North Carolina Newspapers

:' Hi:'-" EMBALMED BODIES. ... j '- -writer in the London $otes and Quer- j j ties, furnishes the following interesting ae- I count; ., f ' , ; " A few weeks ago; in clearing out an i circleswhere better jniglit be hoped. Said old chapel at Nunehani Regis, Warwick- a gentleman of fine taste to. the writer, shire, which had been pulled down,' all but ; speaking)f a lady who had frequented one the belfry tower,' forty years since, we j of the Etbiopean exhibitions duriDg a fort thought, it necessary to trench the whole j night of consecutive evenings, " Why, Miss space, that we-might more certainly mark . bag gone so often that she is nearly out the boundaries of the -,tfliudingy as we , wished to restore it in some, measure to its : former state. It had been tised as a stack-, yard and a depository fcr rubbish' by the tenants of the farm on -which it was ever since its' dilapidation. We began to trench ; at the West end, and camejon a great ma ny bones and skeletons, from which the coffins had crumbled away ,f till, fioding the . earth had been moved, we ivent deeper and j ing a more extensive , and injurious influ v discovered a leaden coffinj quite perfect ence upon society at large than many would without date or inscription! of any kind. There jhad been an outer! woodeh qoJEri, ' which was djcayed, but quantities' of the black rotten wood were allround it.. We cut tne teaa.ana loiaea oap me top, w ayj not to destroy it : beneath! was a wooden coffin, in "good preservation, and.also with y' trat anv inscrintion. - " -i . "'; " As soon as the leadenj top was roiiea lack, a mostoyerpcwenn aromatic smell , diffused itself all over the place. V e then untastenea tne inner copw, apu iouuu a . i .1 : n i r j i the body ot a man emDaimea witn great,! ,t -?J . . .t leaves piled wer mm. v vi examining ; ine , body more closely, we found it ; had been ; ' Deueauea. '.i.ue-uew wiwscpaiAteij ; tmj1 nn in linen, and the linen shirt which i covered the body "was drawn quite over the j ujH. ' .. ff J j necK wuere iuu iiuau uau u. .j The head was laid straight? with the r body, and where the jojning of the head . i i ill 1 'i . a . .1 I: and necK snouiu nave oeen is- was ueu t . round with a broad blutik .riband. "His ) To give a little light when the moon don't rise." .hands were crossed on his breast, the wrists j Instill this elegant lyric into the memo were tied with black ribandj and the thumbs ;jry of a child and. such like are every day were tied 'together with black riband.,. He j learned by little c hildren, before they have had a peaked beard and a Quantity of long j been taught the uame-oTGpd, or the first brown hair curled and chitted wijlr blood, !! line of nursery hymn, to the extreihe de ' round hi3 neck. ' The only mark ' on any-light of those who forget their rcspectabil thinK about him was. on the linen on his t ity at the great tribunal ;and sacred truths chest, just above where f his hands were crossed ; on it were the letters ' T. Ii. ' work- crossed ; on it were the letters 1 T. ed m black silk. .. i 1 ; i "On trenching towards! the channel, we came on four leaden coffins, laid side by side, with inscriptions on each ; one con tained the bodv of Francis. "Earl of Chif : V s - ; U J ,chester, and -Lord Dunsraure,; IGob.; the J next the Doqy qi Auarey. ajouniess.oi kjui- . Chester, 1052 ; another the .body of Lady Audrey, Leigh, their daughterj 1040 ; and the fourth the, body ot feirfj onn Anderson, son of Lady ; Chichester by her first bus-! band. We opened the coffin of: Lady Au drey Leigh, and found: hir perfectly em- . i t ' - 1 AW. balmed and in entire preservation, her flesh j im aa if c.o wpti nlJv.. lipr fiffi i 4utic umui, "-j "r very beautitui, and ner natn.is exceeaingiy small and not wasted, t She was dressed in fine linen, trimmed all over with point lace, and two rows of lace, flat! across- her fore- eyeDrows were quite periect, anamer eyes were closed; no part of her face or figure was fallen in. Wo also o"pened Lady Chi chester's coffin, but with jjher the embalm ing had perfectly failed. She was a skele ton, though the coffin was filled with aro matic leaves. Her hair, fhowever, was as fresh as if she lived ; it was long,r thick, and as soft and glossy a that of a child, and of a perfect auburn (61or. j " In trenching on one side of iwhere the altar Ka'd been, we fount another, leaden .coffin with an inscription! It contained the body of a Dame Maria JBrawne', daughter of one of the Leighs, and the lady Maria, daughter, to Lord Chancllor Brackley. This body was also quite;1 perfect, and enir balmed principally with aj very siiiall coffee- colored seed, with which, the coffin was nearly filled, and it also i ad so powerful a perfume that it filled j the whole place.