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in,,, m, mtutm flM"''..1.';11'?1'. 1. 1 H'-U X I'-' i - - i hi s--,jp n"- iai (niiT'rri - 0MN4' nn a ttd mm rr !ji 4I s'-ie .-r. i """ '' n v LWr- , I .. . , . ' t . .. ,v .... ... ... 7 , -. '. - MDTI CilOLISi p,wcrfl li l8ttllrttii awtl Hi pkpiira! rrmrtti, ttl Ul4 tf lit lim Hi ktm if in ffrttkm. tims lui.t; tail?;; " . ".. ..' r f-V w i RALEIGH, WEDNESDAY MORNING; MARCH, C 1853. NO. io. ( TERM.'. If stvUtly ra Vae,Mnsv ,, (I Mil sat llh ail wMkti Ual i lh IMF. - ADV aTISlVO. I 'R.wrt ( 1 Huss) rsl lassitls 81 i, same far issek saajnairsat iittcvtriiit i"- ; , u aba. w. !r.-fS.NX7' ... WORK FOR THE FARMER. Keep yoar plow irtkinK hrne rr As wrath r ioa ww twn under- alt refute and ftaUe waller, thai it may dacompAar, and , f laid MithnieDi la tlia aominr rmpa rf Corn nd Cotwn. . yot arra, and if ;w haa n rruUr aabaoil plow, lei vui lurninj plow ha followed in the aama furrow, by a hull Vxitfua, r ahonl pluw, drawn by , a aloul "Warn. Thia will Inoarn up (lie aubanil, pad 1 brinf inW'ooldrltion 1 portion of your land "j-lrir)lt tiarctolora naa not heen ailJle t i yow. ' The aid tyateni ni aurfaeai Krateliinf a titt aVpUi af ikraa or four inrhoa, man he aaarnikd. : No Uatar in the Strath akmilil 'pretend la plant a erap of Cant ar Cotton Sa laee Uian ten inchee of mellow and well maaarad eoil. Tr derm vfowinr ana war. '' akd mif word tar it rati will need no urging 'barrarier' s" 1 ' Manure abould be hauled out and diatribul- wd wacrtha frnand and plowed deeply under. Waaaw it aranly, ao thai all iIm planta nay be t M NUelher ap all traeh, weada, corn and i ulna atalka, iu., and turn iheaa nnder with ,lha plow. Haul Uaf mould fran Uw bollowa mtS M wnoda and mix it with barn-yard manure, helnre toh airead il on vour telda. ' Fill up f ulliea with logr, hruah, dte and run dilehee along your bill aidea to prerenl waah. Irtj. Ihrf plowing will alao be found bene- Hcial na hill aidea auhject to waalt. Bum up all refuee wood, lofa, eVe. j and aa re the aihea earefnlly fur yoar ontnmf etop of corn.. R air aid baildinga erect new onea look o- . ear your brai implemenla .tike food rare of yoar atork. awl keen all work animate in eoud . condition (or Ike bird labor Ihuy will hare to , aeenmplieli the coming aeaaoa. . , Commence ynnr farm onerationa thia year, with the determination to make larger cropa than heretofore to practice a more thorough eyewin of plantation and dbm' aiic eronomy i Is arjiil you reel rea oi all the lighta ol agricUI- laral erienca In tmpne your old worn-out ' fteldr and, by yoar enlightened and pereeier- iaff effrw m elerate the t oeatina of the Farm- e k ita rihtful noaition at the head of all ttber. prufeeeiooe. Xmlhtm Cultivattr., REMEDY FOK HMUT IN W H EAT. Meeara. t,aiiorr I navr aeen in your Wtouuuy j iuraii, me vwntvotor. ame inquiry . a tatha beet mrantor rent nmut in W ha t :, 1 bare, fat the laal eiyhl yrara, waehed mv wheat lu a trm aolutiun of common aall, .letting it acok about nfuson minniea in the ame: then uke l out and put a half cillon ' ut alaeked 'iina to the bnahel of wheat, atir it wefl and anw immediately, and 1 hare nerer Ttraai particle a-T amnt jniongmy wheal aince. I Uiarefure proiiouttne it a an re and amtvle ore rntatire aguiuat atnul. You ran pnWieh the above, ulioulil ) on think it ia worthy a place Ml your valuable yapcr. Voura, with high aieem, r . w. Mayo. Near La Orange, Trnn , ISSi. Hut hern Ctth'vatof. In all domeatic animala, the ekia, nr hide. forma Ane of the beat meana by whieh to aaiimata their fattening properliea. In the handling of ben, il the hide he found eon aad ailky to the touch, it afforde a proof of tMUmct to lake meal, i a iteaal having per fect touch will hae a thick leaee akin, foul ing, aa it were, a i a layer of aoft hi, yielding to t aiigntcat prexure, ana epnngmg back tnward the finnr like a niece of aoft leather. 8acb a akin will b uatially covered with an aliandanca at tofi. gloaay" hair, feeling like' a . bed of moae, and hence it ia ever termed a auey akin. Bui a thiek-eet, hard, short hair alwaya hamllee hard, and indieatea a hard feadef.iV. Y Fttmtrl. ;" ,, .s - ' DEEP TILLAGE. 'f 'Tha advantagea of deep tillage were atrik rfcig nemplified m portionaof New England, during the patt aeaeon. where a aeveredroughl paaaaiied. "The Ormnile Farmtr etalea thai the lelde tilled only In a depth of six or seven Jachra suffered eererrly, while onsbere.fide by aide, the crops did not feet the drought at an. I a one place waa a Held , of corn, af a yeflowih green, and with leavee rolled by 'fhrratl while ae pa rated only 'hy a single step, waa aaother portion at Icaat a loot taller, with a deep green, broad,-anil uncurled leaf. Yet . the aasDura waa the eame, the am) the same, ,nd the eulture lb una, On aakmr ia ex- j)lauition. he learned that thia waa tha reavlt .ftlta fcrat axpeninent ia sub-ami pis wing. h Fowls like Uier warm , southern jspsacJ .wnr" .,"ey " .."uoflii JKgeter,IQ Mia run nunng me miunie ol the day. FrortUe them auch - a place, and plenty of food, auch aa corn. -narler. Wheal, eob-mral, mixed with arald 'nf water or hot potatoes, with occasional TaVade of the fleak of young calvee, plucks of twsaaap. ana ooaatam aaeese to pure water. gra l,,4d aoner, yater sir man sheila and boaea. all bnikea finely, and ahay ' will yield .agga ia abuadanaa through ike -anld weather. t,a .