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I'lIONETICS. :
ji 1 The Ctori'monfechpfl Advocate, generally so
judicious i fuggestions on iho subject of
1 education; has u urlield' entitled as above, a
'naiiit which we desire to enter our. protest be-
i . Is ' h n'k" AfTv.ilrt tin rfi vrl fmm n Dr. Rnm
j- stock,-of Pliiladcjlpbu, a stereotype of hisJho.
' V " Iriaiie Alphabet, which -Jl lay before its read.
icrsjt Hiis 'alphabet is composed of thirty-eight
'letters, and. as
its name imports, it proposes
' 1M LnAtll nrArrta nrrordini? to lheir sound- re.
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: focata acknowledges that it is in faror of the
refurm-becauid we havo more elementary
sounds than letters in' bur language. Bui we
(juple-from the Advocate :
f jvoy w.nen we analyze an the words oi the
I t . ft t - 1
English lariguagetwe hrid there are only 33
elementary
sounds, just as if we examine all
tho books, &ic,f m the language we find only
50 letters; Anq here is the. difficuhy of our
crthogra
rhero being 33 elementary
' sounds and, only
20 letters, a letter sometimes
thin sometime! another;
hence pe t pfcxity.
What we want then is a
character for each of thesef 39 souuds. And
this wo have in tl e Alphabet of Dr. Comstock."
(Wc conccivo that the difficulty here com
nlained of mi.Tht be overcome bv ufTixinn to the
etlers of our ladguaga certain signs or marks
lo dciignalo each and every soundahatit has
And indeei) this thing has been already accom i
pllshed with itf' j considerable degree ot accu.
racr. Let elementary works be printed in this
marked letter, and tVic dlfliculty of which the
Advocate !iotntalns AyiU be avoided. The de
rivation of j words and the analogies 'of the Ian
'gyage Avtli also be preserved ; and he who
.reaqs a uook wim ano no auto io unuersianu
; it and know something of the tongue in which
; it is printed. '15ut depart from the method of
spelling vords 'according to their derivation,
and In a fitw years our language will bo in a
'Boeotian Idg which it will not be in the power
j of I ho most skilKid philologist to dissipate.
! i Ours is a deri rilive language. To the Greek
.it. is indebted fur its scientific terms, and to the
. Latin foij jmuch that is ornate and strongY
, These t4vq original fountains,46gether wiibhe
I good old j Anglo Saxon, cast up almost every
lining that lis beautiful and refreshing in our
Jailguage and literatures and alas fur the day
j; tjjatrwe turn our backs upon them and con
iform our: orthography to the phonetic or any
) dthor newfangled scheme of spelling !
V ' I We believe in the old alphabet. We be
t lipvo in the old method of spelling words that
if, according to t,heir derivation. We repudiate
"sew sounds and new combinations. We- ar
- opofcdtb Phone tics, and all Franch and Span
: ish adulterations Imported into the language by
Iravelling Counts and fopish Whiskerandoes.
h Depart from the Ad landmarks, and what would
tie next general ion knQv of i he language in
;wbich Dyrko at d Shchdan poured forth the
. i ' !vtreaiur?t ;6f thejir migliiy minds ? of that in
in which our Declaration of Rrights and the
! immdrtal
t-.1 :.. i..
Declaration yf Independence were
vpcnncu i
We want no better oithography than
that learned by Jjefiersoti and Adams, and Mad
riion and Hamilton : ana wo care not to write
ijou'r language better than these men wero able
j to do It. i And as anything like a labor-saving
I machine in learning, we have no idea that such
invention Jwill elver be iTouud out. Improve
ments ma-bo made; better text-books may
i; be substituted, .perhaps; and better plans of
; )ns(ructioinjderU(rd for the masses ; but no man
;.can ever latquiro a knowledge of our language,
without g4m5 10 lnQ bottom and digging after
.the roots ftom 'which it has frrownun
I i t Theio remarkls are not made in disparage.
. ment, oi t no common ocnooi Advocate. We
think itajvery excellent work and earnestly
recommend it tot public favor ; but we do noi
Jieve ihjPiionjjtics ; that is what we want
e public generally to understand. N. C. Ar.
gut
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the 'Wilmington road. x
MUCK a this Rn.lfl fin liOtl nrinl rlrttvn
(and we hive sohietimes, put in a lick against
it onrselvei, because it was an Eastern recip
iient of State favor while the West had nothing)
.its last sports show the receipts for one year
:to be upward of three hundred and seventeen
thousand tbllars sum in proportion to the
capital invested which would have left a hand.
