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mm lbk "J ""L - !i II" r i 1 1 Ml! rv I mm. I i jiii una 0 iiin TIIOS. J. LEMAY, Edito & Paor-niETO. J"5ortI Carolina pototrful in intellectual, toornl ano pfjp.b'ical rfjmttt t1;e land, of our fWt. ana Ijomrot onr affection." THREE DOLLARS Pm A.v.vrsr, in JlJvancu VOL XL. RALEIGH, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1349. WO. 29. ilillffiiiTiir ii it i l 1-J : m m m m tai t r m i .r e mm. mm iiuuimu THE NORTH CAROLINA RAIL RQAD.J:'. r To the CilixeBf Guilford. The undersigned being appointed by the .Salisbury Convention a committee for pur County, and it being made our duty to appoint Committee in the. various sections of tlic county to procure subscriptions to the capital stock in the N. C Rail Road, and take other measures which theymay deem ne c'assary to the promotion ojfthis enterprise; have proceeded to discharge this duty as well m wa could, and announce the Committees subjoined. . In making known these Committees we trust no apology is necessary for presenting h few considarations why the'scveral duties nssini(id to us should be attended to prompt ly anil efficiently. . r ' This is the fi rst aidof importance that has ever been tendered by the legislature to our l fui.tilo rnfrirm nf Wgatnrn ( ?-rt,w lia, a section of country, where its farmers, Mechanic!, manufactures and trade, encour aged By ln iiKlirora nnKn ii-!. inve, is ttesiauai. MOM , to be the , most beautiful, heu'thy and desirable portlpn c th -hnle South. Ouf Soil, our climate, our forests, our streams Mid advantages of water power taken together are. equa w tht--enjeed-by-ny--pcbpfct..Xo,J!f? we compare our state of prospert ?V with tHat of others whose advantages in i jiiC.are acknowledged to i be greatly inlcricaiy wc lure struck with wonder and surprise. llow is this dilferenco to be accounted for? It cannol bcjiat our people are wanting in energy and. industry. When they remove to other" States where their labor is fairly and promptly rewarded, and where thepro ducts of their industryhave such a market that tho more' they produce tho more they make, we find tliem keeping pace with the most industrious, enterprising m ous around them. We have then the soil. The iaiinaTe7thffilHnimesr - to-wrkfnd the people to do it, and with all these, the. advances which we nave maqe ior the last half century in collective or in dividual wTtfirrtris "'Scy-;"jrcepti.' IiK - Whyrbehuigs -Jnl-DXMM. wanting? What is 'the cause? Is these no rcmedv? . . In the sister States as with list Agriculture is esteemed the mother of the arts most honorable and most prolific of good. But there Genius and Science seek, association w ith her, and contribute from her bounte ous resources to lessen the burthen of the husbandman's toil and to mitigate the sever- ami improvement, and consequently a uwrc abundant raward., . With them everj tliinff is done which the means of the coun- try w iirpermit to make the einploy merit nf the farmer a cheering ana proniame one. It is so ; and nearly ;dl who can acquire-lant choicerrod most of thoso- who engage in other pursuits do so from necessity. tA the encouragement given t" farming has bwn-OT limited -4hat wo find but -few, if. anv. ensraffed entirely in cultivating the firound,vrmiuie, Diirsuit: but nerceive. as we resrret to say, a disposition tao general with the youth of ttie country to prctcr almost any otner em ployment to that which, in our country, should be the greatest in honor, dignity and importance, and which should consti tute the very foundation of our independence, wealth and power. - . We give it as our honest and decided o pinion, that the construction of the North Carolina Railroad, which would tender to us at once the market of Richmond, Pe tersburg, Norfolk, Raleigh, Newbern, Wil tnliigtou, Columbia, Charleston and Augus. U in short, let us into the markets of the wMd'alApsiH erfiovf" perity, a spiritof improTement and entcr prise in western Carolina, rarely witnessed in any . country before. It would, also connect us .with pur fello w citizens in the East; and liable ; us to t furnish j them with sVh abundance of trade and the necaBariwitJiey buy elsewhere, so much cheaper atid better as to compensate thenl amply for the aid they are required to con tribute i to jdiM.great. State work. By this means we will introduce our eastern friends to the highest . and most extensive