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i.'.:-v )..i.Hi;n .i; .un:v i . 1 1..; V I Tt U Mrwwii in In O'y f Mliili. AtaUsiia, in jhI- j SINGLE NUMBERS. John Hubtbl Bad W, W. MciottL9t E,fmn'- ' 30.000 rUMU9triHl LfiiT "'"mottrmm trnk tilts r ivtitrmrritrnsi . ' NOVEL' SCHEME ! ". ilS.OtO 13.0041 &. s.mw 1.000 1,(100 300 100 TO 1 fnwcii 1 rmt r I Priw uf ' 1 frt-a r i pm uf lorritMuf 1M) Pt.Mrf tOO Priwa uf iPPiviiitTio); rum.- j friaaa a tIM qtmlMlhi (a r,aa r-rtaa, an tm 4 l' " . - m 4 " 14 ' ,.! . , ' " aw 1 i " " ' sj t,S-a frtaaa auaaaua; ta . Hf--'-".., irAir7'j-''ilo,,' ,ir,.j; V'"fh, 2J.j J.OOO PHt-a f40 Kill ba g-tarmiwd b, lU last Miiare a lW NrtH.ls-rlk.il floA, , thr $10,000 Priia. 1 Jnf a-amr."-. If the NMinl-rlljwiii( iha JIII.OOUJ aia ilh Nil I Him alfihr Tn-krla h.rr ihr p lumbar and la I will ka rntnlrd in 40, If ilia Kant t t- usta lailh Nu. 9, iKaa all ihr IVkrla ajhare ilia .Vamk-f Hirra i, it will la rlilnlrri In 10, ami a....n In 0 ! CarllfSi-al-a iif P.rka;.a Willi..' a.4d ai iln- f ..wine ; rmaa vkwH la lli aiafc : ari'ln ala uf I'ackaifa of 10 Wln.le Tu ki-O. " " 10 ll.ir jo 1 ' Ill gnarur ' JS Aiidrraa Ordain f. Tirkrlaor ('.rliti.-iili-.i.f I'aiV a(a uf Ttrkalai'iltirr tu I ' N SWAN CO.. AiUul,, li,.. If M. Ktt Mi.lllf'.lllrly Ala, W. .1. IHXfiHAM. Aaaialf-4 ky hiaami. pAifaiaaa rr-..patiiiif kia H F.I.Kl 'T i K( HCKII. at Uaka, llrangp looilta, .' .. I, In. Illli if Kcbruarv, Inil. I I' ulllil' firaiiii In Im.1 Mt.ilk, a ran fili.l fiaal ailualkin kra. Adilrfaa, V J. HINtiHkM. (k., Uituga ( .. N ('. N... IhM i kI Vli ' nur . r. itn. coin. ( N.li.liu.v Ij l-.'iii XORTIF CA.'o.XA . .V. WI9TEH SCHEDULE MAIL TRAIH. Oa aai Arraa Tiuaaukr Nut 'JO, iJi(i L :l- '. y J , . , - , . .. , ' , 1 ." . .... ........ , I . - y PfMtrt t0 pulitirs, IICI05, 3nrtfoltnrf, Jatrmal jmpttumlfo, lmmtut, tljr JWf anD rirnrrs, Horaltti), odH ttr amilp -dirrifv f VOL. Xni. ! Colonization Swietjr Iiaa receiTed lilcJJi fgence from Liberia tliut the inhabitant! I of Stnoo wr in a ttrj distressed conJI- uuii, insing rrom ine late war in luai lection of countrr foar town had beetl dostrpretl, nd tlio inhabitant left in "it miajt destitute condition. Tlift' people of Monroria and so ore other places hav done all in their power to alleviate the most urgent want of the iirfferers, jet much is still to be done. The New York 'Sitiotjr Jiave issued a strong appeal lor 'aid in behalf of the sufferers. SALISBURY, N. C., DECEMHEItm l&ft. . NTOIBER XXXL ' A few days since in Boston, Michael Donovan, mi Irislininn, having lost a eliild hv death, went out to buy a coffin, bnt "-gt-limh ofl the war, ahJ was run orer ly the cars nd killed. H PORTS. - OK CHARLES B. FISK. ESQUIRK, I'HIKF EXOI.NKKIlC TIJK ST('KHOl.Di:ns iV TI I K tlaMtin Hnbijation Compann KKCO.NMHSNCK AM) A Sl'KVKV OK "THE Y.I)KIN HIVER, M.klK IN THE VE.tR 1 H.V!. RE POUT 0 RECON..OISANCE. i:sr. i lrlaii I ml ' i utwru-d ml . . S.I.tJwrt. " lttf1.HI, Hiii V i,' " li'i ru.Ja,!..,' I. f..liaii, II, IM..r,.,' K .1. ,ch . Arnva l-4iu..' . ."TUTj I I 01 I I .'. 1 I -H . in j . iSl . . oo I.KWIMII ll(i, '.., Jlllv i), JS.",!!. 'i III. J'ful, lit mill Jhiiiitim iif' I In Vmkiit Xaritjuttitii ( tiniji'ili y, .mtlt t ni ill I nu. il.. ll.t.Mi s : I u:i ri ijiic-ti il by ymi in Airi,l l;it, to make a n i-nn-inii-niK i- uf :i MM-timi f the Vaiikin KiuT." i ln-t i n l!. k l..nl and 1 1 . 1 1 1 n--." Mill.i an l ihIa i-v a- In hal ilan in vmirj mv jiiil'i-iiii nt fliniit I be ai ! .i.tcil Cur ihc iiin.rm i im iil nt it,. na iainni. A-i-iiily a iitliiT i-i!;iiMii-iit K-rmitrl. I vi-i:i il ni4h ( ar..liii,i. jiimT liia'fi' iTn- iIi -uimT" fi "T i iiTiV T aTu t -. r uf"! tTi-1i pn-" " '.iri i. mid, mi the IHili .it .1 inn-, read In vmi a In il l' r" "i'T. in 1 uhii-h I jae my iiiinii a- In the plan that i-lmiild l- nd'.i iid t ir tin- ituppn iiintit (' I he M-ctiiui uf tin- river I had -' itiniiit-il ;biil ar. a nrviy wu iiiadr oft In- -ami', a-U ill a-other U 1 1 . a- 1 ailkui. in l.'i, liv Mr. I leiniiiMin, it hi mv .li-'eatii.n. that I rlimilil i 1 1 . n tin- rv to vmi of mv reiHirt until the note- of ihat miim li ot tile .'lit l.e-t, II Laava (..alalarf..,' a( 6 .'In A. Il.l.i(li, Mil HilUI..!., II .11 l.rahain. I U'l lirar aaia.Mr,' 'i ll.i(ll V...II' I I'l I k..,.i...,:i., 10 1 1a.nri.-a. , 4 41 Mababurv. ill " r..nr.Md, I. ,'.! Arr.ati'li .rl..ll., .& Sal.alM.rv, ' N... Jjili I "SC. IfGif K0TIC.R 1 hthy fm, ilial K4iratfn Cjatihrr f id firm itf MrVs-rlr, V.tt-st sV (n.thr, K 44 !