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r,; : . , . -i,-. :JL 1JU2J llUl.tlll :V,1 W JljlTN PlftMt::,:. WiU J. tEHi, Editor SOWI CU(lLIXl-"NwfrfBl it littllrtlsil, moral at Ijnittl ntntm, Ike laid tf iir liniitf htmt f ar aWtltM. TEIISTuDolIan ii Idvinrt. VOL. XLIV. RALEIGH, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 23, .1853. NO. 13. TMim.-If pU strietly 4a srivas.. J vae rf,i.,ylrw " ta',-l? - AaVKSTIrtf f a.ar ( Has.) Irsilawthia ISIICEtTl'IlLy .; AirRtCULTUBAL 80IENCE. i Tbt art of Agriculture m not comprehend ed in the mere plowing tnii sowing tbt ground. l soneiats in a knowledge of tin requiraiuenis of th anil fuf lha Broducrina of a desired rrop. and the beet muds of eupplving any ameadineul rendered necessary by previous exhaustion, in addition toihe proper euitiv lion of Ui lead. How 10 wake a given piece nf (round yield tha largest rrop, Is a pr.ililem which, rhongh frequently puxziing lo the man icouling wy thing eatoring of n.K.k-lh;? "" '"". " thkt the fie.nc g.glorM the aame of a praciieal !r f-"mn Ju h'.M , nudt ita enlulion in the retelati.ma of,. A I KACIICAU rAUMLu. who. armi fanning, tarmcr, ocience. i nai nctenrs lias nrnue raiu:tiiv eoniribntiiwa lo ihc cause of Acriculiure, can- riotb aowenrnlty ronlforened. She ha. ilw Agnculli.rirt a k.v y whirl, lo wn- L-k iK. .T f .L.l. In hi ptirmiiland ao inaereaiible wilhoul her am. one naa lorceu troin ine earth ami in product the aecrel of the operatioita uf nature in the vegetable kingdom, and relieved il for; hia benefit. If any acquaintance wilh the muleric diarlmrd by btr, ia to be reached only through a 'labyrinth of knowledjie, alit liaa explored ita intri.nciea and furnislieda, U.np to guide her follower. Thai aome who j have act out in purauit of discovery , of lliel Imw of lutore iwlathur in the .uKie.'I if Air. t rieuliure. have fxileil in .-.unin .1,,. i,i ,.r their deairea. will not be denied. They f.,i- i ' he rPl1 "' l''vry. ids will) ed because they r..llowed fa'ae lighla ; or le. . " re"', h"t ""'Wigeni and scientific Urincr, coming weary ol the rugged path ( Trnth."Vr- E- V- i 'het" "r Michigan. The. rente and Science, turned aid into mors pleaaant ! w '", """I'1" rt wl" know" '' walk which led U. error. But Science ia ! mnM ,,v'r' "nl ""r""':"e c ferer would Truth ahe cannot err, though her f.rlhiw ;!n'ke,"" """"""" '"ward" recompei..n era may. ' Out the firmer who derircV lu 1 Hut lua Irtend. moved lor bim, and avail himaelf of the information a Horded hv a l'lan ha' lMen J,I,"1' lllc" ' pmba Science relative lo hi, eallmy. hv lheejeri i,'e I Wo nm" '"'W r"1,rl1 Wl11 m '" lh great of ordinary p uJence may guard agaii at hem - i f:"'',"r- ""' nuJ Mr. greallv deetiverf, or injuring hi properly. I " m- ""'"l'". ' 'n d. city and will There' ara many fii. U counee ed with the nil-' """WdiaK-ly present the uhj -cl. through ll.t tivatinn of land e-!tihlind bv S.-i-nce, and WT, ''' cmzen. of Cliica?o and the treiedhv aetunl eToerimenl for a aeries of S", Mr. Conedmi brings with l.i.n te.ii.no- year b. truly pra.ni.ul men. a knowledge of, woien woutti do iiigtuy valuable lo every Ctnner. The cautious farmer, who il Dot gjAfe.refajyk.j-.tJu'iltttC. b.jaDrj, inentilig, will find it greailf lo jiie aitran. lage In keep himself well acquainted with the progress of Agricultural Science, and avail himself U ills trials and repeated cxeriinmi made by oilier, and which have rosulied l.eii- cocially. Uui joatic to Kcu nee and Truth requires lhal every person who underiakes to repeal an experiment be has sw.-i described a navmg soecweueu, sn.juld zeroise a c ire that he d.ies it under exactly similar circum stances, otherwise he is not junliiiahlo, in Ins failing to sucened, to protiiuine.f the siatciuciil which induced him lo make the experiincni 'correct, and Science a humhiig For in stance: A Las a piece of ground whieft is unproductive S he ascertains all the coiutin'i enrsol therMp he wishes lo pnl in it. w fi the exception of I'.ttashi In. ingrodienl hail kx-en entirely sUtracted from hia soil H st once supplies his sod with the required PnUsb, and hia crop surpasses his expectations.' B also has a piece of ground which has become exhausted, and of course unfruitful. He ia informed lhal A attributes his improved crop to his having administered the Potash B at nee concludes lo try Ihc virtue of Book-farming (or once ( he applies Potash and (ails lo receive any benefit from., it he at once V sMtunee the folly and falsehood of Book-farming. It ia afterwards discovered by some oue better acquainted wilh the mibjecu that Pot ash ant the constitueut lhal B's field was de ficient in, but thai Phosphates, equally nece.- aary ingredients, were absent. In this esse A, before proceeding lo iinnrove his field, oh. luined the knowledge nenossary to enable him act adersundingly, and w is rewarded for hia pains. 