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1 .M't ! 1 COLONIAL HISTORY ; i .hi ,V. '"! i-.l- ' or. I ... .--; vl . CONSTITUTION: AND BY-LAWS 0 if or TlfKi r 9 r 3 r 4; i It 4 'X- are hi" v - X ijuM iy-CAar Campbell, E?., for the Raleigh ; 'lIllrOUICAL SKETCHES BY COL. i ft!: j GUILFORD DUD.KY.v (CONCLIVED.) f 'I' S. P. O. Ama. and W. 1'tid. Vol. 204. ( ( jfta Council held at Fort Johnson, in No. .'rdfadlflo.'June, 1775. I ,' In x?ollencyt iheJovernor, n)fi Jartiei Uazell, Pre$ident, n? Jphii IlutKerford, it Lewis De Uosact. i J;Typliam Dry, ' : E'V- fHillE4c?:nty)Cjr, addressed the Council in rtiej lolloping: if rn : . f L f oJn'ilir-no of His AIaj"My'$ Hon. Council : The i lijiM ,conibmaiions that have been ifarmetf in' Several irts of this! tolony and the '1'uAf nr rtiasurcs Jlhey pursue In compelling , 1qe-t by various kind of in.j S tinlitlaioril pp subscribe associjations inconsist- j j 'en their duly and allegiahce to their SoyS fefiinfi'fto 'I'ing people to frequent Meet- i . iop ia aniis by the usurped authority of Corn- j ' 0TiMeHst; 'H0! recent assemblagrt of a body of ! arfneuimen tn lue town of V imington for the ' ptitp'oA of awing Hs Majestj-'s legal subjpris lltfe, JDiw eiiuniijfnm mj wi- uiciities oi.an I lie - Ctl wid tylanical tribunal -erected there under- ibat ntmei and llio late most treasonable nub. j Jwjatiof of'a Committee in tie crujnty of Meek- I 1 I'Ri'MCM, jivfin. nif i r ihuiiuiii oirjJirnc5 lo.r r ilia Mateslv't Government and all lawful m. ! ' , I f ,f ' . : ' U. f (Loril) whatsoever, are so audacious and dan-'J v.;rousproceedihgs and so directly tending to"? t)ie dissolution of the Consiitutiosnof this Pro-Tjjce'--tla' I have thought it indispensably my jfy ti ad vis- Vnh you rin the measures prop, er lo lfe taken tyr the maintenance of His Ma jgtyVjCwiyehimeiil and the Constitution of this untty, thus flagrantly JnMilted and violated. mf'paHt'GeniUMnen the Idea t have of the , icrc4 trUst 1 hold under th King, and ray osiiiipf duty to my Royal Ma-ier, will suffer rri toornii no exertion in my power that may !f 'conducive to these ends, and 1 trust, -Gen- I tlrrnert, that I inay expect from your duty to V llw Majesly iiuj for his service and the 1 good bydMr country not only your best advice. r Utmost iniiuence in Ibis alarming con. U ioncture, Io carry inltt execution most effectual ly.the measiKes you; may advise, for the sup. port bCthej Hights of His Majesty's crown, for I br security and weliare of the people, and for r-:. t ? r : w 1 ; V ... . ipi niaintpnunco oi tne L.aws and Constitution ofiht'ro,0' ';' ; - i ITo hieb the Council replied : TTbe"jijapj)y situation of this Province ren Attl Ui. intmsiible for His Plxcellencv lo laW ! thjr Otber step than those he has already taken io suppress me uisturnauces ne so justly com- jMiaupr". i ' r' P. O. )' :!.,Ama. A: W. IndVol. 204 ) : i ' 30 June 1775. 1' iNorth (Carolina, Fort Johnston. Govt . if" rnor' Martin to Secretary of State. Jbeg leave again, my' Lord, most heartily li:V(Tcr!rny humble service to His Majestvlo raise Hjittalion of a thoiisand Highlanders htte (ik the restoration of the rank of Lieuten Jtnt. Colone.l. I hd the honor to hold in the irhiVirj theyear 17G9, when the total loss of my hllth obliged me to q iil the service, and l am.tle rnore -encouraged to hope for His Ma jy's'jjrarious acceptance; of iny service in a jmibtary character .at this time, when it be tornel fs.ntially nVceffsary lv exercise milita ry'poMr in support bf jhe: high Civil Office in wlych i.Iiii Majesty has been pleased to place 'roe. in tfiisCoii!itrv. t' ' If 1 am lo happv to meet with His Maiestv's pproha'tion of this pirr)psal, would most hum Mji hf g Ipave to recommend Mr. Allen Mc- ) ml leave to ,reeommend M ,Dnald. o Kingsllorough. to bo I .apt. iletV; ' Mi.-LeKl of ihe Mati lf pajj; ti) bj First Captain, wht Dohaltl, o Kingsbonugh. to bo Majpr, and ines, now on ho besides be- i'Ht men of great vvorihi and grod character, I wre most extensive influence over the Hih. Uodersihere, great art of whiph are their own names hnd, families ; and I should flatter my- "ii mil tins Jiajeiy would uo graciously pieaaedto pierinit mer to nominate some of the luVnlternsUii'such a 'Battalion, not for pecunia- iTT Cotiideration. but lor or encouragement to 6fne-active and deserv r . '( I, . ' c " n 1 Vjrjl.emen, who might bo usefully employed : IBIftfl needy raising ihe proposed Batt tllion : vinir voun!? 11 ion ana 1 1 ' . I I ( - I i I JjdseJ I cannot help observing, my Lord, that ; wre-tte tree or lour gentlemen of consider- 111 1 ti j , ' ' ; 1 uric IM IIIB llallll! Ol ill C 1 'OIIUIU. ailll LiieUt. , ; McLean late 01 tne iiegt. now on half jaf, whotn l should be happy to see appointed v-r-i-n in sucn a uauaiion, weing persuaueu ' trri ' i ! I ' -X :..Vm.,v!;ner as apparem to your iordsnmiv r'fJ fP'.'J. ca" 're you. The Board slTflpIicity'and weakness, disgrace him'; his ex SIT i'o" r 1(1 ,dk a becom4,,g l,art 1 travWncies as iney are continually.. reported T'i6 Horn apprehensions of personal to mery credible authorities, l.ein'or nfi a n. 2k1? 