, -
nr AS taken op ond entered on the Stray Uook
f f of Wake JJounty on me out last., m 5 f,
euppoaetl to lie sixteen years of "age, with Vscaron
tbe right thigh, by James' P. Bell, residing five 'or
mx mile West of Raleigh mmh
r f ALEXANDER CAMPBELL -
Tfoveraber 7,1838.
2
THE REGISTER;
mass sun, sr.
MOXDAT, NOVEMBER 13, 1S3S.
I FEDERAL COURT. "
The United States' Court, for the District" of
North-Carolina, meets in this City to-day. Mr. Jus
tice Bambove and Judge Pot la. will preside
RALEIGH AND GASTON ROAD, .
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i
XVe understand that another section of this Road,
eight miles in length, will be opened this , week
the termination being at Union Chapel, wijihm four
miles of Tar Rjver? and .about tbirty-fivo . from
Raleigh. So soon as the Bridge across Tar River
is completed, which will be effected this winter, the
residue of the Road will be speedily finished.
RALEIGH AND COLUMBIA Rd AD.
The Subscribers to the Stock of this Road assem
bled at the Office of the Raleigh and Gaston Com
pany, on Monday last, for the purpose of organiza
tion. I Cot Win. Robards, of Granville, was called
to the Chair, and Weston R, Gales appointed
Secretary. I : '
Judge Cameron, on behalf of .the Commissioners
appointed t pea Books of Subscription at Raleigh,
made a written Report; stating that three hundred
thousand dollars ha3 been subscribed in the Stock
of said Company which being the amount requir.
ed by' Act of Assembly, to secure the Charter, and
a majority of said tock 'being here, represented, the
meeting, on nwtJon of E. Frssmxk, Esq'r.
proceeded ta elect, "by ballot, a President and fiva
Directors to manage the concerns of the Company.
The following gentlemen were found to have, each,
a majority of the whole number of votes cast, and
were" declared duly el ecti-d viz ; George W. Mor
decaj, President ; Dostcan Cameron, William
Boylan, J.W. Hawkins,' Charles Manly and Thomas
P.?Peyercu, Director. J. .. ,
"ihe , Company then adjourned, to meet again in
this City on1 the first Monday in J une, 183d.
M invite the otteiition of the public to an able
Communication Which appears in this paper, on the
subject of the Raleigh and Columbia Road, intend
ed as .a reply to certain Essays, in the ''Standard
over the signature of Mkhtor.
J9;iJ.- 4iJa Jiuau Arkxm..
, TTieDwcoa, from London, arrived at Charleston,
broagllt-eut half a million of dollars in Gold and
Silver, for the Bouth-Western Rail Road Bank,
1 which tsto ge into immediate operation. - The Stock
holders are to meet' in Charleston, in person or by
proxy, on the 20th , inst. to elect Directors the
Notes are already, engraved vand a temporary Bank
ing House procured. '
INTERNA!. IMPROVEMENT CONVENTION.
Many of the Counties of the State have begun to,
move in this business, and are selecting their strong
est men. Cbavex sends: the following delegation;
lion. W'm. daston, Hon. J. R.- Donnell, Colonel
Samuel 8. Biddle, Samuel Hyman, Wm.B, Wads
worth, Robert! G. Mooreh T. P. Burgwyb. New
HInov ku sends Wm, Meares, John Hill, A. An
derson, A Lazarus, James Kerr, P. K. Dickinson,
N.iN; Nixon, L. H. Marsleller, Maj.WalterGwyn,
Jerh. Lippitt, Win. C. Lord, Joshua James,' E. P.
Hall, John A.Taylor, R. W. Brown and J. C. De
vane. Bbdsswick sends F. J. Hill, Samf. Frink
B. R. Locke, W. R- Hall, H. Walters, A. Bryant,
Samuel Potter. Is it not time to be thinking about
who shall be sent from Wake !
; PENNSYLVANIA.
