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" Ours arc the plans of lair delightful peace, imwarp'd by party rage, to live like brothers. Wol;xxix. 2-? 3-SP53P MpWDAY, UlARCBt 121838. ISO.10. sit ors asd pR??k 4 H TERMS three dollars wmr annum ,)f in advance. ' 1 -:Pirsflns residing without in totate will he rqgri ay the wholk amount of year's RATES OF ADVERTISING. For every 16 linos- (u size fyjo) first insertion on dollar ; each subsequent insertion, 25 cents. Coux Orders and Judicial Advertisements will be charred 25 per cent, higher ; and a deduction f 33 per cent, will be tnade from the regular yriees, fur advertisers by the year. f 57" Lkttems to the Editors must be post-paid. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, Wake County, - , Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, February Term, 1838. AVeston R. Gales 1 V' -William Ellis. Original Attachment -Levied on Land. IT appearing to the satisfaction of the Court,;that the Defendant, William Ellis, is not an inhabi tant of this State: It is therefore ordered , that pub lication be inade in the Raleigh Register, JoT six weeks successively, for the Defendant to be and ap pear at the next term of our Court of Pleas and Quaiter Sessions, to be held for Wake County, at ihe Court. House in Raleigh, on the 3d Monday of Xay next, to replevy, plead, answer, or demur: Otheuvlse, judgment final will be entered against him, and the Land levied en be condemned to j sat- isfy Plaintirt s claim. Witness. Alfred Williams, Clerk of our said Court 4t Office, the 3d Monday of February, A. D. 1838. 18 ALFRED WILLIAMS, U. C. Ce J O T.M.C JE T February Term, 1838rf Johnston County Cuurt, the Sulscrfber ob.ained Letters of Ad ministration on the Estate of Nathan Bagwell, dee'd. All persons indebted to said Estate are requested to nuke payment without delay, and those halving ehimsjhcreqM, are requested to present then), jduly authenticated, within the time prescribed by law, or this notic wilt be plead in bar of their recovery. On TuestUyV the 3d of April next, at the late re sidence of the deceased, the Subscriber will, in pur- iiiance of an Order of the County Court of John ston, proceed to sell f Twelve likely Negroes, j Consisting of Men, Women and Children. Also, all the perishable Estate of said deceased, consisting of Horses, Mules, Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, a quantity of Corn and Fodder, Household and Ki tchen Fur niture, Farming Tools, Carts, Blacksmith's Tools, Stc. Ate. jk credit of nine months will be given the porch -asem, and bond and good security required. , LITTLEBERRY BAGWELL, Adrar. Johnston county, Feb. 26, 1838. 18 3 jVOJTMCJB. A T February Term, 1838, of Johnston Cdunly Court, the Subscribe! obtained Letters of; Ad ministration on the Estate of Isham O'Neal, dee'd. All persons indebted to the said Estate are request ed to make payment without delay, arid those ! hav ing .claims thereon to present them, duly authen ticated, within the time prescribed by law, orj this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery, i On Thursday, the 29lh day of March next, at the j late residence of the deceased, the subscriber will, in pursuance of an Order of the County Court of Johnston, proceed to sell i. Nineteen Likely Negro c, j Consisting of Men, Women and Children, Boys & Girls. Also, all the perishable Estate of said dee'd. consisting of Horses, Mules, Cattle, Sheep & Hogs, quantity of Corn and Fodder,. Oats, Household & Ki'.ehen Furniture, a Carryall, Riding Chair, Ox Cart, two Yoke of Oxen, Farming, tools, a' set of Blacksmith's tools and various other articles, j A credit of nine months will be given thet pur chasers, and bond and good security required! HOPSON O'NEAL, Admr. Johnston co., Feb. 26, 1838. 18 3w. HTATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, Anson County, ; Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, ; 3 January-Term, 1838, John R. Casan & Wife and others v. r Petition for Partition. Peter Sinclair and Wife Zilphia and Lemuel II. Alsobfook. I T appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that the Defendants, Peter Sinclair and Zilphia his wife, and Lemuel H. A Isobrook, reside beyond the limits ef this State.