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it hmimfrnm-vam s f i fV mi frn ir t f fV. n m ifflfl iaif IS H m TIIOS. J. LEMAYr EorrofreV Pboh.ietob. 7l XIALEIGH, WEDNESDAY1, JUNE 6, 1849. illlilMI CTMiMIUI ill ! it aiiSn , .. ... - i in aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. whs w mmm mw T spSSF SMSS) HSS)saaaap of d H KENARKS OF T.rtEOTAV. Ptlivarad at tha loteraal Improvement meeting, in the City of Raleigh, on tha 3rd at April, 184. The resolutions reported by the Commit tee having been read,Mr.' Lexay said, Mr. Chairman, before "the question is ta ken, I ask leave to submit a few remarks on the subject matter of these resolutions. 1 hope they will be 'unanimously adopted, tW their language is, if. any thing, too tame for the crisis. .The period has arriv ed when North Carolina caifho longer neg lect a more general and extensive system of Internal Improvements, without falling 'ut0 (irretrievable ruin and disgrace. Could we drag lack, our aiater States it-half a. century., in their career of improvement and prosper ity, then might we afford to fold our arms and sleep on Just half a centurylonger. But, sir, this is what we cannot do, and would not, if we could. The steeds which . draw their car of improvement go with the 'toroe, and' almost the velocity ol4ho- light- ning. In it sits the goddess ol Henty, show erinff from her bountiful hands, in the rich est profusion, all along the track, through town and country, the blessings of Agricul tural, Mechanical, Commercial and Social prosperity, happiness and independence We rejoice in their onward inarch -and unless we act promptly, and put forth ..all our strength, we shall . be dazzled- by their glory, and attracted by their advantages; un til our beloved old State will be deserted, depopulated, emptied of her best population, and left to languish in utter ruin and deso lation to become a perpetual reproach and ,,thia-widmd"and flourishing Republic. But, sir, I rejoice that an opportunity is afforded ns of preventing a calamity, ao de rogatory to the character of the State and so revolting to the feelings of her patriotic citizens. The tide has arisen, which, "ta ken at the flood," will "lead on to fortune;" neglected, all ia lost. i Jf 2JK?T- flood 'and cffare, amy,ef in tins undertaking, Mr. Chairman, we must all be united, and move-together with spirit and energy; but those who have the means of meeting the liberal offer of the State our capitalists, our men of property must take the lead. Unless they can be induced to lay hold of it earnestly all our efforts will be vain and fruitless if they -will "fcut gi vr the subject a tliorough examination, they ''e"annd1'(a''"tribe'twnvineed-"Uiat'a'6cterate' investment in the work, will anlvauee Uwi, best interests as well as the welfare and prosperity of the State. , ! An idea prevails that rail roads are uni versally profitless to their owners'."" "This is a great mistake, Many of them are so, it is true, from want of judgment in, location, and lack of skill and economy ia construc tion and management; but w,hcrever these elements have prevailed in planning and Car rying out such works, they have not. failed to "become productive rtock;'r----I have gathered a few items which I will here read as evidence of the correctness of this statement. Auburn and Rochester Jiail Road-- .. 78,n,vej; Receipt! for 1843. $494,721 87 From 100.782 through - 7 pusengera, 1250,794 45 " 108.177) way 107,978 85 ' Fmgbt.67,762.BU Ibi. 83.138 85 ' '-"Ttrslir """ :'"11700' W T" " . " Oiher noureei, 1,413 7i. EipenJiiure, lor 1818, total, 188,027 78 Cltnr prefm, $286,692 It Dividend 4 per cent, semi-annually. The Petersburg Rail Road has been dividing seven per cent, per annum for sev eral years. The Frede ickburgtinARichmod nwd u also dividing 7 per cent. Georgia Central Rail Road. HiDiit. 