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0 jg j jp J A i i FOR THE I'KEE TRESS. A PARTIAL REMEDY, For the low price of Produce in North-Carolina, To remedy or alleviate a dis ease, the cause must be ascer tainedWhy then is it, that the produce of North-Carolina yields to the farmer and laborer, less than it docs in the other Atlantic States! The answer is a plain one because our na vigation is worse, and the ex pense of transportation to mar ket i3 greater. This expense and delay is a loss to the far mers. This is not a new dis covery. In 18:27, the towns of North-Carolina directly inter ested in the navigation of Oc cacock Inlet, sent representa tives to a Convention, the ob- throush the means of committees for that purpose appointed, to ascertain the extent of the mischiefs affecting the community from this cause, anil to devise some mode by which they might be removed. Vour Memorial ists thus appointed have met together, have endeavored to collect the inlor mation essential to a correct unders tanding of the subject, and astonished at the result of their enquiries ex hibiting an evil far trascendins; in magnitude, all that they had before believed or feared feel it an incum bent duly to lay that information be fore your honorable body, and lo en treat your earnest, and effectual and speedy exertions for its removal. "Your Memoralists believe that the annual exports of the products of our country through Occacock, are not overrated when estimated at Five Millions of Dollars, requiring for their transportation, and actually em ploying Two Hundred Thousand Tons of Shipping. They find from calculations carefully made and com pared, that the charge on these vessels iect of which was to ascertain for I ijrh tenure ami detention at the ' . . i It. i !" 'IV. the loss our tanners stistaincu, because of the obstructed navi gation, and a remedy for the evil. This Convention was composed of men competent to the task, and they made a Re port and Memorial upon the subject, a few extracts from which I will here insert for the information of my brother far mers. "At present the northern and mid dle counties of North-Carolina, have a common outlet to the ocean. Your committee believe that it is demand ed by the most obvious considerations to apply our united strength to the improvement of the existing outlet, before we attempt the making of a new outlet. For this improvement, all that is essentially necessary, is the deepening of a channel over the Swash. "Your committee are unable to state with precision, the expense tvhich would be incurred in this und ertaking; but they can say with mor al certainty, that it may be accompli shed at a charge comparatively con temptible, and far below, the annual Swash averages one dollar per Ton, and amounts annually to rl wo Hund red Thousand Dollars; that the addi tional rate of Insurance, because ot the risque and detention at the Swash, averages three quarters of one per cent, and amounts on the exports and imports to Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars, and on the vessels to Sixty .... . i in I nnusand Dollar ner annum. l ins - , annual tax of Three Hundred am Thirty-Five Thousand Dollars up on tin; navigation of our section ot the country, independently of the mi nor evils, the vexations and difficul i ties which will be readily perceived cannot but enhance the ratcot height ortheco.it of conveyance to market. The price of freight from No i folk and Wilmington (the latter but one bund red arid twenty miles distant from Oe cacockj to the West Indies, is from twenty to twenty-five per cent, h- than from the ports dependant on Oc cacock Inlet; which dillerence on bul ky articles, such as lumber, staves, and shingles, amounts to between thirty and forty per cent, of their ori ginal value. The freight and chars es on articles shipped coastwise for re-shipment to their places of con sumption, amount on Naval Stores to Inc. l li t n Vl tKn iJn ctlc-tnin.- -r.