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TarWougft, (mSecombc County, X. C.) Saturday, May n, i833,
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Progress of Improvement. Such is
the perfection of steamboat machinery,
that passengers are now conveyed from
Philadelphia to Uichmond, Vu. in tin;
short space of thirty-six hours! This
seems expeditious enough in nil con
science, yet we learn by a gentleman re
cently from England, that the distance
between Liverpool and Manchester, about
35 miles, is traversed on a railway, in the
almost incredible period of one hour and
ten minutes! Fifty years ago, such mir
acles were scarcely dreamed of, much
less supposed capuble of being accom
plished. It as equally probable, a few
centuries hence, that our present means
of communication will be deemed too te
dious and snail-like, and new modes will
be resorted to, as half a century since,
the existing state of improvement could
have been anticipated. Perhaps, in the
course of a few hundred years, we shall
travel for the most part through the air,
when some such notice as the following
may appear in the newspapers of the
day: "The late voyage of Professor
Wandcrhagcn to the Moon, took up a
space of nearly seven months, but the
contemplated expedition will take up
much less time. The balloon will be
filled with the new gas discovered by our
chemist, Dr. yEtherly, which is 000 times
lighter than the lightest gas known to the
first settlers of America. The body of
this balloon wilL not be circular, but a
polygon, and at each angle a pair of
wings, all of which are worked with the
greatest precision and facility, by the
most simple but beautiful machinery.
These wings at once create a draft, and
determine the direction of the air at the
will of the reronaut, whose balloon is easi
ly steered by a newly constructed air
rudder. The boat of the balloon will
contain 25 persons, and provisions for a
twelvemonth. Raleigh Reg.
CD O
CT'A Vindication of North Carolina
from the aspersions of Mr. Jefferson, as
contained in the fourth volume of his
works, with other matters connected with
the history of North Carolina, from 1771
to 177G," is the title of a work proposed
to be issued from the Boston press in
next October, by Joseph Seawell Jones,
of North Carolina. We wish this work
much encouragement for more reasons
than one. Apart from the mere fact,
that we desire the success of any literary
man from our adopted State, we think
this portion of her history is little known.
Few, very few, know, that North Caroli
na was the first to give motion to the ball
of the Revolution, and still fewer are dis
posed to admit the fact when estublished
by historical evidence. We hope the
work about to be issued will contain a
full and complete "vindication." This
State has too long permitted herself to
be deprived of the honor, which is justly
her due. By men who are acquainted
with the matter, it is believed that when
Mr. Jefferson penned the Declaration of
Independence of '76, he had -that of
North Carolina, of '75, on his table. If
we arc not much mistaken, the journals
of Congress announcing the arrival of
the North Carolina declaration have been
found, and we have little doubt, that the
colonial office of Great Britain contains
documents which will place the ques
tion beyond the reach of contriver
y.hulcigh Constitutionalist.
Gold Mining in North Carolina.
fcinco the novelty of the gold mini,," pro.
cess has somewhat abated, but littfe has
been seen in ihe newspapers concerning
ims business. Lest ir shnnlrl i
inferred, that the golden prospect in our
biate had become dimmer, we take oc
casion to remark, that at no time, since
the commencement of gold mining, have
the results been more favorable or flat
tering, than at the present; more espe
cially, in what are called the superficial
mines of Burke and Rutherford. The
number of hands employed, is greater
than at any former period, and a majori
ty of them are doing a good business.
I he ease and convenience of getting "old
by digging a few feet below the surface,
have prevented the Miners from attemp
ting the more permanent busing of
searching for veins; but as the former
business is exhausted, no doubt hut iho
mountains about Brindleton, Bracket-
town and Whiteside, will be made to dis
gorge their bright contents. Several ex.
periments have already been made on
the mountain sides, one of which, by K.
P. Willis, Esq. came under our person
al observation, and having some litrh
practical knowledge of mining in veins,
we are bold to assert, that no region of
the State, promises more ample rewards
to the adventurer. The activity, enter
prise, and intelligence of the gentlemen
now engaged in gold digging, we have no
doubt, will "compel success" in this
branch of mining; and when we consider
the fine effect which such operations have
on the country where they are situated, we
can but be anxious for their introduction.
