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TIIQMAS LORlSd; Editor and Proprietor. , ' ;tiie commercial la published every TVetrfny, Tkurtdty, and Saturday 45 per annum', pnynblc, In all oiim, in idvance, H Y THOMAS LORING, Corner of Front and Market Street, WILMINGTON. X. C. ATBS Or ADVERTISING. I square, I inscrtion.SO 50 I 1 square, 1 months, $4 00 I do. 2 do. 75 I 1 d. 3 do. 6 00 f t do. 3 do. 100 1 do. 6 do. 8 00 1 I do. 1 month, 2 50 1 do. 1 year, 12 00 Twelve lines or 1pm make- a sqnsTe. If an adver- , ti soman! exceeds twelve linea, the price will be In pro portion. , ' All advertisements are payable at the time or their j insertion. Contracts with yearly advertisers, will be made on , iha most liberal terms. PR. DANIEL IK PRE, RESPECTFULLY offers his Professional Ser-; vIcch to the citizens of Wilmington and vicinity, i He may be found at his Office, In London's Build- j isos, on Front Street, south of Market. June 26. 44-3m '. iIrocbries,' drygoods, and hardware, , WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, HY ' C. W. BRADLEY. April 4. 'J MYERS & BARNUM, M.ISITACTUIIERS AMD DEALERS IN , HATS, CAPS, UMBRELLAS, ! AND WALKING CANES, j WHOLESALE AN RETAIL, j MARKET STREET, WILMINGTON, N. C. j C, Mvebs. J. M. BAnvi M. Oct. 6, lR-lfi. 85 RICHARD M ORRIS, NOTARY PUBLIC, WILMINGTON, x. C. Jnn 13. 12fi II. S. KELLY, MERCHANT TA1LOK, MAnKRl STBr.ET, WILMINGTON, March 17. N. O. 1 JOHN II A L L , (l.ATK OF VILMINOTON, NORTH CAROLINA.) I COMMISSION MERCHANT, AND AGENT , TOR Till'. 8JI.C fll' N'JIITII fAHill.INI NAYW. .STORES i il (ill.i VlUR STREET, j Jew Orleans, j January 1. 117. ' ALEXANDER HER RON, Jit. GENERAL C O M MISSION ME R CI I A N T, Wilmington, (iV. C.) Packet Office, NO. J')' NOBTII WNARVES, i'ini.,vnr.i.piiTA. Refer to -. L). Elms, I'.q. . J, Li TTr.ni.oM, A hit. 11. Wilmington, . C. G3 DEROSSET, liUOWiX k Co., GESERAE COMM1SSIOS MERCHASTS, WILMINGTON, N. C. BROWN, DEROSSET k Co., i. ESERA I. COMMISSIOS MEK II AXTS, l.V.l FRONT HT. NEW YORK. A . M A R T 1 N GENERAL AN l C ominissio n AG EXT IN I c re h a nt. North Water, I Door above Triiicrss Street, (Muijilii't lluildinc;,) WILMINGTON, N. C. Oet. 3. Si J. &, . L. McGARY FORWHDI Nli AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, A :,f.nt-i or the Mrnr (i sntr' Steam Boat Co. WLMIN GTON, N. C. ROWLEY, ASHBURNER 6c CO. General Loiumisxion Merchants, Nov 5 A Ci Sun n Wharveh, IMIILADELIMIIA. ; Wo sre prcpsre.l to make liberal advances on ship mollis of .Naval Stoics, &., consigned to us for sole. Kef r to Samuel Potter F.sn. ) W , N. C John Gammell, Lsq. k Januaiy 16. 1' !y. ELIJAH DICKINSON, COMMISSION MERC1IA NT, .Senior partner of the late firm of Dickinson d Morris,) WILMINGTON, N. r. Rr.rr.R - - RIr.;-r, B. DeForest cV Co. Ncsmiih Si Walsh New Yolk. E D. Peters & Co., nos(on Means 4. Clark, S Walters Soudcr, J rhiiajlelplui . A.Denjoni.Oo., J Oct a is iG. Hyp ; ""T.ilXl:sime jTuopeson, AtiUNTS roll TIIF. SAI.F. OV TIMBER, EC Mil Ell, At. s l nir. 't will make liberal cash advances on nil consilium! of produce. March 17. I SANDFORD &. SMITH. AUCTIONEERS k COSMISSIOS MERCHANTS, WII.MINOTON, N. C. Titos. sAwnrosD, Oct. H, IM6- WM. L SMITH. J. HATHAWAY & SON, COM MISSION M E RC II ANT S, , 3nl Door ?irtr Mnl.T.-irr. WILMINGTON, N.C. VOJ.. 2. BARRY & BRYANT, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, WILMINGTON, N. C. I tf. March lfi. JOHN C. LATTA, COMMISSION MERC II A NT, AND GENERAL AGENT, WILMINGTON, N. C. Oct. 10, 13 lfi. 87 N. Ii. HUGHES COMMISSION MERCHANT AND GENERAL AGENT Fu the sale of all kinds of Ooods, Country Prodilc ana Keul f.BtntP, ! RALEIGH, N. C. 1 Business entrusted to him shall be promptly and faithfully attended to. Rufur to tho Editor of The Commercial. i Jun 42 G. W. DAVIS, I COMMISSION MERCHANT, i WILMINGTON, N. C. , Mar h 17. 1 BLANKS 1 PRINTED TO ORDER, AT THE j COMMERCIAL OFFICE. I ; L. 8. YOKKE, ; GENERAL !CO MMISSION MERCHANT, ' NORTH CAROLINA PACKET OFFICE. 