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POETRY.
UT" Tlio following Son?, from the Knickerbocker,
wo regard as Very line. It Id rf a character not often
met with at the present day, and will outlast most of
the Poetry how going the rounds: ;.'
Confide yo nye in Providence, for Providence Is kind;
And bear you' life's changes wi' a ealiii nud tranquil
mind J
Tho' pross'd and hemm'd on every ride, hue faith, and
ye'll win throu;li,
For i'ka blade o' grass keeps '.its ain drop o' dew.
i
'Gin reft of friends, or cross'd in love, as whiles no
doubt ye've hern,
Grief lies deep hidden iu your heart, or tears rlow from
your e'en ;
Believe it "for the bct,'' and trow there's good in
store, for you,
For ilka blade of grass keeps its aiu drap o' dew.
In lang, Ian; days simmer, when the clear and
cloudless sky,
Refuses a wee drap o' rain, to nature parch'd and dry,
The genial night, wi' balmy breath, gan, verdure
spring anew,
And ilka blade a' grtss keeps its ain drap o' dew.
forent miladies ; his spirit keeps the body alive.
That spirit is still young and vigorous, nil Can
only cease to be so when the too great tension slmll
irritated the nervog to such a degree that they re
fuse to obey the will, and thus tho Organism' des
troys itself, I do not express myself clearly, but
words will serve me no further. But to our la
bors. I had scarcely taken my place when lie began to
dictate a letter to Bern for mo to write, and so we
were employed some four lionra, during which I
wrote two letters and each of rny three colleague?.
three, nil by his dictation ; he himself had in the
meantime prepared two dispatches, ono for Pore
zol, the other for Comorn.
After nine o'clock lie left us work in abundan
ce for the whole day, and went with the Ministers,
Szemere and Duschek, who came for him to the
House of Representatives, -taking' along with him
some papers, on which he had made several me
moranda, 116 camo back about 4 o'cle-.k in the afternoon,
accompanied by several Representatives, with
whom he had a conference of two hours, answer
ing their suggestions ; this did not prevent him
from examining the documents we had prepared
during his absence, or from dictating more ktten,
While ho was thus dictating to us thrt-e or lour
letters, wiih totally different contents, being given
off together by the same lips, we had to be exceed
ingly careful in taking them down.
At six o'clock came more dispatches, and ver
bal inquiries, all of which were answered without
APPRENTICESHIP. -(
hc of the most serious obstacles to the progress
of the Mechanic Arts, among us, is life" brief and
irregular apprenticeship served. No greater mis
take can be made than to suppose that a trade can
be acquired in a few months. Without the instruc
tion, practice and discipline of a regular appren
ticeship, no ono can become so good a mechanic as
he is capable of becoming. It U true that one who
has good mechanical talents may in a short time
get a limited and superficial knowledge .of a trade,
and be able to do a plain job in a bungling way.
CANNON JONES.
Tlio following curious and nol-n-liitle funny
document appeared first in the 'Monlgimcry (Ala
bama) Flag, Both the matter and the manner of
it give it claims to publicity, in our opinion, and
and ve give it, therefore, a place in our columns :
Mr. Emtor : It is uuuiunced in the Gaette,
that 1, Cannon Jones, will meet Mr. William 11.
Ogbourne, E.sq., in debate at sundry, divers and
numerous place's around this. Montgomery coun
ty. Having a 'multiplicity of business arrange
ment on hand at this present time, I can't do so,
STATE IMPROVEMENT.
Tbc Central Rail Road,
The annexed letter from C. B. Dibble Esq. of
Newbern, we copy from the Salisbury Watchman.
It was addressed to a House in Sails ury, and the
Watchman, was -permitted to publish it. Mr. D.
being a practical man, and as shrewd at .least .113 ', the feelings of those who wo:
RAIL ROAD SUBSCRIPTIONS.1'"
. Since our last, ten shares more of Rail Road
stock have been taken. IIow many more shares
shall we hay? the pleasure of aritiounring in nt:r
next? There ire a great many other gentlemen
farmers, mechanics and merchant! who say
thpy intend to subscrilie, but propose to wn't yet. a.
ffl.vd.iys:: Whvwait? It throws a damper over
otherwise be zeal-'
many opponents of the Road, his opinion is entitled
to weight on these subjects, .