- . ... :. ...V. J'Mft ' poTAToiirT7 Never buy potatoes that have been washed m.nj uu nu eipoaea to IhS open air. -Never peel them before boiling, aa a large twwvinnnf the auhvtance is itiualoal; but be .iaea hadingmaka an incision til around tlimngh rha) float, and another arose wsva a thia lUa , the steam to escape id makes the paialaas aaealy, it u is ai done and ilia skia doas aot Lajrack, they wUl be wasy, .m , ! '"" an exchange adds t ,. "There it niy one way, in noil potatoes, of which th mjjiriiy or people seems to be prifmindty I ignorant.' Have the water boiling before you put the potatoes Into ilf and after eookinf item suflieienltr poor th water ,.fT ' .,! .L 'low liiem to steam aUrnit fire minutes previ. . w wmmg p. ion ' wih - men Had ,.lnatw datieiouslyt enealy. Tha paaatoa ia a jCa vegebtuias bul see efiea saaat barbarioaa- v faaetl.wl;. w .. - .' OSAGE ORANUE HEDC , " near witness lo the Iruthfulnrra afl rue knowing account of the hedge of Frof. "laranr, Xackaooville, Illinois, aa ukea fiom Weetrtit papr. Xast June, While en t ie--"aaaBaha, aaemiay.'-WNrptaa paVt f i' ihy oit rat Tanaar piawiaiiaM woiieing 4w p,m in erery ilageof iia progreaa, and we com mend tba, facte I ihoae who want hedgea, m erery obaertrtng it would be nnrraaonable to aspect auch rapid growth m our anil aa In Ufa- now, wnnoui me lano ia maun uciier man or dinary. In thaleaae.nur long 9ummera might nuke tip for the deficiency in native a. ill. , Frof. Turner ia prepared to furuieh any quauttty of planta, either by the way of New Orleana ia Sarannah, or at Chattanooga, to any deeiguated eoneignee. The aeaeon ia now near at hand when planta ehnuld lie aet nut. 1,500 will plant more loan eight rocleol hedge, at one plant to the loot, .. Keniitlinrea can be made to him at liii own risk, per mail, and pay ju no caae required, if the planta do not reach heir dealiuatuin in an healthy atate ; - mn. Rtc. "We will apeak now of the hedgea. Mr. Torner'a home tot oi fifteao acre, ia enetoaed on all aidee with aa aaaga ararwe hedge. of il four veart old and all i f it tlirec. bl'be fence ouiaide of it baa 'not been removed I .l t .i ; yci, tnougn mere ia no neceaany oi iia re maining anr longer. Tor we do nt think any thing could paaa the hedgn. We examined earefnlly la fed a pbwe where a chicken ore rabbit eould crowd tlirigh, but could fied anna, and aa Atr any aainul forcing hie way through, ar jumping oner it, we mi not think any critter: would try it more Ihn once. . It ia all important in lite crowing of hrdg ea that the planta ahould be cut hark aeveral timee ao aa to procure a rliiae growth at lit Lbollom. for if thia ia not atuined at (irat, there ia nn remedy lor it afterwarda. only to cut il all down and let hatart up new from iheauimpe. We aaw enough to convince ua that thia plant, properly cultivated, wiN make a hedge ide aaata to turn all kinda of atork, and that it may bo kept in order with ao ea inordinary amount of labor. "Mr. Turner haa aeveral hundred Uuiuruid of thrifty pUnia in hia nuraery deigned for aetiing oui neai epring. anu nia arrangemenie for preserving and putting up are of ilie rerr oeat kma. Froai Ua Cotton Plant DIRECT TRADE SUCCESSFUL. "The eottau abrub, which eerenty jaara sga ws grown only ia gardsaa aa a curiosity, yields mi .t the United States aa amount of exjrtble pre due which ia a year ea ling with June, '60, amount 4 to seveat.twe millions or dollara, af which froas thirty to forty millions ware swar profit to the country. With its inc.eusd growth has sprung ap that asereantlle navy, which how wst it stripes aad surs aver even aa, and . that foreign influence, which haa placed the internal pasaa, we may aay tha subsistencs of millions, in every man- afaetactag eimntry in Karnpe, wilhin the powi-r of aa oitgarclty 0! plaatera ftocawoM r Mafamu. In fpiteof all opposition in the face of the hungry arm r of greedy Speculators io cotton in the leetli of ihreais - die great caese of tl'O planters redemption from eammerci il bondage goes on t direct trai ia gaini:ig grounjl.dily. The war ia now for result,- The th'Oru is admitted the principles en' doreed by the peulpc in every part of the Son h and West.. Alliance with the Ureal West by Railmade. : A wnliiionul Depot for Coat n to bresk down L'u monopoly ttf !,(" erpool. Direct ahipmenla by the planters avoiding all uaneaeary chargea, out of which the "middle men" reap golden hai vesta, and through which the grower loeea the profile of Hi a njir. ifireuf iiuourt-itruns- me nisn- ufacture of cotton into yams anq Coarse fib rice. Steamera to Europe. These are prin ciple and purposes which are mighty and must prevail, llilow ws give the annnounce mentef tins 6 rat step. We how tell those who hare worked openly and secretly against di ced trade, that thia great meaaore wilt have a tatr tr.al. A anai by parties not tnltrnltdm Vs fuilmrt, bul who have no interest in New Ymk nr Liverpool, and not being engaged in a profitable "present arrangement are quite indifferent In that "change" which ia ao dia- rnlereatedlv (?) dreaded by certain influences'. The gentleman who visits America, we hope, will bis wnabled tot ascertain that he muat ex pect to find no encouragement from those who aow daily ruck ear-life'e blood. He wiU be assured that amnrig the planters on their plantations when hs will witness their economy, and have personal associations with them, ie the Wy place where ha can gather proper wiormauou io gniue ine great iomna nf now intentlrd in this movement We can say to the friends of Direct Trade, that ao elTurl will be spared lo carry war part of the arrangement through. W e regard the lorm ation wf $ Contineaial Depot for Cotton as a Kind fact. 