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T--A 8 WM A L JU'G H I S TE It ,A ND TII(P 0 JQJ? f G iJ KTT E x ', :4 il&AJlG2i,ff.C. TlE31)te JUNE 24 1834. sfckcii'and vvnttea npmVthc subject of the lintvnial JmVroyemeiit this State, during the l:tr,t trel?e; mourns j au 'IUU&" ractie&l results have fllocd from the dis-j ussik it!is brlieved not to have been en- Interesting asm nnpor- St tirfclv unnrofi table h tenQnlorrnoa . haj been extensively dif- W fa4iiMlc-'-ttcntoa sias cen excited, a i imnt of inquiry has winetabroad, the corn- Jihimity liavelbeenlnducecl to examine" the nd with communities, as with in- ' kiidualsHA Knowledge is Power." With- nuitnerlTpsperuus or free. Ignorance slavery, and poverty never exist separately. ! Aerefis-no more accurate criterion by hi'X fh flnfprtninp the advance lof a coun . The acsrekate amount bf the fund is at l-'&U inViiectual imofovemont, than the present too small to justify (jurjentering up J-P . ... , i : J ! on anv general system t JiUUcation. in '-rrr bteh constructed. : ilie existence .01 r-r. r i 8 i V UTrKUie'titl f jresult'bf alsioxle' mercati- rile indfenttu-e, so'lie-amount aunuaHy expended uuringie' period! the system was in pro?;i e$, was less than the actual capital employed by various individuals in North C arol i na u pon thei i: respecti ve farms. These then, are the immense sacrfrcfels, the gigan tic e Torts, of three quarters of a million of ; 1 j : people, of one hundred and ;fil-ty 'millions ot wealth, 'diffused over a sui facp; of fifty thou sand square miles, in the great cause of phy sical and intellectual improvement Tantae molls crat co.ndcrG gentem. But to return to the immediate point of discussion, we do not knows that we can ex press the views we entertain, with respect to the enquiry, which object first demands attention physical. or intellectual improve ment more clearjy or forcibly, than by ex tracting a few sentences from the last Exe cutive Message to the General Assembly : ' 1 oiiejivcsi rise to theJothcr. There is no one wliooubts that the desire to improve our internal condition would be universal, -if 'a, coimnon school Education had been the iulritance of every youth in the State. On the other hand, if we shall succeedjn our at j tempts- to;improve the system of Agricul Iture, accelerate and redouble Commerce and ;thus aftbrd tlie necessary excitement touni- deed, were this fund much larger, it may welt be doubted w hether the period has yet arrived, when it can be judiciously expend ed for the promotion of the wise and beneV- olent purposes contemplated by the found ers cf our Government. The iparseness of our population presents sreat, perhaps, in superable difficulties. When, as the result of a w ise and liberal svstem of legislation, the inlets upon our coast shall receive thel n1 ar! P imirrtvpmpnt nf whir!) tVwv rt siiarpntKl. I ICglSl fiua-of our principal rivers, andto cut tlie niressary canals.' To effect these; greatobjccts for h State extending ovrr an area of 32,000,00ft of acre, and con.-tainin-j: a population !)f 600.000 snnN, an annua? Appropriation of 40,000 dollars for a few vears seems to have been the only Expenditure contemplated from the Pub lic Treasury. Thesrience of engineer ing wns at that tiine'littfe -understood, and no individual could be obtained compe tent todirect our operations. The poli ticians who devised the plans, undertook the execution of the work, and with a fund not larger than some of our citizens have employed profitably upon their own farms, improvements were commenced simu'ja neousl v at the, souices of all the principal rivers in the State. This system was per severed in until, as mav bc seen bv an examination of the preceding table, about 50,000 dollars-.we re lost to the Treasury. The public, disappointed by the results of the expenditure, became discouraged, and improvement wa abandoned. The givat error was, in attempting to effect every projected improvement in the State at the same time, with a fund bare ly sufficient to the accomplishment of the least difficult of the whole. It is scarce ly necessary to remark, that this policy was the suggestion of narrow views, lo cal prejudices and sectional jealousies. If we hope to accomplish any thing wor thy of the Slate anil ours lve, all such motives must he dismissed. The Board 'chensh the hope thai the period has ar rived, when the citizens ot North-Caroli na are prepared to adopt' a liberal sysfeurj atjon ; and, acting upon thut'ex- ord