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1 1 aT'-V"'4- ROIIM" WRTH M r i d 4v of J. Li- ' u . fir --! f IN V "" d.'! all ktt- the' sir" on : ei it- re, At.. sa lor xrt . ior t to- L ! th i latr tk d a rer list Vo r 1 fe) . the a a Sat i irge hi" r fer wl i ' 7 e et- ! mmmmmimmmmmmmmmtmmmi mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm-mmmmm. mmmewmmmmmmmmmemmwmmmwmmmmmwmmmmmmemmmmeemmM.mwmwmmmmmwemimm Jm TB0I1S J. tEIlT, Editor. - ' ' . . . . . . ... IIOXIPJI 1. U11T, Imdito till. ( VOL. XLI. r RALEIGH, WEDNESD AY MORNING, MAY 22, 1850. ' . -'. - 'NO. mm ,rnTXLOCTLjL---.'--.. x Bsu.ui.ui.--.i..-.i -Uil..! -iLLutJiJixmmmmmmmmmmmmsgmpjaTrrTirrzzi.. -.jj.'Ll.x jji uajrrr-tTxrgr: TrricrTimi.ii .ii'ii-tuti" " 'i.mi.iiiiuj"sm-.-k us r.riinijiiijjiiig .i.ww...a. . u i ii,nniMtnn THE WORTH CAJIQLJIfA STAR IT TB01AS J. II1AT t MS. (Office -earl- opposite thart Ofiot.) . Tfmn f tht Pidm. II 60 par aaaus, when Mid M aDvairce 8 00 If pv nl a asiayeo nn-iauk Q . . . . Tu of Idvtrtliii-. pM aqaare, (16 hoes,) fast Inaertioa, f 1 00 m ssrs nhiMinl ineertlea, 2 lort orders aad judicial sdwtiMSHmta, 85 Mr , Higher. A dednetion of 83 per tent, far sdvertlsowonts by tnt year. ar AU letters and com onleationa most be feet fit. koaaltunoee may M null at ear risk, THB LAW Or NEWSPAPERS. 1. All sabeoribers, who do sat gin unm so- Virl to the eoatrerj r, are considered as wishing to ontiaae Uieir sunscripuons. 1. If subscribers order the discontinuance of their invert, the publishers mj continue to wnd them Biatll umnm are paid. S. If subscribers Mgleet or refuse tsiinx their hepe i It n tee emcee to whicn they ere ecnt. they are bold reirpetMime itll tneir Dine an settled and heir paper ordered to bo discontinued. t-.Tlic Courts bar decided tliei refnsins to take a .newspaper or periodical jaora tne elhce. or remov- nr and leaving It uncalled for, la " prima facte ovidesee of iktkstiohai. raarn. a ISCELL15E0CS. LEGISLATIVE FUN.' FROM THE BOSTON OOtTRIEK Or WEDNESDAY. The last day of (he eion (of the Maasadhu. itu IgisUlare) it usually "uUy tiiy." I'hf 8pukeT reltnquiaho the chair to some ay member, and ill "tantliny rule and or len" are at once auanended, or flung nnder he t?ble. - We ijive. below a ipeeimeu of the tiBiime of ihe Hausothe regular Saturnalia with which we take our leave of the "great Bind glorioui General Court," fur the present neon at Inaat. 1 Moats ' Kimull, of Boaton, acting as peaker, Ihe first piper annouueed by him kvas tht! follow ifg: The Joint .Stun Committee upon the etiiion Joesphus Napoleon Georgo Washing in Van Dure 11 Notilofuss and 7,009 other Inen and womsn of ihe county of Worcester nd adjoimii" Mates, praying lli it they may i Mceidly secede from the Union, submit the cnitnjM'iying rep'irt, viat Thai the petitioners have leave to "ttart." The qupsu m is on acc-ptin thj report. Mr. I.awrenjo, of Bjlc.'irtown, moves to mend by pron.linjr tint the Coram )iiw.m1iIi h ill furuish a balloon of about iha s.ie ol Weill's Ark, to furnish tjie s -csdjrs wuh an ny an J free sec wiiiD ; . and further, that the il!antt:htirinan ofojr C'omin;lteeon Militan' Ufiirs be direied to furish a suitable wort,. - The question is on the amendment. Mr. 'J'homis Nye, i'r. moves further lo.-; npnd." by proviJin. lint there ahull bi no il'.;a or drums or swords, emu or cockades in f'd escort. i Mr. Ma tron, of U n'oit, move further to hi- 1 1. so as to provide that there shall he in jj8Wt-iH r'llil. pliimi 1 it rn.-BVll8.tl rros, pop-guns, or any horr fie, blo nliliirsiv . Implements, or equi,)in . ncs of shiuiiij-brass. irrktirr- emVrl,"w wdyiftoW; lt4r mtrd by Mr. Pars-n, of-ftowleT. from the Select Couiiaitteo on Agriculture, in relation to furaishin tha nv) in ours of the Lag" ioituro with p -a-nata. if cMQJ. lla:tt .tka. SarM-Je,t.Aii iirih etteh in-.notwr of. Uia l)-iutur witb a anpuit 01 guui in .:njiniiiu)i3 o-l Jiu pea-nut auh day durinc tha session thereof: and that hey be furnished either roasted or raw. as the .y ehooes, prorided th vt aaoh must be aoand n 1 in ziod condition : an J th Governor shall ;lr tw his warrant fir th payment tberouf. Mr. B trry. II mover, m ived to amjnd bv ddtn-v-rthuti'-aidpear 11 trth of U tson auJ Uixon line, aud be the ftiroducl of free labor. Mr stone, of tharleitown, moved further 1 amend, by adJing thit said aula sh ill be 15 production of labor of not more than tea lours each day. Mr. OriswiMd, of Greenfield, moved still urthar to ain-nd, by adJing that eaeh labor tr shall have a lien upon the pay of each mem- er (of service rendered his employer in rais ing sua pea-nuta. epeoiai resolve in relation to instructing Monv Ioers 01 tonres. Itttolrat, That Major (ienerol Earle, of Wor-c-ter,be a Standing Committee of a many as le amoanta to in bodily capacity, to prepare ale and orders for the eorernment of the next IT V(jreJ of the Umittd Uinta : and also to in- jntructthe RepreseutBtives in Congress of hisilis- ttnet, tnat in me opinion of Uen. Wilson, of Re, lick, th whole ranjre of the Rctek Mountain. Vhould at one be levelled with the aesu I This rosolve has been aent to th Senate, and Tome back with the following atni-ndaumt pro Vooed by Mr. Walker, of North BrookUeld, to kita at in 01 u resolves th fullowing, it! I "Provided that said levelling earn b aeoom Vl'uhcd br fM labor alone, and without tha use af sunnowdoror hoe-blackiui." I Tke JMoieing tame M Me oreter in which Out Rtrihrd. That a eomraitta-eof scventv mm. fl-r of tli ll'iuue, and half a doion or so of the fcenaia. b atiDointcd to ascertain dunnc the re- teas, and report to the next Legislature, whether tne ea serpent is an actuator a laoulous animal; and if actual, whether hs is th real leviathan knd whether a hook can be put in his aose, with anuffon h, aad what he would ea the whole be ikel to da ebout it. Aleo, to inejuirs whetber that eookrooch at th battle of th Nile did ac tually die with his fae to the foe. 