43 1-2 NORTH WHARVES, PHILADELPHIA, j June!), 1616. ly37 j CHARLES D. ELLIS, i I COMMISSION MERCHANT, j ! TT A VINO transferred the agency of the Cape Fear , I IN. S. Mill, he is now prepared to transact any business committed to his trust. OHice on W. C. Lord' wharf lately occupied by Russell & Gammeli. , j Mnyri. 25 ' 1 THOMAS SANDFORI), ! 1 .V O T A R Y P UB L I ( ', WILMINGTON, N. ('. March TV 117. j NELT WARNER, 1 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN i lHY (iOOl)S, OIIUCEIIIES, SlIII' CHAX- DLEIiY, SHU' STORES, if-c. April II. H i 1L IT S T A N T O N C O., I WHOLESALE ANO RETAIL ! I (iROCERS, AND DEAl.tlllH IN Dry Good, Clothing, lint, Cap'' Boots, Shoes, Furniture, Hard- u-arc, Citlkry, Tin Ware, Croclcry, iS'r-: fyf- i WILMINGTON, S. C. ' II. Stat..n. L. N. Hahlow ; f '10NSTANTI.V on hand, a v cral assortment ol ' (R1 (IE and I'h'OVISIOSS. Also. For- i i;:n Fruit, Wines, Llfiiors. Teas. Porter, Ale, Ac. V Snip Stores put up with despatch i Oct. 31, 1 10. PIANO FORTES FOR SALE, i ON'F. Elecant Piano rortc. In Hose- wood ense, of L. Gilrert's ninnufac- i lure, Hosiim. Also, one second hand I I'ian Foite, lor sale by ihc Subserihei, in Ins Music , . Room, oppiiriie ihc Chnmirh OXa-. ! Piano FnrL s tuned and repaired in n satisfactoiy I manticr. I G. F. B. LEIGIITON. J March 117 ' CHAIRS. J LARGE ASSORTMENT of best J New York Manufactured Cane and Rush Hollom, Maple and Rosewood Illack Walnut, Grecian, with Cushions. Common Windsor. Olliee Chans; Rush and Cann seal Sewini' Chairs, with Rockers Children's hair, te., Ac. A. MARTIN. 27 PLANED LUMBER. rPIIE Sub.eiib. r hinintr becomn Apent for the 1 sal.' of the akivo aiiieli-, for Central Planini! Mill will keep constantly on W. C. Lord's wharf a full sup- nlv for sale In lots to suit !urennsers. C. D. ELLIS, Lurd'sbulldlne. i i June ?4. SODA UISIXTT. 1 "A BOXES S.ida nscuil, J J 10 Barrels ' Just received by SANDFORD June 10. SMITH. 37. ACCLUSTIAL. t O DOZ ol that celebrated article for restoring ami bcauuiyint'tnnair,rn .,, L.IN.nvsJ For sal.- by ' May 1Q jyi till.rvi...''-. uu o Market Sire:, j tereSL in ony case, wc believe that the drs July 8. i liny of California is more nearly wrapped SUPERIOR HAMS. A LOT of very fine hnms put np 'pre1iv,f',,r.f'1 Ity uso, for sale, by HOWARD & l'LDI.N fun JuosSih 1647. HAY CORN, FLOUR .V nrvTl HALES prime liny vA 600 Bushels Whito Corn, Rl) Barrels Sutrcr. Fine snd Cross I- lo ur 20 Boies Polo Soap. 20 " Adamantine Candles, 100 Bushels ''ow Bess, Just received, and far wile hy .,,,., SANDKORD &. SMITH. July 8. 1847. 70 LASSES. rrf- HHDS ttUetcd Muscovado Molasses, to ar ) rlvo per Bri Hnmurl Pultor, lor sale, by J ' DsttOSSET, BROWN A Co Junc28lh, L-47. 4:' COW P E A S ry r-( BUSHELS, umly eupcoieo. pT i " OU Owrltt ioj.ai, (rom Windsor, N c . ....... l....n..r Nit, by PUBLISHED TRI WEEKLY, 7 '" ' WILMINGTON, THURSDAY. WOMAN". :- B V MRS. L 0C K X . Wom.TD, toiling, toilinj, ever Heedless of the world's reward, For thine own, or fur thy neighbor, What, alas, is thy reward 1 ' Toiling (fay and night incessant, Mid thy household mirth or wnil, With thy slight frame wom and feeble, And thy t hi n lips pressed and pale, - Reckless of thy morning sliirrlbjer. Soothing gi id' and soothing want. Blessing childhood, ng and manhood Ever, ever minii'tant. Hy the bed of pain and anguish, Where man's sterner spirit quails, Watching wiih the Mars of midnight, Failing not when all hope lails. And e'en yet still firmly sitting l!y the silent khrouded dead, Kneeling calm, yet low and hopeless For the shadow o'er the spread Art thou not as man heroic, Though no wreath thy brow entwines, Though thy name be written, never, On earth's lair and gilded lines'! Art thou not as man heroic, Toiling though in solitude ; Wi'hthy meek heart asking nothing, But approval of the good 1 Art thou not as man heroic, Bending not 'neaih plumed crot ; Dost thou not thy country honor, With no star