aft?! RlizabeKt City, who were ap poinelllto mcinorfjilixp the Ijcgislature iri' 1 8l7, 1 1 ed in 1 1 1 cl kiwftig Jtc pre sen ta tidn u$M the subject: - r " Ypi?t memoriarrs; bclreve that the annual cx4 ports o;.the pr6di?vV of our country throojjljj (Vcracoir'jjare not otr-ruted wlicn estimated . five millions of dollar! Tequir'n ' for tlieir tranS poHaficSi andractuafcr einil'iinff two huridre- thorisaiidtftr'tis of sliiR- 9ner. They niwi.from cald cujationarelujly irvHte una compared, tnat int. charge j-hesjvessf for Ujfhtemjre and detenp. tion ati Svvailj, avrag'es one dollar per toni and ampVriits annual! to two hundred thousand dollars $iVliat the jiddf-lona) rate oT insurahce, bek; cause "4 itlie risk arp .detection at the Swashv averag-ethrce -quacjers of oive per cent, an amounton the experts and imports, to seventyf: five thfi4iand dollar and, on vessels, to sixtj; thousaiKf dollars pen unnum. This annual tajf of llireiundred aifl Ihh-ty-five thousand dot, lars upbtr.the riavigfar jon of our section of th coinit!-ylnlcpendenf''y of ihe minor evils, th vcxatiofsii and difBcue? which will be readilj perceive, cannot bt, en!auce the rate of freibi or the ctt of conveyance to market. "The pric of freigUfrom Noj-foC and Wilmington (the lat ter butfne Imndrec'jind twenty miles distant li-OiO vwf twe-rftv 1 the value of five millions of dollars anua ally, would find its way into t.. That winch was intended for the south would reach the seu at O'd Topsail '-itefl. or stop at Newbern oj- neanfoi t. The lat terUs known to beihe best harbor ,and seaport on our coast and frtm its prox imyy to the Soutfierri antl West India market, must at once become an impor tant commercial town. The produce, on the other hand, intended for the North, would either go up the Chesapeake and inland to Philadelphia, or out to sea at the Canes of Virsihia, or seek a market f ' m)ii- ni tirg9:uner?i connti V'1 ence , and Mrancfa, all to the R',r-"$ r Fte oagr une of the system. ' "I'hw passage, would be direct u bem and Jew-V'ork. It ia i... cheapest freightinir is bv l;krrrf enters so coustantlv into mere.iwi'.V..' i that steam-power can be afT)rde:i -uvl '',' pally used on the Hudson, to com ... T 1'r'- rits'and despaich. The step in imL" ''l from steam tofoats to steam ccnstcL 5 easjjand natural, sice tlie Lite faitlvr ; nesOt coalbaty bituminojts amHuiti I'ennsylanii, has made the ueof it economical for the steam engine in nav.J? To show the great nrobabi lit v nt or efle'fcfc of thf-iif ,..rl ;''"arN at Norfolk; now the 'finest seo port, and Jit the distancwfM. expense by the mJT nntn. let nc tr.1. r &?co$k t0 .ye West Indies, is fro,n twenty-fiy per cent, less than fronj: which, supported by such a trade, would soon become one of the largest cities in the Union. By this" channel of commu nication our coasting vessels and others drawing eirht feet waterwould be relieved from the baza rdausand diffi cult navigation around Cpe Hatteras and ow onen. . I.et n tn'.-o i -vv- "r v.i.j ... . vrr i ed route the place of departure, and the MissiSsi()ni 0'; From' New York to Albany is 155 miles'. the aliin rin-.l K'7 . r-: : .o,1 uir)i .wvillc 150 ; to the Mississippi 45 ; togctlie ;t which 1105 is free navigation and 83 ,'; t'-o1 to Nan jit 1 c.f C n jn ' . v n T s i Tlu tbe port.ependent:v Ocracock" Inlet ; - whicl-g j besjdes. ing toll. known to our nvfa tors," ami "where it is fr believed morevessels have been wrecked i tion of the rail road.,; man onne whole coast t t he U. fetates uuuMiui, iric iiwsi iiaiici "us jpwitn cp 460 miles. ite are assumed to be the most pi)ba!l,.i FrOTn Npm.Vni.1r 4 XT.,. . it. followm!r distiinr '-a S;1 450 the t when our great natural hiahwavs, the rivers i Ptaiion, they have iieiermmetP to suD- i -. i. ii i nut n ntnn of imnrovpmi'nt- ivliifb. if nrn. , j m v i - - conneciea wun inem, snail assume inai con- ; i IClSttl It viiv 'vu.i. . umtiiL Ul V llllll I U lVii;iV.t UCM" 11 LUCIU LU I I t bef l'uuht" within the reach of all classes o' be placed bv our hands when these chan 7 tk ! Society. - .Nothing more is necessary. It is Lonly wlien it is forbid denfi uit, that mvn hc tltatc to pluck of-the tree cf knowledge. T'hcse ; positions seem to us to le nearly ;iflf evident. ThV history of the world is . i ' - s .. .