'i Ordered, That.Mr. Williams, of Taontoa, be I quested to call the roll of bachelor in this Jloaae, and that they range them selves In front of th Speaker' ehair, to be presented with ex- ra eopieo of tha aew law relating to publisb tneota, passed at the present session.of the Leg islature. I Ordered, That Mr. Braning of tht bat-alionof "nehelora, Tjs taken up lor consideration at this as, and amended by aa annexation. 1 -keeort train the ooansaitteo on tu preriont f-'i-ion. v ' Mr. Lovett, f Beverly, ebainaaa of tha 00 uv toitt, submits the following report- , IWhea any mebmsr oi this Ilonso wishtt to fwrt it to death by snakiug a long, duIlL, doling. Foey (pooch ew aauliieul already wont thraad--, and out at the elbows, and upon which th Jloaa has a. dear and definite opinion, .the U- ahall tw applied, aad th aforesaid oflend n member shall be aaaiU0a4 .. how hssuta hi shall sot be Lb order for an entlhma-i to growl, or ompwia of. th unfairneaa of ovwg the i: il, aaJ thoa on th first 'bum ' our side," aeove yeas aad Bars. P. CTa. aoV arnsMnta. and Ik Like, to Vi.n . e- forywirto-miu ar of opinion ? ,? things detract from the digait that nould attack iLir , tk. " ... ""PPheatioaoftheP. Q. v. . "rod snes i, Hnm.Mm.tJt- r !Ph," An ' i n "old spaachea"'. and speeches Sir Buncombe. Ketcrred to to next Legmlataira by con tent. AotM. AU eoaun nnteations for the Seentary of th lien 8ociely must be hereafter addressed to him Elggrilla, N. II., a he intend to fay there aunng tq recess. An ordarhferad br Mr. Baldwin, of Plvmouth. that the Secretary of th Ilea Society lay on the lame, elicited the follo-nnr. Th Secretary of the Ilea Society would be willing to lay on of the beat apecuaena of err on the table, but he is positively nnwitling to o-eacir, toe metaber irons riyotouth, wtuca would necessarily be th consequence of the act. Ordered, That the Committee on Accounts as certain and rerjort the exnencee incurred for a night cap for the senior member from Wor cester. Ordered, That the "best dressed man of the Boston delegation" rise in his place and give the nam of hi tailor. Ordered, That sundry gntlemen be a commit tee to inquire of the eodflsli how the wit of this House compares with that of our ancestors. The above were selected with strict iniiMirtiul ity.and "wthout distinction of party," from a bushel and a half of similar documents laid be fore the Sneaker during the Saturnian admin- stttaisovi E " to.es Hntiiv-- Ksmi'-'TneT may serve to sliow with what irme and dexterity the treat men of the earth can unbend. The po- fient, grave; nnTirrcfend sljjnors of the 'icner- al vourt having thus nlcasanttv "taken on their own proceediug, Cuiabed by totinjj themselves off and going home. EARLY LOVE. Ah! how well do we remember our boy hood lore! the love of earlier dirj-s! when the hrtart roved fearless an J free, like tlie rovJn deer,' and every piissing thought raniained its full portion of love joy and happiness, and con tentment; and our rhildhood knew nought of the perplexities of a deceitful and wicked orld, nor felt the rancor which Time heaps upon our existence! rive happy scenes, the giy and lively diver sion we then experienced, wl" never again be realized, and which seem as visions "only to our memory. 'I he roin;auions and asso ciates of those now by gone day, who were as parts or us, are now scatter u throughout the world, and many, ah! nfany, have depart ed for a happi.r world. Prom tht Sorlh Driluh Revitw. GEOLOGY. Of all-tlie studies which rel ite to the mate rial universe, there is mme, p .'.haps, which ap peals so powerfully lo our s'nes, or Vhieh comes into auchclos and immediate contact with our wants and eni vv men's, as that of ge ology. In our hourly w ilka, whe'h'r on bu siness or for pleasure, we treid w.h heedless steps upon the appirently umn'e.-e.stin ob jects which it embr.ic's, but cou'sl we riglrlv interroa te the rounded peh'iie at our feet, it would read us an exciting rhnptcron the his tory of primeval times and would tell us of the -eaavulstons by which it was wrenched ironi its porcnt rock, ami of the floods by which it was abraded, and Ir.inspuled to its present huinMe locality.. In our vsH to the) piet-rr. jus and the suhli.nc in ua'.ure, we are brought into closer proximity to the mure intere-iting phflftOmcnaoXxeoloj-y, In lliep-ccipic?9 hicli protect nur roek-sirt shores, wln.li flank our. ra'JunUiu j-kaa, w which -uariegate. our lowland valleys, and in the shapeless fragments at their base, which the lichen col ors, and round -which the ivy twine, we see tht remnant of uplifted and shattered beds, llltlt,' lxnc.Oa-tW lF--W"WtlW'BBMt' of the ocean. Nor ilo s toe rounded b mlde.-, which would have duiied the lapidary's wheel of the Giant Age, give forth a less ora cular response from its grate of clay, or from its lair 01 (and. Floated by ice from some Alpine summit, or hurried along in torrents of mud, and floods of water, it may have "ravemed a quarter ch the globe, amid the crash of tailing forests, and the death shreiks of the noble animals which they sheltered. The mountain range too, with its catacombs be low, along which the earthquake transmits it terrific sounds, reminds us of the mighty power by which it wan upheaved; while the lolly peak, with its cap of ice, or its nostrils of fire, places in our view the tremendous a- gencies which have been at work beneath us llut it not merely amid the flowers of ex ternal nature that the once hidden things of the Garth are presented to our view. Our temples and our palaces were lorined trom the rocks of a primeval age; bearing lite very ripplemarks of a Pre-ldamite ocean, groov ed by the passage of the once moving boulder. and embosoming the relic of ancient life, and the plants by which it was sustained. Our dwellings, loo, are ornamented with the vari