( mnO lrMffr'r1 Utm rtilirr intrft-m tt M.m k A i nit ihi be H KM funh-i rHi.i,Kiu ir ntirrri tu fr(l firm. T ( lrKKI.Y. a j. hn k. U J McNKKLV. THt rmr-w hfttfur Wt't br r.,n( imi-H ht M, N't , rk At I 4. . t If h t " iifil with ilj, 11 J P ftlMitpMHi if L'-llnftoii, a tt-aMnrr Wt fr lh silk (nt (bar itf Iff Itf'sil pi'r in4- ni Ml yU.I Ijf r Wia) k. allll tw I'llla al aH,aII laf.Jir. I, sTlir a Ijtn BhfrtM.t. of Ihr (tad.- ol ll.F jin.nnil.iiD '"' WfllfT: : - - 7 M I ' I I . . m K A I'll S.'.sAjrr. .. I'.MK, r :b...i: -I. I'i roiilil l.e olitaiiied a- I nii'lit, with their aid and the iiih.r iiiarioii in detail, they Mould fiirnii.h rctin'.' llu fall of tlU' rixr fmiii point to point, be enabled to make it Mime what fuller, and pi ihar. in regard to the probulde eo.t of tbe j'ili in-ed improt eiiietif, inikre iati-lai-torv than it eonld be. when liil-ed ulijio-t entin ly iijmiii the information obtained mi a j mere reeiiiinoi-ance. A- tho-e not. how eer. have not been olitarned, I i-hall j po-tioiie no oiiK'r, the handing over to voiiofmv report. : jl neeordinly now roiH-etfiillr nibmit it. It i" iiibr.tantially , ; the -aim- a- that rend to you on the l'iili of June. ' j i Tlii- po-tponeiiieul of ihe delivery of my report hns not 1 been the oeca-ion uf any delay in the preparation for, and . commencement of, the mrvey which I ad i-ed ami you an i thorined in .lune, 'Hie nurvty in at thin time uetuully in )m-1 trre--. and i- timkitr in accordance with instruction-. propni.cd by me. The aectioii of the river that I was nwinottvl to examine, extend-, a- alie ht.iled, from Ix-kford to llo'lme-' mill; leH-kford In inr about '' mile- above' and Ilolme.-' mill about I.TiTiTl-. below", the j.iiiiif at which fclie North Carolina l.'ail- fi-ad ;-o--e- the 1 hdkill. l!v the .im i nt Iv'io. the dii-tanee fpiin RiH-kfonl to the I . of II, an -hoiil- i- I'i mil,-, and the fall .". fei t. and the dt-rjtlee rr. Tfi Tlie f.Hit n these shonl- 1ir llirlllie' will. TTf llel tin- tall MM t.eet. I ic total t-tatice tlleretole. land in that event the increaced force of the cnri-eiit occasion-tnilt owiiem and others directly interested in havinjf the river And 3rd. That the full, at low water, available tothe above 'cd by the twitijf dams throiirh the narrow ehanneU ippite, ' improved to funiit-li at lhee prieei .the timber that wonM be( milU, with the preM-nt iIuiiif, (which, generally, are mere ileejicim it more than wan desired, and thus irevenl tlioxe needed for the construction " these ilamn and hx-ks. wine damn,), average- rather less than three feet, dams from producing one of the effect for which they may , Wheii the survey shall have been made and the infortnn-,, The plan and probable coi-t of improving the navigation be have been constructed, vi that of maintaining the water ut thai above fujfgotcd shall have U-eti oblained. an estimate ol tween (ilelin's mill and the rail roau bridge will now be taken a higher level over obstructions jii the river above. the provable cost of the improvement mav be made, that . uj, f,jr coiirideratioii. t Now-upon tlm jdan if iinpt.viuif the river cliHMttel herein wul4 eimlde the ('.uiiiHy 4 ae H4lersadijjly awl Ueeid lit my rejTrt -Tf the iilr vf AmrWut, I adriged that tinr reciimineiided, I would, instead of lenving the whole of the edly in their subseipient actions relative to the coimtrtiction of improvement of the navigation of thin, as well a gome other five feet decilit, in the ea-e "above siipixrsed, to be overcome the improvement. ' parts of the river examined by me, thonld be effected in part 'entirely ut the upper rapid-, transfer a part or parts of it to : I have as yet said nothing respecting tlie width and length !y means of lock- and dams, and iu part by means of channel The lower rapid and to Mich shoal-or shallows, intermediate of the lock.s the width ami depth of the sluices or channels formed iu the river lied, so constructed as not to require the between the two, as would admit of it ; and further, as inime- in the river, or the probable cost of the impiovement. j use of locks ; the one or the other mode to be adopted, at the mutely aimve ami close to the head ot some rapip. there is 1 lie contemplated improvement is uesigueei cineny, 11 nor several rapiils nnl slioals, acconling as their full, or the ar deeji water, I would, if such was the case at the head of tUe.en!rrcr. as I understand, for the accommodation of tbe valley j rangenienu that iitjbtby made wiui fwnjjriif -oiijl WTp"Wtrii4t-ww Of l!outltr)r1mi"iiedrulcdy iimMt (toulil- lie iliiuu without interioring with the improve-! cent. ( iiants required at the shoals and rapids above, (but not other- j The dimensions, character audi capacity of the improve w ise,) deeK-n the chaniiel at its head, and thus lower the sur- incut should therefore bo fixed and determined on, with refer face of the deep water above and tran-ft-r n part of the fall to .enee to the duty it will have to perforin, and should be no the shoals or rapids at the head of that deep water. greater and expensive than that duty requires. .