- The linen, ribands, il'c., rere .quite strong andood. in all these instances, and re mained so.after exposureito thef air. We ; kept a piece out of each eoffiri, and had it washed without its beings at all j destroyed. Young lady Audrey hads earrings in her ears, black enamelled 'serpents. The per-; : fume of the herbs and . gims used" in em balming -them was so sickening that we were all ill after inhaling it, and most of the men employed in digging up the coffins were ill also. My olgec in sending this account is jjF possible t to discover who the beheaded maiwwas. Thej chapel is on the estate of LordJohq Scot, who inherited it from his parental grand-mother, 'the Duchess of 13 ucleuch'j daughter ?f the Duke of Montague, into his famsly Nuneham. Re- ,gis, and other possession in Warwickshire i iL' "; i?St? : -i e came Dy ine marriage oinis grana-iatuer ; with the daughter of Lord 'Dunsmure, Earl of Chichester. i The Hegininr of Momfyoni&in. Twenty eight years ago, "Joe Smi$h, .the founder of this sect, and Harris, his first! convert ap--plied t the senior "editoi of the -Journal, then residing .in Rochester, print . his 'Book of Mormon," theft just transcribed from the "Golden Bible' which Joe had found in the cleft of rockf, to which he had been guided by a vision.! ; - We attempted to read! the first chapter, but it seemed such unintelligible jargon ' that it was .thrown aside Joe was a tav . era idler in the village ot Palmyra. Har ris, who offered to pay for the printing, was a substantial farmer: Disgusted with what we considered a weak indention of an lm postor, and not earning, 'tjie proposition was declined. - 1 ' .j j' .. : . .' The manuscript was then taken ; tb an other printing office acros the street from whence, in due time,! th , original .'" Mor i mon Bible," made its advent ' Tall trees from littlepaconiB Igrow." , . But who would have antfeipated from siich - a bald, shallow,' senseless imposition, such world-wide consequence? To remember. . and contrast Joe Smit&: with his loafer- look, pretending to read from a miraculous - slate-stone placed in his pat, with the Mcr . monism of Jthe present day, ' awakens thoughts alike painful god mortifying.- There is no limit, even fin this most en lightened of all the agesUof knowledge, to the influence of impostule and credulity. If" knaves, or . even foofe invent creeds, nothing is too monstrous for belief. Nor r does the .fact a fact notdenied or disguis ed that all the Mormofi , leaders are ras cals as well as imposters! either Open the eyea of their dupes or arecst the progress of delusion '; , HEGSO MELODIES. ; To the present prevalence of negro songs, none can deny, is attributable much of the slang and low breeding Ibund even among black." 'A significant and just criticism There exists in every one enough of the faculty of imitation to enable him to adopt any manner, style or habit which may chance to impress his fancy or chime in with his momentary mood; and, as in this present fallen state of being, our nature is by far more ready to copy evil than good, we are, consequently, especially susceptible of bad influences: The negro minstrelsy, acting on this foible, is; therefore, exercis- imagine, not only as regards the progress of musical science, but also of morals and religion. : -.'..'. -;'V '. J .. "-:, , " -: '-.'..'. It is true it receives no countenance from persons of. natural refinement, nor from .1 -if"! - '-A ' i -1' 'j 1 .1 -1- thoge tastes have become so through : j- - j.- a ,i.: " judicious education and elevating associa tions; but it is dangerOnsly alluring to a far more important, because a more numer- who -are attracted by- anything 4;rthful and wh;ct demands no toll from tllo f;iu, TKrm,l, tu inm -nf -7 amugement perniciou3 lessons may be con veyed witu double tacility Here is an ex- from a new version of the History of the Cre.atioD) taken fr0m the music-book of R y0un jajy ; "Dey fiyst dc the earth, and den dcy made - thesky, , ' And deivdey hung it up above and left it dar to dryj ; Den dey inade-the stars out of nigger wenches' .' ' will henceforth be associated in his! mind with low burlesmie. First impressions nev er wearoff, and tle stain thus .imprinted "on the soul is ineffaceable. A lady of the writer's acquaintance Qnce1 forcibly illustrat ed this fact. She5 had, attended on Satur day "night a negro concert, qrnd been much ' I entertained with a choice morccau, the bur uen oi wmcn ran somewnat tuns "D"hrs no use knockin at dj door any'niore." On the ensuirisr Sabbath she went as us- ual to church, where the Rev. Dr preaehed.a most impressive sermon upon the subject of the r inal. Judgement and of l.lm:i,.i i,n the eternal misery of thewieked, who shall be banished from the Divine Presence." In .i , - i ! i . , i . . iut "l ,,-u,a'.tt? f "ir11 l" say, " And thenr my bretan, there will be no use knocking at tafi door any more, ; or words to the same effect, which so reviv ed the absurd scenes of the prevrous even- erjjjaj rtiyme nowaBroad about t7oruan7cti2 moekerv unon that most awful; of truths, the mysterious transit-moment of the soul from time into eternity, symbolized by the river Jordan. The au thor!) perhaps intended no, profanity nothing but ignorance of the sacredness of the-subject could be an apology. , ! Home Journal. THE STATE AGEICULTTJEAL FAIR. Now that the election; is over and Con gress has adjourned, we jt.rust that the good people of the State will turn their, attention to the second annual fair of the State Ay ricultural Society, which will be field in this city in the month of October. '. I f The last Fair was but the commencement