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5lxwt 'MiMMa ,Mwanf.nsawwsM nmi l.lElit, Editor SHU moiiMrewtrfl ii iaitliectuil, mil aid jkjiai HinHA,HhiHtt tor tihi'tttlVni f g'r ifcrtiii" ' TEIISTtl.lin il 1Jtm. ' VOL. XLIY. TBRJH. If mM slriefly to advises, tl per 'as, 1 M If paid wiuua six warns; wi t ih' J of the Tear. - ADVKRTWNO. I Squire How) Sr.tiaMrtioti 'I m4x mhu far jsaefe caiMuunl iasertiutt. IGllCClTl'Bll. .rVet Me J'Vtrawr Journal. EI-XiKCOMBg AS SUE IS AND EDGECOMBE AS SHE WAS FIVE YEARS AGO. Tlie raul iroproi eniem in the agiiciihriTe 'of lidgecouibe during the last, fire yean is "justly attractinu a large share of public alien linn nl presents a gratifying instance of a ;ieopIe, by a well dimmed impulse, working ;a quiek an J happy change in their destiny. J"rum all quarters the voire of generous eon--,rrat.ilniions irreiM us on the brilliant results of otir efforts filling our hearts wiin nonest jirnle mill gratify ing emotiona. Allho' wo ' know ili.il me AgrictUiiir of the noble "Ban ner, County" in yet Iwr below Uieiandud j w e would assign il thai many of its depart- j tnenis lire still icry. much neglected many '.vglccted many worn out firms in herbor--li rs, ntul her piney lands present miles ofun- itih.ihiivil wiM. rnes; yet ilirre is a siriking -ontral beiween Kdseemnhs now, and EJg cromhe live e.ir ago fiie yearn ago, tier nenrullure wan either wider ihe old regime or Irvnif In escape from iis sliarkh-s. lint mi ller erery pad sysiein. however iniperferl. Uf always look.hiifli rank in the agriculture of the Slate Her natural fertile soil, though , much ahuxi'd, .yet enjoying uncommon seeur-1 tiy from vicissitude's nf :dniiiglils, storms, .tc, : a flit e highly favorable lor varied produc tion, ae.d a people dovoted to agriculture, H i- j luraly gave her this position. i Hut toe same dealrnciiie industry which earlv reduced to barrenness so large a surface , of the Atlanlir Stales, also workeddestructiou I here. Clearing the forests, exhausting the j soil, and repeating this disastrous operation, j formed a prominent feature in our agriculture , ol the past down to w ill: in the last twenty years; emigration was the natural result, and a wilderness ol worn nut plantations, of which there are still many in Edgecombe. Who has not derived a melancholy pleasure from I visiting these minialur'). i'almyras? at once the eliiKl anliijuities and humiliating evidences of oiireivilii tiioTi here. They are ..fteti bin a few miles from some luxury nf production a. id' comfort. A short ride thio'igh wilj w.iods, soon makes you fi c) the sirikiai! dm tril. The i'hl fields open on roar. view. Iineh!, ' !! suppose with the sunshine of M i .) m l stn-t.-liing I ke i prairie in ihe ilis taoee. T!i.: fi.'hls -.re worn hoi soil covered ivrJi rrr-lereot soutSift - -Toe broom-straw iv iinir to tin t i , 11 - I'l'l b lh 1 "W n ll.- '' e I , - s : t . ! etaii . . .! I ' ! I. while hnar and a and (lowers .hare rr over iheir nak itF i eiil ;tr t'tii'S ate ; i ' i.t ihe iR'Uure ol' tb re, tiit their ''h- lo i: ne i,f the s- .. . ;r 1 1 Ii" -t ol(t h"Uiesteail; the I! ove have lieeil l. h.b 1 'h-'M skeleton anot ,r. lid tte.'cetl. s il ili'i.l.oio: il man. The rool tiii,- s s ..I til Ii' W I .11 l'.' h !i)e ne, an ft-dled out t"' rt rkl' miC!-s i ii ii ii h-re is the iteirth sinne the.-, Kt-tuds ihe blaekeiietl chimnei , a snlitar. moJ U ooim moittimenl of ihe prst; and nn its Mp ib- mockhig bird cauls his lay as nvrrdv a if ih.' c'ltldren ot the liooi"le id "till appb.od ed bis heaiitilul in inii'ry, while in uiminiln ooulr.ist thu wild winds iniinniira dirgeof ma ny voiet s wttlnlif sons; of the bird and ihe dance of the llower. And the people who live I an I labored here, where are they? Ah! thev ha,e long since found a grave or a for tone in some newer and fresher land Whai causes ibese frequent pictures of desolation, not only le r. hul in other Stales! it is ig noranceof nalnre'slaws of prodnetion.and our consequent nidation of lh: to; from this cause our p isi industry w is necessarily destructive. The harder ve worked the poorer we got. and des'dilion followed our footsteps as uat-uri-ltv i' did the locusts of Egypt. During the last lwent -tin: years, our ag lieulture sank till it loiind tlw boiuuit; it th oi began lo rebound under ihe etforts of so, ne ol our most euturprisiiijj men who fur fifteen years or more hive used uitrl "inoie or !(' when they had il. and other m iimr i to eon sMeraMe extent. This we may safely ascnV to that freat benefactor of his race, Edinno.l IJuTin. Hut whatever theoretic kuowledt;' had heen acutred, seemed crude or dorm n . and the task of uniting it into piacie t lierculeau, except lor a few iff ouf mio-0 elier gelic men, ami it is only within trnflast fiie years that the farmers of Kdieenmbe ha . formed any just conceptions of the laws of production or of the true production of fer tility. Then an efTurt was tiiadu among us lo give greater activity to such knowledge as we possessed and to acquire more. This re sulted in the establishment Of an ag-iicultural society which began by distributing agricul tural documents, which with the co-operation of some spirited individuals soon gave naani mity to a movement whose happy results com inand the applause of the worlJ. Although Edgecombe baa but just waked and the first rays of true science just light ed her path what a change du we behold? See that Ii Id loaded with a thousand pounds of seed cotton to ihe acre, that was a worn-out pine thicket five year ago; and here issttoth M, white as a snow hank, il delivers to its skillful owner a four hundred pound bale for each at re, that was thought hardly worth fenc ing five years ago. Here and intra