- The distribution of the fall, at the rapids, and transfer of If it were designed to form part of and connect with long parts of it to other points', mav readily be effected by means lines of similar improvements between distant sections of the of wing dam.- properly locali-if that would close up the whole country, an improvement of a much more exjieusive character 'width of the river, below the level ut which it is desired the and larger dimensions would be justifiable than can be thought ' water .surface shall stand in its ordinary low water stage bf of regarding it merely as a local improvement. i navigation, excel it the space left for the sluice or channel. I have been governed by the views just expressed, iu my A level, even a little higher than J had named fur theso wing advice relative to tht- general plan of improvement that should ! dams might be advisable, with a view to obtaining a greater be adopted on the sections of the Yadkin, which 1 have exam debth foi; "navigation in stages of the river somewhat liigher ined. lhau it- ordinary low w ater navigable stage. And as cost will Cuter as uu element into the comparisons j more steady supply of water, and under a greater head, than The bottoms of the sluice- orehanncl- left by the wing dams, ; to be made when deciding upon the capacity that should be, thev now Lave, w ith their present' low and imperfect daws. 1 would place at such levels, that the descent from one to given to the improvement and iu fixing uiion the dimensions J J,al uiime thnt the rapids at all the mills, niue in auin aiiother shall be same that it is intended the water surface that its locks and sluices or channels shall have, I would sag- Ht,) will be Misled bv mean.- of locks and dams. ge-t, that the deei-ion iu regard to all these matters should be: The survey shows, also, that there are two points, where po-;po-cd until the results of the survey of the river are ol-' mills have n.'.t yet been established, at w hich the fall is such taincd or of such sections of it as may. first be taken in hand, as to render ncec-sary the construction of locks and dams, viz: a-that decision can then be made with a full understanding t the rapid.-, directly below Carvers' mill, and at ixkels' of the effect that the capacity and dimeii-ions determined upon shoal, between ("louse's and (, rimes' mill.) There is another and adopted, w-ill.hlve upon the co.-t ot the improvement. 1 p., int. also, at one of the main raidds opiiosite Mr. IlairstonV parallel wans"oh taint, "along" The"clrali"s-a-"wou1i1"oTheF- 1 nrn Tinwrjlrn with my present information, and in at vaunt-if4tiert.y, at which the fall in dik-Ii Ha to render it di-inil.le to w i-e be nece-.ary. In l..ce- the-e latter would be dispensed . of the eompluthnt if the survey which I advise and that i-, have a dam. with al'ogether. " ' . . i now iu progrc to submit any e-tiinate of the irobatde cost It would also l.e advisable to construct a dam at, or near, The de.-ci-nl in the water surface from one w-Uig dam to improving the section of the Yadkin examined bv me. the rail load bridge ; but for other reasons than the greatness another I should aim to reduce to a rate not exceeding threi-"'T!ut I wilf repeat what 1 stated to yon iu June, that I feel con-.f the fall there met with, so far at least as regards the im f. et per nifl'le, and iln- entire fall now occurring at any rapids, rident the survey will -how that the' improvement may be so provetueiit of the navigation above , the bridge. Tlie advan improt i d in tli i- iiianner. 1 should eiujeavoi-so In distribute ami planned and contji ucle.1 a- to an-w er all tlft? exjiectalions of t)(ges that would result fnuii the placing of a dam ut that di.-po,c of.' that it should ly divided into a iiuinber of very its projectors and lit a cost no greater than the trade and bii- point, will he! apparent from the following statement a dam small bill.-, m-curriiig dlreciiv ut, and in the immediate neigh- siness lor whose neeoiuiuodatioti it is designed will jiii-tily. raising the ordinurvTow water surface at the bridge, six feet. .. . ... . . - . .r. i.. i . ".. . ..... - ... . .. .