FRIDAY, MAY 22, 182$.
Revival... .We turn Uith pleasure for
a moment from the gloomy details of
Wars and rumors of wars abroad, from
the shouts and groans of successful and
defeated politicians at home, and from
the pecuniary difficulties and embarrass
ments by which our immediate neigh
bors are surrounded, to record an event
upon which the philanthropist could
look with complacency, and the Chris
tian with heart-felt joy and gratitude.
During the last week, through the instru
mentality of several preachers of the
Gospel, an unusual and extraordinary
religious excitement prevailed among
the citizens of this place; and, on Thurs
day, five young female converts were
added to the Baptist Church under the
pastoral charge of the Rev. P.VV. Dowd.
A considerable number of others appear
deeply affected, and sanguine hopes are
entertained that the goodly effects of
this solemn visitation have not yet been
all developed.
Internal Improvements.. ..The fol
lowing was recently addressed, in the
form of a Circular, to several of the citi
zens of this county:
Sir: A number of patriotic citi
zens, during the last winter, at
tion of the surplus produce to the
general markets of the world!
2. Should North-Carolina ask
of the General Government ap
propriatroris of money for this
purpose, and thereby place herself
on an equal tooting wmi ner sister
States: or. shall she insist on a
construction of the Constitution as
contended for by a minority, and
remain for centuries in an unim
proved condition!
3. The State having provided
the means of Education for the
rich, should she not establish Free
Schools for the poor, and in what
manner can a fund be raised for
this purpose?
4. What is the most effectual
method of preventing the present
demoralizing and disgraceful me
thod of electioneering for the hon
or of representing the people!
Yours, respectfully,
J. R. Lloyd, Chairman.
Tarboro', 13th May, 1829.
The Hon. John Branch, Secre
tary of the Navy, accompanied by
his family, and Col. James W.
Clark, Chief Clerk in the Navy
Department, returned to VVash-
mgton City on the 5th irist. from
a visit to this state. Star.
riious Vote of the Council. He
was then recommended to the Go
vernor, who appointed him accor
dingly. Yesterday a letter was
received from Judge Toomdr by
the Governor, notifying him of
his acceptance of the appoint
ment. Raleigh Star.
Statejiank. The Governor,
Secretary of State and Comptrol
ler, in pursuance to an act of the
last General Assembly, have ap
pointed Gen. Romulus M. Saun
ders of Salisbury, Gen. Louis D.
Wilson of Tarborough, and Isaac
Wright, Esq. of Bladeu, Commis
sioners to represent the State in
the meeting of the Stockholders
of the State Bank, to be held in
this city on the first of next
month. ib.
Federal Court. The Circuit
Court of the United States for the
district of North-Carolina held its
spring term in this city on Tues
day last Chief Justice Marshall
and Judge rotter presiding. The
Counsel employed in most of the
i . i
cases being auseni, me vourt
transacted but little business, and
adjourned after a session of about
two hours ib.
Appointment bu the President..
William C. Rives of Virginia, to
be Envoy Extraordinary and Min
ister Plenipotentiary to France, in
Raleigh, entered into a voluntary the place of James Brown, who has
association, for the purpose of im- j requested permission to return.
proving the internal condition oti We learn with regret; says the
North-Carolina findingthat their
exertions would be unavailing,
without the co-operation of the
citizens generally, they resolved
that the opinion of the people on
this subject should be ascertained
as nearly as practicable. They
accordingly appointed a Commit
tee of five persons in each county,
(with power to increase their num
bers) with a request that said
Committee should aid them in
their undertakings, and ascertain
the opinions of the citizens in their
respective counties. Without ex
pressing a preference for any par
ticular scheme of improvement,
they request a full and free ex
pression of the sentiments of each
individual as to the object to be
improved, and the best method of
making said improvement. Should
they succeed in ascertaining the
opinion of the people, they will
recommend to the consideration
of the Legislature, those subjects
which may seem most desirable.
The Committee for the County of
JLidgecombe at their last meeting,
resolved "that the aforesaid object
would be more satisfactorily at
tained by enlarging their numbers,
and adding to the Committee cer
tain persons from each Captain's
district." They resolved further,
"that the members of the enlarg
ed Committee should be requested
to meet at the Court-House in
Tarboro', on the first Thursday
in June next" at which time and
place you are respectfully invited
to attend as a member thereof.
It is expected that you will ex
pruss your seimmenis ireeiy on
the following subjects, and that
you will suggest for the considera
tion of the meeting such others as
may occur to you.
1st. What improvement can be
maae to facilitate the transporta
New-York Enquirer, that Edward
Livingston, Esq. has declined ac
cepting the mission to France,
preferring at present to retain his
seat in the Senate.
Petersburg, May 18. Our mar
ket the last has been a remarka
bly dull week but little business
doing, and prices stationary. T.
Counterfeits. A writer in the
Cheraw Spectator states that
counterfeit SI notes of the Salis-
Flour was selling at Tusca
loosa, Alabama, on the 18th ult.
at $12 per barrel; and but small
nuantities were to be obtained
at that price. ib.