-. - s $' foil n seriesof examples all tending to prove their truth. vv c may ascentl horn the low- "c i: -; .. i(M -v " - - - I I ' est grade '!ja( 'savage life to the highest emi- 1! mence fcf civilized Society, and meet with j : demonstration at every step of our progress. i There is nowhere in North-Carolina, a like extent of country, abounding in more iruidful rallies, or blessed with a more sa ubtiotismd propitious climate, thap. thai S jiossessed by the Cherokee Indians tipon our H'lwrdcrs. Via haye by .ojazeans attained the utmost degree- ofimprovement within 1:1 ur.rcacli, but precondition is immensely bo.ttor than thetrW e.have ordinary wa- : gon roadsiTand, at wide intervals, Schools y i i .; rni i i il 1 xi ana 2Ycauemie3. j ncy nave neuner ruaus j-tior schools $ it they had the one, they would 1?$ have the Other. History furnishes no in r ; sftance to1 the contrary. The system of In rti terHal tmiir6verarent3-devised and executed f j tby 'the State, of New-York, gigantic as it is t is not more (lecKteaiyjnpei ior 10 ours, man .iter Common School System is to the scheme, cf Education which prevails among us. We f tfiaf take occasion" to lay before our readers : ajt no i distant day,ome details upon thissub I j jbet which liave 'oth; astonished and delight ed i US. It cannot be necessary to pursue this subject further. Those who doubt, if there be any, such, by: an examination into tlieiistorynd condition of our sister States other civilized! communities, will find fjiat'Lthe same -causes produce like effects every where. v tftiTcn, physical produces intellectual, and N 1 nels of ''communication shall be intersected by, Rtiil -roads and Canals, and, as the natu ral consequence-of this state of things, A gricuUure shall receive her appropriate re ward, w e will have laid the: foundation of a. School svstem, as extensive as our limits, and cs enduring as our prosperity few individuals will not have been .selected and cherished as the peculiar objects of public patronage ; but the geueral character of the country will be elevated, and thousands now too poor to affijrTthc blessirigsf Education to their cljildren, will find this, though the most important, but one of many advantages incident to an improved condition of life. . .... ... hxtended commercial facilities will stimu late to agricultural exertion increased pro duction afford the means of Education, and the diffusion of knowledge operate as the most certain preventive of crime." It seems to us, that little reflection is ne- rcessary, to satisfy any one of the correct ness of these views. In the natural order of things, national wealth must: precede na tional Education. All analogies point to this conclusion. The individual who settles in a wilderness, must first subdue a portion of the wild lands, before his attention can safely be diverted to any other object. Tlie soil must first be tilled, and then the first fruits may be well devoted to the cultivation and improvement of the mind and the heart. If this point be conceded, the remaining subjects to be considered,' are 1st, "What plan, of improvement is best calculated to advance the general prosperity of the State r 2d,' In what manner can the funds be ob tained, necessary to the successful prosecu tion of this plan ? These enquiries engaged the attention of both the Internal Improve ment Conventions which were held in this City last year, and are fuliy,discussed in the Report of the Board for Internal. Im- prpvements. 15y a comparison ot tins tie ;fl ItiteUeetual, physical improvement, it be-j oort vith the Memorial of thej Convention comes important, where we have not the re- j t0 (he Legislature, it will be seen, that sim- t q.iii:sjce means to prosecute ooui ai once, 10 i I scertaiu which first demands our attention. pon this quc3tion? there has been some di- varsity of opiriion, but we are free to confess ftha.t we have never been able to perceive -sulstantiarrroiind for doubt. It is true, thnt;lhe Constitution under which we Ih e, makes the-support of Common Schools and I..tJ!