. some balance ovr expenditure if the Road-had
Originally been built right, xvhh T-iron instead
oi urap iron.. J he expense of the maintain
.enco of the way on this Road, during one year,
,hs been S510 per'mile ; while the expense
for the same thin qn the Columbia Road, eon.
tructcd wilh'T.ifon, did not exceed $l6(Tper
rpilo; and ;the Road repairs at the North,
hero heavy rail Sis-used, only cost from $120
10 48300 perannurh.
L'J10 Wlowiog bhibit, based on the reports
f .tho.Wilhiiiigtou Road, snows the advantage
vi i,.iM.i:'.. .i. ... ..
1 1 ' t L .t "u,,u,,,s u "iei improveu plan fas required
?!.! :U T tho-charlerol the Central Road i
Capita! of tho Wilmington Comp. ,
I about; ). : 82.000,000 00
lUceiuts foi- 194a S317.459 40
Lost of keening uh ir.o miio.
.of Roadif laid with 'ood
I -fron-tfat JMCO, instead of
8310 ner
mile, as last year
would bo
20,920 00
8290,530 49
120,000 00
Deduct a d vide nd, on two mill-
oi six-per cent.
)4 170 539 40
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lcavinff over nni itAn.n1 - M
.after keeping up the Roa,d in good repair, and
paying a d vidend on the whole stock of 0 per
ent;,-.to run tlie Road, nay officers, agents,
t llio reports of the Wilmington ' road also
nuh additional testimony to the fact that low
W r.roduff Vrcwea receipts. In 1811, the
" ? . iv,,tt,,c.8Wl1 IO eidon was
ontantly lincreascd as the laro wa arart.,iu
i" vw w m. uu auiuuui fit iravA
TZiz .1 , t ecp,P, fron he Road 8297,000.
injSIT the faro! through was 810, and the re.
: j i ; .r mt, rV -....,. lujicrrcning years urenmboro'
i !l . A . , i. l)WCfCM li Ik. !.... s .
r
OR;m Eastern boundary
.Ihbdundarj Une between the U. States
Iburton trJ
vuii4'4 run
i,. A
in... i i J ' it - . oi uuee hundred
1.11V. I'llCI I n S In I . . - . a .
r three hundred
. livilei
bottom, nnrl
itli
rurM Ie Iters on its sides, namm. ikL
Mniojiia!iancrs
who
rau th
linc and. the;
ra -
; ; i - pan wat cut through the forest thir
-, i ! - ; Jl wide: and clea'd rAll i!!.. Sr.l
t m cast i'plil rZ
. h ;!'Ml"re, four feel ,ut tjf .h-L,
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lie Xurtk Cnvliniatf;
r TUB PLANK! JtOAD;
Mr. Rdiu r i . You, published in Vour last pa
per. a short account of the meeting: of the stock
holders in tho Fayettcvillai and Wfestwn Plank
i .- -ir - i ls '' 1 1 .Li j .u.i
Koaa company, jiroin wuicni u appeared -mat
the Road had been located so as lo t run from
this place to Murchisons Kctory -thence to
Carthage, and through Johnfonrils, shbtro
and Lexington to Salisbury. It cannot be dis
gujsed or denied that the people of this place
preferred the route by Watson's Bridge rather
than that by Carthage, as was plain,; not only
frqm all t ho votes in the meeting, but also from
the strong expression of feeling and opinion,
both in public and private.!; The: large vote
cast by the Board of internal Improvements,
aided by the votes of the few friendaj ot, the Uen
tral routebut still more by the suppbrt of ma
ny stockholders here, who united wit
a spirit of compromiae-reiuhed In
the Road its present location. j
i them in
giving to
Now that the matter is settled, wjiy need we
suffer our disappointment to work'a prejudice
to! our interests? When before did, we ever
erisaso in any j scheme ofl Improvement, in
which we have come so near to fbtire and
complete success as in thta! Will the Plank
Road do us no good .? Are jve willing how to
rejiuguish the chances of a better day and
throw ourselves back lo the position we held
six months agoT . . ; j fi
Who will say we are not! better ofj far bet
te'j", with the Plank Road located is it is, than
we should be without any Road at ajl ? Is it
nothing to have the trade of ;, Randolph, David-
son. Guilford, Stokes and dher richi counties
of the State? Let our citien3 think dispas
sionately and coolly of Ibis matter. We are
not ruined, we are not undone ; , and though
disappointed and feeling the disappointment
keenly and sensitively, let us not punish our-
selve.8 tor an event wnicn we sougnij earnestly
and faithfully to avert. If vrorigtjd--if injus
tice has been done to us in jthis matter if our
wishes and feelings have been thwarted by
those whq,froclaimed in our midst that the in
terests of Fayetteville and the interests of the
Sale were identical one and inseparable if
our hopes have.been excited by seductive pro
mises of co-operation from; the " powers that
be," and these hopes have been suddenly dash
e, let us reserve our vials of wj-ath for the au
thor or authors of the mischief, and not to spend
itj upon ourselves. We need hot, we cannot
reproachT ourselves we hafe done our duty in
this matter., 1 f .j, ij. -:
Though we were stronglv and warmly for
the Northern route, we submit cheerfully to the
decision that has been made. We are fully
of opinion the Plank Roadf will do Us great
gbod. Let us then set to the work iri earnest
-4-tet us accomplish and complete it without
delay, and it shall bo the source of blessings
innumeraoie to us ana io que posterity
! CItOSS CREEK.
