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b I, H Pfnotf) t0 politics, Hf5, jrillnrf,vjntfnwl lopwwiafnbr. (Dwnifrrv IJf ''.Jlrb &i dfBffs'Harrtit?, as) tyf cotlCirrif. I-ft. f ' 1 ,! ' i 1,1?. VOL. XII. NEW SERIES. SALISBURI NUMBER XXXVl REPORT COI FALTER GWYNN, CHIEF ENGINEER NORTH CAUOUNA B. R. CO., M ,t" '' ' TO THK BOARD OF DIRECTORS ! MEETING IN SALISBURY, JAN, 10, 185. ! A IrHdetU tmd JHrcn At North Carolina ItaU, Road Company. , Giarn.Mi3 May,1851f lh eutfs fe1)iUfjr ils practicability of pxteuding tle Norlh Carol iua Railroad iuto Teonee and to Beaufort, and exemplifying th maxim ihorein laid down in eotinection with theae important wljuncta t tbe North Cnro lina Railmad, that u what probable in theory has in prac tice al way proved true." 4. Retnrtiing after this digreeirinn-to the gubjeet before me. The Contractors on the North Carolina Railroad were all tockholders, and with on!ytwoor three exceptions entirely destitute of experience in the work they undertook ; they com menced their contract very generally in January, 1852, and, on the 1st of January, "1853, without the aid of a single dol lar from' the Treasury of (Re Company bnt relying entirely1 ujxjii their own credit and means, their united Tabof amounted tit ll.fWI.(N0 wViti'ti rnrrtit tt tlis irtAlt. nC thtAr tiM1r AtlK- I hae the pleasure to inform yon that the Ra.lrttad fpUona. fulfilled the second condition of the subscription on track la now completed with the e.cepUon of three milcs of -"hi " Srate, and brought hor in aa a partner in the raiU to be kid, wh.ch work w.n be performed .n . few daya great rpri. Tl.i. (coupling the suWiptn Wf a million But fof th delay in getting the iron up from Portsmouth and ; f d, n,m hy iudUiduaUi ch!,flv fllrinere? .riddling out a CLaHwtoa, the Rdkd, would have been flnwhed during the ! lfcif a1 million upon their own rJurec-s) U an achievement un, paat year. , precodented in the annul of the public works of this or any Tha following W a lwt of the unfinished works : n,,,er coun,fVi ,nd wie.ver known, (and it ought to bc.pub- 1. The ware hou at (ljildbor', built conjointly .with the )ed .verv"where,) will disabuse the public minj and vindi VTiUninitt Mfl3W4a.-:Rl5 Company. The walla are J ,,,e .n'eir, enterprise and industry of the citizens of the completed, the root 'framed ready to be raised, the tin for the late i " , covering is on han, and a contract has been made for pnt-j 5 ', hay1 j .yicly, and perceiving no im tlngltoa. I 'proprietv in it, I avail mvstlf of this occasion, to say that, in . Engine shed of brick at Uoldahoro , not couimencod or , mr now welding thirty year, I have not found contracted for. 'on any public work with which i have been connected, a set 3. Engine shed at Rsdethe walU erected and timber! f ctnlncUtn more nliAh than ,, witU whoin X Lave got for the roof. - had to deal on the North Car-lina liailnad, and none with 4. Tl wall, for die Mach.no shop ratd, and the rrf; .(im mv :n,n.imr h-lw T.lmt and eal,l. framed. - Tlie Engineer then eetlmatej for ten Lpcomotlves, six paa sehger, four baggage and eighty burthen can, at $139,800 which sum, added to the two preceding suma, give 13,405,13. for the Road-way, equipment and worluhopc " lue estimates now preseniea to you are inienaea id snow what sum will be required to complete tha Road, all neceary I best and,only means of ensuring similituda ia all parti of the buildings and appendages, and to equip it in a style commen surate with its importance. " By these end mates the entire cotU will be $4,335,800, (be ing the whole ametrnt contained In exhibit A,) which is $1,285,800 over and above Che three tnilllona already sub scribed By exhibit, it will be seen the motive power yei to fce contracted for amoufits to llie um of , . " 