- Iiorlio.ui ot. the wing ilains. ...... ju-peciiiiny siiiimiueo. Some of the rapid- on the section uf the river of which we CTIAIiLhS H. rlSk, Hie now speaking I between the foot of the lican slmals and Jvuyiuet i; itv. the head of the raMils at Holmes' Mill,) have either too great j - : r a tall to admit ot being improveil in the manner above le necessary or expedient. The survey shows that the rapids at inoit of the nulls, from that at (ilenns's mill, inclusive, to the rail road bridge, must, or ought to be, parsed by means of locks and dams their tali being either too great; Ota j it admitting of being sufficiently distributed and' spread out, in the manner spoken of in my August report, to allow, economically, of the adoption of tlie other iiUhIu of improvemuuf. For this reason, and us I ant confident, as suggested iu my former rejxirf, that arrangements between your company aud the mill ow ners, generally, could be made, th would be venr advantageous to Loth parties ; provided your improvement is so planned and constructed as to enable you .to Secure, to the mill ow ners, without preiudice to your works, a larirer sjmI -hall haw-, and I would make them permanent and secure against deepening, for the effect of the deepening of any one, would l,e to lower the water surface at it, and thus to increase t Iu- de-cent in the water, surface above. I would h;i e a -nliieieiit number of tho-e wing .alauis, to do awa with the ncceitv of coti-ti uetiiig a- extensive and h'li scriiicu, or their jMisiliou is such in retcreiice In other rapids and deep wuter below that they could only have their fall ex tended i where sufficiently great to require it) by transferring a part, or parts ot it, to ihH p water, when the expense t etleet nig such tran-ter wuuM he verv great t all such rapids. I , nu iiniiitivement bv means of locks and dams, would be the! N1,IMI N would back the water a little more than five miles, to a point i about one-third of a mile above tlie mouth of the tkiutlt Vsd I kin. It would, therefore, lie the means of improving five I miles f tin- river, and would, in addition, form a large and convenient basin ut the point of connection of the river im 'provement with the Iiailroad. The water-power, at thhi dam, i , consiueniig its location, wouiu oe valuable. Kii iimoxii, Va., leeember (!, IS."!!. The dams ut the mills may be 60 located and planned, tLat Tu the PreiJent ami Dimlori of llu Yadkin .Vueivation Cvmmnu. i t,ie Ia" Ilt fach, iu low water, (trom the water surtace atove, H EPORT ON SURVEY. RlNAWAV-srinXARD. II.K S ST IMMIV, U.n.Hf uir. -mIi. rsit. s'4i (r.-n t hf ,.r,-rr,!,. r ,. 4m,.4T ttilii Uri, 4itr in tUT m i it h'Ut Um nrJ rl.'",f pf )nf1 tMt In u I Mi I l(-.c J. ala.t, f. m dni t tua rHtM,a.il, iaf tr J t f t ! Ill- Ma- t nU.ilt I" 1 H I f sfr, tt t m hsVitti44t in n, m ia i ihr. h. a n t , nihT tul Umtktttff. ntftrti . It ! .(. I If ),. wurki ihf Tim t i't'r -.nh b ali- l'ft wi rrf, aud ran . j.rrt . M,,,k I ftftar trtii aM prs..o sfnui fn.j)..in op hr brtiniif bi'V. I li..H r.-Tla-..l, tti- ta gUt ait) ur an !( ri l.ii? VV U.I.I UH S Ilr-rftnbrr '4. l-.'iii if'aTT I in Shop and Stock FOR SALE AT MOI.CANT.IX, X. C. rp S II K aailarHfiiail.HI. ia .t ...I- In. I.. I .1 I IX NKIIS) TOIII.H, m M..i;oe ,N ( . a..i( aai-f y inn Ir rriiir.l Uit r.rr, luf nil ill' Tii.n.-f. Iiii.i. Saaa. Alan hia al.M-k .'li lianil, r.'ii.ilitif . . I 'I'm iImI.', Tin wara, Jiamiri .irp, a email ijaHiilil, nl Sliri'l iluB. As. Arc.' Mnrfanliiii ia 1.11a nf tki- iii.mI h.-al:liv and .,ia tlla liH:I.HI-a Hi V.rlli Car..Iiiia. mill li' ii ia n,iw nil iiairtuinl.r l.ir a lnui-r i.a.-ek Ihfr.if In- i-li....a 4lt1 Iv-r Irt-tl o fo;i..ttttf- !" WITlrr4 foil -U .-. I'r.'iii ihi- it appear-, that .the average fall per mile from 1. 1 but tin- av 1'ii-sing the-e l: .ekl'oii to the f.Hit of lUan shoal- i- ."-Inf.- erage i- far exceeded iu the two or three mile -h-al-.i while the average fall per mile between I lean shoal- to the water surface below them, after the improvement is completed, i will be ut least four and a half feet; at several of preferable plan. I In June last, at your request, I made a reconnoisancc . of the dams, the fall may be made from one,, to two" and three A tier the n er. or a mtIi.hi ot it lias been thoroughly ex-, ot the 1 adkin Jti ver, between liockford Jind Holmes Al ill, tor teet greater than this. But although it would be of advan amiued, and the descent from mujiL to point, its width ut all the nirjo.