11 proceeded blindly io his exie runenu and Uiea wishea Kcience Ij bear die reproach. Il would he an easy matter for every inlel ligenl farmer lo make himself acquaint al wi h all the constiluentaof the crops grown by him. and the nature ol earn, together with the pro- portion lo each -titer that they bear in the formation of the plant, as well as the propor tion to each olber'in which they are geuerally foetid in the soil. This would enable him the heller to hnsbsud and increase his stork of manure. This would leach hi.n hat ingre dient of hia manure heap were most valua ble lo him what most liable to escape, anil the best mode of preserving all unimpaired. He would soon discover, by little reading on the subject, and by the exercise of his own observation, lhal many nn article, before al lowed In the thrown on the public road aa use-, lese, contained Valuable b-rtilizing matter, much lequirud by hia land, and of vidua to him in preserving his barn-yard manure from escaping. He iniijhi not be ahlu to analyze hi soil an a to learn exactly the condition it waa in, but from hi knowledge of the differ ent proportions in which the 'constituents of crops were attracted from ih soil, and the proportioa in twl.irh they existed In K, he could form a moch better opinion of what era required lo restore hie exhausted land to fertility, md the cheapest mod of supplying the requisition, than if nut possessed of sum Information. - Our farmers, when urged in test, the cor rerinetrand alue of alleged improvements 1 reported in Ajriculinr.il works, often give as e season for declining, that they oherrved so snany emtradietory statement in those work and newspaper street from them, lhal they he BO confidence in Uiera ; thai thry pre fer die old bealeu r.Mjd. , Now, I would ask, what is tins old beaten d I It is eertaiuly a very crooked one, and one not very well defined. Ask any half dozen ol our farmers yew etsne lo meet with regard w the best mode af natting out any rwrtieulnr emn. and ah prubability i the views of Be iwe will agree. On svo ubjrui in Agricultural Cbemisuy 1 Cher a much eoofl cl of opinion between the proleseor of the Science, as there is among or fanner on many points connected wilh the cultivation of iheir farma. The in-tanc 1 be gtren.aboe of the differr-nl result of tbeeiperinsent. marl, by A and B, in the use af rotaeh ae fertilizer, aernoaia fur m. i Ibe exMlradirtory atatemeou alleged agaimu , tiyt - jj- ' ". HTf lo be yet, and the truth of which has been ii-3aMt Um,. .-...4.., s ..... , . .. .. -" - m'nn ii- nvu m roanj yrars; uwse facts our fcriolrs, aiu-f making tlimr.. lih llnlr detail, need not' aari incorporate mi rhnr fyalem of farming. Any farmer who will Kail hinuclf oi tha lighlliial Sirnc liu ilied and la (bedding, ft ill be well repaid for any trouble ami eanenae it m ij oerk.ion him. I.i 1 any one who Umibn ilie value of Agri' futiur il ('lirmiatry to I lie c iusc of Ajrii-ul-mre, look at the iaid horJtri-iiJ on (he Atl in tie, roust let him wiinema. a many hav, that impoverished and apparently tralneleaa land in a tew yeara rouirncu aliiuwl a u nv maaie into a flute ol protluriivvneaf, in many n.r Uneca .urpaaaing tli il of our moat highly prized f.irnin , let him couUMiiplale thia revo lution, efli'ded by a rourw .of jitiliciou cut liration, earned on uiidt'f the direction of aci- antifia men, in many ease without the aid of , IHI,T A FERTILIZER j , ' , , , . . .. tJ'"TT , '7 fC"1'Ur,l '"b, of 'Vw V "rk J4''' "I?11?, .rt '"T Ieeil on Ihe pc.wrr of all at a fertilizer. It waaueedin Knifland wvilh benefit, when it omI a guinea a bushel. This article costs a shilling in oar city now, and should he far more generally used than it i. The profess or had used salt largely, and to great advan- i tagc. II you have t loul corner in the field apply salt and you will soon iar il in a healthy condition. CUKE FOK THE POTATO UOT. It ia one of the great event of the day, if 1 "he cure of tlii aeriou iuaU.lv ha. been found. fro,n ,h fir" '"' ' Michigan ami among ttiem ere the names ol Hon. Ij-w- ! is Chsk, anil Hon. K. J. Fsiiiiimau. C'Aic- Rga 1 nbuiic, . ttb. 7. W!.A I'KV lL'l'' "t-acu are Htubbura . Tntox1.'' It is our purpose to libra in the hands nf itlie Southern people reliable facts, haeed Uuin , Cireftil ex unin .lion, in reirard U) the moral ! and social condition nf the laboring classes or I Kngland and the North. Not in defence of the South. We do not need il, but In enable each -intelligent citizen of the lure-holding Males to repel Ilie attacks nrivs made upon us by tile rJHirme.is ol Mm lluw aau old world It is pretty well known in literar, circles that the late rabid articles upon American slavery were wrilien on tliN side uf the water. Like wolves driven from the hunters camp, the an- ti-slavery men of tins counlry finding their views contradicted by stern facts, now seek the .hores of England to howl and gnash their teeth. Dm ia it impotent rage 1 U is enough fur ever Soui.Wn gentleman to know lhal a ay.trmalu- agitatiou ie on fool sgainst them. While these hypocritical faua tics ara hnapirfg abuse upon us, we do not know that we can do a greater favor, than lo repub'ish in etfjets the works ' of stsndard English authors ill relation to the crime and psuperisin nf Great Britain, and select from respectable journals end police reports the ev idetires of moral degradation of the white sUves of our own beloved ...wintry. A cou ple of letters signed "Hamilton," dated in i thisciiy(Vs!hiugton) for ihe(ie.irgia"Chron- icie A neniiuel, will give the readers of the 'Cotton Plant a forelasle of the horrors of a social sta'c, t'e very relaiion of which inskes as sick. We must apologize for what niay necessarily he alluded lo. 1 his is no time for false modesty. England and the North have made an issue wilh us an issue of mor- a! if A eandid world will learn the truth. The issue may go further. This wanton at tack upon rights, rumor and sensibilities, may lead to a combination of Southern Have holder." lhal wilt .how dial we not only hse power, hut iiitellijence and courage lo use that power against eiiein.es. We will say here, lhal our facts are obtain ed from English works, and not based upon rum'or, or the laving, of an unprincipled hi- mancer. I ne authority we give is beyond dispute. Il may not be amiss to give you a few acts in editorial form, at matters of par ticular lire est. In a work entitled "Tho Moral. Social and Religious condition of Ioswtch in the middle ,ot .lb Nineteenth Century : By John Clyde, Jr., vi e find a record