gated limestones the indurated tombs of mo- luscous life and our apartininta heated with the carbon of primeval forests, and lighted with the gaseous elements winch it con hues. The obelisk of the granite, and the colossal bronze which transmit to future ages the deads of the hero and the sage, are equ illy the.' re production of tha Earth's prolific womb; and from Ihe green bed of the ocean ha been rais ed tha pure and spotless marble, to mould the diving lineaments of beauty, and perpetuate the expressions of intellectual power. From a remoter age, and still greater depth, the primary and second iry rocks have yielded a rich tribute to the duplet of rank and to the pro cesses of art, The diamond and the sapphire. while they shine in the royal diadem, and in the imperial sceptre, are invaluable instru ments in the hands of the artixan; and the ruby and the topax, and the emerald and the Chrysoberyl, have been scattered from the jewel caskets of our Mother Earth, to pleise me eye, and to graUly the vanity of her chil dren. ' . THE TRUE MAN. Honor, in a merchant, is what valor it to a soldier or charity to a christian. Compared with tha merchant who etT'Cis insurauc ap od property already lost, or smujle goods. r gamble in stocks, tha beggar that hire a babe and blisters its body into sores, in-order to excite tha compassion and extort the charity of the benevolent, is an hmorable man. Tha man who (alls on tiling for an other, or less Tor more, or an interior lor a superior qu ility. tho' he may en'.r. a large item on tha 'Prolil tid; of hut earthly Ledgen yti fit th Boot -of Life, h will finl it ait tend on tha aids of Loss. I there a your. man ia this city who desire lo b enumerated in th moral rentiis, as a rascal subject for for that rascal kioy lora of which Hudson, tha railway kin-,' is th rascal sovereign What ars palaces and equipages, what though a man could cover a continent with hi title deed, or aa, ocean with his commerce, compared with conacious rectitude; wuh ' a (ace that earar urn pala.-' (ttexrf$ ,MPiyrhh botom that never th rob at the fear of exposure; j with a heart that might be tamed inside out,! and discover no stain of dtshonorr I a hare done no man a wrong! to have put your signa ture to 00 pacer to which the purest sngel in Heaven might have beea an attesting witness; to walk ana live, nntedueed, within arm's length of what is not your own, with nothing between your desire and its gratification but the visible law of rectitude this is to be a man; this is to be a child of God. He who cannot icsist temptation is not a man. PLEASANT SURPRISE. A young man, of eighteen or twenty, a Siu. dentin a tniversily, took a walk one day with the Professor, who was Commonly railed the Student's friend, such was his kindness to the young men whom it was his office to instruct. While ihe'y were now talking together and the Professor was seeking to lead the conver sation to grave subject, they saw a pair of o'd slioes lying in the path, which they sup posed belonged to a poor man who was at work in a field, and had nearly finished bis day' sworkj; C '..... .,. The young Student turned to the Professor sayinj: "Let us play the man a trick; we will hide his shoes and iron ejt oursrii-s behind thoie bushes, and watch lo see his perplexity when he cannot find diem." "My dear friend," answered die Psofessor, "we must never amuse ourselves at the ex pense of the poor. But you are rich, and you may give yourself much greater pleasure by moans of this poor huh. Put dollar in each shor, and then we will hide ourselves." The Student did so, and then placed him self with the Profcsor behind the bushes hard by, through which they could easily watch the Laborer, and see whatever wonder or joy he might express. 1 he poor man soon finished his work, and anJ came across the field to die path where he had lett Ins coat and shoes. Wh.le he put on the coat lie slipped one foot into one of his shoes; hut feeling something hard, he stooped down and, found the dollar. Aston isinent and wonder were seen upon his coun tenance; he gazed upon the dollar, turned a- round and looked again and again; then he looked around on all aides, but saw no one. Now he proceeded to put on the other shoe; but how ureal was his astonishment when lie found the other dollar! Hit feelings over came him; he fell upon his knees, looked up to Heaven, and tittered aloud a fervent th.iuks- gt ing, in which he spoke of his wife, sick and helpless.and his children without bread, whom his timely bounty from loins unknown hand would save Iroin ponstiing. The youth stood there deeply affected, and teirs filled his eyes. "iMqw, taid the Professor, "are jounot much better pleased than if you had played your intended trick?" "O, dearest sir, answered the youth "you have taught me a lesson now that I will never forget, I f.elnovr the truth of the words which I never before understood: 'It is better to give than to receive.'" We should neyer approach the poor but wtth-the-wish-to- dr Trrciit g-od. " -toVDIE-.'