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REPORT
t MMHa AUlXmRm. A J. OtfowMt. Ar44he navigation of the rich and fertile vatley
McNeil HrrJ.; HH.;tWmpiinB 0C
mitt. drnalt4 by tiia PiUtW Conwlion
- fceld iii Jaly .M, laki.iu charge lbs obtaining
nf nine siul siirati f ll pwTW e of
impwHliiirlpM 0'pC.pe4 Fwr i&lDJi!
Riwrt, hgK iap llttowcl'i Mill, in Moor
County Nwb(?r8!utk.-;'V l!T':ff
Clan capfed. -by
Major VVaket Gy wrna,, on your behalf, w
make a rejr. if thevVppaFrrnir Pcp
Rierf with,aiw la the openinf of the,
i)aigalioain high Op. ai Uncock' MttU
in M oort Coiiiy, "and hat mjcompleied
the wnia1f0iioi:.il.h UcR
stramental :inatMn ..of the ioal dif-:
jicull portionaof jhin,aa jh lime allotved
me would permit I hare thejhonor herewith
to report the reulta, SlutUap an itaUmate
of the probable coat of aac rar nayi
gal'ma to be formed by ajurcewion of Locks
am Dame; with occaaional abort Canals. . ,
This character ef improeraent ia admu
rifl i1antBJ in these rivir;"as indicated
by tbgif' incopidrabl , flj-jr mile (it
"beiaffsomwhitieManliwo feet
ojHt their 'wBJChprWdwue
ly "aTugrr1rcuiTenr, andTfie exten?ve nat
ural'pooie already ifoundjhrOoghout
thu imnartanre to the friends
f ttii-fmDfOTBTneiitthsthe:mwiM
. . . . . . . . . i
" poeiiblo lime,- Whetber sucll'a navigation
could oe obtained u pon
nnncii. wiiti the nrent - Steamboat nlV
iffation upon the Cape fear at ayetteil!4
and .""with" a'; eiew to expedite tlie work".
. fi!f oaniz nff a IoartT aDdDrocuring
,M;...K1 K-.iar.-rWan th Jeacent" bftfa
tiver.
was told-fry-hHaHtw-
water
jjjtfor Bye4ritleabover Wn a aeptn oi
not IwMtKaljnSeLLL ST
.. r
. ih,nver I fountl- a -seeeion at-amaii
shoaW-untit 1" passed the lower end .ol
lltb.ejbiMA,e
rmtlet -from, Haneocka .:..,4
From hrr point, to Evins Mills, a dis
rJcaTbf tedmrte
it water with a dejuh ranging from 3 to 9
feet, ut the then low stage, : which was that
of low aummei water- " :. ;
Evans Danj Ms jast beeii rebuilt opon
the rafter plan, and packed 4a with stone.
psc about 3 feetin brghu l f is 109 feet long
and leaks to some extent: it did not In con--jieanjenceJioTdAJulLhead
of water
fel; when this shaU4e4he ease by the de
posit of mud and sand hf M in fuspension
by JfieVwte; brotight down the.jijver, it wjll
flow,ihe. wViel'luic
12J Oi ilea.-; ' ; .- u- V. ...
In Evans Dam, a Lcick .will ibe placed
of 0 feet lift, from which a boat wilt float
directly imp the back water from JfoWHon
tons'. Mill dam snd tbroush this fifrr pool
of water for 0 miles to llorton's 11 ills.
The depth of this pool, at its s oaletr place,
which is 200" yards below" EvanaDamTfa
2 feet from a short distance, from which itira-
.medUtoJhr. .deepen? jOettA4APt!Uin!)J
" from & to 8 throuwhoul, its length.
, llorton's Dam is 37 feet lone and eight
iee,i nign, over wnicn me wser was now
itie at the time; showinit thereby' a plenli
ful supply. lt'ls pmposed to raise ' tMi
dam one tool which tart rbe done at a
t small expense i Insure "3 ff'ct at all tfmas
bick to Evan s dam, and thus- sunposinir
lek ir Hanrock's dam. we find trendy
. formed ' with a s-n'nlt ouilay, a slack water
nvi(fation'i)f 2.VmiIs.
, From the liH-k iir this, dam ' a boat will
float irtt. a pool of nntless than 3 feet depth,
to be forrned ;by a dam to be erected 300
feet beliiw Thoma " .Farisb'slfish dam.
' Phis dam will b 9 feet hisrh,
long, and will ronnect the pftols at present
exisiiugam occasioned by the fish trap
. darria of Thomas Fariih, nnd-Peter E vans,
Sen forming oneTtoniinuousJj6otfof 8i
inilea from llormn'a dam. -. . ' ' -'
A lock will be placed in this dam ofO
' .feet lift, from which a' boar wilt float lifto
pool 71 niiles Jong mf not less tban 3 feet
depth, extending, to Clings ;ntiu-om;
short distance be la the mouth of Rocky
. Itiver f .jtfiiW-Ti'-' (t"fi.f - i'M.W
At ihie, point, the firl, real'difEcaltieji
re encountered, and H 4eonmea necessarr
10 leave na j.oeo .oi ma river,. ior ine nrst
lltlkj, in'. ill V mi i IValilM Ra, iIkia .1.