We intend hereafter to take more no
tice of this important branch of the indus
try of our State. Particularly, of the
vein mining operations. It is sufficient
for the present, to remark, that in spite of
the unfavorable impression that misman
agement and extravagance has produced,
as regards the Mecklenburg mines, they
who are most deeply interested in these
establishments, are more cheered with
the present results, and more confident
of continued profits than they have ever
been before. We have not derived this
fact from any boasting of those engaged,
but the conclusion is from circumstances
that cannot deceive. The mine of Mr.
R. King, near Lexington, in Davidson
county, we learn, is a perfect El-Dorado;
ihe size, richness and uniformity of the
vein, has seldom, if ever, been equalled
in this country. Salisbury Watchman.
Nno Towns. The rapidity with which
new towns spring up in the Indian or
gold country of Georgia, is truly aston
ishing. About the '1st of June last, an
individual named Win. Dean built the
first cabin in what is now the village of
Auraria, situated on the ridge dividing
the waters of the Chestatu and Etoah
Rivers, in Lumpkin (formerly Cherokee)
county. Another immediately set up a
house of entertainment for the accom
modation of those disposed to search for
gold in the neighborhood. Around this
nucleus a population soon gathered, com
posed of all classes and conditions of the
human family, and there is now in Aura
ria one hundred family dwellings; eight
een or twenty stores; twelve or fifteen law
offices, four or five taverns, and a print
ing office, from which a weekly newspa
per is issued, &c. The town population
is estimated at 1000, and thatof the coun
ty at 10,000, and constantly increasing,
with, a rapidity almost incredible to re
late. The mines already opened in the
vicinity, (not involved in litigation) are
yielding to the proprietors in rich abun
dance t lie anticipated fruits of the mosi
sanguine speculator. Fay. Obs,
Outrage. On Monday last, 15th inst.
e office of the Superior Court Clerk of. has purchased a large tract of land in
ih
Buncombe county, which is situate in nno
of the lower rooms of the Court House,
was oroken open, by forcing off the lock,
by
Some person or nersoria iinfrnnivn
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1 he State, Trial, Execution, and Minute
Uockets; file of State papers from No. 1
to 50; all the appearance papers which
had been returned since the settinrnf the
Court, to the number of about 25, were
purloined. Search was made in the
neighborhood, the next morning, and the
Minute Docket and some of the appear
ance papers were found secreted by the
side of a loir, covered with leaves, about
300 yards N. E. of the Court House. In
this dilemma the Judge availed himself
of a copy of the docket in the hands of a
member of the bar, and, by the industry
of the prosecuting officer, new papers
were drawn, and the business Was not
materially impeded. Should the books
purloined never be recovered, much in
convenience and loss will be sustained by
the citizens of the county. Ruth. Spec.
GJ-The Spring Term of the Superior
Court for Buncombe county, was held at
Asheville during the past week; Judge
Seawell presiding. The most important
State case reached, was that in which
William Carson, an acting Justice of the
Peace was defendant, tried and convict
ed of grand larceny for stealing a gold
watch from one of the rooms in Patlon's
Hotel, in 1351. He was sentenced to
tand in the pillory an hour, receive 10
lashes instanter, and be committed to iail
until the costs of suit were paid; and if
he did not resign his commission as Jus
tice of the Peace forthwith, the whipping
to be deferred until the succeeding day.
Carson thereupon tendered his resigna
tion to the Judge, and the sentence of the
law was carried into effect. Several per
sons were convicted for assault and bat
tery, and committed to the stocks. ib.
Florida, for the purpose of cultivating
the sugar cane, litead of employing
slaves, as is usual for such labor, he has
made an arrangement vviih several hun
dred German emigrants, who proceed to
his estate under the charge of Lieutenant
Goldsborough, his son-in-law.
Liability of Partners. Judge Hoff
man, of New York, has decided, that
partnership property cannot be taken for
individual debts. The interest may be
claimed, but the properly cannot be sei
zed. The possession and disposal of
the property must remain with the firm.