-e of obtaining such information, respecting that tage to the improvement, that thtnlams should have the grea points, and the jiositioii. distance acniss and depths of all j section of the river, as would enable me to advise you, "as to ter fall, I shall a-sume that the ivrage is only four and a half it-shoal- and shallow- have been accurately ascertained, it i what plan you ought, in mv judgment, to adopt, in and for feet thinking it better and stiver, iti etimatilig"lhty'"probabIo can be determined and not before, at which of the rapids 11ml ; the improvement of its nav igalimi." i cost of the improvement, to assume the minimum, that, under in what place the improvement can best be effected by the In mv interview with you, immediately after that reconwii- j an v circumstances, may be found neCcisary or advisable, adoption of one m- the. other of the plans above recommended. , sance, ! advised you, for reasons that I gave, to have a survey j' The new dam proposed, below iiRRi er's mill, should Lav a I have thus far kept wholly out of view the fact, that on made of at least thirty or forty miles of the part of the rivet j fall of not less than five feet ; that at Kckel's shoal, of not less thi-section of the river several mills have been erected and w here improvement would, most probably, first be under- than seven feet ; and the one opposite -Mr. Ilairston's proper aie now iu n.-e: with one or two exceptions, the dams at the-e , taken ; and siiiil, that although my other engagements would ty, of not le-s than live feet. mill- are of a v ei temporary character, and quite low. Some not permit me to take charge, or have the direction of the There will, of course, be required at each dam, a lock, with of tin-Mi are fneftdy wing 1mhis At -anne of tlw mills the fait Mirvvy. 1 would- vet givo aucli instruction, and explanations, , a, lift equal to that of the fall of the dam. i- le-s than-tliiv.- feet. There are, I thitik, but two at which regarding it. and the kind of information that it was desired These locks and dams woiiftt overcome 63 1-7 feet bftlie it i-g'nua:t4, , - .sJiuuld Le- ojtaiij.evL.l.'y liicati- of it, to wlioev er sjiouhl l,e se- Jall-fcijUa. and at, UliiimViiilaiUriuduU: I wi'tjld -i.gge-t win :her r.-uigemeiits eoiiM not bp tn.nle lected Ur t-ouduet it. aj would enable him to carry it oil liro- bridge. Thin - At the nine dams, at the present mill?, at 4 1-2 ft. each, 40t on t"i i oti-ii an shoa 11 feet. ration the -ection of the river and the head of the rapid- at and I l-'luie-' mill i I w ill l.i-l lake Up I. etw, , II ihc foot of U II. ,1 ' mill I n ihi- -ecioii. which exh ml- over about foiir-tifth- of the whole distance front I '.si, lord to that mill and particularly aliovfthe point at which the North Carolina Uailroad cro -the 1 adkin. are 'h.lig streli in- of -till or eoiu pal a; i v el v -till w utcr. -i pai at d b iajid-.ul w Inch arc d i i-n:-v ar ing from .'in loot and le-s to loin feel, and in a lew plan -, somewhat more than tour feel.. These -trelche- of -till water an- geiie rallt deep, but shoal- and shallow places are here and there met with. I would recommend thai at iIiom- rapids on ibis section where the tall doe- hot exceed about -three feet, and it can be di-ti ihiitcd and spread "ill in the manner explained and de--crilied below, that the improvement should bo effected iu the river bed or cbauiiel, but' iijhiii a plan smuew hat different from that ii-iiuI I x adopted mi rivers improved by means of sluices and h ing dam- ; although resembling it in some respects, ami par iciihu ly in that, it dispenses with tlie Use of lock. There mav be rapids with even a greater descent than three feet. lat mi ut and dlstriliu mire, tlilit tint with the iniii owners bv which thev would bear such portion of the ex eti-e i if building, and keeping iii repair g I and snh-taii'ia! daiuj. at their respective mills as would be j n-l and equitable. Arrangement I am confident could In- made; that would be bein tieial to both parties. to the null owneia in having secured to thein at al: times a larger and more cmi--t-ant -upplv of water, and under a greater bead than they now hav e. or could hav e if their mills were paed bv all impiove- iiml to the Company in hav ing their perl ami umlerstaiulinglv. I said fiirtheivthat if von should decide to have the survey made, I would, upon its completion, submit a rejxirt, in w hich I w ojild be able to speak more definitely and decidedly, iu re gard to the plan and probable cost of the improvement, than in the one I was then aboit to prepare based, as it must necc--nrily be, alino-t entirely upon information obtained on a mere iccoiinoi-ai:cc. The survey wa- uuihorised bv von, and in tluj following dam below Carver's mill at Kckle's shoal, opposite Mr. Ilairston's proiKrty, at the ISuilroad bridge, S 7 ' 5 ' 6 ' 63 Incut in the ri v el iuiiroveiuenr coii-triii!cl al soiiu-wfiat le-s cost ; to say nolli- iiiontli commeiieeil : and, on the Mil ot August, I siinimtteil a. w itbout locks. Tliis would leave 44 1-i feet of full, on this section