Inj with hi l.ibnr upon his f-rri tho grading he I
w.ll be jti'j r r jil to ihj with his own luuds, an ! I
th imploT." lory arc cccuHtomt .1 to wo wliil't '
IJ tfuiber i ;cnding" all a 'oh tin linr "oft'if '
IUd, rvdy to be eut down' and used, with vury .1
little exp:ne even for preparing or hauling: the
.Umber tint acquiring a yulue, am! yieldlug a pro.
(t. which, under ordinary circumstances, it could
cot id, being nhncei. valueless a it stiitviK. .'
W'iT'tiifposp that good part of the Fayettcville
and Sii!ibury. Plank Ro id might bp built upon the
J Ro,uiy but of this we-have no kuonWgo.
The di-t.incc is torn? 125 mile. A rough. etl
mate of ili average cest, per mile, we have seen,
which mav or may nut be marly correct hut
trr errors of fact or calculation in it, tin. j can b
asily poured on! :
Estimate ec:l lr wile, .
Fill? 4 hv 1 inch mmlii:;, 1 t.!!j:l M
I'.ti It fc i t I n li s t'i k, 1 1. 1 '
a croaker-a df-magogi:;:!
We tru.-d thai the Kb-r.il, enlightened, ar.J poi
re JccU!;enspt..l;e Stat-', . ofji ll jr. rtie, .will
frown indignantly upon the attempt rtf a writer in
tV Sumdarj, who signs himself 'Anti State Deb!,"
to array the Democratic party in oppcwitieil to the
improvement of the St ito, and to create" a prcju
rll against Mr. 'Sj.aker Graves, for thn 'noUc
stand he-took in favor of llic State' great measures,
when he gave his fnsti! voto for the .Central
' Hail Ro::iI Bill.' The broken down political I'om
agognfj who wriici theas ur;ii:l"s, .sen his whole
', s'oi'k of capital departing from him, and hence his
i spleen an I malevolence rios to the full tide ; an J
or may nut r,e marly correct run , . . . , . . . , ,
J . . l,.-ni.n Ina ii'iuh tn ti'iibn i-n tlm nurtu trt imiliii-h nn'
thr chii be no lunu iii civniffii.; bptaiKt if tlicrn 1 , , . ... ,, . .- ,,
o Vvnnnq in ,irin-.tinn I n ,-iiinril i n it I hp
h'oli-iniuded and enlightened leaders if U.e Demo
crat? in the lest legislature will still stand by the
liljb-niiu-loJ and cnlij'itencd leader of 'the Whig
ami still exhibit the notdo spectacle, of striving
;)n sliali bo foremost, most 7.e;t'ousland ra'cient,.
in (arryinij nut nud perfeetins; the frranj (nd.erncs
tini'.nri('d by llicir iinitcd nnd vigorous r-fiir!',
wi'eil laying de;vn parly namep, utid party fed
iii';!; t!i'"y c 'operated together fur the welfare and
50 in! Honor oi wo .mate. An l we trusted mat no rtr
10J ') j'woulil attenpt to exe'rte p.irly feeling npos ;the I
'subject. We are imatuken. Thia niwral'le cna-
K-!ti 00 ker, tr.vn ttie man;ic of Martin, introduce hi :
" Fuclt in tlx riii:iate. Hi anrne.-e.tlint $1250 i lrb and d'acordant not. and lilts once more t!.o ;
fu r mile would bo alxnt the a,-tu.il cost on ibe lin j l''iil.rii.o song of the .demagogue, winch lies :
if the Road, ma kirn- the whole diet not fur fro-n i h'-"' :m?.ln the can cf th people ol the O.d ;
i K. .1 IT . t .1 , . . . II!" I
250,000.. Ave say M,becaue the experiment is iwu-natp loruie last twemy-uw ycra)..iuiimr
in the State, and nil such cert more at lir.'t. them in mglor.oiw slumber and ninth, while, with
3 yK pub!ih to-dur, the Spe:c!. of Mr. J. M.
I.rA-n of 1) .viilirn, on the 1,111 to abulivh Jury Tri
al in tho Comity Limit, 'i'lie arguments and
ftasonlog'he'ttsw, t!ie rMd'T will aeo; are forci
ble, nnd worthy of consideratien, We incline to
the opinion th.it our people are 1 it yet prepared
. Ero-n t'le CointnTsiiil.
Wi:.h:x.;tuN, lVbruary 13:U, 1.H9.
." s.-TS. KUUrs. friend hm handrd to tin
your papr'f the 10th in ;t.7aiii 'in:cd oiii the
( irmuin.-i 111 which ytju w;rn pieau 10 niaiiu noil-
orable mention of curtain dutiea which I was cull
ARRIVAL OF TAYLOR'S r.W.H.Y.t
We !-(! rn lliat t'ul. liii-, ! arco:rpmi, d by hi" j
lady, una Mm. Taylor, arr.vol in t! Wafiiinjf'oii
cii'W, titli pnvecded to the rcniJ;-i)e,e or'Mr. CJr.v-
bam:-, in g.iralOjp atr 'et, v. h'.-re t'u y will remain
Ef.ANK ItOAD.