- ; .:.. i . i myersiHis, an nn perai i v u u ih y upon ine. General .Assembly ; but tha time and the 1 manner in which this .important duty shall be effected, is confided entirely to the tlis- ilar opinions are expressed, arid the same conclusions (substantially at least) arrived at bv both. !i ' We have not sufficient confidence in our own judgment, to suppose that we could device-a better plan, and if we had, we should forbear to recommend it, because the one ion, ertect an unnjorant change in the character ami corfdttion of (ho S'ate. a The. Boarlconcur with the Governor in the opinion expressed to the General Assembly, in his message at the com mencement of the session, that the gn;?it channels of interconimuoir ation in which the whole community jfs interested, and which, for that reason.! will not probably attract, and are least likely to be effected by, individual enterprise,- demand the exclusive attention and patronage of the Government. That with respect to im provements of a local character, the safest and perhaps the wisest course for the Le gislature to pursue, will be to incorporate, companies in every section of the State whi'ie the' may be necessary, and to subscribe for a uniform portion of tock in each, on condition rhat no part of the public subscription shaM be demanded until the private knickhojders shall have paid or secured the payment of their sub scripttons. The true test, of the value to the Stite of any public work, is ihe amount which may be saved in the exppns-s of transpor tation from the. place of production to the p'ace of consumption. As, for example. suppose the cost of transporting a barrel of flour to be one dollar, and a company, by improving a river, were to reduce the cost of transportation to forty cents, ami exact a toll of ten cents fur each barrel -in this case, the farmer would save It f v cents and the company receive ten cents for every barrel. If twenty thousand bar rels should bo annually -ransported, then the farmers would save ten thousand dol lars,, and the company would receive two thousand dollars for tolls. If the work cost fifty thousand dollars, the company ould rtceive only 4 per cent, on their stock, while the community would save twenty, percent, on the amijunt expended by the company. The two most, important objects to be attained by any system of improvement, is, fit, a good outlet to the -ocean, (ind, .secondly, in connection with this outlet, a line of rail road, which may bo best cal culated to attract, to it th produce of the largest portion of our territory. Ir is a singular circumstance, that N. Carolina, with a Wider sea coast fhan any State in the Union,, and the fifth S afe in extent of teritoiy and in population, has less commerce'and (ess important towns than anv of her Atlantic sisters. This is owing entirely to the u ant of a good in- iliftVrpnei', nil huMrv&!rtirlrs- siirli u t - lumhiwrft t . ',-4 . . j v i.r ' . rrri- staves-ajhri slingles, feoiounts to between tiorivj ;vd forty,per cent, of their 'original vsduejA5! reijht chiireso articles shIppejVcoastwisf: for re-sKWien't to thr places ofonsumptioh amount,rn. naval stoics to twefilj--five )er wn on cottojH to between-ter and fifteen per centj and on selves, to tiftyper cent, of their originag' "As -the .ordinal Charges of conveyance t m:irket,'ofip:h paid 'y the rnercliants,' actually! and ultiritcly fall up mi Jh'e produCei-s. the farrnj( eprand br;rers of th cotifitiy, the effects of thi" enhanccit freiht aren't once discerned, tippn . compari'ilTn of the prifeof the products cf Nortlv CaroUn.iidustry in til ; ports dependent on Ocra'.j cock, ai! those, wher,; the costs of "detention anc perils oCtightemge' ac not to be encountered. . . ""Vh!, at StifT'o in Virginia, nipe staves commaitiforty.lidtajv per thousand, at Miir,, frecsl)orpr1-h, Wi'nto and Windsor, they ar sold at itViitv -five . 'pilars, - Red oak stavjes,' which, III Wbs'nnctot"i Newbern and Edenton, can scarj;iy commancjicn dollars, per THousan usuidly. at Wilrrshgton for eighteen Jf twenty, 'H ' " 'Theinhanced fre-.tht -heccssnfily .o. also anjceeding-ly lv 'avy-tax to the conumecJ on an ar.ieries lnipnnei inreoR-n vfcracocK. L.e but a siiil'le instanpe-lgj mentioned in illustration of , this fi( t. The artix te of salt in the Orracock?. ports seB-i for a', leasften cents in' the bushel! above. tf price at ViJiington ; which alone is; irrtHJj'.p TlieJcyi! ' havingbeen pointed outfit or would the advantages of this navi gation be confined to thecoasting trade. A fiirmer descending anyone of the riv--ers connected with this channel might continue on in his own boat either to Beaufort or Norfolk, dispose of his pro duce without the intervention of a com mission .merchant, purchase his own sup plies, and return with equal ease in the way l-,e came. An iniprovement of this character would contribute much to make.us one people.. Wilmington, Beaufort, Newbern, Wash ington, Plymouth, Kdenton, Hertford and -'Elizabeth City would be drawn nearer to gether. The produce rf the West would be brought down by rail road and im proved river