. DSPATMT-. HOME AND WOMEN. ' If there ever has been more touching and eloquent eulogium charms of home, and its -fetTW'W-aWfc' ii,'lhsin',hf';"9MtifIiiIwl h the following extract from the Christian bnquirer, it ha not been our good fortune to meet iu "Our hornet, what is their cornerstone but the virtue of woman, and on what does social well-being rest but oui boniest Must we not trace all other blessings of civilized life to the door of our privatotlweUinge! Ai nt otr hearth stones guarded bv the holy forms of con jugal, filial, and parental love, the corner stones of church and stale, morn eacrd than either, more necessary than both? Let cir temples crumble, and our academies decay, let every public edifice, our halls of justice, and our Capitols of state, be leveled with th 1 dust; but spare our homes. Lei no socialist invade them with his wild plans of community. Man did not invent, and.be cannot improve or ab rogate them. A private shelter to caver in two hearts dearer to each othr r than all in the world; high walls to exclude the profane eye of every human being; gcclusioa enough for children to feel that mother is a holy and pe culiar name this is home; aud hero is the birth-place of every virtuous impulse, of every sacred thought. Here the church and state must come for their origin and support. Oh, spare our homes! The love we experience there gives us our faith in an infinite goodness; the purity and disinterested tenderness of home is pur foretaste and earnest of a better world. In ihe relations there established and fostered, do we find through life the chief so lace and joy of existence. "What friends deserve the name compared with those whom a birth-right gave us? Otic mother is worth a thousand friends; one sister truer and dearer than twenty intimate compin iont. We whl have" " played on the same hearth, udd.ir the light of the tarns smile, who date hack to the same and season of innocence and hope, in whose veins blood, do we not find the years only anake more sacred and more important the lie that binds usf Cold ness may spring up. distance may separate, dif ferent tpheros may divide; but those who cm love anything, who continue to love at all. mutt find that the friend jvhom God himself f a'C are wholly unlike any we can choose or ourselves, and that the yearning for th-se is the strongest spark in our expiring affec tion." . MODESTY. Mid -sty, siys Addison, is net only an or- nam jut, but also a guard ofvirtue; it is kind of quick aa.l delicate feeling in the sou! which mike her shrink and withdraw herself from everything that baa danger in it. It ia eueh aa exquisite sensibility as warn her to shun the appearance o( everything which is hurt. fuh in th wl if you wish to banish md ty from tha world, aha carries away with her half of the virtue that t ia it I x modesty bas a vast in 11 uen ce over our actions, and i in many ease aa almost Cmce to virtue," r'-w";;'l I DO-OBJECT. " An English paper eonuiat thirteen objec tions givea by a young lady .for declio-ag a matelt the first twelve beinr the suitor children, and tht thirteenth the suitor bim- aeU. r-. ,:; ;. ( , 1 v;;: . A person who waa foal of retail t his dreams, pWrv-d in ihe presence ofthi 11 John Randolph, that be dreamed last night of Ace! 'That was very natural,' replied Ran dolph, 'for a person almost invariably dreams by night of what ia running in hit hemd oO Don't forget it, for it is a (act, that ninety-nine hundredths of all the finery with which the ladies decorate their persona, go for nothing, as far as husband-ditching is concerned. Think of that, (ugar-phtms! . 1 - SCOLDING TFcHlLDREN. I will tell you what good it doe to tcold at your children for doing what yon have told them not to do; just as much good aa 10 scold an unruly ox for jumping over the fence and eating the corn contrary to orders previously given to hitn. Children are governed by two motives; the hope of reward and the fear of unpleasant consequences. A stream of scold ing, from sun in sun, never yet had any other effect upon children than Ui render them whol ly regardless of what is said lo them. If you wish to make your children troublesome, scold them occasionally, If you wish to tntk&Thcm hart scotJ them "ft TMirWudeOr more frequently. If von wish lo ruin them, and have relinquished all hopes., of conquer ing them, scold continually and you will be sure to accomplish your object. To the Kditor of the Christian Sun. INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT. Dear Sir: If you should think the following remarks worthy of a place in j oirr paper', ! would be glad you y-wuld insert thcin. It is a subject which, al this time, is occupying die mind of a large portion of our people throughout the Slau1; and one which, I think," fully justifies the attempt of all its friends 10 accomplish The improvement of the internal condition of our State should occupy our clicif attention this tim. There it no subject which is like ly lo come before our next legislature, so im portant the broad basis of several admirable plans have been commenced, and are in a fair way of being partly executed and it it all important, that the spirit which has been a roused should not be suffered to abate before the grand work shall be completed. The prob ability is, that tome of the Charters granted last Legislature, will need some amendment, and others extended That being the case, it is all important that men of liberal views should lie selected to represent the several Coun'ie in the coming Legislature; men who will vote to benefit the State, and notdcinagognes, who be fore casting a vote will ask themselves, will voting oyt lose or gain me vote when I re turn, without any attempt on their part to ex plain lo their constituents the benefit or inju ry the Stale would eventually sustain. Every representative should be a man, who ft willing to take upon himselfany responsibiUthich he believes will benefit the State, if'uhoutVon. suiting his own popularity stall, if we should be represented by independent spirit! of thai kind, we need apprehend -no- danget of our success in making the Old North Stale what the can tin! ought to be. I expect there r re but few men in the State who feel a deeper inter ests than myself in seeing all tho plans In pro gress, effectually completed. But there it one,' in wbicd 4 mirtle-rrfcss I feel TUrtro than 1 dm in either of the others. Not that I believe, that it is of more importance, than tons others, but I believe, lli.it it will benefit a cer tain rise of our cttisms more than ciihrrrrf th? other plans I mean the farming interest of the country, adjacent to its location. I know, sir, it is very hard to diveat ourselves of tslf-in-terest, and that may influence my judgment, to some extent but I do think, thai to improve our Rivers hy locking and damming to at to obtain a Slack water navigation, will benefit the Farmer to, , a greater extent than any other plan in progress in our State Aud, si-, the best reason why thai kind of improvement should be adopted, where ever our alreamtare susceptible of il is the cheapest to construct, and the carriage is cheaper, after ititconstru'led, and it is also more durable. I am by no means condemning other kinds ol imp.