upon thy breast 1 Toil'st ihou not like him as nobly, Binding wounds his sternness made; Drying oft the tear that would not In the brimful fount be stayed! Though thy spirits lalth be sinking, For the harsh and bitter word, Yet thou folhi west the r:ekle, Careful for thy cherished lout. Hast thou not the meed of labor, As the wean'ness it brings ; Though ihou Idlest not ihe forest, For the. palaces of kings ; Though '.lion heatest not the anvil, Though ihou breakest not the clod ; Nolle the reward thou earnest Love of man and love ol God. Though thou opeucst not Ihe furrow, Though thou strcwest not the seed, Though ihou binclest not ihc harvest, Thine is ihe toil I he world shall heed. Though the herd thou riever foldest Tendest not the clustering vine, Siill amid ihe shouts of " Labor," Ask not what reward is ihine. While amid'st the puJc of " labor,'' Glory, glory is i s ciy; A'-k not if I liv toil is wasted, Or forgotten thou shall die, Smiling brighter clap ihy infant, Leaning trustful on thy breast; I lold tin- patienc ' wi h the aged, Till he teach his hnal rest. Pres-thy lip, lest thy complaining l!e bv oihers ill-adv ieii, Thy infirmities forgetting His not thine are sympathized; Bend unwearying o'er fond childh .d Smile amidst its waywardness, Heir wi.h erring youth in kindness, Bless him who once vowed to bless. Up, am ing the weary wo-warn, In ihc I wlv, tearful home, Find thy duty and thy pleasure, Thy rewatd shall suiely come From I( Uors Con; rciul Rrcirxr. i CALIFORNIA. i The people of the United States very nat ' urally feel a very great interest in everything ' connect! d w ith this terra incoputa, border ' ing upon our territories, and under the juris 1 diction of a power with whom wo are now j at war. The military possession which we rnun 1'iLrn n lihn enuntrv. nnd the imnor- pn.i, tn L conserved bv its retention or ! ! bn Uo nm r. little niiftnentrd this , up in that ol the repub.ic ot tne noun uiuu of tho central despotism wtiicli tins niincnu claimed it ns ils own This territory became first known to Eu ropeans in the romantic age of Cortez, whose fleets navigated its gull and its main stream, known as the Colorado of iho weti. The Jesuits peopled the country and ruled il until their overthrow left it in tho hands of the Dominicans. Here it declined more rapidly than its previous progtess. California rests ted but leebly the aibitrary policy of Santa Anna in overthrowing the Constitution ol 1824. In 1833, Mr. Forsyth oflcred, on the part of ihe American governmcnL five millions of dollars for the country. Seven yeais after, Capl. Jones, of our navy, seized ., ,nn n nori nf Montciev and raised the A- i ' . . J . . . , mericaii r iul; mi "' niiomn. .. u. for , )c(:n jccarcj between the two govern Ik., r .at L-nn lllllln I I II.) L t J I BY THOMAS LORING. ""t -V v. " . flJPUNJNG, JULY 22, 1817. ;'lna( Ul t L l)l,;t,l.,t..L:. rSoraAmnicnn, a wiite r, from his indivjij twilt J-rvation rind trnvcls, gives mnny inter-j eslinrfpnrticulars in relation to California, upoiyvhich vc shall draw in the further pro ,yi uui ieiii.il L3. ore are, in upper California twenty one ions. Ilii seimvo under their charge lards of must abundant fruit, scarcely re- (MjSjpio; any attention, such as peaches now $forfcto?, plums, nectarines, oranges and np- $eLago vineyuids of grapes in highest per- , 8ct. 