1289,600 By reference to the accompanying printed Report, at page 21, will be seen the motive power already contracted for, and the most of which is already received, which may be put down at a coat of 231,150 Thus making the motive power coat $510,760 Deduct estimate for motir power in first estimate 139,800 i ' The increase for motive power ia $370,950 To this may be added the estimate for house. Cor over seers and hands, wbieh might be, bat ought not to be dispensed with, via: 20,000 Also may be added at least the sum of $20,000, ren dered necessary in the estimate for additional sheds for Locomotives and Coaches 20,000 for the roofs contracted for. Thus we have the turn of - $410,950 contained in the present estimate, which waa not intended to be estimated for in the first "The extraordinarv rise in the price of iron since the first i to state, though I believe it may he pnt down at about two-, estimate, could only have been seen with a prophetic eye. ft. I coutider it proper here U remark that the work, though 5. Blacksmith shop and Foundery, walls ereeted and timber ; f(r rarllj in stock-the exact ratio of which I am unable jt . .1 !. . - i --- -lJ. ... t v. !. ' ! ' k te pament.wa. Of the wenty-tliree thousand tons bought lor this Road, Wllliricic IIIV Miailt:rim-itB iui irLraiiB HUVi tllv I'l inri-' : M . . T f 1- . ... ....... J . 1 ! tion of the Coaches and Engines at the Company's shojs. ginaHy estimate J frr,U:C arid" and I feel fully justified in stating that the Koud haseoat lees 'since, at an enhanced price of at least $22 per ton, making 7. The Steam Engine and machinery for repair, have Wen , if ... . ' .. for c..,ltT raw,n . h.lt ; rai,u lettiH ' rl.o nt for i, . W fi(HX) mo !,. w .n.UtJ contraciea ijr, ana arc in an aavaaeea siage i conMrucrion. y he H(lthi ,lie wark u rMy tak(.,i hj fowigners or non- Add this sum to the foregoing sum of $110,950, and we have . sluing. e ' "T" i residents, many of wlmm are mere adveitnrcrs, without mean . Uje sum of $8o8,950, which being deducted from the present Superintendent and operative. lor credit, who cannot command an adequate supply of labor estimate t,235,30,' leaves $3,428,350, Deduct from this the w. Ants I lu ov ior we w are-uoaMai a-. Mcutmu a enu -amea-, ; tht. vKnity nf th work ; that which they do obtain is at . fii-st estimate of $3,405,131, and the sum of $23,218 ia left town station gotten oul I an advanced price, proportionate to the di-trust of the partiex, i the discrepancy as to the coet of the Roadway, between the 10. Oneaection master's house framed, nine to 1 built ai.d'and (he SlIiported iawr M;n higher, it is apparent that these 'tirst esiimate made before the firat sliovel of earth was re timber to be contracted fr;-fonrtn hoiaw for watera-1 pai(ls tmA t)v ,(, en,mnce tl,e f ,,le work) wh!ch if ' moved Jand the sjecond estimate now made, when most of the uon ana ware-uonse .m....s .o ,K .,, ana ,im..er 7n()( prided f-r in the oui.-et, as is rarely. I may uy, never work is executed. And here let it be remarked, the price of "" ,,,r "' mn l" lK ,,u'"- -fully d..,1( mubt lead to a iaihire, and an abandonment Of the labor an.l provision have nearly doubled since the first esti- paif-T an. iociu.e .u v, w uum .mr- C(I(ra(.t) witlk invariably attendant cn.-C'jucnce8 of delay, I mate wnt made." la"f -n ui it- .i . .. - and incwased ct. Nw when the w.wk is executed, as was! 8. I would sav in addition to the i ... ; - e " ;ttie case-on the orti arot.na lailroail, in small contracts cian IIlil(e a i)C4ion near High Point after the ' ; 'I' ' ,. ' . . . . me exception ot tne vem extending irom uoiusooro , pul)iicatjon of ,he estimafe, which involved an expenditure ol been made for the plank. The ware-!ioun na woodhMl . ,,. ,:v ,:i ,,f i ,,i ,ii ... ,h . nroi,l. on the line ' i.n '. 