'n U aH.fordinly have taken Mmilohotice as possible of the matters I sub jt)fdwMr consideration. The situation in 5 CJV 3 iQtl m)t at present, is indeed, ".f IIKd.'-rOO! dejttiWhhv anil r,.rl.lY...nr! lo. iny Uii of greater Ujclius than a Stoic. I My f.e Indignantly ihe Sacred Majesty of my iuirr iiisuiicu, me .ivinis oi the Urovvn niedTaiid I violated, jis" (iovernmeni sei at noujhtiand trampled upn, hiservants of high W digiity! reviled, lriduced, abused, the rights Mbi 4ibjecti destroyed by the most arbitrary liurpatlons, and the whole Constitution un. Jinged andr prostrate ; and I live, alas, inglori. NT only'ii dejdore it. t;es.of the Committee of Mecklen- rrij hichlyour. Lordship will find in the en- , fct4ewpaper, fiirpas all the horrid and ' publications that the inflammatory 1 ,.? tuis M)ntincnt have yet produced; r i . I . . r . ' . : ettoiUitt .... i trt H ' escape, wnenever my nanus ef j'JOffy, strengthened io attempt the re. .rvrt dril.i l;.'J. r -. o . ft ' government. w!r.Qeei Keiolves, lra - informed, were Pjr 'ej brest, to the C , - ri m .ongrcwal Phila- 4 CiJii ' u7 a xn.rJ .were passed in the l .1 r i' ' . J,lM V Plnjlpn, the princfpal trading town 'JI..W flncewfcere there are manv British e tk: 2 W .nJ5on, the princrpal trading town li fCltmC4 ll'Lra I l . n .. It ... 1' 'IJ? ?.1! particularly Scoicb, there on'f!k ,ohe1 and dormant spirit nurtured l'cfrn' tht hat yet geverl therri eij;ht 7eRl';ncr, and preserved them from in. i&W'l h,c be abla, I make no doubt ..viy in kirn : 1 ir I-. 'A ,r L,o;rdstiii may depetd its authors andHhat he had received ndvirp ihat tb t.t BRUNER & JAMES, Editor 4- Proprietors. A A Mr. John Ashe, heretofore Colonel of the Militia of the county of NeIIanejrlit who had lately formally declined tha appoint, nient by letter to me, on pretence of jige and businessarid requested me to appoint another person, appeared at Wilmingtona fortnight af ter siich resignation, at the head of a j body of between 4 and 500 men, menacing the beople above mentioned ivith military execution, if mey ciia not immediately subscribe an associa ,ion dictated by the coinmiuee, which they had refused until that lime ; and being inteirogatd fr his authority, for such arbitrary proceedings he pointed to the meij he had assembled. His . cowardly intimidations f these indivicluals so ' far answered his purpose, that they wereobliged to sign what their consciences revolted at and abhorred, but it produced the good effect, at the same time, of uniting them more firmly in op. position to such extravagances and they have since formed themselves into a Combanv for the purpose of mutual protection nnH rlfnra The South Carolina Congress hath sent re. pamcB imu una IIOVUICBIO raise fQep, but I hope thev will be disamxiintorl In iU;r expectation of great succour from hence ; and i- The town of Newbern has been pro I shall leave no means untried to defeat their ilposed as a starting poiint for a rail road ri " yii purposes : the lenity of Government has been Juirectly to the city of KaleighJ Valid so inu?h to that people; that they forget; entire- treasons are to be shown for such a tnea ly their own weakness and are blustering trea- -fsure. A wise people will proceed to act son, while Oarlestown. that is the had and heart of their boasted Province, might! be de stroyed by a singTexFrigate and thef country thereby reduced to theHst dirtress. tjlament to say it my Lord, and most sincerely grieve to be occasion for it, but I mttst avow jto y'onr Lordship, it is to me at this time evident, and out of all doubt, that reasorP andfargtWent can never restore the just power and authority of Governent in America. The people nllw free- ly talk of hostility towards (3ritain,- in the Ian- guage ol the aliens and avowed enemies ; and I fear the means that British spirit reports to at last, for the chastisement of her more natur al foes, can only now reclaim her mosi unna- ural children in these Colonies to a proper sense of their duty : and I must add oo my Lord, tjiat in charity to them and in duty to my King and country, I thjnk myself bound to give it as my sincere opinion, that thej rod of correction cannot consistently with the good and interest of either.be weil spared, jif it is an oVyect to reclaim the Colonies of America to obedienceto the just authoiity of His Ma jesty and the Parliament of Great Britain, Hu inanity, as well as policy, in'my mind, my Lord urges that the work .be, set about, with jthe yi gour becoming