I' v. :;l h ili it lb-. IVii-.e f r !'!.- " 1 'n
llie frock iif fiiH Ci o;pi: v.--r- oj-'w-. ib i J
tiviMe on AVVdre-rf v. rwi w:!r Hi p-h l-p.
it place on Mon-.Vy ii "t. 'fx ' -t , t- i- t.'ejti-
initil after the inaumiratiiin. " Wc' barn from ! Pa"' i t'-nei rw-i!,- tye.itta.jiitfi it h.iv hv
f-,r to Ereat a chruige in their C.i.rta of Justice ; , pJ U10n to l)lriurul) iu ,hc u(e uleiiof the valhi)
and wo have certainty seen no evidence of their of Mexica.-'--
ilesirinj; it. The hi.,ines thrown upon the Sope- Although I would have nrefcrred: not luivini!
j riyr Court, bythepa'ssags of tin. measure, would ,ny name brought fore the public, etill, aa "a
nav oeen vry noavy, una wou.u aouuucra oo.i kihdnKM. ln ,ne K1. illteilHed. I return vou mv
harecallid for t!ie creation of new Circuit, and
an additional number of Judges.
Jlr. f,.:ch was an active anil fueful member of
the last legislature, and a such, redacted credit
upon the County be. represented.' His course was
than for the nuanr in which you nude use
of it. '."" "
There is. however, one inaccuracy in your re
markt. which ynn will permit me In corn-i-i II
repaid inv conduct at the loit of San Antonia.
liberal, sustainm those niram.res of State policy , Tlll, Fort , ft1(, work M b()en con,,rilcU,j &.
which are destined to bent fit the whole people, and ; rnlluJ a ,ar(fe jacion,ai (or M.jn.i(mi 0f a great
1 in which 111s con?inucni", we nope, are ulsolarge
! Iv to share. Wetrnrt lie received, on his return
'Whirhot S 1.0 per M. dmouiiti . t'j
l.ijiti( ami cr"'iil,
l.nKin-ti'nnif. CMineriutt nariice, i.:.,
ttateit and tint u House,
I5ndff, TaUr waj, Ac ,
. -S'lil 00
' . 1 ..! U
home, that welcome at their hands which he so
richly deserved, and which the people-of Davidui
are to generous to withhold frail u faithful public
servant. ..
landed proprietor,) nnd was hiipposed to contain
several battene of heavy gun, of the pmitiuii of
which. Con. Wrortli was ignorant. My duty wan,
to advance with my company, several hundred
yard, in front of cur Brigade, ((.i.irlatid's,) on the
I eaasewav i!'ai(irL' tu the Fort, for the purpose of
''"-.; drawitiL; the enemy's fire; 'by their Crinj at nie, I and Uev.'1'r..W.: A. fc'iaiih. to the j.tmuauia.
... . r .i. 1 , , t . . 1 1 ii, j., ,...,..,,. 1 1 . ,
. . ric nosiuon in unar uuitcrius vviiuiu in- iiihciivitcu i u, n .1,1 ni:ti,i i.-1 u,
Washington that on Iheir arrivaJ in that city, they
neve welcomed oil the wharf by a cowidorable
number of .citizens nnd friends, and that the steam
er Powhatan, Capt. Roger-", on which they cm
.up the ".Potomac, va ilc-corated vyitii iLga und
banniTJ. Sun.
ry to. mention the fact.. Wa I'ijik-.lirst i-u'r. citi.
zen iinj fully prrpari-d to take: their f'ljl sh-.r-' I
the siock. It should he dcr-.e proi-.'y a ri I i;!'C"r
fuhv. i'-v, O' .
IT 'Totojuv," the WaaMn
of tha U.ilUmore Patriot, under date of February 0,
writes r " A resolution previously offified by Mr.
. ' . f I work iinnii'JiaUlv after their fire had been drawn,
in' mil iuo,ie 01 eiocungi .ir-ruf, Dtrgeam-ai-rnis, 1 ,,,
and their aist itiis, was takiui up and passed. .
"A beautiful hrojrewivc democratic mano'iivre
rwcnlv-lhree Pnachrrt ure aihii!'t"d on trial,
and thri-e wre r-dinit'i-d n!Vr. tenipnrarv- ponnec
lion wiih uth'-r CVnf-rnrices, One of these Inner,
Ry. Fmii'is Uird,, was seventy years ni l, nnil had
bei'ii lo-.vitnl lorlv vcura. Itcv. Ir. A. II. I.oinrstrei-t,
hnv'iii,' been chosen reijidi-nt.ul' the (A'nteiie.ry C'ul
li'j;e, was tran-'f Tri-d to tlin Mississippi CvntVrr'ncr,'
I'ptli
e i!ii c .:s-
to (ien. W erth. who had ordered the Brigade from I ln ul lho '"'inral t luuorence hi ;U m Ni w 1 rk
which I wa takn tofiipport me. 'and to storm the! ( "'" 1,1 ' "" of ih 1 aurcb toot
The eccentric. John flanooloh e;- a; .-n.4.
n-iinT nf 1 1- ft! up !i '..'.,., tn j.-. unn 'a
MFniODI. r Kri sCOP.Vr. CHURCH SOUTH, j The .one was rmo of -sul-iiuv-T, and It over
The Georgia Annual Conference of Ibis Cburali, ! vv'mlmed him wiih the sens r.i' a prcwi.t Iei'v.
eoimuene.'d iti session at Augusta, on tbn Uhb ill I - 1 '-Jack." said Rani'olpli to the s-rv n' whoC'''''n
mo, and contuiii.-d us siuuigs until the eveuoig oftli.e ' pc.nicd hun, "it any 'body heru:'it-'f iys t th'v
- c .J t.tt L l. r ...1,
b til vij-.., nan :.r i.: ,1.
lDtli.