- It is therefore, ordered, that publication be made for six s'iccessive weeks, notify ing said non-residents, personally, to be and appear hefore the Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quar ter Sessions, at the Court to ho held for said Coun ty, at the Court House in Wodesboro', on the 2d Monday in April next, then and there to show muse, if any mey have, why the prayer of the Pe titioners should not be granted; otherwise it will be Jaken pro confesso, and heard ex parte as to them. w ltness, N orflect I). Hoggan, Ulerk of pur said Court, at Office, the 2d Monday in January, A. D. W38. N. D. BOGGAN, Clerk. Pr. Advt. $5 62$ 18 9S0 BLANK BOOKS For Sale at the N.Cttrolina Book Store cos si s t i jr o op LEDGERS,Uay Bks,.lmirn's,C4.h Uooks, Invoice Books, Bill Book, . Deed Bookf, Record Books, Cyphering Books, Copy Books, Passbooks, fleceipt Bojoks, Lettjejr Books,; Me norapdum 4?ooks, and Bank Books, v if UOscrbe's haye the above named Books H Xe diflerent sizes Ihal are used by Mer chants, Clerks of Courta, Register, .by Bnks, and Men of BusineBs, and can make to order nykmdof Blank Books at the shortest no ce. Also, , . - .. 9inREAls of Letter and Cap Paper of VJU different qualHie. . . ' i 1 flfl RBAM3 of Wrappiiif; paper wsth a J nuaotity of Post and Folio Post Paper ri.! Vie' 8uPrior Ky.- Also Superfine Han- Fa1" for pAn''t covers Paper toUkng "'Perior quality m aetror Rooms, till. W.' an en' "assortment of i Sta nnary and Fancy articles usually kept by Book ers. All of ihich ll be ld yVry cheap. RaU, . , TURNERS HUGHES. R'dgh, March, 1838 - , J8 , Temperance Contention. -' THE Delegates to the Temperance Convention, to beheld in Raleigh on the 14 th inst. are re quested fo "call at the North Carolina Book Stoie, immediately on their arrival in the City, where they will be met by one or more of the , Committee of Arrangements,; wit! a , view to their location, and the goneral convenience of . the Members. T. LORING. WM. M'PHEETERS, j -A Committee WM. PECK. I o. D. LACY, f - D.H.HOLLAND, ' j Arrangements. JOS. H. DAVIS, J Raleigh, March, 1838. Administrator's Notice. THE Subscrihrr, having qualified at Februa, . ry Term of Wake Cou nty Court, as Admin istrator on the Kstate of Francis Sluntevant, dee'd. f said county, hereby gives notice to all persons indebted to 3id Estate t' mke im mediate payment, and to those havkig demands, to present them within (he period prescribed by lw, otherwise, Hhis notice will be pieaa in bar of their recovery. tIKNUY STUltDEVANT, Admr. Feb. 19, 1838. 17 6w. FURTHER NOTICE. AT the Store of Johnston Busbee, Esq- on the the 17th of March next, I will hire out, for balance of the year, SIX LIimLY NEGROES. the property of the said Francis Sturdevanr, dee'd. 1IENUY STUUDEVANT, Admr. Fw-b. 19. 1838. , 17 ts. Just Receyvfcu tm&f or Sole, S Tierces best Rotten PLASTER PARIS, for manure. AH who want rich land will do well to call on the subscriber for this excellent manure, and apply it" on their Land, as rich land never fails to yield a plentiful harvest. I hope that experience has long since shown the farmer that the above is the cheapest and best manure. I will sell low for Cash. Gajl three doors South of Market squara. J. E, PATTERSON. FayetteTille, Feb. 23. l38. 18 4w Turner & Muglies HAVE JUST RECEIVED At the N Carolina CooR Store, A general assortment of Books in all the various departments of Literature, Science, f Theology: also STATIONARY in all its varieties- all of which they will sell at wiolesale dr. retail, on the most liberal terms. Among them arc tfre following : 500 Smith's School Geography on the pro ductive system, accompanied by an improv ed and enlarged Ahs containing nine folio Maps frono Steel Plate?. 500 Smith's Practical and Mental Arithmetic, on a new plan 1 2C0 Smith' Practical and Productive Grammar. 700 Munavs English Grammar, well bound in. kailiir and wttcreu at a very reduced 500 Introduction to Murray's English Kder. 500 Parley V Geography for Children. 100 Peter Parley's Arithmetic. 100 Olney's School Geography and Atla. 100 Malte Itrun's da ilo. 50SraiIeyTs Geography and At la. 500 Walker's common School L)ictionry. 100 Pike's Arithmetic. 500 Webster's Spelling Book. 500 Emmerson's National Spelling Book. The above are only a few, for all would be too tedious to mention. The Law Librakt is very exteus've compri sing seveial thousand vo'umes. 