of a great and important movement! in our State, that, if properly sustained and di rected, can and will improve the agricultu ral and mechanical interests of the State, far beyond anything else. Every citizen of the State should feel that he himself is personally concerned in the success of the State Fair, for that will stimulate exertion in all the employments of life, and by ex citing a spirit of emulation, will lead to the introduction and invention of many valua bly improvements. ! A large portion of pur people will be directly benefitted , by, and all will indirectly feel the advantages- flow ing from an improved system of agriculture in the State. Then let no one think . that he is excusable for a failure to make efforts to compete for the prizes. All cannot get prizes, but all may be largely benefited by the Fair. ' , ; J r 7 j JThelast Fair was an experiment, but it proved much more successful than many supposed it would be. ; The next may be far in advance of the last; and our farmers and mechanics may go on improving from year to year, until the effects of their labors may be seen in the thriving condition of very portion of the good old State. !''.; The accommodations on the Fair grounds will be much more ample and suitable thaif they were last years. The grounds them selves have been-much improved -and the committee that has.it in charge,are haying additional buildings erected for the recep tion and safe keeping of articles hat may be brought for exhibition. Strangers may ba" assured that our hotel keepers are mak ing exertions to accommodate all who may desire to' visit the fair. Ruleigh Star. if ., Politics in Maine. A mass fusion meeting of citizens of the first Congression al; (district of Maine was holdenrat Bid defqrd on Wednesday, at which John M; Wood was nominated j for Congress, near ly by acclamation, as he had on the first aril; only ballot 439 votes to 11 for all oth ers.: The meeting is,stated to 1 have been an jfenthusiastic assemblage. .Very; strong anit-Administration and anti-slavery reso lutions were passed. - i ' ! ' ; I he Fusion " Convention at Bangor, otf?Thursday, passed by entirely any recog nitabn of the nonaination of Mr. Reed, the Wig candidate for Governor, and contra ry Wise recommended the support of Anson PI Morrill, the 'ffeeft'' Democratic and Maine Law candidate, and also nominated a coallition list of Senators, for Penobscot, cuiuiiy. xt is not our nusmess to lnienere with the polities of our friends in Maine, but we do not believe that the true Whigs of Penobscot county can allow themselves to be mixed up with any such coalition., ' ' ; Boston Courier. ' POLITICAL TEOTBLES. Whilst some of the Democratic - presses are daily performing a "labor tof love" in j , J i , - . i . hunting up evidence of V hig dissensions . i : . . - ; . ! - i . . -: i i and Whig troubles ahead, they are geuer- ally careful not to let the public know .that they, have discord ; in their own political household. The Albany Argus, however, has the candor to speak out plainly :on the subject, as will' be; seen by ,theubjoined article, which we copy with the simple re- niark that in some, of the Western States ancles of men j but no ,: less various their there are also signs of; irretrievable ; disor-; meptal constitutions, their gradations in so der and defection :1 ! ' . ciety and the causes effecting this diversity " j Ji - - !' FROM THE ALBANY ARGUS OF TUESDAY,-'; Divided AttMiments. It is well and ! truly said, not long since, by, we believe, I the Sandy Hill Herald, tnat the Aaminis- j- which attend the youth, in bis education, tration forces in this State had split into fr0m infancy td maturity. Let the features two adverse ctiothe J11 1 of the-mWul slem be cast, in the deli the Soft Mass Convention of the bth Sep- ,. f l , 1 ,.. . , , tember at Syracuse, and the. other j! to the ; cate mold pf polished.and polite indolence; J? usion Mass Uonvenuon oi tue lotn au- : gust at Saratoga I Springs. Judging from f appearances, the fatter is much the; largest . and stronrest division ot tnat " narmonir , ous party. We z have attempted to keep a rejeord of of our " Administration " exchanges ' such as favor the one- prl the. other f these "mass" eatherings. TThe opinions of mot of them have been fully developed; in the j-course , of certain interesting little- family discussions which late indiscreet articles in the Albany Atlas have elicited. A few, - thught: aud loniinion over their fellow however, have succeeded in avoiding any I mv have bea men of striking mental committal one way or ine otuer. u We think it can safely be reckoned that of the Freesoil and Soft papers published j Dux luy propoponeu minus, uavc uuuu rec in this-State about two-thirds propose at J oned among tbe favored of Heaven and the present to sppport the actions taken- at Sara-: . honored of earth Such was the cast of toga-pringsand'ihe candidates there nomi- oftilIJ wLo constitutes the pre nated, should the meeting venture to nomi- , . r nate any and thh other third, representing . seht theme. : ; the ofnce-holdingjintefest, and clirging to He was bop in a country,1 the wild and the " spoils " idispencdfrom: Washington, gged aspect of