of the river, to be overcome by improved channels in the river bed, , ihe additional tonnage that would be placed upon their, report upon my ivco!iiioiaiice in June, in which I stated, gen-j jlio line, nulls, xv 1 1 1 1 a tun sup to do a much larger bu-i in iiuprov elm nl. I iy hiiving along il 1'lv of water, at .tit time-, and abb m than tiny an now po ibly do. I will now call attention to the section of the river between Kockfoid and ihc lo..t of lScan shoal-, and to the rapid- at 1 1. dines' mill. At I Scan -hoiil- a -inall canal some two or three miles in length, wa- commenced several veals ago, but was never tin- aggregate length of the slack water portion of die int ra ly. my view- ot the manner in which Ulimig lit the 'section i pn,0iiei.t. on ibis, section, would be about il miles; and of t the river examined bv me should be improved, taking cost;a, ;,,,..e in.tl... ite..i- 1....I t,i,t .xo,,;!,-, Tlio lartna would he tlistribiitel a- follows, viz: hi be ndv antagi "li provided the fall can be -utliciciitl y -plead ted. 'I hat ihi- mav be done, however, r The plan of pa in upon a careful -urv ey that ought to be adop nnliiiished xaiiul mav tin new im'prov eiueiit I am also im dim these shoals by a , canal will bv found lam inclined to think, to be the one ed. A part of the work done on the e made av uilah! and all other circumstances into consideration. The survey having been completed, and its profiles, field books and maps, hav ing been placed, by your directions, in my hand- for examination ; ami that examination having Ineu made, 1 have now the honor to submit the following as an ad ditional, or supplemental report to that of the tith of August. Mr. John liw-on, of Kichiiioml, a., took charge of, and commenced, the survey late iu July. He continued in charge of it until the I lth of October; on that day he resigned his position; and Mr. Nereus Meiidcnhall, of North Carolina, y improved m the same manner. f,,uml that tlie rapid-at II iciidciit cana e iu the construction of who had been upon the survey from its commencement, as, ! I.eveler, and who still continued to act in that capacity, took to think that it w ill in like manner be . the direction of it. I me-' mill can be-t be paed by an Tbe surv ey was commenced at the point where the Yadkin Kivcr is crossed by the North Carolina Kail Koad. and exten- I let ween (ileimVmill aud the head of the slack water, above Laugeiiour's mill, say, 1 Set ween the new dam. below Carver's mill and the head of slack water. "above 'rime's mill, (divi ded into four secttoiis, by the slack water portions of the improvement above Sheck's, iHmthct's and ('louse's dams. i say, And between l'eeble"- mil! and the head of the slack waler, above the I tail mad bridge, (divided into two sections bv the slack water above the dam opposite Mr. Ilairston's property. I say. 4.i k; miles. COS 17.73 ZJSSJ. MSftK-ytgw; Nor. ai. I;.K ' liinei The I he plan ot improving Hie river HIT 1 ft linnnn 0 Pin couimended. and llu- general princi MILLS, Em 4 U).. or lo lupplT hiatartf irnh a cumrfil" auk 4 l..4 M. -lloOhl l- I'll! Ullfe lall III I lw liver tor Some. IIHIULirTWu tic -ftrVai'miaT Sli.aal m that di- I I VI I- III- t uli i ; ,ili I improving the river lienor channel here iv and the general principles thai should cull'. aim led to th crelit oeah W UllUUV, ilaUUUU U UU., ,,n..l!v explained and slated lleretofol V tneaiis of ptaple 8l FanOV Dry GOOds, nece ful. and mainly, a- I think, for ihc rc.i-oii thill the effort -tba bii- gelieiallv bi-eii to i vercome tin ii lmli full luel w itb al anv AND GROCERIES point.. .-. 'y that y..,; or the tall Ini- iu any ca-e : been -olllevv llilt le-selled, bv deelK'llillg the channel at tile in rr,,.( .4 a larf.- ai.k ..f M UvN ,,..,, ,,f . rapid, it has been at the expense of the nav iiratioii in place- abov e, where shallows have been made slill'-liallow - lowering ot the w ater over thein, and w ithout mix And wiih regard lo the improvement the river betyoeuJcu.iloni lick4jlid"4m. .Mm'. .tttmdaafeiaennhtiatelA'MflM remark that . tauce ot 113 ,"t-l miles. on account ot -it- greater tall per mile and tor other reason: ,Vviih-vJnilittg I have assumed that the dams, generally, will Im small fall, thev W Hill K- VI K I Ml h I' I VII. in. vi Mi ll large portion ot it than of the improvement on the -ection below tlie-e -ho.il-. will require to bcctlec-tcd by means of lock and dam-. A careful survey can alone show w hat por tion mav be etl'eiied without locks.. ' The necc itv mn-I be apparent, for having an accurate -ur- ihe attempt to improve thp nav igalimi of i -i.xer-, v cv of the river made not only before' commencing the work nice- mid vv ing dams, has, in most ca-es. beeil nil upon it- imiirov cmcnt, bill aU" before the plan-, iu detail. t"i- Am riiii u, jiii.r, nit.s-KS. uii i:. iviik-a. l'aH--r, Sjara l.i.i;. r. M e k.