moun tains; the most beautifull, cli veiling, romantic and sublime scenery; and the most agrcablo and salubrious atmostphere within their reach. On this road and the great west em I urnpike, they can easily ana m n few days get into the midst of our own lofty motmtains, to spend tlfir-timmers cheaper, and as agreably," as they can any. where out of the State money saved to them, kept in tho State, and gained by us. ; If we unite our hands aud 1 strength v to buil'Ltliis-load, wfe can easily do it. It is greattjno onr interest that it should be made. It will be fund and labor profita bly invested. It will greatly increase flic value of all the property we now own, and especially all the real estate situate within one or two day drive of tho Road. ' It will enable us to make profitu from labor randi. ' It will ' renoer healthy tne whole eountjv. ' It will bring our land into ntarket teach us that we can get along better with small tractsof land than large ones enable o to iell ' die .lands that, experience will demonstrate ate useless to, m for double the price they will, , noWnf onjmand invite ttw nettlcrs and "settrcmentf,' tasteful im- proVemenls aivliitarcZlThe: places no distinguished only for their old fields,- gul lies, sedge; thickets, old rotten rail - fence and grown up hedges, will become dotted with beautiful cottages and handsomely eu-j titrated fields and gardens The places now called swamps, marshes, morasses our great nurseries of d incase will be ditched, drained, put in grain or grass, yielding instead of pois on artd death, the supplies of life and com fort to the settFers and bur fiiends at a dis tance. We have expressed the opinion that stock taken in this Road, and paid for in labor or in money would be a profitable investment. We have be fire us a report of the 'receipts of tho. Wtersburg rail road, which is about 83 miles long, from the 1st Feb., 1815 to 1st Feb., '4une yearf ami according to thisoili cial report, their receipts were as follows, to wit : : From FreighU. 72.383 05 " From Passengers, - C8.019 01 Front mail, 16,017 51 Whole amount " " " Ii7,0iJ0"5ff Our road from Goldsljoro' to Charlotte will he 210 miles loagt- Suppwe It should, after being built on the improved plan, and connected with the southern railroad, receive th same patronajje in proiottion to its h-ngth, the receipts-wotthl--be--wpwali- f-4Jtrce: Hundred and seventy 'liotisanu doiiarsit let ;ejeer.y;we gradate It is agreed that the three millions, to wit. two from tho State and one from individuals,, wti,: Rt the present low pneesof iron, and other Untagw:-imkihnf-raIrod -at this daylx1 amply suflicient to complete the road on th most durable and improved plan. Of the three hundred and seventy thousand dollars that must -annually '.-be recoiVed from the- road, one hundred and eighty thousand. Oollarsm will pay. tltc interest on the two millions invested by the State, and six per cent, annualdividend to the Individuai stocthbldcWlJaTTng-oiTe hundred and seventy thousand dollars to do- fray the expenses of keeping up the road, sr sum-imnirtei mI :ihriii teave; ;-tnree psr cent, annually to create a sinking fund pylifftlie SSta the individual dividends from six to pine per cent., which is the dividend on the Petersburg Road. , We ni-0 of opinion that this U no flatter ing catgulatipni or one which" onr road can fail 'ip realize' nndcr any contingency. All who" will look to the products of the rich and fertile conntry through which the rand wter pass nd-tb--tiailityrof the country to yield yet more abundantly the products that will furnish freight' for the road, will admit that the calculation we have madajut to the.jmtLcipatcd prpfits of the road are not larger than experience will prove. This expectation nf a profitable road is still more confirmed, when we reflect thatU SiiTltimMiiliMgst, 'tSoccjfishj-ojrtHeri and oilier articles of "prime iieccssiTy or luxury for every family in the western portion of this State, will have to pass over this road. Wlrerrwelook tothese things, in connexion with the contribution which the 'sWflt'einSloaoT'WWn and Yadkin rivers will make, none can doubt the correctness of the estimates that we' have made. We have said that the road-would great, ly increase the value of property, and especi ally ofoll real estate coutiuguous to it. In this we only anticipate the same result which experience has proved in other countries similarly situated. In illustration of the view we take of this, we would mention that the real and person al estate of Boston in 1810 was assessed as follows to wit; Real estate. 