MISCELLANY.
But such a parson has no right to the proud title of i howsonever niircli I may be patriotically inclined
" Mechanic." Besides, he must always labor tin- 1 thereunto. I am not without hope, nevertheless,
der great disadvantages, His work will never j that my neighbor, Mr. James L. Parish, will do 60
command high' prices, nor will ho find ready and j I considder him able lo discharge, this public duty
constant employment, unless there is n great scar- I to Mr. Ogbourne's satisfaction, and to Vindicate the
city of workmen in his particular, business. Our . country's honor and the people's priviledges.
standard of qualification for Mechanics needs el- i ; 4'Whar politicians con(repite,
evafing. Until this is done we shall I4tve bun- j He'll be that I calculate." . ; .
glen instead of uwkmcn. : .While so few of our ! : My reasons for not accepting the challenges of
Mechanics can io firt,t-rato work, our people will j Mr. Ogbourne are divers ami numerous-, to wit : . '
goto the North and to Europe for their ma nufac- ': Firstly. I have too much to do (as tbe whole
lures, machinery, &c. All our talk about enConr- ; town k"ws) to be runiung around the county
aging home industry ami talent, dependence upon j J""? the wind on a mountain, when I aint no can- J
nursLdves, &c, will amount to just nothing at all, -.i.ditlatei
Nothing need now to be more strenuously urged i, : " -I tnultiiarious and nu- j
merotts tiusiness trunsaciion nn nanu, 1 wouiuu,i ; gyL'C it
gc into the bu-ini'ss, because mo and . I a-rjsh,.
being two to one agin the chullengiug party, would
lie tit king odds of him, which he couldn't be ex
pected to stand up against. I'm always for'Tair
play,-' I am.
, WfLMtNGTOS, Jui.T SI. IS 10.
Since my visit to your part of the Slate, I have
been watching the newspapers to see "what the
friends of the Central Kail Road were doing for its
advancement.'"'.
I ani pleased to seo that some of its werllng
friends "have been devoting their time, their t.ileiit,
and their eloquence for. the advancement of the
work The people, who have never turned liieir
attention to works of this nature, cannot be expec-
011s, and disconnipon many from stilisTibiiigatall.
There is no, use of talking any longer about this
matter: -.There is sea reel man of intelligence
in the county but must lie convinced, we think, of
every important argument in favor of the work;
and it only remaini for-them to act in accordance
with those convictions. There is scarcely a man
hi the county butisdocidedlyin favor of the Road's
being built. Let every such an one come forward,
'without delay and subscribe as touch as he is able, .
j il It is only one hundred dollars. The. enterprise
' cannot succeed wiiile-thrvc .who should be helping.
Imij oil with ioltled armsand i
than that, among all classes of Mechanics, a full i
and regular apprenticeship be in all Cases insisted j
upon. Justice to tbe np)rcnticp,totlie master and ,
to the public requires this. And it is the dictate
of policy as well as of justice. Nothing short of
ibis will. 'insure to l!; i apprentice such a knnwl-
any delay. My dinner consisted of a glass of I (if bshl,MS ;.ls wnl fi(- him t0 midcrl:li, TIMly. I aint a ca ndle for Congress, and
wine, a piece of ham, and some bread, which 1 j business on his own account; nothing short .ftl.is i luvc alw4rbsen in lavt"' uf H doing Ins
had on the taMe beside me, and disposed of with 1 .t,, ivn , rmnlor . m t,r!'k'J' ',
ted .0 have correct views of them. All they want vail) wijlC8. So ,,,,, R hmfe
,s information : and so soon as they have that -in- L frnp sitin Jt)Wn pn hj hnm,B(ld wjs,.
formation which will enable then to form a correct !,ltli tI(1 (me WlluU s)rinp up ljrfl,re him ;ctwple
opinio., of the advantages to be derived, and the ttithflUt U3 -f sn, w (e
profits to he realized, I have no doubt but they vyKI ,womW irw nd produce without .he ., nf .1,.
,eir heaity support. I have been not a little ,nah anJ, ,I00. ., ,,,,, r!il ., . . ... . ...