7 . .-t ,t r ., . . . . . . . , , ., . , . , , . , i'" l"uit HX ,mks wtet lleign;by tne people on tne ime , 2 000, conn'engat6d for by a saving of Jialf a mile in dig a ina tm ffksN rk 1 rt mttti tt 1 f t 1 - n 1 that thsw ririffi'Aa chrttilil ..... .... 11 ' 1 . ' jt O 1 . b jot Uicl-wd no one undertaking more man be can Conrc-,,a eipeugc 0f passing through the towns on tlie .T, , , t, . 1 '"' IH'Honn- there u no unwortuy jealousy or rivalry ana line, exceeded the original estimate for expenditures, which ror a nnage acroa. U!e .ayw-KHi roao, near .,u.e.gn , B4, kMw, fr itBk, ifrhWr. 4 ration tr and widehmdtcOTld ml be foreleeW by the sflni of $18,5-aking the the timlier has .been con tract ediur - - f. u... j .11 1 .v... i 1 ... .i. . ' . . . . . . . , . .. , . , i" "r"" "" "" o. 01c ..Li., ;gum ot o,SOi not embraceU in tbe estimate : from which .'v -T. 7 ' ,. ,. " V . - ( being enpige.1 m the satue caii.se, wi:ti one common object " subtracl $J3,18, reported by Gov. Morehead as the excess of in that nifhl nf taraw thja j riititt.r ItttAsi hn uoAn rrv.rtrtatvrti , ... . 1 .. ',. 1. 1 1 T j 1 f , 1, C' 1 j YJ 7. ! view, income unite.i in sympafliy ana kinajy teeni.fcr; wnat co6t uVer tlie estimate, and we have $7,282 in favof of the" aa4l sm a-klk all . Isn1 afitiiMiil t.m.- fhn I ntiane t . . . . . , . . .it T ' 7 " IT , " " " T V on(' n,'1T ,n ,:l""r IHJ meuns hlfi lnope buaan,1.V 8l,P- i original estimate. That is, the actual cost fulls short of the lft TraiLi ait lb Slutna inn I nmtrifi fin the Imp .. t . i -i . n 1 i " ' .-.T-T-p- ,v.- ; - " . .r.1.?? !,,''n,,,r WM1 pwvwe: tne uoaa .1 urn ism a saie .ned cost, $7,283. And I an . ..Bui ner e,.T u... cm..n.rn, ."r .mr. market tor the whole country anjaeeni.-Mne i TOrmrtw-wr to fftf frrm s knowledge of the-expenditures Thich if generally known to the MnrttaUJer.. Hut there are m,e .lumtoinj;. 8S it were, the purchaser of bw own snrplnat, tnhmtted b, floT. Morehead, as stated in the above intereating facts scattered through the reports, and reenrds ofrwhirtl, and ,he hirer of his own horse, and hamK-findingi(,xtraet frmn li8 Comrnunication to the General Asmblv, will the Company which, with a view to a more ready reference, remuneration and ample recompense In pay received for his prove amT,Iv 6fficient for the completion of the Railroad, urj iu i"iu"u,. "" - uini.-i uiroo , worx. it loiiows men as a necessary consequence anu u musi ; aj js building and equitimcnfs. my aim being nothing more than a bare reeapifnlation. appear obvious to evcrv one, that the native Contractor, reri-j , , n 1 4 vi . . . . , . .u. a-... 1-: , v ..' - , .u'n . .: v.., ! 9- Tle Pn of ,he General Assembly to the ap . ue mpany ranCa,. ..r u., o, ,l nl o .e . ..e - ,.,c j,-. u,. reo., a " -; lication of ,hc Companv for an additional subscription of a ,,o,-.u.-J........ ,.,,,n,v,,r...T B8M-x-...g . . .v- ,u.. .. , r , , i OQ Qf dollars, u wort by of record and all commendation. suUeribe $2,000,000 whea $1,000,O.W of the -capital stock have to .I"rt foreign kbw.-and, it whlaW as in -all 8tfwk of the Company y, now $4,000,000-the T . . "1"""" .vv...f" a.uu. ,hmu h,w pro noun, u u... . . .....- ...u ' "tState owning flirce roillions and individuals one million. lrt. For my views in regard to the organisation for, and the I management and "working" of the Railroad, I beg leave to he oumern couiiiryi ny at i wn experience anil observation,! the hands of tlie Treasurer of the Comjiauy. Tlie first eondi-J besides not being effective (in I tioa, requiring the subscription of a million of dollars of the j least thirty per cent. Mv own e capital stock, was complied with m l..,aud..n the 11th dav sustained bv that of skilful and experienced Contractor,, fullv !ra"Ppnu'nt na "g " Kauroaa, i neg leave u t J-U r tk. w -n. ,l,.u. ru;,t iM ;.,.;;..