A .ropn aW cr.ar.iv rn prf-'-cnra of
d 1 b ' uK mv itt is Mi m i 1 c, il -1 -plicity
and liuniani.tr, how louche hsd (x-en diriib,; .
he waa thrown ott'lii !?unr-', und aniiivfired, "ffem
birth, madam." "IW fcliow," said the h.dy, nutl
Jivo him a dooar. .
r
V- are conlideiit, when our -people have experl- j hair-shut eye, tiicy saw tho profits of their labor
en-e, aud the.7n.xiS operandi is familiar to them, j st. aling away from th"m to enrich tin? merchant
t'-s... road rati lie. built for $1000 per mitclay- R"J traders of the neighboring States, until pover
1 ; 1 dou1 1 ti ick wh rever, anl mi) nikur, h di s )latioi and ruin utinng them in tho face,
t' ') ar' ucuia ly medel," for He con cnu n e if thev have av. ik-nd with a Urt,-n hiveni U
. t. ai-' pasjino-one another. Wherever tliofr(Und l. vigorously to work, to bo prosperous and
iiiaepemiem. n e say lie ng Lirougn. tu noie
j tint ' -ims old tune ' and rings tne changes ou
1 it thus dismal ;v. commencine at the ton : " A new
1 Debt ;' " involved tho State in doljt ;" " a de'it nf
I two millions of dollars ;"" a wild and profligate
) p; .fScirntly firm, they will have no nilticuhy in
. 1 . .1 1. .. 1 . .
. p ::;: g ou anuon me iraca ni picuauitf.
A iri, nd nar us lnsi.-t that Timber can be pot
tvt all' re at $ t tut per M. Hundy not, in market.
I very beautiful !- Messrs. Dickens and company a
1 mong the clerk, nnd Messrs. Bealc, Holland and
! company among the doorkeepers, are no more to
' liC il'.cU'u to the petitions they hold, a progressive
j.Democrjf.s-: but are to coivliniie in tluse place,
end consider thcin " life estates," as lung a? they
live and discreetly demean themselves that i,ntif
less some future resolution of the Senate shall re
scind, and cause black lines to be drawn around
T1,.' t, Plnl- rtn-n! PeiiMiniu' mn nrnc.iire if
1 ... , ., .l . . . r... i.,i ; ;;hcme of l.nOrnul Improvement; "taxation to
Cj-.mtir.c, where they want it, no charge lor haul-, t 1 -.,. -
WrQ ' uiiiuuui ui 11,1; 101H.-S nioii now y.iy ; . un
i enormous State Debt"!!! 4c. This ha been
fag being super,idded, at quite a low price,
Hio." inquire farther into this matter.
Ii ;: our article U suflicioiitly long fur the pre
c::t. " .
BALKIGII AND GASTON RAILROAD,
Tiiij Uoad i. closely connected with, and forma a
: tiio canV of demagogue for tho last twenty-five
1 year Iheir counsels hare prevailed, and what
I are we ? What have we pot to boast of? Why
j " the Slate has been out of debt!". And so she
j lias and her people have been deeply 111 debt.
1'hore were no barricade, and r:iwuonliv no
1 occasion forth? nsa of Ine axe which your m-
fi.rtiiiuit'pl.iccd 111 mv hands.
1 Ii vou will give a place to the above correction,
1 you will oblige your obedient s"rvant,
J R. M. M. JOHNSTON',
j Lite 1st Iciiteiiant 31 -Artillery.
J WVJi pleasure we give place to the abovo letter,
l and in doing so if is proper to remark in cxplana
j.tioi) of th article. I'll Jed to, that the facts wcr
furnished us by a friend, whose knowledge on sucli
the one whica his been till day passed in relation ! subjects is generally quite thorough and accurate;
to the subject.
"A nice move, indeed, on the part of tho Iicofo-
n iu e.