the glorious and invincjhle spir it of the British Nation and without a moments delay, Altho' by my separate despalehlof the 18th of May, I had given my humble Opinion to your Lordship that the Meeting ofhe As sembly of this Province, in order to irihg un der its consideration the Resolution ,of the House ol Commons of le 27th day of Februa ry last, while the Philadelphia Congrels was sitting, and which was not enjoined by yoiir Lordship's despatches referring to that Reso lution, would be to no sort of purpose ; yet see,, ing soon afterwards that His Majesty's Gov emors in other Provinces had caUed ha re spective Assemblies expressly with th'atdlesighn I issued the writs for calling an Assembly which had been postponed by the advice! of the Council on account of the heats prevailing in the Province, at the time of -the dissolution of the late Assembly, and the General Elections were accordingly made on the 23d pf last i month, sirce which as your Lordship will see ; in the minutes of the Council, that Board has upon the principles of my opinion stated to your Lordship in-my' separate despatch above elected Assembly, which I have therefore pro- reierreu io, advised me to prorogue the new rogued to the 12th day of September next, be- ri J f. ..... , M wx fore which I have no doubt I have irnrid rest, son to prorogue it further. Q - 1 am noimd to return your Lordship my best acknoledgemenls for the attention vou have 1 1. ... 1.-; j been pleased to give tomy representations of y jr tha. m c.r.rto.t i . 1 ,1 fr.. iniai.iiiuin.1 ui 1 110 iij i-ill Of I s ui 1 uu : lllll- cil here. At'lhe same time, I must freelv own j --v.. f., 1 ,,u 1 1 II ui It IT III mo m iiiiii 1 1 )0 reform that bKly effectually, at this tlme.i- Some of whose delinquenry heretof;re, 1 have ItaH Iho w.1:i. L.. ..j ItUJiMI IO Klllllliaill, IJitC reason to com t)V their loval adherence lulivprnmnnl in ibis time of disaffectionrestored themselves to my , regard; and 1 believe t mav be found diffi to supersede the others e and I V a leal Illf 111 i srite of all allowance that I ran mak for Ri. ture thalll be impossible for longer to ! overlook, concern I v with iKb d..tv I p m the King and to Ijis Majesty's service, i I 1 have the honor lo be, wjth the highest re spect. My Lord, Vbur Lordship's most obe dient and most humrle servanit, I JOT: MARTIN; To Sec. of State. t S. P. O.y I I Ama. and W. Ind : Vol. 204. f At a Meeting of the Council, on board His Majesty's Sloop Cruizer, in Cape Fear River, on Tuesday, the 18ih July, 1775. L PresentHis Excellency, the Governor, y James Hasell, j Lewis De, Rosset and r f ' John Sampson. ! I The Governor having itilormed the Hoard . . ----- ! . - . : t .viv j oi me vounty ot u laden were pursuing th I ample of the People nf Mecklenburg, Iwi ex. hose . .... i. . .. . - . , . ; . Lirrnuimui p oceeumgs tie had communicated I lo the Council at the last Meet in?, desired ih i j e r -i i r ( advice of Council on the measures expedient to be taken to counteract such unwarrantable j anrl ihiiu'eroiis Pit rai :trtnnea nnA t kadL anA ' prevent the grovvth of that spirit of disorder I 1 I . . .1 V I ! ... !r i ); wmcn at im nine uunappuy prevails m great part ot the province, and especially in Ih e County of Mecklenburg, and the counties' on ihe sea coast?, particularly evinced ijy ;ihe meetings which have been held among the peo pie for the choice of military officers, by.! which they have usurped the undoubted prorogitfir6?of . i f I i - ' I r . ,i ! . I ' ' 1 Keep a check rrojt all Vocr IVULEKS. SALISBURY, N. C, he crown, and the frequent assembling of the eople in arms by the invitation of the Officers ko illegally constituted. 1 I To which the Cooncil replied : ' t j That it is their opinion that the deluded neonle ff this Province (who have followed the ex- p.mple of the neighboring colonies) will see their error, and return to their allegiance, iwhereas every violent measure must increase jthe disturbances, and be attended with the most Ifatal - Jt lenc consequences. James Hasell isof opinion that tlte Excel. ncy should take every lawful measure In his power to suppress the unnatural rebellion now fomenting irl Mecklenburgh, and other parts of the Province, in order to overturn the Consti tution and her just prerogative. i CENTRAL RAIL ROAD. THE NUMBERS OF CARLTON. v No. V. I ':- . upon a plan only when it is shown satis factorily that the public welfare (will be the consequence. , Newbern is among such of our towns as are best situated for commerce by sea. fit is centrally placed in our lower country juaween tne nortnem and southern limits Of that part of our State. Its opportuni ties at the present time are to be vervdif- ferently estimated from what they once were, connected as it now is by the Har I low canal with Beaufort, the