-.!' ; .nt:h., ,!.: .,, rL.. ad ratio ufu-' ; refer you to the. "Regiilations and Instructions for the govern T. r i . '.j, . . '., , , ., i , , . ,i t ,i ,i f !, . mentof the Transportation Department and the Running of by individnalu, without the aid. of coqorations, the largest InWrlnliiiii ihiis miilc to anv uuhlic (ninrovement in tli ulhem cojunirv 2- The surveys were commenced on the' 21F Way of An- t. a i. r r J -.1 .J 1 hesitation in saving that the North l iirolma tCailroan, nutlt , ' ' .'.,.r ' . . jy . . . tha I r.w. Hi I hmifMM .. t Ii III. f Kantnltl I " a as it has.ben in suiall . xo.iilr;icis.t JheEjxgiiecx js.ciitjauatc, j l the Board of Directors on the 21st of September, 1854," and hv citien ot the Mate re-idinsr on the line ot tne.uoaii,' wttn to m v conniVunlcaUons to the Board. " tho"native" labor of the State has cosj less than if paid (br .. wula "sUy recommend, as the reae.lt of. my obserya- 1,53 lUt Tin tiu, r..h .I .v of f.v ih,1 th ,hiiftrfrtlrr in " v ; - " i. . . ,. , . , an estimate of the cost of the Road, Board of Directors, when the location ,yiere reported -to the j'1' bidder. The renult, however, wfl! be otherwise when t i wag decided nt)on. jwork in Vet in large contracts for payments partly in Stock, 'tflft (s, U- ivt . ii.'.ii ivmuU lesaas.. .luu . .vutursui . siuv s. mm lu.n iv. hen the 'fpced for their passenger and freight trains. If there Is any one proposition in Railway economy, and there are, I assure "i . - . - .. . .u n....i ..... ..l i.. c...-. n,:.u . . .... f.. I lli.it , ii man oiintl.lt ll U IllPiil HIT AHUM , lllll IV W, lllHI 1 , , I UO , OHM UIOI.IIVII1I T t7lll7irenlTJ, ZJZ L GrloLw b7 the Cmv!,g1v whl - W residing in the vlcinitywhcre.be handt -ce between the cost of transportation due to different de- SZa T'rftTrr V ZtTL ( Z emploved,nor can he procure his supplies Mlgrees of spe,-d baa ,ofyet been rtsuned. rt fa nsaally easwwg vote, apekW4 ..aenatv.for.the..Uitter..oLihttl.r . -... .... ---.-T-T------j-----iL-.-i----- -jr?wt'thiit'ths-tfssNrsM Cmr--lkartmkr-mi''TnaeMmrr i eiieniiiv: enerience lias I niv nroven mis everv wnere anu - . ---j. exception of the link notion for tbepas6nger looomotives, and as an act of justice due to the fdelity, integrity, and libe rality of Messrs. Richard Norris & Son, as well as on account of the interest I feel in the success of tie Road, I would ad vise that air future orders be given to,J?eiii. It will be the machinery, which will result in a great saving to the Company. 14. From the advanced stage of the Road, I presume, and supposing yon may also consider that I hare complied with my engagomenta to the Company, and may now with pro priety surrender the work into your hands, J. respectfully ten der yon my resignation of the office of ;Cif Engineer. Ia taking my knve, as a citizen of the State, and an officer of the Company, I beg Omission o tender my thanks to (he late and present Executfre of the State, to your prefleceaaori, to yourselves and p the Stockholders, for the many lauifej tations of confidence towards me, and to offer my good wishes for the prosperity of the Company. u'i I ' I am, gentlemen, very respectfully, , I your most obedient servant, 7 WALTER GWYNN, Chief JSngineerN.CE,R. I ReieigKi January 8A, 1856. - I "I ' i .' " OFFICE S.a SLk. COMPANT, 8aibct, JinriKT 10tb, 1856. ' Kitrt1 nun Jvurmai of Procttdingt of Board of Dirtttorl : , " A comnuiaicatioo wm reevirad frmn dA. Villtt Owv. Chief Bagi- neer, huJoqj a Report ud tendering hit cengnitioa wberaupon it ma, on moUoo.wnaiiimouily . RtmJrtd, That tba smiw be soeepted, to take ttket a tk ompietkB of the tradt of the 8Md ; aud Oiat the Uwiik of tfe Bowd Uia; due, art barebv tendered to him