"""" V , ' . ' I "y. with"' can crops be so raised. , Well, sure.
me miiiu. , 1 anmirp pairionsm, nun wok -.upon
charity, as dne of the first of christian graces, hut
kossutli as seen by his Sfccrftaty. 4
A DAY IS HIS CABINET. :
Extract ft-m 'Magyar Letter dakd Dcbrcczin, June,
.; ' .' ' ; 1840. -. .. '
As you are already aware, at the very beginning
of the Hungarian Revolution; several Secretaries
were appointed in Kossuth's Cabinet, one of them
nndcrsta oiling Bohemian Croatian, another Ital
ian, another French and German, and all of thorn
understanding Magyar. Among them I had the
place of Translator from the French into the Mag
yar. While we were stilt in I'estli 1 worked in
the Chancery ut Bud.i, and had only now and then
the opportunity "of seeing our Kossuth. But since
the Chancery was removcJ to Debreezin I liave
been almost every day at his side or rather, I
might say not a day and night in the week passes
in which we are not compelled to be busy. 1 say
we, for the great man always employs more than
one at a lime. I wiii accordingly endeavor, as far
as words will allow me, to introduce you into our
work-room and lo let yon behold with your own
eyes, as an observer, the Liberator of whom in A
mcrica there is no just conception, who ts even un
known in neighboring countries, and whom few of
your correspondents can describe, for there are not
many who have had tlio opportunity of carefully
studying a Kossuth,
. I hardly know how to begin as there is hardly
ever a pause in the course of his activity to start
from, but, for example, I will write down for you
the doings of yesterday.
. Yesterday morning, after 1 had breakfasted, I
hastened to the Chancery that is to say, to Kos
suth's bouse, which contains four apartments, his
sleeping-chamber, a parlor, the Chancery where
we four correspondents have our places, and a
small room for copyists. Three couriers with dis
patches wero in the room as I entered and Kos
suth sat in hi usual place, with a pen in his right
hand, and in the left dispatches just brought him.
I had come rather too late, tor it was already a
quarter past 5 o'clock, and another Secretary had
prepared in my place two dispatches, which were
sent off before 6. As I entered he was employed
in several ways ; his hand was writing, his mouth
was dictating, his eye glanced at aud read the o
pencd dispatches, and his n.irid directed and follow
ed the whole.
He looked paler and more culKring than usual.
A glass of medicine ttcoJ ut his side, from which
lie tasted f rum lime to time, as if it were tho means
of keeping up his physicial existence. Indeed,
though I havo often worked ut his side from early
in the morning till lato at night, I do not remember
having seen him stop to take any nourishment ex
cept this mixture, and though he docs sometimes
eat, I can assute you that the amount of iond
Which he consumes is hardly eneogh to keep a
young child from ttarving.
One might almost say that the physical pattof
him has no longer an cjislencc. of it own; the
man is nothing but spiritual energy, for, if it wero
not so, the perishing, sickly hull would long since
' have been dissolved in spite of all tho wisdom of
' the physician?. But ho is perhaps the only livin.
', being whose mighty will is alone sufficient by its
' own force to urge forward the wheels ol physical
' nature, and keep them constantly in movement
f He will not he sick, and he i not, Gruut as are
11 Ms bodily iiilirmitv a und sufferings, he U strong
',' and Hriefatigxble. Y,t spiritual resources, his
' will, !n enihiidiiMii, endow him with tho powers
of a giant, u!,lio'.:li hi.i physical strength is not
more tl.n that of a buy of sin years, lie bids do
' Cijii. i Jo dev.'o 1t.it t'.rf-ati t. him in so mgpvdif-
t
the best appetite as I was writing. The Repre-1
sentatives, with one exception, went away ; the j
one remaining sal down at the lide of Kossiith and !
began to help us. This rndo five secretaries, and j
to give yo'j some conception of the labors of thn
evening, I will tell you that from hall past7 to half
past 8 he dictated to us, at the same time, five o t
ters, all of different contents ! One of them was
to Dembinski, one to Bom, the third to Paris, the
fourth to Vienna, and the fifth to Gyongyos ; two
were in German, one in French, and ono in Hun
garian !
Is it a man whs can do euch things !
After this he was for sometime engaged with
figures which he counted riuI counted in a stale of
almost perfect abstraction. While he wasthusoc- I
cupied, his friend and family physician, the Dr.
and Professor Btigat Pal came in and interrupted
him. Ho greeted the Doctor; kindly pointed him
to a chair, and returned to his occupation as bo
fore. The Doctor took his hand, which he yield
ed to him willingly, ns if it did not belong to him,
and held it for eonio fifteen minutes, feeling the
beat of the pulse, after which he withdrew with
out any farther notice from Kossuth.