best seaport oi me taie. were ucracoke the only joutlet of commerce from Newbern, little i could be hoped from it. From the reports pof Fulton, our late engineer, the depth of water for vessels passing through the inlet ?up to Newbern is at the utmost but eight or nine feet. The inlet itself, on account lof the shoals in front of it, is not favora- jble for entrance frdm the sea. Though iQcracoke will probably be always used oy coasting vessels! were this our only prospect we should jhave little reason to HI .1 . Ilf a . . nope mat Washington, Udenton, Plymouth, Newbern, and other towns around Albe- I marie or Pamlico bounds, could ever be I come pf much consequence in a foreign trade. Jt is the prospect from Newbern fb Beaufort that attracts and fire ibp. i choice upon the former of these places, -j as the point from which it is expedient to I commence a rail road directly for the ! capital, and then to proceed westward ! through the mirJdle of the Stat'p. till it ! reaches the mountains. I It might well appear remarkable that ! T . cm appeal ictiiarKaoie mat North Carolina should have always coru i sidered her condition so desDerate as shp has ever deemed it, while such a harbor as Beaufort Was upon her coast. Let us advert to the words of the engineer, and!' would that they might for ever return no- on our ear with their reanimating sounds !; in rcaru io me xiariow canal he says, "I am4of opinion thai the benefits result ing from the opening of so important a 1 . .1 Til 1 1 E communication with one of the best inlets ion the coast, will much more than com' ftpensate lor the amount of the estimate) f A vefy great Kermuda and Northern trade n T-- ...w.. 11 11 uuul lis carried on at Nvhrn. wbicK rr Is; . - IIIWU UCl 12' without the canal, " pass through the . o 7 Ucraeoke inlet. Vessels drawing a mod- Iprntp n.iant.tv nf Wafo- o -i., .v w .Ki v.tui itmu 111 uiil V pa, partial loading, until they get over the washes; they then complete their cargo prom lighters. Ihe nassaire for lisrhters w I rj - - - - from Newbern to the Swashes is long, and sometimes dangerous ; the anchorage for the shipping is by no means a safe one. The Clubfoot Creek empties itself into the Aeuse, before that river is of sufficient extent to cause any risk from the convey- ;ance by lighters. The water on the Rar and in the harbor of Beaufort, is of sulil- cient depth to allow of vessels from 2Q0 to 300 tons burden entering. The an chorage isjsafe by being well land-locked." It is the last statement which deserves i;our most attentive consideration. T ip . w.u,..wi unvili 4 III, harbor and the depth of water at Beau- fort, giving entrance and room to vessels as high in freight as three hundred tons, together with-the Harlow canal, throw open prospects of indefinite prosperity to the State by: its commercial opportunities, ercial opportunities, The subject is worthy of attaching upon ........ fluctuations common nnnn nther. w rf our coast. Wimble's map exhibits it ask ship channel in 173S, and La wson states its depth of water still farther back jn 1718, precisely the same as it is at the it day. The merchant vessels arid ir packets which sail between Neiv York and Liverpool, or any other port In Europe, are many of them between two Ihundred and fifty and three hundred arid iffiftv tons in burden. Vessels of two huh- U"'J . ... dred and fifty or three hundred tons are .Lji tl : ... -i.. ijivrcii micu tur tniiynii: uu iiauc iu tiny iL. .k- .k-f .k a.i..:- r' port on the other side of the Atlantic rir ithe West Indies, or South America, jif we look at our map of the seacoast at Beaufort, and connect with its directions the circumstance that a vessel south ! of Cape Lookout comes at once from an open, pea into harbor, without Ion and wind ing channels to consult, we shall find that it our taithful examination in all its di- In common canals they must not be ad versity of reference, and its future conse- mitted, on account of the contracted limits quenjges. The channel and harbor .at., of such canals for boats drawn by one or Beaufort are not lihlp in pbanirp'Kv tk. i two horsos. But there are canals unon few harbors along the whole extent! of cial towns upon the Albemarle and Pam Jour coast are better for entrance. Any . lico waters, whether it would not be well Do this, and Liberty is safe.' V Gen I Harrison. THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1849. yind between the south east and south I west points carries a vessel directly Into ! beaulort. A wind between the north east and north west, sends one immedi ately out to sea an object always desi ra bble to mariners next to going into port. These are' circumstances which constitute tjie very best privileges of a good harbor. fpr such vessels as its depth of water is 1 mtea to rece.ve IN or ought we wholly to torget that though in time of peace tt adds to the value of a harbor to havR I a deep and easy entrance, when war oc- ! qurs the seaport town within, if it be not Strongly and expensively fortified, invites upon it all the power and fury of the en emy. ; ; Beaufort has all the advantages of im mediately fronting pn the sea. In conse quence of this its healthiness is unques tinnahb in, tbia ronr,k- ,;il Wo roct i U,, .u .. 