far tus able efficient and faithful serrioasat Cbwf n gMr of 0s Nonh Cvotin Rail-Boavl Coniairy; and ttwt ba be tendered, for himself and family, a free passage, for Uit over the Koad." CTRCS P. IfESDEJrff-ais Sec'y. i Orintti" That the President cause to be printed 1,000 oopieaef 4h raurucaUoa mad report of the Chief Engineer submitted to the Board to-dar, for disthbutioa, and that 100 copies of the same be furonhed to the Chief Eoginet-r. Popery and Mke. I , Tlie ;.le of W Kafe, a Piipal village W hours travel from Mot al, have bwn greatly annoyed for a lew years past by field mice, which increase so nq.idly at to threaten the entire destruction of their harvests. Hitherto the farmer have made what battle tbey could with traps, snares, Ac, but this year UV clergy promised them aa easier and com plete Tictory.-Tne-trgtrerpowrl were to be enlisted oa jtheir aide, and every bouse was filled with rejoicing. Oa an appointed day, the bishops, priests, and deacons assembled, in. canonical robes, on the top of a bill eutaide the village, sad sancti fied s pile of loosened dirt byaprinklinga,' crossings, prayers, Ac. This ended, the surrounding crowd rushed forward in frantic haate, to make sure of some of the precious dirt. An indescribable scramble en sued. At length each, worming himself as be crawled out of the tan gled ma., harried with what he had secured, and sprinkled rt aa di rected on bis 5eld, having the positive promise of a mfaUiblt Church that not a mouse could survive. Of course, there was no more use for traps ami mares Tha grain ak tA tolta miw-tttt-of tfc, nraBanrrr ted dirt. In dos ttrae hart est day esmi. " "Sdhie BeWs : yielded Tlie "seed so a ' sonie half as much but the disappointed peasants very humbly at tributed the failure of the miracle to ririr own wt of faith. How they explain the faot that the field of a semi-Protestant there, whose faith in "dirt" was so weak that he continued to use. his pawa, traps, and snares as before, yielded seven or eight fold instead of one or one half fold, I have not betud. 1 Another Cat. Sooa after this dirt worship another Paia) priest, s pervert from the Nestorian Church, educated at Borne, sod' who Las travelled in India, passing by told the people of Tel Kate that this dirt business waa all tradi but if they would give him a consideration he would lead a'l the mice off behind him like a flock of sheep. Th 1 other priests decided that iAi would be sorcery, auj he was not al' OoRtpsuty has won fitr him the appellation of " the pilot who went heredih he sacrificed him self with Roman devotion to il fury. This interesting cere mony was performed in presence of the Slm-khilders and a large concourse of strange tryit may be justly regarded as aa event which wiU XstirErja--n era which marks her engaging with earnestness in honorable competition with her sister Stated, In the great work of Internal Improvciuetit, which is to raise the State to that rank which the advantages of her situation entitle her to hold. Hie earth which was removed was deposited in a copper-boa tr be sealed: up wit h the Charter of the Company ; the nemos of the original siilwcribent to the StK.k, the news papers and coins of the day, with a son.l! containing an Ad dress to be read at the hundredth anniversary the celebra Hoa of " breaking ground," when, nnd not until then, the sears of the liox are. to ! bmkeii, F'rom this memorable ilay, the lldi July, 1 Ml, there lias ban been no faltering or de spondeney ; all have beeu united ben ft-nd hand trr the great undertaking, the whole State, the entire people, catching the enthusiasm which it engendered, have como forth in their might and majesty, battling in the cann of Internal Improve ment, those heretofore signalized a laggard, now pressing plv ; experience. lias tuny p I could, but that it might be deemed iuvidious, cite examples quite familiar t" niiii.iv in the State. 