are vari ous lots, ranging from lo lo three thousand pounds seed cotton per sere. At to corn, nmefthinlt it almost a past-time to make it. We now have entton fields and corn pilches, knd yet ship thousands of I.arreui. -. We are no sreatgrowers of wheat, yet it , is fair to presume that land Which will bring a bale of cotton to Ihe acre ought lo yield SO or US bushels of wheat to the acre; and in tobacco, we have reason to believe we ftmld reach ihe highest point of production el sew iter e, While auch eases ol production are not un frequent, and within the capacity sif most f tiur far mers wha choose to use the skill I Ley posses the ordinary proihicu'nti of the county ia ol course much more moderate, but still bounti ful beyond our notions of 6ve years ago. Thert are) no dodht, a greitlef rmmbei' of master (pint in Eugeenmbe" who resch this rHatiirlurrl,lli in moai othef eoaatrea, and a larger portion of bee farmers are fast treading em iheir Heels, ready to paa tbsm in tlie race twt tile first favorable occasion Kiirtlti honora ble rivalry it Dot coulinvd c Ither to m macrs rirtl i of our agricultural society, or to our reading men; our society numbers less than a huu drt d, and thereere as a'Je farmers out of it as in ii, who are not behind the times in sc lion or intelligence. And the hard working practical man who has bul little lime to read, or way he cannot, he too drinks at the fontv Viin of knowledge which Cows iu ahousand rills among a' lie does now what lie would handy attempt five years ago. Agriculture seems shorn of half il drudgery, alihough more is accomplished. Instead of an arena for the exertion of mere brute strength, it has become a new and inviting field, lull of inter est and. excitement from the mental exer tion accessary to comprehend and obey its la we. Our farmers seem determined lo seek, their own happiness, in restoring the beautiful plains of Edgecombe to more thaw their pristine fertility instead of aucVing up her life lilood, and then abandoning her lor fresher realms. We liave just enletd on this new, path and already il is strewn svith froils as welt as flowejs. From little more than three thoe sand bales of cotton, and other crops propor tionate, we sMi, rose to six thousand, then eight thousand and now ten thousand, will hardly tell our number, t or less than a half million of dollars will, we think, he -required to pay for our aggregate export this year, while many times as much must remain a fixture in tlie anil togenerile future wealth in rapid progression. So slai ds Edgecombe in IH5J. How will she stand live years hence? The answer depeudsuti ihcniselvt s. AM'IIA. BAR - YA If D vi A N I J R E. In a prixe essay, wriien by Win. 1). (Jies ham, to which the Vlaryland .Stile Agricul tural Society awarded a premium, the writer closes thu: Jiarn-imd, and Stable Jtanuiet. This is the mint valuable and prolific source from which the fanner is, by bis own' etloris and economy, to improve his laud. This manure, though not so permanent iu its ejects, yet ap plied after lime and mail, is lasting and bene Itciai. It is the great resolver fiotn which the farmer is, by his own industry aud manage ment, lo draw his supplies lor the improve ment of his land, a well as in a measure lo derive his wealth; ami hoiliould husband bis resources in snch a manner as to have a con slant eye to the aci uiiiuhrnun of, not only all Ihe ullal Irotu his slock, bul all decaying leg- elanle ms .ter from his larm, Ihe. greatest negligence prevails among many farmers in rclaiiou lo tlie carelessness wttli whu'h they ai lend to ifieir barn-vard aud stable manures; ihe loidings from cattle, the evaportiuii of the uiilitnve portion of manures, would, il saved ami atieiuiei to, improve more land than what lulie thev carry out upon them. There ia nothing which a farmer can more judiciously use tliati plaster, ill lite absorption of tilt votdittgs, as well as the ""effecV of fixing the valuable properties of manures, which an constantly escaping in the form of gases; I would then advise lite liberal use of plaster iu all ihe legelable -manures raised upon the faun, it is essential iu all well regutaled aud em. Lied subles and cow sheds, in preseiv. nisi the health as well as the eyes of the am it. its, liom the noxious exliala loll ol the pun ;eir., il not poisonous gases, which are con stia I;. escaping from the manures. Plas to, (ally repays the farmer who uses it ten' fo.d. Iu conclusion, whether you have the stiff c. ,ys or s..oily lo mis to cotiteuu with on your laruis, and you desire to restore them lo ier till ) , ibey must have the advantage of lime, clover, aud piaster, and a regular rotation ol crops. You must lend all your energies to the ac cumulation of manures, both animal, vegeu lf, and mineral you cannot expect your I in I lo yield you remunerating crops unless you con rite to keep up its fertility by ap plications of manure Should your barn-yard and stable fail lo afford you a auhScienl sup ple, you should go to your marshes, woods aud there find the elements for manure We know the chief element of all manure being regulable matter, and Us production being necessarily slow and laborious mi exhausted soils, we should lake advantage of every as sistant in increasing Vol applying il to the sod TVie M'esi jfrr. I'ionetr. The above is an excellent article, and tree from thai objectionable feature ao prcvalei.l with most writers oil the subject ol manures, uauieiy, the rftcoinuieitiling of barn sard man ure alone. Fanners Who would pursue thuir buiiuesS profitably, require more manure (''.an can be made by their cattle, and, therefore, thev ate compelled In import fertilising mate rials iiMin their land. As far aa barn yard