00,474,200 3M57,iM I'ersptjai etatcl In all if4,63l,C0O In 18 18, after the" Massachusetts -railroads were completed, the real and personal estate of Boston was assessed as follows, to wit: " V - Real estate, l0(M03,20O Personal estate, 6731,800 In all, ' 167,728,000 Deduct value tn-ISt ifl L63 1,6(MV- . Increase, $73,090,400 Showing the increased value of real and personal estate in the city of Boston atone, in ctght years, arising as they admit, from the building of their railroads, to be more than teventy'-three millions of dollars. If it were not so tedious to those whom we address, we- coulil refer to statistics of other sections of country, towns and villa ges in Massachusetts, New York Pennsyl vania, Ohio, Indiana and other States, where the increase of trade and value of estates growing out of the'se railroads would be hot only in the same proportion, but too flatter- inn- fnr hoMp.f . . ; :t We have said able the farmer to realize and make more 0fl"6f the land " he cultivates. This we cannot better illustrate than by introducing a letter from a farme in Morgan county, Ohiy Stato Wessed with a fertile soi as many natural . advantages fol transporting produce to market as any 8tate In this con-j fedcraey can boast of. Here it is word for word. Read it and hear his argument in favor of . railroad, where lakes, river and canals abound t ; ; ' " fcJ-- I am a moderate farmer, with, only quarter section, and cultivate about 100 acres as. well as 1 can afford to at the prrsent pri ces. I raise for sale, annually, about . fi ve hundred bushels of wheat, 20 bushel of clover seed, ,1200 lbs. butter, 1200 lbs. pork, and 1500 lbs. beef, besides any quan tity of eggs poultry c which would far towards supporting a fdinily, if we had a markets also propose to take twenty shares or 1000 worth of Railroad, Mock. Though I believe this oad wilfct yield 20 per cent;" (owing to itafavoRiblb location for; business, and its light cost) yet I have put it at 10 per cent., what Ohio railroads have earnoj.. Ajiid here is my table ol profits: . Price at Troi ami Prict ; boniH, umn'i I'liil. FrnGO Wheit SOObvib C St, SO Hutirr 1K)I1 Perk. 1K)II 50 7R . m t Ot fTO.Wi S 50 16a 50 SA OO 78 0" S6 00 15 0t OU la 19 01 1 ' , y7 06 It Ol Hncr, ISOUIbt fttOwO Mack; at Ifi fwr et, drdscting 6 per -ami. pr-rt mtereat, (100 00 r5w be increased to The above sum might $100 by utlirr articles that would then find a market, making a very decent addition to present profits' enougli, in tactin tt-n years, to buy a farm. Who wilj hesitto to pick up sttch a prizeTr I : We have said that the railroad will ulti mately improve the health of the country. This may seem a far fetched argument m its briralfv" Itis-wavertlieless; we believe,. one. of the good pfi'ects which the construction tlliisroad;; through which ft''''pWsesV"''"''Tlui' was elo quently and forcibly presented and illuMra ted in the Salisbury . Convention by a dis-' tinguihcd gentleman. (Mr. Boydeh.) who stan;d that he could well recollect, when the western portion of New York, now thr most beautifully, densely populated afid dcslrabh part nfthtit Htme, was considered so utihealtby that he was advised by- his friemb-Byws4;ttIltt--fltefy4he- that it was but lliinly populated, exceedingly unheal thy, an d m any died of fer eir and ague. Also, lie added, that the marked change could be attributed to nothing cist but the works of internal improvement that had fC"eoiiiWrfBtTnieiti.', It these .'improve'-. ,menJ4bayild.chfuri4ha,.-w portion of Xew York, on the margin of her lakes, wrdi a sickly and rigorous cl.imato, what may we not expect here Jn the heart of North Carolina, blessed wjth so ge nial a climate and kindly soil, when this road ihall have been completed?; We are no prophets; but as like causes produce like elTects, we confidently predict that the same results must follow; and (hiitllie daj is not FaFdistatiFwh will receive" new impetus ; and improvement in this and other branches will go forward with such a Rtcady hand a soon will present tho whole -eottntry in a view ns attractive in every res pect as the New England and W'cstern Suites do at this time. Farther, that emi grants as in forier7times will flow among fiOftflreiflalfr; wintented'retT.iiiifm