L to smooth the way bere, and-, we find
. nJurl canal, or Slbo of 60 to 70 feet wide,
1 whtehit is propned lo use for ,20 j0 feet, It ia
I now itsed as the race to Caig,$ mill; it will
I be necessary tojaVe down pjujgi river danlf
if "which 0n1 aWl4r'. 'wiiw'twrjfclwfc1 !
ronatruci upoti iti site a darit 6 feet high,
aad 1023 feet lovg. TlVs dam Will gira
kalrteierit dep'ili liver the skoal at the month
if Rocky River, nnd above that point back
to the silt pf the joock in the' dam, at Far
isli's trap '- Some tlearing not and blattin
pwfl?be requiifd, d.e coil of which is em.
traced in tlie estimate.' s :.-,,'f I;
' A ' P-im must be Vaised ' over the" sloo as
fir dp w n' 1 j j jjre .flf. it, ' and In ih i dim
a lock'wilVKiicifl ortdf'fifvVram
whii:h a brfat will pass into a peot of three
niiles In leneth and of sufficient depth.
fiirmeU by th-ereflttoVof a.dam jwst bekw
I the head of Pulten's Falls. Some cleaning
nui win dc reainreu in tn unner pari oi
'Pulten'a Falli ara Uie ' ehicfi-obstacles
Jo-lU toj enlng f ihe navigation of Deep
n rr, vt a ruitmi oofrveT,'i.ar tnoan
un wqiiiiiMieil w iili the means relorltd 40
Uewheiein svrmoaotih; airmlardifiicoUIes,
hey do appear to constitute a barrier to
of tharrirer. But they-are by .naneans
inurmcontble-and when U ia consider
ed .'Jie'-wiltbo seen by theestlmatej ;at
wbaVan' tnconaiderabjoat the Opper
portion of the river cn' be rendered nai
gsbje, it Wil bST'fliiUersiood thaf we
can afford to expend an anjoitrjt sufficient
Horeroome the xUflicu! lies , aj these fatle;
bd yet leave the average coat ,ofimpror
tog Deep irittr quit low j - . '
... These Tails are formed btheiver flow
in j over s socceioo of ledges ronning
cross itsbed,; with abort' Pools of still
water vbetweek them. 'Thil fall ' rVom'.the
bead to the foot below pullensiMiH. is 34
Jeet 6 inches jrljs distance of t hiles; c
The 1st dam WvUie. falls will be placed
epoo a ledge of toeki mating acroa tbe
fiver 2 feel below the level of water aur face
above; it will be tight 'Ject bigbi and 38 1
feet lonjr, including the abutments A lock
will be placed in this dam of 8 TeetleU.
A boat wilt float ont if this lock i wo the
pool below of enfficieniv depth;
yarda"T jng, whjch Ibriit us, to
anl 600
the 2nd
dam. Ttiaarrf wiltaWi rest upon t rocky
ledge(.it wilt be lOjfeet hgh in the main
river, but as it will cross two , islands, its
average height will be much- les. It will
be 80a feet long:
tnclfwilt beiplaced Jnlra datti of tOi
r . .. r l .i . i . .-. .
leer iru rrinn wntto ssm-wm 'pxmmwt'm
noftl fotmed bv dam 1200 Taida helnw.
tfiese riversTlouTtrupon reilo or PueflTe dam, it will
be o Jeet- nig-h ami 4 1U left long to the is.
land , ineluding he abo mpnt. . "TheTe at
so, will be requireu 179 leet or uamming
aftrt connect two other. islanda witn the twst
I VtaM .PMm'jhmiiMW&!<olui.
OUt a canal '""ghjMjf yjl bo't""
11026 yards Innr. nfeafty-eirca'stn t ntUl
i ' . .. I. ..'l t .tl..t.-l-..l- ' . .t . .. .!
retjuiie 6pi.gu9rd lock, w hers i it leayesjhe
pooll and 'two' lift locks, of 10 feel eacn ,
topjbJ jumU :.lpt Jjiixiyeraotnef here
nbout th new bndge.tjeing erectel by Ur
J
wsrgwew w where u eresseiheraiB
.road.-. -.:, ; . ' ,f , :
-From the outlet lock of this csnal' the
boa la w til float in to a. nool of 1 1 fTmilea loos
reaching to Buckborn Falla, with- no dim-
col'.y for that distance, even at thisiime, and
of aufhcienl depth, excepting ut two points.