manures occur, they should be availed of, hut where their quantity is insiillieieni to pel maximum effects, they should be increased, and this esnnol he dune by lbs) use of cheap organ c amendments only. Every fa' mar should have an analysis of hit soil; the books already give him an analysis of his stable inuure, and a comparison of these two will show hun what constituents are missing, and whst he should hay from elsewhere. For the management of stable maiiUres. we wmlld refer to our article in this number oil Manure Heaps, Loss of Ammonia, ex. Working Farmit. BRICK-MARmoT" The company, in Somerville, who have in troduced the new process of manufacturing bricks by machinery, Irom dry clay, without sand, and without water, hive erected a new building, preparatory to the recommencement of the otanufaclure, In place of one of wdd, which was. a short time ago; destroyed by an incendiary. The rtsw building isj con structed of bricks of the com piny own manufacture, and rt affords in the front, in which alone the choice bricks ar. used, fine specimen ufcihe beatlty of the rrlalcrial, t The introduction of these bricks Irom their remarkable smoothness, regularity and solidity, promises to produee nitrkrd im provement in ilielti le nf building ill this vi cinity. They have all tlie Hniformitvsitd beauty ol the best Philadelphia and Balii mnre bricks with greater lolidlty and strength. Wt understand i' is proposed to use them irl a ehoreh, to be erected in this city, s!nd in dm buddings lor tile institution about Iu be established in doioervilla. . Specimens' of bricks of tbia manufacture may be seen id the large) park establishment nf Mr. Pulsifcr, e r.'ttted last summer, al the corner nf Albany and Oswego streets fn lite South Cove, and in a building on Portland street, in front of 'te National Theatre. Bjtt ot .(. ' UALEIGII, WEDNESDAY &ORNING, vTUNE 8, 1853. IXTSMJTAL IMPBOYSrSXt. EXTENSION OF THE NORTH CARO UNA RAILROAD. Is it not lime for the friends of the Exten sion ol the N. C. Railroad f.em Goldsboro' to Buaofort, lo come to some decision as lo what they w ill do in the preqMses? On a vi sit lo Beauforl last week,, we fun nil that the people ufCailereiare,as is natural they should be, ardently in favor of connecting the Al lan lie al that point with the Wesu But we mast say, that iu genera1, ibey appear to be too much like the Railroad men this way. They are sealous enough ia talk, but loo back ward in action. We may be over sanguine in our estimate of the importance of this ex tension to Carteret, but we hazard lbs oniu- iun that if the people ol that County would ' subscribe upon the basis of the charter grant !ed by the last Legislature, for extending the I Road, two thirds the value of alt the property I in the County, and could thus secure die builil- liig of the Koast, that they would lie iu the long ruu, decidedly gaieers by the operation. As more directly interested than any other por tiun of ihe Stale, should not the people of lljal County come boldly up to the work and set an example of venturing largely, (if any venture there is in the case) lor lliv sake of securing a speedy coinmeuccineai of this im- 1 , ,. , ., J . .i. t I HUI US LtlllltE IIIUIU WllCMIJ It IIIC jMIIIIH, ( i what is ihe first step now practicable to take?! Clearly a sunev of the route. 40IIQ we think ! i was ihe sum approjiriatrd by the last Legisla-! ' turc lor asurvev. and if we mistake not. Inu, l. i . 'v ,1... v., .,ul ,l,A 1-A ..... ... aniborised to appoint a conipeteut Engineer, nd have a survey mad.', lias the Governor iiimiIo :tiiv (ewki-jiiiiKii! vl l, p.rru ,.,,t ili i.rit. ' visions .j the act? We are not apprised of m iiLirssiiy ii WAfi,uj, sou Call see Hi an v reasons why action shoald he iiumediale. I .The practicability of building a road over the proposed ron n, we presume no one questions, . and the engineer will doubtless so report af ter his survey. Hut lite details, the location I ol the road, the best route, the -i lima led ex- ! penie, 4' ! a survey &c , can only be ascertained from The sooner these detiils are si t- lied and made known lo ihe nublic. the soon- er the oeoole will arrive al some definite ,lc. cision uiiiiii Ihe auestion. Covemor Heid ii appears to us should act in the premises al once Should the report of an Engineer be favour able, as there is every reason to believe il will be, the next question will be how shall ihe road be built? Three methods suggests themselves, by either of which the work can be accomplished, ij those interested will .but come up in the proper spirit lo the work, nd lake hold of il with a due degree of energy. One is for its friends without waiting for another session of the Legislature tit order to procure a more favorable charter, lo lake right hold of the mailer in earnest and if possible, gnt the a mount necessary lo build the road subscribed by.iudividt.als under the late charter. Should it be necessary lo get subscripuoos out of the Mate who knows until a trial is made, wbeili er or not stock would be taken in some of the Northern cities? The true way is lo build it oursel veil, past all doubt, but if Ibis is found impracticable, it will not be found worth while to refuse the aid of Northern Capitalists if it can he hail. Another plan for accuiu piishiug the same end. and Ihe one peihaps towards which public expectation is more generally turned at this lime than any other, is In wait the mealing of the next Legislature, and then press for a more favorable ebarler than that granted at Ihe laat session one in which the Slate will lake two thirds of the Slock. The principal objections lo this plan are, ihal il will al best be attended with furth er delay, and thalUm much uncertainty