tide that tin's bo long a'hlTso' nnToiilunaTcTy flowed against us. We hope, and if this road is built, confidently expect to sec the whole face of the country changed, and, from unprgfcpdture scenery asjdiall induce bur enterprising young men to prefer the pursuits of the ag riculturist, and! from the contemplation of which the taste of the lovely daughters of the land may derive a still higher polish. We would further suggest, that tli c build ing of this road Would be' givingthat con nection with other works" of State improve ments comniencsd ; but which, fpr the want, thereof, inconvenient location, and pthcr misfortunes have failed ;-that it is THE ROADyir suggested in North Carolina by the venerable Joseph Caldwell, as early as 1825? approved and urged by the wisest and most patriotic since; and had it then been built jia recommendeuV jvc would Jiave: been saved the- mortification of seeing Jiys disastrous failure Of former projects of inter nal improvement, anil af the return of every census the. retrograde of North Carolina irt the improvement of States and in all that is calculated to give her weight and respec tability in the5 Union. This is a work in which wuconsiiler the whole State deeply intereste4--4he people of Guilford vitally so. WhfU we contrast the advantages and benefits of this work, with the millions of dollars necessary to be raised to secure its completion, and our a bility to furnish this sum in work, materials or money, wo should be surprised at the least hesitation or doubt on the part of any of our citizens to contribute a due proportion of their means to the consummation of this glorious enterpriae--Take. the whole sum of three millions the amount necessary to build the road compare it with three hun dred and six millions, the assessed value of our lands and taxable slaves, without con sidering our other resources, or the increas ed value Utc-roadwillgive toour property f the burtnen oi ouuuiug, u ourincn u can ov With thM views before us. we have nver suffered ourselves to form other con clusions lhan that tliis road will be built. It cannot fail, if every citizen interested in the enterprise will but half discharge his" 'du1v:W''hev'sho'ulda'ofWe3cr upon all who compose die Commluees, and through them unon every citizen in the county to use their best effort to forward the work, and for each to labor as though the success of the road depended on his in dividual efforts. We assure themv tiial any jexertions that shall be made in any tnar- ter will meet with a corresponding hearty co-operation on our part.-- Is it not Iiigh time that we should arotisc from lethargy? Should we not ariso to activity at once, seeing what every othe State in the Union has spent, and ir still spending annually to give their people access to markets and facilities of enramimfcatinn! ;w Is the penny wise and pound-foolish policy still to le per sisted in? In the midst of the desolation a round usjjfre we still to ery; ; . "A little more sleep; a little more slumlier; a little more folding of the arms to sleep?" 0o we hope to gain any thing by indulging in ot, r course of "masterly inactivity?" For the reasons already assigned, and maiiy others that might be given, we are anxious - lor tho road-. And this anxiety is not diminished, when we reflect that it will not onjy contribute s much to ; unite us as citizens of rone State, but add another hk 4o1h chain laHrinds the Union of the States. - . In conclusion, permit us to request all who are Committee men to confer together, and with their neighbors and get all if possible to agree to do something. We also request all the citizens in-this connly and all in the adjoining counties, who may feci an interest injhis work, to meet in Oreensborough on Friday the 3rd day of August next, that being the day after the Election. """' ' -; '""joiin a'."oidteh;i"" 1),f.caluwi:u t -"...LYNWANWAIMww June 28, 1819. County Committee. , .. Ofifi RESspTjlE CII0'ERA At new York, on Thursday, there were 30 new cases and 14 deatlia and at Brook lyn 5 cases and three deaths. . Fpnr eases ( cholera occurred al Newark, N, J., 6n Wednesday. AtPhilaiHphia.on Thursday, there were 10: mw case aisrt deaiifsc The New York Journal of Commerce says.;:-- : ;'" We have a total of 282 deaths by chole ra since that disease commenced, now about five weeks-,-- Cone idsring -that. the;;dcaths occur atiipng a