'f. w.oiijr nuu me uuiisiani experience Ol us inhabitants. It is better situated on this i - j account than Norfolk ; and as it cannot I be surpassed in this respect by Charleston Or any place to the south, its latitude j must give it greatly the superiority in a 1 comparison with any port in that direc- i lion. I Hon. Let the expense of transportation from ; Pnse of storage short of Beaufort, should the whole back country be reduced by j this be an object with the proprietor of means of a rail way to little or nothing, the goods. and as a commercial city it must advance j After the. views which have been pre with instant and rapid progress to pros- j sented, let us pause and reflect upon the perity and a numerous population. Many i vast interests they involve. That the peo of us perhaps are but liitle aware of the P'e of North Carolina are laboring under effects of trade when its facilities are a privation of opportunities for market, once created. At the site of the present ! And that this is keeping them depressed town of Rochester, on the western canal j d embarrassed, is a self evident truth. nf TNIovO T r i-l.' tkaim . . n - 1 Q 1 O . U ' T tKero tr m . .A C. . I. : " 1 t or houses only. The place is now swelled to the dimensions of ten thousand inhabi tants. It is precisely two hundred and seventy miles west of Albany, and from the latter place to New York is a hun- v, uiui CIC 111 JLOIO llirCC . . . . i u'cu mm iui iv nve uiiies more ; yet u is i in this city that Rochester and the coun- j try around it, through the distance of four j hundred and fifteen miles, find a market .l " ? . , . . r mI 1.m .. 4 . . . : 1 . . " . I jor meir grain, anu tne productions oi fneir inuusiry. it is irom the same town bf Rochester, and still more distant places, that flour is brought to this very Newbern pf ours, and sold at five and a half to six dollars a barrel-, And can it, must it, will jt be, that we the inhabitants of North parolina shall think the payment of one dollar and eighty five cents from each taxable poll in five years, by annual in- stalmant of thirty seven cents a year, is to reat a sum, when this is all that is necessary for effecting so great a change, fr making this now " solitary wilderness 10 oiossom as the rose ! Purely such can- not be our elings. We shall not consent . , . ,. . 10 continue unoer sucn aepressing tlisad - vantages, it we really can disengage our- selves from their fatal effects with so much ease and certainty. . Does U ? ?PRRar Mn that this is the iPlace on n which iNorth varohna may with the soundest policy, and the most compre nensive-wisuom, airect her eye asollenng the most indubitable and"animating pros pects of national relief ? If we are con vinced that at this place is a valuable harbor for her commerce on the ocean, it I may become no less a haven of refuge ! ,ro,n inai sea 01 uncertainty and despon ( j . f - i-dencv. on which she hag been tossed. I .May we not indulge the pleasing thought. I ' " ' . r . . " without the charge ot extravagance, that ' in her town of Beaufort shp Hncs nnsw v w .-w-jw.. a gem. which, as it sha be her dilio-Pnep and care to have it polished and unchased, will shine With increasing lustre upon the brow of her beaiity ? It is an easy matter, by widening the Harlow canal a few fret, and deepening il iwo ui iinrr, iu turuw ii open io mo free passage of steamboats, and then the nn L..n v. . . . 1m. .1 i whole Commerce of the Albemarle and ii Pamlico waters, would, by the easiest. prompte$t, and safest navigation possible. be concentrated at Beaufort. If it be ap- prehended by any that the waters of these sounds are too dangerous for the. steam boat, though il can scarcely be that any will think so, let it be remembered that i . - 1 - the Chesapeake presents fully as great exposure, and, yet tliis is" continually tra- versed by boats of this description. Not less difficult is a passage up and down the Mississippi, yet this may be said to swarm with them. Nor tet.it be imagined that steamboats may hot pass along a canal. Jm which steamboats work continnallv. and : it is unnecessary to refer to any other than the Caledonian canal, through which such boats run regularly, making a cir, cuitous route, partly by sea and partly by the canal, between Edinburgh and Ulas gow. The two feet by which the Club loot creek is