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cuua?r Communications, FOU THE FREE PRESS. Mr. Editor: I have rend a number of publications of late respecting Rail Roads, and among others, one over the sig nature of A friend to Ede combe, in the Free Press of April 17. I am no controvert ist, but think it rijjht, and many times very beneficial to each other, and to the community at large to give an interchange of ideas on matters of importance, of whatsoever nature they may be, whether on internal im provements, politics, or what not. I can also boast of my at tachment to Edgecombe, being now the rise of threescore years and never spent two months at any one time out of Edgecombe. r rom my advanced stage of life 1 cannot expect to receive much, if any benefit myself from any improvements which will be completed in my day but 1 have children whom it may ben efit, beside the citizens and ris ing generation generally, for which I feel great solicitude. Now I wish it rightly under stood what I am aiming at Iiyou please with them, and it I. ll .1 t .nr...1 . - 7 wish an uungs, ana especially those of a public nature, done right; thai is, with the least ex pense possible, and of the great est public utility. v irst, is it best to establish Po',1 T? ,r, I , .1 : . c Kail Roads in this section of country, or not? If so. it is! known that there is a Rail Road far advanced in its progress from Petersburg to Weldon, on the Roanoke the citizens of Portsmouth foreseeing that when that Road is completed they would be deprived of the greater part of the trade from j that fertile country on the Dan j and fetaunton underthesc con siderations thev annlv to thn Legislature of Virginia for j i i j - - Charter to locate a Rail Road from Portsmouth to Roanoke, supposed to strike the Roanoke about Weldon the citizens of Portsmouth were also acquaint ed with the detention of the cargoes coming down the Roa noke and through the Canal. Now, fellow citizens, consider die subject maturely, and if you have a Rail Road leading from! Tarborough to any part of Ro- anoKe, let the location be judi ciously fixed and arranged, so as to enable the farmers and traders to meet with despatch, and choice of markets. I can not agree with you, Mr. Editor, that the Central Rail Road will come any w.-.y near in contact with the Tarborough and Ham ilton Rail Road- having no map at command, I judge onlv from my own ideas of the route of the Central Rati Road from Beaufort to Raleigh if I am in an error I wish to be correct ed. You also intimate it is probable the Portsmouth Rail Road will strike the Roanoke about the same point with the Tarborough Rail Road. Now 1 cannot think that probable at all, unless Portsmouth is willing tp give up the greater part of the trade from that fertile re gion above named, or will ex tend an arm (from the main Road from Portsmouth to Wel don,) to Hamilton. It is also said by some, that those incor porated companies for internal improvements, and manufac tures, &c. are making the poor poorer, and the rich richer; as to that, I shall not attemnt t vindicate or condemn hut it i or ought to be well known, that i nose tabor saving machines throw many of the poor labor- ing class of people out of em ploy or reduces their wages to a mere pittance, so that. many ol them for want of employ, or be cause they won't take a redu ced price for their labor, or less lhan they formerly got, resort lo some dishonest means for a livelihood. It is also well known that our markets for the products of the earth arc, and have been generally glutted for several years; so that they com mand but a very low price. Now suppose for instance, the Central Rail Road was comple ted, what would become of all the wagoners, wagons and hor ses now employed in conveying the produce to market from the western part of this State! An swer they must turn their at tention to agriculture, or resort to something worse. If the former, it would be throwing so much more of the products of the agriculturists into market, that it would have a tendency still to reduce the prices of our produce. If the latter, it would be still worse. These few broken ideas hav ing been thrown together more for my own amusement than for any thing else, you can do what will satisfy Another friend to Edgecombe. We comply with the wish of our correspondent, at least so far as regards our statements. In the article in nues- uu" "u &aiu: "j a reiercnce lo the matl nr ,i,:Q t .,.. . mid II Will UC v"CCll Ulill the Tarborough and Hamilton Kail Road will lie nearly in the diiect line which the great Central Rail Road must take to touch Raleigh and Salis burythus presenting to our western brethren another point of attraction," &c. separate from Beaufort, and aim ing at Roanoke Inlet, should it be re-opened or at Norfolk, by water conveyance from Hamilton, if the Porlsmouth aiI Roatl should not strike that point. On consulting the map, our correspondent will find the statement correct. The intimation with regard to the point where the Portsmouth Rail Road will probably strike the Roanoke, was given as a rumor, and not from our knowledge of the views of the citizens of Ports mouth. Editor. SENATE. Tuesday, April 24. Mr. Will to frorv tlr nmviiv.iii Indian affairs, reported the bill, recommitted to that