We remarked, in a recent paragraph, that the re
suit of the "Pennsylvania Election was such as to
give assurance of her being found enrolled, in 1 840,
on the side of the Whig Candidate for the Presi
dency. We are more and more confirmed in this
opinion, by the devdopemeRts which are taking
place. The last 'National Gazette' contains a
Table, prepared, from the complete official returns
of the late Elections in this State, which furnishes
the following general results : The Whigs - polled
12420 votes the opposite party, 129,315 votes
giving a majority to the latter of 4 ,795 , votes. In
1836, the Whigs cast for their Congressional ticket
84,580 votes, and the Van Buren party 100,060 ;
thus is exhibited an augmentation in the Whig vote
since that period of 39,940, and a Van Buren in
crease of 29,155 votes' ; or an . actual gain to the
Whigs of 10,76fi votes, in the short space of two
y ears. When it is observed that the W higs of
Pennsylvania who polled in 1832 but sixty-six
thousand votes, now present suck a strong political
front, there is every Teason for assurance in the ul
timate prosperity and' triumph of the Constitutional
cause in" that State. ' " ' ' .
OHIO ELECTION THE RESULT.
Full returns have been received from this State,
and they show that Shannon's majority for Gbvcrn
or over Vance is 4807being nearly 1600 less ihan
the jnajority claimed by the Globe for the Loco Fo
co candidate. ! " f . .
frit V. .
i ne otate legislature stands as follows
I Senate. Vn Buren 19.; Whigs 17.
House.
do. 38. , do. 34
Making an Admidistration ; majority of sir on joint
ballot. : . .i.Ti r;;.;:
We have already stated that in the Delegation
10 the next Congress, there will be 11 Van J3uren
men and 9 Whigsi : ' - - '
RAIL ROAD DIVIDEND.
The president and. directors of the
Richmond,
jFredericksburg and Potomac Rail-road Company,
ncf:miifltk the" last s(i months, have
aeciarey a viviaenu ot tnree and a half per cent.
yVtf , are pleased to, leam, (says the Rrrfvmond
Compiler) thit the income far this period has been
about' 50 per cent more than it was1 1ot'T the same
only four per cent for the preceding twelve months..
Now it is three and a half for -si months. ; -'
; - - Hnr-'.-NEW
JERSEY ELECTION.
We announced in a Postscript to our last, that
the Whig Members of Congress had received certifi
cates of Election, and would take their Seats ; and,
it is now stated, that their right to a tseat will be
contested. We should suppose, however, that the
developments which have been made before the E xe-
cutive Council, of the outrageous and infamous
Ele'ctioa frauds committed by the Administration
party, would1 deter the unsuccessful candidates from
any further attempt to agitate the matter
We have not room for all the publications which
have been made of affidavits &c. touching the Elec
tion, but will mention one which is a fair sample of
omers. --jsx ttno ausce omnes,
Thirty-two voters, iu Saddle River Township,
Bergen County, mado a ffidavit, in due legal form,'
thae.lhryvhadi voted the WhieTicket, and that only
twenty-four of them were iaken out of the ballot
box. 1 hese affidavits are now published, and prove
incoulestib!y that the ballot box was rifled of some
of those vote, and Administration tickets put in
their place. If this system of fraud in our elections
is to be adopted as the means of securing the elec
tion of particular candidates for office, the inestima
ble right of suffrage will become a mere mockery,
and the choice of our rulers might us well at once
be given to the hirelings and pensioners of the Fed'
eral Government.
REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS.
The Washington Chronicltt,,, Mr. Caluouh's
organ at Washington, is another instance of the
truth of the old saw, tliat 44 one lenegado is worse
than ten Turks' Its Editor is in favor of turning
every body out of office who does not think with
the powers that be, and appointing none to office
but full-blooded Administration men. This is the
old Jackson doctrine of'4 rewards and punishments."
This doctrine may answer for the cold; latitude of
New York, but we tell the Chronicle" it will be
found too .chilling for any Southern meridian. Once
let it be settled, that the President has the Consti
tutional poorer, and that public sentiment sanctions
the exercise of it, to hurl from office every incum
bent who votes against the Government candidate,
and we not only stake slaves of one-fourth of our
voters, but we shall have arrayed, under Ihe contro
of one man's will, a mighty host to war against the
bulwarks of public liberty. 1 No such power, is con
ferred by the Constitution, and the President who
exercises it, be he Whig or otherwise, can derive it
only from the same source that the highway robber
derives the prerogative to demand of the traveller
his purse, under the penalty ;of death namely, phys
ical power or brute force. :
COCKER'S ARITHMETIC.