'Ills a settled commercial prin ciple and lecognixed as such by a powerfu1 Company in Europe. There will be kicks against il. - Look out fur your weather-cocks and prtltndtd friends. The , aueeiina hi bean narrowed dnwa an a mighty small point it the aetinw of the planters,' ''There can be no doubt," Writes our (riend In Europe, "of the practicability of your plan for a Con tinental Depot of Cotton. It would tend great ly ... la fix the price . of Couan, and would advanea tha consumption here. Bul while wa will do all ia not. power lo aid in this altar, we muat express the (ears we have, that your planters are too inconsistent and tna generally insolvent In be capable of any extensive or firm co-operation, aVc, dic ta reply to thai, we joined iesaa. ' The issue ia ap for hearing. . The narlies are at the bar A disinterested Judge come from Europe to ait. In judgment in behalf of tha eapiulirt and manufacturers of the Continent. What will bathe verdict f Where is the Memphis com mittee t Where ar lha influeaiial members of (he jlaltiinore Convention I ,The agent el one of the oldest commercial companies in Europe, soon visits the United Slates, for the express purpose of ascertaining by actual ub turtmtion whether or not lh Southern plan, mrs are willing and aWe to participate la thia commercial reform.. Lai every angina be pat lo work. IM tu llaalem avt In thuav sands find Kn of tbaasanda. at Msmpkia. Blackwood's Review say the world is at the mercy of sa oligarch- of Cotton Plant ers. Tha'oligarchy has bee a groaning under heavy hortims. that migarcny haa been but lately the butt of ridicule and tmarepra. aenlation in Englaud, That a'.igarchy of planters lioMa a fearful power a power which Cat) ehittcr the TnStitufion of England to raioms a power 1 which ' can ' surround the (imirkvwHh wealth' and mdependewre. n aUiaavoe i anrnly ia lias face 4 Europe aneghl wiiat that olwanthr hy a govern swat aot aver disposed to lor England or tu submit H bar 'comocreial power f he agent fre this i on his way, het lh flautars meet, v n hat will h the nswerf Afu-rall aur stniggtrsj af aJr ears of 'Vl!i'n1''m'1iiring about BiJi arganiiatisa, aaw tlurt 'art aeriaoety ea. pmachrd on the auhiect, shall we fail in the hour of action. Where ia the Pieaidrnl ol the Mama Cemventioaf Where the friends of that UMvemeatt This is kola part of it ihe result ufii, and U may inarelrs monilis be the glortous accomplishment of Ihe princi ples il sent forth. Those principles, were endorsed by the Legislatures of Alabama and Georgia. 1 hey stand at the head nf our Journal. They are the principles for which Ihe heorie De Bow ha labored through life. Shall they rxial merely in theory t Shall we still go on in our senseless bubbling about air lim a, and prospective, 'would beV and 'ought lo he's' and 'used lo he's when the preterit is at our command! We again eall on the planters lo uke tills matter up, rorm organisation. Let us hars light. Let ua meet I'ua agent and satisfy ourselves and ail iafy him. Let as no longer trust In (he inter a.ted advice of cur enemi-, or follow our Iriends lo he misinformed. The people ol AUharaa and FWida and Georgia, and South Carolina, anil Louiiana and Tennessee and Ark m a and Texa. araall interested in thia Cuut. We again eall on tha Memphis Cnn renli i to br'ng together the plantera from .'e- rv roitnn dislrict. We appeal to the press nf the Soalli. here is De Bow's Review f Let the ihunderrr of the Misriseippi vU; open hie batteries. There ia a batit lo be lought, and a principle lo be overcome, nr triumphant. Direct Trade will . triumph if (he planter will only be true to themselves. If ifter nil our protestations, we draw hark now, then there is no language to ex press lhat unmeasured contempt which will be snd might to be left for ua. It ie said that lha Cotton Planters cannot be relied on, even with all the principles involved at stake that they cannot be induced to leave the old track ; th-t ihe present commercial bondage of the South is her destiny ; that Liverpool will alwaya mlc the price o( collon i dial the middle men, ami ihe usurious interest snd ihe extravagant eharcee will always cat up the profile oi the grower, and that in spite of all organisation. and nolwilalanding the sad experience of the plsnters that thi y will not consistently en-op-eiate wiih any one fur their own benefit.--Ci t on Flanleraof the South, is this sot We do not believe it. The Baltimore Patriitl of Friday last give the following notice loueliing tha movement: "An Important INIoviuknt. I here nan he nn doubt, lhat the wealthiest and moat in fluential commercial nigamxaUon '0 Europe haa delcrmtned in send out n - agent whoae visit is for the purpose of ascertaining whether nr not the cotton grower of the Co'ithern 8taue ar ihsposed to ihrow off the Liver pool monopoly of cotton. The pnipoaiiian is nothing mors uor lues lhaa for this mam moth society, in conjunction vitd the planters of the cotton districts, to create a continental JtjMtl far cotton. The disposition nf a ft) private houses -to aid the direct aliipmcnt of few lliotuand hair of cotton, cou'd not be regard I aa a matter of much immediate eon. sequence, but the importance which attache 10 me movement whoa headed by the Com psny alludaJ to, eannot nil ia arrest public attention an t to produce decided mult. We have been ahowa tha correspondence, which ia twa fold. The first communication i from a distinguished foreign Minister on the part of hH UOi-ernincnt rdernng lo me rrcsideut of ttv Company nowenlismd, Thi Coinp ny writes aa auch to an official now In thia ounlry, (tating that they are disposed to car ry out ths plan proposed in a