navigation, and find its way to the ocean or be concentrated at Beau fort and Norfolk. In addition to the facilities this canal would open to commerce, it would have the effect of reclaiming a large body of Swamp lands, which would be soon brought into cultivation, and rendered productive. That which is now a howl tng wilderness, the abode of wild beasts and venempus reptiles, would become a .4, 109 10 60 15 sea pas . Newbern to Fayettevilfe, to Rockingham, to the Yadkin, to Charlotte, to the Catawba, to U road Uiver. , to the ftlue Kidere, 40 ajprosSthe liidg-c, 10 to Asheville, 10 to tlie State line, SO rolina H;ul Uoad, and pethaps somewhat m l Dy-reason or ine curves. to Knoxville, 60 to Kingston, 40 " to Nashville, 100 By the Cumberland tothe. Oliio, Xo the Mississippi at the confluence V, 220 Tennes.4 f 160 48 203 a tax oan tliousandj. pilars a year upoa tW fertile and highly cultivated country, and who areitibhared to obk,im their supplies of salt at . . ? c i the fomfe places." f th,s g'?1 6"Waj f trade exhibit upon n ii oorders a succession ot JruiUul Jie.li.s and flourishing villages, the reward of remain?;for the Brd to sugpt and theur entcrprize and liberality. iegisu&nre to prncie tne remedy. int-j These are some of the advantages like p'an b L; which , thvj enormotr tax upon v to result to our own State. Let us now the prrfeu ct.on of-rountrv U to be re- i consider in what manner the interest of the moved,, and the inprest and feelings ofUnion would be aflectexl by the accom- us hp 4Uhiect of'tlfe solicituile and much' lot fir a r.rnrinf t-r.infr lim.n ti under consideration was the result of liberal . The vffl.ct ,;,lic,, -f pri(!1CP( -upon concession and compromise.: on the part of j the prosperity of the State and the char gentlemen of high respectability and intelli- j acter of its citizens, is apparent. There gencc representing the interest and wishes ,s in !.,ie Statf no commercial metropolis of a very lame .portion of the State. We! W,"L,1 Vie ,mere ' ,np community i crcition of tliat denartment of the Govern- i ,-u i i a c i requires tTem to meet, anil hence they UnT 7c !n.S . ? , W,5i no ,onSer detam the frm tnc! are strangers to each other. The citizens much of it j of the west are familiar with the laws, discussed. the institutions, the politics and the towns Wc ask" for it an attentive nerusal. and ea- j iennessee, of South Carolina and I g;ge to consider it more fulfy, at a conve nient season : ' ; Pltv 'If .we.adverttothecqur.se pursued .Rcport veferred to, but copy 4 m p by fthe Legislature, we shall find that that! a3 relates to the topics wc havd di Of thpcomparati prortrlety of attem pt ing to W-open Ro oke It vie, the Board do not deprn it nessary to express an opinion?- Such awSrk is entirely nation al in itif character and hat been with (lrawn ;f)om thejr jpisdictmn and refer red to ft'e Ooncesfeof the-United States bv the-res0liit:ion "Adopted three vpars since by the G'-neia! -'Assembly.' Thev proposeyn direct ti p attention of the Le- gislattirto an-impivemenjt designed to effect thfj same nbct, which 'as first sugstltl by Mr. f allatin in 1807 and which Sifems to hay. been a favorite pro ject wilt- that grea statesman. A sur vey was'.made undi;r his direction of a part of-fhe route, anterior to the publica tion of "his celehrnT'ed report on inland navigation, but no nv qF.thp plot is in the possession of thji?JBoard.j The remain der of fhe route vya surveyed, and the practicability of thw.wrrk .ascertained by MessmPt ice &T;Smmons in 1813. A urveyjjf the samelPction Mras made no dr tlicjjdirection oMf. FuUnn n 1822. who coiicurred in tk opinions expressed bv Mefs. Pricp Clemmon. The tard submi to the Lerislature the propriety of cor recti na: Beaufort har bor witfhe w.'jters'iof iTeuse river, by a ship cinne1, andjthen e'xf ending- tliis ; H)hyv as if hesitating about tlttproper point :u .wi usrgriuimj;, iiatc uiiti-icu men ULLC1HIOI1 'Ratrnost simjiltaneoiislv to each, without do- anv tliing-very effectual for either. Ten isand dolUrsin money and a liberal gant Western hinds, were at an early 'period m fl-Tvie mi Georgia. A few of them have visited New-York' and other Eastern citie : hut j the individual is rare who possesses any 4iThe Board are aware of the increased i accurate information with rrspect to Wil intcrest the subject has awakened in every i mington or. Newbern. (,)n our norlh section of the State, and of this irreat rs- eastern border, Virginia is much more bur history, given to the University, kind i ponsibility it imposes upon them. The extensively know n fo our citizens than Wave rtotyFund, amounting probably partial failure of plans hitherto .devised, I the State which should be the great ob- .'t.