In summing up and comparing the political com.
ff plexion of the Members recently elected to Congress
-a- i
the last "Standard" makes out a gain for the Ad
ministration; but in order to do so, the Editor gives
to the Government party five Members of Congress,
and the Whigs only one, in New Jersey, although
it is now officially stated that the Whigs have the
Certificate, and the whole six will take their seats,
He omits, also, to give the Whigs a Member from
Illinois, and claims Mr. May (a Conservative) as an
Administration man; with what justice, let the pro
ceedings ef the Illinois dinner, which appear in this
paper, determine. He withholds, also, a Whig.Meru
ber in Pennsylvania, (Mr. Nay lor.) of whoso elco
tion the Governor has given official notice. And
to cap the climax, the Administration is said to have
gained seven members in South Carolina by the
late Election.when the fact is that the S.C. delegation
is composed of the identical members who represent
that State in the present Congress, with only Itvo
exceptions! As the Editor boasted not long since,
that "he never promulgates what he believes to be
untrue, nor fails to correct an error," he will, of
course, rectify these inaccuracies, when his own
reckoning will show a Whig gain.
THE SOUTH-CAROLINIAN.
This is the title of a new paper just started at
Columbia, S. C. the Editor of which, when he gets
a little more experience, will not go off so frequent
ly at half-cock. If he had looked closely at the ar
ticle from the Register, upon which he comments,
be would have found that it did not appear under
the Editorial head, but was a selection. Indeed, we
never saw in the " South-Carolinian," ourselves,
the article which gave rise to the paragraph extract
ed into the Register, which the Editor takes excep
tion alt We copied it from the " Alexandria Ga
zette." a paper which, in our opinion, is not behind
any in the Union for general ability, gentlemanly
courtesy and high and honorable bearing.
COOL.
A Southern paper gives the following explana
tion, offered from the stump by a Mr. Gordon D.
Boyd, of Mississippi, a'defauking receiver of one of
the State Land Offices:- ; j
I did appropriate the money to my own use,"
exclaimed he; "and I expected to be able to repay it,
but my speculations, turned out unfavorably. I'Tis
my misfortnne and not my fault; 1 1 hope, gen tie
men, you are satisfied I" 1 .
Of course his audience were satisfied. Who
would upbraid a gentleman- in misfortune 1" ! J
MORUS MULTICAULIS , i
Ten Chinese Mulberry Trees were sold a few days
since, at Richmond, Va. for $25 each Cash. And,
it is stated in the Petersburg Intelligencer, that;Mr,
John L. Williams, Jr. of Brunswick County, has
just sold his stock of Trees, &k for $ 15,000. j Iffis
price was 1 7 cents per foot, without . the lateral
branches. The first Tree he planted Was in March
1837, and his total outlay not more tharlr$3O0i
NASHVILLE (N. C.y RACES. f
First day, the Sweepstake was Won by J. K. Bul
lock's Illdicker.' Second day the Proprietors Parse,
$200, was taken by O. P Hare's Canary BirdS
Third day, the jockey Club Purse, $350, was taken
by David McDaniel's Vashti. i , j
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WARRENTON RACES.
tphe first day's Race was won by Edmund Town's
by Fylde, dam by Sir Archie. For.the Pro
prietory Purse, there were 8 entries: it was token by
Leonard Phelps (A. J. Davie's) imported Mare,
Likeness. ? For the Jockey Club' Purse of $500,
there were 4 entries, and it' was taken by William
M Cargo s bay horse Billy Tbwncs, by Fyjlde, dani
V Virginian. On. the fourth day, the Sweepstake
was won by Leonard Phelp's Colt, Isaac Shelby,
by Leviathan, dam by Stockholder.
SMALL POX.
We regret to learn from tlw Danville Reporter,
that the Small Pox is prevailing extensively in the
neighborhood of Harmony and Bailey's Bridge, in
Halifax county, Va. arid in Person county, in this
State.' The Magistrates of Halifax have appointed
a Committee of Vigilance, and clothed them with
the necessary nower to establish Hosnitab. &c.
A note from Dr. Craighead says, he saw about a
dozen cases at Capt. Bailey's plantation in Person,
four at his house in Halifax, one at Samuel Easley's
and one at John Gavit's, and be understood that
the disease was at Morton's, James Oliver's,
aiul some other places in Halifax couuty. In the
first cases that occurred, the disease was mild, but it
has since assumed a much more malignant charac
ter. . '
MR. BIDDLE AND THE GOVERNMENT.