7;. In relation to a comparison of the estimated and actnul cost of the. UiiilrOad, in lien of any observations. or collating equal to the squares of the speeds at which the trains are run. Tlie deprrcNitin, then, at "2" miles per hour, would be four tite greater than at 10 miles per hour that if, the wear and tear would be as 4 to 1. The cpeed upon every Road should of mv own. 1 beg. leave Ui trmweribe- a statement made bv M 1 h wo"f m- T ,b &e' of Govs Myrt'liead, late President of the Company, in a comma nieation to tne last tieneral Assenibly, wJiicli is a follows: " As by the estimatM now submitted, it will appear, that the Road, when fully completed and equipped, will cot, as per exhibit A, $ l.S&S.lUMlj over and above the three millions; it mav seem to those who do not understand the subject, that rule and the establishment of uniform rates of speed upon most of the Railroads -of 'the country, may be ascribed tlie small nett earnings of many of them. 11. Having a due regard to the travel and freight on the North Carolina Railroad and to the present condition of the Road, it being new. nnd the winter season setting in with n. , . .1 V 11. ii 1 the original estimate of $3,403,182, made by tlie Chief Engi-i every prospect of inclement weather, I wonld reeommend a neer and adopted by tlie lloard, was wide of the . mark, and erroneous. in its calculations. 'It' anv such iinnrssi'on be I made, it is due to the Chief speed for the passenger trains of 16 miles, and of the freight trains 12 miles per hour ;" which would require, allowing for stoppages, li hours for tlie run of the mail train through o tl Eiiir'ineer. and to the TSoard. with -whom I hud .the honor to tlie line. act in adopting tlie- first enlfmSte-TThat tt be removed. A 12. The. Road ha a been opened from time to time, as it tdterlexsuuiualioit ut the. subject yill excite surprise- at jljie 'reached the several stations in its progress both from the East accuracy of the first estimate. - ' J and West. The receipts fully sustain the expectations of its That esiimate was made, to ascertain what sum would be ' friends and verify their predictions in regard to its prospective reonired to construct the Road, ami fairly put ifm operation, income and prohta. and the Chief Engineer, after estimating that the. Roadway forward in the front rank. On the Southern border art ex- Mould cost .'U.V32-the Work shops nnd lixtnfe? $100, tensire line of Railroad has been commenced i in" the Ian- fKKi-nrocecds to sav : 'The number of Womotives aud iTieTr IS. The " rolling Stock" -on the Road consists of six passen ger, eight freights' and two gravel locomotives, seven paiwen- ger, four baggage, eighty -fourhox, sixty-six platform, and twen- guage of the patriotic and lamented Governor Dudley, 'flank-1 trains depend of course entirely on the amount ot business, , ty gravel cars. Some additionloanwtivesand passenger Care ing $puth Cafoiiua," and turaimr North' Carolina trade to and mav be increased n the "wants of the (Vmpany require, willbevquired during the ensrfrnf ty of the Tel KaStes, proposed to deliver the people here from their oaic. ITiey ijpeehig; he senr for-foar mte West, North, and South side of their fields, sad " making prayers" and Crosses over these, di rooted them to be returned to their place and let did not keep his promise. Jotrnl of UittUmi, Mt, Jlf 16, 1844. ISefl Voice. AVs agree with that eld poet, whoeaid that a low, soft voire waa " an excellent thing ia a. woman." liiJed, we fet-l iaclined to go much far ther than be has on the subject, and calj it one of her crowning chwms. So niallwr whsst tW attractions she may have; she may