one at . ur. pmrtit aetn haul, the other . at
Haw kin's Island rihe depth "of water' at
' AboiirSi miles below Pullen's Mill
sna airecuv aoova ine connuence .t tna
llsw with Deep river, ia the town of Hay
wood , " fi gely ..situated n pon an elevated
second bottom, whlcTissuneoTTotecoWe
a"pTace of cpn aid erable TtaVd eV wTie n "lb is
improvement shall be opened' It baa
rich hack country in the Counties of Chat
ham, Randolph arid neighboring Counties,
and will be ibo point where all the aurplits
hproductlon of thete Counties will concen-
trateto the' borne upon the navigation to
tbe marke ts of Fayette ville and W ilming-tpnrV'-r"-,
' :
At Rutkhorn, the river" fall 18 feet In
J t mile wbcj e, it . becomes oeccsiary.for
toe intra time to leave ine bed ol the river
Here nature has again stepped in to tnioolh
the wny (or ns, and we And a natural canal
nr sloo.v which leaves the river just above
the fal's and waning round the north side
for H miles, again enters the river. ' This
aloo has at this lime a depth of from 12 to
18 inches in it, and is 60 to 70 feet wide. :
It is proposed lo erect a dam across, tbe
river at the bead of the falls S feet high,
and 720 fc ej long which. will afford ample
depth in the aloo. and back the water ever
theshaals above, so as to give at all times
not less than 3 fjet water upon them" -The
slooj wilt bf. fallowed t mitc. at which noint
and 28 feetitbew will be a dam erected over it. This
damwill be 0 fee,igh, and 180 feet long,
and in continuation of the eame dam io
fthe bank below the ild canal, a dam ( 198
feet long' and 6 feet high alio 43Q feet of
damming 04 feet high to connect some js
Isndssbove. ' , . ; ,'V ,, ..
T' Fiom the alqo through guard lock ; the
boSIs wil pass into the 'old' tonal which
must be wiitcned nd' cleared out for, that
purpose, as far ddwri as the loiks to , be
erectedj to lo wer them mto the tirer:'1-'-
'" There are the remain of several dams.
two sets of locks, some half a mite a, pan
and the dIJ canal alluded to; showing Che
eflbfts made in farmer years to improve
the river. i'-i-The i general loutline upon
which these 'improvements 'wew I ail pro.
jected waa i the main current, : but the de
tails were si wretchedly carried out, as lo
render worse than useless all the money
expended opon thera.-HThe eanttl waa in
the 61st place cut I mile, in length from
Rockhorn sloo. and locks ereciel to lower
die boats inui Parker's Creek, which tt waa
tniended hey should follow to the river,
shout one four' h of s mil. ; This creek is
art inconaidcrab'e stream of about 10 feet
width and 0 inches depth', which would
have been pjwaya filling up with the sedi
ment', brought down by it, to, the ohatruc
tion i of ihensviiaiion; even the t water of
itie fivM'fiaifhavebeen'o
ilahi From ploV'V---""f
It was alterwirds concluded . to throw
way-JheseJoek together witk balf a mile
of the Canal, and returning1: back npon it,
lock into the river half a mile above.. This
wts accordinely canted eutand the locks
pat up, which would hive answered The
nurpoAC.Miy -welT, it . they bad have been
lropeily coiiatructed, but the simplest laws.
ot Hydraulic pressure were totally uifrejard-
ed. -The kidea of the lockt were) tberely
upright post braced at each alwrtafa poet,
with a single lining of one inch plank, and
with no other so pport whatever. Aa might
have been expected, they forced open soon
after being subjected to the head riecessa
ry to pass tt boa,t through thern. They
were miernblo attempts at Jock toliding.
and it would, have been far better had the
srfoney have been thrown into the' river;
tbsffect of their faillure, although some
twenty years hve past, is still louud m the
minds of many enterprising and intelligent
gentlemen, ho look pon .any further at.
tempt at improving ibis noble river, as u
Ionian, merely because they, failed eV that
lime, without knowing or reflecting upon
the cause: which waa an utter wan! ot skill
it) carrying outtb jmprovemenir; 1 , -j-
' A spirit is now aroused, however, wmcn
if propely directed an judicionaly mao.
aged, will render the navigation of ine Cape.
Fear and Deep Rivers, of one primary Knpor-tanre-to
the Stale at large, as weU as to 'the"
Counties within its influence. 1
'; From the outlet lock in this canal a boat
will float into pool 6 miles in length and
of sufficient depth to Douglssa'a fw't bslf
rmile belowr NTtn5tonV.4?erryJwiThis
pool wilt be farmed by a am 9 feet high,
and 750 long, to be raised upon (die ledge
of rock at that place. Here it ia proposed
to take out a abort canal for 44( yards on
the nortfi lide, tbroaffh.the teyel bottom of
jje"n;It- poJ te8 miTelr longand
will extend one mile below JtleAUislerXerE
ty. whew ;danov1tt tT'btB..l")4.
and 037 feet long. -
A lock in this dam will pass a boat Into
theijextipool bftlo whlcb wiUtagrty,'! .flUt.