We' examined last Wednesday's Standard"
very closely, to see whether its Editor would inform
the readers thereof, that the Government now em
ploys Biddie's Bank as the fiscal Agent of the Gov
ernment. But mum is the word. The Standard"
has so often denounced the paper of the United States
Bank, as worthless so much srt, in one instance,
as to assert, on the authority of a letter writer, that
it would not buy hoise buckets in New York"
that we think it incumbent on tho Editor to disa
bu.se bis readers on the subject.
DUNCAN, OF OHIO.
When Ritji En was defeated in Pennsylvania,
the Van Buren papers said the South ought to re
joice at it, .because he was an Abolitionist. These
same papers, when it was ascertained that Dr. Dun
can was elected, threw up their caps in very exta-
cy. And yet the Doctor is proved to be an Abo
litionist, out of his own mouth ! He wrote a letter,
which ras privately circulated, before the Election
amongst the Abolition voters. This letter denoun
ced Slavery, as producing crime, fraud, thefy,
robbery, murdet, and death." Speaking of the
Slave" States, he said .
The anger of God, and the vengrance of Hea
ven, seems to rest upon every thing upon which
you can cast your eyes. Every prospect seems to
be withered and wilted by the frown and disappro
bation of avenging justice and violated humanity.
In slort, almost every institution, every prosperity,
public and private, seems to be sickening and dy
ing from the corrupting and corroding effects of
Slavery. But the curse be on the head cf those
who sustain such an institution."
This had its effect amongst the Abolitionists.and
the papers of the fanatical crew are now rejoicing
at their, victory !
The following paragraph, in a Circular, was also
circulated amongst the Abolitionists, and had great
effect against Governor Vance.-
" What will the people of Ohio think, when they
are told that the unfortunate Mahan is in irons ?
A minister went over the other day to visit him,
and found him with a chain round each ankle, and
another connecting them. Irons on a citizen of
Ohio, the victim of perjury ! What say our fellow
citizens 1 Have they any regard for; the sovereign
ty of their State ? Mahan is in irons, just because
he choso to obey the dictates of common human
ity. When the poor, crushed slave, striving peace
ably for liberty, stopped at his door, he gave him
food, raiment and counsel. For this, he is now
immured in a Kentucky jail. No one believes, that
he is guilty of the offences charged on him in the
indictments by which two Governors have been
hoaxed.
Mahan is the victim of' Slavery. "
RHODE ISLA.ND.
Nathan Fellows Dixon, a staunch Whig, has
been elected U. S. Senator from Rhode Island, vice
Asueh Rob diss, whose term has expired.
THE CASWELL DINNER.
We inserted a paragraph in this paper, a week
or two since, taken from the "Hillsboro' Recorder,"
giving some account of the remarks made at the
Caswell Dinner by Messrs. Buowx & Btmum.
Last week, we copied from the " Standard," anoth
er paragraph, stating that the remarks of these gen
tlemen were much perverted in that article. We
now annex the rejoinder of the " Recorder," show
ing upon what authority, the statement was made :
' Our notice of the Speeches of Mr. Brown and
Mr. Bynum, at the Caswell dinner, was made upon
authority, the correctness of which we have not
yet seen cause to doubt. The article in the Milton
Spectator, from which the Standard quotes, does
not profess to be the Speech of Mr. Brown as de
livered, but only the substance of it. How much,
after consideration may have varied the expressions,
we cannot say ; but even in the printed Speech
may be found expressions which may well justify
the interpretation which our informant put Upon
them. In it, is not Mr. Brown made to say ex -presssly,
that ' the democratic party have never
contended for any other mode of instruction to
Senators than that of the State Legislatures, by
Resolutions expressing their sentiments ?"' And
does he not afterwards go into an argument " to
show the absurdity" of taking, as instructions, the
expression of popular opiniou aS made known by
their elections ? No matter how large a majority
of tie People shall, by their elections, express their
disapprobation of the leading measures of the Ad
ministration, if the Legislature fail to instruct,' the
Senator is at liberty to disregard the popular voice
or if the Legislature instruct, no matter how little
in accordance with the wishes of the people, or
even without jfchefr wishes being consulted, the
Senator is bound to obey or resign! Is not this
Mr. Brown's doctrine? this his reverence for the
democracy"? And what did we say more ! ;
Mr. By rum's Speech has not yet been published,
and we cannot therefore say how- " grossly" he
has been " misrepresented.' But our informant
was present at its delivery ; and we think him too
intelligent to misapprehend, and too honorable to
misrepresent. From other sources we have heard
that Mr. BynumY Speech did not give satisfaction
to many eyeh T of the democratic party; and we
think it Would be no difficult matter to sustain, by
abundant testimony, all we have said in the prc-
mises.