't'iie Secret -ry of the Canf.-i-cnee r'pf-rteii rVc rinr
) er Yr-li-jw." : whiles, t.l.Ti'G; colnni!, C'J4 ; lo
ca! jireaebers, LM. Jucri ase during ihe Ji af, v. biles,
e.':t7: piilorml. 5i:r! ! .e:il irr.--Mi..-., ' i.
crcasR. Ss- j M-iney raised for Missimmry purposeg,
for.-lS-tf, 8.53 5'-. luereitfis ov;r forir.-r yea-,
I 1 K V.I I)
A firmer mi eie-ted to 1 c jrporaU!.:
litia company, lit.
loin some ti ne uv
wou'-l di live fro.!;
wif', alter dueler-lee, r,n
n the ndvnnMg't Ins t ,r:
I'.s.exalt.ilir.n, inquired in
CI1H
Tho N'ew Orleans Bee h of dpmion tknt Cuba ; phalia. (he atoinach-scho
will yet become the property of ths United States
and that General Tiy! ir, tt itii that iir.ef ring srvga
city and strong cotntnon soiiko which inirrk his in-
deu'dc tone. "!ilun l. will it be pron-r to la our
children play witn th ne'ghbor'e uowl"
One of tMC great comets winch teri'iiied Eurep-i
some centuries ago, is said to have, pri-'ured l!.a
direful .cut strophe of giving a!l the Cil'a iu VVii
co majority of the Senate, to billet such a set ol Iv
cofoco officers upon a future Senate, which, in a
short time, will have. 1 Whig majority, to act wiih
General Taylor' Administration'!' W'hcn the
and in whose suggestion we cordially concurred j tellcct,ean neither be insen.sible to the incttiinal
that tho Public Press of North Carshna, should
not fail to bestow even in detail, proper honors upon
"1 li,m musty , wuat do you cui.'ni ".0:1 ire, y
think look '.veli eiioiigh," said Mrs. Purtlrigton to
her nfphew, who had rtturiieJ from a vcyagctj
that tho Pubbc Press of North Carelina; should ! advantas which would result frow the acquit-: ,a" mout" w") a 'ron.sioi
thin of Cuba, nor blind to the fact, that in the fid-! 01 cjarse J"liu " ou 'mJ lx tl,r fl'l ;r
the (jallantry and good conduct of her sons. ncs of thne, that splendid ttitd fertile island miift I 'ei otTMao you're seen round much -," and -
The truth is, that there is too little sensibility in j beenmrj part and parcel of the gigantic American , cu mysivriouwy ui uun u ne couuitut-u-i
I North Carolina to matters directly appertaining to 1 republic,
I ho Hoe states that disailectton towards Spain
is a prominent sentiment in the bosom of every na-
I and she has dnne nnthintr tn heln them mil nf it.
, ,-t el the grand Plan of Improuwntsadoptedby . .mpmf (,ir
. ar Suits-part of the connectiu8 link in the great . T, s . . . , , , ,
0 0; e-.tliern travel hiia, as sucn, inpnruni as , , ' r ,, ,,. , . . , f ny sunjecting tnai nouy 10 me unpiu anon 01 oeing
.u:i. .,.. 1 .r,j ,i -.i i . prosarintive. No false modesty, no sense of deli-
any, and 10 tins section of tne State peculiarly so.
W'tf hoj-e to ee it bucorao the object of interesting
r.nl earnrst solicitude to our people. Will it be
regenerated, a nd made useful anrl profitable ? That
it can be made so, we have never for one moment
doubted. l-ct the people have light and knowledge
tar thoir guidance and direction, lot them take
into consideration its advantages and inqiortanco
to them, even in its present condition lit them
ponder and reflect upou what would boiu facilities
if It were made what it ought to boanl then, su
peradded, let them see, that, when connected with
the Central Road, its stock will become a profita
ble investment, and fay, and who ca;i iuht that
money for it proper completion will bo furthcoming?
Oar Virginia friends will doubtless help us some
they feel a lively interest in this Road, the pro,
prrity of their own so much depending on it. W'e
have had evidence of their good wishes in our favor
already and we may expect thorn to come prompt
ly forward, as aeon as the opportunity ii offered, to
our aid.
That this Road has many enemies, we arc not !
r.ow, for tlic firvt lime to learn and 'their first de
monstration has been to pick a flaw in the Charter.
We took up our pen to notice the objection we have
Ii'-.d aurted, which, if wc understand it, is some
thing like this : That if, in pursuance of the act of
Urt Session, tlie Raleigh aud GasUil Railroad
Company be reviyed as a Corporation, every pri
vate claim against the former Corporation (of
which there are said to be many) will in like man
ner be revived, and como agaiust the newly form
ed Company.
We believe there is no weight in It, allowing
that there were such claims. For, to our mind, tho
act cf assembly crnto a new Company, making
provision, it is true, for "the late Stockholders of,
and obligors for, the Raleigh an .1 Gaston Railroad
Company, or any part of them," to become mem
bers, 'and such other persons and corporation as
may uMoc.iate with them," yet wliilo investing
them a a new Ompany, with all the " rights
franchises, powers," &.C, ury, there Is nothing
in the act to subject them to tic psymml nf th;
' ji( of the former Company all of which, we
Lum'dy conceive were concluded and let, (if there
which their products have rotted upon their hand ;
given them access to no markets ; afforded them
no inducemeM to improve their lands, and in
crease their labor left them and their children to
contend with poverty-until the Sheriff lias sold
them out; and, melancholy and broken-hearted,
they hare packed up nil in one little cart, on the
top of which they scat helpless infancy, pnl I the
wool-hat over their sad and determined brow and
turn their backs upon their slothful mother, to seek
in distant lands another home, of poverty, indeed,
but one on which the JiglTof-jkoj- may smile.--The
State he goes too, may not boast that she it
out of dell, like the one he left but he goes not
there to inquire cither the amount of her debt, or
of bis taxes. Bath will doubtless be heavier yet
he can live, and do better than ho Could in North
Carolina. No such ideas enier his brain, lie
will hunt some spot favored by nature, oraiJcd by
the improvements of the age, where he may
reach a market and find a purchaser- for the pro
ducts of hi labor! both of which have been,
through his life, denied him hoTe !