be aa fair ss the Trojan Melee, and, aa learned aa the fatuous Uypatiaof ancient tintea; she may hate all the accoraphshmeBts considers! rebuilt I at the peeeerrt day, and every advantage that wealth can procure, anj yet, if she lack s low, swetl voice, she can never be really fascinating. . Ilow often the spell of beauty is rudely broken by coarse, loud talking! How often you are imoiatibly drawn to a plain, unassuming woman, whose soft, silvery tones render tier positively attract! ! Beaidea, we fan cy we can judge of the character by the voioe: ths studied Cswaiag (dm seems to us to betoken deceit and hypocrisy as invariably aa the mssssoal subdued voice indicates genuiue refine meat. In the socixl circle, bow plessawt it is to hear the sel talk in that row key, hnb always char.-icterins ttrb true' lady! In the sanctuary of borne, how sueli voice soothes the fretful child aud cheers the wearyi huebninl ! How sweetly iUc.iJcncfe float through tbenkkeliainU'r; and around tlie dihg bed, with sokwa melody do tli tirvatUe a graver the departing soul ! Ah, yes, a low, soft voice ia ceruiuly TsaeaoeiUat thing is woiuau." I 8cholcraft gives the follewrrsr legend ssaeag the- Objihwse ssspsctiBg the origin of Indian orot '"'T ' 1 ' "A yownf teas went out into the woods ta last, at that period of life when youth is exchang ed foe manhood. Hi VuiR a lodge of boughs ia a seehided plaee, and painted bis fises of is seoibrs has. By day he amused himself ia walking stoat, looking at the various shrubs sod wild pUnla, and at night be lay down in his bower, which being open, he could look am tertotweeky. "-j- - jf - "i f ii . of Lrfe, and he hoped it would be something tic benefit his race. On the third dy be betaasf too weak to leave the lodge, sad as he lay gas ing epwarda he saw a spirit come d'oerq la ws shape of a beautiful young nan, dressed is gross sad having green plumes on his head, who laid to ariao and wrestle with bins, aa this iras the only way ia which be could obtain his whi ns. He did so, and found bis strength reaiw ed by the effort This visit, and the trial of wraatliog were repeated for four days, the yo4lb feeling at each trial that, although bis bodily strength deelraed, a moral sod supernatural en ergy was Imparted, which promised Iflta tie Rat victory. 1 On the third day his celestial vkj tor spoke to him. ' To-morrow,' said be, ' wil be the tevcoth day of your fast, and the last time I shall wrwtle with you. You witl bt senph over roe and gala your wishes. As Sooa as you have thrown me down, strip off your clothes, and bury me on the spot, ia soft, (reah earth, i When you hare done this, leave me, bat come occasionally to visit the place, to keep the woeda from growing. One or twice cover Iso with fresh earth.' He then departed, let aa. turned the next day, and, aa be predicted, was throws down'. t"yiiiififvmiuHf obeyed bis instruction in every particular, and sooa bad the pleasure of seeing the green alom ag of his aky visitor shooting ap through tie ground, lie carefully weeded the earth, Sad kept it fresh and son, aed in- doe time was gnti uW in beholding (ho SBatored plant, bending with its gulden fruit, sod graeerulh waving Ids green leaves and yellow Usee Is in the wind. He tiiea iaed his parenU to the spot to behold the sew plant It is Mondafflin,' replied hi father, ' it ia the irit's graia. They immedi atoly prepared a feast, and invrted their friend to partake of it." Thia, according to the Objib waa, is the origio of Indian Cora. RelQti.qf ..BMhop SwUDr. ; EUiott, in his " History of the Great Secession,? having charged that " Bishop Soule had become a slaveholder since bis election to the Episcopacy," the Bishop replies by pronouncing the statement u a falsehood without the. least mixture of truth. Iam not now, nor never was, a slaveholder. I never owned a slave by purchase, gift or. any other means.