committee, extending the benefit of vacci nation to certain Indian tribes, with an amendment, increasing the appropriation for the objects of the bill from 6,000 to 12, 000 which was agreed to, and the bill, as amended, was order ed to a th'ird reading. The ge neral appropriation bill was ta ken up, and the motion to re consider the vote by which the amendment increasing the ap propriation for the expenses of the Judiciary ot the U. States from $190,000 to 250,000 was rejected, was agreed lo, and af ter a long debate, the amend ment was rejected by a vole of lo to 26. be vera! amend merits were then adopted, and the bill, as amended, was order ed to be engrossed for a third reading. The apportionment bill was taken up and read a se cond lime. Wednesday, 25th. The ge neral appropriation bill was read n third time and passed. The bill apportioning Representa tives was taken up, and Mr Webster moved to strike out all the provisions of the bill after the enacting clause, and insert the amendment, in blank, repor ted from the select committee on the subject. Messrs. Dallas and Hill spoke against the mo tion, and Messrs. Webster, Dickcrson and Clayton in favor of it. The question being ta ken, the motion prevailed by a vote of 22 lo22 the Vice Pre sident voting in the affirmative. Mr. Clayton moved to fill the blank with 250, as the number of the House, which was reject ed by a vote of 19 to 22. Mr. Webster moved to fill the blank with 251 which was agreed to by a vote of 27 to 14. Mr. VVebster then moved to fill the other blanks, as follows: Maine 8, New Hampshire G, Massachusetts 13, Rhode Isl and 2, Connecticut C, Vermont 6, New York 40, New Jersey 7, Pennsylvania 28, Delaware 2, Maryland 9, Virginia 21, North Carolina 13, South Carolina 10, Georgia 9, Kentucky 13, Ten nessee 13, Ohio 20, Louisiana 4, Indiana 7, Alabama 6, Mis souri 3, Mississippi 2, Illinois 3. The motion was agreed to. The bill was then reported to the Senate, and ordered to be read a third time by a. vote of 23 to 20. Mr. Poindexter in troduced a joint resolution au thorizing the President to have executed a full length statue of Gen. Washington. Thursday, 26ih.TUc ap portionment bill was read a third time and passed, yeas 20, navs 18. 'Friday, 21th. The resolu tion for the purchase of Peale's original portrait of Washington, for the Senate Chamber, was referred to the library commit tee. The joint resolution au thorizing the President to em ploy a skilful artist to execute, in marble, a pedestrian statue of Washington, for the Rotun- r i i ua, was reierreu to the same- committee. Mr. Frelinghuy scn, from the committee on the judiciary, reported the bill sup plementary to the act for the punishment of crimes against the United States, with an a- mendment. The pension bill was taken up, the question be ing on the amendment extend ing the provisions of the bill to those who fought in the Indian wars, in the northwest and southwest, prior to the year l9o. air. Robinson moved that the bill be recommitted with instructions to substitute for the pensions proposed in the bill, donations of public land, in tracts not less than the eighth of a section, nor exceeding two sections, to officers and soldiers who served for six months, as militia or volunteers, or in the regular army, during the war of the revolution, or in any wars prior to the year 1795. A long debate ensued, in which several members took part. The Sen ale adjourned to Monday. Monday, 30. Mr. Smith, from the committee on finance, to which was referred the reso lution instructing the committee to inquire into the expediency of abolishing the offices of 2d Auditor and 2d Comptroller, made a report thereon which was read and ordered to be printed. ' The report is adverse to the objects of the resolution. Mr. King, from the commit tee on public lands, made re ports on several subjects that nad been committed to that committee. On motion of Mr. Broicn, 3,000 copies of the Re port ot the Secretary of the Treasury on the subiect of thn Tariff together with the plan of a oui tor trie permanent regula tion of the duties on imports, presented on Friday last, was ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate. At nn nnrlxr hour the Senate, on motion of Mr. bmith, went into the consi deration of Executive business, and continued sitting with clo sed doors until its adjournment. H. OF REPRESENTATIVES. Tuesday, April 24. The whole of the sitting was occu pied with tho trial of Gen. Houston. Wednesday, 25th. The case of Gen. Houston was continued through the day. Thursday, 26lh. On motion of Mr. Root, the committee of the whole on the state of the Union, was discharged from the further consideration of the resolutions in relation to the proposed amendments to the Constitution, touching the elec tion of President and Vice Pre sident of the United States, and the same were referred to a se lect committee of seven. The case of Gen. Houston was taken up, and the examination of wit nesses brought to a close. Mr. Key, the counsel for the accu sed, then proceeded to his ar gument in defence of Gen. Hon ston, which he continued near three hours, when he gave way to a motion by Mr. Patton, to postpone further proceedings in the case until to-morrow, which was agreed to, and the House adjourned. Friday, 21lh. Mr. Polk moved