ol lacts in connection with Ipswich which our readers will allow Ij be sufficiently degrading. We have in pro paralion tabular statistic of the crime and povertv of every district of Great Britain. On page 7 the writer says t - "Our iinp ession as lo the social condition of women in ih working classes of this low o is a melancholy one. Born into a region of poverty. Her very entrance is too often looked upon as an intrusion. The addition of anoth er momh -to share the scanty fare that daily graces (?) the table in the husible rot, waa by no mesne desired. As soon as site altainran age suflieienl, ahe inusf tak care of the young er members ol the family or, be sent to rosin trie streets who surunps, waier crease and vegetables ; and thus she is greatly prevented from receivinj the daily instruction which is necessary to train and develop her mental powers. This is evident from the feet thar, in ibe charily schools rrf the town, there are on It (!) H80 girl between fire and fifteen year il age, , the returns Irom tiie Kemuter ol M.irringes show, thai more than one fourth of the females married, in Ipswich are. tinder twenty-one years of age, and, what la worse; the degradation of lite maiden of tea precedes the conjugal onion, rviorelhsif one in twelve of the Number of birth are illegitimlte. Num ber of the poorest and most degraded if the woi king etas are living entirely regsrdlee ef Ih (aeetinn of marriage " ... f - Weeannotgnon. The picture shocks us. We rah only refer onr readers lo the ex rset which we w"il soon re-publish In the "Coitoo riant. 'The same writer on page 7 rays t ( ht SMinr- W 1 1 .ST I wig pt;B wn along Uia niwati ol use Snes e lo Ibenr knowledge of the very rodimsnts id any eda stamp upon ike .yiarruge itecisier yum g the tire year from 1813 to 184T (the Is test re- id TM acq ns i n led wit bar to 'atfcp. .. -roe. uirm in ha htaiamU If IS fnanalea were mar ried inlpawirh. and nn e. than 4 on! nf that nnmber were unable to write their own name.. Ag-iih, on lli page "J, the author inform ua i "Thai in all EwtlanJ.3l lo rich 100 men, and 49 lo each I ttO women tignrd the KegUler with their marka." Oh ! happy enlightened Britain In talk to ' ua ol ignorance ! I ha population or Ipswich is about 28.C00 ouls. We annex a table of the "No. of pan - per relieved," The reader must bear ill mind lhal lhi table is based upon that "pauperism' which is the boundary of starvation the vie. tlms of crime and diseaae. Tho table does not eren Include thesw ho earn a miserable pit - 1 1Hre ,y .bjewioil oefc hare not rHn Tor . the heart to publiah it. wwnj prrmimHuin. uth a table if we had ?V f ruivr rtfliev.n'Av'irjAv"'re IS37llJitqlJlaKuU j... i U 50 tior t our 4S fur in dnr furthtvrV 5C' J7? 777 7 T 530, Av'.rv X of out dNr poorn-li cjf.ir the 4. ijuurters I :ttJ iWt 3993 IwOfl ,2178 2161 MHiiUM 3531 Total 2337j 2fi7JS6 III; .11 1 TIWlTj U.'.tj Here are figures, taken Irotn published author ity which we recommend lo Ledy Sutherland and tiie London Press. Here we see in the flourih'ng town of Ipswich, near the "Metropolis"' thai 1 out ol every 7 of the in lialuisms were in the vesra 1818 and. 1850, 'paupers in the English acceptation of the term, which means irrfilrtmtiblr tier, p iverty ami erime. It has uit-e Ivtu recemly stated that in Mauches'er, the source i.f England's matinfarluring wealth, the average is I in 13. In regard in the juvenile delinquency nf Ipswich the author gives us farts, which would pierce the nearl Ml Ibe negro nurse on a plantation, where thank Heaven, our slaves have not ict been forced into a pauperiem which ohtaina bread by infanticide. 'The philanthropic Lord Asldy asked in Parliament on tins-very subject: , "Il ct.ililreii are allowed lo grow lip to misery, sijbii-.ex ..faun . Jim, beadle tit.ucaul, wretchedness and ill-uagc; if they are cut off from all opHiriuniliea of learning the truth of religion; il they hear no words of k.udne, eieiienc no sympathy; if home end it endearments are unknown In diem; nay more, if they are daily accustomed lo witness ex dilutions of cruelty, indecency and brutality, wnai ran ne expected but a raceol pauper and criminals! 1 ogive an idea of the "reward" which 'free labor." m Ipswteh, England, receives, the author ol tiie work before us sietee n "That over 1000 women snd girls are em ployed stichiug stays, earning s miserable nil. (suce Tor iheir subsistence. Many who see thus employed must work very hard to earn 2s. or is. 3d. per tore. For sttehing uif some stay they are allowed but J id. por pair: fur others 'id., jd. and 4d. "At night young girls snd women, driven by went, parade the streets snd lanes, proslitu ling theuiselves for bread. "I nave known, aay in author, "of in stances where mothers trained up their daugh ters lo vice to gain a subsistence." In the middle nf the lifl.h century, Lady Sutherland reads as lesson upon national morality, when in her aristocratic degree ahe ia standing in her own country upon a putrify- lug crust which barely separate her from such aa existence l crime and want, a w heielak from s standard English writer! We give a few extracts illustrative of Ihe in telligence and tastes of the multitude, over there where Uncle 'I om has found such sym pathy Speaking of corrupt literature, Mr. Olydusays: "The novels of this trashy and mandlnig Mass are bound up with a mixture of publics tions avowedly infidel In their character, ara formed into a circulating library, by the rolail traders of the town, whose charge for perusal is uue-half penny per nij III. From this lit-' erary "(Jin-Place', for the poor, our youth and our hall-informed, who are always ready In devour any thing false 'had, or ridiculous' (this accounts far Mr. Slowe's xuccrss) which may come within their seamy means, gel in itialed into a species ol intellectual dram-drinking, by Ihe adulterated and poisonous diction which they here obtain." 