1848. f Joit. 1849. Up frwghv. i'Jp'lrht, t.0 38 Downdu 37,691 6aDownlo famgt, 6,646 45 Pisj, V. 8. Mail, ' 1 ,600 OOjU. 8. Mail, .773 600 00 $52,291 37 66 648 79 62,991 79 '- IncrcHC, $14,357 52 I have no information as to the other months in the year; but taking the receipts for January, 1848, (less, in round numbers, than in 1849, by f 14,000,) as the average per month fof1hc--yeaT,-and -Tire have an amount of annual rceeinta of more than 624,000. . ' These statements give some idea of the operations of rail roads elsewhere aye, and their profitable operations too and they furnirih data upon which to found a reasonable calculation of what would be the result of the success of our central project In estimating tho value of rail road stock, as a mere (pecuniary investment, we "are taught by experience, (and we are such erring creatures we need tho instructions of thisgreat teacher at every step,) to look next to the cost of the work proposed to its probablo annual amount of transportation I of freight and passengers. To make this proutable, four things are indispensably ne cessary, s. lsU The. road roust bo on a line of - extensive travel 2ndly If most tra verse a country abounding agricultural and, Mother marketable products. " 3rtHy. It must terminate at a good market town. 4thly. It must have to contend with no rival, rail road. .. - y- r 'i ' " : "A brief examination of the proposed cen- .. Jrp. wise&scjilo., ..jreJsitf . wiu; iptij; fail to produce! thei conviction in every reasonable mind, that it will possess high advar.tftge in every particular. .' 1 1. First, as to tho line of travel. It will form the connecting link in the great Metro- politan route, running North and South from one extremity of the Union to the other. Let this hiatus be filled up, and the tide of passengers that will flow down the road will be not unlike the rush of waters from tho Pacific ocean, through the zread canal which is to be dug' across the ..Isthmus of fauama. , 1 his is by.no-nicans -a taneilul idea, as some may imagine. Our '6cntral rail road will draw in the passengers with the power of a perfect inagheiism, from tlje States of South Carolina, Tennessee, Geor gia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Lou UnftirwMefr Sfittcrth runs, offering the safest, cheapest and quick est passage to travellers from the largest portions of those States to the North. Talk not of the thousands who are borne along in the water palaces of the mighty Mississippi; nor jet of the thousands whose transit is by Cliarles triii along tlie Atlantic route . Open Litis narrow neck between Kaleigh and Char lotte, and the still narrower strip between Wilmington and Raleigh, and a large pro portion of these two currents of passengers will be drawn in from the extremes to this middle. . route this metropolitan liu which will thus engross an amount of travel which puta all ealculatioli at defiance. There is ah amount of travel of 00,000 dol lars a year already on the Georgia road on the Auburn and Kochestcr Koad of $250,000. . An average of 20 through pas- sengers a day at ten dollars a bead, . would mr;nrnrarrt"toHW3 genu would . probably be. equal, to one- fourth of that amount, say about f 25,000, which will give us nearly $100,000 lor passengeis alone, at a moderate ' calculation. But the road must rely upon' other sources for its profits; and should thcrrefore, 2ndly, Traverse a country abounding in agricultural ana other marketable products. Let us see, then, if th ia central roadwill pass through suiili a country. This can only be ascertained by an examination of the DODulation and wealth and productive ness of the countieB through which and near which it will run. J here are twenty-nine counties, embracing two-thirds of the value of die entire landed property of the Statej iphjr&wiU: and contribute to its business operations. They were divided bv Governoi Graham. ' Pcial mfisara to tlx. , !'" into three ciasst s.' isu Tiioso on the di rect route; 2, those withm-twenty-five mile of the same; 3, those within fifty miles of the same. I have prepared the following table showing the population, val ue of real estate; and probable amount of marketable produce of each of these coun ties, which will furnish frieght, annually, (dropping fractions) to the value of 1,588, 500, yielding to the road at ten per cent, for carriage.Ui5 sum. of ,f JJSZ.pOOwhichjd ded.teahe travel, will produce a "grossa mount of $238,000, exclusive of merchan dise; for Which no estimate is made; but sup posing this at half the amount of freight fof produce TH.OOtfthe U. Brmail at f 14,- 000, we will have a grand total of 9350,000. Lstimate expense of running at 9U0,000, and we have left the handsome sum of $256,000, which will pay the. interest on $3,000,000, ($180,000,) and We for; bo nus 970,000. J his result is drawn from the supposition, in the table, that upon an average, in each county, for every 91000 value ol land, there will be produced blty dollars worth of produce at least, which