-l'R i40.0onj a the f.mndntlon nf n Ww I Jnonisoes them ol the necessi y ol eivmir J-et 01 tneir attections ; and on the south Ik v. o-w' ..i ' r to every scheme surest ed'tlmrouffh ex- ' an extensive intercourse with Augusta. iff AOiiuwou oc:hkm. uiic iiimotv yi our ei- ,..,:..,- t .. ii i -i . . c.:' i .t .... . ,a .uniiai.iiu, ami i c i j o i r iiig in?, ei ea res c e v i - j a o n ti. i ujiu v.narirsion, iransiers to these towns the attachments which should ceinru ai nonie. n:;, uiio was omtnirji Sch(Mls: ,?The history of our ef- Ks fo ernvide a system of inland transport 4r1?lacciirately and minutely stated in "the Re- TpH of the Board for -Internal Improve r fnre;u1? to thclast-.uenerai Assembly a do-, sieater deuce of its practicabllty atl usefulness, before it is recommended to public pat- . .i i. . t . i . . . . - ronage. Another -unsuccessful attempt ..''-an man has aftl, that wkere our treas-. to improve our condition, will; leave the i U!'e is there will our hearts be also." I XT.. . l a . Vtnent which we shall presenflv take oc-i , " ' ? " V- ' ,ernar ! H,,"u 7cm .or a mo.m-nt on 11, . . .. - J"' .. 1 ., , , uu than that . Irom which we have but recent-!. these facts, can be at a loss to discover ;. , i"4i.2u:i io: re-uii.jiuuiui more pariicUiariy to j 5y b. en aroused. i.. i i c wwtiijtuvini 4'i v.- ;ui iiti pl.tite public atten'tio.n. It exhibits, Ip'fac that the foundation of all Y jittftice and misrepresentation v.hri i It exhibits sthe stri- the prie preseuuu:ou v.nrcn exists tins subject, is. an actual Uss tf the hte' rupultingiVoin iiiexpei-iencethe 'nb-1 nnH canylec the source of the sectional feelings :md 'ihe causes which rendered former ef-i l';alouMes wiiich lune so lo-n'o- iiUti-a, !,., forts abortive must be avoided. : These our public councils, and retarded our have already been briefly adverted to. and . : prosperity. are loo obvious, to i equire much il lustra- Hie difficulties under which the citizens "oi. inejiistorv ot all onr disannoint- disappoint-1 ' '-he north-eastern section of the $:ate .in anrj : ne eim, omnriseii within iismni. i labor, lor u-a-tit ul rvv.w ; ..., u.. iv ! I I -ill. ' 4 I ' -it " : w rv.1, II1U. 17. VII " l i j7l? ...una. Mti815. fsee Heoort of ho CV.m.t so'fullv estilninrd u thn A0P IuMVe-nehts, J.ur-Uf theoanl. that meU retV.erxe io IVruetmnf; ?m?rr1hiin g oi'.Cfrf). j,,.., "A Is ofilhe Senate, n. 52 i iVf fi.-.t ! tuciu wi'l l.,. rfartlfcr, that ais the irs sustainetl by a-! fM,'taltempra n;ade bjiklie Legis-i A iWniitee'fTintclliiient wniVmcp. i t n lene the tbitiucticr io:it-iiaSa ' i!5,on llv 'l''di..:4itl:eeioc-h" lie--! rl,r S' rhannfipfy a cut. at ! direct as may be, to Roanoke i ivcr at othear Plymouth ; .and by a cot -from the nfth side of Albemarle ound aiilenton. p the point where the feeder timers the D'.'jmal Swarmp canal, o as to nti'T. a dire 'c.omnvn nication for vpsselsfWwing ejht feet, water from Norfol li. to Beaufort; r ' For aminu'e de&'inptinn of the coun try thrqfi&h which Ijis-canal would pass, the parciilnr character of the soil to be excnvafjl; and of fyie streams by wnich thp wat;r is'to be sijprdied, the Board bpg leave irvTrefer to tin? Reports of Mr. Gal latin, Ulc-srs; Ptitjp & Cle.nmons and Mr. Fotnri. All lese Reports concur! in representing tlie:-.,vnrk aspracficable ; and Mr.vGallHtin evidently regards it as represer tfig piuch ?ss dilTiculty. in pro porion fK the disice, tl an rither the. Delawarelnnd Rririlin or Delaware and Chesapeake Canals t ; the former of which isnearly, nd tho latr entirely completed by the- eective ;tafesi in which they are situtd- In thy coure of the next spring, it' s stated 'tar the Delaware and Raritan itjanal will lc finished, and indi rect inffinitl navigation consequent! v be opened' from Stoiiinton.,' Connecticut, to Elizabeth City, in NorthvCarolrna. If the entcrprize nowfi -recommended shall be aecmnplislnd irf-.a reasonable time, Mr. GalUtjn may 0 live 'tt? see the mag nificent vcheme, wM'ich he reganled as essential io the deft'pee and commercial prosperity d the cjunfry, realized an inland nnyitiafion fr' in Maine to Georgia. If a CHiif-fihy feetlj vvilth ancl eight fee water f beVica&ated, so as to afford siilishment ot such a work. An inland inaviiration would be onenpd from fin- Unecticut to GeoiAia, with the exception of a short rutv, through a safe sea, from itSeaulort to Charleston If, the channel ife completed and the tolls made light, the whole coasting trade of the United'States will pass through.it, to avoid the danger ous navigation around Cape Hatteras. And if the banks of the cmal be con structed to admit of steam navigation at the rate of ten or twelve miles an hour, 11 the travelling from north to south and outh to north, for nine months of the Jear, wiM be by this route. 