1 We have only apace left to give he follow ing description of et of the numerous nation al and humane amusements of the English poor, nod ss il appears nf the more rei(ocuMo. I After speaking nf "Badger Bailing," "Oof Fighting." Pugilistic" displays, See, Ac, we are furnished with the following; "Another irrational amusement, treading very closely upon the above described bsr- bsrua customs, ia the practice of Ratling. I hia piece or modern amusement is extraor dinary, and probably lo msnv anknown. We II therefore describe it. A large pit is con structed in the centre of a room or covered budding; and in that a number of rat previ nns'y collected are placed The company sit or sisnd on si. elevation alt srootid, so aa to command a good view, cd the place i brill iantly illuminated wilh gas, A dog ia put in to the pit and the owner of Ih animal that kills and mangles the largest number of rats in lh shortest space- nf jime, is declared the winner. Ilie number of rata is euimnonly fifty; but In some instances, wagers for Ihe dog lb kill eighty, and even an hundred sre made. In matehes, the owner loss to das id the choice of raisv or whnsw dog shall go in first g asd there ie a .a stem of weighing similar lo lhal adopted ia Morse-racing. If dog weigh ing 18 pounds i matched against one of It pounds lo win the slake, be must kilt five more than the smaller on in Ihe lime fixed; one rat for every pound deficiency to weight being allowed. Sometimes the rat have soot Irmd of liquid pnl cat them, to prevent the slog from whining ihe wager 'hi ante so strongly upon the pooc smmala mouth, ss almuM lo lag il be tors be has ball done hia work. I he sport," ,s they are in such high estimation. and are so frequently held, thai rat are at a premium! The farmer finding such a call for these des'rnrtivea, begin to require py mint from the catchers for the privilege ef bag- JtMfJKJiJr1'. Tha i w-tou valenr and even fashionable ehaiater of ihi really savage amusement, may be preitv . ac curately estimated from ilia following ajvert Ise'hTw'fiiclS'wi'Me ioairusTo)i ChronV icle,"of June latlr, lWi - eeeplltrt will ink .!- 'i I 1 Albert Inn, or) Monday neit. June lTiii. ia u ciw , i . prKurtv, ietween WWr. CreMweil dog Ni-Wnnj" Mr. Suiith's'iloii "Uilly," and Mr. Oarnliam'a dog -P pVn,' jCS each, a. fifty rata each. A good avpply of no inr nae. ' - - t would n'tt Inflict such revojting facts as those above related on the ai.ention ol Southern eentleu.eu, did we uot .believe thai . it is due to candor to expose Ulnae who are j defaming litem. We will heiealirr givi? fact, , in erg ird lo the' deliberate policy (' Kul,.iul relative to our inatitntion and our property. It may become our duly to point nut a re medy "i'ltirp and severe'," by which Mnglub jkucl in-iiien IwUtionysa vUJ lealu iImi ri , "i.trry i. ae evil u.ere isa ueai M comlorl nhu good in it they will find It out when ii out raged and swindled and abused people uf their "slave power" to strike their enemies in the most vulnerable point, i. c., their purse. The continental power, have never iiiterlcrred with ua and never u ill. It is tune thai our great staple hould bv taken vul of the eoniro) of those who bae so clearly evidenced their hosliliiy to ua and iheir tit-sire to ruin slave labor or supercede the m-cosuy fur cot ton. -, ' In regard lo the issue of ui.ualu , before we are dime, we w ill give the ruadeis of the "Cm ion I'lani" ample 'etidoncVof English and Northeru depravity. Even kern we could stop, fir the letters of "llamiflon" (rom the Chronicle &. Sentinel,' with lite facta above, show a moilunparalellrd degree of pmiperivii, depravny, ignorance. Want, crime and lice, wi.niu a aiouo a u.row ol me l.trilly mansions of those who would read us lessons about the Illinois of our anciul coiidiliun. (''tun jikml. Iftl'KHKAL I.-IHROVUNKMI'. TIIE DANVILLE 1UIL HOAD FUOJECT. We sre glad lo see thst every paper in the Suiie, except ihe Milton Clironn-le, (printed on tha border of Virginia.) oppose ll,e scheme of lapping I lie Uenlral Rail lined for the beu ef;l of Virginia. Even the G reeiistioru.tgli a.id Salem papers, which places might be sup. posed lo be interested in the scheme, are out sgainst ft. Their State pride revolts at It, intl their sun of juetic to lb 'Cn'mv afMl V6" t ie individual who ' have embarked three millions of dollars in the Central Rnad, is too strong io allow the revivsl of a work in pre. venl ihe eeccssity lor which waa one of the main objects of that investment We should regard il a breach of f uili, implieu at leaei, now to allow the construction of a Virginia, work which might have so injurious a bear ing on a North Carolina enterprise of such, magnitude and impor'anee as the "anrl - j' iN OTHER GREAT 0PEKATION1 w ---..