will find its way to market on the rail road, which will nav 10 per cent, freight. To prove the reasonableness of this calculation, I turned to the county of Orange, and as certained, bv a careful examination, that the amount of her yearly products, accor ding to the last census, which, every -body knows, falls far below the reaFityyis 9857,- 335. Upon the supposition that an aver age of one-tenth of what is raised is mar ketable, Orange will sell 85,735 dollars worth annually, only a little less than the amount of my estimate. Now, we all know Orange sells five times mat amount. Well, at least 985,000 of it will seek a market on the rail road; and so will a pro portionable amount from the other counties; shewing that my calculation is sustained by the statistics of the census. Throwing out of the account some eight or ten of the counties, whose produce will find a market through other channels, and we still hare more than enough to pay o per cent inter est on the investment. :" TABLE. ' o rr ibct, aotrrs. Counties. Populf' 11 Value of Vt)oe of 10 ptr lion in Real Eat'ls product ctnt for 1810. in 1847. for mark't. freight Waka. 21,118 $2,053,185 $100 000 $10,000 Chatham, 18,243 Kanilolph, 13 876 Daidaon, 14,608 1,245,814 60.000 7.000 1,062.638 ': 1,158,316 V 1,013.469. 333,836 1,116,016? ' 834 ,037 J 60.000 67.800 60,000 15,000 5.000 6,500 6,000 8,000 ) Rnwan 13,109 Cabarraa, 9.J50 Mcklhrs? & Uni'i 5,000 7,600 t . 104,473 ,, WITIIV 9,114,101 407,500 44.000 -25 mta or a. 2.234,376 i l 0.000 Onnv; , 24.2.'S ('ailf-rd, ,19,175 8lok, IC,2f,5 Bnrrr ' '15,079' DTi - 7,57 IwJrf!, ' 15,665 Lincoln.- i Osrtuif.C 25,183 CsU'btO 11,000 1.612 263 1.375.910 1,005-737. 644.309 , tt33.1T. 75.000 80.000 60,000 25,000 ' 50,0C0. 7,600 6,000 5,000 S.600 6,000 2,088,951 . ; 101,500 10.00Q 60.000 25.000 6,000 Moorv, 7,98a S.600 346,427 20,171.203 64600 44.550 W1TB1X 50 hill or fAS. RugiM.? CWid.5 19,303 1,361,003 75,000 7,500 Ourk. k.. f McD'l 15,799 1.6C5,79i 71,000 700 Cald .1 Roek'b'm. Caawvll, -Penan, 12.577 13,443 14093 9 790 555,666 1,023,794 1,382,405 689,349 25,000 50,000 60,000 25,000 50,000 2,600 6,000 6,000 i iAOO ' 6,000 a 300 Anion, 15,07? 1,140,899 Jobnaba, Maah, Franklin, CranTille, r,59l 919,634 60,000 6,000 017 10 980 18317 629.013 817,564 1 .529,114 25,000 60,000 75,000 635,000 646,000 4J7.500 2;500 5,000 7,600 63,500 44,000 11,733 33,989,143 i. $ I A8,500 153,050 3. The road to be profitable must tcrmin- aie at a gooa market. It will do this, by giving the people the choice of going to rerereourg... Kicnnioml, .WorfoUt, Wilmington, Newhern, and ultimately to Beaufort, which will open to them, from one of the finest ports in the Union, the markets of the world. - Some - veara , sinoc. at tne instance ol our distinguished fellow citizen, Hon. John H. Bryan, of this city, men a memoer ol uongreas from the New bern district, a survey was made bv a. skit. Ifcewbernr a4a report madfflliereoTi7 sTio w- ing mat a snip channel could be made between-these two important points at a Tory trifling expense. This done, and the' com munication with the back country effected, what would hinder Beaufort from becoming a great market town? 4V Jt must have to eon lend whhnri form!. dable rail road rival. : Thin. 'it mmi L diiiitted, has been death to' the two road already in operation in our State, running, as tlicy do, parallel to each other, at a dis tance of not more tuan 60 to 25 miles apart, across the State.'. Had there been but one of these roads, a little differently located. experience has proved it would now have Beeri in"a" pxos ipoirsrcMiliuoiv.payiiig ll its debts, and yielding a handsome profit to its proprietor. -'The"eontr5mplated p It will run down tlirough the heart of the State, opening die only channel through which the produce and travel of nearly half the counties in the State will be carried; and will be on. the direct line of the great na tional thoroughfare from , North to South, and will thus stand unrivalled for the facil ities it will afford to the travelling public It is true, it will not be in such close prox imity to large towns and cities as the North ern roads, but it will be on the direct, line running"' to "thosfr towns- from the .whole Southern country, and will collect and bear on its track passengers - from all the States lying oouth of ISorth Carolina, as already stated. --!r z ; : There is another branch of the subject which claims our