which might well have in propose to stand by the "nominees for it j 1. .... I . & i '7 : t vi i.fK;.i -n v ' spired the most effeminate 'wrth. a manly is not probable that ;there will be a kplat-. .) , , . j -form put forward the Soft Syracuse courage. -Thc very atmosphere he breath Convention. i I' ' i 'J 'i J ed, refreshed by" gules sweeping from sav :The supporters of the Administration age forests, Jeemed anjatmosphere of inde- are neitner numerous nor innueniiai in mis are neuiier numerous nor innuenuai m u.s stoffl onI ihic nnTAfnri'ilfl Hiviinn in thpir ranks bids fair to; take them out of the po litical field eritirplyl Under the circum stances, this is rkhcr to be deplored. ; The Administration pjirty may regretfully ex- i Claim, :n view oi ;iue iwo (jouvcuuuus auu ' t , . : . . of its embarrassments in' making ,a choice between them ii . . ! ' ; " How happy could weHje with either, Were t'other dear etaarfner avray INti t ion lit Intel I iim cer. iMPOBTANT CHANGE IN THE PEICE OF THE :. i PUBLIC LANDS. Amongst the acts of the late session ; of Congress published in our paper of to-day ! is one of much importance, which should ,not escape the attention of the reader. ;It effects a complete1 revolution in the land system of the United States, arid in our iudgment supersedes the necessity for the Homestead Bill, which was left among the tr: " UiJ-ficnon- We irrtmwu duce the price of the public-lani settlers and cultivators, (commo! as Mr. Cobb's Bill.) This act fixes the price of the public lands hereafter accord ing to the following1 scale : ij" Land which has been in marketten years or upwards, one dollar per acre ; if in mar ket fifteen years or upwards, seventy-five cents; if in market twenty years or up wards, jfifty cents; per acre ; if in market twenty-five years; or upwards, tvfeaty-five cents per acre if in market thirty years or more, twelve-ahd-a-half cents per acre. Under this actj railroad grants and mine-, ral' lands are not to be entered, and not more -than three hundred and .twenty acres can be acquired by any one person. . The prices fixed above are' similar to those in Mr. Hun ter's substitute; for the Homesteadi Bill. - National Intellijenccr. NTTLIJiCATION IN GEOEGIA. . . We perceive from our Georgia exchang es (says the Charleston Courier) that Judge Benning decided that the Supreme Court of Georgia is cb-equal and co-ordinate with the Supreme Court of the' United States, and not inferior and subordinate1 to that Court; that as.to the reserved powers the State Court is supreme ; 'thatas t the del egated powers,! the United States Court is supreme that as t powers both delegated and reserved, concurrent powers, both Courts in the language of Hamilton, are"equally supreme;" and" that, as a consequence,, the Supreme Court tof the United States has no jurisdiction over the supreme Court of Geor gia; and cannot, therefore, givejt an order or make lor it a precedent, How are the Mighty Fallen. We notice that Wm. A. Graham, late Whfg candidate for Vice President of the United States, has accepted,a seat in the Legisla- iuic vi nuim-vaiuima. : j 1113 iiutuy ua of an unsuccessful applicant for the Havana consulship, who, as a last appeal, requested a Senator to make him a present of an old suit of clothes National Democrat i The above strikes us as a very bad speci men of Democracy. Mr. Graham has been elected, by the request and partiality of a very intelligent ind faithful eonptituehcy, to a seat in the Senate of his State, compos ed usually of its j very best citizens. If it be a "mighty fall " from being a! candidate for Vice President to an election! of State Senator, it is one i which has placed Mr. Graham in a position of most jhonorable usefulness to hi State. We wish there were more such ( falls ' in all the States., convinced as we are that thereby tljere would be a moral use in the politics of the country and in the character of legislation. The Democrat forgets that it is service which gives dignity to place rather, than men tp position. Washington ; consented to com mand the armies of the United States after he retired from the Presidency, and all feel now, felt then, that he added to his. laurels by his willingness! to enter upon new duties so late in lifeJ j We hope such examples will be followed in all time, entirely confi dent as we are that the jState will be great ly benefitted therebj..kVc;c 1 otr& Express. - ' 11 !': . " : ' Remarkable Sailing. The clipper ship Romance of the Sea, of Boston, Capt, Dumaresq, and the David Brown, of New York, Capt. Brewster, left San' Francisco in company on bound to Horig May both vesse he 31st of j March, both Kong, and oh the 16th of s entered that portr each haifing made the passage in forty-six days. mi r f : :i: This is a remarkable case of even sailing, and ay be considered a satisfactory trial iuej able interest was felt f J rd t0 the rce d : D? ! of speed between the two ships. ; Consider- m ean Jjrancisca in and some bets we're made on jthe result. 1 COMMUJflCATIONS. "4 ! ' For the; Whig and Advocate. 