Whiirs do carry the majority in that body, it is hop-1 our own citizens, and to the character of the State
od they will make that odiona, aristocratic, anti-re- n individual sovereignty,
publican resolution, this day passed, very scarce, In conclusion we must say that we hardly re
or very inoperative. The present action of the grpt r mistake, since its correction has disclosed
majority in the matter has unquestionably been car- 'O'c performance by a gallant Officer at the head
t ried into eff,:ct with a view to throw upon the ,"i a aorui varoiiH company 1,1 h uiny, wiiii ii.
i Wings, when they shall have the majority in the j confessedly one of the most desperate in Military
Senate, the responsibility of undoing it; and there- tictirs. To march coolly, upon a concealed ene
my, for the parposeol drawing ni tire, ana an cov
ering his position, is the acme of courage, disci-
' MR. SPEAKER GRAVES.
....
Assuredly, not Bpon u devolves the defence of
the Speaker of the Senate from the stricture of
that arrogant scribbler, " Anti-State Debt." "One
self approving hour whole year out-weighs" of
such narrow-minded carping and the Speaker,
when the firnits of that policy he approved shall lie
dispensing benefits and blessings over tho whole
State, will have reached the acme of an enviable
and honorable fame, to which it would be vain for
his Crmi' even to look np, much le hope ever to
roach. And yet, with ubuive tongue, he seeks to
tarnish the Speaker's reputation and standing wiih.
iii party .' by stigmatising him as Bit apostate ! Let
him bandy epithets with his grovelling jxcrs.' His
hand can never reach the high elevation of Mr.
Speaker Grves ! supported by the gilted, the elo
quent, and the patriotic of all the parties; and
cheered by the approval of the true friends of our
native State, who tender her honor too much to
per.nit political shades of opinion to intermeddle
1 with what no man of sense can regard in a parti-
prescriptive,
cacy should prevent the Whig Senators, when they
shall have the majority, from rescinding this dicta
torial and anti-repulilica rnlo."
JT Wo hazard nothing in predicting, that Gen-
Taylor will show himself the same master spirit in
the Chair of State, as he did in the field. Nay, we
insist, he has already demonstrated this fact, in the
course hp has pursued since his elevation ta the
Presidency. lie has not gone about the country,
'asking this one's advice ov that one's opinion, as to
whom ho shall uppoint to bo his minister), ; lie
has not shown himself to be the dependent man
upon others, whom thrt Virion would fain persuade
n he is. On the contrary, lie has kept his own
counsels, and brought lo boar upon the cabinet
question, that judgment of his, Which lias never
rot failed to be equal to every emergency. And
what is there in the execution of the olficoof Pre
sident, lo be compnred, in difficulty and doubt, to
the execution of the office of commander-in-chief
011 tho battle-field of a Buena Vista ? Nothing,
nothing. The exercise of the sound senae that
has led him so far through difficulties and straits,
unparcllclcd for their danger will iffer fail to deliv
er him in whatever extremities he may find hitn
elf in the discharge cf civil executive duties. .".The
wholo country repose this confidence in him, and,
wc prophecy, he will not be tho man to distppoinf
It. This confidence was the cause of his election,
and the masses of the American peopls will stand
by him a President of these United States, let din-
appointed partisans, whether within or without,
misrepresent and oppose as they may.
line and patriotism..
A VETERAN.
The New Orleans Picayune, of tho 11th nit,
reminds the public that tlie previous day, formed j
the 50th anniversary of the day oa which Major
General Gaines received his firrt commission in
tho United States Army as Ensign in the ICth in
fantry. The commission was issued by President
John" Adams on the 10th January, 1799.
tive Cuban, It mentions as tho cause of this dis
affection, their distance from the mother country ;
nnd its selfish dominion ; their proximity to a land
of free institution ; tho fact that the entire power
and authority of the colonial government is vested
in ft handfull of greedy Spanish officials, whose ra
pacity and emoluments are boundless and whose
arrogance intolerable. No native Cuban is ever
appointed loan office of trust by the Spanish gov
ernment. Yet the planters fear the conscqncnccs
of a rebellion, and their natural indolence prevents
them from waking energetic eflort to redress their
I wrongs. Richmond Republican..; '
may have a bad effect on the children near, as it
did when Mr. TBrown built his catacomercd houses,
where, dout you think, three hundred and fifty lit
tle iunoccnu in tho-neighborhood was born wiih
cross eyes! You had bettor cut 'em off that thcter
may be no danger there's no knowing what might
happen ;" and the old lady wilit on exoliining the
circumstance of the cross eyes, and cited JacaV
sheep in evidence of certain causes producing cer
tain effects. , ' -.
in titvfit l till- fin llil anUiM nA al,ilM h !!
were any,) when the Slate closed it mortgage, and j ..... n,. ,v. ..' .,.. il;,
CXaCICa anu SOlzea upon iumm 01 m-nu, us
the Lion's share. Wc must leave this however lo
be answered by those friends tf tlie Road learn d
i the law."
