaV jees'; of :the grand Lntfge ojNotlhf-JroIws gather :with the Speech ot JV loovejoy, xusq.. (Princlparbf the Male acadrtly. ii tbt place) on the' Masonic Seminary, proposed- to be establish ed. JTIms Report is s-gned Uesats, J P. Speight, William Cott, C- W.JJ. liutchiDgsVV. H Mead. J. P. Rhode, J. M; Toveioy, VV: F. Collins, and W. Hill; andljt gifia cheering evidence that theconieinputea worirw in a fair wsjr to be aeeomplishf'.'.-v'' We have read the Speech of Mr. Lovejoy, de livered before the Grand Lodge, at the late rAn nual Communication on the Subject of Education, with unalloyed pleasure. We quote the follow ing, as furnishing a specimen of the style of the speaker: ; I have often been asked the question, "what will the poor of our order do, if uneducated, when they become men"? What will they do, if un educated, when the; become men 1 But the un educated never become men ; the ignorant are al ways children children are they in respect to the works of God and the creations of mind. But what do the educated poor! They do all that is done. They become great lawyer, great archi tects, great painters, great mechanics, great statesmen, great poets, great philosophers, aye great in every thing. Poverty telU her children, when educated, they are rich. She stills standi before them in her rags, but her eye is full of en ergy and fire. Her arm is still gaunt, but has the strength of a Titan's to rend the barriers which impede the course of her sons to fame and power. She is no longer fike an angel of death, and cold and shivering as the North wind, but is rather a good spirit, and teaches her chil dren a thousand things. She points them to the Stable emplovment thai ever slar Ubor togaed in ''wealth and treasure of the world, and bids tbem as a eeneral business. At the estimntesMtbavff sta ted, a few miles of Rail Road would keep-a whole neighborhood in employment for a year or so. The most satisfactory assurances will be given by the Commissioners who take the subscriptions, that sub scribers shall in all cases be preferred in letting out contracts. It is not in this business as it is iu some other badly managed concerns, that contracts are let to the lowest bidder, independent of his skill or ability, or any other consideration. The Engi neer makes the estimate according to a fixed rate, (say so much for the cubic yard) uod the he gives the execution of it to those who are from all circura stances best entitled : always in a case like this, pre ferring those t hit have subscribed, and in all cases distributing this patronage as equitably as possible, so ns to give every subscriber a chance. Five per cent has to be paid in advance by every subscriber. This is the positive requirement of the Charter ; but, after that, it will readily be seen, that when the above arrangement ia made, no more money will. be paid out ; but on the contrary, money for half the price of the contract will constantly be coming in, and if the subscriber takes n contract, that will ena ble him to get double the present hire of his slave Or, if he can hire hi slaves for double their present hire, he gets his stock without pa jfng4MrfeHfoe , as compared with his former profits. Bat if the, hire of negroes shall not me quite eo High, the nearer it approaches that point, the nearer the fanner will come to the result above indicated. Bat suppose it does not rise at nil, then we simply say he can pay for his stock by the hire of his slaves. Then how does he stand ? He has lost the labor of his slaves for one or two years: this labor was not profitable to him on bis farm. He has doubled the value of his landi. He has secured for his future slave la bor a fair reward for all time to come; and beside, he is the owner of so many dollars worth of stock, paying (we devoutly believe it) not less than six per cent, per annum. The two millions which the State pays will render it-quite convenient for this arrangement to be made in every instance ; and we can vouch that it will be made ineverv instance where it is desired. But we have heard it objected that the work will be began at Goldsboro', far in the Bast, and that it will be a long time before we can have any of these promised benefits. To this, we answer, that in all probability the work will be begun at Raleigh, and "move towards ihe West direct ly ; and as soon as the Soatn Carolina Road