populatton1 of 400.000, the wwnlirWHrpTiwiigly iwlIr3T'A.,Tret"w severe heat has not increased the number of cases; but on the other hand the number is diminishing." , 1 There have been 10 cases by cholera in Boston, since the disease first appeared there. At Bufliilo, (New York.V from the 30th of May, to the 18th of June, the "number of ileatuft-by-eUoUir wast. 1 he reported ease ofcnoleraat Winches ter, v s., turns out to be nonolcra at all. On Fridaylast, tho day Ex-President Polk dual the eholEriragBdlo nw-alarming extent at Nashville, 1 he Gazette or Sat urday says: The coorge seem to ho at its zenith in this- cityit reigns supreme. Yesterday was aflietancnony aay ior an owr citizens sympathize with the suffering and the af flicted. Death did its work in many houses. Such a state of things cannot last -long, and we hope to be able in a lew days 10 n- nouneeiw we hone to be able in a lew 1 days to an- fair city Wre could not ascertain the number of eases yesterday we think, though, about forty, of whom 23d died- The attacks were singularly Mai during the entire day, .The Memphis Eagle publishes a letter from Galveston, dated of 2d inst., which announces tho death of Col! " Jack. Hays, of cholera, at San Antonio. . , At Aurora, Indiana, the cholera? has made sad havoc. t From Monday morning week, to Thursday morning following,, 31 .deaths had occurred in that little town of the dis ease. ..v.. . The Louisville Journal of Monday says: Tastengerc 1i(t tlWTBtage Tcporr that scv ef itdeatbs took plaee-onr-Saturdayjiight at Lexington and that-thc-dtsease-was -on the increase. On Saturday la cases were reported . At the lunatic asylum. frdni Wednesday, morning to Friday at noon, there had been 12 cases and 4 deaths. The disease is slightly on the increase at Louisville, and several deaths were re ported on Monday. The Journal says: , The cholera is now on the increase on steamboats. The Gladiator, from St. Louis, had one death during the trip and several cases. Among thejbrmcr was Mr. James McDonald, her pilot, a citizen of Louisville. The Steamei Belvidcre, ; from New Or leans,' had forty cases of cholera and 8 deaths during the trip- All were deck-passengers except one who was s cabin, pas. sender. v-V-i ..--v;-.v,; The Jsmes Hewitt, from New Orleans, had 9 deaths of cholera, all deck-passengers. I Une or her otticers . states that at a little place called Delta, on the Mississ ippt. bout one hall of the population had died of chol era,' The disease is reported to be very bad all slotts the rivers particular among the negroes? , ' .-' The Memphis Eagle of the 1 1 th says: -We understand that the Cashier, a Mem phis and Little. Rock (Ala.) paeket which arrived here yesterday, had a number of rases and boried sir dead in Arkansas ?iv er, - whilst coming to thi port. The cholera is reported to be very fatal on the river plantations below this point. t This statement is fully confirmed by gentleman, who eame tlown the Arkansas and has arrived in this city. He state that on one plantation out of 12 negroes who wer attacked seven died. ( At PillthnM tVJ..a.lo... tl.. . 1 1 one death from'cholera. ' " A private telegraphic dispatch received at Iouisville from a responsible source at St. Louis on Saturday evening, states that there were one hundred deaths from chol era in that city on the day previous. f tx nF.ttrsTOF xt ViTvil HVK MINUTES ItJVICK ON ATTI , "' - TUDES. ' . ,' " " When VOll nV a vissit ta llm hnnu nf a friend, and get fairly Seated, let one of the first things you do, be, to lean back in your chair; and particularity if you are near a clean wan. i say" clean, because otherwise you mifillt gpt '"r head soiled. A wall newly prepared with a liglit ground, is the safest to lean against, and I would recommend a little clumgeln tlt poitidnt.in drdWaThjreoii stantfy ruljbing yonr bead n the same spot, you may not make the mark ofjttob plain, which probably the lady of the house, if she was; over mce,mighlnot admire. As to the sort-ftf rhairwhieh is best salted fof the felt; I woilld prefer a "mahogany, particularly if the hind legs Were made so as to reqnire a considorable effort to tilt it bark. The cane and rush boitont archest for a small man, for they generally have a bar in front, upon whith he can idace his XceU whkh will en able him to wipe th? dirt ofFhis boots, in case he got into the mud on his way.ahd forirat ff wipo wmi at the door oa