higher than the Harlow at the time of low water in the latter, make it now necessary to have a lock to pre 1 vent too strong a current. In a canal for e f ' a steamboat, such a current would be i:.,i r,o .i .k- ib unit; ui viwcuuiih.c, txuu nic ivu un c.o.o AVn.a e mn vt - necessary. Were as much more excava- tion done as to open a steamboat passage lo Beaulort, it is probable an end would be put for1 ever to all light-ring at the Swashes. A steamboat could then pass from Edenton to Beaufort in twenty four - hours, and from iNewberp to tieautort in four. It is suggested lo all thie commer- VOLUME V NUMBER 48. for them to unite among themselves with- ' out delay, thus to annihilate their distance from Beaufort. An enterprising popula- ! tlon SO extensive as this, COUld SOOn burst l away the barrier to steamboats at the . Hi ii . . ! arlow rannl nnn st vr pninvmpnt r the commercial opportuntties thus secur- ed, WOUid probably return into their bo- . " VV" -. 7 J J - som ample remunen 'ion for any instant sacntice necessary ,o accomplish it.- V ere this done, of what use would it be to expend the eichtv thousand dnlUrs r.. 1 ported by Mr. t ulton to be reouisite for j . clearing out the OKI Swjash, or the thirty -! thousand for 1 eache S channel ? ; Alter the exposition now given, the rea- ; Son Will probably be Conspicuous for di- Ppf,,;n,T rnt. X' i .1 reeling our. cnoice upon iNewoem as the r " " to commencing point OI a railway intended for the accommodation of the people to the raw ujion the T. for all mum necessary to ay tlie bene wpstern PTtn.mlimu nr ,V, 0 ,u ft pnAided for by the Cnst itutUwi and Hv-Iws.Bnd WPSlprn ptlri.miimu f tl, it 0 .U ..;.rl ,l. .. ..i ... . . aKUlIS ni uus p,ace, meir loads may be discharged lor storarre. or w u o T saIe, or for transmission afterwards to Beaufort down the river by the Harlow canal, at the discretion of the owner. It were easy even to provide for placing the w agons wilh their loading on board of t'hf hnnf. fn wo,l ,txn the boat, to avoid anv deirntinn op v. i,v iiiin-uy JUf IUIJS PV11 1 V i , - - - - have a harbor eminently favorable for health, with a good entrance from the s a for ships of three h undred tons. Beaufort has always been neglected as a seanort. because there were no means of arriving . ... r f if Mvn-h . ft .. . . . I ' 1 ,k uucnur pans oi the coun- tr)' either by land or water, wijhout a cost uPor transportation, forbidding ail possibility of profit. Farmers, therefore, I I ii l. ; ueen compelled to submit to the pit iful prices and the slow and uncertain payments of their own neighborhoods, except when necessity drove them through all obstructions to some distant market for indispensible articles and a little cash. It is proved by Actual experience now dai- going on, that were a rail way nrenar i e Newbern tothe mountains through i lh middle of the Slate, a barrel of flour could be conveyed upon it two hundred j and fifty miles ibr less than thirty cents, i In stating these numbers the writer speaks ' warily. He is fully assured that this small j )r,ce ooes not exceed that-which will be ' realized upon trial, can be. proved by facts ,,l 1. 1 -, ; ' u, .tr ,.idc, anu can ne even shown s.msiaciorny to every one who will exam- I ine for himself such a statement as will be made in our next number. A toll be- "8 1" '"enty cents a barrel lor : 1 n . . . I "ls",u' "n" 11 not u; more than ten. probably not five, the bar rel of flour which would sell for five dol lars, two hundred and fifty miles from Beaufort, could be sold with equal profit for five dollars and a half at the senport, and for less than five and a half at any place short of it. The same thing is equal ly demonstrable of cotton, iron, flaxseed, , . . , ! or any other article, buch a rail road C1U ue ",tue- proiueu every citizen will I . . 1 . . u. . . u... 11 11 iii 1 c l,mi rttU" lldxaMI P sriaii pay thirty seven cents a year for the purpose. 'J aumii tnai no sooner r - ! woulci such a ral1 roai1 he prepared for j act,on than merchants and capitalists (would flock to Beaufort or Newbern to I sHze the profits of their business upon our 1 co,lon Ilour ,rtn, tar, pitch, and turpen tine, staves, spars, bhcon, lard, butter, to bacco, and upon the return trade whole sale or retail in salt, sugar, tea, coffee, fish, and all sorts of dry goods for farm ers and merchants through the country. That which was a maxim among the Jews of old, and which is applied in the scriptures, would hold here also. " Where soever the carcase is, there will the ea gles be gathered together." Wherever c i i Pinters, manufacJurers. and merchants enn meet upon terms fnvorable to their mutual interests, there each will find the other prepared and eager for commercial transactions. The way then is clearly open before us. No sooner shall wc-resolve on the means, than we shall begin to see the end has tening into execution. The consequences to result in changing the face of our coun try, and in meliorating the condition of ,nc people, are absolutely incalculabl wh,le ,hey are ahsolutely sure. Sue.!, causes have operated heretofore to the reilcf and ProsPer,fv ' others, and when- p,ver mey arc renew ea. mey w m. un a.. - luu lf p - natu,re' Perarte aSan. The work of a &m,e ear a,ier inJ coratnenceraei.i u, suctl a raif-way at Aewbern ,, will, by tne - practical and convincing evidence oi us mimeuiaie utility, dissipate an our uouois of a,lu "pprenensions, anu e mii go " happilv and with an irresistible ardour to .