A bequest of ten thousand dollars from the late
William E. Payne has been paid over to the Trea
surer of the Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear
Infirmary by Edward Blake, Executor.
JtTEWS OH TUE&JiY,
The tug of war," it would seem, is about to re
commence ia the Chudas. The " snake was
'cUdi-iwt-k!ned,: by llie rereut military opera
tions n the border. Extensive preparations are in
progress, onioth sides ofahe lines,', to. overthrow
the British ' authorities, and release the province
from transatlantic dominion. These concerted ef
forts are met by corresponding exertions on the part
of the British Government, and bloody work may
be expected before tranquility is again restored. A
deep-rdoted arul wide-spread disaffection rankles in
the bosoms of the Canadians; they see that their
energies are cramped, and that public and individu
al enterprise is restrained by a connection with a
power too remote and alien to supply their wants
Public spirifand national pride are totally, wanting.
And how could it be otherwise ? What induce
menls have provincials to apply their time and trea
sures in bettering the condition of their country,
when, aftcrall their efforts, after months and years
spent in persevering toil, it would still lack that first
essential of national greatness, the boon of Liberty ?
Mexico is involved in troubles. Not only have
greater preparations against her been made by
Fiia.xck, but thbuetsi Republic is convulsed by Re
volutions and civil broils within. A vigorous effort
is being made to overturn the present Government,
and re establish the Federal, Constitution, of 1824.
All the portts are. blockaded by the French fleets.
Extensive. arrangements are making to establish
a direct trade between Texas and the principal Eu
ropean ports. The young Republic is following
in the footsteps,' and bids fair to become a rival of
her " illustrious predece.--s. r."
The Whigs of Culpepper District, Va. have again
nominated Dal, F. Slaimjiitkii, as their candid
ate fcr Confess. The Locol'ocos, in their fierce
hostility to the Banks, arc trying to force their pre
sent Reproseutativco forego bis pretensions, and
make room for a more available candidate.
A neat little volume has been published at Bos
ton containing the Revolutionary adventures of Eb
euezer Fox, of Jtoxbury, who is still alive. The
book describe the scenes iu which the author was
engaged, and a detailed account of his sufferings on
board the okl-Jersey Prison ship in the harbor of
New Yorki.T
FOR THE REGISTER.
To tlie People of A oi tli-CaroIina:
Fkll6w-Citizens: There is no subject,
of such vital interest to us at present, as the
progress and ultimate success of our system
of Internal Improvements. Uninformed by
experience, great value is to be placed
upon every thing, calculated to aid us in our
deliberations, and point out to us. the most
practicable means of attaining the object we
have in view. As such, a series of Essays,
now under a course of publication in the
Standard, over the signature of Mentor,
have, for some time, attracted public atten
tion. The author is generally known as a
man of high standing,' and considerable repu
tation as a professional man and State poli
tician f which- may give weight to his views,
m addition to any intrinsic merit they may
possess. I have read some of these Essays
with pleasure, and believe them to contain
many sound abstract principles, which, if
adopted and. acted upon, may prove of great
ultimate benefit to the State. But the 13th
and 14th numbers are so manifestly section
al and illiberal in their character, that 1
cannot allow them to pass, without some at
tempt to disabuse the public mind, with re
ference to the matters therein treated.