euntinenljl de pot for rouou. The psrtiea, nd the name, and lh country, wa re requested ' sot lo mention i aa io a mailer of such imporlsnee, invtdving, ton, auch immense counter-interest, the friend oftl.a movement hare their reasons for keeping the details to themselves. " ,- There is no Jouht thai a twwerful Eoro. pan vtrganitaiRTn for wade ie about making reaponsibl and definite propositions to -the planters for the establishment, by direct ship ment, oi a uepui in cotton on ins eouuuet to supply Ihe wants of the eonlinel. ..There is no misuk about thi. The evidence before us ia of ihe highest character. It ia intend ed that the agent visiting 'America shall iro- eeed to the planting districts, tee tha planters fo which paepnea they will as invited In meet at certain accessible point and ascer tain exactly what the disposition for direct shipments la the ability of lha planter to act the difficulties the opposition, if any, and every thing elae necessary for the inform-' anon of the company. Thi preliminary step M taken, a there have been two represents. lime mad in Europe f aaevtnat tha plantera are irmpnneibie aad nufispoec aoeo-nperale ; tit other, that they sa be relied oa. and ar? determined, if furniehed with facilities and responsible agencies, to mak direct aliip ment. The thing no doubt will be tried, and fairly tried,- ihe Company in Europe are very rnacn interested in it (tteen, and eve ry amy tfispoaed to lavor lha movement, If it ia carried out, and a depot for eo'lo es- uhliahed on the ronuaent, very important re sults muat follow. It i eonfidently believ ed by the continental power, that they will meet hearty eooprraUna from Ihe cotton in terest, whieh ia (uppoeed la be not over fond of Liverpool. W watch thi movement with mere!. ' On the aama suhjeet-rw publish from the Baliimore Republican and Argu of Sat urday i ...... "DtaacT Tad. Ws have beat shows a correspondence hy which It appear that an opulent goveniBienl through a powerful com mercial company haa determined to carry out at a poHri,, lli formation of a Continental Depot fur Cotton. The European ptrlie are fully equal to lit task snd an agent Ms lore yearsr of standing ind intelligence, t shout to visit America for the purpose efaarerMting for himself and the taturc guidance and satis taction of ih compsiiy, every thing in relation to Ihe disposition and ability of tt.a planter to nmr out thi rat anmaial ' Wi gmd of shiec ,taynerinae asswres a (hat lha pIsiMe are ripe fo il, aad lha morcsMat bus only b raiarilrd by ilm want of oran- r commercial organisation almost impo nie io iorm with aucii , Urge interest against any change in lha present ay stew of cotton trade.' ' Wi era. not a liberty to slat-' names f psrlieolar.' It t sufficient to ny that the European panic ar Interested trgaintt the present eyeten) snd in favor af th propoaad mv. i ley. have esriamly aH ihe aaroas and inlliieuec pecavy. It rsnuin lo be aeait bow, th plaalera will act. ' The interesla of tin f wnunenl, and lha Zol. Yr a i ar sappo 4. ha o-aperling. If carried oat it wnH he thi dealk Mow to Liverpool monopoly. Saeeaa to tha aunemenl. . nitfrrLLAKEom. GETTI A SUBSCRIBER. Tired aad fatigoml Cram a long day' ride. covered with lb duet w had gathered on a dry sandy road, we called el Suir tlobhs. to wet our mouths, real wur aoae ant: have s chat with the Squire. On our part, how ever, there was t disposition very toon to talk less snd dois more. This llobba, good nalured aoul, perceived by intuition and oon left u to Ihe (oil influence of na- Now, how long we slept needn't lell.r and our reader neciln know. It waan t long however, for th loud tilking in the Squire' oflice, no'n amused us, and we lis tened lo a conversation highly interesting to ua. It seemed that Joacum Gulie, Old Joe, a clever, enbes, -cloacnsled neighbor of the Squire's had called ia In talk about th crops, and matters and thing ia general. " Well, Sguire." aaid Mr. Gulie, "do yoa know where a fellow -cm buy a right smart chance of a nigger boy ihr limes V Kesllv. unde Joe, I don't know at this time. There was a sale in town Issl week of some six or eight at one lime. " There waa T" " Yea; and 1 gol a right likely negro boy eighteen yeara, old, for $1,50. My word for it, I wouldn't t(ke a thossand dollara for bitn to-day." " Just mv luck. Why, I never heard a word of it.' "Who told you, Squiref "O. you know I take the paper. I aaw lha sale advertised, and, a I had lo go to town any way, t went on lh day of sale, thinking, perhapa, I might bit s bargain, and I di 1 hit a bargain sure." "Well, I swear, ! hare got to have hand iomliit. .You ace, I have put i.i more than I have hands lo work Wlit'i got a hand lo hire any where shoal t" "You're too hard for me again, ancle Joe, the hiring season is over. About a. month ago all th negroes brlnoging to the estate of II, deceased, were let al auciioa ( and I'm told they went very. low." "The d I ! You don't aay. Why didn't yon tell me, squire r "I hardly know why. I aaw It advertieed in our paper, and I supposed everybody look that. Mor'n that, I didnt know yan .wanted In hire. Did yni know I have sold my Hnr den tract of land?" , " N indeed. . Who in!', - i " Why, lo a rich old fellow Irora Alabama. It wns day before yesterday , and I got lite "yalluw boys" cash Dp only tlx dollar per acre. He said thai he tame anros our papei "Alabama." II liked the dessnptim of the country ; aaw my wee bit of an adterliee menu and eame In aa about it Wa trak a trade in no time." ,. , , , . .. . "Jerusalem I Ami here I'v keen trying to sell a tract of land tor th last two years and couldn't gel a iloH-tr and a half an acta. It' better laud than ynurn Ion, and you know it Squire. Wall, what is 'lis andean! be tiser, but I reckon, Sqnire, I've beat yon on sugar. I bought, last week, two bur re la nl jgar al aix cent, whet) aver body els had to give seven cent. Beat that, h I" "Wi:h all ease, uncle Joe 1 bought mine attivecente. "No air I don't believ it. ' Now where!"