At 13 o'clock the head of one of my colleagnes
was already nodding, and both myself and the one
opposite me could hardly keep our eyes open.
The clock struck 12, and the noise of the de
parture ef tho copyists from the neighboring room
roused him from his reflections. , 1 What time is it
gentlemen V he asked us, a.ij when we toW him
it was just after 12, he became unquiet and a cloud
suddenly spread over his brow. He rose from his
seat saying. ' Has no express arrived from Peath?'
' No,' was the answer, and he began to walk up
and down the room, lie did not seem to think
that it was high time to seek rest, and as if to pro
vent us from having such an idea, he said :
' There is work to be done yet."
Finally, after waiting vainly for another hour, he
said to us; ' Let us take a little rest, gentlemen,
while we are wailing; I will csll you when I need
your help.' He went into his bedroom, and wo ar
ranged ourselves on the benches and slept wilhout
fatigue as soundly as in the softest bed. But our
rest was not of long duration. Between 3 and 4
o'clock the expected dispatches arrived. Still half
asleep,' we took our places, and Kossuth, that
Watchman of his country, dictated to us as be
fore. At 6 in the morning we received permission
to go away w hile he went for a bath, though with
the request to be there sgaiu by 8 o'clock. V e are
young and strong, and. such a night's watching
now and then will not injure us; but it is not so
with him. How long can this Hero -r f tho Nine
teenth Century this guide of uur Fatherland a
mid the foes that surround it how long can his
spirit sustain tho contest that it ever carrieson
with the little of phvsical nature 'that is attached
to it?
My friend, if beyond the ocean, in tho freo and
happy America, thereare men who fuel sympathy
for our good cause, who desire the success of our
efforts, do not ask their prayers so much for the tri
umph of the Magyars as, for the life of Kossuth,
for Hungary cannot bo conquered so long as his
incomprehensible king, v hose name is Kossuth,
is spared, though Russians and Austrian enter
the county, Ly uiyriads, and though thousands of
our brethren fall a sacrifices uf freedom. Ho is
tlio image of 1 Jberty, Equally and Fraternity ; he
is the incarnate spirit of Justice; lie is the Wash
ington of Hungary, aod so Eljen Kossuth !
; Fuiirtklij, I don't know thai Mr. Ogbourne means.
me when he invites "the chivalry" to meet him,
! and lam 100 proad to jo where I ai.d invited.
Bis instruction ; nothing short of this w ilt give
character and standing to usas a class.
In Germany, (he young man is not only required
to serve a regular apprenticeship, but he is then
r,niiirnjl In truvrt flirpp Vfvirj ihrnmrh tlio nrinei-
, ... ,. n- ' . 1 T 1 -i I I don't see that, I could tell the people anything
kinl cities and towns nt bis eointrv. tahnrilfr aw t e . ' J . 0
in. each to pay the expenses of his journey, and to 1
give him a knowledge of all the new discoveries, j
Fifthly. I am rising fifty, and havo seen twenty 1
1 years more of the world than Mr. Ogbourne, and
inventions and improvements in his trade. Thus
he becomes a thorough Mechanic. For this rea
son we never see a bungling workman from Ger
many. No Mechanic is allowed to become H mas
ter.or boss, there, unless he can show specimens
of the highest excellence of workmanship. Laws,
rendering all this' obligatory, might be out of place
in our Government, but we wish that custom, w hich
is law in another form, might require, most peremp
torily, a regular apprenticeship in all cases. It
this important point he not lost sight of by the
Mechanics of the South. American Mxhtmic.
MYSTERIOUS BAND OF AMAZON'S.