. j; i From the North Caolinia
I From theEditorial jemtirks in the Observer,
it would be presumed that Ie citizens of, Fay.
etteville were quite satisfiedwith the location
of the Plank Road, and very;quietly acquiesced
in the decision of the5ovetrnor and Board of
Internal Improvements. Sdt far from :this: be
ing the fact, at no time Was he community ev.
er more excited never haf such feelings of
bitterness been exhibited, i Their hopes- and
expectations have been blated. It was con
fidently expected, as they vjrere the principal
private stockholders, they would be permitted
tp locate the road in such; a pirection as;would
afford some prospect of revenue'.
U When Governor Manly, n a short address
made to the multitude assembled io greet his
coming, avowed that lie had come with the
purse of the State and at the same time, with
feelings of the utmost kindness towards the old
Town ready and willing to co-operate in all
njeasures to improve its condition, and with no
disposition to control the action of its citizens,
the fears excited were allayed, and j wc thought
there was no disposition oi the part of the
State to give the Road a direction from which
the Old Town could derive lfut little benefit.
The declarations of the Governor were" receiv.
ed with tho utmost enthusiasm ; and for a time
no man was mora popular. Had Gov. Man
ly in the outset apprized us that we should not
be permitted to locate the; road in any other di
rection than the southern or central route, we
should have submitted with the best grace we
could ; but after ostensibly taking a ; neutral
position, during two days of excited and !ansrv
discussion alter using bis intluencBr to sup
press a part of the Report of the Engineer, fa
vprable to the northern route after refusing to
permit ttje road to be located to a position com
mon to, both after staling that we ;had not
sufficient information to decide correctly on any
particular route- after exhafisting the patience
of the stockholders, and exciting the fears of
the timid that nothing woull be doneat last
giving the vote of the Stale to locate tHe whole
line of the road through a Sarren country for
7p miles at a cost of 8l5,0p0 more than the
route settled on by nine stockholders out often,
can we come to anv other! conclusions than
I that Ije acted wilhj insincerity.
Be those juggling friends noinore believed,
That palter with us in a doublg sense,
1 hat bep the word of promise to our ear,
And break it to our hope " II
A STOCKHOLDER.
Central Rail Road in North Carolina.
A large Convention tvas held on the
1.4th ult., at Salisbury, I. C, having for
its object the buildingjofjthe Central Rail
Road. 1 he assembly ! was addressed bv
Governors Morehead, Graham and Swain.
Ye think there is now same hope of com
pleting this tmportant link in the Atlantic
sind Mississippi rail roatl. The ! present
interest manifested cannot but have a
salutary influence uponl the progress of
that portion of the road lying in Alabama
and Mississippi, j It was so regarded in
the Convention.: The "people of North
Carolina have our best wishes for the
prosperity of their undertaking.
sfVPn. . j J ; ,r t
j The Mexican Minister of War in his
late report to his Government states the
number of Mexican Women and children
annually captured and carried off by the
hostile Indians to be upwards of :six hun-
urea. . it is the nmnt ini 'f tkn envono.
murder the men
and hold the ! women as
captives.
Important to ? JOiU Owners.
"'"Ursslein
JLX'FtyetteTilleabv--'.r- f.: Kb; ,
I v.' , '. DA MCNEILL Co. .
jun jn jLiincoin oouniy ,oyi
From
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A. DREYARD.