'H;Tfre is a largo commerce conducted with vl -k K k ..... . iDfiuwicli islands, much ol il in lumber. Tho red wood, a species of pirte, grows to t'vo hundred fed in heiglith, is not hurt by worms, not easily rotttJ, makrs rxcellmt shingles and building materials. Auullier ' article of commerce is sonp, it is of inferior u;ility, made with facility at little, cost, and yields a very considerable profit. Wild and ! uncultivated cotton is found in the country ; ! the Indians have it wot krd into blankets. j The bushes arc six to nino feet high. The ! pasttirngo for sheep, and the facilitus of wool , raising is untivalhd The products of the i water arc salmon and salmon trout. The whale is killed in the very harbor of Mon terey, and the seal and sea otter are not rare. Doer course tho woods in great numbers. j Elk arc found in the San Joaquin Valley, ,md arc taken with the Ias30 ; the hide is used lor leather, and tho tallow for soap. The g-rissly bear, too, makes ils unwelcome vis its. Dorses exist in any quantity, wild. Thr y iiave been stayed by hundreds to make use ofihcir pastures for smaller cattle. It is said that Capt. Smith, of St Louis, bought sever al hundred of them in 1827, at an average price ol nine dollais, and that mares have been bought us low ns filty cents each. As many as forty thousand wild 'hoists nnd man s have been seen nt a time on the Tula rer plains. In conscqm ncc of the scatUttd condition of inhabitant, horses are iudisptn S.iMe in California. "All pans of California" says the corres pondi nt of the North American "are not alike njual in fertility of soil. To the south ward of San Luis Obispo the farmers consid er Uuy have a good crop of wheat il they gather thitty bushels for one ol seed , Ucnns, corn, peas, melons, pumpkins, etc., etc., yield all over California, but the most . lertile land is from San Luis Obispo to tho northward. "I have mentioned the above as an exam ple, that p oplc may be on their guard, be cause I have already seen some of tho per j sons who came over in the last emigration, who stated to me that they had been persons , well to do, and that nothing in the world had I tempted them to sell off their property and j emigrate to California but the reading of a I small book published by an American who I had visited California, and that they had been 1 most en-reffiouslv disanDointed. That the fertility of the soil in most parts of Califor nia is most extraordinary rich, no person can denv. or that ils vanetv of soil and climate which last is in all parts excellent, will ena- 1 blc itto produce innumerable varieties of veg- I ctation is likewise not to denied, but as I wish ! lo represent things as they really are, and as, I I have no interest whatever in deceiving any 1 one, I shall contradict such absutdiue? when 1 ever I fall in with them." "I shall now, ' the writer continues, "give ' vou an account with the descriplions of the ! principal classes of timber in California, be- ginning witn tne rru pine tree, i ins wee : commonly grows from two hundred and fifty ! to three hundred feet high. 1 have men?ured I otic when Idled that was three hundred and ' twenty seven feet from the butt to the point or , head tins was by no means on uncommon size tree. b. in" but nine feet in diameter where it was cut ofT, and the largest ever 1 saw measured while stanJing was forty two ; ...... ... ..;.cmrn ne,. have heard o much 1 CU III IHUIIIIO. HVV. Inrcer oiks, but never sawone; nll Bon- rnonl'ir in I In l r these trees dimensions I'm in the bottom to the top. The hen n of a i .. i . ..I ounT tree begins to lorn ieu m uuuui o.. years old, the outside from two to three inches in thickness, always remaining white; the bail; is stringy nnd ditticu.t to cut mrotign, even with the sharpest axe ; it may well be compared to the husk of the cocoa nut- The leaf and burr arc very similar to those of the spruce tree; and I have seen several trees felled in the spring of the year which hare discharged as much as a barrel of water the . . moment ihc axe hns struck the heart ol mi tu,m j exceed in all iniriy oMoriy iuuuwiw. uo "The limber which this tree produces is I fur traders from the United Stales are scat invaluablcforitsdu.abil.lv, the worm does tered every where in tb,s territory, especially not enter it after it has been put to use, though , about the shores of the Colorado. while the tree is standing there is a worm The soil in genera., f.peci.y u u. v, wb.chisvery injunous to ,t. ilways entering cinit.es of the Pacific, is