This year, as in several previous years, the
Carnival Masked Balls at Paris have been signal
ized by tho presence of a band of Amazon belles,
just twelve in number, and each one strong enough
to strangle a lion in her embrace. There is a pro
digious curiosity to knovy who they are. Alike,
young, of perfect sluipeteeth that would raio en
vy in a band of tigers, and of exactly equal height,
though all much above the ordinary size nf women,
they form a magnificent spectacle,. Like bees,
they have a queen, and aro dressed precisely aliko
a hat of flowered velvet, gaily ribboned, white
peruke curled round the head, arms and shoulders
barn, short white gloves, chemises of batiste with
pantaloons of red sjlk lace, white sill; stockings
and shoes with diamond buckles. The Amazons
are, evidently, Irom eighteen to twenty years of
age, und of course their baud must be perpetually
renewed, since they have appeared, now, at every
carnival, for five or six years. As they aro al
ways masked, and accept no invitations to sup af
ter the ball, the inquisitive are nonplussed. They
have always their pockets full of money, and when
thfy retire, three black carriages take them away,
on the panntls of wnich are no crests or, armorial
bearip'-s.
they don't know.
SUliily. If I could, I aint sure that they want
mc to tell it.
Seventhly. I aint no office-seeker, and there
fore I csn't see that it would pay to ride for a week
in the hot sun to wrangle and pinglc about
Hilliard and Pugh, and Piigh nnd Milliard to get
mud, and hot, and 'dry, and to kick up a fuss gen-
i crally. This may suit some people,-bul it don't suit
! "Old Cannon Jones." .
t -
i : Last'; . I, Therefore, decline the honor, and
j turn the case ovfr to my compatriot and youthful
i Iriend James L. Parish, n ho, in the vocabulary
! of my friend, General Carroll, will ' noiate"
! In thunder tones, like all creation,
What he knows about the nation ;
' , 'Boirt Provisoes, Tares, and Congress too,
I And what the "cow-boy." Pugh would do.
Just listen to his thundering tones,
And if he don't shako Ogbournc's bones,
'.' Why, my name isn't
CANNON JONES.
JJ A. Iiwly who was very modest and iMibuiiasiy.
before marriage, was observed by a friend to
her tongue pretty freely. '-There was a time I al
most iin.igined site had none." "j't's," twid trio
liUitni;d, ih a sib, il in r-7 f M,r iuc'.'
STARTING IN THE WORLD.
Many an unwise parent labors hard and lives
sparingly all his life, for the purpose of leaving
enough to give his children a start in tho world, as
it is called. Setting a young man afloat with mo
ney left him by his relatives, is like tying bladders
under the arm of one who cannot swim ; ten chan
ces to one he will lose his bladders and go to the
bottom. Teach him lo swim and he will nev
er need the bladder. Give your rhild a sound ed
ucation, and you have done enough for him. Sec
to it that his morals are pure, his mind cultivated,
and his whole nature made subservient to laws
which govern man, aud you have given what will
be of more value than the wealth of the Indies.
You have given him a start which no misfortune
can deprive him of. The earlier you teach him
to depend upon his own resources, the better.
WESTERN ELECTIONEERING.
Lmr.iiAL Offehs. We find the following Cards
in the Jamestown (New York Journal:
' To ! Elector f Chaulauque Conni.
I offer myself as a candidate for the office of
County Clerk upon the following conditions, viz;
If I am elected, I will give one thousand dollars
per year during the time 1 am in office, for the be
nefit of the county j I will expend two hundred dol.
lars, if necessary, for the purpose of procuring the
passage of a law reducing the fees; and the re
mainder of the amount received at the office, after
deducting tho above mentioned charges, I will pay
to competent deputies fur doing the work in the of
fice, HENRY BAKER.
Jamestown, July It). .
. To Ihe Electors if Chautauque County, "
I, the Hon." Milton Hill, offer myself as a car.di
date for the office of County Clerk. If I am elect
ed, I will give one thousand fivo hundred dollars a
year for- the benefit of the widows and orphans ol
the county ; five hundred to the needy genorally ;
and one hundred and fifty to get the fees cut down.
The balance I shall pocket myself.
MILTON HILL.
Jamestown, Jti'y 27. 1
- A FEW THINGS TO AVOID.
A bottle of wine at a public dinner. A short
cut when you are in a hurry. Walking between
two umbrellas on a pouring wet day., " Just an
other glass before you go." Going to church
without a shilling. Being the mediator of a quar
rel belween a man and his wife. Bowing tea la
dy from the top of a cab. And lastly, taking a new
hat to an evening ride.