'I'lte The looical Libsart embraces most every work exUnt. Hes'des, Medic!, Miscellaneous Classical, Po etical, Books of Fancy, Trxvels, Voyages, ap proved Editions of American and Eng. School Hooks Books fur Farmers, Gardeners and Far riers. Cookery Books, new Novels, and, in fact, Hooks ad ipted to every capacity. Ualeij;t, March, 1B38. 13 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, Wake County, Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, February Term, 1.838. Ransom Jones T Original Attachment ' William EJjis,, 5 Levied on Land. IT appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that the Defendant, Wm. Ellis, is not an inhabitant 4f this State: It is therefore ordered, that publica tion he made in the Raleigh Register, for six weeks successively, for the Defendant to be and appear at the next term of our Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions', to beheld for VV ake County, at the Court House in Raleigh, on the 3d Monday of May next, to replevy, plead, answer, or demur ..- Otherwise, judgment final will be entered against him,, and the Land levied on be condemned to satisfy Plaintiff's claim. Witness, Alfred Williams, Clerk of our said Court at Office, the 3d Monday of February, A. D. 1833. 18 ALFRED WILLI AftS, C C. C. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, Wake County, .Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, , February Term, 1838. ' Alexander M. 'High Original Attachment William Eilis. Levied on Laad. IT appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that the Defendant, William Elks, is not an inhabi- tant of this State: It is therefore ordered that tant of this State:-It is therefore ordered, that nauem ine naieign negisier, iorsii t : n -. . r . f - weeks successively, for the Defendant to be ana ap pear at the nejt term ef our Court of Pleas and J V "".' i t Quarter esai6ns, to he bejd or Wake Cbiinty. at arnents. Hie seopnd refers to the rag ctir the Court House in Raleigh, on the 3d Monday of rency of the day i ;hich, from the present May next, to replevy, plead, answer, or demur embarrassments, every one is willing to Otherwise, judgment final will be entered .against 4 accept for his property, if he can make HVT,"!1 'S,1! ft ,evied dn b6 6 tot- change: The third .evidently Refers to lViineAlfted Williams, Clerk of our said Court shin' plasters-for on presenting, Mgood at Office, the 3d Monday.of FebroarX, A. D.1838. a shave" or itn Oyster stipper," 4he 18 ALFRED WILLIAMS, c. C.p, f srftooth hin and satisfied Appetite will rea- . - - -COMMUNICATIONS.' TOR THE REGISTER. MODE IMPROVEMENTS. When the Almighty fat spake (his earth into being, it stamped progression in every feature, bothof the mental ant! material world. However skeptics may doubt, and credulity wonder, Onward is, and will be oar motto, until we reach the perfectibility of our primitive -creation. From , the fait onward, there has been a gradual approxi mation to Ibis desired state ; and the recent developemetvU of Phrenology, Animal Mag nalistn, & Electro-Magnetic power, -evince that we have" nearly arrived at the acme of our wishes, .Our progenitor, Adam," was but a pigmy hi intellect ; a mere name; of birds and cattle, and now eclipsed by the puny prattler of an infant school. Tubal -Cain, and Hie thunder-bolt forger of Jupi ter, may have tyeen tolerable blacksmiths ; yet they knevv; nothing of machinery, or steam engines, and could now be taught by the initiated apprentice of a modern machi nist. How inferior Noah's ark, to a Bal timore clipper, or a Hudson steamer, ca pable of navigating from Arrarat to the Rucky Mountains, in a week? Had that primitive navigator enjoyed the liiht of modern reform, he never would have, known that ' wine is a mocker, and strong drink raging" ; te-totalism would have saved him the disgrace of his Bacchanalian revel, and he have left on record an unfailing ar gument in favor of total abstinence. Nim rod, as the founder of Babylon, and a migh ty empire, deserves our credit. But what is his huntinjr nrowess, when nut iii competition with that of Davy Crockett ; who could grin down more game in a week, than the former could kill in an Aote-dilu-vian'nge; and whose dog would scarcely have barked at the puny animals of that an cient hunter's game ground. Sampson by mere physical