4 The General Government has been at reat expense in constructing a navy yard yt Norfolk, supposed to be superior to ny in the Unionthe port of. Norfolk offering, perhaps, the best possible situa tion for such a work. It is of great im portance, that this yard should be well fnpplied, and upon reasonable terms. Yhis-canal would open to Norfolk a coup try abounding in almost inexhaustible forests of fhe. finest pine and oak timber, and furnishing adequatesupplies of na val stores. The live oak .timber of the south might be transported by this refute, ifnmediatel v to the yard, with the great est economy and despatch. These are sSnne of the advantages in times of peace; ')j war, thi inland communication would He invaluable, and might be maintained it) defiance of the fleelsof our enemies. Should the Chesapeake be blockaded by a; superior squadron, onr fleets and men a war could at any time receive, at Beau fort, through thee canals, any supplies Ijpy might require from the viavy yard at Norfolk. Merchantmen miht send their cr;;oes to the interior, and receive return cargoes bv the same channel. The ex istence of such a work would give to N. Carolina a distinction and consideration in ihe Union, of which her -sons might ell be proud. It would more than ob vjate the difiiculty occasioned by the cf.osmg up nt Uojinoke inlet, since instead of one we would have easy acc;s to wo of the best seaports aw our coast. From any point upon, the canal, rail rads might be constructed to the interior of the State. The precise location of such raU can be properly determined when Of tdiich 673 is free navigation, and 553 This deducted fi-om 1938, shows a difference c 715 milrs in favor of the North-Carolira aixlTe- nessee route, over that of Ohio. Besides wind, this route reaches the navigable head of m. hiiivi. in vi j units irum ;c w - 1 orK. 01 VV lir two-thirrts is free.tThisjwill be the ciieapestiw; to Alabama. The Tennessee is navigable abw the Muscle shoals '600 miles, and eacii sliore im he considered a rich agricultural and mini country. The nearest market to this part ci lennessee win. oe the cities ot North-Carollm The expense of freight by these two routes it,::' be also compared. It is stated in a recent puii cation, that it costs, to get a ton of merchandiz; carried from New-York to Louisville' by the lak; and canals, $2 75 per cwt. (or 55 dulls. pertoH and that it requires 21 davs. Freight from.ew- York to Newbern, if in proportion to that acrosi the Atlantic, would be 3 dollars : but in the ra tio of the freight by steam boats on the IJudson, it would be 6 dollars : and as carrying on mi! roads can be profitably afforded for two cents a ton a mile, this would be to Knoxville $8 3", and to Nashville 30 dollars makiiiL S17 50 to that city, which is, besides, nearer to tfie great river than Louis vi He. And as the Ofmberlan;! runs over a limestone bed, it might be easily im-i i c . - . -. i t t i ii pruveu ior a low waier naviaiion uy iucks sun. merged'and out of the way when the Water is deep enough. But the Ohio cannot be. h shoals are of sand. - The general considerations which strongly recommend the North-Carolina route, are, tbat during five months: the Northern canals are cles- ed by ice ; that of Pennsylvania four, months'; that of the Potomac three months ; and the Ohio is generally frozen for .'some months. : Besid tlat it is too low for navigation two months of the "summer almost every yeari But North-C roltna is in that medium of climate as well asM graphical relation to the west that permits of uninterrupted 'commercial intercourse througt the State. Nor is there any thing in the nature of u rivalry to be apprehended from the Virginii improvements. The Chesapeake and Ohio & nal has so great an ascent, as hveffect toincrea the distance considerably. The rise j westwari is 2486 feet, and the descent tor Pittsburg 1686 feet whole lockage 4172 feet. ; The James river route rises, in 