-ore- ment nosir.Ia-na strenuon. advocate of H.,il H,,..l. Plank R.,il. .n.l 'i'.,.niu, nf every ditcription. We hav era my aections of . the Stale, where there 11 nolreaino!uflieienl inagnitute to carry out thi kind of improve ment. In these sections, Unlroads, Plank R'lads, and Turnpikes, should be constructed. But where we have lasting streams, that" will keep a Pond full of water (and it docs not re quire a large one,) the Slack water improve mnt is certainly the most durable, economical and useful. There is no carriage as cheap aa that of water; especially when steam can be applied. There will be an effort made at our next Legislature to extend Ihe Cape Fear and Deep River Improvement across the country to tlie Yadkin River the distance across by land from Deep Ri ve: to the Yadkin is about thir ty -one or two miles. This part of the im provement will be a Portage RiilRvad, with heavy T Iron rails; or a emal, if a feeder can be procured between the two Rivers of suffi cient height to lock d iwn to each of the Riv ers. After reaching tha Yadkin the slack wa ter system will be s,'ain resumed. Perhaps it will not be amiss to explain the nature of the pass.ige across this land route. What are termed Sectional Boats are eonstruced, in three tactiots, which are coupled lo jeuW in such way that they can be separated alpleas- ure and a Ij listed aram without any difficulty These boats ar Towed d wa an J up the Riv er by the steam boats on each of the Rivers and they are carried across on the Rail R)ad by an Engine stationed between the two riv ers for thtt purpose. The Rtils of this Rad j extend down into the w iter of sufficient depth for a Truck ear to run down on them under the Boat which it made to fit the boat. The Extra Euiiua ia then attached anJ the truck car with the Boat is taken across the land with out unloading and launched in the other River and it there attached to the steam floats on that River and taken ap or down, a th ease may be. .Several of these boats can be Tow ed at one lime by one Steam Boat carrying as much as U13 (team B ml ' This improvement is dsttigned to be extended ap th Ya-fkiu Kiverlo mikenorrMgn and lurttier, u mere w water ealfijieot to nil and keep filled a Pond Tht survey of this improvement, will be comm enced about tha fifteenth of May, by a competent Engineer, and report of the distance, the plan to be pursued, the obstacle to be over coma an " the cost uC the wrk (ubmilted 10 our next legislature. By that time it is coiifi- dently hoped and believed, by Um eootraeton of the work that the Improvera-nt, from Fay elteville to die He id of Smilie'a Falls will be eomplcto-waad if the summer and 111 should be lavorable, it may be finished to Haywood. The whole of die River is ander con tract. knd all the contractors are pushing the- work witn energy, I rota ! sy elteville to Hancock Mill Aad I think that it is only ncoeaeary to complete tliis portion of the work, to insure an amendment to the charter, or a new charter, to extend the iniprovemenlto WilkexhoriHigh. In fact, I expect to see this kind of Improve ment ramify itself throughout the whole of our Stale. The Haw River, the South Yad kin, the Catawba, and many other western Rivers, at well a our Eastern, are susceptible of being made navigable for steamboat of shad-1 low draught; and that which we have hereto fore looked upon as an ohatacle. is now discov ered to be an advantage in erecting our work. I allude to the quantity of stone found in our Rivers. The first enquiry our experienced Contractors mads when applying for Con tracts, was there plenty of stone in the Riverf and after being told there was plenty at all the dams, except two, thi made a difference- in prio nf fifty per cent asking fifty per cent more for erecting the dams and locks, where atone wat scarce. And 1 now look upon the ftn Tirtur Rivlrrsi iiritlvsntiprwhlcrrwr could not well dispense with. We shall need the whojc fof,jiuri-aaMfactcrjng purposes. In fart, the water power created will nearly aell for as much as the dams will cost. - 1 remain, Dear Sir, Your friend and humble Servant, 8. if. POLITICAL. NEW PAPER IN WASHINGTON. A large meetine of Southern member of both Houses of Congress was held al the Cap tol, on the 7th instant, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of ettahliahing a Journal in Washington, which ahull speak Southern sentiments, and reprosent Southern views, tie. An adilrpss wi presented hyrthe Hon. A. P. Butler, of S. C, and signed by the following gentlemen: .ViryW Thoe O. Pratt, Virginia R. M. T. Hunter, J. M. Mason, J. A. Seddow. Tha. H. Arerett, Paulus Powell, K. K. Meade, Alex. U. llulladay, Thos. S. Bocouk. II. A. dmundton, Jeremiah Morton. Aorta t'a "inn Willie P. Mungiim, T. L. Clingmsn, A. W. Venable, W. S. Ashe. Bimtk Carolina A. P. Butler, K. II. Klmore, Jnn. McQueen, Joseph A. Woodward, Daniel Wallace, Vim. F. Colcock, James L.Orr, Arinistead Uurt, Isaac E. Holmes. Georgia Jno. McP, Berrien, Wm. C. Dawaun, Joseph W. Jackson, Alex. II. Stephens, Robert Toombs. IL A. Haralson, Allen V. Owen. AlalximttJer' niiah Clemens, David Hubbard. V, W. Bow den, S. W. Inge, W. J. Alston, 8. W. Harris Jtfittu ' Jefferson Davis, W. S. Feathers ton, Jacob Tnonrpsow, A.O-. Brown, W.