March 12,1847 tf45
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THE1 caHolina ipyrcnMAN.
Salisbury 2t. Cr
THURSDAI EVENING; jJUl? 26, 1849.
North i Carolina Ilail Road.
PROFITABLENESS OF THE STOpK.
In all the appeals in behalf of this work
which we have heard j and: seen, little
stress has been laid on the probability of
the stock being above par. We are in
formed that 6ur friend H.. C. Jones, in an
address to the citizens; of Cabarrus, took
up the subject, and satisfied many, that
the probability is in favor of the Stock's
being profitable. He adverted to the fact
that the Stock of the Georgia Rail Road
from Augusta to Atlanta, is quoted in the
Rail Road Journal at 121 per share, that
is 21 per cent, above par, although its pro
fits are greatly reduced by the Road from
Atlanta to Savannah : that the Columbia
branch of the South Carolina Rail Road
in the same Journal is quoted as being
above par. He also noticed the fact that
the Virginia Rail Roads which wrll con
nect with this work are also profitable,
and that one, especially the Petersburg
Road, which derives all its income from
North Carolina, is dividing an annual pro
fit of 8 per cent. He 'showed that with
the exception of cotton the country over
which it is proposed to run this work is
more amply endowed with the institutions
and trades which give custom to Rail
Roads than the State of Georgia. He
showed that jthc land was better their
schools equally as good, if hot hetter
their number! of villages and towns great-
er ancrmore .turiity. ine productions oi
agriculture as well suited to the market
of the South, as good and as abundant as
on the Georgia Road. In the articles of
Irish Potatoes, Apple and Peach Brandy,
Cranberries, Butter, Cheese, Beef and
Tallow, he doubted whether iny country
in the world could compete With Western
North Carolina. He mentioned that it
had been argued in favor of the Georgia
Roads, that they brought inta use an ex
tensive scope of navigable water, which
had been formerly cut off from the busi
ness below by falls and rocky barriers,
and he was willing to yield tq that state
ment full as much force as any one else, but
he doubted very much whether the Geor
gia roads derived more business from this
source than, our State work would derive
from the Yadkin River. He dwelt at
some length upon the great advantages
offered by. this stream, with the character
and resources of which he said he was
well acquainted from Locke'sM Bridge to
WilkesboroUgh. He also quoted the opin
ion of Mr. Dibble, who is practically ac
quainted with the business of navigating
rivers wTith steamboats dOght draft; hav
ing forced his way far up the Neuse Riv-
-...a,, i . j . . ' , .
er wiui ;.ui3 Kinu oi craii againsi me opin
ions of every body in that region. He re
counted the number of Gold Mines of per
manent1 character, and the Factories
strung along this route as also the Mint at
Charlotte, which were advantages he be
lieved not enjoyed by the Gleorgia'Roads,
or at any rate, in a very slight degree,
compared with the proposed Road in our
State. He said that a friend had men
tioned to him that Messrs. Toombs and
Stephens (two of Georgia's mostdistin
guished members of Congress a,nd two of
the most intellectual men of the age) had
declared to him that " all the experience
u.wursm wdS u.urai strange illusion n j cilizens ftppeBr 'indifferent "to what is evi
the North Carolina Rail Road should fail j denlly their real interest. Let not those
to be a profitable investment." The judg- j noble spirits who are now laboring for
ment of the Editors of the National intel- j (u0 011JrtOt,0 r n..i t?qii i?,i
r r . : mi r
ligencer and of the Petersburg Intelligen
cer he quoted as of great authority upon
this point.
For ourselves, we fully .concur with the
reasoning of Mr. Jones upon this point,
and we protest most strenuously against
the presentation of this great work as one
of charity, or at least of only loal profit
ableness. We may be deceived, for we
profess not infallible forecast, but we go
further than Messrs. Toombs and Ste
phens, and say that we must be grossly-
deceived and imposed on unless, this en
terprise shall prove profitable.
We take peculiar pleasure in again lay
ing before our readers the ie marks of the
Petersburg Intelligencer upon this sub
ject, and we commend them to pur read
ers. Wo are not a littlcj anxious to learn
what the cities East of us will do for the
work, .especially Raleigh, Wilmington,
Petersburg, Norfolk and Portsmouth. Ra
leigh, above every other cpmmunity, tis
interested in this measure. We are in-
formed that the gentlemen) appointed
a Committee for Cabarrojs County, Messrs.