consideration, of still high er interest and importance, that is, the ad vantages which will accrue to the State and hereitisens from-thia -neble'enterprisei ;"-" 1 I regard it, first, as an aet of 'rtdtmp lion f torn commercial bondage. Our State has the proud distinction of being the first to declare and maintain political independence; but she has been the last to insert her com mercial independence; yet I trust in Ood, she will be as firm in the maintenance of the one, as she has been in the other.: By its galling yoke she has had her head bowed down to the earth, her blood sucked out by the vampires on the North and the Sooth, and her noble and gigantic frame lefi so poor and emaciated, that alt her ribs might be counted. But now, thanks to lhe wisdom and liberality; and patriotism and fearless independence of mHasr Legislatttres-ehe has set up for herself, stands erect, lifts her brow to Heaven, and may soon reap from her own rich and luxuriant fields, the abundant harvest, on which she will grow fat, fill out and perfect the symmetry of her fair proportions, and become great and pros perous." ' 2. It will have the effect to build up and sustain large commercial towns of our own, ' Raleigh may become an "important market town, if she will, especially for all the produce that may have a tendency to halt between Petersburg and Wilmington or Newborn; and for Farmers, who desire Iron, Salt, Sugar, Coffee, Molasses and other goods in exchange for produce. It depends upon the enterprise of her citizens. Wilmington, carrying on a direct foreign trade with the West Indies and other coun tries, will become a better market than any accessible to the farmer out of the State. She has more than doubled her population. under tho operations of her present rail road; her citizens are the. ruoai enterprising and sagacious in tho State; with the burdens bf the old road hanging tfton hCf shoulders, we fin?., her begging the Legislature to give her the power of taxing-herself to the , a mount of a quarter of a million more to aid in the construction of another magnificent 720,684 841,660 enterprise, on which she has set her heartland puf in half an jounce of the extractor and, here, sir, permit mo to say,' she has set to the citizens of the metropolis and all other portions of the State an - example which we will find it to our interest to fol low. Why should wc not go and dohke- 1 wiser Can we expect ever to rise to great. ncss, if wesitstUL-widr folded arms, and CalTt 1 ft ila 4)v ja , ai nL1 -niiiiiii n - INewbern, will arise from her dilapidations ana rum and become the glory of the State in commerce, as she has been in litereture and refinement.- Beaufort, too, with the tines! harbor on the Atlantic coast, the saf. est, easiest of access, and affording the quK.Ke.-u iransu ior vessels to lhe- broad bosom of the main, ma v become ihn Itnatnn of the South. Flourishing will also spring ud all aloiurthe line .fifth road, And thus will our own State and ou own ekiaenehare the honor and advant "8 arwmg ixom me shipping, carriage, and commitsjons of her own product there by IncTMRHng her population, swelling her revenues, quickening all uor industrial branches, and placing hr among'lhettars oi tne lirst magnitude in the galaxy of our 3.Ihad intcbded to have spokrti of the enhanced value to real estate which, would be the certain awl important result of this enterprise, as will as the great increase in the value of slavts, and steady employment to all laborers aniincrease of wagesy-which' "hiust necessarily follow;, but the. intercsttng and able remarks of Maj Htxiox, on tliia branch of the subject, render farther com. nient unnecessary. 't7ie sec re r- OF- COLORING.. A New and Improved Method of Color ing, lately discovered in London, -The-fjflwttty ttfrfyS-stuirgTveffowiii calealatett fortwtrdd tho pin it, which is intended Tor ribbons and silks; J. j' leffoM). Boil water sufficient to cover the goods, then put in half a pound of enr cuma, one ounce of cream of tartar, and three table spoonful of the muriate of tin;. Uiep boil in the goods five Himuteiand done, Urange, ten minutes. oweI. Use the yellow dye; rinse out the yellow goods, put back the rinsing wafer into lhe dye kettle, then add one-half pound of fustie and three ounces of alum. Boil thirty minutes, then nut in two table- spoonful of chemic blue, then put in the goods to be colored green. Let them boil hreTOtmiti;r;yalo- Scarlet