- I Un ' . . i - - u.v, uu.it jujmii.uum mcnvcniy live percent.; on Lotion, to want oi sucn a cnannci. lour com- between ten and fiMeen per cent, am miuce eeueve mat me convention ought, in the first place, to lay before the State Legislature, a correct repre sentation of the enormous evils which 1 ihey resolved in several places on I.a- j the ocean in this Slate. R0 vine a conference with each other, obstmct.ons winch are ' the free use oi mis ouuci, aw it is unquestionably within the powLi of the State, at a cost compaiau v .j and has to rely upon the pro- .!... nfl,U farm to do it, re- u0' :"IT01 s and a SePft v mrm - ;: - aDDliCation made to T, iV. cnd fleet seriously on una Duu, Tennessee-Gov. Cass, of u TM ducts of his farm flnt coriniislv 01 things, and say it mere snouiu is als0 8polen of for lh- n(r ''n, on staves, to fifty per cent, of their or igmal value ''As all the ordinary charges of convevance to market though n:iid bv the country endures from its present ,he merchants actually and ultimately obstructed navigation; and for this foil unrtn the producers .the Farmer i - - - purpose, they hare prepared a memo rial, which is herewith submitted. It ought not to be doubted but that this representation will draw the at tention of the Legislature and the People to this vastly important sub ject, and that the Legislative wisdom and parental care will be exhibited in suggesting the proper remedies. "In aid of this primary measure, the Committee suggest others, which will be all found embodied in the fol lowing resolutions. "Resolved, That the Memorial here with presented, be subscribed by all the members attending this Convention, and be transmitted to the General Assembly. "Resolved, That the members of this Convention, on their return to their re spective homes, be requested to obtain and to furnish to their Representatives in the Legislature, all such detailed statis tic information, as will throw light on the subject of this Memorial. "Resolved, That a copy of the pro ceedings of this Convention, and of the Memorial so .subscribed, be transmitted to the Editors of the Gazettes of this btate for publication. "Resolved, That a copy of these pro ceedings and Memorial, be transmitted to our members in Congress, and that they be requested, should Congress deem it within their constitutional 'powers lo render aid to our object; to invito tbrii attention and procure their av.i:.Uu.; loi that purpose. "The undersigned Mernorhdiifi in behalf of themselves and their fi How citizens whom on this occasion they i- present, beg leave respectfully to stale. That it has been long notoiious that the Trade qf this Stale w.-js ki-pt down by the obstructions to Naviga tion on her sea board, and that of these, the impediments t0 Navif.it ion tbrough Occacock were the most ex tensively injurious, as obstruct iiur the nisi.. . i . . . i r r ouuei to ine uccan lor the pro ducts of the industry of one KI (In state. The charges for lighter;; 0 ver the Swash, and the expenses and penis of detention consequent upon the necessity of lighterage, constantly pressing themselves upon the notice ?,f ose immediately concerned in the trade which passes through Occacock, and Labourers of the country, the ef fects of this enhanced freight are at once discerned upon a comparison of the price of the products of North Carolina industry in the ports depen dant on Occacock, and those where the costs of detention and perils of lighterage are not to be encountered. While at Suffolk in Virginia, Pipe Staves command Forty Dollars per thousand, at Murfreesborough, Win ton and Windsor, they are sold at Twenty-Five Dollars. lied Oak Staves, which at Washington, New born, and Edenlon, can scarcely com mand 'J'cn Dollars per-thousand, u sually sell at Wilmington for Eigh teen and Twenty. "The enhanced freight necessarily occasions also an exceedingly heavy tax to the consumer on all articles im ported through Occacock. Let but a single instance be mentioned in il lustration of this fact. The article of Salt in the Occacock Ports sells for at least ten cents in the bushel above the price at Wilmington, which alone is a tax of Ten Thousand Dollars a year upon those who are obliged to obtain their supplies of salt at the for mer pl;ies. "Theso Memorialists further re ipiTifully state, that in consequence ol Ihi? iuipi o v rients made, and now in progress lor lh navigation of Roa noke River, an immense additional rpiuulity of valuable products must descend it in .search of a market. All this produce must either pass through (h racock, and nuslain the enormous losses mentioned above, or go to swell the exports, enrich ihe enterprise, and increase the impoi lance of Vir- " I his Slate has long sustained, and is every day sustaining incalculable injury, from her products finding a better market elsewhere than they can procure at home. An inspection of the map will shew that more lhan half of North-Carolina, and a consid erable part of the southern section of Virginia, have their natural outlet to ;Mc;,mifwvint