--.... iiih Ait- nuviii a-tss was lllill, Messrs. Smith and Colby, the New York firm which look so large a portion of our Rail Road subscription, have pounced down upon Beaufort, N. C, and bought 721) acres of land on that magnificent harbor, wilh a view lo the location of the Eastein leriiiiiiHS of a Rail Rosd from this place, to eonnect with ti e Road lo the Coal Region. The News of Saturday last says, thai "the agent of lhal firm returned lo New hem on his way lo New York, on Thursday eveniug lasl and thai the object ol his tiaii (o I'eau fort was to select , proper terminus of a Rail Rosd from Favetlevillf, to run in nearly a direct line from that lownto Beaufort Harbour. We learn fur her, that the examination ol the baibour, ic, waa very satisfactory, and lhal the agent, soling under full authority from ihe Company, selected the paint Ui Ibe weal ward of Beaufort, and above ShepariTs pnin' known aa White Hall, owned for some time pam by lien. Henry Cutler, Proprietor of the Washington Hotel in Newhrrn. General Cutler's place, we understand, consisted of about liOO acrea of land with some improve ments. We learn further, thai the szeui hs i contracted wilh Uen. Culler for liiu purchase of sixili-trnihs of this place, designing it st the taslern ternn.ioii ol the Railroad sis ques. lion. The place wa purchased Sim- time since, by (ien. Cutler at a mere nominal price to what ita value will he, should this enter prise be carried in in t fTtieti arid be has now sold the six-tenths ol it, reserving iinoii thai very iinporunt advanlnges,lu a great advance on the original cost. The contract is comple ted, writings drawn, Ac. "In short, there is now little reason to doubt, that it is the intention of ihe ciimp.iny ia question to avail itself uf the very ions toa indefinite powers conf.-rrrd by our Lgis laUre at it last session tiixm ibe Fayeuetille and Western Railroad Company, to build s Railroad, commencing almost anywhere, hi terminating It a similar point, and subscribe si largely, to the nock a to secure the con struction of ih road. As Fsyetlerille is lo be connected bjr Railroad wilh the Coal Fields lo Ih North and West of lhu Town, the main object or the liuiiptaiy, (who are lugelv interest, we understand, in these Coal 6'aJ) i. in furnish a direct and certain means of putting their Coal into 'the best liarbbrin ihe State. What an opportunity will this offer not' only for getting ihe North Ceolins Coal lo Ihe best distant markets, but of sup plying Ilie eleam veoseb. wilh thai neurssary article on their routes, North and South, lo New Yoik and Charleston, New Orleans, ite.l It cannot be dcnieik that although ii ia a bold enterprise, and' one of immense mag nitude, ft is yet a promising one." ( fhe rsiher qaeruloes luee of the New, as us our Railroad charier is owing In the fact mat a direct line from Ihi plac lo Ubsafnrl will leave Newbern om Iwenly-fire miles io the left.) j This is truly a magnificent enterprise, not no account of the probable cost, for thai will be eomparsuvely email, for a Railroad of lit wile over a level country ; bet for the results In which it will lead,. ' Let any one look at the Map sod sort, thai from Beaufort, by Fay elteville, through the whale extent of Western North Carolina, through Tennessee, lo Mem phis, and thence J "i San Francisco, , on the Pacific, it direct line, and Iht ihorleil route that em be found to the ' Partfle from any "lul, HOtik f North Carotin. It la within S6 brnrrs of New York. i, A raiUeeel Hm(in m:qtoi1itiirWi followed; aa it eauloublcdly and epead.ly will be, by a- eotiUHuaiiiui weat, and by the !' ifie road, (wlucb wauled iaw otes to carry it through Congress ' at III late ses sien, aad wboee speedy construct en ie a fix- "Hatting Extraordinary. A ! cd fart'l ht inniKnni .i. i n ' . . . .. . "F" 1,1 .or.o nroiinai 11 ua reioice. l a we do moat heartily, limine day ia dawn- in upon her. Il ia I fit Dial aba ia to he in debted 10 lha eapiialiai t4 etlw . tState for moi of the work; but in that ahe is not unlike all other parte of the country. The linger of New York enterprise is fell from one end of the continent tu the other; and why not in Nonh ('srotinut It is some satisfaiinn lo ns in Fayelteville to know thai the game was atarted here ibo' bagged by others. l o Maj l'uiu-aii U. Mac Rae l l he. credit due of oriyinaung tlieaebeine of a R liirdatl lo the Coal Kegiun. of preparing the c'laner and priiruriiie ita na:me bv il.r legislature, and of sirugaling uiaufiiily io get the eiork uken. W'e nope 'the result w ill prove that -he has accomplished a great good in bis day and generation, for the ennimunity fur whose benefit Ins labors were exerted. j. fay. Obi. . TIIE STATE'S Dl ROTORS. In this section, where so deeo interest is , v , r- - - Uaken in Ilie progree nf the N. l Railroad, e hehr euni.nued eomplaints ol the sppoint tireiiis, recently made by life (iovernor and Council, of Directors on the pert of the Stale. For ourselves, we are sure we have no die position to find captious fault wilh any f Ouvrrnnr Koid's' olfieial acts; but the com plaint, in this case appear ao rational and just, Dial w csuaiot -choose but give thorn voice. The prime complaint ia, lhal the new Di rector have chosen SO lanrels from ibe "Young America" class of Ihe 'Democracy, who have very link' personal interest in lha Road, In ibe neglect of such men sa Oraves, Saumlrra, Hanlins, Coleman, Ellis. Nixon, Jones, Trollinger, snd a host of others, Dem ocrats hinli!icd with the interest of ihe Rosd, lossy nothing of lha Whig who took stuck and exerted themselves to the utmost, in the way both of influence and money, fiie the great enterprise. If it were possible, the liovernor ought not to kuow Whig or Demo crat in appoluiments of Ihie kind; but il ia impossible for hna lo be thus oblivious, ar.d "wa look for nothing elae from a Democratic i i.xecutivc than lor most ol hie appointments to be from his own party. We ilo not blame him for il. I he blame lire sgainst him for not appointing to the Directorship those who have boros llu hrdB and hesl f Ihe dny who struggled hard and risked large amount of their means; who have successfully bieasi. en ine storms gone by, and who will enn.inue to stand by the great work in all weather. The Stale is in for it now, and il really ap pears to ua lo be-ihe true policy for tho State to nave mas to manage the Koad who will be likely to establish il on ih best footing. The present Board of