sterile. Rams ni the bottom of the branches where ibe knot scarcely ever prevail, and for years hardly a is almost equal to a find stone, always eats up-1 shower is known. Fertile spots .st on the wards so that the tree is very often found Colorado, Hut the region has not been mqch o be 'sound a, good ashighupasthefirsFesploretl. The vicinities of St Francisco branch nnd above thai it is sometimes found Bay, and St. Bcrnnrd are excepi.ons, and ex greatly injured by tho vorm. but whenever , h.bit great -uilfulness. There are no r b fhist.ee is cut down and dried this worm dies ..veins of gold in he nterior, and the pearl and no other in-ect ever enters the wood, and il divers on the Gulf find .are andnrec.ou, v. it is nronerlv seasoned before being put to us-, 1 rieties of that beaut.kil and valued coinmodf I cannot say if ever il rots nt nn.uniess u is nut in unme n ace in tti enounu wnere u is exposed lo the w it nn l dry sewons alternate ly, nnd even then it laMs an immense lengtn of time. NO. 54. "Several of (he old houses in the mission of Sun Carlos was pulled down this year for the purpose of getting the timber they con tained, and which was red wood, and the ben in j nnd lintels were as sound to all ap prnrnnce, ns the day they were put into these hctists, which must havo been some sixty or seventy years opo, nnd yet by driving the plune once over them, thev showed ai beauli- ful and bright a red as the day they were cut down. "For shingles this timber has not its equal, either for tho ease with which it is worked, or tor its u urn hi lily. I have seen a man make hy hand, that is to say split, shave and joint, fifteen hundred a day lor two months tt a time, "This tree is fond of hilly ground, it is seldom found on level places, but in ralleys and on the sides and tops of mountains, it grows in immense groves, and the great de mand there is for it in both this country and at tne ivinuwich Islands, provts the superior ity ol it to all other kinds of timber on the short s of the north 1'ucilir, Ocean I have heard many disputes amontt botanists as to its proper name, nnd it appears to me to re semble some jpecics of pine nearer than any thing rise. "From ten leagues to the southward of Monterey up to forty degrees notth latitude, California abounds with tho red wood tree, and the exportation nm kct has increased to such a degree that at the present day a board Ol 111 is species of wood cannot be bought in Monti rev nttmv nrice. nnd several buildintr? have born stoppid this year for the want of ant! produce. Virginia, in three different this class of timber. Since July bsd, there 1 points. She is talking now of stretching l-er havo been no less than five ihips in Mooter- J Internal Improvement across the mountains ey looking for a cargo ol red wood boards, to intercept nnd take tho rich produce of the joists, or jiiiiigli s, and none of them wire wc si ; and Petersburg has nearly all the mid able to procure as much ns they "rtquirrd, , die and some of our more eastern counties ; inertly for the want ol laborers or capitalists Chcraw, Columbia and Charleston get all who could tuin their attention to this blanch , our iputh western counties; and let the road of commerce and industry. j be finished from this place to Columbia, and '.Mxiittiey is half surrounded by groves , it will be seen that they will take the trade winch ixtend in some places about tin miles , from Fayettevil.'e and nothing can arrest it; back, in others two oi three. Theso are of , and ns to the products of Otfr rich Roanoke an excellent quality for ship masts, atadjrards, j table and river lands, the whole go into Nor wliuicutin the proper season ;"lhey are ( 'folk. And our own State has only a very principally a sort of white pine, very tough, ! few counties iAjfie extreme east that give us and run generally from thirty to one hundred and ten feet high, nnd from one to four feet in diameter, seldom exceeding the