thoroughly to remove, andthe wealth, the consequence, the strength, the population ot our b ate will, must grow wuri a iapi"j cheering to the heart of every citizen, who is not dead to her honor aim best interests. Produce of all kinds must increase in price, and command ready sales at home. Foreign com forts and articles of necessity will be comparatively abundant and cheap many ot trie prouucis oi our which are now destroyed as incum bering the ground, will yield wealth to their possessors. Agriculture win receive a stimulus to exertion wnicn will be manifested in improved skill, in more successful returns to indus- Irv. and in the enhanced value of land. Our impoverished fields will be fertilized, our rich swamps, poco- i i i . : 1 1 k. ! sins, ami low irrounus win claimed commercial enterprise anil the mechanic ai ts will be fostered and rewarded. WILLIAM GASTON, SVLVKSTKR DROWN, Of Neither n. .101 IN G. BLOUNT, LFAVIS LF.ROV, WM. KLLISON, JOHN JACKSON, Of Washington. THOMAS H. IIAUG1IT0N, THOMAS COX, Of Plymouth. JOS. H. SKINNER, G HO. W. RARNKV, JOHN COX, Of Edcnton. JAMKS MORGAN, BKNJ. WYNNS, Of Murfreesborough. JON. II. JACOCKS, Of Hertford. EXUM NEW BY, Of Elizabeth City." Congress have deemed this improvement of Occacock In let n work of national impor tance and made a small appro priation for it during im lust session, which General Jack son approved by ratifying the bill Shall we then still labor under this immense bur then of indirect taxation, and not exert ourselves to obtain a continuation of these appropri ations until all these obstruc tions are removed! We know that other States claim and re ceive appropriations of this kind, and 1 think none better entitled to them than North Carolina, anil every one will readily perceive that no State needs them more. But it is said, that to claim appropria tions of this kind will make it necessary to raise the taxes and draw money from the pockets of the farmers this is said as well to deceive as to alarm those who urge it, know that they are misleading the credu lous by appealing to their ava rice. I say that to receive our proportion for appropriations out of the surplus fund in the Treasury, will not raise the taxes. All the monies raised by the General Government is by duties on goods imported, and these we know have been high enough. These taxes North-Carolina has paid and will be compelled to pay in any event. In this manner monies have been raised, which have been expended for the benefit of other States. The only re lief to North-Carolina from this burthen of double taxation, is to ask and receive appropriations from the General Government to improve her navigation; she will then get back some of the large amount of taxes she has been paying for many years. Her farmers will then be able to get their produce to market without delay, will receive the highest prices for it and save this immense sum that is now paid for lighterage, insurance, &c. Lot any man who has a wife and children tp support miiJij .v- i wince t not be some remedy provided. Brrries has positively icsiKncd , ' Fifteen or twonty-fivc cents in post of Attorney-Gccnl, ana Ju every barrel of Corn or Tur- 1'. P. Ba.bobb, of yfc tpol every uunui n. as his successor. But thr vn v 5 : . r-. acq i 1 1 w 1 i -"wi. u jj i , u, pontine IS a senuuo t, ominous nar nS vim have no families to sup- lv that . ' J t a, S"iA,of port, and have no produce toUpection. sell, do not leel tins mirinen From the Washington Glob which to us is gnevuut. n.uo A FARMER. come under our i&! O 711 l I. . mi. utuncu. m 1 vo difTN TUESDAY, JUNK 14, 1831. CANDIDATES. For the 3d Congressional district Dr. Taos. H. Hall, Josi:rn K. Lloyd. K-q. Edgecombe County General sembly Senate. Gen. Louis D. Wilson. House of Commons. Mr. IIahpv Flowers, Gray Little, Redding Pittman. ent letters, written cvirlpntt.,r publication, Mr. Branch l!r covertly and insidiously nia'J injurious intimations, iMend-j to reach the character of an m, named individual whomheven tures not to assail onm!,. These insinuations are made to nave a particular bearing, an.j are used by the humble nistra- ments who act in concert 1 ... " '"Ul inn, to produce political result. from assaults on private charac ter. " Mr. Branch caution shrouds himself under innpn does, and leaves to surmise il facts which he says otioht to h laid before the public. Why does he not act like a mnri lie has been called upon come out openly to specify t . i i .. . and on tne principles ot justice and honor to assume the re sponsibility of showing ij,a. which hcsnysoiight iobcknoicn out winch he has hitherto ven Tarboro' Female .'lcadcmy. On Tuesday and Wednesday last, the semi-annual examination ot the Stu dents of this Institution took place, A larzc concourse of ladies and gen tlemen attended throughout, and the tured to disseminate through opinions,. generally entertained and vanue insinuations alone. CnnM . i ...... I . 