'the MISGUIDED HERO. Various indeed are the external' appear- nf mini! orVl mSii Tip Wmi9fa t.hna nnp- t . ting are;too Numerous lor recital, xne principal, however, are the circumstances anp ine resu ww . De; an utuiuuie .auu imbecile intelllctj : Let them be cast in the mQjd of useful employment and self-reli- , . , ance ; and the'result will be an .energy of character and i firmness of purpose which, if combined with Native power, will lead to t-jfortune and fame. - The history of the past , "v,.- 'itLrt. fully'esfablislies -rlie fact, that many, who have won for themselves laurels of unfad- in hueand obtained "spacein the world's ,. ... i Hnnn .';ti, of 'peculiarities. , Hence .some, ,ith strong , endence. ;hc! 0f the panther, as it r ,' it - t iu-tcaucu utci uiu auu uclic luat uau utvci been gildedlby the light of icienCe, might j 'well hate aroused a spirit of self-defence. Vf the-bird of Jove, as he . - - 1 a. i fliinfpfi iivnt in sump smnkv rrnor t hat nnm- floated avav to ed heavenward in the distance, might well have awakfned jan eternal antipathy toeve- ry species wildness o' f servitude In addition to the his country, tasks fraught with j most fearful hazard were daily to be cri countered.! , Savages hung upon the skirts : ! lie .1.. r.i li iti i: -i;tj.:ii v a. Ui T - of the clouU ready to ally forth and de- stroy. xn at Countrv was America, and those savages were American it Aborigines. Innately bold and intrepid, and educated in" the schd oj American Colonization, our hero presopts bi:jself to the world, a man age, equaf to-tnat which sustained Jjeoni das with lfis three hundred Spartans in the charnel-hlusc of Thefmopylae, was Lis. -An immortal iiate anU undj-ing revenge, equal to Wat wliich tjie genius of Virgil has immor tabled, was his. But that sacred amor patioe rhich encircles the names of so many f his cotemporaries with a halo of glory, as -tutf his. Ambitious, cour ageous,; revengeful and unpatriotic, he so conducecj himself as to incur the odium of all his cotmporaries and hand down a name Mrhich is egarded as but a synonym for eycry disgraceful .epithet. We allude to iScnedict jrnold. it. .-. View lini FLcn we may and as we may -whether in boyhood, in the prime of life or in theldotage of age ; whether -as a vil- lanous yduthy an honored general or a de gra'ded trEifor-we see three leading traits of characier-r-exhibited in every act he per formed, jimbitioh, courage and revenue-. When hi character was (graduallv unfold ing, the4 three elements were de veloped ip those cruel and daring deeds which ex cited theadmiration of his " youthful asso cpates. While winning glory as a military., chieftains ther were exhibited in the suc- i 'it;:-' . i cess thatjerowced his every effort. When degradeds and spurned j as a traitor, they were manifested in the; haughty return of every inult There then- were the pre dominant elements of.his character. Tjie! age in which he lived was propiti ous to te display of such a character. The germ ofilibertbeeirtransported across the, briny deep and jmphinted into Ame rican sollwbere all things seemed to favor its growth.. Jt had sprung tip and was bid ding fair to become what it now is, the glo rious tree of American independence. Tyr? aihhy had fixed her" watchful and jealous' eye upn that vigorous plant, and was bend ipg all ier energy to root it from the earth. Then i was, that clarion voice of a sylvan bred Ifenry was heard to re-e.cho over the Old Dojminioni calling forth her sons to the defenc of right. Then it was that "the clanking of chains," that had been forged to bin American hearts, awakened from every lamlet ithe response, " give me libe rty or.igive -me death." Then it was that many a patriot unsheathed his sword '.with whichdipped in human blood, he inscrib ed his; name aigi t on Fams immortal roll. Among the first fo espouse his. country's cause jwas Benedict Arnold ; and to him was the very first trust of importance com mitted. -In the dead of winter, at the bead of an ron band of iron-hearted men, he proceeded through the forest of Maine where tfce foot of civilized man had never before trod,. while no sotind greeted him save he howl of beasts and the sighing of winds,' and as far around as eye could reach was to be seen but thej blite of winter. Though gaunt famine confronted him, on ward! and undaunted he proceeded'; and, altualTvfnTCTi F'iiifVr fW xrprnrn oouinTimc-; t some point " at oiy known t rican throne, Wf. s. A lion-hearted cour- Tonnpsw linp " - i --1 ' - .... . ! , . , ' at the solemn hour of midnight, he first on furled an American banner above a British fort. . V 1 i Need weibllow him through. all his sub sequent career? Need ' wej follow him through those thrilling scene's that swept over our then distracted country, like troub led visions over the bosom of dreaming sor row ? If jre do, we can but behold the workings of the three leading traits of his character. Hence, omitting the many ac tions by which he gave to iis character additional force and to1 his name additional luster, we will behold him biiit Tupon one occasion. ' - . 