Trce, conquered and flayed a lion, but Yan Amburgh,by the moral power of mind, not only subdues this king of beasts, but lite- rai ly Dears on noi me gates 01 ua.a j but the wild tiger of the desert. The music of Orpheus ly re, wWich moved the rivers, moun tains and forests to listen to his song, and brought back from Pluto his better half, is now" far outriyalled by Paganini, with a single cat-gut, and whose tones as tar ex ceed the former, as the music of the sphres does a je.we-hat p" The diseases which em anated from Pandora's box," were greatly mitigated by the skill of an JEsculapius ; but hope, concealed in the bottom, has at length developed uselt, in the lorm ot Bran- dreth? veue table pills, and Whitlow's medicated vapor bath. We have now the elixir of life, the ne plus ultra of restora tives, and by means of which, if life be not rendered perpetual, it wilt doubtless be much elongated, and no Ion srer measured by days, or years, but by the number of pill -boxes emptied. As renowned law-giver, history has incorporated Ihe names of Moses. Solon, or Lycurgus, with all that is grand, moral, or sublime, in that noble science. For simplicity of diction, pui ity of morals, and adaptation to all the exigen cies of both civil and eclesiastical govern ments, they have been the theme and ad miration of ages. These laws, though sum mary and explicit, are wanting in those mi nute technicalities, so compatible to ihe dig nity and legal acumen of a modern-bred lawyer. They in re found too slow to meet the business habits of this bustling age. Judge Lynch has given us a code, which casts far in the shade the pandects of Jus tinian, or the renowned Venetian Council of ten. Sustained by a Loco toco jury, we have rjiovy a svstein of Jurisprudence com mensurate with the wants of our great fed erative republic. With the shade of an oak for a forum and its branche's a gibbet, justice treads upon the heels of crime, me ting out his demands with a rapidity almost incredible, t he Legislative assemblies ot Greece and Rome were wise, calm and dig nified, but lacked the satirical sniiit and energy of a modern Congress ; where the pistol and the bowie knife eUcit evidences, and the right of instruction brings to an as sembly the will of the constituents. The executive power of a Caesar or Nero, tlio absolute, possessed not 'the right, of veto, that grand rectifier of the crude, undigest ed acts of a popular assembly. Poetry and swig havc.iinniortalized the names of Leo nidas and his Spartan band, for the defence of -Thermopylae But how inferior their military prowess to that of Osceola or Jump er? With a mere handful, of negroes and Indians, they have vanquished the united forces of our Republic, sustained by its treasury of. 3.0 millions, and defied the mil itary skill and tactics of our ablest Gene rals. The last, though not least advance, consists in the present refined currency of i the day. Political economists have denned ; money to cousist'if a material- first; which j has alulae of its owe; secondly, which every inAn la nrillifltv In av1i una fitu ic rtrnnaivl thirdly, j gj, whose value is readily ascertain The first must refer to xoid and sil VPI. , ' nnf f.-nin their iritmnsir val a rr l n - . ' n ma.nxn ut - i, T.. . i . . ,J wAvtihi itv in ii r I arii n I im name mo. ni a ri dily acknowledge that their value is readily ascertained. Various specific articles have been adopted by different nations, as a me dium of erchange. . Some itave used shells and wampum others, iron, brass, gold and silver But we, wrser than our forefathers, have adopted an entire paper currency, leaving the former- articles to be applied to the luxuries and practical purpo ses of life. Massachusetts however, has adopted a currency "of eggs ; and which, if Legislative acts tlo not prohibit so small issues, will y-ive fine scorn for nrivate banking ; a man's credit not being mea sured by his specie capital, but by the num ber of bipeds under his care. The armour of Diomede, says Homer, cost nine oxen. A warrior wishing to arm at half that price, would be troubled to pay four and a half oxen. The Republic ot '1 exas has however obviated that difficulty ; cows being used for largw sums, and calves for change. This will also prevent usury and the pre sent system ot shaving lor you have