awaits upon the result. There is another way in which the road ini.'bl be built and which, could the Legisla ture be brought lo adopt it, might be the inns' eerlain lo secure the desired end. This is lo lei the State, through Ihe Legislature, be au thorized lo subscribe for the whue Stork nf citiary In complet the road, and build it and then to sellout the slock for whatever il would bring, to individuals. This might involves temporary loss to the State, bul she would soon be amply remunerated in the increased value such a work Would give to property, and the stimulus it would give lo every bran di nf productive industry, and thus enable and render willing our niisens lo repay her sin ply in an increased levciiuc. This has been flVuc by some States, in some rases perhaps from necessity, bul il has in ihe lung run, worked alnmsi uniformly lo ihe advantage ol the Stale. We merely throw out (his latter suggestion, by way ol pointing out tho differ ent schemes for building the Road thai we have heard suggested by its 'r"e;jtl.,.., ffifti Wwt, iuv. ,- i.,,,,,,,! at," Mt?'ior; lei us see what can be down now, under the present Charter, and run ihe risk of get. ting ml i.f il becnine necessary from Vlie State. Our chances for securing ill is aid will doubt less be greatly multiplied by rhanileating now a determination to have the Work accomplish ed. Aetebtrn ATiir STATE INDEPENDENCE. Many of Ihe native sons of North Caroli na, and a proportionate number, of her adopt ed sons, luive long struggled, and are still determined to struggle to the last, against this shameful tack of patriotism and Slate pride, that bows and cringes before the spirit of do- ntnminn; that prompts Virginia and South Carolina Id seek their own aggrandisement and gratify their owa overweening pride. In stl'ijeriiiig North Carolina to state of com plete commercial vassaltage lo litem. The slavish habit of undervaluing every home in terdst, and viewirlg all home policy. In ihe light of inferiority, arid Worshipping as ex alted and trartSeendaul, whatever toncerni these, our sister States, (las' aided no little lo cVusb art independent pdliey and a' proper de f ... . '11,; r ...i.j ... 1,1 tvv iiiiuirt iiw ifruioig ailtieu w a shortsighted view of immediate and tentp.e rary self-interest, has kept our Stste! In a dluortof eoniinercial thraldom; and still sits brooding over our councils and odr efforts, like a paralixmg incubus1, it is molt rife, we regret id he compelled to say; irl the tery heart of tile old North Stale. Ill inffilence is constantly seen and felt ariioffg 4 portion and we rejoice to say, inly mn mg t portion of the more Influential citizens of Raleigh, and the counties whole 'location leads' Iheir citizens to oppose that Virginia markets and Virginia policy are Iheir proper markets and proper policy; and again among a 'nrulaf -T-r.::n :t-,-:;; j poriion of the people nf the eoeniiee whose location and habits of viewing tftings lead itiem to regard South Carolina ptilley as the cynosure nf all eyes, the chtf ttmvrt ot a!l exceflefice. " t Nobly, we say, has a gowj po"ni nf the people of the State atregjjleaj ' aaint litis suicidal propensity rhituts likl f wight mare upon the bosom ef ottrgood old mother, and keeps heV pri&trate, whilst tfeesatwo States draw asray 'tier life blood. Ho&Jong is this struggle u laatt Which- is in pevail in the strife 1 For lark of unity in four councils alii! concentration iu onr efforts upon a Cum. mon object worhty our ambition, how long are we to continue to dissipate our resources lnd fritter away our energies Kn detached isolated enterprises, that hive nu ey lo ity ing the foundation for a home policy, and none to placing the State in a position of com mercial indepemleace t The present posi tion of things in Norm Carolina, he present crisis in her destiny for years, perhaps forer er, reqajres plain speskiM.'roiit thS State press. W do not interjlo) be found deri teet, and we intend to speiV nt Bfnm topic of so mach iinportance lo the infcrests of the Slate, and lo which these remarks are intend ed as introductory. Will our brethren of the f tress, who feel a Unliable State pride, do ikewise? eu. Jfewi. SH EPH ARC'S l'OI.VT. Dft our y Beaulurt last week, we n"u iUe u6ct,aa of paytug a flying visit to Shepi.ard'a Point, one ol tlie spots to which l'"bl.c attention has been teceuily much al- ,.! u -l.;..i. sj i' it .:. HMX'II, HI ,,. M, Wtlll.,1 k,. Vj Railroad may terniinatt), whenever 11 is extended Last, We visited the Pour, in company with a gen lleinm iierfecllv fani liar freia his childhood I w'ih ,he ''cuon and drp II f every channel, the lixan.m ol ery shoal, Lc. hi the vicini j ly of U.au fort, and were thus able lo lonu a ! much be ter eslnnate of the advauiages of diis spot for Ihe terminus of a (real central com- nisnnication with the interior, and for the . building of a Town, than ve eould have form- led without such aid. " e nt" ,orro "" compansort between the j rul;"'e latu of the artoiis points lo which llu"1"' attention nas been ilirecieil as Isvor.ihle ; P"''" for terininaliiw the Railroad. Let 1 niallef be settled down by a full exhibit of ! "'I.1''" dvaniages and d.sadvanlages. aud s lull discussion of the comparative claims ol Lennnxville, of Ueaufnrl, of Shepherd's Point anduf White Hall. We have nil wish to im pair any influence our shed mtf exett on public opinion in our efforts lo advance our main object in Connection with litis subject; vix: too extension of thu N. '. Kailioad to some point on the Atlantic, having Hie strong est claims. f.r being made the terminus, whether ii shall prove to be Beaufort, or some spot iu its vicinity. Our object at present is lo remind our read ers al home, and in