The Sea Serpent ag.ms. A man named Mar
ston, a fisherman, has made an affidavit before the
Justice of the Peace' at Swampscot, Mass. that he
distinctly aw the Sea serpent on tho 3d instant,
when walking on Nahanl beach. It was in sight
for twenty minutes, within two or three hundred
yards of the beach. His hesd was out of the wa
ter all tho time, and his body appeared to be from
eighty to one hundred feet in length. As the man
has sworn to tbe fact, of course vy Can no longer
iiot.lht: i ,Y. 1". S in
' A SAVING CLAUSE.
An Irish laborer, sick of the thraldom of strong
drink, introduced himself lately to the magistrates
of Soti'hwark, and proposed to "go bale" before
(hem to keep the following pledge (which he pro
duced in writing :) " Take notice that Pettier Ho
gan of Caslragin, in the county of keri hear by
taikshis Oth nevir todhrinkea glass of Sperret
good had or indifferent, only In kept doxtm the reg
(tables." . - - - ' '
QUITE A DIFFERENCE.
Gen. Taylor tated when atChambcrsburg, Pa.
lately, that fifty years ago he passed through tiiere,
when a young oUiverin the army, and on his way
from Baltimore to Pittsburg, the whol of which
distance he traveled on foot. Now ho ocs as the
.honored President ol a mighty nation.
1 do not think the ono or the other have any thing
to do with the construction of this Road.
: I look -upon it as a matter of, dollar" and cents;
and instead of the man who subscribes liberally to
its stock being the,. most patriotic or the most char
itable, I look upon him as the most keen, sbrevved,
and money making. I have no idea that the Road
will ever become a paHahcner, and be set lip to be
maintained from year to year by the U, vest liddtr;
n.'ither do I expect that its friends, (much less its
euemirs) are to be called on either as an act of
patriotism or charity, to contribute toils support.
But I do expect, and confidently believe, that the
Road wll pay a dividend the first year it goes int..
operation ; and that llwt dividend will be increased
from year to year for the next fity years, and that
those who are now croaking jver it and predicting
that it cannot be built, and if built, ill not be sus
tained, w"!l be anxious to purchase the stock at a
very considerable advance Above its original cost.
1 have had good opportunities to observe the ef
fect produced by Rail Roads in different sections of
Our com try, and I am advised of the management
and profits of most of them. And after compar
ing the facilities and advantages possessed by e tch
i-iifler looking at the rivultliip existing in other
roads and navigable rivers anJ nfer comparing
all the advantages and disadvantages-connected
with the various roacs, I am clearly of the opin
ion, that there is no road in the Southern country,
either finished or in contemplation, more sure to
return a profit nn the amount invested in it than
the central road. Who can point to any other road
running through a country surpassing this in the
fertility of its soil or covered with a population
more industrious, frugal, and independent ? Where
can you point to another toad that will have so lit
tle competition from other rail roads or navigable
rivers 1
With the -Yadkin' made navigabla as high as
practicable, antfthe Turnpike finished from Salis
bury to the Georgia line, I look upon this read as
possessing more advantages than any other ro.id
in the Southern States. Look at the South Caro
lina rail rotid which st-trts from Hamburg, the head
of steam navigation - look at the Georgia Rail
Road, leading from Macon, which also is on a nav
igable river and look a little further to the West,
and you will see here tv roads which i contin
nations of them, coming to the same point, and of
course running in direct competition with each
other. Now, if roads in South Carolina and Geor
gia, running in direct competition with each other,
and both of them crossing navigable rivers, are '
paying good dividends, and their stock above par,
is there any one that can for a moment think that
the central road, without any com; liiioji either
from rail road or river, and passing through a coun
try unsurpassed for productiveness, and abounding
with mines of Iron, Lead, Silver and Gold pass
ing through flourishing VUl.tges, and by Factories,
Schools, and Colleges: I ask can any one believe
that a road possessing- all these advantages, can
fail to pay a larger dividend ? Certainly not. -
The fact is, we of the good old North State have
remained inactive so long, that our faculties have
become blunted our energies dampened, and our
go-headitiveness rusted. It is now time for us to
awake to our interests, to a roues from our lethargy
and nerve ourselves for the crisis.