but to keep your small change a year, ad you realize a full compound interest. An en tire paper currency, from the facility of extending its issues and as a ready medium of exchange, seems precisely adapted to our present wants. With a bank capital of glory, fortified by a sub-treasury sys tem, we may safely go onward to that per fection of experiments, which our vast re sources atnj rank as a nation entitle us. SIGMA. FOR THE REGISTER. Messrs. Editors : Believing that your readers will be gratified to know where the signers of the Declaration of our Indepen dence were born, and when they died, so far as history will show, I have taken the liberty of transmitting the encloseij, .which you can publish if you deem, it of sufficient importance. I heir occupations anq profes sions have also been noticed. Respectfully, B. W. T. MASSACHUSETTS DELEGATION. John Hancock, President of the Congress i of 1776, born in Quincy, Mass. in the year 1737 ; died October 8th 1793 a Merchant. Samuel Adams, born in Quincy, Mass. Sept. 22d 1722 ; died October 2nd 1803 In early life a Merchant, but devoted most of it to Politics. John Adams, born in Quincy, Mass. Oct. 19, 1735; died July .4th 1826 a Lawyer and second President of the United States. Robert Treat Payne, barn in Boston, in the year 1731; died May Uth 1814 a Lawyer and Judge. ' Elbridge Jerry, born in Marblehead,Mass. July 17th 1744; died Nov. 23d 1814-for some, years a Merchant, but, a the time of his death, Vice President of the U. States.' NEW HAMPSHIRE DELEGATION. Jostah Bartlett, born in Amesbury, Mass. inl729 ; died May 19th 1785 a Physician. Wm. Whipple, born in Kittery, Maine, in 1730; died Nov. 28th 1785 engaged for several years in Mercantile pursuits. Matthew Thornton, born in Ireland, about the year 1714; died June 24th 1803 Physician. - - RHODE ISLAND DELEGATION. Stephen Hopkins, bora in Providence, March 7th 1707 ; died July 13th 1785-for some years a Farmer. William Ellery , born in New Port, Dec 22d 1727 ; died Feb. 15th 1820 a Lawyer. CONNECTICUT DELEGATION. Roger Sherman, born in Newton, Mass. April 19th 1721 ; died July 23d 1793 fol lowed a trade in early life, which he aban doned and became an eminent Lawyer. Samuel Huntington, born in Windham, Conn. July Hd 1732 ; died Jan. 5th 1790 a Layyer. William Williams, born in Lebanon, Conn. April 8th 1731 ; died August 2d 1811 for several years a Merchant. Oliver Wolcott, born in 1726 ; died Dec. 1st 1797 he staged but never practiced Medicine. . - NEW YORK DELEGATION. William Floyd, born on Long Island, Dec. 17th 1734 ; died August 4th 1821 80 particular profession. - . ' Philip Livingston, born Jan. !5th 1716, in Albany ; died June 12th 1778 a Merchant. Francis Lewis, born in Landaff, Wales, 1713 ; died Dec. 30th 1803 a Merchant. Lewis Morris, born in Morrisania, N.Y, in 1726 ; died in Jan. 1798 a Farmer. NEW JERSEY DELEGATION. Richard Stockton, born near Princetoni Oct. 1st 1730; died Feb. 28th 1781 a Lawyer. ' John Withers poon, born near Edinburgh (Scotlahd) on Feb. 5th 1722 ; died Nov. 1.5th 1794 a Clergyman. Frajis Hopkinson, born in Philidalphia in 17374 died May 8th 1791 -a Lawyer and Judge,. John Hart, birth unknown $ d.ie.rl in J780 a Farmer, , Abram Glark, born in Elizabeth Town, N, if Fe6. 15th 1726 ; died in 1794 a Farmer and Surrey or. PENNSYLVANIA DELEGATION. Robert Morrii, born in Lancashire En- gland, in 1733 ; died May 8th 1806 a Merchant. . : ' Benjamin Bush, born near Philadelphia, Dec. 24th 1745 ; died in April 1812--an eminent Physician. . j Benjamin Franklin, born in Boston v Jan. 17th 1 700; thed April 17th 1790 a Print er, Philosopher and Statesman, j 1 George Morton, born in Ridley, Dela ware in 1723 died Nov., 15th 1777a Lawyer and Judge. George Clymer, born in Philadelphia in ! 