Barringer, Coleman and cithers, are avail
ing themselves Of the musters, and other
public gatherings to address the" people
upon this subject, and thai the yeiry live
liest feeling prevails in favor ofjthe mea
sure. We have no fear! for Cabarrus. If
other counties and towns interested do
their duty as bravelya Cabarr-U,s, there
wiirbe no douH of tbilreiult- ftjYe are
gratified also to notice he" ipiritpli course
pursued by Messrs. Gilmerland ICaldwcll
irm in this measure Vnthe- county
III "T . " . . m,
of Guilford, But both these gentl
t both these gentlemen
are descended jfrom the patriots of the
Revolution, the'men of thb BufTalow con
gregation who ismbte with the Sword in
the name! of the living God.
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From ilie Petersburg Intelligencer.
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The National intelligencer mignt uave -
strengthened the above by staling inai.iwo oi
T, s- v:
. . . .. .i . r
tne mree ran roaua m
form the Northern continuation of the North j
Carolina rail road, are also profitable, to wit : I
the Richmond and Fredericksburg road, wmcn
is now paying seven per cent, per annum, and
the Petersburg and Roanoke road, which has
just payed the same, but has just made a divi
dend of four per cent. To these may be added
the Greenville and Roanoke road, which has
paid off a large debt and just-commenced pay
in dividends. We wish the Intelligencer
i . .
would notice these facts. We do not mention
u . ."v-w
them with any spirit ot boasting, bul we tninn ,
if that paper, with its extensive circulation,
would inform its readers that the rail roads at
this end of the North Carolina road are pay
ing as good, if not better dividends, than those
at the other, it would tend to give more'eonfi
dence to that scheme. It ought to be known
that the Petersburg road, which is now paying
at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum, draws all
its business from North Carolina in the pres
ent incomplete state of the rail roads of that
btate. I his ought to be satisfactory proof that
mese rouus u exienaea, wciu c a3 K,uuu-
ive at least we arc satisfied that they would
be more so. A great deal of travel between i
the North and South, now goes by sea and by
the western rivers, dispensed in many chan-
nels. The completion of the North Carolina
which would grow broader and deeper as it
flowed and fertilize the whole line.
As a State measure, as a work that will em
phatically benefit the State, and be more pro
ductive than any jsimilar work in the country,
we look upon the North Carolina rail road ;
and that is the aspect in which to view it.
The travel to and from the South will, it is
true, be beneficial to it, but it will be. second
ary to the great business of the road, that of
carrying the mineral and agricultural products
of the State to market. This road, slartihg
from a point of convenient and cheap access,
not only to all the ports in that State, but to ihe
ports of Virginia, and also to Charleston, S. C,
will run through the centre of the State as far as
Salisbury,; and thence no doubt it will, in time
be continued to Tennessee. Almost every
county in the western part of the Stale will be
in striking distance of it, many of them even if
the road would go no further than Salisbury, by
means of the Yadkin, which is navigable for
boats for at least 100 miles above, where the
road would cross it.
The Central rail road, unlike the rail roads
in Georgia and in Virginia and most of the
States would have no competitor for this vast
business for there is no other route in the State
upon which one could be made, and none, in
deed, would be wanted. Viewing the road in
this light, and as a part of the great thorough
fare between the North and South, we do not
think there can be a safer and more profitable
investment."
PLANK ROAD ROUTE.
The following resolution was adopt
ed at the recent meeting of the Plank
Road Company, in Fayetteville, to locate
the Route :
" Resolved. That the President and Direc
tors be instructed to lay out immediately the
Road from Fayetteville by Murchison s Facto
i rJ from ence CarLhaSp' fro.m thencf f or
near Ashborough to Johnsonville, and from
thence by or near Fair Grove by Lexington to
Salisbury. Provided, iho sum of $30,000 of
individual subscription on that route be com
pleted, and upon a survey it shall be found
practicable."
Thus it appears settled, that the impor
tant and extensive country West of the
Yadkin river, for the benefit of which the
late Legislature expressly designed the
Plank Road, is to be, to all intents and
purposes, defrauded of the boon, it in a
spirit of praise worthy generosity, design
ed to confer. Let not the world be sUr-
prised that the spirit of internal improte
j ment in North Carolina is at so low an
ehb. Let not any be surprised that our
plore what appears to be insensibility on
the part of their fellow citizens. The in
fidelity of those to whom is committed the
prosecution of her few attempted works
of internal improvement, is sufficient
to keep North Carolina forever in the
shade. The fraud practiced upon sub
scribers of stock and the State is sufficient
to deter them from putting their hands to
anv work, the management of which is
-lt i . rrt. v ji
committed to a company. The Yadkin
vr . r- r, ' ...