The sentiment of Mentor, "that it is a
wise policy to make it the interest of our
planters to trade at home meets my en
tire "approbation, and I only regret, that. we
differ so vvidely, with regard to the means
of effectuating this policy. I assume as an
admitted -axiftm, that the in! er est of the
Planter and .Farmer is the interest of the
State! and contend as equally undeniable,
that whatcve'r tends to enhance the price of
his productsfoy opening to him a direct and
speedy way to market, be that way or that
market, foreign or internal, is an immediate
and direct advantage to him; that, on the o
ther hand, that course (however pure may
be the intentions of those who propose it)
which seeks to force the Farmer to dispose
of his crop within the borders of his own
State, at such prices and upon such terms,
as the agents of foreign Capitalists may see
fit to propose, without this poor privilege
of sending it where he can do better, is a
serious and lasting injury to the agricultu
rist, and totally adverse to the true policy
of the State inasmuch, as it would sacri
fice the interest of the whole laboring and
productive part of our population, to enhance
the profits of a few, perhaps already prince
ly Merchants. What then, I would a&k, is
the proper course to be pursued? Unques
tionably that, which will necessarily pro
duce neither effect. Let the State do her
utmost to assist in an extensive and liberal
system of Internal Improvement; give to the
citizen the means of sending the products
of the soil to markets in the State and out
of it;offer him the same inducements to trade
at Wilmington, or.-Beaufort, that he finds at
Petersburg or Chariesfon, and then, if you
please, appeal to his State pride, and if he
be not most obstiaately perverse, Mentor
will find but little exercise for his State
jealousy.
Differing from roe, ashe does widely and
essentially upon this point, lie has in his last
number embarked upon a wild and visiona
ry crusade, against the proposed extension
of the Raleigh and Gaston Rail Road, from
this place to Columbia South Carolina. To
correct some ot hit (no doubt unintentional)
errors, and shake, some of his ungrounded
and hasty conclusions, is -toy present injten
tion. : . - " v
Mentor grounds ibis opposition to the
assistance of the State, and even to the un
assisted construction of this work, upon the
following assumed facts: 1st. That it has
none of the essential characteristics of a
State iootk. Upon this question, there can
be .no positive rule by which, to judge, and
if it is or is not, it must be either, in a rela
tive degree. Let us compare it then with
that "Masnus JlpoUo" of State works
that idol of Mentor'sthe Wilmington and
Raleigh Rail Koad, and see ow , touch it
must suffer by the comparison; And first.
is the Wilmington and Raleigh Rail Road
a producje road? l(nquestionably it is not,
and facts will bear mb Out iu this assertion.
This Road was first - chartered to be built
from Wilmington to Raleigh,; the centre of
the State, and had it been so constructed,
must have depended mainly upon freight
for its support. But aj this could not be re
garded as the source of great profit, the neces
sary subscriptions for its commencement
could not be obtained, and an; amendment
was obtained to the Charter authorizing the
change of the termination to .Halifax, with
the view of connecting with Charleston by
Steam Boats, and Norfolk by Rail Road ;
and no man, at all acquainted with the his
tory of Rail Roads, will undertake to say
that for the next ten years the receipts from
the transportation of produce on the Wil
mington Road will pay the expenses of re
pairs. It is then, essentially and material
ly, a travel Road, . and as such, according to
Mentor's idea, had no claim whatever to
the assistance of the State. But here, again,
I differ from M entor; I have no feeling of
sectional hostility to the Wilmington, or any
other Road, and actuated by . the same feel
ings with the Prince, whose highest wish
was to see a chicken in the pot of every one
of his subjects, I would rejoice to seek Rail
Road traversing every county in the State.
Farther, if these sectional feelings and local
leaiousies, wnicii nave so ions Rent our
State in inactivity, if not actual decline, shall
ever be overcome by a patriotic spirit of
solicitude for the general welfare, this much
abused Raleigh and Columbia Road, will
become a very important link in the chain
of State works. The Fayetteville and Yad
kin Road will intersect it about 40 miles
west of Fayetteville, and when the Branch
of the Wilmington Road to this place shall
be completed, (a project for which I believe
Mentor is not at all solicitous) the Planter
bordering upon either Road will have the
choice of 3 Markets two in the State, and
one out; and, if equal inducements are of
fered at alii who can doubt as to his choice?
It is well known also, that, at some seasons,
the Cape Fear; below Fayetteville, is not
navigable. What then would be the situa
tion of the produce or the passenger? The
produce must be sold for what it will bring,
and the passenger must get as he can to
Wilmington, or some other place as far out
of his way. The Farmer, however, would
no doubt willingly sell his Cotton at :half
price, and the passenger lose his time and
money and charge it to account of State
pride! Verily, Mentor would "bite his
ownnose off to spite his face."