1 milf In lha npgt JatnUijih jattt-bft placed
upqalhe first ledge, in Smtley 's FallslA I i
hhfe Fa flu are writ tnnwn lb 4 "h g""
esi oDiiacie io me onenme oi ine ibviphiioii
of the Cape-Fear River above i. JVyettevlTlp
I wiu giyg ihey.phyjial chrscjerjpese
r bus exienu ior auouiwye mrei over a buq
ceion otrocky
a any of then, t 'atmg mvariabl1? frwen
them, ati4 pools of water, vary ing in 4ith
lront' ree In seven feet, and in length from
200 to 600 ysrb.. The banke of the River
st the bead f Jne; Falls. r Brer sixtcrn.-to
eightee fet hipbrbufincresse in hefohT
to thirty leet as we approach the font of
thff Fall Icwitltie ap?rr from -this brief;
notice of ifieir eharacMer-trnni-ifn ttelght
of the-banks and iheadmimble foundation
oflered for the dams 'and locks,"aa wHl as
thejexistence ofjpoolsoXsjjlUande
tr of considerable extent, that nature has
marked out for us the plan of improvement
W effecTTheTiivigatmn Tjiroogtrtiiia parnjf
the" lt XT" rrJrArawrUxaijexca.
vailons and benches formed in these. ledgea
to rock, upon which dams rsn be erreted
of withstsiid any freshet that may arte. as
ia abundantly shown by the imperfectly
construcfrd ' riali dsms upon thentj which
have withstood all the freshets tit the Cspe
Fesr until the actual decay f the timbers
tit them, and yetihestonea7 remain upon"
the foundations as they were originally
rilaeedvar '-.-t- r..;.:w; m
The dam at thia first ledge mil be eight
feet, nine inches high and 443 fee long,
in which a lock will be placed of the same
lilt to lower the boats jnto the pool , below,
whbh will extend for H miles and ot suffi-,
cient depth t the head'of Biir Island, w
; , Tlie sito for this daia is remsrkable thq
fall at the ledge.is Only eighteen inches,
but there is a rampart of rock running a-
crosq tne nver seven jeet above the surface
ifllte water, except at three opemoss where
the river has worn e channal ilimugti iu
Upon this ledge, or rather serosa the chan.
nels threngh it, a Uam.will be raised of I0J
feet hinlwiis total r length from bank to
bahk being 500 feef v ; : 7 , Zyt?
' In this dam a lock will bt placed of J 61
feet lift, to- float the boata into the pool be
low, which will carry them 13 Bilia miles
to the next dam, to be rnised opoei another
ledge of rock Ti is dam will be 3 feet 4
inches nigh and ,750 feet long. A Lock
in it will catry us through - a pool of 11
miles in length to the next dam, to be raised
opon the leige or I lodges: timber landing,
which will be ft feet high" and 600 " feet
long throogh ft lock In thia dam 'the boats
float intc a pool of water of five mile in
,lengthvittt!.,; '?; . -t- "
- '"This pool is intended to afford soflicfent
depth over the shoals to r Avert sboro. and
on to l)Ktor's shoals immediately below
smith a t ent at the mown of Lower Little
"This data upon Doctor's Falls will be 0
feet bighand 300- feet long, it will not on
ly create the pool above named but it will
flow the" water for some distance up Lower
LTt'le Rit ef , thereby facilitating tbe rafting
of the clamps brought down it, and remove
all' danger of losing (hem aa is nowfre
quently the care when they arrive at the
mouth of the river.; . t -
" From the lock in thia last dam to Jonea'
Falls, the distance ia five mitee which is
the length of.ths pool; Upon these Falls the
U -dam wiU be erectsd-t- wil 'be M)i
feet high and 400 feet long..
- From the lock In thia dam, of 91 feet
lift, the boata willfloat into a fine navigation
to Fayettville, 1 3-milesr. Some Autliy witt
be required in thia UUlanca, to remove ob
alructions, which ia piovidad for in the sti.
fwiate."" 1 -il.,,, ;5, ; f-" ".' J
; Tha fall from the foot of nanedrkJIm
W Fayettevile about. 78eet..The- die
tnnce being. abouklOO n ip V t ?; r
PLAN OF THE D AMS: "w
The plan of Dsms tjjxja Which the est-'
mate is baaed, ia termed! Stno Uam. It
ur tunned by ,, longitudinal limbers, wIJ
secured toHhs tock.H eonnec ed by, cross
ties."- with the down' stream end u the ties
k pt at s rh an elevation above theup(ream
end as will give the probed "upstieSm slope.