- ay At Hi house of ,..W fc Co. I gol a rare bargain, -You e they advertised in th paper at cost, i Knew groceries wnuul go quica, ao i went in and bought year a aup ply. Their groeeriea ' were all sold before night. I didn I pay the ' money either, for they took my United Stale Land Warrant at $ I 50 per acre, . . . , "Now, Squire 1 lhat can'l be, for my tew- ,..1.1 m il. ; . i l ... -..n i i j ... , wi, , iijsi, w sou mj ianu warran,' "Very true, some lima aga ; bul the newa came lately ttl Ihe paper that Congres had maue mem aesignaoie. Well. tisn't fair t it' ratrally ! Whit right have these editors in get all tha newa and keep it to tbe-nselree I Ah 1 uncle Joe, yoa misunderstood it. Editors and printer . labor nigM and day lo gather the newa and give it to the people to matron tiietr reader to inlorm them of all In improvements of thi age. and ameliorate the condition of society. Their paper goee a bmad, recommending anr people and country to intereatsd and ialeiligent rmigraois. Can they labor ihue for nothing ! Should thev not be paid! I there a man who is not bea- efiued by t paper f Ia, , not very iubeeriber re paid four-fold for the pilanc of hia tuDscrlptton price I - onjp, cnjuirr i mop ngnt ir.er r I am going to take lha paper. I'll take eix, and send nea back to toy kinfolk in G corgis'' , "You nesdu'l f a aa for as llias here'e tha editor right in tha room. Here the panic ruahed in upon ua, where we were acting moat admirably person fast asleep. ' It is ermiign fof u to ay, thai sfter introduction, lha nam of Joteum Gulie waa entered upon our note book a a aubseriher paid ia advance. And now when lha par ttea alluded to ahall read thi, we hope they will parJoaua (for giving it tha public the auuansrsn wets urges oy in dquir, jitling us an elTcciullr in "Giting a Subscriber," Jlmerictfn arttzvn. . . - Jin trretmtMt Argument. llf yoa not, reader hesrd anon what argument. Jame Harper, the great bibliopole; of America, baa ed hia defence, when b wa waited upon hy a commute of lha tomato member nf hi church, for lit pwpoee af remonstrating with htm on the bjert of enro of hi ps euitar puntiriiion f I nay commenced by denouncing certain book from lha Uerper prea eiceeatiuriy Whrsad, and datrunen tat to the .of religioa and good morals. The woVthy publisher brggsd to kisnw what works ttf hi publication cam tinder Ih eetinrship. ' The ' Female eommittee named Bnlwer'' uftvels. 'yWcD." aidtli elder Harper. k"bere ia a r .numlwr of bwilogi ea, historical, .scieniiGe, literary., mid mis- aellaneou mallee. embraeing yge. iraveis e wfiwh are art aaek esoailanl quality that tleay mak amend for he evil pnhlicatiima roniptainea or nave you fexj any nr tlieset' "fill no" diet Itava, read 'none of thein.- -nell, bow bar ,yot ascertained .lb aril cJiararter, f .Bulwar'a work(.. Have yaa aean in formed W thiasMratr, or hr waa read tiem I" Thay. watst ihvyware weM poaUsd ap about Bulwer' writings ; Uiey had read every word of ffient. nd they wished to fcrlrrn wW h-pefa.sld ntpublUfrtn Mcti worta r'' J' " ' " ' " --- i Why, Hid Jame' harper, Id hi Ma. deal snd most pleasant tyle, - f,,r th gral- j Jetail of th prngree ol thi tntorprisa, ia or ificalioa of such Isdie yoa, who will read der to show our Fsyelieville and other friend nothing else.' "'ITiere waa precious little pare left for ny further argument, in the pan oi iie committee. We do aot know what report ihey made to Ihe aoeiety. bat Jame Harper rets ine a very high poeiuoa in the church of wliieti the couiroitir ware member. .' A lXTERKlt IMPROVEMENT., THE WILMINGTON it MANCHES TER RAIL ROAD. By no one ha the prog res of thi atei- prise been watched with mors anxiety and interest from its eomrnenremenl, than by ua. ri. . i.- . m . ,.. . .. , no ,n, icmi, ia hiiw, bos only aa tnia town, bnt lo ihe portion of ihe Slate through winch it run, in developing; resources of ag ricultural wealth by affording facilities to mar ket, presented considerations 61 no littl im portance to the philanthropiM and patriot.. la 1818. when only about t!390,0Ol wee subscribed in ti e eanilol stock, it was decided by more than two thirds of the stockholders to begin work. ' This was regarded by many aa a fool hardy adventure, and failure were predicted and ridiculed in every direction ex cept here and along til line, and eve her for a lime, with a few honorable exceptions. Hie final success wa a I moat despaired of. But an energy and deterrainatioa animated those who commenced, to lire forward, re lying a they did for the progress of events. then laintly dawning, lo guide them onward. In the winter of t848, ilia Legislature nf South Carolina, made a rtbscnpiian of WOO,- 000 in ihe etnek of ihe 8 C. R. R. Co., then t 03; conditioned la be paid whea the ram of780,V0 of capital stock wa euherrihed Irom other sources, to be pstd ia a th work progressed, . . , , .. The condition of litis subreripiion was af ter hard exertions, complied with, and in 1850 the legislature nf North Carolina subscribed s like sum in the a lock ol .tha W, it R, R. R, Co., then si 50. Neither of thee ume were immediately available, but (till tha work progressed, to be paid for j A tttck f the romuanu at par. , 1 be contractors in South Carolina, clinging ea with a ileicrminatioa not lo be bslTled by croaking or predkiion of de "eat. The Iowa of Wilmington sis came forward, tfter hard fought cimtests, and pnl up her aioo.wti tnd isaued her bond to pay tir tork inn which Ui Company jgrred t pay interest for a hfnn. Wnh these bond. and Ui aalci of lit S. C. H. R. slock, which had advanced, th Board ef, JJiructors dtler- mined .!