Meanwhile, we take the occasion earnestly to
impress dpon the friend of the Road tlie imports n'
of action! Let them agitate 1 agitate!! AGI
TATE!!! It them get op Mass Meetings and
Conventions, and stir up the hearts of the people.
Let the friends of Improvement sustain each other
cvety where, until all shall be aroused to the mo
mentous importance of lli work wc have got to do:
tht we rnay be prepared lo go at It with good will,
and accomplish it with cheerful alacrity. ; We can
ride upon a full tide If we choose we can make it
for ourselves the control of our destiny, in this
respect, is in our own bands, and tliere ia no time
fur slumber. Let us up, and push ft rward, stvrm
forte nt, and ccmmMii auccessl We are bound
lo bare hi
mean for Whig and Democrat has nothing lo do
with it we should be iYort'i CareUniant, wide
awake and active, because wo have bea tluggards
too, long. '
AN(V." ,
The Rail Road Journal, emnming op the extra
erdinary influence of Railroads upon tlie Country
od upon the world fays: "Itrooy be safely
estimated that the entire expenditure, within the
last Si years in tlie projection and construction of
' railroads, will not fall ahort of on thousand million
'nf dollars ! and that their fofluence in facilitating
but incee, iu reducing tlie expense and time of tra
VI and in opening up new regions nf country, baa
gtrtn an increased value to property ef twice that
aumjitt ' "d yet their !i fluencet are only ju,t bv
jrltgtobof'dt."
' P A writer in the Greensboro' Patriot and Car
olina Watchman, over the signature of " Protest,"
assail our last Legislature for its Improvement
sp rit as well as a nusea himself by finding fault
generally with every-body, and tin? people ol Ral
eigh and Greensboro' in particular. We must
trn-t tev our fiiends up that way to deal with him,
pretty certain they will serve him out, before he
gets through. " .
He is welcome to grumble and scold a much as
will do him good, about that Lunatic Aylum we
mean its location. After having been fixed at Lex
ington siice, We admit it was hardly treating Da
vidson fair lo tike it way from tbem. However
tlie Raleigh people had. very little to do with it, we
believe we certainly saw no exertions made by
them for it location near this City. Oh, yes, he
may growl away about that, as much as he like
but he must ml pull our old State back inlo (he
tttrk ages gain. Day ia breaking for her may
wt lire to se its meridian brightness.
THE HON. MILLARD FILLMORE,
YicsPro;.dnt Elect, has sent to the Legisla
tor of New York hm resignation of the office of
CompafcHcr of the treasury , of that State, to lake
eff-ctan 6e 20th of Cs wowtfi.' ; .. J..
IMrT.Ai HMENT OF MR. TOLK.
Howe or RrEErTivr.s, FEBRriav 5, M!.
Ettrart from the Speech of Mr. Sehenclc, of Ohio,
The President (he said) might refuse tli informa
tion called for, notwithstanding the demand wo made
absolute. The President had iliown his power lo re
fuse on former occasion. But after the H mine should
biro thus cailed twice for the fame iufommlion, nd
failed to olitj.lu it, it would thrn remain for tlie Hhuw
to meaffliM strength with th Executive ; and then
would come up the qneiion about which the appre
hensions of the gentleman from Alabama lermrd to
have bene awakened. He (Mr. 8.) waa ant sur but
that time had already come; nor, but that it had
transpired long before tlii time. Hut there was now
a most glaring instance in which the Executive of the
United State had undortaken to procure a treaty by
fraud, and to present to the country a ratified treaty,
which did not tell the whole tale. Th ws an (la
ring instance, but there had been others equally so.
We had had the cas of the Executive waging War,
while Congress was in cion, without referring the
question to them. Wo had had the ease of the Pre
sident of the United States, (Wearing iu a whole
country at once, and making them citizens without
constitutional forms; erecting an independent civil
Government within the acknowledged limits of the
sovereign State of Texas 1 and then taking some of
her citizens and hanging them for treason. We had
hod the ease of bis establishing re wine laws over th
ports of Mexico, and collecting and disbursing money
which nerer came into th treasury of the United
State. We bad witnessed all the unauthorized
set of the Executive, and if the country bad for
barn to long, U did sot follow that the lime would
not cum i all when forbearanc would cusae to be a
virtu. , Th time had aow come, a b considered,
when the question should b settled, whether th Pre
sident might regularly asume to be th whole Gov
ernmeat, r whethsr be theuld remain willing mrly
t owiiidor himself only an integral part ol it, and it
was beausa ths present Inquiry involved the eonai
deration that he was iu favor it.
Cold and silver are metals quite too heavy to be
carried to Heaven, but in good hands tbey may
pave the way to k.
LETTER FROM A GOLD DIGGER.