Navigation Company the Fayetteville
. Jrl .,' J . J
and Western Rail Road Company, of past
years, remembered to be hated, and now
me rayeuevuie anu oarrsoury rianu
Road Company, with its recent manifest
fraudulent designs, if there were none
others, are sufficient to throw a damper
upon the success of similar works so long
as the remembrance of them is kept green
by renewed attempts to arrest the declin
ing condition of the State. Bent on the
accomplishment of its own selfish purpo
ses, Fayetteville is determined to stretch,
as to the parting point, the ties which bind
j her to the contract with the State. She
would even thwart, if possible, the noble
generosity of the Legislature contempli
tea lor a mucn larger anu more important
part of be Sta.e. by using fcgains, the
Sratp.s interest her own Iiberalitv. RVio
f J
would prevent me success 01 me Central
Rail Road, to which she is bitterly oppos
ed, by running! the Plank Road on tie
route' for a part of the way, arid tbroubh
a country almost all the way, never
templatci hj the Legislature, an
cdn-
r
nd
which, ii :mu ,u.cu- miuh j, u., ..wum
could never nave been obtained. r
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Such
is the position of Fayetteville: arid al-
thoagh the Governor prevented her by"
his vote, from the accomplishment of r her
designs to the full measure of her wish
es yet even he coincided with her to an
extent as ample as there is any need for ;
, . . - . . - . tP -
nnri inr inn crrn n i in jst-uuie iu iiinioii in
s . - f nV ,
th s nart of Western Carolina a favorable
. r .....
opinion as to nis capaciiy io ewaue -tuc
duties of the office he fills, in times ol pe-
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culiar interest, such as the present.
OPPOSITION.
We have heard, within a few days past,
that Mr. Joseph Caldwell, our Whig can
didate for Congress, has opposition in the
person of a Mr. Hull, of Catawba coun- j
,L'n nr ,u0 rronilpmnn :
ly. kuuvv u5 -
ana cannot tnereiore speait oi in Muiiu- ,
cations for Jthe place he is seeking. Suf- j
fice it for the Whigs to know, however,
.1 i. I . I j-tnvn t nnrl IhQt
.... t .1
umu uc .a a u.uua., u iu "
qualified or not. tie will nnu a numoer oi
supporters among his party. It is pro-
bable, he will get a very considerable
number of his party vote. That he stands
any chance of being elected, over Mr.
Cniju we do not believe; but that it
- ,Tr, . . , , , .
is the duty of every Wh.g to be at his
post on the day of election and prevent it
by his vote, is so well understood, that we
ly lhink any considerable number
will fail to do so. Let the Whig votes of
ine uisinci an go into me doxcs, anu tney
will tell a tale on the evening of the elec-
nun ui.j, ub uutb oanoiuviui ji ciliu pit. (is
ing to all who desire the triumph of true
Republican principles. Indeed, if there
was no opposition at all, no Whig should
fail to put in his Ticket : It is well to show
the enemy that we understand the danger
of repose having often learnt the lesson
by ; sad experience.
Let our motto be
now, as ever,
To the polls.
tCT We have been favored by our excel
lent correspondent, Examiner," with anoth
er article on the subject of the Revolutionary
history of Rowan, to which, it is with pleasure
that we reier our readers' attention. The old
er people of tho country will find in this com
munication much to interest them ; whilst ihe
younger may treasure its contents as valuable
information in the history of the country, the
destiny of which is committed lo their hands.
We most heartily second the motion of "Ex
aminer" for the "Committee of the Whole,"
and we sincerely trust that the search proposed
may be made with diligence. We will com
pliment the fortunate finder of a copy of the lost
Resolutions, with the 44 Watchman" for -five
i years.
O.Tho Hon. Robert Strange will de
liver the Annual Oration before the Literary
Societies of Davidson College, on Wednesday
the 8th Augusttho day preceding the Com
mencement. From the Raleigh Times.
POLITICAL DECENCY.