other portions or the Slate ol the fact, thai if, iltu hand of nature has lim ned the number of positions on the Coast ol North Carolina favorable for budding up a e unmercul mart to a few, she has compen sated us by giving almost unrivalled advan tages for this purpose al Beaufort and in its vicinity. Without the aid of a diagram, of course we can.iot give) the reader any more lhau a vague general idea of lb topography of ibis spot and shall not attempt it, W bile Rock, as ii is called, is al or vuri near the extremity of Bhepharu s foiiil, and lies about one and a half milee lo the right of Beaufort facing the Ocean. The point furius a sort of Peninsula, wi h oguu Sound on otic side, and an estua ry called Calico Creek on the other. The point gradually narrows as il comes d wit in the Sound, coining nearly lo a point al high water maik. Allow water, we should judge, the point is bare oul to or beyond While Rock. This spol,( While Rock) is ooj of il sj points near which it would be necessary to extend a railroad should ever a city rise upon the dry land upon the point. Near lo tins Rock snd lo any desirsble extent seaward, one arm or branch of the main channel from the ocean, runs, all along the margin of the joint the water is of sufficient d p h to admit veisela ol the largest class and load them th ree. ly from the wharves, which could be easi ly (reeled there The main channel as you Cone in from sea, it approaches the ex tremity of the point, turns tit the light, and runs as We indicate abuve, along the extreme margin of the point, wliiUi another armor branch of less depth but slill deep enough to admit any vessels used ill our coasting trade, pass s straight forward, or perhaps lurm som wbal lo loe lelt running up along, bul at some distance from the main body of the point. I he shoals between the dry land on Ilia paint and ihe edge of this channel, are so nearly dry at low water h I there will.be no dillicul- t' iu carry ma wharves, (raising ilium above tiirin tide mark,) lo the very edge of the channel. Tticy may be built in aiiy number desirable. Again un die side of the poinl opposite this portion of the channel, there is access from the main channel for vessels drawing eight or ti n feet of water lo any ex tent up, what is callnd Calico Creek. On this side of l ie point whsrvrs may be erected almost on the very margin of the water. As lithe location of tlie buildings Houses, Stores tc. which will undoubtedly soon run into a city, should the railroad terminate hi re, w e see no difficulty, should il be desirable, in extending them by degrees well tosKirils ihe main channel, each way. Km be this as il may, (he point presents a dry high surface within a short distance of the channel at Wluie Rock, and on Ihe Hague Wound side. It is narrow al it extremity, but widens as it runs back, and presents a high dry surface on which a cltv could he built to any exient de sirable. We fuand (he. water upon the point excellent, and in the vicinity i land well a. da pled to Ihe cultivation of fruit and vegeta. hies of all kinds. In the raising of stock, Ac In this respect facilities are at hand for sup plying a city as large as London. In short w must close t lis article by sying, that vaguely as we may halve in) pressed the mind of ihe reader, wnn the advantage and facilities for eon-thudding up a great commercial rrlarl at Hbep. hard's Point, thtt it wmilj reduire no very accurate knowledge nf the details, bul only a description of Ihe outlines; as one familiar with them could point out, to stand upon thai spot and look around hiiri, and. eorrtsto live firm eonelustort'. trial tilts is a magnificent spot on vrhict! to erect s great eororrfercial any, snd that all ttial hi requisite to see it rapidly rising eprm ha fimndaiions, is ao easy, cheap and rapteT connection with the interior and eslera portion of lb Siato. i' ; 'Ktiebtrn .Vnei, '.""' "t;h , , Invasion of soora. .1 The news from Califorrria is, that lire x tpediuoti a odd the French CoonK Boulboa, was nearly ready to task from San rraucisco, and if the facis they relate he true, it oas been got ap on a mote formidable scale than the public seem lu have any conception of. Thai its leading object, also, is identified with some daring political schema, is now pretty Hear: The Santa Clora Register states that no fewer than leu vessels are now engaged In fitting oul for this expedition in the harbor of San I'rancisco. They are eagagedxpretsly for the transportation of men and munitions of war, and a portion of them are pierced for tuns. It further says thai the expedition will consist of fifteen hundred men and three hun dred horaea, and tkal il wiH be ready in aait in a veiy short time. From another source we ten ii thai Coesl Rao"ssel whrju h (rat returned iroea Ms lata attempt upon Sonora. was poor, io fart, so vcty much in want of funds a in be eonipelled to liv upon his friends, MmIuU now he lias large sum, aa tMIMKOOfl, It i alleged, as but oommand, I portion al least of which mon? lately savav d by a French barque, ''I'hs editor ihe tell us that . o . r ' "If Sonora ceases m be- Mexican, Il must be American, it is her manliest destiny to chance from lbs flag of Mexico lo that of ihe U. Siatea. Koiisaei de Uoulbon may precip Hate mailers, hul he cannot change or defer hem. Thu Frei.eh flag will net or float in that connirv under the protection of France herself, 'lhe leaders ol the scheme are go ing there as a maimr of business, to get pos session of the silver mines and make money, and can afford to spend large luins to obtain the object of (heir wishes. Bolton, Barron & Co., or raihrr Barro.i, Forbes V Co., whom they represent, have a Mexican graul for the best mines in the