( purchase fiOUO Jon .of Iron, and contract were made at 841 and 94t for Ihe lame, delivered in Charlcaloo and , Wilming ton. ., , . Mj The Company then came forward with their mortgage bouda, (th payment of slock not beSng ulnint to Jiwlily iatvi ilrct. or further pun-hnse of ! ran, as 'instalments were payalde every 80 daya) a pornoa of which ar- aot yet lealiaed. ; n.H" -By pulling ilieae bond m market to Ui at tool of fiou.OWl, with a fair exhibit nf ihe Companyls proapecif. publid confidence was secured and tu nclt sales reached within fraction, if tiol quite Sir to th lUOt a sale under die circumstances far belter than the average of new works, with as littl aa was then done. Th balance of tha Iron, 7100 tons, and 8 loeomaliv, ware scented by these bohda. which put the Company beyond ontingeney Tin saving in lhaaa transactions, oom pac ed with ihe present prices of iron, is sea reels lea than 8400,000, and ia th work, rasnpar ad with lha present prices nf labor, perhaps a i uo,uuti.. i hs hoard in war judgment haw applied the fund to the best advantage Inatead of expanding them aa costly ptmileaf the road, they have pushed forward th track from both termini and are ibu enahledJrom th income of th road to rvalis wmetliing to meet future demand. Th work across Ea gles' Hand i let, and will,, we learn, be com pleted by lal July., 4 ....... . ,', ;v, , Th whole of th cylinder hav arrived from the foundry for the Pee Ilea Bridge, and that work is in ethctcnl fiands. The .track Irom Ihe autera terminua i being pushed forward, with energy will and w are beginning lo feel and noon realix its effects, la tit o nginal aetimato, 10,000 barrel of naval More were put dnwa after lha road waa finished. This year it ia estimated to 50,000 barrel and 30.000,000 foot of lumber may , reach our market, lB . . . ., Th great epulhern mail ha been Mcued f.ir four yar tt Icaat, and our s:ern track will penetrato lha cotton regioa ia lima thia fall lo altraet il thither, a, lha eheapestnd quickeit outlet, Ih western end being delay ed hy whsl w eonceiv the suicidal policy of tin South Carolina Railroad in not deliver ingiron. : . .,- , , ,,; t M Sooner than w expected; sooner even than w now think, will ihe resources of region of limber and tn improving cotton re gion he in a few hour of as, and in view of it i liter any one who regret the invest ment msile.ilher hy themselves aa individ uals, or by lha eorporationt , The Iowa ia paid in the incrasd prtea. of il real aetutr lime. . , - v-:-. : . Tb Hoard of Director bar hid lit fore tight lo calculate coming events, and bare pto terilitie in water front ot 14 mile to accommodaia any amouut of trade. , , ,,- --a The reliable resource nf tha rompcry a mount now In npward nf 8400,000, and , we lean) that she estimate of the Knginser is thai (including 890,001) for ertmingencie,) 8IS0, 000 Will finish Ifi load with depot. 'rare, machinery aad rverf thing In uerful npa ralion, ' 1 " . v -' r Horn of these re source cannot tt One .he ielised part of lit (lock uhacriplinn ia yt due, and t pin is unpaid (wq regret lo say th greater portion in W dmmgton) and rather tbaa delay ih work lbs Board .ar ,anking arrangemsnu to aell 8200,000 3d mertgsire bonda, which, il to llioujlit, will eli for aeaa. l par, as th security new i at leaM AW, 000 for 3400,000. , W'belltcr they aucree or not the fond most be supplied, snd ths nrk go mm, Tljra i ao time (r .delay nil wa know. it. ? Upna, Wt th titd f South Can.lui get a.. dircua her, (and .kar h must eoms for a tint at a cheaper. le and wa fetfr ant ihe result. , . WiJi what hs besjn' dime, we must aay w an aot only contra 1, bat vwtw awrprmul. ll show whai eU-rtias, aad peraanwrane will do tor those who boneady and fearlessly grajipfe fr!lnWfficuiIfri.jt Bctetmitiatioa to mcreoni Uiern." ' '" ' ". " Wa hav baea that parwsuUr in giving! what may don when Mriously underuken. W will al another lima call attention to tli contemplated work of reaching lh coal mine and anc'cting our road with ll. Only forty' miles ire necessary to reach them from Fayetieville, and only fifty, if lhat, with grade of 6 (ice feet per mile to aooneei Fay etieville with th Manchester Road. Ten year ago thi might b considered a doubt ful project! now it l aa certain a that the ran wiH rise in ihe east to-morrow. There ia ton much wealth about n la atay there. wi know whaltacrilices and exertions enlo, and how they are repaid. Let our past histo ry be om aasursnc nf ths foture. H r will sfa aurpart, , By th charter nf th Wit. micglon and Manchester Rned, Ihey hav right to extend brauehea ia thi But in any direction ao that iheir capital be not increased over aa.ouo.wo. Thia branch leave a wide margin, and booka will be opened, we ven lure to aay, by th Company, aa soon a th necessary arrangements tnj eutiatir are bad, W bv ample room to aeromodaie thia trade. The Company hav quite room nmigh in hip it without ineraairtg th coat of nanuiing lb Our bar, tt i believed, will- recelv uch id from th rovemmenl aa to allow vessels of larger claa to enter, aad with tin link to coal field, yet brighter pros pacta loom up for our beloved State. w