- JrloWillie, Louiei ana S, (J. Downs, Pierre Suula, II. ilarmaoeon. Emilc La Sere, tsaao K. Morse, atnbsistas So lon Horlittd, W. K. Sebastian, Wm. K. Johnson. lM-Volney S. Howard, D. 8.; Kaufman! Mieeouri D. K. Atchison, James 8. Green. Acniuci-y It. II. Stanton, Jamet L Johnson. :nrl- . U.irikina L. turner, Jamoa U. Thom as, Fred'k P. Stanton, C. If. Williams, J. O. Harris. Wiu Jackton Morton, . L. Yule, E. Carringtoa Csbell, The Address t directed lo tlie people of the Southern Slates, and after setting forth that nerro nrooerty to the alue of tl.AOO.OOO is in per il ffont the e-T-Bsiortr of the N ontrrdn mat me wnites are in uangcr 01 iiavior uic themselves, preeeethr to point out the mode iu which tins danger it to be averted. 1 lie first atcp proposed is that to which we have alluded: th "Maldi-h-rsnlv warre per al the (eat of Government, It complains that the whole country, the South as well as the North, take iu tone from tlie Northern press, end speak in the following terms of the press at the seat of Government: There is no papers! the seat of Government through which we can hear or be heard fairly and truly by tlie country. There is a paper here which niakesheabrdiuW of slavery it main and paramount end. . There are other papers here which make the maintenance of political partiea uieir supreme ana controlling object, but none which consider tlie preserva tion of sixteen hundred million of property, tin-quality and liberty of fourteen or fifteen l'te, the proteeuon 01 mowtit-e wan against African equality, a paramount over or even uJ tn m nntcnance of some poliucal or- gn"-u " - w!io is an object of interest, not beeauto he will certainly rule or pcrtupt ruin Uie Bourn, but chiefly for the reason llut he will possess and bestow offiee and spoils. Th South has a peculiar position, and ber important right and interests are objects of continual assault from the majority; and the party press, dopen- I ilunt tl .. nniknthat m onritv "tr il. niH.ns of living, will always be found laboring to ex cuse the assailants, and to paralise (II efforts at resistance, How is it now! The abolition party can alwaya be heard through its press at the seat of Government, but through what organ or press at Washington, can Southern men ciinmunicate wiltf-the world, -op-Tjyilh each other, upon their own peculiar intoresle. So far from writing or permuting any thing to be written, which 1 calculated to defend tlie right of the South, or state truly i ease, the paper here are engaged in lulling the South in to a false security, and in manufacturing there an artificial public senti nent, tunable for otn Presidential platform, though at the expense of any and every interest you mar possess no matter how dear or how vital and momentous. Thit tute of tiling result from- party obli gations, and a regard to party success. And they but subserve the ends of their establish meut, in consulting their owa interests and the advancement of the party to which they are pledged. You cannot look to them as senti nels over interests that are repugnant t the feelings of the majority of a self-sustaining party. In the Federal legislature, the South has somt voice and somi voter, but In the public press, aa il now stand t th teal of Govern ment, fhii North Tiaa a controlling influence. The pre of Ibr city take it tone from that of the North. Even enr Southsrn press is sub jected more or less to the (am 3 influence. Our public mm, yes, our BJUtneni men, owe uieir public (landing and reputation too often to the eommeadiuott aud praise 01 tne ortnera Press. Southern n?wtpap;rt repunuth itom their respective party, organ ia this city, and . aa . dutn repr -ilucsv , unconscious, donlrtless, iu mon iiisUiices, of tlie wrong they do, tlie Northern opinion In relation w public men and measure. How dingerou aoelt a state of things must be to the adelity of your repretsuuuves il la need lest to aayl . Iney are but men, and would be aawtae to aupposui they are beyond th reaek otempUliona whioh indueooe the reet of mankind. . j- , If (uccmsful thi will happea ta good tin to aileae tut abolition JmtUirr ia n tshingtoa LETTER FROM HON. WM. C. RIVES. I I he L fiarioitrvuie Sliirornlt pnDlianee tne 11 : l. r , . - n: . . r: I i following tetter from Mr. Rive to a friend in Albenurle; , Paria, March t7, 185(1. . ifo Dear Sin I cannot deeriba to yon the deep mortification and chagrin with which I read the accounts, brought by successive steamer, of the fratricidal contests now open ty waged in our Legislative Hall between brethren arrd rrpreoeatalives of a common country, and the levity with which that word ofevu omen, Ihtunion, is now echoed from mouth)to mnulh. - Many of nt. Indeed, foresaw aad predicted tliat intestine controversies of a most angry character would grow out or Uie war with Mexico, if thai war should terminate, as seemed most probable, ia any large acqui. inon or territory front our letb's neighbor. But I had certainly not expected to witness so soon the melancholy spectacle winch is now pressented of the National Legislature, as well a the public authorities of many of the Slates, coolly deliberatin upon the dis solution of the Union, which was sealed with the blood of ur fathers, and which waa des tined-, amvry''bn1v-d'-nd Ht- lnr WthetW proved, to be Ihe source ot unnumbered blee sings to their fosterityvr ' - r . As to Uie immediate occasion of this pain ful and unnatural exhibition, I will aay to you, without reserve, that nobody reprobate more heartily than I do tlie conduct of ihe agitator of the tnimot provieo, and of the hole politi cal movement' which is disguised under the spe StoMI.mm.r.JXML touum.., I ua - measure which they propose, t ia my numnia judg ment, under ihe circumstances in which it is presented, impressed with the worst feature of factious origin, ia intrinsically apposed to the just and equal spirit of our inaittutione and is moreover, without warrant in any sound interpretation of the tex of