latter ; the timber makes excellent flooring, but must be cuUn the winter, and must be well seasoned before being C8?d. Across the bay, nt Santa j Cruz, nnd to the noith'vord, there are im mense quantities of yellow pine. Samplts of tho red and white and yellow pine were last year taken to the Marquesas Islands by the French missionary ship Lyon. " 1 here are likewise several kinds of onk i . ... in Ualilornia ; tne large DiaCK oan tree isnimgion compuny oo compenj w iskc up very plentiful, though the trunks of none of their road from the point of union to the jnnc these trees grow as high as fifty feet clear on lion of the Raleigh and Gaston and the Pa brancher, but the common growth of them is tcrsburg road, which will throw the w'fcole from fifteen lo thirty feet, seldom exceeding j of the south western trade through Charles the latter clear of branches. i ion, Wilmington, Goldsborough, Raleigh "About twelve miles lo the southward of Monterey is a largo cypres grove, ibis is ano ther very valuable class of timber, both lor its beautiful clear grain, and for its durability. This tree dors not grow large here ; they run commonly not over seventy or eighty feet high, and at about twenty livo or nt most thirty feet from the ground, they begin lo branch out, consequently the timber above height is unservicablc. "Button-wood, willow, ronlar. alder, cot- ton-wood, and black and white nsh, are very . '. abundant nil ovci the country, nnd some of mrse grow iu uu immense ai.r, un mc .ij little used except for fencing or building , wooden huts in the loughest style. There is likewise a species of shiub oak growing , in. this country very abundantly, but I know ot no omer u u .u uc pui i uui mo nvw and for this purpose it IS excellent, tnougn many people say the bark is very excellent t for tanning. The tree scarcely ever grow 1 eitrht feet straight ud : it generally Deems to ii i . . . Q II I giow crooked from its very root ; sometimes ' vessels use it to make knees, but I do not be- lieve it is durable, and the maggot generally .L ftrcl voar fter it is rut down. jjiu nnu num no. - "On the borders of the Sacramento river and in the Sacramento valley, besides the diflerent species of timber already mentioned, will be found ihe walnut, hickory, maple, and several other kinds of timber. In short, if California were as well watered (though this is not scarce,) as it is wooded, it would sur pass every country in the known world." The i.oDulation of California is mixed ab- - . . 'I . if...: a origines, Spanisti, bdu foreign, aim ,y- Nmiuu ants. 27.703 t;.s-:ngers anived at New York from foreign ports during the month of June. Frwsj (h$ ItaUtgh fUmr, THE CRISIS. Ont tlep mart and Ou produei qf 0i$ Slab U w wOt b tntirdy btt. ; Mr. EdiUrr':-tt would went (hat north ern capital is coming to oar help hi rh wty of extending rail road nd telegraphic line from this, away into ihe ar south west lo some respects, this will appear to b tery de sirable and will greatly1 ejpe3te iDfoirnitloil and travel, and you may rest assured that if this company once takes bold of it, that it will be well done ; and they will be sore to make it a profitable investment, and his be lieved that from this point thry will take pea sengers into the city of New York in some forty one or two hours. And this contem plated improvement from Raleigh to the far south west, makes this an important crisis for us as a Stale and people. Then it becomes us to inquire what effect it will have opoa nt, growing out of these improvements ; hi it ia very probable that a proposition will be made to purchase the Raleigh and Gaston Rail Road, to continue it from this place to Co lumbia; and no doubt very many of oar citi zens will be highly pleased with the press pect. Now, if they can cflect this pore base, what will be the possible amount that the State may expect to receive for it with all its fixtures 7 Will it command the half, or two