Red. Boil water sufficient to cover the goads, put irr-fire oTincos of lac tobpSiS4' of crMn of tartar, and six in the good irom n veto twenty-nve minutes, until the color suits your fancy. Brass or tin ketdev should be used. . '. Jllue Mack, To color ailks, fine wool len goocls, &c, but not cotton. Boil water sufficient to cover the goods put in half an ounce of nutgalls, pulverised; then put in the goods and boil ten minutes. -Take them out and wring; put in four ounces of extract of logwood, two ounces of the sul phate of iron, two thirds of an ounce of verdigris,: .pulverised, then boil in the goods from fifteen to ihltty ntimttes, and dotted To color Cotton Slack. Put clear cold water into aubr sufi1cientto-coverthe goods, than put into it two and a half ounces of chloride of lime, then put in the goods half an hour take out and wring, then fill a tub second time with clear watet, and put into Juwq. ounces ofsulphatooHronDUJin I the goods ten minutes, then take out and wring, then put the sulphate oi iron water into your dye kettle, and as much clean wa ter as will cover the goods; then put in four ounces of the extract of log wood, one and a half ounce of the sulphateof copper, then boil in the goods from fifteen to thirty min utes. ' - - ". ' " Note- After coloring, dip the ration goods, two or three times in the chloride of lime water, then wash well In hot strong soap suds and warm water, rtdtfitiPulVerisrTWO ounces OH indigo, put in eight ounces of sulphuric acid in a pitcher; put the indigo into the acid little at a tiraajmd keep it stirring with a stick until all tha indigo is in the acid. Let this mixture stand, eight hours, bofore you color, then boil water sufficient to cover the goods,. Put in the mixture of indigo and acid, then your goods immediately after wards let them boi( five minutes. This is designed for woolen or silks Pink or light silks, 6e. Boil water suf ficient to cover tne goods, then put in one spoonful of cochineaL pulverised: one tca- poonful of cream of tartar, and a tea-spoon ful of the muriate of tin, then, boil in the poods from one to ten minutes, until . the color suits you. ' Brass or tin kettles should be used. " "": ''" ' '' . ;'" ""'. Crimson Red.- Boil water to cover the goods, put in six ounces of alum; put in the goods and boil thirty minutes take out and wring; wash the kettle and put in clean water to covor the ' goods, and then add half a pound pf .Brazil wood boil, ten minutes, put in the goods and boil ten to fifteen minutes, . -''London JlrownHo'd water to cover the goods, then put in one pound of earn wood and two onnccs of fustic; WA thirty minutes put in goods and boil fifteen min utes, take them out and air them, then add to the dye one tea-spoonful of sulphuric acid return the goods tenminutes. take out logwoml; put in the goods five to ten min utes theh ttRe out the goods and put in onc-o,tiarter ounce of sulphate of iron, then put in the goods five minutes, and done. Norts. To make the muriate of tin: 1 Put One poun of muriatic and half pound n!..:. :.i J , ... " . mure ciu in a ciear glass ootUe.fllelt evedottnecs of block tin : as" you would men lead, then pour It slowly into ' pan of com water, which ijives some the appear ance of a honey combe then set your hot- mob ou mo ucarm ueiore the fire . until the acids get somewhat warm, then puf in the tin little bylittle. so as to keen it boilinir. ...i .. ... w ma u is an auued, lei if cool for use. j o mane cncmie oiue: l'ulvcrise one ounce of indigo, then put eight ounces of uipnurio acta into a pitcher, put the indigo WJto tjia icid slowly and .nix- wsli fe ,etiv, '"B a nca iei ustanu wo tiays, jnen jru. i imu giasn oouie, reaay ior use. The good that you wish to color yellow, green and blue, should be first boiled thirtv mlQlUMr4j . 1- . ' ounces of alum to every pound of goods, and after bcinir colored and washed, should tnrtlippcfrtff'f mine suaao. ...