the cowtitututiood loei 11, inereiore, oe rrsiatra wnn ail me enenry of patriotism, and by all rightful meant which the Constitution itself sanction and supplies. These mean are aH-eufficient to defeat, and if pursued in a constitutional and toyai apirn, win lniaiuniy neieai iu J ne po sition which the lavltolding Slate should occupy is an impregnable one, by il simplicity aa well as self-evident justice. Jbiolute non intervention on ihe part of Congres should be our motto no If imef pratite, no Ugi tat ion vrhaievcr by Congrrn either- to pro hibit or to introduce slavery in the new Terri tories. Leave them to the natural and pon taheoua course of things, and to the people ho may (elite the country, Uia unimpaired liberty, when the time arrive, to establish a permanent government for themselves, to ex clude or permit slavery s to them may aeem good and as it will then be their unquestiona ble right freely to decide. ' If we go beyond this, and demand of Congress anyeetion what ever in aid of the establishment of slavery in any portion of tlie Trrritories in question, we abandon the treat principle of "P-i'nrn; Mi lton, which alone eonatitutea our atoty, and tlie mviooiblo jusuee-of mv-eae,i--:-. Virsinia is leoo-aphically, a she long was and mav'again be politically, the tent re of the Federal syatem, - The liberal and enlighten- ..... -n e'f.: . ea policy 01 ner irgiciator nas, ot isie years, been rapidly making her, what nature deslgn- eeV her to be, the tuorouhfare and rendezvout of our great and wutti swterhnod of 8tat M. Her great line of railway trom INorth to Etoutn nrl from Rest In West, already romnlotedor I in progress unuer tne nouio snu .munniccru provision recently made by ihe Uegistattire, were intended to be Uie avenues .of a great continental intercourse, both of travel and eommerea, between the rs molest sxlresses of sn empire extending from the Lakes to the Gulf of Mexics, and from the Adanlicto the Pacifle Ocean. Into what ridiculoua,bulost. Iv and ruinous abortions would they dwindle Sf V rtrinta. tnstead sjf oetng the thoroaeh tare and, in some sort, "the entrepot of tho Conti nent, enriched by the currents or a tree and unshackled intercourse pasting through her bosom, ia to become a border State, (landing on ihe edire of a divided eonfaderaoy, and lookinrout on Uie contiguous territory 01 foreign, and, possibly, hostile Stales, both to die North and the Watt for I hold it to be sbsolutsly certain that neither Maryland nor Kentucky can ever be draws into any scheme of dominion. ' ..t In exchange for theee and Uie other pre cious advantage of hsr position as the Central State of the Union, what has Virginia to gain by joining a Southern Confederacy" WUI aha hav any more eocurity for the legal rights of properly connected with tha in suuiunn of si. very, when the whole North (nd North-west will be throw a opea to fugitive tlive without eay obligaiiatt -whatever, and certainly without any disposition, to restore them, than sh now has while those Slates are bound by a Constitutional stipulation for their surrender! la regard to commerce, what trade have we, or - can we have, with the South, to be compared to our growing and valuable trade with the North, our future proline trade with the Wait, when our, great ne of railway communication are completed to the Ohio and Mississippi, and the frss and unrestricted trade BOW secured to ut by Uie Conttiiutioa with tha whole Union, the South itself -included. Il is easy to foresee, if the Union should aver be dissolved, (the suspicion itself is a species of (acrilege) end Southern eoflfcdejaey b form sd out of it ruins, tlmt the producuoa and commerce of Volton wmiiu be Uie treat material interest, the inexorable Juggernaut, lo which every ; thing elae would be aaenheed la the aew eontederaey, t ae planter and farmer of Virginia beat kno r new far they would be likely to profit by aa exclusive policy of that tort. We have totneumet beea told 01 uie au- vantactous treaties of commerce which th South, aaa separate con fed racy, would be a- ble to form with lutwts- powers, partieuiany England. Let Virginia beware. We can well conceive why England should grant a free admission to Cot too, tlien. raw material of, , by far, th largest branch of ber manufacture, and might even hold out, in prospective, Uie decep tive lure of a general free trade with a Southern Confederacy, ae a means of dividing the A- mertcsa Union, and. of securing th exclusive possession ol lb market of ooul hern ("tale Stale for tho consumption of bee manufac tures, . The Untied Kutte of America, a oue great coufedrrau-d empire, have grown into toe much eu-ewgth aad importance aot to make it the interest of ambitious foreign powers to 1 with complacency, and to encourage as br ae ther dare, an r scheme whiclw by dividing, would destroy ao formidable a rival. I'ut 11 may be aofoly fori toevery Amerxtan bosom to . . . .... .1 say whether a free eonstituuotwil I mon wuh our owa broth-en, ihtco-heusof our ajiUatval independence and glory, is, under any eircum-' , stances, to be surrendered lor a degrading eo b j 1 . ' lonial dependence uyoa a Ibietga power,' whose yoke our fathers spumed, ander what. ever name (uch a connection might be dia guieed. "... - - Among the measure proposed to the pew" pb o! Virginia which appear to BM to uar an "awful squinting to a dissolution of th L'-' niou, thongh probably not so intended, ia sVo reeommredauon to the several Cono rssioaol Districts to appoint delegate to a Conven tion to be held in Nashville for the purpose of Organising encerted action by the South' era Stale. 