1 J " Ul expressed, oi me stipe, or qnai uca- Qn honorable man rcconciel: i J f M l cj to f I I n rro ) ina lr . . l,wt,nM.o .nn,I ll,,. v.xn u rnnrni'P. IU ",0 eriau I merit of her pupils, were fully sustain- uarivi jii ins puuushed let ed by the Keport ot tne trustees. ier rests ins conduct upon a The younj: ladies were comj)limented point of honor. let lie sees his letter vouched as authority for the vilest suspicions by par with a Hall on Wednesday evening, which gave a peculiar zest to the ter mutation of their exercises. Fayelteville Calamity. We are truly gratified to notice the spirit of liberality which this distressing event has excited, not only in the bosoms of the citizens of this State, but also in those of other States. A considerable sum has already been subscribed for the relief of the suffer ers, and doubtless much more will be tendered. Subscription papers, for that purpose, have been circulating in this vicinity for a few days past, and we understand with flattering success. The Raleigh Register says: "It is pretty well ascertained, that only about 670,000 was insured in the whole town." We copy the fol lowing paragraphs from the Fayette ville Observer of last Tuesday: "The melancholy aspect of things has been considerably enlivened within a day or two by the sudden appearance of lour small houses, moving a long among the ruins, to occu py places in the former business part of the town. They were moved dntire, except floors, and windows, upon timber wagons, drawn by horses. There is c very indication that business will centre in the same part of the town as before, and that no time will be lost in erecting and repairing stores. We yes terday saw the ruins of a three story brick store entirely remo ved, the flooring on the ground, and in a day or. two, it will be laid and every preparation made for rendering it habitable as soon as possible. As was stated in our last, the spirit of enterprise is very far from be- mg crushed. "A large number of Mechan ics, especially Carpenters and . .v u unu aimosi any utjiuuui oi lanourers, will find immediate employment in this place." Irom Washington. Vc have no Jtcial intelligence respecting the Cabinet movements at Washington, but rumors are rapidly multiply,' U is said, that the mission to UussTa lias been tendered to and accepted by Mr. James Buchanan, of Pennsyl vania, aher having been refused by Mr. Ingham. The appointment of tizans by underlings whom lie knows cannot be noticed, h he not bound then to avowliij meaning to assert boldly his charges, and submit them to that public which he lias sought covertly to infect with his lign ivfluencts" We are authorized by the in dividual who is supposed lo he aimed at by these hinted dan ders, to make this second call lie shrinks not from the ordeal with which he seems to bs threatened. He is ready to make the issue with a man who considers the public interested in the matter of his covert allu sions, and whose standing in the country subjects him to proper responsibility, w in" vestigation is feared. An lion- pel pmicf nltvnvtf Innks WlM confidence to an issue, whi depends on an appeal to G or the country. From the Richmond Enquirer- We republish an article trom the last No. of the Washington Globe. It is impossible to mis take the hand that is in thing. Whether Mr. Branch will take up the gauntlet3 thrown down to him by Mr.p3" ton, we are unable to conjec ture. It is one of those seen? in the political drama wl)P may prepare the way for sofltf event ealenlntpd in interest ca readers. As such we lay i' fore our readers. At the sam5 time, that we must dorplv lt! gret the prosecution of ucl1 controversy in such a spinV"r must array against cachet two gentlemen, who were na tives of the same State anj neighborhood, pupils of u same school, intimate frieDr for so many years, and latP members of the same cabin'-1' politicians of the same school from the last Salisburv Caroling that V. Jefferson Jones, h?q- withdrawn from the editorial opP ment of that paper, which wi" "f after be under the sole managt" of Burton Craige, Esq.