ho ol us may not yet live to e this mad Irom r ayetteville rxtend to Greenahorough, whtn h will reach th Central Road! Their charter give th right to do this. Wh may not yet itv ut are in extension into Tennes se open the ahoruist root t ihe aeabnard from Cincinnati and tit citic of III Great Vt eat! A direct lin would . bring us nearer to Ciurinnati and Louisville than my other seaport if w are not miataken. We have teen enough not to hearken to impossibilities, and w are nn of thoea who believe whea great work are boldly, sealouely and properly un- ueriaKen, , "Thsrs is Prastdeaa that shapa sor ends, t "Rangkksw tksatas waawy.", . . ;;-...,. ,.. s n in. Cam- C08T OP EXTENDING THE '" mtlDnin Kinf. N. C, -, The more w learn in cetstton to die great uaihilatof if lima, diatanen, . aad obstacw. to opening all , las best markets to our pra uurta, tha mors profound is ear atnnthmnt llial buig era tbi tha Uiundor of the ear ha not keek heard, apon aa entire Una of KailroarT, ftja).tl., i ennease to UrMl fort 1 labor. ; 'l'Ua aubjea i prolifio one, (nil w ean- aoi. wiihuut Japurting Iraaa a genaial aula we aiMn to observe, out to encumber our out umna with long editorials, present mora than on view nl Ulna atngl aruclaVT r wTi Tha eomparativaly trilling cost per mil. of extending the N. C. Railroad from it piO.MMd Laatorn termiua to Buaufort Har bour, ia auggesled, by looking al a carefully prep red esttmsto of lha averag aaat ' per mil of li lit Kailroaals u lha United States, What does thi reader .suppose that- ta, and what doe ha aappoas would be th (otapar lira coat per mil, for ; eaaatrueting ih At lantis Railroad I. By refaretMa to th extras! Irom i tabular Malement which we nubliwi ia another column, it can easily b aeen that th average oat of all the Railroad in this country ha bea 8J9.600 par miUv Now the higheat aalimato wa hav heard. of lb a oat per mils, of tha Atlantis Railroad haa not dd 810.000. many say 88.000. The estimate ar mad by Enginaere wha are antnpeteni to form aa opinion, l ake lb highest, and lit east, peg mil is only about Nf third tht verage aawt of Railroad ia lha United State. , , - - .,: If iheaa data are rorraeto approximate to th rail aula nl the Iscta, w pre sum it will al require auy wry. extensive r accurate informal ioa in regard to lii profitablenea of . Kailmadr to lead to tit oontlunon 'that Ih N. C. Railroad ought to be extended to Beau fort Harbour Mod person w think will reaaon in thi way. Wi.hin the laal twenty years nearly 14,000 mile of Railroad hare been constructed within the United Stales, at cost within a frariion, of 830,000 per mile. Thee road bar bees eorSited to no section of lit Union, to no particular locality. They hav been built North Swnlh East ind West They hav been bnilteveralt imaginable suf c .over plain snd hill, over and thrmigh moun tain, soraeeonnected with great thnroughfarrs and many entirely detached. Their construc tion haa rapidly multiplied within Ih laat ten anu especially within tli last ft v years And what prove, on would think, almost beyond cavil that the road mut pay, eith er in dividenda to Ih flockholders, or in ths increaed value of piopeny along th line of their eoncirnetlon, ii th pregnant bet, that ia full view of ' (hia immense Cost, th ptopl of iti United Htalea hav now in emira nf construction, beaide hther line in agitaiion, 10,418 mile more, nf Railroads. Can all classes of persona, Yankees, lion ierasnd ftoulharner, with th result of two ty years txnerienc befuri them, b so mis . ably deceived in their Calculation to lin proriiabtenea In one way, or. jnmlier, ol Railrltfldi,: to risk million upon millLm mar in an uncertain (peculation, if ao you atffm-R It! " 'l- v J ' . : But, here, w ihe'psonl of Eastern Cnro Una, are called apon to invest only mt 4 w WH)0m to th Mnt, in a work thai we era assured win aoM only on third of lbs sversg east of railmsd already built-4 work inat will .farm tha sjmm impanant fink ma great ehuia of inlernal improvemenhi that ia to hirni me sMauiIaisMtooar Sea beard work. that will apon the markets of the world to Ui Hails',- and it all Brohab.lily, of, tha rich valley of Ksotucky and 1'anne. - la this viw of ths (ubjectt da not enmaana era a. aWa Mgari Our inferasu and laud able Slate pride, all args M onward to take hold at Vtocc, aad say lha AtUutie Railroad hali be built 1NtwUm (mea, 9f -t .aaaaaaaatoasjsjsaBBBBasjsnsa California tJwiDLE. A Jelief to the New" York Tribtmt tlaied Huron, Ohio, Feb. lOtli, derelope nsvel mude of Swindling porsona who contemplate going to California, Ilsayai, . ,. .. . A rascally cbam of extortion haa lately come to light, praclised, aa I underjUintl, quite siiensively by certain wcU known persona ...l:. . ! - ,. . - t . :'. j. ... A wiiiwr nuntea, nowever, i at prenrrtt wr.lmulJ.1 ft ia tins A party of our honest young fann er and aaecbanic desire to gw to California, That sooly to aorne etnilent friend !' to as Stat them ill procuring their passage Uriel b tor starting from tloma, ao that they mty tb litua timi Uiey bar ta ojoura id tha city in an examination- of ita atiraetiona. The 'friend' assure them that ther (hall hav th iH-kl at New York priea, leto th rsqaimt 'eottimlsalon' ia atfrh rake, f hi partis agree to telegraph to New Yolk to k if tick ttckci can b . nurehaaed, and aa artier ia given to remit lha required numbs tnitanter. Now, three is an accomplice sin- ting at tit New York aad 'of th line wha telegraph back to th panic thai ticket can ha procured for certain lines, at auch and sock pries. Tha acheme work aa d ired. Thi voung men purchase