. A letter from a young man named Sholdon, to
hi father at Newport, Rhode Island, dated San
Francisco, Oct. 7, says: :
''Immediately after writing to you last, I left
town for the gold mines. At the mines I bad, at
first, rather bad luck, but subsequently made out
pretty well, and at the end of nix weeks returned
to this place with eno hundred ounces of pure vir
gin gold, worth in the United States $21 per
ounce; here, however, it brings but 8 in cash, or
$ lti in goods, &c. -
"Part of my gold I invested in two town lots
one in this place, and one in the town of San Jose ;
this latter is situated in certainly the most beauti
ful valley I oversaw in my life. Yon will see by
the paper of (his date, that the old firm of J. D,
Hoppo 4V Co., (publishers of tho Californian,) have
been dissolved, and that a new firm has been form
ed. The office is now worth $8 per day to each
of us three who own it. California is, indeed, the
place now tho best place the poor man ever saw,
as far as the opportunity for making monoy goes.
..
"I do not think I shall stay here more than two
years, and by that time expect to be worth some
thing handsome."
N'Ewsr.U'ER Articles. There is much excel,
lent advice given in the following observations,
which we take from Wright's Casket, and which
not a few of our cotemporariea of the Press might
well take to heart, and " see themselves a others
see them :" -.
A long newspaper article, like a great look, is a
'great evil.' They are less apt to be read; and if
perused at all, a good part of inch effect is neces
sarily lost, the beginning is forgotten before the
end is reached. Short article on the contrary, as
they sro most easily read and remembered, are.
most likely to be useful. Virgil's good old maxim
in agriculture is equally applicable in writing for
the public. Admire, says ho, large farms, culti
vate small ones.' Many subject cannot justly be
treated with brevity. But such are not suitable to
the columns of a newspaper they should be dis
cussed in the monthlies or quarterlies, or in book.
A, newspaper psragraph (they should bo nearly
ynonymoiu) should be brief and to fjie point. It
is a great art to say, either verbally or in print,
just what one has to say, and no more and t Hop
when you hare Jlnishtd.
CALIFORNIA GOLD.
The Camtchma Colo' excitement ha had or
Is having the effoct to stimulate a closer search
for precious metals, in other portions of tlie Union.
If Gold exists West of the Kocky Mountains In a
certain latitude, why, it is asked, and very justly,
may it not exist east of them in the same latitude 1
Surface indications are rimilar; the earth has the
same auriferous glow in Virginia, North Carolina
and Georgia, as in Upper California, the latitude
of the two regions ia fac simile, why not their pro
ductions t '
' But little noise ttaa been made, respecting tin
Virginia and North Carolina mine no tide of ad
venture, rouied by keen excitement ha led to a
thorough searching and sifting of the sand of their
mountain, valleys and fiver bed, but there is lit
tie doubt that ere thi gelden age be passed, they
will undergo a scrutiny as keen as the firos of Al
chemy. Even far North of the California latitude
saffron-colored line are developing themselves,
and rumors reach ua of Gold depositee found a
mong the hills of New Hampshire. .
It would sot be strange if such proved the case.
There ia beyond doubt, untold mineral wealth iu
oqr mountains, of which adventure baa not as yet
dreamed. Woful for u (t would be, however, if
up and down our country we should find, at ia now
told of California, exhaust! Gold. . Such a trea
sure would be a terrible curie. On its altar would
be sacrificed the industry, the happiness and hu
manity of oar race. We believe this excitement
will turn inch attention to the preoioue metal a
will vastly increase their product here an the At
lantic sea -board, and that turriunded a they will
be by the conservative infloeme of ioductry, aci
ence, art and education, they will be kept in their
true place, subservient to the necessities of man,
. A'. I'. Sur,.
FIRE COMP
fTMIE Citizen of Raleigh are hereby inviUd to en-
J- rol their names as inemliera of a f'lUK COM
PANY, according to the provisions of an Act of As. ,
sembly entitli'il "An Act for the better protection of
the City of Ruleijrh from losse by Fire " Person
ditqioKed to volunteer member of the ame. will
furnish the City Constable with their name, on or be
fore Saturday, the 24th day of February, 1F-19 r fn
which day. il the prescribed number, fKortv.) hav -not
previously volunteered, a draft will ke nunie frnru
th; whole number of citizen to supply the deficiency.
Member of tho Fire Company are exempt -by net
ef Assembly from Military duty, during their term of
service, xccpt iu cases nt hostile uunsinn.
vv. 11. ii.u wlion,
. Iiiliiidant.
Raleigh, Feb. 6th, 18-19. 11-St
A correspondent of ihe Aberdeen (Miss.) Inde
pendent, in writing of the various routes to Califor
nia, says :
"Of the several overland routes proposed, H
seems to me Iho best i one proposed in the Fort
Smith (Ark.) Hcrs,!d,by Gen. Arbuckle. He rec
ommend the Arkansas route to New Mexico and
California, and urge Fort Smith as the point of
departure and the valley of the Canadian as the
path, Ho prefers the south bank of the south
branch hi route i from Fort Smith to La Joya
on the Rio Grande La Joya being the nearest
place of departure on the Rio Grande, for Califor
nia by the route of tlie Gila River, This is con
sidered one of the shortest routes to the Pacific,
and would have to be travelled ptincipully with
wagons of pack mules.
DEATH OF HON'. B. W. LEIGH. .
This distinguished citizen of Virginia, formerly
one of her Senators in Congrec , did at Richmond
on the Sd inst., after a long and painful illnrts, in
th 98th year of his age.