Directors wss sclent ed by ihe individual siockhnlderr, on account of Ihe e.rnnl.ey Meviion which they had msde for the road, and because they were men who felt the greatest solicitude fur its suc cess. After the next annual meeting of ihe sinriiiioiuers, (when, we learn, the Stale Di rector are to come in,) eight out of the pree ent twelve will of course retire. It would, therefore, have been competent fur the (iovernor m have sppliinsed com of ihe pres ent Board aa Directors a Ihe part of ihe Suite. Couhl he have found any belter m. let l ,1? By a d tiB-, he would ham sU 1 that in iheir past management Ibey hidre.iured the confidence of himself and of Hie con'fniu nity. By declining to appoint any of those who weru selected by the stockholders for Iheir devotion to lbs Road, ia there mil a rellee'.ion pi. inly implied lhal they have not done their duty in the Company, and iheSute? 1 Now, these suggestions may never have 1 entered Governor Reid's mind; still they are such as will nam ally arise in the minda'of men deep ly it.l -reeled in llw work. It cannot be plead ed lhal ii was the Coventor's business to care fnr the State exclusively, snd therefore ne cessary lo appoint ditinlernled mvn altogeth er; for. w repeal, in best caring for ih Road you beaiow the beat care for ilie Slate.- We have understood that the amendment to the charier, pasied al ill recent session ol Ilie Legislature, reuaire. all III Director to be bona fi It bidders ol stock. And we have i near.) it Mid that some hf the newly appoint ed Director own no stock in 1'ie road. Be aides. Ihey are inexperienced In such mat.er, snd, with few if any exception, hsve never shown to to the public either interest or de votion to the road,-at all event, they have not exhibited s tithe of tha interest, or made a lithe ol' the sacrifices, of the older ave, snd shier men over whose head they have beet V'e ilo nut know that all this grumblinel will do any good in the way of a remedy f. the error but ii will give voice to the honest sentiments af numerous eilixen. and aaTor) Ihe .stisfaetion of having our "protest entered upon the 'furiial. Orient. Put, A NORTH CAROLINA COPPER I n Ihe commercial and money article of the New York Herald, for February SJd, w find ine imiowing paassges: "The Nujtli Carmlina Cooper Company will sell at suction, on in 1st of Msrrh prox imo, one hundred (I "111 ton or copper ore, already received from iheir mines. . Ths af fur nf $lS t per Ion, cash, frrim Ih nsoager of an extenaivc amalling estshlishment in this immediate vicinity, has been refused. , This company has been in operation only a few weeks, and upwards of two hundred Inn nf very rich copper hvr already been hmught to market. . This I far is) advance of die Po innate and anveral other companies which hare been a much longer lima in operation. and shows good management. esc "I is only hy working mines upon scientific principle that ws ran expect ' any actual re. suits.. Tslking about oxides, sulphurirts ore. vein, shafts, adit, die., Ve., in Wall treet. till dourasdsy, will nut makst a m.n produe ivei ,. It requires long aad steady labor, great ee.momy ia managamesrl and expenditure, and wilful a good vein or rich ore, lo make a mine profitable. The great Northern Lead Comoa- ny and lha North Carolina Copper Company nave got) lo work M Uia right way. They have devoted all their eaergie to ihe extrae- il'n nf. ore from the ear'ht and in eeek Cass Ihe result is likely to he most (titisfactory to l!ine Interested. There i no exaggeration aboul the Value of either. The erent North- crnLead Comnany have been entjrely engaged! learn engui, Crosltuig msrhioes, ate., in sinking efiafts, and in running levels; and in a few k will l)Srr lerg jjwtiiy nf lead in mis mar net, which will readily erniiaand 180 anl ti6S per Ion. Th North Caroli' na Copper Company have received upwards of 200 inns ol ore, and a we laid before, will ell si section on the first uSy qf March, 10 tons which will readily command vISO a i'0 -per Ion. There is no deception about this. "This! practically demonstrating the re. imnreeaiaf the mine, end making It productive fenm ihe dart. It i lime that -the public should understand which com panic are form ed of cliques of specuralore. and which sre formed of individuals,' who intend lo pursue mining aponcrirrect principles." We rake il fin- granted, (hat the copper ore here noticed is from .he Fenirrs Mine in C.tilford cminf) , owned and wronghtby Stilh, Cammanet Co. The stienlion attracted lo Nonh CjinJ.tj euppss- w-itepreir crimrtirr eial man of the nation, will not b of the ephe meral character, of many of the "anemia lion" which engage the mind of resoVse men.' Copper mining will be a legitimate ob ject of enterprise and capital as permanent urttl quite aa p.nlitsble, if not more so, a any of the great mining interest of Western Ndrih Carolina. We understand lhal Ih mine open ed in thia county becomes richer as rb work mfii go down. Between Ihe different tunnet or slopes cut in ihe vein there is aw aeteri tained lo he copper ore sufficient lo bring irt market one million nf dollars. This Sounds like sn ssmnishl'ig yield, ami we should si mnlt hesiiate to mention ii, were il not for re liable assurance, of Ihe correctness of the es timate. And yet, at the bottom of the lad and deepest shall ihe vein ta Ihe thickest and richest! promising a remuneration tn the en terprise and labor valuable beyond precedent in in the aiinuls or mining In this connlrr. fJrrtnt. Pal. From Ms Vilminjlon CmmtnM. ' ""RAILROAD TO THE NINES. Al a meeting rf (It citizens, 'held at the Court Honae, Wednesday night. March 0th, in pursuance of a eall from the Magistrate af IMI.ce, lor ih purpose el obtaining a full ex piessirfn of opinion apnn the propriety of build ing Railroad from W'ilminctoBj to Fsy.lie- vllle, ennneetmg with the rayeueville and Western Railroad. r ''' - On motion of Win, C. Ilowsrd, Esq., Dr. P. I. Hill wa called lo the chair, and T. Burr, Jr., and Donald McRae were appointed See rerariea.' " ' y " t io,: f TheChnrrrnerre-rpliTmeil- ihvr-erbjeet'fif -hr meeting in a few brier rHirtarks, after which the auhjeci waa ably discussed by Messrs. R, Strange, R. II.