'i - j I We behold him pale alM haggard, from the effects of disease, reclining in his tent, while over yon; plainy hangs a cloud of bat tle smoke from which issues; the thunder, and the flash of artillery, ancr dread din of battle. " Anon a passing breeze lifts the cloud and discloses the wild jscene , of con fusion, blood and death! He looks. - The eagle of victory is about to perch upon an enemy's standard. ; He mounts his noble steed ; and, a non-commissioned officer, he flies to the scene of action. "Like a fixed warrior mounted upon & demon steed," he transforms despair intp -courage, confusion into ; discipline and defeat' into victory Saratoga is won, Gates is crowned with an unmerited wreath which faded beneath the blaze of a southern sun, at f Camden ; and Arnold the hero is negleeted. Then came the; dreadful conflict between revenge and patriotism. While pondering some fearful design, that being whose impress was stamp- ed upon his inmost soul, whispered into his ear, "treason.' Ills : excited mind caught the idea; and .without;' consideration came the resolve, arid then the fatal . deed that ! stamps the name of. Arnold with eternal disgrace. We would nqt say aught against the lovely Mary. She lovfcd her I husband with a woman's true devotion j and, in her kindness, acted to promote his weal. For this single tender fact, would we bid the ' long greeri grass twine more lovingly and tlic roses more innoceutly above hef Arnold perpetrated, the foulest deed tbatt stains the escutcheon of Atuerican history ; but when we consider the Iglaring neglect, his natural temperament and th'e.seductive influence of a lovinn; wife which misguided him ; as to his memory w would say, may the waves ot oblivion ' soon roll over it ; and as to ashes, (t in fcanrequielperit' I V, Jv. S. For tfre Whig ?md Advocate. SALISBURY AND J0NESB0S0' EAILEOAD. Mr. Editor : At a risk of birig charg- ed with acting from peri sonal motives, I r ask the aid of your columns to? communi cate a few facts and, figures relative to the al .Railroad, Prncf frqui or near Salisbury ry to the is not ap enterprise of lo cal or sectional character;! it is one in which the whole State is deeply interested.. The East' is interested to the extent that their interests are identified wth the. success of the whole Central Road,fand to the. extent of their desire, to buildup a great Commcr eial City on the Atlantic And in extend ing this road, Mr.' Editoi, to the Tennes see line, its success ior- ijts - failure' depend altogether upon its location, j If its loca tion is a wise and judicious one, it cannot fail fo be profitable and beneficial to North Carolina," but :one wrong! step in; this point, and the road will be a nuisance l!o the State, and. like the ltaleigh and Gaston Road, will hang like ?tu incubus upon th;It spirit of Internal Improvement which has been so thoroughly: arousedln our State. It has long been known that tbt great rival . of our sea-ports, is Charleston ; this city is watching with a jealous,' and anxious eye that great flood of Western trade and com merce which we may expect our own sea ports to obtain by a judicious! location 'of this Western road. And we may regard it as a certain and fixed; fact 'that a3 soon -I as we locate this road with a pdint accessa- ble to Charleston, that Ijej enterprising and wealthy citizens will step forward, and by tapping our road, deprije us of that trade which alone can build up a City at Beau fort and make our road profitable : 'then to avoid this, a proximity jto the South Caro lina line should be avoided. The charter i , for the extension of the Central road West, provides, that this Western extension shall " commence- on the N.I Carolina Bailroad at or near the town of ISalisbury," thence the most practicable rohte across the Blue Ridge to the Tennessee line!. Now I be lieve it is almost univeallyj acceded that there are but two promfnant routes or local ities claimed for this road. I One is to start from some i point at or near Salisbury; thence via Asheville, j down the ' French Bjoad River, through! the ; Paint Mouri- tains to the;Tenpiessee jine, in the direction- qf Jonesboro' or Knoxville. j The other is from Salisbury, via Statjesville, Taylorsville, Lenoir and the Watauga gap to the Ten nessee line, in the direction of Jonesboro'. One of these routes will, doubtless, from the iocality of the country, be adopted, and the great question for he next Legislature to. settle, is which of these routes shall be chosen. The distance! from Salisbury to: Jonesboro' , via v Asheville, is 225 miles, 185 miles of this distance is in'North Car olina to Knoxville the distance is much greater. From Salisbury jto Jonesboro', via Statesville, Taylorsville and the Watau ga gap is 148 miles, only 115. miles of this distance is in our State thus showing that the same connection can bej made by the Salisbury and Taylorsville route with 'a paving of 70 miles of road in our own State. The gap in the Blue Ridge, . at Watauga, is said by Engineers to be the most practi- cable. The line of this road would be straight and direct. The above .distances may be relied on as they have been ascer tained by actual measurement, and will be verified by the report of the Engineers who are now surveying those two routes. J have also been informed by competent en gineers, that the Salisbury and Taylorsville road will cost less than the Asheville route by more than two millions of dollars. Then this being so, it