State, which are, iu fact the most valuable in the world, ard ibey know the necessity of getting possessions of them snd commencing them before the State changes issuers. They hire seen in this Slate the wonhlessnesa of conditional grams when there has been no attempt made t fulfil ihe conditions, Hence with an eye lo future political events, the anxiety for the actual oc cupancy of the mines. In this we believe the whole proceedings of Raonsset da ffouh bon resolves itself, tf the expedition is a re ality, it is Ihe duty of the Collector of Sun Francisco to cause it lo be prevented! though for our pert we would much prefer thsl h did hot find that there was such an affair under consideration unid after it has sailed. We do noi see ihe si i ah test reason why Roasset de BouIImiii and his men should not be allowed lo do the first fighting with the Apache and cow them onl of the way, so thsl lh Amer ican can settle peaceably about lh mine, and work their claim aud raise their crops without being continually harrasaed bv Ihe Indians, r Hyttre time the French hare whipp-j ed the Apaches our Uovernment will have purchased the entire Slate, and our eitilen can lake peaceable possession. Somebody lei Is the following I. Ceil Piuree recoguixes the Union a hi oigjn, sud is democratic enough lo evince bis regard even by a midnight visit lo the eoinpo anion room, unheard and uiutlondod. It was the night after the receipt of the intelli gence of the death of Wm. R. King, and the President' proclamation relative thereto, and the respective orders issued by the proper officers of the Army and Navy, Were sent lo the Union office for publication. At imd nigt, afi. the editors had all left the estab lishment, a plain looking man, with spec on hi nose, walked into the composition room where a printer by the uncommon same of Jones, wa busily engaged in "making up." 'is il too late to correct lilde error!" S lid ihe stranger. Jones No, sir, not if its in this form. W hat doe ii relate lot'' Stranger-The deaih of Mr. King." Jonee "The official orders, sir I have theinjust here." Stranger "Well, just read iny order over, snd I will tell you what I whh changed." "My order," cogitated Jones. "I wonder which it hi. Which order did you say, sir?" Stranger "jly order." Jones cast his eye np and down the long columns, then al his tormentor, but saw no d ie to the troublesome "order." He in peated his question : -Ii hick order did you ssy you wished to eorreclf" Stranger (in a tone of peculiar and im pressive emphasis) "My order " Jones, still unenlightened, turned upon the interrogator with, "Well, if you will be good enough lo tell me your name, I will try lo accommodate you." . , Stranger (eeatenlinusly) "Frank. Pierre? Poor June ws "struck" just then, but he managed to make ihe required alteration in an incredibly ahoft space of time, and felt exceedingly relieved when he found himself alone suain. Just ask Jonea If ihe Union is Pierce's org ui or nol. A I ER1BLE ACCIDENT EXPECTED Wa lake the killowing extract from a Lou isville paper, and advise ihe public to keep their ej e on ihe telegraphic dispaichcs from that quarter, if they are fund of reading of learlul accidents : A. L. Shotwklii Ahiad Thi Ecurii's TiMst throw into tub Shab Much ex citement waiereau d ill iheeity shout 8 o'clock laat evening by the announcement that the A. I.. Sliolwell had passed Padircah, twenty miuuies ahead of the Eclipse' lithe. If thi be true, of whieh there i hardly doubt, the Sbotwell will beat the Eelipie' lime to thai ptl some two hours; By a dispsteh from Csrin, vi St. Louis, earn that the Shotwell wa three miuuies ahead of the E elipse's lime si Vicksbiirg; five minute be hind il al Memphis; snd nine minutes ahead ofiiatCatio. It I generally believed thai she will make a belter run id Ihe Ohio than the Eclipse. Bets were made last night ihal s"he would Come in iwo'hottrs ahead of her In Portland. She will be due' about fi o'clock thi avenidg. '' '- . "the university '"' . . ' Frorfi Catalogue Of the Trustees, 'Facnl- ty Snd Studerltsof Chspel II II Uhiversily, we le ira ihsi tin) hole nufnher of Students at the preseM time is 170. . Thert are tl4 from litis Hrjftrij 14-froiir-Alrtaiita,- IB from Floil la, 9 Irony Tennessee, f from Mississip pi, ft from Mnulll Carolina, 4 from Iouisiana, 3 from Georgia, t trom Viighna, from At. krta. and I from Texas. ESTATES IN SOUTH CAROLINA. An important aaa in referent to Ihe dis - vribeiion of an estate is thu noted in theCbsr- lestnwn Courier as having been snsde at Co lumbia, in St,uth Carolina! ' .;.'.. The Court of Errors hi decided the great Folder casein favor of lh half-blood. The 1st Hon. John M. Felder, of Orangebargh district, in thi Sfste, died intestate, left an estate, chiefly in land snd nrgr.ies, worth half a minion nl dollars, anil left two brother a sister of the half-blood, and i children of a deceased brother, of whole blood, (k e. niccea aud nephews,) a heirs of his rich estate. The question wss wheth er th half brother and eiaterk .would lake only per raoiat, i. e. only esjusl kiSsres with tk nephews and nieces of lh whoje blood, or Wheihet ill would take pr iVs, k e. whether me brother snd fister of the half Mood would taVe full shares, brothers, and the niece and nephews, only tak among llrrm, inr snare ol llunr fleceaieal parent, by repro entstion. i A majority of the court bas decid ed in favor of the latter ilteraativ. givtrtf 1 literal and I think, jsist tconatrue.ion to lh waw m in ..ci ol seventeea nundrod and Nttresytstnt'on'tbe Mtriasnvws. 