There are many reasons which should induce
those living near (he line to subscribe liberally t
the stock. The. almost certainty of its being a
profitable invedment Sia.te pride and self-interest
with many other considerations, combine to in
duce a liberal subscription. In inscribing to the
stock, all should understand thai lby will nothuve
to pay the amount t once, bu; by small iustaluwnts
as the necessities of the company may require un
til the road is finished, which will probably be sotne
four years. v i u
With my best wishes for the enmpletipo aod suc
cess of tho work,! remain ,
Your nVdienl em nt,
ly it can l be expected that a mil .road is going to
wind itsell through theconimyiikea monster snake,
or spring tip like a mushroom. . The fact is, this
thing of building a rail road.io a big job, and when
audi a work is undertaken sM the hands in the
I neighborhood must attend and help, It is snme-
thing like rolling logs : . Now and thena gre.it log
j is to be moved, and every man must be in his place.
ne must not only answer v. hen the word is given,
blithe .nuet also hold up his end of the hand-spike
and do his bet. Carolina Watchman.
RAIL ROAD CONVENTION.
A Correspondent ol the "Times," wriline from
Greenfboro', proposes the holding of a Convention
in that place, about the 10th or 12th of October, to
provide the me ns for sending an able and efficient' !;
Agent in the field, to address the People bpon, snd
to solicit subscriptions for the North Carolina Rail
Road. We think the suggestion a gotid one '. :
More effective exertions than any we are now mak
ing, must bo made, in order to insure the success
of the Road; and we t mainly know no better, or
more feasible plan, than such an one as it is pro
posed to hold a Convention to adopt. But more a
non. Register.
RAILROAD SUBSCRIPTIONS.
On Tuesday last John W. Thomas, Esq., of Da-
viuwii, inauo one 01 111s practical speeches to,
larg assemblage of people in the court-house in
!"tliis place, and was followed bj Gov. Morohead in
a few remarks; after n Inch the subscriptions q
tie Railroad stock was increasf d a few thousand
dollars. The entire subscription in Guilford coun
ty, wo learn, now amounts to fcrty-seven thousand
dullars. ' '- .' - i . '
In Davidson we are informed thai the actual
subscriptions are liberal und'on the increase be
tween $211,01.0 and 830,000 being subscribed, and
an arrangement on foot which is likely to secure
$100,1100. As soon as Davidson gets her triggers
set we may look for -her to beat her neighbors in the
great work. Gov. Morehtad and Ralph Gorrt ll,
Esq., we learn addressed the people at Lexington
on Tuesday of last week. Mr. Thomas, of that
county deserves grenl praise for his devotion to the
canst1, -.
In Rowan, (we learn from the Wajcliman of tho
16ih) 32,fi00 have been taken ;-n pretty fHir
startbut the W atcljman scolds its people soundly
for not more speedily increasing the atnonnt.'
At SniithticlJ, in Johnston county, a spirited
public meeting has been held, and subscriptions In
some amount (not stated) taken. 1
In Raleigh ah Internal Improvement Associattcri
has been organized for the purpose of forwarding
the great central work. On the '6th of September,
agreeably 10 notice from the city Intendant, polls
will be opened for ihe purpose of sscertaining the
popular voice of the city on a proposition to author
ise Ihe Commissioners to subscribe 25,000 for the
corporation. There are some noble spirits engag
ed in the cause at Raleigh, and we have no doubt
of a good account from them at last.
In answer to our inqiiiry.last week, nt to what
the other counties were doing, the Hillsborough
Recorder says : "At the close of the thirty days,
during which the bookc are to stand open, we hope
the people of A!amr.,ec and Orange will enable us
to give a response to the inquiry which neither they
nor we shall be ashamed ol." Grecnt. iat. ' 1
Father Mathew aso the Aboutiokists. Ab
invitation wus extettded to Father Math" by sonw
of ihe leaders of the Aboliti nists to a'tend an E
mancipation celebration.-; He hesitated, ks he fore,
saw that such a step would impair hi Bserulnmia
throughout a Urge section of the Union, while er...
gaged in his mission. ThereiifXw.Garrisnnof (h
Liberator, ha made vioUnt atts.-k cuv Fa her
Malhew.and republishes a riicolsr, signed by that
gentleman several year g, in common villi TOr
000 Irishmen, rtpposed to nj.ivry.' 'f h,. n l(.i
teuit ha been mad.- to.awie p-9,uJtce,nd cat-
I ly hU fxrtiu in b- lis.!.'' u' lt:;ty throng!.,
oel the soiithsn fuf
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