- Cowan, H. lo Holmes, P. J. Hill and O. O, Psraley. -' c i Upon notion of H. L. Iloline, Esq , It wa - i'-i'i ' ..!. . RttohtJ, That ths CkstrmaB appoint a smsailt tes of gsntlasaMi tc atlsws the K. K. saeMlsux mi f.ysu.vio. sa ths UU laslant., to set ia Coaeert wild ths sossaiittcas Bpeoinesd by Ih W. H. aad W. m. J lw K. Coawpoato. . , , , , . Whereupon. K. II. Cowan and II. Null, Esqrs., were appointed (aid eimmiMee, with the power of pHtnltng subslituies. On mo, lion, lit ebairinso, (Dr. 1-J. llill.) waa ad. ded to Ihe committees - . . . Oh inoniioii of Dr F. J. Hill, it was , . HrmtA, That it Is Ibe daty ef the Omen I Gov. onuMnt of ths I'ailsd Uutae to laiprav ths sa- traoe Into lbs Caps f car Biv.s, aad wiiils ws leak with sentidsnos to Ciugrss for ths seeampllsfaRisnt or this Important work, yst, tr IB tills t.snest w should meet with disappointment, Iks ettissns f ths towa ef W ilssl.gloa k.v ih sbfliry mn4 ancA U UutMrprut anil liberality to put it ruvth; and w pieuga surseivw u sack (titer that ths iuipruvs aient tkaii b mtulr, aocairdiiig lo th. abma and aps ciflcsll.ius of ths lata soaat aurvsy. . On motion of 0, C, parsley, Esq., it wa J?iu.W,:Tht ths eeeiniltss be lostraetad to coufsr with tbs President aad Direct ,r ef tbs Cape Fear Kavigatlon Company, tod arcs on tbsni tbs .ksulut. BKMily of furthsr ImBroviug th NaT. Igatioa bvtwssB lb towns ef Wiuaiagtea aad Fay- siterills,..,, ... ,- , y ,..,-, On motion of R. Cnwsn, Esq., il wa . Rtwlml, That It Is exncdlent te saakc BsWinsx. ton with tbs Coal Minss of Moors aad i.'liatlism by IUllrol. aad tltat th speinal ehjsotof tbeeeaiialt tss appointed bj this tussling bs ta tasks provis ion fur such eonnsxion. On Motion ofO. (1. JParsley, Eq., H wa Assolrtd, That a ataudiaxt sommittes of fiss clti- sen of tit t w.io of n'ilnit.igtoa bsappoiated by ths hslrisisB, at bis Ulsur. whoas duty It shall b t sollset all Infmalioa ralallvs te tbs rmetleabllity ,1 ths imprsssuisil of our Hirer -sad Bar, tads- psisnlof lbs aetiaa af tks Uoaoral Oovoraaasat ana uim ui.jr susJI est l s ssseuug sr III sitliSBS at any time thsy at.y think prupar. (In moti'iii, no oth.r bmlnsss apnesrlng, th Biseunj; aajoarace. - w. 4. HILL, ware T. ilisa. It , . -. 1 ,! I), MaraKas, Our Soullieni friends aeem to be quite a ware of the fact that an and can sometimes be sccompl.shsd in more ways thsn the di red one, ss is illusirsled by Ihe instance we now publish. In the ' Legislators of Tela. the proposition to which lb follow ing report reiers ws eneeiuaiiy pi.t wt rest hy the laugh created by lhiyi sf etprit, and le any of our readers should, I mm tie extravagance, ba led io aoutrt Ml intlrentmity, we stats to thsm that it is ex'tr acted from the 47ih page of ih l.sws and Journal of ths Legislature of l ex as ef the list session. ' i i- Mr. Merrim.n aiade ths following report! 7 ihi President of Iht Senaet '' The iudiciarv committee, to whom wis re ferred the resofulion rcjuiriugsalj eti'miniltee lo investigate ihe expediency of repealing all hws for llis collection of debts hcre-ifter eon- tractad in Una Stale, and to report the result of Iheir investigation loth Senate, have had th eaine under eouaideraliou, and find the subject ins Iter thereof very, subiile. exceed ingly meuphsicsl and troublesome of solution., Ths brief lime given your cuiiniUee, at thia law period of I lie session, to invesUgate the quesiion, amounts lo a prohibition of demon strative conclusions, uulesa, a oar chairman beautifully expressed himself, each member of the cnmmiitee could save all hi ihoughia al dinner, and dream al night, upon the sub ject and string litem upon a stick ; a a boy siring cat-Hsu, and present them, la a pile to ine oonaie. . Difficult aa ths task ba been your eoro millec have en.leavsred In dive beneath the aubmar'ne depths,, and soar above the he iv- ea-ki.sing bright, of the - at prublcui con tained m ibe resolution. . They havsendesv- ored to ex tract the intumesceiii elllorecceoee of th resoliiiipn, and hy arirsisu thought, t strike th fountain of rejuvenescence eru- oowe ?!ky!Li h Uia luMou aylUiuin i lwaml. ,;.f ifielauiiuirs of di resolution had been encumbered by the amendment, ihe. bokI lhal woidd have esjesillrd to tiie-Slats from Wwmprebetid- insj ua provisions wouiu nav Ocra apparent o all. A heavy end onerous debt which has auached Itself to individuals by diver wsyt and means connected with Ibe fell of cotton and the rise ef pntly, would hit been wip ed out by sn artistic act ol a single seel ion, and the elevated head of depressed snd down trodden deh or would have turned ti the capital, and blessed the framer of the rev olution that called firth a law to bsrst Iheir hackle. - Ala I for human g.rnd, tti amend menl cut off ihi frill i (ol source of enquiry, sod sends ysmr committee afliiaf on a sea of iiieereiiude, with nniried peril booming to in Ibe disxariee, without a chart to ditinguib lb channel from the rock nd qnicksanda the earlier, and perhspe the only law Basks' gN to ihe one ked for by . th resolution, Wal'trtacfe'iriiv Captain Moses, aaorlol anil' itarv jnsiice of th peace and law-maker for a people culled Isracliiie, who had borrowed and otherwise obtained, from a people called' Egvpttans, a