'lite doctrine, however, i unpopular that 'place the half-Wood so superior fasting to tlie wnoieoinea, ana in legisiatar will probaMV things er amend Ihe law at the next aesstoo. II i said, too, Ihal estates has been , hitherto usually divided on lh flow overruled coff triietion. The Court of Error slnod I to, 8 on the question Juds O'Neall dissnting; and Judge Clovet Who was engaged a coun sel for the two nephew and niece of whol bl tod, when called to the bench, taking no part in Hie Aecision Of III raue, bul it t on- dert'uod that he eoneurs, with Judge O'Neilk I he decision is not yel pronounced, but will be delivered on Monday nexK i'h) nephew d niece ot whole blood are nine in num ber and they will get about $I,W or h t- tie upward apiece ihay wera represented by Messrs. reltgru, K. Del iwville, Huskt, and Maxcy Oregg. lite two hatf-brothers and half-sister will get $100,000 and upward s piece. They were represented by die Hon". W. F. Desatissure, and Edmand Bellrvesr, whA will divide beiween them the large lee of (15,000 ' 'I'h brother snd itjr , of the half-blood will mak ap, t hear, snjoug thent, a handsome purse for Ihe widow and childrep of a half-brother of the intestate their own whore brother who come in fur nothing un der ihe law. There are also children of a deceased nephew nf the iiuest ite, who also gel no share by law'. - ''''''";;. The New Vork Post i not ovar pleased with; President Pisree' Foreign Appoint- mem. The editor ssys ironically. The President in makinf hi aeleclioo of diplomatic representative, ha weakened the home fore of the Democratic party of the country in Ihs least poeiible o)rree lie could hardly have choaen an aquil ouniber of prominent ineu whoss absence would be less seriously full than thus whose name we copied yesterday from lh official bulletin. Wa speak especially ol tnoM whose incuba tion ha been most prolonged. ' v - Instead of wondering al ilia lime con sumed over these appointment, w inirvet raider that a leclion could hava been made in so short a lime, of ao large a , number whose banishment lh nation hassolilUe rea son to regret, snd who si ihe mm lim am peraonallv n unexceptionable, 1 I her M not one among them, unless if be tome of those Whose names we never l.eirdul, who will svsr permit himself to be pickrd up drunk an ihe public streets while abroad, and that is sliy m more than could be laid of our foreiirn r- pruseutaiive for miny year. ' I here are not many, we Ueliev there are nun of the newly appointed milliner who cau apeak any of tlie language in Use at the court la which ibey ire accredited; and the ame remark may Ml made or Ihe Charges, with the inula exception of Mr Belmont but si ii ha long been customary for lh govern ment to employ men of Hiue tongue in the diplomatic servics, w ire b.wnd tat presume thai lit usage i lounued upon dill principle of policy. If moat of liirm talk abroad a they do at home, the fewer language they bva at their command lh better," TUB' CRYSTAL PAf.ACfc.7 The New York paper (peak of the great evil thai already preseol themselves in the surroundings of lh Crystal Palace, In Mew York, i lley fay the neighborhood m rapid ly becoming woiss than the five point., All ill low rtfl-raff, rum-selling blackguardism of the city aud environs are aeleciing it for Iheir exploits, especially on a Sunday afternoon. License or no license, up go Ihe unease. crime and death-dealing bar, and the coared kino ot Aiigtu saxon profanity prevails. We conclude that the "World' Fair," is likely lo turn oul lo bi a very disgraceful af fairand hope Ihnl this will be the Isst exhibi tion of ibis World's Folly, in our America. h'il. CoHti "' ' " -' ' - In the Philadelphii Crlurts,' elotcnf and rowdy ism are dealt wi h in an exemplary manner hv the Bench. The North Americau note the f JlloWing ' " ; '' " , ' V ' A SrMtnctfor Stabbing.- 0a Saturday, in the Criminal Court,. r'y respectable looking man, by the nam of Richard Suitle, who occassinnally get , drunk, wa before' Judge Kelley for irntrnc bavng been con victed of an assault and buttery with s'n iu taul to kill. II had (tabbed u acquaintance, in a fight in Todr dislincl plsrei . - j Judge Kelly, iu sentencing , him, a'uli It was my duty, a few day since, lo scalene a ; man lo twelve years Imprisonment for using s knife a you did. liia eae grew oul el; meeting wiin a numoer oi not - acquiiniauces al drinking shop on Sunday. The. pise wa full, and ihe fight with an acduaiulaiice. Jnsl your ease precisely. Your occurred near Uie same place. Uul there ws tin uil lereuce in the eases: ill diss you tabbed wss able to be in court to testify f ainsl you. nol because you did liot try lo kill liim.but because you haptiehed le urike the fleshy pan of ihe body. By lh meresl chance you wa saved iwelve yesrs Imprisonment, ou liav proved a Rood cbsrscler wbed von ra eobnr. Wlitn yod gel oul of prison, snd about In drink again, fust thihk that ydu see the gal- low ut ihe bottom ol ihe glass. The use of the knife ha become so common, that We in tend to make aft effort lo top lb . 1 therefore shall give you a sentence propottioned In our ruin, and flx tlie period at I? mouths iu lbs Easier Penitentiary. Thi is the penalty ol your getting crunx. ', , ,,, KO. 24 ) Tm Imtcs Asm-gist ptmtoi W 1 pu Wished, on M.oniUy, a Irlegrajihie account of an outage prttieiMted n..q a Mr. I.. renee, at Bcnohanr, Piw ork. Jt appear that LaWrrftt went to the hoqse.uj" Janb j. Ieiit fhr Ihe synrpose, of r1nf a. summon, The N. Y. Express give lh foilowing ic uoant of the (Cent tjiat tniittj -.fiich. l)i M found ,Mr. D. rear tli house anil banded him the 'caper,; ,Deirj ni them and, read liyin, When he ti,rew, ihem ,(on the grorind seiied Lawrerrq by-ibehriMil call ing him a d d loouiiOTel . for .coming to erv paper flu, hirft, fj jfien called to hi family to blosy a, ba.ro, whet) a man namel Hollenbeck, wne ttasai work fiu; Dein aa, msson, interceded for Lawrenre. who manar- d lo get away, and.statte(t pfl.on e, ruu.