Golden Statue. The Cheraw
Spectator states that on Saturday,
9th inst. the river boat Franklin
was launched at the boat yard of
Oheraw, and that there was pla
ced on board of her a solid lump
of Gold, which weighs about
one hundred and thirty-eight
pounds, as near as may be!
This stupendous and magnifi
cent curiosity was derived from a
single mine in Montgomery coun-
ty, North-Carolina, formerly own
ed by a man of extremely limited
pretensions to affluence. If we
bury Branch of the State Bank of j who have been for years in the
North-Carolina are in circulation. I habit of occasionally handling and
They are dated 4th July 1819, and I buying the article by the pound,
signed Wm. H. Haywood and
Will. Polk. Fan. Obs.
Raleigh, May 14. We under
stand that Charles Fisher, Esq.
of Salisbury, will probably be put
in nomination, at the next session
of the Legislature, as a candidate
to supply the vacancy in the Sen
ate of the U. States, created by
the appointment of Gov. Branch
to the Navy Department. Star.
Appointment of S. Court Judge.
The Executive Council met in
this city on Thursday last, for the
purpose of appointing a Judge of
the bupreme Court of this State,
in the place of Chief Justice Tay
lor, deceased, and adjourned on
the following day. The follow
ing members attended: Gideon
Alston, Archibald M'Bryde, Thos.
Kenan and George W. Jeffreys,
Esqs. being a bare quorum of the
Council. After several ballotings,
in each of which the votes were
equally divided between Thos.
Ruffin and Henry Seawell, Esqrs.
the name of John D. Toomer,
Esq. of Fayetteville, was added
to the nomination; when, on the
first ballot; hot received the unani-
were slow to credit the assertions
of our friends as to the enormous
size of this lump, what will those
at a distance think of our story!
When it shall bo taken to New-
York, to be thence re-shipped to
Europe as a curiosity, the whole
world will then acknowledge the
truth of our statement.
This great mass of precious
metal was several years in being
concentrated together. The ope
ration of adding to the treasure,
was performed in the most secret
manner, until the proprietor tho't
he had amassed as much as it
would be prudent to usher before
the world with safety. The whole
was then moulded together some
what to resemble at a little dis
tance, the form and structure of
our own species in an erect posi
tion. It represents the model of
a statue as nearly as the rough
state of the arts and sciences in
the interior could be reasonably
supposed to have adapted it.
Gold Mines. Referring to the
gold mines in this State, the last
Raleigh Register observes:
"Already there are several com
panies from the North and South
engaged in the business, and we
have recently heard of the forma
tion of a company in Baltimore
with a capital of 50,000, for
working a mine in Cabarrus. In
deed, monied men from every
quarter of the Union, are purcha
sing up land, for which they pay
extravagant nrines. T?r;1
. . - i viw"u ca-
pitahsts have not thought it be
neath their attention to visit the
Gold Region, for purposes of spe
culation; one of whom informed
us, a few days since, that he had
just returned from a visit to the
South American mines, and that
those of North-Carolina greatly
exceed them in riches. In the
county of Mecklenburg alone, it
is believed, the amount of gold
dug from the bowels of the earth,
in each xcceky produces $2,OOo!
And it is nothing uncommon for
the merchants in the town of
Charlotte, when they go on to
make their purchases, to carry
with them from 10 to 40 pounds
of the precious metal. It can ea
sily be imagined what life and ac
tivity is infused into every depart
ment of business, where the only
Bank which is required to relieve
the wants of the people is a bank
of earth."
"We are not without hope, from
some recent discoveries, that gold
will yet be found in this (Wake)
county. The first discovery of it
was made in Cabarrus, and confi
ned to that county for many years.
The limits within which it was
then supposed to be embraced,
are continually enlarging, as
people have been led to search the
country for it. It has been subse
quently found in the counties of
Rutherford,Burke,Lincoln, Meck
lenburg,Rowan, Anson, Davidson,
Montgomery, Randolph, Caswell,
Guilford, Orange, and very re
cently in Chatham."
Washington, N. C. May 16....
At the last term of Hyde Superior
Court of Law, before Judge Nor
wood, the trial of a negro slave
named Allen, the property of Ri
chard Young, charged with com
mitting a Rape on a white female,
came on. Jl he proots were, mat
the female injured .was walking
with another female, and a small
child, about a quarter of a mile
from the house of Henry bibbs,
Esq. that the accused (who was
then runaway from his master)
was discovered approaching thorn;
they walked faster to avoid him,
he overtook them, seized the lar
gest female; that then the next in
size ran to the house of Mr. Gtbbs
and alarmed the persons there,
who ran towards the place where
the injured female was last seen
found her greatly agitated and al
most breathless by reason of her
resistance; that one of the persons
who ran to her aid, saw the accu
sed running from the place where
the offence was committed. The
injured female proved all the re
quisites that constitute in law the
offence. The Jury, after retiring
a few minutes, returned a verdict
of guilty, and the defendant was
sentenced to be hanged on the last
Friday of this month. rEcho.
Elizabeth City, May C The
Superior Court for Camden coun
ty, his Honor Judge Donnel I pre
siding closed its session on Thurs-
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