-i - , , CarrerondenM ol the $1 Nwummt. Pliilad 1 PULVERIZE YOUR SOILS.. " We would venture a remark or two in four farmer department, if not belter filled, for the purpose of recalling attention to a very important particular m the prepara- iiu ui ijruuiiua lurgruwiiig grains, yegow bles, die. We refer to a thorough pulverr Hizing ol the soil. Few maturely eonsider the importance and -advantages of this j- and tewer sun, we tear, adapt their knowelge ght, and practice will abundantly firm it to any who are at all skeptical on this point. But why should - its utility, be doubted by any? It has been tested by re peated practlal experiment, and is conform able to the economy of nature and the prin ciples of natural Dhilosonhv. Tha more effectually t soft is pulvetized,' the -''better ou mij sunjeci y any profitable, praotial thonglif, and practice will abundantly -ebh- iiiliilPillOttd raise and orvtTmZ J tml ttiro near the surface, and thus to aid and . r... i ... . sustain vegetation. This is accounted (or on the principles of capillary attraction, which satisfactorily proves the vdvantages of deep ploughing and mhorough harrowing or pulverizing of the soil . According to reli aM."ourr iJf pores, betwee.il. particles of pulverized soil tie but the one hundredth part of an inqll cend in tliemjjjjjhertnpt Jjft niViie hve hundredth part of an inch it will rise through sixteen Inches,' and if they were diminished to the ten thousandUi part of an inch, moisture would rise through them from a depth of twenty-five feet, - We trust our agricultural community will rohsider the importance of this matter, and as this is the proper season for taking a prac tical advantage of the thoughty-we wished merely to recall attention to it, and the many good articles upon it already in your paper, which is becoming o valuable to the ngri culturist as well as the man of lilerature:- Hacks Co.i April 1810 ANECDOTE OF OLD DARTMOUTH. In the class of which Daniel Webstnr was a member there was an individual no ted for his waggery". One day (he professor .of,lpg4c, who hy.lJiew3y,,,waanoif.Uri,iTtoji nir.e and discriminating in his distinctions, was endeavoring to substantiate 'that thing remained the same notwithstanding a sub stitution in some of its parts , Our wag, who had been exercising the Yankee art of whittling at length held up a Sack- knife, innuirinir: 'Suppose I should lose the blade of my knife, and get another made and inserted in its pla.rc, would it be the same knife it was before! . - 'To be sure" teplied the professor. ' 'Well. then, the wa? continued sunDose J gUfluiji then lose the handle and get an other, would it be the same knife still? . Ofcourael tha nrofessor affaiii reolied. But, if enw-body-should find ihe-oldtpnh fronr inactioiii rtlkc-rieimliaredr. . blade and the old handle, and should put them togetherf .what kiifo would that bet',; ' never learned the professor's reply, ITgdrop'Uhg. Hers'sToin Hood's Illustration of llydiopaihyt - 'It his been our jood foitune, sloes reaiiag CUrldgeon llydiopntliy, to saa a sick drake avail himself of the'eotd watsr cur.' at the dispeusary la St. Jamea' Park' First wading in, be look f os bad,' then hs took a Swiix bad ;' and then turning his enrly tail np in ths air. he took a Kopf bad.' Lastly be rose almost apon bis latter end, and made such a triumph, ant nnninir with hi witirs Jhat we really ex- peeled be was going te ehout'. PrieunilM for vrri But no such thing' us oniy - aau; Quackt quack! quack.'" ' , ' S '';'-; "EMIGRATION FROM PRINCE ; EDWARD ISLAND. V The Charlotte Town Advertiser atatet that three vessels are building on the Is land, to convey emigrants direct from that colony to Australia. Many persons have already left for Upper - Canada and .the Western States, being satisfied with the ten ure of land. This Island is pleatandy sit uated in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, it. well adapted for Agriculture, Shipbuilding, Com merce, iic. and might afford free and happy homes to half a million of people. The British Govarnment, however, in the palmy days' of Toryism gave it all away to some 18 members of the aristocracy, who try to make all they can ont of the settlers, and thus keep thorn poor, spiritless and discon tented, - Z -J- BV CHARLC L. vnint. httnr years ago there stood in the valley ol of the Housalonie an aid grist mill. B, ,i,ne, v ecident not of "flood or field," however the old mill was burned (hat Is, all but the hv oraalle portion of it lbs water wheel thai wss' prot!ie4 . by iha antagonist elemeni, walerj -nd no improrementa being mads on lbs mill iite tha wheel continued to malts itsociniermp, ted revolution emit it even wore he)f out, Hound and round, from mpm till niuUt-. Aad will h never stop? . 1 ? -d ' 11' !l,r. UfM cented r The kins twain from dewy we.idst ' And evening thsdsws tjroni : , , i . Cat eeward like the river, '.'