-r ueitg loiiowed in Dursutl, knocked. Lawrence down, and Herd hint tatrlliHir aisn.in disguise, Oiade their appeaanc. 'i'hey.tuai tied but hand behind him, and took, bim lo a email piece ofbqfih jear, .by then lore off hi coat, vest nSd eras!, fjd .Witb a Jack-iptfe, el off hi Jiair, rxcaqna1jypHrd hi. yalp nd, remarking that they hgil, tVlanter h would nnilepkthe,tr tarred his head and body nd poured tar.intq hi nools,, Afwr exhausl ing all Ihsiu- iifgcnoity , this, way', ra'jth cut a atick and wjiipped bira ,onttJ ihey tired, Tbey then lied hi hands . before him, and started, him. fof the bosse, each,oc tlie kck inr him al evert iicsk l'fi. ml h,.. i.l. paper bck, but look, ihfi6taway again. Y"en,ftr knocking him alqirn gflli4,iuey lelt him, , and M amrettled. in, .teaching thf residence of Ceorg .pecker .veiling. lT(is "anus, arm ana lac are badly bruised. , ' ' ' ' ' - , . ,, From th rTastera Usswcrst. , lla. OSBORNE'S LETTER'. ; ? vaanLorrev may si, is 9, . Vkk Sin In the report of ihe discussion oeiwccn mr.: : Lrauu and mvaelf. which ton place OH Tuesday of our Superior Court, you nave done,. mean unintentional ..Wiustice. Whioal I have no. .doebt on.'.!Ichesirfull eorreci,)(1 la Kid in the . tepoiri- 'if ibey h'f a rif;ht uv aaeums dy Stste debt il Wat P rgued bj Jj iv, C'rsige i'(c assented to bj Mrf Osbortie--iliey would iie a right to sums lite debt of the iiir.orporatiou nf li city of w, Yorky and all ullier cities, to, U,) yuion.". If there wa any ucb argument made il haa rntindy escaped iny iecoUeuo'), The (ubject. of the awuniption of ,8uia debt, or the debie of , kjr ., sw.-poittion, wt not alluded , to by me of assented to in any form nf that prnnositton. It was ( ted by Mr. Csiige that B.eq.ieu' Land Bill dirscUj that the Dubfio lindi annroDriaied hi lt lo the old States, should be applied t(, pur poses qf education only Having Uie bill be for me, I remarked, tlial in ihal resnect Mr. t'riige wl,miaiaknTflhat tli language of ine IJ tit wis, iiat Uie BTjibj and 1 crriiorics r sevenlly apttorilei) lo , apply the pro coed of lh laud, hereby eveniiy .rained to eicn oi me Btate, .die, e., It, Jibe sup port of ecndoll'. for other nA)l put voss." I he BiU make no urovtsion - for aaeuinin pi nr Stale debt by the General .Opvernment, Hi doe II allude. U any Q late debt, but at low to lh, stale the unrestricted disposition of the pniceed 10 such escful oljjeeie a, they in iucir wisuom may preier. no party, a am informed, has ever proposed or approved the assiiinptiuA of the debii nf the Suies by the Oeneral Ooverntueut, er reooeulsed lh power to do eo, I ccrisinly Jtnv never fav ored that dociiine, or tillered en ripMssiun winery lavoreaiu,,,,,, ... t ., ,, , Believing thai lh old Slates hive a riiibt Ui fair proportion ot the public land, qu il ly who in fiew Slile ind lliat tliu policy of appropriating lhoe lands lo the new State ia fixed by eouree of l4lloilon, which be gan with ihe acquisition. ( of. Louisiana, fifty year since, and ha been idoptcd by every administration since that period, I believe North Carolina should insist on her r.ihis- on aquafity .and justices and wheti the land are cqttireil sh ihodld apply ttiei'ri In mini ner most benencuu her people, r end. tba,! her right lo do ao should b uorcstricicd in ihe term of the Irani. ' Bennett's Hill makef thi provision, and lliritlgh ill nnenual. it recuunlse the principle and . introduce 4 beneficent and just policy, which would bare -induced me with nearly a hundred of iti Uemocfscy In Coheres to hive voted for it, . , . ' 1--f.:: :, ; . i .. '. . - . I do hot midcrstsnd hew I can be rhirged ilh Inconsistency when I .arguo that lit extension of Territory will lead. wer-bes saute I formerly erged WitH vtjlicmence and teal ttiei duty of iipnortlng tKa enuntry when actually engsjrej in, war. tij tlie simpltciiy ol my heart fthniiiJIU 1 Vfa .obeying a plain dictate of patriotism, which would meet Ibe approbation of theibert, and intelligent I)c moeracri ai well t (II tood men'. Nor do do 1 understand . how sdeh t course implies n approbation of the policy in whirh, the war originated; or surrender nf objection tv it on the cor of princtpl or expediency, I hall certainly wra my fellow f eiliien. en ill direct tendency of the doctrine of exten sion to disltirb tlishesch of tlie eoqntrv yet if we ti involved In a mt by the constitu ted authority of the land, I si peel to the ut motl, of my power ui sustai the itouniry tnd yet 1 dull ever hold thus ibtliqniie re poniible so far is I Can, fof the eouaeturn css nf their policy,, ' , ,i ' V s. , t Kespeetiuily tnd truly, . , james w. osborSk; THE icCIDBNT 0I TllB It. It F. RAILROAD. , Wr informed by Mr. t. Q. A. librring ol Adsm At Co.' Express, ihal the accident on the Kichmoiiil and Fredericksburg Rail . A -J c.i.l. k.'..j . t',l,.t abomihy bridge. Tbt engine had got about the length or joe train from Ihe end ol the bridge, when an axle broke; tearing tlie whole of the wood work of trie truck in piece, to gether with the end of the mail car and a por tion of ihe flortK fVtr. Marrow,' mai agent, nd Mri liefriiig, who twert; in the car, es caped lliriiugh a window without material in urv. I lia waler in li-. river wa trg leei deep,' a'nd (he distauce from the flooring-J ine nriuge to uie water, ininy leri. . iiau una accident happened on ih bridge,' itio cons. 5ueuce might have been seffous. HichtniHtd hi, , i .. , . . A m'uu l i i ' ' poor to "is penny new spaper, ds slilfling a week f"f pig-fail alway spen totiai'ei
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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