241-miles, 2578 feet, and descends to the Ohio in 222463 miles, 1997 feet, Moreover, we know from the Baltimore sur veys, that the ground along the great KenhaM is exceedingly difficult, and it is most likely that this work, if ever undertaken, will incline to tlie north to Covington and descend the valley of the Greenbrier. West Virginia is entitled to the ac enmmodtttion ; bir, having the Ohio navigation, is not, like Kast Tenaessee, in distress for access to market. Indeed, the Baltimore surveys show that the hijrh valley of Virginia watered by thr branches of the James, mut principally furnish the business of the route along that stream. as the country-on the Roanoke must for that j while the next geographical division to the . uuth Carolina and Georgia line, naturally falls in with the system of internal improvement contemplat ed by North-Carolina. ; whose western frontier includes the head waters of the Tennessee ; w that, if the State resolves on having this ro'j tlie business of the extensive valleys watered bf tlie Uolstou and the Clinch,-would" be more like ly lo descend with the cturent to Kingston aid Knoxville, and export eastward by tire rail -raid, than ascend and go north to the James rive: route, considerably errcuitous. If we also consider the elevation ; from NTe' bern to the fot of the Blue Itidge is stated to be a rise of 1200 feet ; which, if the location of th road be gradual, as I suppose it can be on t'i: southern location indicated, is only four feet in mile, 4 Since, then, there Js nothing to fear.frn Virginia as a rival ;iSo,. ori the, otfier hand, tlif ffi is nothing to apprehend from' South-Carolinu.--F,cr, not inclndiog in her- boupdarees the h4d witters of the Tennessee, she has. after imnrovin the necessary surveys and -estimates 'shall her'Hvervid ready, turned her enterprize to lb hive been made. An ab!e cninmnnie.athir i" TriCEresfe of .c jmraerce at her capital ; audit i lipon ihe subject Ins been submitted to the Hoard, ? by Mr. Sullivan, a Civil En srjneer, fonneilv of Boston, but now a re sident in New-York. -".TV boldness, ori ginality and apparent pradicnbllity ,f hm pjant will arrest the attention of the L - aslntute. ills Aniiiions have been sub. .&iM.i !?..: i iiiLit4 hi an innjcfi, mc(iui hi repuia t in! 4o no member of the -profession' in tljat Stale, who ha iven fhem the sanc tion of his h.oartv concurrence. .Thev will be stated without further prefatory re iiiiir!;s and wiih little change of his argu ijient or form of expressiun. u ThtTlhie Ridge he"ng wit hi -i the boundary line ot this state, and us limits conip eiiL-ndiiii' t galleys of the Tennessee, t di)ectirAnrutunic-.toii between Bean fort and Noifdk, w!iat f W fC' the jrficct l5,v i Vz head watew w ton the coiiduion of.lJo.nbM'andina and of ! VhUbe key of c.oiunVatoii with tlie va!l? i::e i.Miion ." ah ifc'K. nroifuc from tiie v - J v ",Pi"T otsiaoces sup- shores of AlbemarlSouiid. from ihe vnl a ofJica. ionW tj.e r.iil ro.d. xvhicb . .... - 11 steins to caniDieiicsul the nnt h,.) -, l . 1 S.I tU' l.,;!iVJ!!,, a c u t r j v ir&t -c-t::nutfd t ,i ... SI "1 1 . rgi-r,, as lfioa.baspnWratr toLi.-Udv; ( a-i ierv:lr V - 1 " ' it'ianiiKe. to be. 0! more likelv that rail roads will ramify among1 tuc fertile counties of Georgia, than that, at ht f cK' pense, one, at' great cost, will be made over the mountains to argrandiie Charleston. .., The domestic trade jpf Nortn-Carolina il indeed l like the interior 'of Georgia, of Ne' York and -of lhnsylvania) be alone a sttlRcie objector this main line of. rail roft(l as 1he of h system' of branches up every valley to th north-west from it. arid into every proditctn' district between the rivers ; but it is a gyeat e'--eoirsgement and warr.mt for the work, that , little west of the line of the Slate lies tins valuable, pari !of east Tennessee rich in roaVsaltnd gypsum, articles in the ?fCi,v demalul, and the latter wanting to giv- Krt.U to the alluvial lands of the, eastern cmiHttc Peunsvlvania ieci'iv'es hcr"siipply-of' it 'r ',n !'f State of New Vrt-k. The pine bearing 1 ''' Xew Hampshire were in t5ii,s u'ay nude U'i-tl 11 receiving plaster hy hire nurds. - ti i OuK'igricidturalisi-s cannot now : f ( Aet c-vtoii, ut Charleston, at a lo. P' l t plantv-rs, of South-Ca olina can. T'hei 1-5 ujn. tilt: liiGLui .iii.; j I . - - . t T ' If - ' -' ' ' -
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
June 24, 1834, edition 1
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