large siomint of jewelry on a crediii and by virtue of ihi law, they never did pay for it, al will ba sees by aeveiat ras es tried where thia law wa given in id nee nnder the geueral issue, and susmnrd by the court. Your committee found ihi law and the decision ander it, in th .first volusa at Moms' Kemrta, printed a lew year prior W .the revolution of Texas, end tn which they refer the Seesio for furiher psrliculsrs, ' " - 1 In pressing tha enquiry to aarerlain tha r roll of uch a lew on lha fulnr destinies oi , Texas; yor enm.nilie hava gone chronolog ically beck to ilea time whea A dsn and Ee f.wmcd a eota-tneraliip ia the fruit trade, and Cain and Abel were only shirt tail boy ran ningal large ia the garden of Eden, Tha' few remaining record of. the lime show, vie clusively. lhal no law then existed W an fore the ollertioa) of debts, and lha people were hugely h.ppy. Before tha battle of Saa Jacmto, tiivre exwled a Republic sailed Sparta, where lha eollselmn, of debt could -not be enforced by tha courts, although mon-, ey wa plenty but difficult ta make (mall change, except at lha blickamith'i. If, ia the opinion of the Senate, ao evil exists lo tha frequent enforcement of laws for the eollee lion of debus, then by adopting tin Spartan coin and standard of value or tha pigeon roost currency now afloat, and making ita legal lender, th same result will be obtained thai would follow the repeal of Ihe lawa named in the resolution. Such are lha Inves tigations of your eommiitee.which they have Instructed rne to report back lo ill SenalS " lor their consideration, ,r;.- .,1 ?.ip. 11, MERRIMAN, . pe of th Com. THE CALORIC ENGINE IN FRANCE. . Mr. Leon Foucalt, ths cslebealed discov. erer of the apparatus which exhibit th mo lion of ih earth, ha published, in the Jours nal de Debate long article spun Erricason's Hot Air Enginej-in which he reeogniae fully ss possible th superiority over slesro, which oapi Erricsson and hi friends claim for the new motor. Tha great feature of lha invention bs considers lo bs Ihe Regenerator and say that though Ihe machine may not at once become , Ih rival of steam ia point of power and speed, there will still b noth ing lo deduct fiom the admiration he express, ss for, the beauty of tin conception, and fur ths genius of the celebrated Swedish engi nser. u Willi regard to the many persons m France who claim lo have invented Hot Air Engines, M., Funcslt observes that Bona of them evsr thought of the Regenerator, and aay that, "whatever its lbs merits of their fruitless attempt, they can eever claim' that degree of credit which must, it accms, henceforth altsch lo C'spU Erricsson. Be tween ths multitude who seek and the indi vidual who aucceeda, the fact of success es- laliliahesa demarcation, completeandineiTjct- ' able, to which all must submit, nines Kit essentially just and useful, reposing as it does on lha principle of . emulation, which eoa siomly aiimiilate th inventor. All sr Ire I J enter upon researches, but !l i not given to all lo bring them to a practical and. To diminish the aplendor wilh which certain proper names shine in ihe pssu ind especi ally in Ihe present, the envious resort lo aa odious argument. Great discoveries, tliev say, do not belong to one man, but tiie coun try and epoch iu which they are produced. Whit fine imptoveinenl it would be In eav. Spiindiieoverrd A itirrir, Trance invented the learn engine, and toward tha middle of the ih remury, the United State produced Ktherizalioi) nnd the Calorie Engine )' But thank Heaven this will never come to pats aud if it shall prove lhal ait expanded by heal drive a ship economically, this admira ble invention will in all lime end place bear the glonoui name of Erricsson. COLONEL BEN 'HON. ' A letler waa laid upon lha aeaka of ths Senators, ysstsrdsy, address d by Colonel B into a to the People of Missouri, en ths subject ol a Nations! Highway from tha Mississippi river 14 the Pacific, liadvoealr tha Central route, for which Colonel Fan ONT 1ia long expressed a preference and which has "remained nunoiieed foe three year, while ihe Southern (Mephix) routs has monopolised . attention and acquired aa engrossing prominence." ' Colonel DcMToa is in tavor uf making tliil highway on a grand scale, re-erving a tract a mile wide for al aorta of roads, rail and mac adamised, and a plain old English road, and two trsigin en hundred feet wide twin- dependent and rival telegraphic lines. II i opposed to making this highway he any mixture of public and nrivat means, or by giving lands in companies t bin hold that lli .' United Siate should build Ih road and lha fixtures, and let out the use of il for terms of seven or ten year to the loweat bidder, Tha present system of railway from ih Missis sippi lo ihe Atlantic h regard a an expand ed fan, Ihe apoke of which converge to Su LouU, the handle . extending thenc to Saa . Franciero. , . W look to Colonel II chiton wilh confi dence for hi valuable aid in reforming ths House of Representatives, and bringing it lo a stale admitting of ihe transaction of busi ness. With a few sueh men in thst body, it Id be ashamed of taking U"VBS soil " Houston for their leaders. A certain de gree of capacity . would then be deaed es sential for ilie position to 'which these gen tlemen in the, judgment of their own party j friends Mac. Bhown, Staxton, Ayj,y, and I otherswere inc.iiiipetent. In view of ths cojiuiu hurinng, Die hnig sxperieoeo, the . nptiring energy, and the emine.il tnlent in nrHWwf,t&r.s!xiHsb -Be-ito-, we shall look l his appearance ia t'.S iluu'S ss an era in its lii tori'. i?en.
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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