to refer to a select com mittee, the amendment propo sed by the Senate to the bill for the apportionment of Repre sentatives, among the several States according to the fifth census. After a short, spirited debate, the motion was agreed to. Gen. Houston was con ducted to ihcbarof the House by the Sergeant at arms. Tho Speaker informed the House that he had received a commu nication from Francis S. Key, Esq. the counsel for the accu sed, representing that he was prevented by indisposition from attending to a further investiga tion ot the case at nresent. Mr. Johnson, of Tennessee, re marked, that he was informed by the accused, that his counsel would probably be able to pro ceed to-morrow. He moved to postpone the trial until to morrow; which was agreed to. -The House went into com mittee upon the amendments of the Senate to the general ap propriation bill. An animated debate arose upon the motion of Mr. McDuffie to concur in the amendment of tho Si nntn striking out the outfit for a mi nister to France which mo tion was lost, yeas 81, nays 93. The bill was eventually report ed to the House, a portion of the amendments by the Senate having been concurred in, and the balance disagreed to. The Speaker laid before the House a communication from the Sec retary of the Treasury accom panied with a bill containing a projet on the subject of the Ta riffwhich was referred to the committee of manufactures, and ordered to be printed. The House then adjourned. Saturdaij, 2Wi. The trial of Uen. Houston was further postponed till Monday, in con sequence of the continued in disposition of Mr. Key, his counsel The further consid eration of the report in the case of the Collector of Wiscasset, was postponed till Monday. 1 he iiour having expired, the rule of the House, devoting Sa turday to private business, was suspended. The Revolutiona ry pensions bill was the next business in order. Mr Mc Duffle moved to lay it 0n the table, and the motion was a greed to-ayes 80, noes 74. he IIouse then took up the general appropriation bill. Tju, amendment making an appl0. priation of $3,500 for extra ser vices in the Surveyor's office ja III inois, Missouri and Arkansas which was struck from the bili ly the committee, being consi dered and discussed, upon a di vision, the House agreed with the report of the committee ayes 70, noes 51. At the surr. gestion of Mr. McDuffie, all the amendments of the Senate to which the committee had a greed, were concurred in by the House. A debate ensued on the vote of the committee, dis agreeing to the amendment of the Senate, striking out the ap propriation of $9,000 for an out fit for a Minister to France, and the question was ultimately de cided in the affirmative, on a division ayes 102, noes 77 So the grant of $9,000, for an outfit for a Minister to France was reinstated in the bill. The House then adjourned. Monday, 30th. On motion of Mr. Horn, modified ut the suggestion 6f Mr. Adams, the memorial of the Philadelphia Free Trade Convention, toge ther with the bill reported from the committee on manufactures, was referred to a committee of the whole on the state of the Union. The further proceed ings in the case of the breach of privilege were suspended till Tuesday, in consequence of the continued indisposition of Mr. Key, the counsel of Gen. Hous ton. The House then resumed the consideration of the general appropriation bill, when several amendments proposed by the committee were agreed to. Mr. Clayton, on the part of the select committee on the affairs of the Bank, presented a report on that subject, and moved that it be referred to a committee of the whole on the state of the Union, and printed. . A discus sion took place on the subject of the report. The report was ultimately referred to a commit tee of the whole, and ordered to be printed. TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1832. pOn Monday, the 23d ult. the following persons were elected War dens of the Poor of this county, for the ensuing three years: John Mer cer, Turner By n um, William Barnes, John W. Barnes, Henry Shirley, Willis Knight and James George. (QThe Baltimore Convention, for the purpose of selecting a suitable person to be placed on the Jackson Ticket as Vice President, will assem ble on Monday, the 21st inst. ttT9 A meeting of Delegates from the counties of Nash, Franklin, War ren and Halifax, composing the third electoral district of this State, was held at the house of Henry Sims, on the 28lh ult. at which William P. Williams, of Franklin, was unani mously appointed a delegate to repre sent that district in the Baltimore Convention, in place of Gen. Wil liams, dee'd. A meeting of the citizens of Beau fort county, was held at the Court House in Washington, on the 2d inst. John Gray Blount, Esq. was called to preside, and John S. Hawks appoint ed Secretary. Henry S. Clark, Esq. explained the objects of the meeting, after which a committee was appoint ed who after retiring for a short time reported resolutions, which were una nimously adopted, disapproving of the Baltimore Convention declaring that they have no confidence in the patriotism or principles of Martin Van Buren disapproving and pro testing against the meeting at Raleigh, having appointed individuals to reprc?
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