is finished to Charlotte, it is believed, that operations will begin at that point, also, Uur ground for the first opinion is, that the State is now the sole proprietor of the Raleigh and uas ton Road ; it has hitherto been a losing concern, but as soon as.ilie Western trade shall be'opened upon it, il ia manifest that it will begin to revive. It if, therefore, clearly the true policy of the Stale thus to begin, and thus to carry on.tlie work. The Slate will have by means of its superior a mouni of stock a controling voice in directing the affairs of this company, and we may be sure the undeviating principle of 6elf. interest will in this case, as in all otners, prevail. Uur ground for believing that the work will be begun at Charlotte at a proper time, is that, in all the conversations we had with influential and leading men in the East, it was conceded that as so little had ever:' come from the State Treasury to this part of the State, we had a right to insist upon an early ap plication of the benefits of this work to our pre sent necessities. I he inst and liberal feelinir of the present Governor towards the West. artdL' reach fonh the hand and take ir. Poverty, when her children are educated, shows them many things. She learns ihem how to cut mountain.'' into beautiful columns and to fashion the rude rocks into magnificent temples, that they may tell the grandeur of nations to distant times. She has shown them how to pen up fire and water in ribs of steel, which speed the commerce of States over the globe, and how to take hold of lightning, and chain our thoughts to his car. Poverty teach es her educated children many things. She points them back through pre-exisient time, and shows them Uie mighty men and demigods of old ; that they were poor, yet nevertheless formed savage hordes into civilized and gigantic States, became the lords of song, of eloquence and pliiosophy, and thus won their way to immortality, one points them to the great men of modern dale to Sha!;s peare. Napoleon, Milton and Washington, the tour giants of thought and anion, who have writ ten their names in letters of fire upon the black wing of lime, and says that they were poor She shows them Washington, traversing forests and wading through swamps, a surveyor of land tttt nts early mannoon. unt Fne snows hitn in a different picture, struggling with that monster and terrible thing, called a tyrant, wrenching his hand from the throat of Liberty and placing his broad, brave bosom between her and her tormen tor; lifting up a Stale which had fallen, wasted and bleeding, and placing her feet upon a found ation eo strong and deep, that she has grown up, the glory and wonder of the world. But 1 have not time to tell all the educated poor have done and can do. They teach all our schools, fill all our colleges with professors, and our churches with the ministers of God. They build all our towns and villages, all our vessels of commerce, and navies of war. But what does Wealth? Nothing, nothing at all ; she stands with her arms folded upon her bosom, tricked out in her Jewelry and golden petticoats, and looks on to see Poverty work. But she pours into the lap of Poverty her gold, surrenders her posses sions, gives up her houses and her lands and her petticoats also. How does Poverty serve her uneducated children ? She stands before them, stern and terrible- she will give them no aid, no comfort no cheer. She poshes them into every hole and every ditch ; she plucks their rags, and tells them that the Nocth wind is stormy and fierce, and cold, and that no body, cares. She talks to them all day of want, of hunger, and famine, and haunts their pillow at night; she tells them of grojr shops, of rum and of crime, and makes them believe the very Devil Is their best friend. Thus talks Poverty in two ways. Thus talks Poverty with her double face and Janus mouthsand she tells you educate your children. and I will lift them up to fame, and power, and distinction ; but leave them uneducated, and I will crush them and crowd them down to ruin." Alluding to the importance of such a Semina ry to the destitute children of the Masonic Order, Mr. Lovejoy says : " It may be said that the destitute of our order are educated. But how, I ask ? Are they ed ucated as a Mason, who has the means, wishes to educate and does educate his own children They are, perhaps, sent to school one year, two f. ... Pj?7' U eslim,.