ST Th St. Louts Republican, ia relation to th e
lection ef Gen. Shields, to the Senate of th U. 8.
from Illinoi, aaya it will revive the question of etigi.
hiiity U that ffioe. . The Cautitutira of die United
fit! deolare that ' bo parson shall be a Senator
whs shall not hava attained t th ag of thirty year.
and been nine year tilitcn of. A V. S." etc.
Gea. Shield wa bora in Ireland, and hi certificate
of aaturallzatioa nid to date le Uiaa 8 yaza
(ince ; that i the term of 9 yam will net be complete
nnu October 01 the present year. Eeoater Fliirld'
term ef service commence on th 4th of March next.
nd he (ummonrd by a DTocraimUiou to attend a
eeanon of the Senate at that time.
SUPERIOR COURTS.
The Judge of the Superior Court will ride the
ensuing Spring Circuit, id the ' following or-
oat:
. L Edcnton Circuit, ,
a. Newborn '
I. Rakigh.
4. HillsboroV '
A. Wilmington,
6. .Salisbury,
7. Morganten,
Judge Manly.
" Battle. .
" " Settle. '
Dick. "
Caldwell.
" . Ktliv - -'
" Bailey. .
P. F. PESCUD,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER I.
Drugs, Chemicals, Dnc Stnfifa,
FAY ETTEV1 IXE ST. RALEIGH, N. C
Mr. PESCUD would inform hi custom- '
er and the public in general, that he tiai ,
bought of Dr. JOHNbON' his cuUro inter
est in the late concern of '
FESCID & JOHA'SOV,
and will continue the Imsines nt tin: Old Stand s
heretofore, where ho will be happy to nccoimrodni -all
that favor him with their order. Hi long expe
rience in the business he is prosecuting, and deter
minatien on hispsrt to snare no etfin-ts loGlVE UM- ;
VERSAL SATISFACTION in the Quality of hi
Goods, and the Cheapness of Sale, induce bun to be
lieve that Purclia.-ni MUST BE SUMTI). '
The Assortment of Good in his Store is arranged '
in a manner t please and gratify OLD, AS WELL
AS NEW CUSTOMERS, he bavins spared u es
penne, time or labor to refit his esloblii'hnwat. and to
p'ace everything in view for Uioee wholsry. The ob- :
crvation of a moment will b sufficient b4isover hi ,
arrangement, and test the truth of this adve rtisenwnt.
MEDICINES, DRUGS, DYE STUFFS, CHE-'
MICALS & PAINTS.
Some portion of the Goods are required by every
Country Dealer, and it is t tftoir interest to bny Hi '
best article at the lowest rate to pai customers at
home, p. F. PESCUD, '
Wholesale Dealer Hi Drugs, Dye Sniffe,
and CWmraala, FayelvwiB- Siret..'
Raleigh, Feb. 16, lts. , U-jt -
BLAKE HTTMAN,
(U3.r luiurAx, a. c.) -
Comailsslcft Merchant, Pctcrsbnrt;, V.
PJIVES b'w pecuil attention to th tale f all kind
of Country Produce, ths purchase of Goods, aud
the receiving and forwarding of Goods.
BefW to B. V. Mnore, Em). Raleigh, N. C.
- - - Tho' k. Thouut, Eeq, Loaitkun;. K. C.
W. T. Dortcb, Eao. m . . w
M.W-aton, ' j Rocky ML N.C.
Ji-ss II. Powefl, ) , , . ,
I). J. J. PWip i Blt!cboro', K C.
N. M. Long, I 1
U .Vf. Long, Esq. i WelJon, N. C. . '
James Simmon, r ,,
, Patlenon, Cooper i. Co ) - ,- ' , ;
Will 4, Lea, ...... A Pctetlurg, V:
B. F. Halsev, V
V.H: Mamh'all, tlalifax, ??, C. - '
Petersburg, Feb. 1st JlJho
T tae Tatfons f tbc Tci);ncraEcc ;
, fcsauBicator, , -
J OWE an apology to roy Patron for the lompnrs-
ry oop-,nii at the Communicatee. At thy ar.:
Beat Mlickatioa of many frirmfa, 1 have cbuywi p,y.
location frmn Pitbhoraugh to Fayelteviile, wii
the mil divrg in many dinetistw, and by a hirh T
ea;"lM Camaaaiilcator nure rpitiry and
mar eoruiuty te all my aueacrHwia. the repolp,--DMoe
of th Couunnnirator my b expectod as wr,
a the pre Can be put la operation tay alniit ir
r-t. - - WM. IWTER.fcd.tjusn.
, Fiyctteviito, Feb. T, 1S-19. ,
'::; : law sotice;";: .
O C. BATTLE hariaj returned to thi Chr, S
V Police of th Uw.Sa ibis ami ih
adjacent Coantie. - 1
All aaaiaea eattvttd to Wat- will he rmn pttv .
tonoa i UK .. . - , , f "
He i ptvperrd to make wt nd v-nrvtn n
DIER3 CLAIMS, of ever) oWplirm, sh.. . W
tie, acenrdis; to pnveiibud frna. ; ' ,.
Ildeigh, Aurus; 7,
.-law.