th tickets, but team, up on mvmfal New York, that ticket aan fai pusrhiaed for thi Mm lin it frtm ityrw M eighty dollar left I "y-. FATAL STEP . ;:. ,!.. v Wa ha beca forniahed by th Comnaf with a mate menl of th death of II inn Jetja kin, who waa killed ii thi vicinity on thi night of th 8th inat,, by railing into a rock culvert an Ihe Rail Road. . The deceased wa a resktent of Iredell rntlnty. having lived for aom Km pair) near MC Mourn. Ha wa soon about the grog-thop In this plane, to a Ists hour on thst nigt, nd was douliil oat of lha line nf propriety When hi mad th ta tat step Into th eulr-rt, breaking hi necks and ii apposed causing instant death. owt. n area. ludicsous mistake. : A tofy i ibrtertt at Pari lhat, on it during lha lata enjourtt of th? par-emu Em peror at uempeign, wishing to amnse him elf, h sent for a well-known litre, Ma'am' tell Page, to visit ht Chilean. At the mo men! ah arrived. Ilia Emperor tJr InkrA ill and eonld not se her.' The awtl morniu the chamberlain nf the palace was announced in her parlor. ' : II expresaad to th fair lady thi regret ef the Emperor at not being bl ti pay his respects ia person, bit begged her It) accept, front Ilia 'Majesty, the pocket book which he held in hi hand. Hh look It, ind wa surprised to find in it bill to the amount of twenty five thousand franc, ' Such muni fioenca wa entirely without ckample. Shi murmured her thank, and wa in a few hour back at Pari. Hardly had ah left when a gentleman appointed Ut a -dinlumalit! mission, knocked l th Chamberlain' doon He had com to faxSetvt hi outfit, and hit hst instruction. -. The Chamberlain handed him hi oamrrt and a black pocket book. The minister open, ed it, and found" die enormous turn of fivi" hundred francs 1 1 Thi Wretched chamberlain had confounded the two pocket-book, ana) haa given the diplomat the wage of th light n'trlve. lie KM off an Sid de-Camp at onri m Pari, whn brouglu back thi following epi lie Irom M 11 fag I Mt Dear Chamberlain r When vnu wilt giv ma an assurance ever Ih Emperor' ig nstnrei, in at the 39.000 rranr.t Were not (ut me, I will refund lh.24,5U0 lo which yutf lay rliim. . . " ' " ,. I our, ever, , ; , ; Fn." Tlie poor man did not dare to acqttalnlHul. Majraty With his urelemne. and wa obllsw d to mak up ihe turn himself. " - Thi I a good ttoryt nd will of sours b dramatitcd. ITT Whito Bennett' Unit Bill steep Ik Congress, th new Bute are poshing aa thi grab y stem. J.itl wck Mr. Johnston' lluuv Bill wa passed graatinf Tuaaa Mlfe lion Of acre of pit hi io land to th But af Arkansa for internal improvement putpose. Wc r not awar that titer Democracy of Ar kanaaa hav any "Cnnatituiionul acruiile'' aguioal receiving itno mot than Cet' Douglas, and lha whole Western Democracy! th cxtrnl oi which i to take all th-y Raa gel, enrich llieir own Stale, and leav the Da. mncracy nf old Virginia to pf acb about "Con titutionat scruple ,nver thi "tiered fond,' to la, thi people of Virginia to the tune uf millions hecauae they stVn'i take their l-and money. Suppose ih old Commonwealth could get a grab of threa aiilliooa of acre nf lha public land about tit is time. Would n't it help her considerably, hy relieving lief ' people of Urgr (mount ol taxation t Would, n't it remiiaerat her to a great client for thi Impropriation liberally mad at , ne preaeHI session uf tho Legislature ! .Y at h could have this and more loo if ah were not denied It by th Democracy uf hef own State, The day iaovar when Virginia bsiraetloitnit Cai play tha part of ih dog in ih oiangrf over this land fund, . Th new State will hav U if Ihe old one won't, and the danger is, that before Virginia get over her Conetliuiinnal scruples and pious regard for thi (acred fund they will hav helped lltemselv; so bounti fully a to leav her nothing but a hott to (nw on, ; ,ri Jiieh. H'hig. ..Thi New York Commercial, ia aa articli oa official Euqaett and Precadenca, tells it reader what r th rule and regulation ubserved, ia lhat tonne x ioa, at Washington, "The represenbilivesof foreign gornmanuj are somewhat punotilltouaoa point ofetiniretie. aud -attach euhsideraUi im norm ace to tha fight of the drat visit, and to praeedrnci io . entering a room or beinf scaled at a table.- Wa believ lhat formerly Senator pf tha United Slates aa going to Washington for thi session, called upo th 1'reeiilont, mid Vic President, and ttter stopped, receiving the first call irom all others, including Jnd;i-r of ths Supreme luurt, labinit Jvliutrter, Foreign Rtraanlalives, ii die. The Judges At the Supmiu Court boir claim he first visit; and uucqui.nlly precedence of pi ice. for lha one necessarily implies the other anal Senators are aoderalood generally to waUa tha question in favor nf tha Juilc, though Mr. Cly ind tnma of th older Srn atom are said to hav resiatcd the a-iadesrioeu A , cotaeeuHin. of prcU-ic ha also b mad in favor of th 8waker of Ih Houa of Reprw (tiuiivea, on Ih ground thai ha i next to lit Vice I'resiileui in the lin ofu cession to the J'rexJertry in case of death, resignation, etc, Si thai the following would acorn to ba lliaord.-r of vlTieiul prsectJeney I 1. President 8. Vice President! 3. Speaker ol tha House ; 4. Judge of the Supieme Count 3, t'aliiiicl and foreign Minniers; 8. Houaa of Rrprcaenlafives. The Secretary of State, wo believe, take prcecdnnce nf for sign Ministers, whilst thoee .VI miners e'".n precttJerics ni' iha oilier nwiutiera ol tlie I'.j inet, hut wi are not aura llul ill jl.mu i aV lowed.'' 4
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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