-o l ami all kmil ..I I iniil) '" 41nwrri.-a ii-ualtv f..iiinl ut llu- Mark.-l. all ..f w hirh ia er. I upon siirv ev and exani the construction of the the imrrva ml w pnr, , rtiati.nr on ahtirl fimr in hiiic lul ilrulfra. iNmv HI, ai if Five Cents Kevard. I AN A WAY ft Am llif itt.rrhrr U-ul itir !al ) nf hepiHtnlnif, l-.'ilt, M ft,'-U ff r..l..r. ti iin iil t.lSl', Ih.iuhI I. liv th.t ...in tf url of li'irkt I will ttHV it"- nUitr f wiikI f.rf tht ilHivrry i.f a.itrfW.v I lir ill M..ijaii A ( J kll A l l NKUROKS TO HIKE. ATII.I. Iw lnr-U, i mi ill- Wih lr.-iiilir, al lha V V iild llnMH-ataail, all iIh-' NtrriM-a ami Latnlii 1t--Imigl'it Iu Hi. num ksira ut Win. II Wis, I. Si-i-'il li li, KO Mill, I... t.li. ii. Brrambrr 9, I MSB. 3 is attempt to remove tin- new oli-triicliou to the navigation tnu createl. I p ui i i v er- iinpmv i-d in this manner, we find, for m-taiicc. that if al one point there was a rapid, ill which was a fall ol, -av live feel. and at another a mile or two below, out-in which the de-cent wa- oiilv sy mie foot.- that each was taken iu band, -cpiiratclv and without reference to the other, and. thill a -I nice wa-made at the former with llu- I'm II de-cent iherc met with, of live feel, and without any attempt to tj-au-tj-r a part of it- fall lo the smaller -rapid below, or to any slmal or -hallow inleriiiediate between' the two. or if le rned bv iran-tvi-ring a portion of it to some point above, that it, w as a- ju-t -tated. thus traii-ferrcd without any attempt to remove. a-n,. inl'ormatioii t the iuw obsinu tioii Pi the nav igalimi there created. ul-o In--h .w n tin w improvement are prepared. Kverv dollar judiciously expetn inatious m advance of undcrtuki work, will be the means of saving more than ten time ai lit ill the 'co-t ol construction. Ii i. no! iii-i-. :m-v. however, that the whole leii!rtb of lint to be ultimately improved, should be thoroiighlv examined "' 'I'e 111:1111 rapids. and all the plan's picl.arcd and decided oirb. fore anv piiit of ' r"m 1,10 s'lrvcy It appears the work i- taken in hand, but it would certainly be advise ; bb- that sm u'e considerable portion of it, say thirty or forty' mile- should be. 1 The i-oiir-o that 1 would adv i-c the Company to pursue is the follow ing : ' " l-r. To have a -urvev of the river tmuTi-. as early as practi cable, to u .certain the fall, at each rapid and along the river from point t,. jn-int. the' di-tuncc- and depths-of vviiter from point to point,- and partieularlv a! iill (he rapids and shoals, anil al'iig tho-f pitrtrin of ihe pools of still witter whr the; depth ill low water is le tian three and II half feet.' The; .be laid dow n on a map on which should m .. i . . .i :l ii .. il-o tu- -now n t ne vv ni; u an-o com -e oi nieiicvei ai mi jiono TTfe e'xaiumatioii- of the beil of the" river, and "the fall'ofTts- surt'ace, at the smaller, as well as at the main rapids, were mote closely made and. ascertained, upon the 44..i miles first made, extending frmu the rail'ma-l bridge to Sheck's mill. than, on the ls.o;i mih-s between that mill and the foot of IScait shout-! and of the-e ISO1!' miles, the examination.- ami fall, as above, were more fullv made and noted, on the l'MKJ miles below, than the 7. 1"' miles above (ileiiu's mill. The reason u a-, a I uudcr-tatd. that upon reaching .Sheek'- .mill with the -ur- vev. it wa- feared there would not be time to q.lete it. to the foot of I lean slmal-. iu the manner it w as commenced, -uf ticieiilly early for your purpose-. It was, therefore, determin ed to limit tlie further operation- of the survey chiefly to the ascertainment of 'the tall of the river, and the p.sitioii and fall 1-t. Th'iit the cfevati above tide, of the low water snrt'ace of the river, at the railroad bridge, as ascemained by the lev els of the North ("amlina Kail Koad, at the point, is til 7 feet. 'nd. That the di-'auec, bv the river, from the foot of Ik:iii; shoals, nit Sveaniore ford.i to the railroad bridge, is t'-'i ! 4 mile-; ami lite fall of the river, at low water. I-'!"-' 1-4 feet; And that this distance and fall are thus distributed, viz: ,1 .-! IWn Sl ii.! .lin-.il, .. I.ool Volume --Bi lntr It tt. lol CO MR h,r 'ar haa I ' ilia n ali-liman fr"m Julv ls.'niitwr ifi, iHSfi. Ami wilh regard to wing dams, we find, that little or no at- -Jd. To iiscertiiin from the mill ownei-s what share ot the telition has heretofore been given to render secure against i-o-t of the ihuii- at their i c-pective inills, and of the expense ileeiietiiiig, the contracted channel- left npiiosife to them. In of maintaining them thev would bear, provided good and siib- 1 r-' . . . , , . i , . . . , . . i " . i . ... .1. 