tlie.inat.. Thc custom of leaning back on one a chair, is purely American, and by rigidly observing i; aboard h Well as af"1tomc,Tt"-peak:a'"'onefs national i ty. The peopl e of no other pilih- ett nation, lean tmcK in tijeir; cnatrr, - AH Europeans have a silly notion, that it Indi cates a want of resnecf But 'thla Ut'3-"!! "af fectation." Free and easy." is the true doc- ItrittfiKhtJthef alone or in aoeiety whether in your place or husinpss, or in the drawing room. ' , '' . - I reeollect once hearing a foreigner i?av: M'lam told that in Amerira, the art of leading back is so well understood by Some persons, that tney-can balance themselves upon one leg only of the chair." But I look ed upon this as a mere clisplay'of "wit, at tho expense of an American "gentleman,1 who was indulging hi msel f in - the favorite American attiindo, at tho , expense of the foreigner's satinwopd and Prange colored Alter you nave sutncientiy niuulgea in this elegant accomplishment, the next sitting stjiMcI would worn right foot oil iy ourTeTllii Wr vico versa, and take the wrinkles out of jour boots with your hands. This elevation of the foot to a Jcvel with the hands, js particularly advis able," iranjrrady oFgentlerhah and it shows that you have as much reapcot for ono Hmb as another. Why should the foot not be as "highly" honored in society as th.han4Why brought an contact with the glove? I have seen people shove off when a gentleman had thus introduced his foot into his company, as if they thought their dignity offended; bui I thmight it qiiite' ailly" a I did, ,jh a family of fashion, and was quite provok ed to soe the lady leed a huge poi ntcr dog from the table, by putting pieces of bread and meat in his mouth from her own plate. . . After you get tired! of sitting, I would ad vise you to stand up, and if you do not know what " to do with yottr hands, I would recommend yon to hang them by the thumbs at the arm holes of your vest, or deposit them in the pockets of your pantaloous, And occasionally thrusting them into your hair, with fingers expanded like the teeth of a comb, can be practised with advantage. II you should be warning up and down the room witha laday or gentleman, you should alwayrttrm wrth-your baok-to- your eowi"1 j panion. oouie iiium nun rune, inn mm is because at tourt no one turns his back upon the king;. --. To conchnle, when you get tired of walk ing, sit down dad kan back again in your chair; or," if the sofa be vacant, take loll upon it, and be careful to rub your head a gainst the wall, as before.' ' If the sofa.be covered with damask,, and your boots be clean, you might safely put up your feet on it, as soino of the members of Congress at Washington have been known to do, at the house of one of the foreign ministers. The discoveiy oi gold in California hy our enterprising countrymen sppcars to have awakened much of the cupidity of the Mexican character, and regrets are frequent ly expressed in the journals of thai country that the territory should have been" ceded to us. A correspondent of the Globe, pub lished in the capital, writes from ban rran cisco that the arri val in that port of a Mex ican schooner from Mazatlan had awaken- ed in him and his . companions, other Mex ican, hope of character very inunusal to our sovereignity there. He pays , , The number of Mexiean has'been dou bled . within short time in that region, and it would not be extraordinary if, by the union of Spanish American and- Europe ans who daily arrive in search of gold, this jewel is- wrested frcm the bands of the Norte Jlmtricano$, to form great and powerful nation, the mistress of the Pacific. The enterprise would not be difficult one, and the barbarous conduct ot Smith Will b th mean's which Providence has em j ployed lo initiata if. ' ; A roUtical JotenJln4 ike but of tkt Ktaion! Caltoun't AJdniEx-Prti identPolk. The Memphis East has the' following vouched for by some prominent Democrats 1 ofMemphisi- "It will be recollected that J. II, Thomas ( member of the last Congress.) and Mnjor Win'. If. Polk, '(brother -of the ex-Prpsi. dent.) were lately opponents in the matter of ,eSWn8- democratie nomination, in Ihe Sixth Congressional District of this Slate.' They finally went so faf a to attark the ' claims of each other in rather a Inttr totie. ' " v "Ono day in the presence of a crowd of the Democratic faithful, fa eonventionwe believe of the Sachems of