Singular cause of death. James Tur
ney, Esq. late Attorney General nf Illi
nois, died on the 5th inst. near Carroll
ton, in that State. Mr. Tumey had re
cently become impressed with the truihs
ot Christianity, and had abandoned ihe
profession of the law for that of the cos-
pel. W'hile recently engaged in perfor
ming the act of baptism on a brother
who had a wooden leg the latter while
in the water, accidentally set the steel
point of his artificial leg on the foot of
Mr. Turnvy, which inflicted a severe
wound, and the wound ultimately morti
fying, occasioned his death.
A terrible Hurricane. The Spring
field (Ohio) Pioneer gives an account of
a most violent and destructive hurricane,
with which the vicinity of that place was
visited on the 11th ultimo. It swept a-
cross thecountry a distance of 25 or 30
miles, the base of the column, which gra
dually arose into the heavens in the form
of a pyramid, varying from five to eighty
rods. It scattered dismay, desolation
ami death in its course. Dwelling hou
ses were levelled with the earth, and in
habitants killed or wounded; barns were
demolished and the grain scattered n
broud; stock raised from the earth, dash
ed down, crippled and killed; the roads
stopped up by large trees; and fences
thrown down, and crops laid open to the
depredations of stock. At one place a
family of seven persons were buried in
the ruins of their house; two of whom,
when the. rubbish was removed, were
found dead, and the remaining five dan
gerously wounded. As another instance
of the violence of the wind, it is mention
ed that a wagoner, who drove up to the
door of a farm house for shelter, was
seen, after the shock had passed over,
stretched upon the ground, and his team
of five horses and a large road wagon in
the bushes on the opposite side of the
road, where they had been dropped from
the suck of the whirlwind... Raleigh Star.
tt?Thc annexed specimen of "western
manners," we copy from the Louisville
Journal. It is "going the whole hog:"
A love scene. Our neighbor of the Ad
vertiser has occasionally somethiug to
say about intoxication. He ought to con
fine his remarks to it. There is no sub
ject, of which he has so much experi
mental knowledge. A g-ntleman at our
elbow avers, that he once saw him lying
in a ditch at midnight, surrounded by a
drove of pigs, and ever and anon ex
claiming in a tone of affection, when jos
tled by the prying noses of his four-footed
companions "Pray, quit tucking up,
my dear, and come along to bed."
tt?The Tuscaloosa (Alabama) Spirit
of the Age of the 6th ult. states, "that the
Court House in Cahaba fell during the
session of the Court last week; but fortu
nately the Judge, suspecting from the
appearance of the walls and the water
being around the house, that it might fall,
had adjourned the Court for the purpose
of going into a private house, about fif
teen minutes before the building, which
was of brick, tumbled into ruins." ib.
Mr. Wirt. It is stated in the Long
Island Inquirer, that Mr. Wirt, the late
Attornev General of the United States,
Manual Labor Schools... Schools have
been established in Europe for manv
years, requiring each pupil to work at
some branch ot business three hours each
day, for which he is allowed a reasona
ble compensation. Similar iuaiitufinna
have been established at Oneida, N. Y.
at Gettysburg, Pa. at Andover, Mass.
and other places, and we learn that the
labor plan has been introduced at the
Western Reserve College, Ohio. The
subject of establishing another at or near
Harrisburg by the State, was submitted
to a committee of the Legislature of
Pennsylvania, who, after gathering all the
information on the subject, within their
power, made report, in which they come
to the following conclusions:
1. That the expense of education when
connected with manual labor, judiciously
directed, may be reduced at least one-half.
2. That the exercise of about three
hours manual labor daily, contributes to
the health and cheerfulness of the pupil,
by strengthening and improving his phy
sical powers, and by engaging his mind
in useful pursuits.
3. That so far from manual labor be
ing an impediment in the progress of the
pupil, in intellectual studies, it has been
found that in proportion as one pupil has
excelled the other, in equal ratio, in his
intellectual studies.
4. That manual labor institutions tend
to break down the distinctions between
the rich and poor, which exist in society,
inasmuch as they give on almost equal
opportunity of education to the noor by
Iabor, as is afforded to the rich by the
possession of wealth; and
5. That pupils trained in this way, are
much better fitted for active life, and betr
ter qualified to act as useful citizens, than
when educated in any other mode that
they are better as regards pnysical ener
gy, and better intellectually or morally.