i icet tiorvizonisi to l toot yenioai.' 1 nese
embere Will be 'of ' yllo pine- jprnperly
bewed.and wJl trtt-nailtd logether., and
tlwjntermediits'spacee orerlbs, wetf pack
ed in with atone. ' Upon timbers- running
length waya of the dan along the face' oi
the upstream lope, will ba laid the-Meeting
of3 inch yellow pine 'plaak;: rttnnihi
up and down the slope, and well 'secured
toibesa timbers jr Irti neisv 1 .tJ f; ,,."i-
,- PLAN OF THE LWKS. .
ifhv tocki wifl be modificttiionof the;
CSfapoaUe Loeki tb waits win be turn
ed of well hewed yelloWpine timbers Uid
length ways of the Lock, 10 feet apart, eon-''
nected by rrosa tree every 10 fret f hir4
length. '-'These criba will ' be well racked
wnh stone to the entire fright of the I6ckj
waits'. ' " ;'iu i- t. Y
These - hock wall J wilt rest tipon riaa-
bers extending entiteTy ncross", tlie Lock;
iara eioa iogeinert- ana Jipom wjucna
double flooring wilt be laid to thrextf nt of
lock cnamber, and the lining of the Cliam
ber will also be double? '' --"I-TS?3rT.:r
1 Th. Locks' Will LfrJOO feet lonir in ilia
chamii.erbraeleetjividih, ara calcula
ted rorlroirttTWfter'ren g and - feet draft
Hjfiff30 BrwtrjtfrbffrtneTi?
I lenrri from Capt. Dibbrel, ihat his stenm
boat plying -upon the Neuso Rier ia 100
teet tong by 17 feet Wide, from the bow to
the extremity of the pad d Is wheel, which ia
;n ine- atero 01, tne boat its droit
wEe n light taS'wcfaa
The depth provided for ia this estimate
is in n case less than ' tbree-feeWarid'no
doubt a boat cau be constructed to draw
less tnan tne rme named Tsbove.:
These brief deacripiiona of the toeka and
Jams are cbnslder ttiaTO
tacter4rfbe,orcfl
: M Ja necessary to tray. .that when . the
work is laid off for eons tnietion. modifica
tfitnjL of tht plaij;:eCinJrwmerrt-bove
presented may be found -advisable, and in
illprobaiUty-miijr ;ejd;jrprttesav)ngii
AjTefuimcstigau.on- jrJidXthe expen.
ies rieccstaiy 10 acnoraiiin una won upon
the plait proposed, the items f ir which are
p resented iiti sTveepaNte sheet, IfindTif !
muntsi to (including ten per cent for coo-
itngenceiai ioo,uuu.
In'ordei that tlie committee mny have a
4lear tinderstatMlmg tof-tJieJ importance of
this proposed improvement, 10 . the in
Ufrrrs -not -oulyif tlie country throunb
which jt will jia f , but of ilia" StnfeKl TaYg";
both soeial sm enmmercial, I wilt endeav
or 10 point but some' p( the , physical fea
tures of the , valley , ahd of the to'uhtry' jl
will traverse, JJ."ro do so," t- will ak therri
m examine with me for a feW momenta the
map of the Sute1 of Jifarib Carolina; and
beginning at Wilmington, the chief sea-port
atjbe.,Sistewe"i (lnihhe Cane Fear Rivef
flowing through a brosd aiid nobis valle)'7
and steam boats plying upon It for 100 miles
above, to ' Fayetteville. ' Thence by "this
proposed .Improvement: we find siiltllie
road and iicrttalley ifc tliir Cnpe Fearj
pursuing n North , west direction some 60
Lmiles further, yio 'tlie Junction of ' the Hw
wun ueep river, nnu inenco uy ine vaney pt
JJeep Ktver-wlMch now pears due west,
40 miles further ' approaching at its neir
est point within 23 mile of the- rich and
eriile valley "ftha .Yadkin river. ' --
The highly productive lands pf the Cane
Fear and Deep rivers throughout the whole
extent of this proposed improvement, are
suiccptiblilf iif err-ernormtof surptur'pr'
auction, which it would be difficult to
estimate, eould I He .proprietors of thetu
avail4 themselves. f the easy a d cheap
conveyance lo maiket which ihtainav.
gation woutd afford. Upon Deep River,
12 miles above its confluence- with the
Haw Rivtr we firat come, opor the tula,
minous Coal deposit,' wbich eitenda on
both sides of thst river ' for some tS miJes
abive, and forms ohe vast coal basin, as
if clearly indicated by the openings which
have been made upon the lends of Tbonv
as Farisli.-en . George's Creek,- oa' the
branches of lluflaloe Creek -"' on the oppo.
posite aide of the: liver, upon the lands of
Jobn llorton where tne, boring bas oeen
continued for some 0 leet wiihout'finding
the thickness of the bed, sitfd sUo higher
up Dear l)r. Cbalmrr a plantation m Moore
County. .fj? '.i.v?; ,iyj -.:!,
- , This coal bum wiib brilliant flame;
it is found from i to 5 feet below die sur
face, and identical with the far famed bitu
minous coal of Alleghany County, Wary
land, to transport which to her seal coast
there baa been expendeitin the construction
of the - Chesapeake " ahd Ohio Canal, 9,.