1739 : died Jan. 23d 1813 for some vpars a Merchant. ' f James Smith, born between the yejars 1715 and 20, from Ireland ; died in 1806 a Lawyer and Surveyor. George Taylor, from Ireland, born; in 1716 ; died Feb. 21st 1781 for some years engaged jn Mercantile pursuits. j James Wilson, from Scotland, born about the year 1742 ; died August 28th 1798 a Lawyer and Judge of the U. States Court. George Ross, born in New Castle, Dela ware in 1730 ; died in July 1779 a Law yer and Judge. DELAWARE DELEGATION. Ca;sar Rodney, born in Dover, 1730; died in 1783 a Farmer. George Read, born in Maryland in 1734; died in in 1798 a Lajyyer and Judge. Thomas McKean, born in Pennsylvania, March 19th 1734; died June 4th 1817M Lawyer and Judge, MARYLAND DELEGATION. Samuel Chase, born in Soiriersett Coun ty, April -17th 1741 ; died June 19th 1811 a Lawyer and Judge. William Paca. born in Harford County, Oct. 31, 1740 time of his death not known a Lawyer and Judge, Thomas Stone,. born in Charles County m 1742 ; died Oct. 5th 1787 a Lawyer. Charles Carroll, born in Annapolis, Sept out 177 aiea m i'-5t a lawyer. VIRGINIA DELEGATION. George Wythe, born in Elizabeth City County mi 1726 died June 8th 1806 a Lawyer and Judge. Richard Henry Lee, born in Westmore land Jounty Jan. 20th 1732 his life prin cipally spent in the Councils of his country Thomas Jefferson, born at Shad well, Al bemarle County, on 2d April 1743 ; died July 4th 1826-a Lawyer, Statesman and the third President of the United States. Benjamin Harrison, birth unknown ; died in April 1791 twice elected Governdr of Virginia, and was a conspicuous actor on the political arena of his country. i l nomas ixeison, jun. oorn at ifori on uum ai lurbi, on f the 26th Dec. 1738 ; died Jan. 4th 1789 an active and efficient Governor of Virginia, and a distinguished Politician. Francis 'Lightfoot Lee, born Oct. 14th 1734 ; lime of his death not ascertained. The latter part of his life he spent in Agri culture. ' i Carter Braxton, born in King and Queen County, Sept, 10th 1736 ; died 1 6th Oct. 1797 u Merchant during the latter part of his life. - NORTH-CAROLINA DELEGATION. William Hooper, a native of Boston, born June 17th 1742; died in Oct. 1790 a Lawyer. Joseph Hewes, born neai Kingston, New Jersey in 1735; died Nov. 10th 1779 for many years a merchant. j John Penn, a native of Caroline County, Virginia; born May 17th 1741; died in Sept. 1788 a Lawyer. SOUTH CAROLINA DELEGATION. Edward Rutledge, born in Charleston, ISTpv. 1749; died Jan. 23d 1800 a distin guished Lawyer. Thomas Hey ward, bora in St. Luke's ParUh S. C. in 1746; died in March, 1809 a Lawyer. Thomas Lynch, born in Prince Georges Parish, S.C. August 5th 1749; lost his life at sea by shipwreck while on his passage to Europe for the benefit of his health not long after he signed the Declaration of Indepen dence a Lawyer. Arthur Middleton, born near the banks of the Ashley River, S. Carolina, in 1743 ; died Jan. 1st 1787 -profession not known, GEORGIA DELEGATION. ; Button Gwinnett, born in 1732 ; killed a native of England, in a duel -May 27th 1777 a Merchant and Planter. - - Lyman Hall, a native of Connecticut, born m 1141 ; aiea sdoui ine year i i a mer chant. , ! George Walton, born in the county of Frederick, Virginia, m 1740; died reb. 2d 1804 bred to a trade, but in subsequent life, studied, and made the Law his profes sion. Henry Misner, a delegate from N. York, was present when Congress impressed their approbation of the Dec aration of Indepen - dence, and voted for it, but having left Con gress before the engrossed copy was signed by. the several Members, he thus failed in affixing his signatureto this nlemoraib3 in strument. v . The Pen with which these sigaatnres were made, has J)een preserved and is "no w in the Cabinetof the Massachusetta Histori cal Society. - - - FnoM . Bl.c&wq6p3 - RAIL ROADS AND STEAM BOATS. Itmight be a curious speculation to in quire into the probable effects of the rail-V road system on mankind.. Certainlr- noi system ever became so popular, and s" sod dn1y ami so widely popular FranccAhas began jto fling out those gigantic, a rirrs.ofa communication over, her noble .country. Belgium exults in the commencement , nfj a web of rail roads, in which it expect, v . catch all Ihe stray dollar and centimes uF: . the Contmnt. The, transit iron Osterv4i to the Rhine will, in the course of a year, -or two, be aa affair of a couple of hours. s Germany is slinking off her sleep ; her; blacksmiths are lighting their Hercynian forges, and from their mountains of tiw Hartz to the Tyrol, huge men, with .ante- . dilavian visages and Cyclopean arms, Xre; hatamennr at iron wedjres, rails, and cear TJ r f r fire horses.' Prussia is. layinc doya. rail roads from her capital to France,- tt oland, ami to Austria. Ihe puzzlins uestion of her politicians being, whether te thus invites invasion, oi