The second objection is, that it cannot be
profitable Stock and, consequently, must
be a losing business to those who engage
in it. Mentor has evinced but little of his
usual political -sagacity in the discussion of
these questions, and sometimes, unfortunate
ly, contradicts himself At. one moment
the whole trade of North-Carolina is to be
cut up and divided one-half to be carried
to Virginia by the Raleigh and Gaston Rail
Road the other to go to South-Carolina,
by the Columbia Road and the investment
in the Wilmington Road will be rendered
unproductive, because the Columbia Road
will deprive it of a large portion of the trav
el : At the next moment, the Raleigh and
Columbia Road can never be builtbecause
the Wilmington Road will carry all the pas
sengers, and there will be no produce for
the Columbia Road to carry, and capitalists
will not invest their money in works, where
there is no prospect of a return. Now both
propositions are equally defective and ab
surd. North-Carolina-.'is not sold to, the
Dutch, nor have I any fears that she ever
will be. . Open direct communications with
your Seaport towns, and those towns will
offer inducements to your Planters, and with
the rapidly increasing population' of opr
country, the advocate of either Road need
not fear that his favorite will suffer for want
of Passengers. But let us see hovv .it is,
that Mentor would appropriate all the Pas
sengers to tlicr Wilmington Road ? I find,
upon reference to the paper, that he consid
ers the whole travelling world as bounded
by Charleston on the South. Here is his
great error. That the Wilmington Road
will always continue to enjoy a large por
tion of the travel between Charleston and
the North, I do not doubt ; but, at the same
.time, 1 cannot allow that the travel from
Augusta and the South-western States will
prefer going a hundred and fifty miles out
of their way, for the mere purpose of trav
elling upon the Wilmington Road. Per
sons from the. Western part of this State,
and even Tennessee, will also jseek this
Road as the most direct route, to the North
ern Cities. Rut, upon this point, there can
be but little mora for controversy ; every
person of ordinary sagacity,' must perceive,
that the Columbia Road, if built, combining',
as it will, the advantages of being a link in
the great chain of internal communication
between the principal places of the Seaboard
states, and being upon the line of the great
Northern and Southern mail, will always
command a large portion of the travel be
tween the two sections of country! t
.
What may be the cost of the Rail Road
from Charleston to Columbia, or their profits
from, travel, or other sources, can be of no
interest to us ; but, so far as we are furnish
ed vith the means of judging, the Road
from Raleigh to Columbia can be" built at
but little greater expense pr mile, than the
Wilmington Road, and Mentor's specula
tions about cent per cent can avail but little
here. i
It may not be improper to introduce a fe w
facts here, for the purpose of sh'owing Men
tor's intimate acquaintance with his sub-
ject. . He states that the Books of subscrip
tion were opened, " in the time, of an un
precedented flood in the money market."
The company wasf chartered? iti the whiter
of 1836-7, and the Bobks were opened i t
'37 but a short time previous' to the sua
pension vxA 6-p2jmGtfrr an
unprecederted 'tAme that ;
the whole subscription amounts to but little
over $30,000; now, if Mentor had been over
scrupulous about the correctness of his as
sertions, he might have informed fiimself
that the citizens of Raleigh alone have sub
scribed Two Hundred .Thousand Dollars !
This I am however disposed to consider , a
typographical error, as I cannot suppose
Mentor to have been thus ignorant of facts.