- i ..i. ii - 4 - - its completion. Captain, now Col. Brags, ha' recenilv ta ted that (Jen. Taylor at It ucna -Vista did r.i say to him ' give him a little? more grape.' This is correct. B it the direction, or ihe ex pression, was actually used by (Jen. Ttrl'r to Capt. Jas. V. Brvant. commander of Colonel Washington's battery at the criiical moment, and is thus matter of history and not of fiction. Alex.' Gazette. SONS OF TEMPERi3VCE: PREAMBLE. We, whose nunn are annexed, diroas of fornangj a society to shield ns from the evils of -istemperartcei i, afford mutual assistance in case of nclsees, and elevate - 'I i i. our characters as men do pledje ourselves to be gr)T J erned by the following Constilot'toa and B-Laws. . CONSTITU-ljlpX. i j A"ic" I- This Association shail be known tsihe sine. i ' D iritis n, .Yo. , the Son$fTemptrct of CouutJ' of , and Sttae of .'. Aet- Pdcr. No brother shall mTce, bnyf sell. -u ' "ta, .j uou. w .u me, or wer. , r - , W.P., w. a.. It s., A.R.S., F.S., T.c; A.r.. I,s; and O. S.. all of whom shall 4e elected b ballot ererr T f T three months. v : last resrular meeting n Sptcnibon -oZZnTi . 1V n e c , , , C .w.iL1..,? ! S'iJ!a?.i? a due .biervance of the cnitution and B-Lnw. hnd uir uuit i mi- n . i . ui wrwur in wir uiiinimi, rnHtrrr exact a comPr,anc' to the Rn,M andUwze- of the Or- tk.. app,Mnt aU onunitteel and officers noToth.rwi, provide for; give the carting vote on all matter bHTuriv the D'1'0" whe tie may occur; inct and an-1 rMHinee the result of all balloting or other. vote ; direct .w . n i l . the K. to call ecial meetines when aiijicalwn tiiall be made in wriiins, by five members f the D.vim; ht pnAided for by the Confetitutitm and Hy-Ijw, and other appr,pnaU,n8 made by the DiviKon- llerhalt.oii the night be vacates. the chair, nee that the Quaru-riv ICetuntii are prepared for the llrand Divi tin, , i '. iu per centajje appropriated, and foru ard die same i t tin tr the Quarterly Stwirni, certified by him, with T the seal f the Division. He shall perform nch rtherdu-. ties as the Division or his harpe sljall require of him. 2d. It shall be the dutv of the W. A. to rtjndf the 1-h assistance as he may require of him. bm.i in the absence of the W. P., the W. A. shall perforin his duties. 3d. The R. S. shall keep a fair and iinartial rcvrd of the pniceedinps of the Ihvisiou ; write cHnmurira tins ; notify all suUirdinate Divisions not more th'in lf miles of its place of mertinj, within one we-k uftr, of the name,jccnpation and residence of evrrv y rsoa sus pended, rejected or exptHed f-Hii this Division. He' shall fill up certificates; notify meeting when ordered by the V. P.; attest to all nioii. ,s oidered to h paid at a regular meetitir, and none ;L.-r. Hh Av, m iKeout. at the end of his term, fo- ;hc Division, a ft' 1 rejvirt iTf the proceedings durinjr his t.-rm : and al.i tl a qn; leilv returns to the tirund Division, which sliall eoi'.r; e-tm-number bf memlK-rs initiated, admitted by r ni. ii!tia n by d.sH iisution, susjt-nde', re-intated, ui ' -.v!n h;V witbdnwu during his ter:u t- tlier v:., the' names and occupations f thos suspeniled, -.polled and re jected, wilh the d;iles and causes .f e;. .jon. the niua bor who violate tb' -Pledge, bo many sign over, and how many violate it the s eond time, the uuiulxr of deaths and the whole nui.iher .f actual etHitnl.Gtiii'x ! memlers, the amount of receipts for in.tiaiiiig f'sand j dues, with the per centae due the (irand I)ivim..ii, vi amount exjH'nded for K ii iits, wih the aasHtiit on hand, and. with the XV. P. certify to 'h'- - ;ne. He t4f t pe rform such other duties as may ? r ,uired of l.':ii h the Division cr his charge ; and d. '.iverVup to b -c-' c ssor, within one week from the ei''rati i of ' ;.'nn. all Itooks, papers, or other propertj in his jto:-sc?