1 . - .1. . .. r- ..II ..l... it is trmv the ImwI rt,-tw' nvvr is nl a material --.lanital our- a-tv erecieu. niiiivn suen iieigin a- itoiiiii reimei not. . avuilable to them at all tjmesa larger supplv ol water ami im- ' Hit- ILVttr.oJ bri.JK - I'll' Oi.taaor, F.H. Bill-. ff'-t .Uin. I V ".,::::".::i3.l'-r. '.V'fi . ,, ; 4 ' -"I : i:."J t - "4 : s- ' ltd i:lc,l her-, so as to -li-'vv be. in manv cases, I have no doubt, made satin-w hat higher with advantagi, both to the coinpiin v and the mill ovv tier-, and vv about prejudice, or but verv iiitle. to tiie proprietors of the land bordering up on the riv er. As-tlie e-riuiiite I am about to siibmit. is necessarily very general i:i its ehaiaeter, and can be regarded only as an ap proximate one. I shall Mow1 call intention to the information and data mi which it rv-ts. and the curse taken bv me in ar riving at it. that v .m may judge how far it is entitled to yoijr conh'dcTici!. " ' While engaged ", the re .-uu .-t-anee iu J line last, I passed -over the entire di-tanec H;oui..U-N-kforil to Holmes' mill, in a ciin.H-. iiti'l -ub-vsiin ntlv v -:t d. a"-iv 1 time, the rapids, at several of the mill-, an I other points mi the river, that I de sired further to exain.tie i; ' Mv exanmiatiotis mi this reeoniioisanee satisfied mc Thai tin- improvement of the navigation of the river, as examined by inc. co,ild-THudJ.!j: effected cost and other things .considered - in the manner -uggciTM in my August report, and w hii-hv for the section of the ri v er now under Cviiisidera. ti in. is substantially tbe-aine as now recommended. That good -itc aiid'Tcliable foundation- could, in tiio-it c:t-cs. be had. and without -r-rious dittieulty ill any. for dam- an 1 lock-, w In rev vr it wmthl be de-irable to place thein ; and that gvncrailv the material-, required for the eonntruc tii'Mi ol' the impr ov euu-nt. coiil'l be. eouveitu'iilly , aiu at a mod erate cost, obtained. j ' .The survey made nee that ree..iiiioiiifk-vr,' funil'slieS, 111 ilihliti. 'ii. the following information : llu- aggregate tall "I the river in jho entire -ection. Tbe fall at ejichjot the liiTain and mo-t of the smaller raiiids hhiiv -wise. I in r.-iuni a V,'.iuia...f tluit js proof against such, deeiieuing loll in some it is 1M4I .. I..l is ef. 1 . ' ' - ."'" lll I'laaaa ik. Iia ilia lanir t.i -ri-nirn , I., . .. ., .1 a ....... .1 ..I lsdl ,..w 11.. lnloiii.n- " " '-l--"' i""'l". " ' ' . , , . ., ., ,-. Hun, ,.,., .0 ,a.,V,. lino . lb- .llili-r,,,! i.iii'l-. it v 1 ;i.iii- ihi- tirrcfriilr l'.ilt 11- wicllss lilamy Iioiii ! klvM.I loltic Iim.I ... Ik-itu aljoill- ftll'l hwlll lis '"' I" llelllri-''s mill. der a greater .head than thev now have. And, ."d. -I'll ii-ceitain the'prii-cs at pre-ctit paid oh the river for siu-h 'timber a- w ould be u-ed iti coiisti-iicling the dams and 'locks, and vv bethcr iirr:iugentetnls colild not be niiide with the' i ) 11 li i ' n i:it. and'shoal- lull ti , oil Ijwitf. 11 -m - 1" S.i'i i, - inlii 1- li.-l. s:H-,l Imhv, so tt lo -I low .. j "i iil. lv w li.il I'.n 1 oi 11 .- iil."o , aii' I w Im! irt Ik-Uiw ( i vel mill. Hi. . When sja-ukiiiit. 111 tk-M. iit. .!' 1 in- t i!l , I', or nl a :l.un, llio fall, at love r, .1.-' ri 1-! i!..i! tin- li-o-l- .t' V ';ti ' i')-.r iiiiM .11 v Ik'' s',vr" 1,1 die i'ri'ti!,-. anil iili-i-. tioui li-i.- vv ,i--r --ffii.e .1 ih. M0-1 .iwe, (Iv ;it a.u-1 ulovi to llu- wnt.ir ni tin- lii'M li.s-l,'- .1- to 1 n.iJ-li-im n-r-Tii.ike -ueli a ilivismn ol (lint liill. 'purlin -,- l.rv-.-tly f aliHsl" iln- 'I.n-i. ailr-r (lie i.nii'!.-li"ii ol tin- miprovi- k'.u- -ihi.. i-1-iia..ii- a iTial ait ill-m tin at-'VWifc. 110 iliv 'iiill tii.nl.' "l' -n1. is all i-a-- :n.l. ii-J" !. ' j . hi:'al! v. (In- In ivjil . ! tin-italll. alx.v lis (lie lolal tail from Swann's mill In llu- rllr.a-i I u " l). -shew 1111: hew mil. il ol ' tiiunHalieil, will. I- iiui ll : j ii is.laivi-. iii nl li " 11 mi, 1 1 !..l"w 1', i l.l.-a mitl-TTh (lr5n"SoMv (fat mill j i tlx 'lams ivrojii-1 111 1 1 - .l.it-n"t. miMWi, .rv miif lr.m I l-'i lvl. a-' al i.a,-i .louinv.Ui.-i' : i.a i'iiail Ihi.-. I ls lit !litt (.iijuiilouil'laOoii.) , -ii, :i i- a uiin-vl, in :.o e-tiuiaa-, will av,-i--.a:ii".l fcill. - .' ' v" z: " Ji W. nn-M y --- v k."iiks..-fe;"Wis.:l
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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Dec. 30, 1856, edition 1
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