- 11. ft Il-iilroad i CT3 til, in,.., fRiwU .6 "It 8. f. '(I i stcka , .'"Mat procj UH mm . mediate,;. of proper,:VBe tak" Pbe ii7$JA and mL l rHJM I I 4l Ti.ic.1 .rMit., 8l0?b for W changes h.,. USrtnr.?V Brookiij;. Cumbria ea 128 I . w U 11, 1 are worth . ".elJlrtiJ: mand at least twelve dollars an acre ; that a like appreciation will take place in these very I a fads and in all others similarly situated, if this road is made, cannot be doubted for a moment. We do not rest this assertion upon mera conjecture : like results will follow from like causes all the world over i attend then to the following facta. The citizens of Wil mington subscribed to their Road as much as all their houses and lots were assessed at, the year before. At the last assessment, the same properly was val ued at more than double its former rate. ; Again, the Comptroller's books show, that eight hundred thousand dollars of value has been added to the tax able lands in four couuties through which tfie Wil mington Kail Road passes, since it has been put iuto operation. The lands lying along the line of the Raleigh and Gaston Rail Road (although misfortune has beset this work in every other particular) have greatly in creased in value. The same thing can be said of the Charlotte and South Carolina Rail Road, al though there is not yet a single mile of it brought into use. The lands between Haw River and the Calrwba, in the point of natural fertility, will com pare favorably any of the Atlaatio States, and "utB iinproveu uHxies or DusnaBiiry which mod ern science and experience have developed shall have been applied to them, nnd this new Btlmtitna shall have invigorated the industy of our agriculturalists ! Oregon and California temporarily to foreign -.- "ft uTcjucui rany we noi expect to i "u i the exalred character of his Council, JJC 11s t I lnon,h another year, three another, two again, iuu iiius cuus intrir ninruciion. io rnua ever was or can be thus educated. I consider educa tion to be that discipline of the moral and intel lectual faculties which fits an individual to dis charge any duty which society imposes upon its members. Doubtless this fraternity has some chil dren growing up in perfect ignorance, without even a knowledge of the Bible. May the Father of mercies save and protect the poor ignorant chil dren in the desert which stretches before ? Has it come to this ? Shall it be said that the Masons of North Carolina will suffer any child who has claims upon them, to grow up without a knowledge of the Bible ! The Bible ! What is the Bible I The voice of God, the philosophy of creation, the fountain of all wisdom, the source of all good ; the pivot on which swings the needle of hope, that points the earth-born heaven-ward ; the wing of the imagination, which lifts it up with great thoughts like the pinions of a strong eagle; the mine from which are wrought the gems that twin kle on the brow of immortal Poesy ; the bold, bright truth which the naked soul seizes and in vests itseif. es with the garment of an anffel : a famoiYd euTfrom the throne of God, and placed upon the front of a dark world, to light its way ward steps to eternity." We wish every Mason, ind the family of eve ry Mason in the State, could read this Speech. It would enforce at once, as with a trumpet tongue, the necessity for action on this subject ; while, at the same time, it would bring home to their hearts, by its commanding eloquence and its saving truths, the full worth of its enthusias tic but unobtrusive author. THBHAI?TfJ3lAL SHOW. , ..The foUowia&e the Alabama ' ouraai, ?TJm -irbqf mllj. did see the Ele. pbant," is byjghje feUbi r of Johnson J. Hoop er, . native of the old North,, but now practising Law in Chambers and the adjoining Counties, in Al abama. We consider him, next to Longstreet, the best delineator of Country iif;e, manners, aad cus toms, that there breathes Jvte mean iu thnt depart- f ment of native production) upjbn t&s terrestrial ball. " 1 he Elephant was the great" a and T ceased to take notes.'7 - The monotony of or village life was agreeably broken, en last Monday, by the advent of Raymond's Menagerie. TNot thejufeniles only, but the ihole adult population, male and female, within five miles of the Court House, were alive with excitement. The North wind was cutting as a note-shaver but