-nnd never hn&num-" tention or desire to own one. But great er and -better men than. X m, I have no donbf, have owned slaves, and many have passed to that land where the 'servant if free from his master,' and where, together, they adore the infinite riches of that grace by which they were enabled to discharge their relative duties, and to escape safely from a world morally and physically diav oraerea. 1 liiJomoa and Onestmaa are doubtless of that company." . ) Clark Mill and the Jackten Statu. The - Ner Orleans Courier of the 6th says ; " Among the visitors now in our city ia Clark Mills. Eso tha diarinimihJl Bcnlntor'-'wbri" fa ' ativioiialir an..iiinm it- arrival from fialtlmnr nf hia aniixlrt.a tatue f ; th.Hoi.r.f Chalmettev which is destined henceforth to ornament Jack son Square." . In addition to the above, we find the foikrwinK in he Deltn of th.Jtn ;,L Til schooner 8outhnini rnai Relluiiev. arrived vmnmiav Am Raht. more, having on board Milts' equestrian statu of .General Jscksun TmsorrieaJ 14 tOO late fur. il& jrliiui en iIia Bk a January, as was originally contemplated. Tlie statue is in five pieces, and itisirot flhlil eAVrl inviala.rn !. HAn..tA.1 a- j:. .-.-.w. w,jb.hiii UQ ICUllBU 1U IUT charge it from ship." It is not Usual to emfinu e in tlie -original estimates ami charge. to capital more than barely, sufficient to put the Road into Tennessee 'line Is .Jn pimrree proving what I mav be. par-'operation: ami with iiieon-iihtnibleaThMt ions, earn it through, . i , . -v . . v, . ii i n i... ,,i - j frt.i nrcr rnr n m niii y aim i 'iinoic n m mii mi. i.u.ni.- v. ..... ..... - strietio.nT f Ktimit trrc f ll nung r-.tim1e, i - - - Korth Carolina ports. Tlie extension of the NoPth Carolina Katlroad to the fcee-board- at Rennfrirt, and the wet to the trnrxnmmtg-m gratilirau.m to hay, tlie crity ttj rte opinton f TrrrrwrrTftf ReTv.rf ti tvi of be 5th f ' .4snrt'('aa RaAM on Jttvt Christ, Dr. Raphael, the well known Jewish Rabbi Iri New Ytfrk Says : I as a Jew do sav that it appears to me that Jesus Christ be came the victim of fanaticism, combined with iealonsv and lust In Jewish hierarclis, even, as ia later ages, lluss, ami Je- ks of leaars. Richard jTor- ( r'ne. of Prague, Latimer and RUley becamu, tlie yictji'us of The working parts are all on the same pattern. hkn ,nd li!e the ycwa pf tm3 Fegont tt ere 'wc all obtained from the celebrated woii & So rrei .. I . iuw-v.viftiiuiiiMup,.Mai ii unwii mnj protegt against tjeing IdentiMeU witn the tealots who w tafToif r-f Jii"hrrfT!iJN.'I HmhW anrejt trtntwd !otcon .0f fatrth,v i1inge rnr tbeprefen plan- of locmotives. with the single-are far fremi reviling Ins character or deriding lite precepts Accident on Wilmington amd Wddon. Railroad. Oa hist Friday night, while Mr. Win. Gay, section Master ' on the above road, nuar Rocky Mount, was pas sing over the road on his hand ear, with two negro laborers,- an unexpected loco motive, which had been despatched from Goldsboro to TTeldon for the mail train was discovered approaching very near. The negroes jumped off, leaving Mr,' O. alone oa the hand ear, when he was knock ed 'off,, and, wo regret to learn, was killed instantly, his akuli having been broken." Mr. Gay was very much respected by those who knew him. Wil Journal. A Cto Shave. A yonng man from Philadelphia, while walking on the Read ing Railroad, near Pottstown, saw a train coming towards him, and stepped on the other track, when he Was knocked down by another train which had come up, and the whole train passed over birm--The. only injury he rccui.xnd was a fw bruise frowi'ihe ash-pan of tbeloCem.Mfve, Which ia nhoiiU-fciglit imtlic s fnvn the gruuuil ! a t i - -