will surely be a con sideration of great importance in the loca tion of this road, and to an honest State, that does not wish to cripple her credit, or resort to the doctrine of repudiation, these facts will have a controlinjc influence. Another argument in favor of the" Salis bury and Taylorsville route, is, that the extension of the road to Asheville will give too great an advantage to South Carolina. Asheville is 115 miles nearer to Charles ton than to, Beaufort. It is only 48 !miles from Asheville to Greenville, S. C;',' to which place S. C. has, from Charleston, one of the most flourishing roads in the State. And who can doubt that she would not run her road up to Asheville f when such a tempting point is presented to her ? ' It may be said that our Legislature would not grant a charter for abroad leading to S. T.;-;the result of which would be so fa- tal to jour interests, but to Tely upon this, would be too hazardous when so much is at stake ; and no one, who -has ever seen the beauty of the country, the fertility of the soil, and the intelligence and enter prise of the citizens between Asheville and Greenville, can have a doubt about the con struction of this cross road. The people of that section of the State, have administra ted to Charleston it is their best and most natural market, and they cannot be diver ted from it this Greenville-road has for years, been a favorite enterprise with those people. '" ' - , - The Salisbury and Taylorsville route pre sents no such advantages to South Caroli na, there is! no point on this route, where it-can be tapped with a South Carolina road until you get to Salisbury, and then it is too late. . i In adopting the Salisbury and Taylors Ville route, the road will accommodate as many county towns and pass through as many counties in our State as the Ashe ville routd, so that nothing would be lost on that account. And if you will examine any correct map of the country, you will find thatk direct line from Salisbury to Jones-boro-, will pass 'through Statesville, Tay lorsville and Lenoir, upon this route, there are no difficulties to an easy and cheap con struction of a Railroad. Another matter in connection, with this road, to which I will call the attention of the public, (because they are interested in Yf i ......-.ibat.ifl -nnw-jieing ,maae oi oansoury. ,l have find! that the engineers; after arrivin or sir point two miles East of Lenoir, bave turn ed South to the Horse Ford on the Cataw ba River, thence down the south bank of (-the river, recrossing the river, in the direc tion of Sheppard's pross Roads, in Iredell county 12 miles Sojutb of Statesville; then running to jIrs. Pjartee's,: on the Central Roaid. Why this deflection from a straight, direct and better route, has been chosen, I have not been informed. ! This diverging line' will add 14 miles of distance to the road cause two bridges to be made across the ; Catawba River-will pass over a much more hilly and uneven country, and, from the most favorable calculations that can be made, will add from five to six hundred thousand dollars to the cost of the road. It will also miss every town or village on the: route from Jonesboro' to the Central Road. Again, I cannot believe, that mak ing; the terminus of this road, at Mris. Par tees, would be a compliance with the char ter igranted by the last Legislature; it pro vides that the starting -point of this road shall be " at or near Salisbury." Mrs.j Partce's is 10 miles from 'Salisbury, about as near to Concord as Salisbury; then, if the charter is complied with by? this term inus, would it not have been as. correct to have said, at or near Concord? And a pro vision of this kirid might have altered the fate of the -passage of that charter through the last Legislature very materially. At all events it seems to me that the most di rect and most practicable route should be. examined, and if there are no- serious ob-' jections to it, then adopt it, if the most di rect, and consequently the ; shortest route isimpracticable-.then gor to it as possible. . Jlr. ixillespie, jjn. his book on Railroads, says' " straightness of ' direction is more important oh Railroads, than on common roads ; for two reasons, the econo my of straightness - and the resistance of curves. Frorii the great cost of the super structure of the Railroad and the continual increasing expense of keeping it in repair, it Is highly desirable that it should be as straight, and consequently, as short as possi ble. As the earth work; of Railroad costs almost nothing for repairs,, while those of its perishable superstructure are very great arid proportionable to its length as is, also, the cost in' fuel, wages, andjwear and tear of the enginesof running the road, it will often be advantages to make large expendi tures for the former element of costs, in order to lessen the length of the road,1 and consequently the annual expenditure for the lat'er. Thus it is recommended, that in order to get a direct and straight line, a large expense should be incurred, and would add to the profits of the road, but in our case, so far from incurring an expenditure it would greatly diminish it. Then, why should we not have a survey, at least, of