503,348, besides a new issue of bonds ve
rt inly mads of 1,700,000, mnkingt to
gether, ft 1.202,3 16, for construction atone.
T th,i,.riAtt be4de4aiew,tMl loss
dpon the sale o bonds up to this ' time," of
$1,458,070; this swellsthe amount te tlSr
601.315,;; 4. V-;.x -,:.
The Report from which ' the above is
extracted; sava Kfh. proralneut and main
purpose of the canal, as work limited to
t'ie Valley ef the Fotomsc, is to lay span
to the inhabitants of the Atlantic States,
We"'m"neral treasbrwrtef Allegharryownty
particularly its inexhaustible mutos or Coal
and Iron. -v-, ? v-j-
.ft it
At
now renuemen. this immmn nntt ha
been expebdeo to construct a liwc of canal
183-4-10 mile's lone," less than the distance
In the Deep Rty'ef , mineral , region yi 4
ruilles,' and when we take Into , ertneidera
tioii 'nha tariff if tolls T necegsarj; to . pay
tlie tntereerbpoh 'this large um and com
pare It with that nefcasary to meet, the in.
terest nport th amil expeiiditnre Beeesaary
to'ftccornpjish'' this Improvement, is it not
as plain as tho sun at .aopri day,that you
.... .:i.i.-'.uL'ar-..t-.f .t' v
amyof the'Attaitic wapoi)a!..,';'."vi
jiemati iron; fire, la; .alscLound upon
tlie' banks of Deep" RiyeT, aoajf stone, and
also .sutelaoce.; very muca- resembling
black.teacr."'-; i '
Jtri.l I . . e"" 4'.
w itnout geairing to.. weary you genlle
ment 1 muatxgrry you htong with me, eith
er by water, navigation, or Iftht uppra
ticable, by a ortgage' Rairad, over the
connuyilividipg, the jDcep,, and Tadkiii
Rivers, where we reach an immense and
populous "valley, rich in . every, variety of
agricmturat weauu which would ue col
lected and transported upon the Yadkin to
tlie Rail Road; ,nd if sectionnl . boata. are
ud, such. aa.,are in daily usd upon the
Canals in l'ennaylvata, they would, with
thetrfrtightj be transported over this short J
portago Jvau noan., ana launcneu npon utep
River for the. acapor,of the. Slate ri" ' . t
It appear lo me there cancan be no doubt
as 1 to flic profit i'of this trnpr6vemerfiTTtiaf
j
itwuMeJiilt!i '3Ife lwkbfihe tewef C'p
l;.ear.jiuJttatuJDMLBft.aanuHf
Ia conclusion, I would ".ask what Allan
tic "Seaport would-have a moro extended
commnniwtion ivjth jho . interior tliaii "VVil
mington! Supposing the Yadkin' Valley
penetrated and improved, as I am informed
:fitTiw be'for " foroey 1 60 Ues -iiWw iltl
narrows, thus wrming. 400 miles ofin-
ilmortTarwpprta LttQflryjrtcb: for economy
ana wtpm.gnr. would not lie surpsssezr
by-aiiyoUg-imprpvcot j:tbe.aame
teiigUj4n thexouiiwyiit
,TtoTtn,vawittarrwwaaertJ:
product of her ibooitjiilfrom-Aer own
tncihaun tibia rwoorcts asBmo-th8toi
the ,Ailsntio Seaboard, to wliich she lias
hfiiiiHate -laimvaad 00- longer witness
the diversion of lie praducutofthe puild-
itig p - of the Coinmercittl Curw in t'M
S laws- Oflv ber xVorth and tSoulh;'btil ac
cuhiulaling tiport thav wWves of VTAte Inrf-
tort, tffey would bibippcdw1iefahBlaws
of trade .taight direeit--' t-; v nwrsit
;f Byyoiir obedient servant, ' i
, V3TEvrraNTTTm!iitrNjo?f
' . t i '.Y -. JEnghtttr.tli
RaleiffhTi)ccr22drr48r -
-p I have ewrufully examined the Jiotes and
calculations jipeis which the ebove estimate
bTthrVoarof the-tmprovermmt ef the Cape
t ear and ieep Ui vera was made and have
no doubt that it is full and. ample, with
good management, under the direction' of a
competent iwineer, for the accomplish
ment of the objects contemplated, and I ful
ly eoncur in all the-iewe and deductions
contained in the nbeve report. ''' s41""'
; ... .. i.u WALTER GWYNN-
RalatMlL lion ."'4iL lfii(t.-'f -TI-rr-T-vTl
30V. AIANLY'S IXAkyUVHAi,'!