The 44 Union," the dead organ of the dead
Government, is all the time rabid. In its No.
of Wednesday week, it speaks of 44 the weak
and perfidious administration," which is 44 re
garded with loathing." 44 Gen. Taylor has
surrendered his appointing power to such un
scrupulous Whigs as Ewing, Colamer and
Clayton. His inability to execute the
high functions of his office, however, render
him not less deserving the censures of the A
rrrerican People." 44 The conduct of Taylor,
in view of his pledges, is infamous." 44 Gen.
Taylor is a mere cypher, a simple tool in the
hands of the irresponsible cabal who are now
lordins it so arrogantly Iyer these IT. States."
This is all very well and doubtless we shall
o " - o
have much more of it. When it is recollected
that Mr. Ritchie said more lhan this of Gen.
Jackson, and afterwards became his most de
voted parfizan and obsequious slave, the pub
lic will know exactly what weight to attach to
these epithets. It may be well enough to re
fer to. Old Hickory's estimate of Ritchie's char
acter, too, in this connection, as extracted from
Iircekenridgc's letters ; 44 I have often heard
him (Jackson) use these emphatic words :
44 RITCHIE IS THE GREATEST SCOUN
DREL IN AMERICA !"..
Again : 44 If such a corrupt press as the
Richmond Enquirer ( Ritchie's own, at that
time,).weie to opprobate my conduct, I should
think that, in some unguarded moment, I had
j committed some great moral impropriety."
We learn from the Greensborouuh Patriot
i the 14th inst., that 44 Mr. Shepperd has Demo-
I . .. .. M, "
i cratic opposition, in tho person of Dr. Thos. W.
j r r T . . . r ,
I Keene, of Rockingham. e are informed
j lha( a greal glaple jn lhi new candi(Jatc,s har.
an consistg of objcclions to the manner in
C7
wu;ch Mr. Shepperd came out aa a candidate
that he forestalled some other man or men
of tho Whig party, who had superior claims to
i
himself, and that, in short, he had no business
to serre em so.
WESTERN TURNPIKE.
It affords us pleasure to state, that Governor
Manlv has enffaFcd the services of Maior
w no J
or
M. Fox, an Engineer of distinguihe(Lmeril,
survey and loca.e , he Turnpike R. Oora Sal
is bury to the Georgia line.
I'he Engineer and Commissioners will meet
in Su
lishurv in a few iwrek?. and mnL-o th
necessarv recon
. . .i was agreed upon, shou d be the t
inoisances, preparatory to ihe, . . I I ... , n ,
r ,i . . , 1 i i . ' termination of said Plank Koad.
ot ihe work. Hal. Register. . T 4 . . . ,
3 In support of this reso ution
- ; commencemeut
Accuracy on a Rail Road. The New
YoTcnd ErV .lt&
i . V. ? .1
4 accuracy wim wnicn 11
me is kept on the
mart ie ii'inJ..
Boston and Albany rail road is wonder
ful. It states that the books at Spring
field station show that, for six months end
ing the first of May last, the Albany train
never varied more than a half minute in
the time of its dailv arrival at Snrini.
for! field. r
Wc hare heaid'th opinion exnrL. j J!
the queftion of ibe location of the W7
roaa iv, ixe paramount lnflun e;' -i
subscnptions of stocfe.it, Guilfprd tZ?
rheT,nc
bend. So far from discoarainrr v- lt
gency ought to operate as a powerful Sf
mem to snhtcribe. The takingcf a la 't
ucr ui snares ty the people of hif-r-
connexion with the other weighty "re,gl
favor of a high northern route,Vill 0 U
location or tbe wotk through the mid
county. Oft;!
There are powerful -consideration! Ur !
oi a rouic us lar nunu as tne centre of r-
county, which cannot fail to operaie
public mind and upon the action of the'e1
ny when it shall have been formpft .
crful, indeed, we- regard them arjj.: J-
matter almost beyond contin?en(
n immediateI - vvr u.
he fu!1 direct benefit f . ra.x
r ii J! I c . ITT.
Deep river improvement, soon k!r N
menc
ed, and ot the I'lank Road frftm r.
i . urn
I I I M 1 V 11" i llPli
vine io me lauKin river, iha . .
1 "TCr ,he "for ftS
ind approaches,:.,.;;'!
! has been located, a
" --- .v. mm a I .
, m;jes oi Greensboro
J Equitable regard for the interest
. - - kviiu cirprf. . I
! ot the northern tief of counties k,u -!
M . t i . ' Cinnfj
f avail memseivcs oi mese imprortjn
iKr. n,;i....j'. U
; vor .proc,-jctf always that'll., -j1.