thirds of the State debt, (which would be like giving it atvny) not speaking of tho entire loss ot our citizens in it ? Il this sale is bat once made, it will only be the beeinninsr of trouble to us ; for let it be completed rom Raleigh to Columbia, and the State stock, and the private interest of our citizens so the Wilmington Road will be forever sunfTflndl lost, aod all that we will be able tojca; for the millions spent on Internal JmpTyo ment in North Carolina will be toCaee the cars as they pass some point ol the subarba of our city, like a winged bird without stop ping until they reach Portsmouth. One sin gle mis step at this time may forever place us in this position. All our neighboring States arc now vicing with each other for our trade any credit in the way of exports. It must be seen that this leaves us but little to give ns a name abroad. Thus giving all our strength and health lo others leaves our citizens to work to support our State government We have at this time one more opportuni ty of saving our State in the way of Infrnal Improvement. That is, wbeo the northern capitalists are about to trade for the Raleigh and Gaston Road, let it be properly under stood that it shall bo taken to the nearest point ol the Wilmington road, and that the Wil- Z i n. j , and Gaston ; thus giving the travellers their choice of Petersburg or Portsmouth; then our eastern seaports vill have an opportunity I of competing with our sister States lor the , trade and product ol our own soil, as well as . for the exports and imports of the State. v nen r ayetteviiie couia nave a turnpike from our southeastern counties into their city, j which would do more for her in the way of , trade, than to have a Rail Road Iront that place to Charleston, by raising a eoropeti- 'ion for her own trade, for which Charleston iii .a. a i would be seen to be the successful competi tor, and then the great western turnpike could be made to Raleigh, giving her own seaport a fair competition with Petersburg, Richmond, Cheraw, Columbia, Charleston and Norfolk, and the travel from oar eastern counties going north and west would increase , . t , '""J "y per cent, and our own amports are the best markets for West India produce in the whole southern States. Beaufort would i saam hanMna nna ni ns ri rwi susaiwiria mar nnr. thcrn and European trades. Bat it is thought by many that what could be made so profita ble an investment of northern capitalists, might and could be made eqnally efficient and lucrative to ourselves; and it woo Id be the saving of the credit and reputation of the Slate, as well as to save the entire stock of the State on both roads as well as the vast amounts invested by our ciiizenr, and so make it good stock for tne whole ; arid the State in a few vears would be raid for Its loan to the Ral eigh and Gaston Road, when the scrip held by our citizens for slock should be made good to them again. This, perhaps will be the only opportunity that we as a Stato will ever have to make good that course of Internal improvement which has worked for us so bedly, both tor the stockholders and oor people fenerally. We have now the time to correct thia br uniting our road in such tnanner tbat it will trake the stock ot both good, and will ena ble us to stand as high as any of oar sis ter Slates in the way ol Internal Improve ments ; snd will enable us to make as fine an exhibit o! the product of oor soil and of oar exports ana imports as any m mui. this crisil pass and our Raleigh and Gaston. Rail Road hill into other haoda, who will if rect our traae ana proaw w w.. then we must fore m be "hewers of0 i drawers of water" for them that will be suff t w try to be oat masters. pjjiTON J. Hatiiawa V. Oct V. 1P4R J, L. Hathawav. 04 O W. DWD menis,
The Tri-Weekly Commercial (Wilmington, N.C.)
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July 22, 1847, edition 1
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