Mentor next assumes that tho proposed
extension will prove detrimental to the local
interests of Raleigh, and here again, beg
leave to differ with him. The trade which
Raleigh now derives, or may derive, upon
the finishing of the Gaston Road, from the
adjoining counties, can, in nowise, be af
fected by its extension ; while that of the t
Southern and South-western countiesnpbii '
the construction of the Yadkin Road, must
evidently be carried to Fayetteyiile, unless
some portion of it be diverted to Raleigh
upon the Columbia Road : - The interest
which the citizens of Raleigh have taken in
the work-is, ho we ver, perhaps the best com
ment upon Mentor's fears. r -
Lastly, comes the real and bona-fidc ob
jection, and the ground of all . Mentor's
hostility, but one which I did not expect to
bear urged, until it was thrown in the teeth
of our Legislature : That the State dare not
subscribe to the Columbia Road, because its
construction will endanger the revenue to
be derived from their investment in the Wil
mington Road ! And is this to be the end of
all our boasted efforts at improving the con
dition of our people ? That North-Carolina
is to be arrested in her onward march,
the enterprize of her people crushed, and
her vast resources locked up, merely because
further action may endanger the paltry sum
of Eighteen Thousand Dollars interest, and
that by no means yet insured! I trust
not 1 trust that upon this point ait least,
Mentor may find himself unsupported by
public opinion. No, if she has made this
investment for the mere purpose of becom
ing a common partner in the profits to be
derived by a chartered monopoly, and finds
that, as Mentor fears, that investment may
prove a bad one, like the ruined Gambler
she should risk her last cent in some more
feasible project, with the hope of recover
ing what she has thus foolishly ventured.
But I trust the guardians of her welfare
have been actuated by higher and purer
motives and that 'they will ever be found
ready to act for the good of the people and
the whole people, satisfied that, .whatever
tends to1 enrich and make them happy as
individuals, 'tends also, in the same meas
ure, to elevate and aggrandize her own char
acter as a sovereign Stater
To the West, this matter presents itself
with peculiar force, and tf they do not arouse
themselves at this attempt, by a sectional
interest, to force them into sectional meas
ures, it may be too late.. They have been
trifled with iong enough", : and it is time their
hitherto neglected claims should be listened
to and complied with;, and I hope every
county west of Raleigh- will be fully repre
sented in the proposed Internal Improve
ment Convention, about to be holden in this
place. y . -
I have no desire or intention to engage in
a newspaper controversy on this subject,
with Mentor1; or any other person. I am
not interested, individually, to. the amount
of a single penny in either Road, but as. a
Citizen of the State, I look with deepland
increasing interest to every thing which is
calculated to influence public opinion upon.,
these matters; and while I freely admit the
soundness of some of Mentor's views, and
the ingenuity with which he treats his sub
ject, I cannot either admire the patriotism,
or envy the ability which seeks to degrade
our State from the high character of a libe
ral and enlightened protector of the rights
and interests of her citizens, to the merce
nary one of a petty stock-jobber.
RIP VAN WINKLE.
GREAT AND GLORIOUS VICTORY!
CCjjrew-JTorli Triumphant CD
It is in a spirit of grateful exultation, that we
announce the glorious news from New York.
We have as yet heard from the City only, Imt in
that great emporium, tho Whigs have achieved a
complete triumph. They have elected their wbolb
ticket fr Congress, Messrs.. Hoffman, Curtis,
Grinnell, and Monroe, by a majority of, at least,
fifteen hundred! We congratulate the country up
on the, ejection of C C. Cambreleng and Eli
Moore. This makes a Whig gain of two- member
of Congress. The whole number of votes taken in
the City was 40495. .
MISSISSIPPI.
Four vacancies having occurred in the Legislature
of this State, an Blcclion has just been held to fill
them, and the whole have been filled with Whigs
thus rendering it certain that Mr. Trott, one of
the Vaii Buren U. 3. Senators from that State, will
be supersededV . , : '','. . ' ' : ' ;
In this City, on Thursday last, bf the Rev. GettV
W, Freeman, Mr. James Chad wick, Printer, to Mitt
Jane, daughter of M'r.nderspn Nichdtsim !
. Oa Satmday last, by James Cook, Esty Mr. John
Roseman, Printer, to Miss 8usab Pleasants.'.
hi Philadelphia, ori Thursday irior hi hgZ the 8th
insL by the Rev. Mr. Forness, CoL John H. Wheel
er, Supenntendv&ut ojf jJe :Ul S. Mfiit, at Charlotte,
in this State, to Ellen, daughter of Thomas 8ully
Esq.; bf Philadelphia; : - : ;.--
. In Person county ; Mr. John Allen to Miss Mar
tha HamleL L. ' '''--'V :. . r
In this City. lamornihii au8r a short illness,
Mark.-JJook; pifc'uk bid respectable cithenMi -
In hjai ticinily, ft few days since, Miss XAiicinda
Ptinu, eldest daughter of Major Nathaniel Dunn,