: I
lies shall be represented in the Company S
a commanding amount of stock. I f
If we are not mistaken, Prot. Mitchell
stated in his report to the Legislature of
-'7, that from Raleigh to Saliibur ?
ten miles farther by way of Greeboro' i
by AshLoro' a distance which would iiL
rprrri rrtprt in I li n nnntlinn f , ...
' ! nnrln tin flp Kt a rnnto . "
j hVriehVr andSjSVS
efil a larger number of people.
' e trust tnese rettectious are not out of p,
at this juncture ; though we do not conlL,
117 . m
the precise location of the Road a matter dA
great moment to ihe farmers of the countrj,!
It is sure lo be made if made at all
sinning aisrancc oi all in this region, Kr
we wish it understood, now and henctf&ri,
I hat we go for tlw North Carolina RaUr
let it be located where it may.
Greens. Parit
1 mournful fact.Gtn. Tiercf, of tytj
Hampshire, in his reply to th- ccttjif
mentary speech made to him on the ocn j
sion of being presented with a sword M
the Legislature, stated the following ii
markable fact : ; (
44 On the 2Isrof June, 1817, about
time in the afternoon, the 4 North Deed,' I
wnu thcMirst detachment of the 9th in
fantry, made the harbor of Vera Crc-
The other transports followed in Quick
succession. It is a melancholy, bunota
humiliating recollect ion, that of those si
hundretLajid forty men, less probably than
one hunored and fifty ever recrossed tne
ocean.
IflRAM W. HlSTED, Esq. of ih'lS Ct,y
received ihe appointment of District Auorkj
for North Carolina. We hope this "vextr
appointment is now settled. The selections.
an admirable one, and admirably deserrfd:
and wo only wonder it was not 6ooner miJe.
Wo can confidently state lhatit will give m
eral satisfaction to the friends of the Admiik
tration.
Keen ii before the people, that the Locofoca
are a3 44 mad as march hares" because (Jk
Zack Taylor has had their bauds pulled out 4
the public money box. Keep il before titf ft
pic.
PUP. L1C MEETING.
At a public meting of a very respecUj
able portion of the citizens of Saliibarj,
on the evening of lhe2Ith instant, held in
the Court House, pursuant to previous to
tice, forthe purpose of expressing the vies
and feelings of this community in rela
tion to the recent action of the Piank
Koau Company in the location of lue roiue
! of thn Plank Rontl anibnrispd bv the Ute
Legislature
On motion, Dr. A. M. Henderson vrai
called to theJChair. and J. II. Ennissasl
J. J. Rruner, appointed Secretaries.
The Chairman briefly explainedihe ob
ject of the meeting. 'When,
On morion of Mr. William Murphy,
Committee was appointed by the Clair-1
man to prepare and report suitable rcJO"
lutions for the consideration of this meet
ing.
Committee : John I. Shaver, Wrn. Mf
phy, J. F. Chambers, J. G. Cairncs,Di J
C. McConnaughey.
Tl- PnmrniWon rotiroil nnrl rl II rill 2 lie
H VVlilllll'.V V I V fcll VVj C t V v-' o
of interval of their absence, the mernhcf5
,
the meeting engaged in con versa lion.-
When the Committee returned tbej
ported the performance of the; duty
signed them; and handed, their reportf1
the Secretaries to be read. This- beff
done, several amendments were op
and. adopted, when the Hod. N.T
proposed the following Resolution & .
additional amendment, to wit : l
Resolved. As the deliberate opinion it''
assemblage that not a solitary man iL"
I
in tne rianK Koad meetmg at I ajc- , .
o. : -ii. I.H...I i -i h-llj tie
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lo" or A8D"oro. ?W 'Pf Ji:
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.ill uL mv tlirtCA ml., ovnortfl aOUlclC
. l.rtf
tthat .Asnuorounn or rranklinsviiifj
i . -ii. tt-nicB"T..
that Ashborough or Franklinsviii'
Id be the Sunn "s",t
ew remarks, which were c
rg argument arul indign'S
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j ing; and the hearty approbation
I I ..1 L .1 . 1 . UA Vxr1 T nfC
meeting showed that he had expre
true sentiment. ' '
Mr. Boyden's resolution was ado
and the report and amendments wcJe
put upon their final passage, 8.
unanimously adopted as follows, to
in tuts rcfcpc-c we are aware rilj va .
feet in wUUholding ubscriptions ; buiKl
riot to the extent which some frt j ,rat
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