Gmthmim V e St.nie sst-.?,-t-rh wvi?
'. Steffi. f thi tt f,CmmoniiA m u:
In entering upon the duties of tlie high
station to-which 1 hare "been calledi0 1
avau myself oTtli. earliest opportunity to
tender to yon, and to our commmon -constituents,
my thanka Ibrtkedistinctibft eon
ferred upon- me, end to express my owrt
patriotic pride in being deemed worthy of
fillirigtheChief Magistracy- of my' native
Btftte&wi,''rHi'Afc-'fe' mil! V'f'!. "tiB''ts
i To bo elevaiied to the hicheai office- With
in their gifU by a people justly ' renOwded
for public vrrtue ftnd social orderfi "tor ! un
compromising deVotiun to-the Union, -arid
an habitual respect for 4he supremacy of
the laws: to wear the mantle oi such 1'at ri
ots aa Caswell, Nash', Burke, Johnston srtd
Davie, might welt saiisfy a loftier anibition
than mine." ' '': '"'t k 5 :'
It wiirnot be expected thai so ncar1 the
termination of "your Session, I will present
to your consideration fanyf specific scheme
of policj'.-'"-, "' '!'-', i-j.i;' i-tii-t jst, i (
i The distinguished ftnttematt I $m ;abo5f
lo succeed, has; discharged that duty with a
ceal and ab ility that the most patriotic and
gtftod of his succssori m coming time wi!
commend and admire, - , w
Whilst, then,' I make no "specific, propo
sition for the future, 1 may be permitted, I
trust, on this first day ef the natural and
political year, rurrounded by the Executiye,
the Ijegislative and the Supreme Judicial
Functionaries of tlie coramenwtaMii;'-faring
testified my devotion IP lhe State' by
an appeal to the liighesl sanctions of 'our
religion, to bestow one ' thought upon rthe
past. -
.' There is no heart so cold aa not to con
sider it meet and proper at thia time, in
tliis plaee, and under those-eircumtautei
to acknowlsdge with devout gratitude the
goodness of God, to think iim for the mul
tiplied blessings conferred . upon our eeun
try, and esrnestly. lo supplicate a continu
ance of His farors. : ; ' f I;4 1 -;
We have most ' truly just : reuse to be
thankfuWf hsnkful- for - Aur-eouatryT- her
climate and her soil- thankful for her In
jtntsMiaWtel for tlte Ja w l'mg jieasle
"of our people.' i'i '' :.im,i,
rowwepi among ifieeyepti ot, iie yar
that baa just closed, is. the great political
Revolution through which we bave. passed.
I allude to it here ja rjo-spirit pf vain glo'
ry and exultation 'at 'i J'artj' . rrluiiiph. i
God fotbid that ort an occasion like this
our 'hearts 'shouhf swell wlthany other ,'
6
emotion than lore for nurcoiihtry,' our colli-,j ;
'i In the formation pf the Federal conntiiii- :s
tibn there was no subiect of 'such arixiou ? . :
and paimful consideration "as the arrange- 11
roent of the. Executive department. !The,V -.
elective npnaircjilei of theold;. worjj "lad, :.,Y.m
proved the most defective" "ef all 'systems of 'I
govenirnent,Iany"! virtui'oua and); able '
uicivDiuru icarcu mat any acueme py wnicn t
the chief Executive Algistrate shcmld tf-r,
chosen at brief Intervals must product unl-!i( f
verealjumult and, confusion, and prove e mK3 "
nendy wanting ia aUbility and accurity " 4 "
The moat enfe'H utd confident advocate
of Republican govern men ta, regarded H as'
me pivoi en wnicn we success l or : failur-
of our jgrest experiment tt political isciem:S
waa to turn. ;;ior Old ,the success ' which
miuked every step of our National vtpgicti t
Initsealryeajrer serve to dispel their gloom fM
aBprehensious.'Hi w . . jt ra. , -to
1 he lUttStrtQua Uhicf, to wliom was prt T
committed tlie helm pf Stated can acarcel
be regarded aa having passed through ii -rnoczss
or txtctoM. ? Jlisfrearaualirtes '
and eminent services;, lad elevated Kim
wHtiiout com jveerj- waetlrft in warr f5t
in peace, ami . fliat4n,-4h4iearta-' -Vif ivis,.
eountrymcB," i ne nroblera remained to
be olod. could pur Inatuutions withstand Yrt
tba shock f popular elections eccurrtnir at ' ;
stated; inlervalsf - Would uot the diflieiiltieav
increse aa our population muUipJiasl -land r,.?.
r With each auceessTirTue TwiieiTof
tfe frfeiuls of free giromTiit?ywTfe
riBxuwrr nu ironger. v...-,-v..,-;.r: i.swr
11:2. r -i. .a-' ., :,..,. . ' .