the District,) Major Polk insisted that Mr. Thomas was not and had not been, troe "to the South,' Air. t . aemanucd theprooiof the chargej; . where iipon with "u6iinalT extillationi and with all the glee of anticipation, triumph, Mai, Polk unrolled Calhoun' Address and asked sneeringly why was not the name of lite honors ble eeinleman to thai rincnmi-ni lie had examined it carefully, and no where eould he find the name of Jas.lf7 Thomas why was it not there? '- "Mr. Thomaa answered with profound humility, that, if not to have signed that address were Ircason to "the South, then' was he most deeply unquestionably guilty. He did not know that herouM plead anv ttitH in extertuntron of the iriiric, which could be entirely satisfactory to his compet itor; but it "might mitigato iho" severity of ihe gentreman.to learn that he ( r Thomas) had not signed Calhoun Address becjanse the late Presidedent of he United States,' the . J. Ki Polk, hatt ptttanaUif otic ittdhim not to sign if. He aW added, as that distinguisbed gentleman was In the inl?.. mediate neighborhood his competitor could promptly obtain from him 'any further explanation which ho might deem necessa ry. ''The next ilay the candidacy of the brother of'tho ei-Tfcsident' was amon" the things that were?" : " .''', Tiara. The Galveutmi "Vp- .Ivi. that six sugar plantations on tho Brazos '. ' & ' . uiv.cr, comprising nine hundred and seventy acres, have produced '2292 hhds and 3000 bbls. ' ' A letter dated at SantaTloKs; Mexico May 3, says; ..n "t'le Mexicans are now working a very., rich silvpf mine, r Yesterday" fliey smelted7 O A A A 1 i .1 . .... ouiw jmiiiius oi me ore, whicn yielded tlOOO in pure silver. The authorities at this place told ui that very rich gold mines i-au occn - lounu on tne nrcr trila, and that a number of popr Mexicans who had gone there, and also to California, had relumed independently rich- . The I .outsville Courier gives an account of an awful retribution and six deaths by cholera in one house, in that city, within ' week. First a German named John Eaves,, and bis little. chihL diil: thw taken down hnd twp women, who succes sively came to nurse her, died, leaving ihe who im Bimngiing on. ii or I wo broihcri, Henry and Gerard Hielxchamp, thencamo and took possessions, waiting for her to make her will, as she had property. They ' quarrelled with a priest attending her, and ejected him from, the houife; and in the meantime the woman got so much better that on Sunday last she was' vp. On somo neighbors going up stairs whore the two men were, they found one dead and the other., tfying they had boen'stricken with cholera" during the night and died alone, unaided and ' unaneled, , J)ljpcutfg between tX'Senulor-ftcttcottmmi- JbT. Zawon,. m . J !! i The Washington correspondent- of th BsUimbre Clipper, writing under date June 2ttth. thus notices ecene mention ; of which ws made in our last paper which occurred ihn day in the War Department Some time ago, Dr. Burns, of Ihe army, was suspended, and afterwards restored) to his rank. He was assigned to a post, not agreeable to bis wishes, and, for lbs purpose of obtainitg one suited la his ds-f sire, employed his friend, ex-ten(or Westeott, who made out statement to. the Secretary of War, reflecting harshly on the Medical Bureau. Dr. Lwson anr swered the communication in a proper spirit. Thi morning the two gentlemen I met in the war department, and, after some words of anger, they cam to close quar, ters. They wei seperaied before anr . dsmsge was done.. One was imprisoned , in the library, and the other in Ih thief clerk's room, until their fury somewhat subsided, and tberi set it libertj , . ' . ! Lieut. Beal left yesterday mornint with despatches fr California- lie goes in ib Falcon. , Tb eharaeter of hi despatehe . has not transpired! bnt I will eutn whst.' they are. 1. infer from certain things, that Colonel Welleris recalled at a Commission er, and Col. Fremont appointed. I infer,!"' also, that th administration nave given sueh . orders as will promote and encourage the establishment of a Provisional Government and, the adoption pf a Slate Convention) and ., ,x an app'icaiion at an early period Pfihe next "!' WfJi'".n.foTdrni''iion. QN. ' 1
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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July 18, 1849, edition 1
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