promotes dev ence. iut politicians are blockheads on ' all matters of common sensii : and of alt blockheads, the German politician is the most profound, headstrong and helpless. Ihe inerchant, the traveller, and the .tinkl er know better things. The SteatA Engine; in its effective state, is but little more than half a century old,1 far its inventionVlnrll1 time of CharlesIL, left it for upwards of half a century little more than a toy. Irt half a century more, its present nerfeciiorii may be looked upon 4s little else flian that ot an -fngenious plaything It is scarcely ten years since the steamboat rentOTeuVto sea. Thirty years agv" the !ate v!L.or4 Stanhope was tauglied at by all Londpn for his attempt to swim the Steambdftt fjForrt London Bridge to "Greenwich.. It ntfw dashes from e Tower' to Constantinople ; or shopts down to the Red Sea, fights the monsoon on its own ground j sweeps to Bombay, t'eylou, antl Bengal, and aston ishes the Mogul and Emperor of China, the Mme morning, with the month's news paper from London. The railway,in its pres ent5"power,is not ten years old,yet is already spreatling, not merely over Europe, but over the vast savanahs of the Nety World. What will all this come to in the, next fifty ye: ars ? What must be the effects of this gfigantic stride over the wayfrof this world 1 What the mighty influence of that mutual communication which, even in itsfeetjlejSt state, has been in every ajje th.e gran4; iR' strumeut "if j:jyjiatiou ! Thrdw down the smallest iiarrier between typ natipng, and from that hour both become more civi lized. Open the close shut coast of China ,-i.;,w nlwi r,.nrn ,uof k.., ; K r.i. r -h : llic Ltillill l Hill ui inv cJc mil f V grcss ol" improvement. 'Die barbariaaand the despot hate the stranger. Yet, fur the fullest civiirration, freedoip, and enjoy ment of whieh earth is capable, the oiie thing needfuftis the fullest intercourse, of nation with. nalton,.and man with inau. The European passiou hur.the rail roatf i certainly one of the mot singular as if .U one of tlw most c 1 1 eVr i i iglc h a r a c t e r i s t i c s of the age. Like all instruments of national power, it inay be inade. an instruinentof nalioual evil, it may give; additional strength to the tyrannical, accumulate force against the weak, pour resiitjesi in vasion against-the. unprepared, arid smito the helpless with unexampled fapjtjjty . pf ruin. But its faculties are tn.tde fur peace, its tendency fo make nations fegl ine value of peace ; and u.nless some other magnificent itfvention shall coins to supej-- sede its' use, and obliterate the memory 1f i!s services, we cannot suffer ourselves to doubt that ihe wnoie system which isw' in me course ot aoopitoin wun sucn aruur throughout Europe, yill yet be acknowl edged as having given the mightiest' pro pulsion to, thj general improvement -bf mankind. , ' iOn opening the Stapcard of die 21st 1ft r ant," we. notice, for the first time, its most Inappropriate and singular motto-4."TH pkople against the Bank." 3'lnlr consider that the Standard U the advocate tif the bank ofbanks,the "great inaminutru" of which the Executive will be president, direptor, cashier, teller and stgckholder, we think that 'Fanmt WRiomr .fig'amst marUiagb:" would be a more' liairacteris tic niotto. When poof Fanny cot married he had the ; discretion to cenAer' abUjei of the 4 'holy tie of wedlock ; Lu t since the Standard has espoused - :tTife ' Grat Loco foco Baiik,,'it':is- more ' se ve fe ; than ever on the Small fry of shaving shops." NtiobertxSpectalOT- Econdmy.- According to the Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, to Congress, the .expenses of the presen t econpmicai Ze mocratic Administration, frbmtJst ; of January, T837,to the 1st of January, 1838, (c;rcf of the S4,698,O0O' requfred Vfor i lW tnRt n ffi denartmenL Svaa H35.281 the Post Office department, was :$5,21 362 ! Thus is manifgstqd thevs(ririff t)f those whose cry was 7retrencamentana economy ' when' Mr. Adams i vaui -the way of Gem-Jacksorr. The whole epepenr DubBcdt is FORTY MILyONS PlM SmS fifeipoem spectator. ditore for the four years beginning7 wun 1823 and eTadinwitn 18j28,excasvoj: i After tvik
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
March 12, 1838, edition 1
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