. a no iiraiory-OT CTBocTeain ot prgvcm
Msquesrion--Fxr;-y-i
kT1iai three milliona of Freemen; me oro."
prIetgY;oIC
miles, between tne-Tismr i andrthe taeninir ?
surt,sJhould calmly and intelligently, record
hmhc veriict.ep'io xn gaiitrisaiieB eptwwi r-;-
tnd to them,ir a more stupendous miracla
in political science "tlian even the-weadorfirt-
-lul : . ' -i i. ' '
uip nyaivat oy rwoienrTaiarTeiMictntr.;:
waa namiltetLin, a -UkeiBtarallhin
oxircmiiiea to uie. Heart pi UiiS extended TTf
nce-tue- worldJhtgaiti jainerebu-t MEtLi
in this glorious Union, ere aeni RaSt i
otCTiow s v4fnesssedTi-Wi2sr roihei 'NU
Uons are aritated. ejrdJeonvelaed eedlhet.i'i e
hlgfrplacea -oH power approached ! onlV4 . -
through Uie-batue tm uxkk Aiotfi dia? -Jt ,
one set of Rulers rglv "wnla- ftnnofliar 41 ;;",""" ' "'
mvuuut muiiiucc; anu me policy o W day rt
quietly upturn! , that ol yesterday by thi- ; " 'r7 ,
peaceful magic of the ballot Bax.-Thewglt ew ..' . ;
all fthis. may, have arooaed -the ' popular f'!' -V
mind, by.tntejlectual cpnflictl foJthemtti'' I ; 'f.
tery; though badges and bannthi idalrft-
the ardor of Contending hourn Jn one' short' ' ! '
day, .without tumuli 6r bloodshed, the etraea 5 ;" -44-1 -i
gle ta, endadUi.4.,ii JXfci,-t A.---
the next witnesses the cordial salutation1 -
of the victors and the Vanqaibedi'-AtT:j-,rr
calm; and that civil" specwble exhibited; ' J
sublime ami Inimitable, otv an Almost vni&
jrere al submission to the wiJl'of the' major
ity. tl-wtt v.j."ji f t'.-:i iia ,ti0j'i
' What can beuer HlUMrnte the conSurnnTate
wisdom ofouWInetimiwns-bHthe "bcnigtV
mfluence of that spirit brea thed fnto : thenr
by that foresighl and J patriotism of eurst!- -
ceatOVaf klavi ffita Snirir' bver .uriiai1 J
and perpetuated by the virtuone energy and, - - " ' 1 ,
intelligence four people, ; '"-:''u; lf , - "..
Let it W remembered by the 'rvvSHik-i':'ip 'Xs.
ttiv rAnfTiuthortceni Presidential ;.'elee? v r
- j r --- " yt
tion. that the triumiih Ofilieirbhbonenij Was
Ae triumph of brethren and not of foeaj end "J -
4aVlJ factious opposition Kow willr bring"'."
fnem inconoict with that "fundamental anq .
vital principle of republicanism, ' an ftbsoj 7 ,
lute acquiescence Io the dictssioni of the 'a
majority." And let it be bome in mind bf
the tveetinfut Party, that with ua U wai ' ;
contest fof Ptfrtciples' andnot for the paltry0, .
roWards'and ixappings of Office,--fhat bqr '
political opponents are Apt W he yegairded J' .
as a, conquered enemy to be crushed be ,
fteath the heel of poweiwbui as country5 '.
men bound tip In the tame destiny.,' witliv ...
ourselves -joinl inheritors and owners of a '
common e-ovetnment cooartnera 'in-the 1
same ereat charter that 'guaranties justice
and eq jal rights to ftllm a word. Vuf Ttt
low Cihtens r .i.trJ'- Itm'-' ".'
4 la the important prerogative of ,Legi!s
tion, the Executive ' branch of our tatp' ,
Government ft wholly excluded Tii T
. Our early history ' exhibits on every' page, -, ,.
the clearest evideiiee that no Colony under, '" '
the dominion of tlie Mother Couutry was
misgoverned and oppressed to an equal ex-, -
tent wun norm . varouna. iicnca as a
natural consequence, no one bf ourr Stale
Constitutions furnishes such marked proof
of the jealousy of Executive pawr,. TM
UOyernor pwaaeaioa iiennrr an iinuaiory , -
nor. veto authority in legislattonr-ani tito t
merfl privilege of reeommenijatioa has been X. '
assumed ftnu anctione4 by nnsge, f n .iroita- Y 1
tion of the course under Uie Federal Ceiuti. . 4
tution, ra ther tha a derived from any pron- -' -
atott In TJur-own.--p rrrrr,fr-"
u I joey be, allowed however, W" rcninJ "
yeer ionsleiWyTlha tle -Wy.
S ml purpose lor f w hichf our" coristituenta v
JiavxeJojliad, jpjif jitk U-mtm$
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