."f V'l. olls tiie wheel Jn ibe moonbeamV ijuiVer, Round and round from night tilt W,tn.i2i . ",Li".,yf,fin, ",nur 's lj fcasli, ir bugmia ior wueei about; . - ,.-"j f i On ward.cn ward, with deadened spoom,i bull plies it there its aimless doom. . - " . '-".- .iV ..... ,. .. . Bound and round, In son or gloom. - 4 .. .lie Wheel tevolveth aiill, - -Vli rr ;--Mingling low In the song of , dijir - '-"-A And high . till hi nlgblsdeeHaf . -XL Ta.rnde yet. liquid irHI,- ' " ' Forliks a soul in .mmTJ.n It moves, mUeasInf and orbla,.;' 1 Ml at still as purposeless, P ? ror 'oeatb dead Hone's f.sKrnmbling srefc itiittmiy4hwt eannot bless,; JMtt eairst Hiem from the silent Past, t boas dreams that were tan hri.rK, ": - i I I II i i i ii a, i " Sia-iE. The most emohatin ua ' have ever known of the word "eir-ee,' oc curs to us by some stanzas forwarded to us by oua ofttf,.iuUiittibrv AW, Jnti - : . n iHwy. sna ia. mindr Furie chains and fettera for ! Aaet - laities antwern, ae.eia sa!" - . ;' . And ne wind up! . "ohill Free Boil bunt the Benate door. " " " pin mm iooi nrn en tne noor, , The ballot wivld. till milors m) - i The people answer, y, sia-ar ' mm?miA'., 1.1,1. .biii iiiiijiji i.i i nsS5MjWW8aS The Cholera Increasing Battle of U. S, V I..'.. ..---et-j!c- 1 ,. At uuiit u-un Mutitann. , - netiuna HvVeacnca nere Irom the Plains, which state that many of the California em igraiiw are dying on the way, principally by Cholera. About the 1st of March the U. S. Dragoons had two battles ; with the Eutaw ., and Apachce Indians, near Taos, in New - Mexico. The result of the first batde waa two dragoons killed and eight Indians, in the ' " next about 20 Indians only. The Indians; were alone the aggressors in both instances. -Another batde was reported hotween the . Eutaws and Apaches, m which 40 of the latter were killed, Michael Cerre was yes- ; tarday elected Clerk of the Circuit Court of this Cb(intv--o Whiir triumph. A mission- , ary, writing Int3alif6rnw'' rob 2, says the gold there is inexhaustible, and that tine accounts fall far short of tlift reality. The far-famed mountain guide, Moses Harris, died of Cholera, at Indepen dence, Mo. The number of deaths in this city, for the week ending yesterday (14th) was zJ, oi wiiicn iwa were oy uuoiera, and Ute disease is increasing. i -' . ' fJrp -3WrVir ouriet. Tel, - "' ".""-;7. . ENNUI. r " .' '- Nine tenths of tne miseries sod vices of minkind proceed fiora indolence and idle, -ness. Persons who have naturally activs , minds whose "quick , thoughts lixe light ning area'ive" are most perniciously af fected by lhe evils of sloth .The favored son of .genius endowedLwiii great prignal. powers, were not mads lor repose; indo lence will quickly freeze the genial cur- renf of the soul,' and it left idle long, they roded and destroyed by rust' But the ac. live 'occupation of .our faculties is a safe guard spinst three greatevils, vice, penu ryand desponding gloom, Ssys Cohon "Ennui has mule mote gamblers than avarices, more suicide than despair.': If " ws weold be both useful and ' happy,wa must keep outselves industriously and vir. ' Uuously employed Old- Pumhiadikes was wise in . cnarguiij . nia - aun - iw -oe aye sticking in a tree when he had nothing else to do." Count de Csylus a French Noble- ' man reared toealth and princely idleness turned his attention 'to engraving, and many fine copies of sntiqae gems. ' One -of the nobility demanded fiom hint a reason for this procedure, and was told by the industrious Count, ,'I enjtave, that I may not bang myself." a t ; j ' v'. An American Missionary reoondy enter- -a box of Bibles at the Custom. House at ' Constantinople, valuing them at a certain ''. amount; but thejlrkish1 offipials, who are , ' in practice of ailiiK a sliding scale of val- ' nation, to suit theinselvcs, tegradless of in voines or oaths of Tinportcrs appraised the Bibles at double the value "placed upen them by the. Missionary, and demanded the . ad valorem duty of 5 per cent on their val uaelop. In this dilemma the Missionary availed himself of a regulation of the Tur kish liw which permits duties to be paid in kind, and paid them in Bibles, five out of etery hundred. 1 Aftct that he Jud tio " more trouble. He paid what duty he hked. They wanted, no mlwQi.-. -r II
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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June 6, 1849, edition 1
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