1 einrerely hope dial the good) sense and loyalty of the people of Virginia will withhold thei from any partldpatioa in the proceeding of auch a Convention. . Tho bad odour of a memorable example ia our hutory ia rull or warning; and 1 say, moreover, if the connection of Virginia with the Union ia Ia ho severed, let it he Anna Its. koie sss sovereign and independent act, Let Ut pea- pie M assembled ia solemn convention, dult aad regularly organised under the highest eaneuoo of the law, . to deliberate 00 tho g-rveW qaestluftr fhapi Wtfl - Vrr propounded to fallible human eouneiis. Ler the reverend fathers of th land tlie men of wisdom, of virtue and of experience be eHa en to decide the momentous issue, under a deep religious seose of the responsibility they owe to posterity aa well ae the preeeot gene ratio a. I hta mode or proeeedure ia ao macn wi more called for, a tlie name fatal stroke winch Virt-inr from the Union, would, Ian convinced, inevitably eever Virginia herself into , two disunctaod alien Stales. Let the ptoph of Virginia, tlien, I repeal, in their highest eora -reign capacity, acting by Uieir represent tivee stem bled in aolema eonventioo, decide thi " question, ao vitally aSeeting their own dee. tunes, for themsulret uncommitted aad-uiwaw -II ur need by the action of any body or bwdiee whatever. Be her decision, then, what II may be, it (halt command my Implicit obedience s and respect. AU my earthly tatereaia and nope an bound up . wttn ler a, ana 1 eex. no fortune eeparato from her' whether thai , of weal or woe W have been united iaour live, and "in our death we ahall not he di vided. . There ia one with, however, winrt I could humbly form, and thai ia, thai all my ' countrymen, to w batover State, tec lion or party Uiey may belong, eould view Uue Vital q tioa from foreign laud, with th quickened Amenta sympathies which suen a point ot voiw rarely fail to beget) and then they "rould pronounce with oue voice that every thing I t comparatively worthies and contemptible which (lands in In way or lb preeervauoa of mat rloriout union one mud indivUMt, . which ha( protected our liberty and indepotw denee, developed our prosperity and greatness, . ud made us what we have hitherto been, and ' but for the sinister elouda raised by the breath of civil discord, we (houhl at this moment. more Uian ever be, tha wonder, the admira. . tioa and the study of the world. - t remain, most truty, yoors, Y. C. RIYES. ' Tt ' , E- Aloemarle, Va. ' INDEPEN DEN CE A N D EQUALITY. Several years ago, at tlie commencement of di ati-lavery epidemic -which baa raeendy r ranged with suclt siolenos Ibrough ute Aoriu era n tales, we urged, as the most etlcctuai aet4ujra W -4eoo -which the wth eould adopt the preetic of seli" dependence for tho , wpply of its owa want. Wt regarded that " measure as id beet wnicn uia bouio eouio a . , dopt, and aa m itself, without reference to tha elavery question, a policy which the South, from a proper regard to it owa interest and character, ought to pursue, Ws looked upoa t . paper reeolutiona and , palrioue apeeciic aa , ..... mere ehulitione of empty vapour, in eomparie s.m with this wise and practiciil modr ) re dress, V held thai, for the purposes of rednaa. the iron of una railroad, is worth all the uaa ever manufactured, aad that the waters of f one esaal are worth mora to the South than rivers of abolition blood. Inflammatory speeches should be left to tads al school, and gun and , , trumpet to the youth who Can play soldier . without hurting ihemselve or any body else. The event which have occurred since w ( first euggeeted theee view, have but confirm ad ut in th inipreesion that Self-Dependent . tor the mppla of all tit twn vante. it tha. adept for th promotion of Ut righli aid . inttilutiont, r Our motto differs slightly front , that of Senator Butler. , Wt ny--JnUepeif - -denet as Equality.' If w cannot have in dependence in the Union, we cannot have t , out of iu If we are too indolent, too dustitutat , of practical wietlora, to enjoy the advanlogee' wltich we possess, while in tlie Union dcpc.id u, Uon )l that die dissolution of die national com. pact i not going to make us independent. , 1 . is not ia th power of law of goveruinent ter change character or to impart energy whnw there ia indolence. . We do eot believe the . South lark energy. Ther is ta abundanro , of it,,, if a sufficient motive eould bepertro- ', ed for it exercise. . It would be a melancholy , prospect for the South of ihia Union, po-ecso-ing die principal ataplua of the eoun'ry, aad , Messed with reourt of agricultural, mineral , manufacturing and ommerci.it wealth, wt equalled or approached by any other section " of the country prefer to depend upoa tlie cold , , and barren North for article of food, clothing, . siliieation. eomforl and dailv use. which liter ean produce themselves; if, what is ull more iameatalile, iney preiertouo 1111 even uoucr . the galling tling of the injustice and wrong which they and their institutioti daily eutrer , from fanitiaism lnthenon-laveholding State; if neither interort, self-respect, nor hame can f rouse them to exertion In their owa behalf; if j they choose to buy aa articla of an enemy -rather than raise it for tliemselves; iflhehaugh- ty South is ready to address her dcspoilcr "in a bondman' key," and : 4 ; "With bated breath and wbLsperinjhamulea--. ", R. tills t,. , . -. r aw sir, jw ep. "m " You spurn'4 " such a day; another time ' You oall'd me dog; and for the eottrai I'll lend you thus much bsodW; - - , if Ihe South is prepared for this, (which wa hf -no means believe, however,) ehe need not . leave th I'ubOO li Will be a vassal where- ' . ever she goes, and her assumption of ihe ' name of fnuV-pentlnee would be a crow a up on the brow of a slave, making ber as eon. lemplilde in her pretentions aa uwguijicaat y her impotence. " - j John C. CaJhoun, whoae prophetie v'wioa pierces far into the future, ft ireseee Uie di flU eultlei which must ever boe a emton of alavchotding and rHlriveli.ili.ling Ststes Bui with thsg-atot-pc.i,HT th une,a!Ut iL-"-"""" 1 - -! . . . r f-- m, -V v , .,..i , . ;