-io-. lie longing to his office. i 4th. The A. R. S. shall he n, h'. l to tlie : whtse direction he shall act. iff hall nn! sistance to the Tt S., in the pi . lorni:- u imdi r MK-h as .s duti b, as he or the ihvisjoii may require .f b.i.i. Sth. It shall I -e duty of the F. S. to k rp juvt and , true accounts between the Division a"d' its mcijibeni ; . credit the amounts paid, and pay the ioie over to t!j T. immediately, taking his receipt. He shall, just pre vious to the close of his tt-rni, notify every member who is t Wo iiiontlia. or inoro in arrears, of . mnuunl ln 1- him to the Division, adding 12 cents to each n. ;i. e. Al the end of his term, he shall make out for lh-- Divi sion a full report ; and furnish the It. S. with th rurirmnt of receipts for initiation fees and does during his terrrr, wu any other infonnatk.n onneeu-d with bis office t, enable the It s.j prepare Correct rern. for the drand Division. He shall perforin such other dmi()l M thp ,)ivi,i(in (,r hil) rharc(('mav rn,lirt. I)f fci. He shall deliver up u, his successor all matters ajjs t- taiiung to his office in his possession. nth. It shall be the dutv of the T. to nav all ord J 1.:... i... .1... w l ..! t... -l i i ZZ C' lTxZ,. .,-,, ,, llM lUe m. mA ,r ,,f i,;, ., unless otherwise ordered by the Diviwon." :H- Khali keep a full and correct account of all iDoneyt received and expended. He sliall pive the Division a monthly Mute menl of the fund ; and d-liver up, when lenrrilly callod upon, all money. Iiookn, jMix rt, smd other property of the Division, to bin tiuccesttor in otbee, or to whom the Division may specially appoint. He t4iall perform mieb other duties as may be rejuired of him by th Divifiion or his charge. 7th. It shall lie the duty of th' (. to introd'ic for initiation persons who have U en previously ecctfl. He shall hIki intriKluc. visiters, and furnish them with mi tuble regalia. He shall, witli the aid of h- A- ('., x umine thus present at th opening of th Dnisioti.- He shall jx- that the olTieerV r-gali:i are in their proju-r "pi j ces at the opening of the Division, and take char.,v if llu- same at the close. He shall have charge of wieh property of the division as may isit le otherwise prnid ed for, and render a full report to the division at the end of his term. ! Hth. It shall b the duty of the A.C to render miri sen iceti as the ('. cr Division may require of bun. ; 9th. It shall b' the" duty of the 1. S, u attend th door to admit none hut memlnm of the Ord.-r, ml candidates for initiation. 10th. The ). S. s!.all guard the d.ior mts' l-.ir.-l' keep off intruders. Art. V. Eligibility for M'lnhrrahip. Sec. 1. person shall be initiated into the Division uinU-r eight ( , years of age, nor for a less sam than two d .'Jiir. 2d. No person sliall c admitted into th s Y. j on who dues not possess a gool moral charctT, or wh- js in any way incapacitated from earning a liveitlioixf . or who has no visible means of support. Sec. 3. The name of a person offered for metolerr tJilp iiKiHt b-proj.scd by a member io wi..ing, vtaai4ig age, residence, and business, which roust be enter. id ti'.i the record, and the subject referred to three br-iihefp tr investigation, who shall report in writing a, a t;":c-f!ing meeting, when th candidate 5iall f b.ulott-d for vit!. btll ballots, and if not usee 'Kan four jlack b !N ap pear against h:;n, ! shall le i claret'. ele-; - t'T rut if firr .r ne r- black bit!!s : ;: ar. l.c sha!. lie rei r I, aj;d s- declared. No perre h rej -eted sh;;l b- ag-iiiv pro posed in any D.vimou of the Order, uiu'er six i' Ji.' Ith- A proposition for nr ndwrship sJii" ; .- f.';tli- drawn ufo-r it b;is ben referr d to a cmji: iiirii.- vest'gatio:;, "without the consent of a i.i: 'or-'. , of the members present. 5th. A vote of r-'t ction mayb' re- .Ts'fier- d wit . .. three meetings, rxc.us;ve of the .e-l al hich il... vote was taken. Bl a vote liut ha resuitl bi let election, shall not be. re-cor.-- J -rel. C'h. The nat ;e of a cuniidat? or brother, e .-vitn-tional'.V HlSelided. reject' l. -xpe?lett. sli.ul i.it b ptibiishetl in any otb-r manner thn th - i J iHtif-r t ' the. Divisioiis. ' 7th. Any brother applying for in- :ib r' p I"-' 01 caru, snail if si in 1 1 i:ie m:u. : pplicant. r 1 . ... 1 - . . 4 . .... ... I . Akt. VI. Contrihuti nf end r retr.dar dues to this Diviixin .! . ' .t: -iec. ' . ' i :a,-t b .erf i.i i certs rer week- 2L Everv bona fide inrrnl -r. W'.o shall qiial:J..t as required by the Coiis-.,tti:sn and !ly-I..i of tl . Divisi ;t, ulial!, i'i ca- t f sickn'-ss or tfaL.l.:y. lr e I The "si '.v '. T'k- hnioii e!l"!Ti ;:'ry , ii of 'he Oru r, v. :i-. ui .inii:1 'isl u.i.';-t. d a: ;i session of Use National -Div--:- . ' R'iAred, Tiiut Ue- Nation: 1 D. on b clare that the true :.iieut and r.v ai.ing of t!i " to prohibit the nianiifieture, purchas-. srilerv all alcoholic or intoxicating li jih.rs as a ,4y " . ( r emim-'-rat'd b iumw in Ui? Iledge or uct. ."re Fj'JTth Page. I ' er. i J;- r.J J! e.vU .M. U r i ih 1 - 1 . I 1 i 1 r - 1 - i i-'l 1:1 1,. 1 . ! I 1 i f "I t ! , h ''!. j. . - if T ! y r.- 'jhr.!