in spite of that and the' supposed scarcity 6f coin the u pavillion" was thronged. A more motley agl semblflge I never saw the animals were nothing in the comparison and in point of decorum the spectators might have taken lessons from the Griz ely Bear. Itwasthe only public assembly that I evl er heard of, in this country, which the presence of la dies did not control-into propriety of speech and manner. Even the professional beast tamers them selves, Mr. and Mrs. Schaffer, failed to subdue the rampant animals outside the cages. The elephant was the great point of attraction as usuaL Many were the remarks elicited by its im mense size and docility. " 1 want his hide and frame for a corn crib " said a fellow from Pan-Handle Beat. ." Save me his ears for skearts to my old wagin saddle," remarked another. "Goodness gracious," ejaculated a sallow girl, with n dirty blue Ribon around a dirty yellow neck! " was it borntd with that ugly snake-thin- stuck to its face?" " its got a'most1 the least bar to as much hide, that I ever seed," quoth Jerry Brumbelow. " Whar. do t-hey raise 'em?" asked some honest " Not here not here in this (hie) country," re- ' PreJicteJ would lw' plied Jim McGafFey with a knowing, would-be-sober ' in tl,is State- MliE shake of the head. " Whar then ?" " That animal," said Jim, who was very drunk "that animal wasnt raised in the island (hie) of A merikv. It come all the wav from (hie) freW mf - . "Give us your hand, my friend" exclaimed old Tom Martin, with ironical air; " give us your hand for the thrue word yo're tellin' the boys . Dont ye see the craturs fut ? look at his fut ? Sure 'twas made for the Bogs of the ould counthry ! This thing tho7, is but a heiffer, as ye mny say. What would ye siy, if ye could see a giniwine grown up Airish Bull ? Och !" " Satis ! jam satis " soliloquized a corpulent law yer, ns he walked up; unconsciouly latinizing the spirit of Tom Hai nes' remark on a similar occa sion, made io Tom Jefferson. The group adjourned to the vicinity of the Lion's IftheRoi l "eD ' our - "'"lorean.lft,. "WL ed busing ,w "ege 1000 per d : Baltimore hself 1 he following t ' """""fti bytheat'pP I' 71 reside HGM.1 . p i. ...... Sir Tl r.l subscription to the -4r'a,,i road, much siU.mil 'e,Jl:J regard oitJe growing out of ducts ofthesoiUin W To the Edl ground to apprehend that any oTour reasonable demands will be refused We, your Representatives, in the Genera As sembly, think we have done our doty in bringinr umore uur imiuw.ciuzeus a pian an iioerai ana romprehensive. It now remains for the people to do their duty- Jf the undertaking shall fail now, the longest liver amongst lis need never expect tu witness the recurrence of such another offer. A thicker darkness will settle on our fate. despondency will sink deeper iuto our hearts, and it would have been far better tjhat this effort had not been made. But, let us cheer up. There is tco much at stake to doubt of success. The res ponse throughout the country thus far has been encouraging,-and on every hand we hear of pre parations being made for a mjghty effort. Able and patriotic men are taking up the matter in earnest : a spirit of enquiry is extending itself real estate is already beginning, to rise in value, and i lit prospect around us isv brightening. Let us then lift up our hearts iu the fervent hope that The best of our days , are convisg" ? With the utmost respect ySJrwbt servants, JOHN A. L1LLINGTON, Senator from llowan and Decie. 11. C JONES, Commoner from Rowan. RUFUS BARR1NGER, JOSEPH W. SCOTT, Commoner from Cabarrus. From California Scarcity of Dwellings Houses and shanties are so scarce in California, that an occupant of a ten by twelve, who has the shanty on a lease of 10 pet month, was offered $30 per month to move out, by a recent arrival. The California Star of Dec 2. says : In consequence of the large number' of pas sengers arriving from abroad by every vessel, we fear that a vast deal of suffering will be expe rienced by hundreds without shelter, when the rains commence, which must be close at hand Lumber is scarce, and at the. enormous price of $125 per 1.000 feet, while quantities are lying ready for shipment at all the Ernbacadsraa on this Bay, at Bdega apd Santa Cratstj ilothing of the abundant supplies we J&ghi &iftrojn Columbia ftiver and Sitka, if we haJtha'reVsils. Our citizens hope o obtain some