a direct line from Salisbury to Jonesboror arid let the whole State know the facts t Taylorsville, N. C. ' " B. THE SALISBURY, W. C. : - , FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 18541" Office on Main street, a few doors Northeast ' of the Court House. OUR TELP. W were absent last week, on a flying vis it of business and pleasure to the counties of Davie, Yadkinj Surry and Ashe. The labor,; and excitement of the late election being over, andj feeling somewhat like . the root of the tongue doicn in the . mouth at the result, we concluded to test the virtue of a little mountain air and scenery, as to pur physical. health', and see bow efficacious they would prove in exorcising the . Grey, Black and 31ue political devils of triumpb ant Democracy, which haunted onr imag inations. By the aids of Philosophy, Po etry and History, we partially succeeded in our. attempts and object. We were consol ed in some degree by the reflection that' " the' battle is not always to the strong " that'the wisdokn of the wise is often " con founded-in this world by the foolishness of ignoranCe-that vthe ' immortal Clay and. the gallant Scott, were defeated by two ob scure meu that it was Teserved for other generations tofdo full justice to Washing tori and Fulton, and that although the sjtar which guided jNapoleon so often to victory at last wenf down in tdood arid darkness, his genius is now appreciated and his fame forever established throughout the world. The road to destruction we are told is broad, and ipaultitudes follow its beaten Mm mkait track, the roau of safety is-narrow,. and few there be that ifirid it. Then we' thought it would be far better in the end with Whigs than Democrats ''Better.alone,; stand up with conscious pride Than err with millions oa your side." ' We knlw that the old Farmer of Pee Dee,, had done his duty, and we fondly hoped, that the bread he had cast upon the politi cal waters would return after many days to nourish a shattered" Constitution, toupply the poor youths of the country . with men tal and moral aliment, and send the tide of commercial, agricultural and mechanical life through the veins and arteries of Plank and Rail Roads to every section 'of the State. We recalled the following lines of . Bryant4j(neyer beforje quoted) andelt sat- -- ii m " : . ' - Whigs crusL'd to earth, will rise again, ..." , The "eternal 8ign " f Truth is theirs J i j" But Locos wounded, wmain pain, - And die with horror, grief and fears. We were 4pleased to see en route , that the Town of Mocksviille and the County of pa-, vie (the, scene to us of so much kindness "arid so many favours) is aliye to their interests. The prospect ofjhe Lexington and Mocks- ville Plank Road has infused new vigor in to the citizens of the Town and the abund ant harvest and the fields now overburden ed wjth the green and, luxuriant corn will amply reward the labors of '.the honest and industrious husbandman. 1 May God al ways help those who help themselves by integrity,, skill and enterprise. . On Sunday. we attended at 'Smith Grove a Camp Meeting, where we suppose were as sembled some fifteen hundred persops. The Rev. Peter Doub preached the 11 b'- . clock sermon and the Hev. Mr. Postell the sermon at three o'clock. We accompanied Stephen Douthit Esq., (the former Mem ber from Davie) to bis hospitable residence where we met with the kindest treatment and where we had the pleasure of meeting several intelligent and accomplished young ladies. Although a Benedick we hope . such society will never to tw lose its facin- , " ations.. If so, we would set down and seri-'-ously consider how far we had strayed in this world ef temptation and vice from the paths of virtue and truth. On Monday we crpssed the Yadkin at Sheek'B Ferry and then in a few miles re crbssed it agairi at the Shallow Ford renw 4 dered memorable by the passage of Lord Cornwallis then in hot pursuit of ren. Greene.' These two distinguished Gener- als it is will ; knowrf mpt-hnvt-m f Kamft fbrd Court HoeW tWof British victory in the South was toraed, which ended shortly after in -the surrendefr of Cornwallis and the" acknowledgment of American Independence." ; " . ' "We passed through the village of Hunts villa on the West side of the Yadkin near which place a sharp battle was fought du- v ring the Revolution between, the Whigs and Tories'whjch we never hay seen re corded in History. Several of the combat ants on both sides were killetfand wound ed, and, the Captain of the Wliigs found there a grave which 'contains , all that is perishable of a man who-possessed , the bravery and patriotism of a Washington or' Napoleon." Traditon alone baa preserved his name and exploits but no '.storied urn or animated bust " marks the last resting place of a hero, who gave all he. had his life, in the defence of his country. We hope some friend familiar .with, the facts of this battle will pay a debt of gratitude to the honored dead, and - transmit' them , for publication, i f . : . . We reached Rockford the ancient capital of Surry county, about three o'clock, where we were kindly and hospitably entertained at the Hotel kept by E. Cranor, Esq. 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