rehefrrom Corn. Jone, by his throwing oDen the coanm iraA " Why didnt they shurr (shear) that critter's fore parts, as well's his hind ones ?" asked some one. " You. see," said, his keeper, a man with huge whiskers, and green blanket coat he's got a breast complaint and we were afraid of increasing his cold." " Well, be granny, I did notice he was hoarse, when he hollered, a while ago." - " Whar did he come from, Jim?" asked one of the crowd , " From Ireland, too, be Jasus," said old Tom the Irishman, taking the word out of Jim's mouth " Did'nt he McGaffey ?" - " I judge (hie) he (hie) did," said Mack. u I'll take my corjPral of it," returned Martin; " tlie grooves of Blarney is full ov 'em " Presently the crowd was ordered back, and Mr. and Mrs. Schaffer entered the cage with the lion, tiger and other animals. ' " That takes Billy's horns clean smooth off to the scull now don't it?" said Tom Hussey. " Its the fust time 1 ever seed the likes, and I'm sixty five come fall" remarked an old grey-headed man. " Is it a rail woman in thar ?" asked a skeptical dirt-eater. " Why, you see," said Jim McGaffey, "its a rail woman, but she's got great sperrets. Some people, tho', (hie) think these show people (hie) aint regu lar human, no how." . " No more, and they aiu't," said old Tom. " What are they then ?" il Airish, to be sure !" " Well ain't the Irish human ?" " Divil the bit of it !" responded old Tom, u they're all subjects ov the Queen of Great Britian." "That's (hicj a fact," said Jim McGaffey; and the point was settled. Mrs Shaffer shook her whip at the tiger, which dashed by her, and crouched in a corner of the cage, growling furiously. "Take care, sbebar-legs,the old boy's rattlin his chain as my old woman tells Dick, when he cries," said John Davis. 44 1 say John" observed a half-worn out man in a slouched hat " I ain't no objection to that woman showin' off her legs, that way ; but if Betsey was to," 44 Let Betsey's name alone you lazy cood-for-noth- in" interrupted a sharp nosed female, with one child in her arms, and another at her knee, 44 let Betsey's name alone, goodness knows ! she can get nlonj; without sich notice as that" 'twas the blessed Elizabeth herself "and come here and tote Jake. Here they've been scrougin' and runnin' over the poor child all day and you a-jawin thar ! and a talking about you know not what ! Its only the Lord's mercy the elephant did'nt tromp on him, and sqush him to death. Come along 1" The hen-pecked meekly obeyed ; took Jacob into his paternal arms ; and I ceased to take notes. T 1 44 - lU'TPHa. 1 . consequence of i;,!. , make up something iiL.lMti in the country, frcmnn'N tains, to as high as fifty JlN that th lot, a-tjoining the JSi hundred dollar. u H than that miles from Xashv nnd the l.ml, .... M nwv we nor ornrt see in ttiis tavored reo-ion. THio vr..m...) ; he value of our rcnl estates will not be confined to hereby enabling them to oksi it nriir Ipq of first-rate necessity lumber and provisions at moderate cost. Ha'ds on tour Pocket Books. This was the startling exclamation of the conductor on the train of cars from New York to Philadelphia, which left Gotham on Wednesday morning, in which were a parly of gentlemen, one a police officer and the remainder being merchants, on route for the Metropolitan City, to witness the Inauguration. - The officer waa prevailed upon by the merchants to keep their company and pro teet them from the operations of the lisbt-fin- gered gentry, and be readily agreed. Before the train reached the' Quaker City, however, the guardian of the peace had been relieved of his pocket book, containing several hundred dollars and valuable papers beside. The parties have all arrived in this ciiy, and vouch for the reality of the occurence, as it may appear to the in credulous AT. Y. Gazelle. A Quaker's Letter to his Watchmaker I herewith send thee my pocket clock which greatly standeth in need cf thy friendly correction. The last time he was at thy friendly school, he was no ways reformed, nor in the least benefitted thereby ; for I perceive by the index of his mind that he is a liar, and the truth is not in him ; that his motions are wavering and irregular; that his pulse is at times quick, which betokeneth not nn even temper ; at other times, it waxcth sluggish notwithstanding I frequently urge him ; when he should be on his duty, as thou knowest his usual name denoteth, I .will find him slumbering or sleeping or, as ftie vanity of human reason phrases it; catch him napping. Examine him, therefore, and prove him, 1 beseech thee, thor oughly, that thou mayest, by being wel acquain ted with bis inward frame and disposition, draw him from the error of his ways, and show bim the path wherein he should go. It grieves me to think, and when I ponder thereon, I am verily of opinion that his body is foul, and the whole mass is corrupted. Cleanse him, therefore, with thy charming physic, from all pollution, that be mav vibrate and circulate according to the truth. I will place him a few daysnder thy care, and pay ior nis ooaru as tnou requireBt it. l entreat thee, friend John, to demean thyself on this occasion with right judgment, according to the gift which is in thee, and prove thyself a superior workman. And when thou layest thy correcting hands on him, let it be without passion, lest thou drive him to destruction. Do thou regulate his motion for the tine to come, by the motion of the light that ruleth the day, and when thou findeth him con verted from the error of bis ways, and more com formable to the above mentioned rules, then do you send him home with a just bill of charges, drawn out by the spirit of moderation, and it shall be sent& thee in the root of all evil. CALIFORNIA BEATEN.?.. 3 O'J! I allege,. dollars an acrp. An.i. , "U'i 1 1 r f point in the mountains We 1 pilars per acre, nwrthemS termined that a fair and lands ten miles each ,1 J.7 pw M1Jllr u, r0M 0,j, C" nnn rnn , ' " o,uuu,uuu, imiy equipped and auc i'i-ein l own DronpftrVte proportion, m.ikiniat mm, ed to thr Stnoennn 1 bis may loos 1 irie to those tWu attention called to this subject. bd is. dui even it HwereonljiK fourth, it would be eoual totk.. road. Thus, when it ia rwniujJ ej subscribed in Tennessee ishidj State, and circulated and kept tta the road and much more is abaft the country. Under this auspicious stateofiu be the extent of the calamity if4t: to be built ? of which there am It would be much.worse thaatkea canse this debt never wasjertiiiB til it is paid. But Then the bl vance of one. five, or twentjfe land there is no uncertainty ibmtt his own, and the rise, of eoursta The mountflialandhe'eastiui lying within ten or fifteen mileUi that would not, twoyearsflgo,eejBi acre, is now ready sale at a dolhrS These are facts, worthy of aids ly where there is scarcely iluii holder, whose stock isnot aireiijia to him in the rise of his propertr. I known of sales of a single pieeeelp ficient advance to pay the whole tic seller, in a fair proportion to bis ii These facts are certain!; cherrii? thought of, and acl as an enconipi cheerful and immediate piymeotkts of their calls, to enable theigor! this work, upon which depends v (ual value of the property of the M the welfare of the whole State 4r t at full share ot'gain, in themiW' ble property, and in character, fa great a work. THE EX-PRESIDENT AS' The Ex-President, Mr.Polc.iJ together with Mr. Secretary1 Mr. Grahame, Solicitor of toe Tr reached our town at 10 o'clock Their arrival was heralded hvM non. the ringingof bells, and the-3 ners and streamers from stales81, heads. The Magistrate of Miller, the Committee of srran' concourse of ciitzens wercresty1' receive the Ex-PresidenUDd there greeted by Col. MJ J addrefs, to which the Ex-Prf ed. The whole suite wen 'MJ to the programme hereto f Swanns Boarding House on t and in view and hearingof thJ Wm. Hill welcomed '"fw a cordial, chaste and eloqo he alluded to the birth and riJJ, deal in North Carolina, and to measures of bis adruinstrat.oa. Mr. Polk's response was f, fondly acknowledged his stwjj ceivefrom the Archives of tn 3f KxecutiTe, therw . estimable value of our L f destiny in store for M adhere to this glorious L, the fathers of the B?0,: General Marsteller .nno 13 o'clock, Mr. Po'k"dt h V see their fellow-c.tuensat t accordingly at that and offered their salatatiow guests. n.l.illS. OiI..DyeuUMre Drllg?,pW m which they offer W Also, Wine ml mTm -m - ' Im ' vjren. or. vv. iaiaweil, found one Inmp orcroia in ,urtr terms Union county, a few days since, which weighed about j Raleigh, Gtct- beat this. Had not our voune friends who are on ! FR.?. r a - - tvi um wKtvi ut u -uwa a i v , w ttfiuviaio vt nisi uttu ucttuuiui y vv.. - - country? Highland Messenger, t 16 WILLIAM -