The Greensborough patriot [March 10, 1849]

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\OLUAJE X. GREENSBOROUGH, NORTH-CAROLINA, MARC.I 10, 1849. NUMBER 47
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BY SWA 111 ft SHERWOOD
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The following lines were written by Biahop
Dunne in his late extreme illness :
Brenth of Summer, now I freI yon,
As yoti pity about my brow -,
Wings of damask ro*ea fnn me.
Through thai bed of viole'.s, now.
Smell of blossom : taste of berry :
Sound of Woo£.et,fl-*h of bird :
All ihe memories of boyhood
hove, in lorn, my bosom stirr'd.
Hand, that holds me : Eye, I hit guides mo :
Hear*, that loved m-, lo the death :
New devotion ibr'ils my spirit, —
While I (matbe ihts Summer breath !
utes—it teemed to me aa many hoars. The
sweat rolled ofl me in great dropa, and I was en-veloped
in iteam generated from my own body.
, "Are wo almost to it. Mr. Lai kin." 1 gasped
i out.
" Almost, captain—don't give up ; for the love
of our dear link* ones al home—don't give up.
captain !**
The oars flashed as the blades turned up to the
moonlight. The men who plied them were fa-thers,
and had fathers' Sesrts ; the strength which
nerved them at that moment was more than hu-man.
Suddenly Mr. Larkin stopped pulling, and my
heart for a moment almost ceased its beating ; for
The Seven Sleepers.
^s=*
Report tipou tin: Capo liar au«I Deep
Hit era.
THE RESCUE.
li was in the month of February. 1&II. a bright
moonlight night, onJ intensely cold, that the lit-tle
brig I commanded lav quietly, at her anchors
inside of Sandy Ilnok.
We had a hard time of it. beating about For
eleien days ofl'ihis roast, with COttfng nonhrasi-
,rs bloving, and mow and sleet falling for the
most of that lime. Forward, the IrHel was
thickly coated with ice, and it was hard work In
handle her. .is the rigging nn<! sail, were slifi.
and yielded only when the ureOfith DI HID men
wai exerf d to the utmost. When at I' ngth we
made the port, all hands worn down and eihnus-led,
we could not ha»e held out two day, longer
without relief.
•■A bitter cold night. Mr. Larkin, 1 sanl to
my mate, as I tarried for a moment on deck lo
liniih my cigar.
The worthy down .aster buttoned bis coal
more tightly around him. looking up to the moon
and felt of hi* red nose before he replied—
"It's a whisthr. captain, as we used to say on
the Kenneb.c. .Nothing lives comfuriably out of
blanketc in euch a night as ihu."
••The tide is running out •"•ft and .Irons | ii
will be well lo keep n sharp look out for this (dol-ing
ice, Mr. Larkin,"
" Av. ay, sir," responded the mate, and 1 went
below.
'I'wo hours afterwards. I was aroused from a
sound sleep, by the vigilant officer.
•• Excuse me for disturbing you. captain." said
he, as he delected nn expression i.i vexation on
mv face ; " but"! wish you Would turn nut and
eonv on deck as soon as possible."
.. Why—what's the matter. Mr. Larkin I"
"Why,sir. 1 have been watching a cake of
ice that .wept by at a little distance, a moment
ago: I taw something black upon it—something
ihat I thought moved. The moon's under a cloud,
■id I could not «ee distinctly ; but I do believe
there'! a child Boating out to sea, in 'his freezing i
.night, on that cake of ice."
Wc were on deck before either spoke r.*i<..her '
word. The male pointed out. with no little dilli-culty.
the cake of ica floating oil to leeward, and
ill white gTulerlhg surface WM broken by a black
spot—more I col.I not make out.
"Get me the "lass Mr. Larkin—the mron will
be out of the rl'iiid in ■ nio:nenl, and then we can
see distinctly."
I kept my eye on the recedine mast of ice.
while the riieon was slowly working its way
through a heavy bank of clouds. The mate *ioi«l
by with a gins*. v> hen the full light fell at last
..n.n the wafer with a brilliancy only known in
eir northern latitudes. I put th- glass In my eye.
One rjlance was enoogh.
-Forward, there !" lehomed ni the top of my
voice, and with one bound 1 reached 'he mam
hatch, and began to clmr aw By the ship's
yawl.
Mr. Larkin had received ihe gh.-s from my
hand, tn lake a look lor himself.
•* My (hid '." he said in a WhiaDet, as he set to
work to aid me in getlingoiN the bout—" my t lod.
there are two rhtldr, n on that cake of ice !"
Two men answered Hiy hall, am! walked lazi-ly
aft. In nn incredible shrrt space ol time we
launched Ibe cutter, int-i which Mr. Larkin and
myself jumped, fallowed by the iwo men. who
took the oars. I rigged the tiller, and '.be male sat
ibeiidc me in the so rn sheets.
'• Do you see that eaki- of if e with saiuethmg
black upon it. lads I" 1 cried ; •■ put me along,
side of tha1. and I'll give you n bottle of rum
each, to-night, and n month's exira wages, when
you are paid ill."
The men bent to tin !r oars, but thi '•; s'lokes
were uneven and feeble. They were used up
hy the hard duly id ihe preceding fortnight, and
.hough they did their beat, the boat made liitl-more
way ihan the tide. This was a long ch.au
. and Mr. Laikin win wns tuflefing aa he raw
,ho« little we gained, rri. d on'—
••Pull, lads — I'll double the captain's r.'i»-:
,ivo bottles of rum. nnJ two month.' pay. 1'ull,
Jads. for the love ol dud. pull I '
A convulsive effort told BOW wiMin- the men
were to obev, but the sin ngth 11 i!.-- in ■ ■ man
was gone. One of the poor lellot.s ivn: in
twice in recovering his oar, and then guv,- out;
tha other waa nearly as lar gone. Mr. Lar-k
aprnng forward, and seized the deserted oar
•• Lay down in the boitoni of the boat,"
he to the man ; " and cap am, lake the other oar;
we must row for ourselves."
1 look the second man's place ; Lukin had
stripped lo his liueinsey.Bliirt; as he pulled Iho
bow. I wailed thl signal slluke. ll came gently,
but firm, and the next moment we were nulling a
Jong, steady stroke, gradually increasing m rapid-ity
until the wood seemed tosinnke in the oar locks*.
We kept lime yach by a long, deep breathing of
•Jhe other. Such a pull ' \\ e'hent fornard un-til
our faces almost touched Our knees, and then
throwing all our strength intoihe backward move-jneni,
until every incho! the space eovire.i by ihe
sweep bid been named. Al every slrok- the
boat shoi ahead like an arrow discharged Irom a
itw. It.it •♦•i-KheilaHtft.nUif'.rfcan.m-
The aiory of iba -Seven Sleepers it ihe most
romantic of ihe lop-ends of ihe church. It is as fob
lows: When Ihe Emperor Uecius persecuted the
Christians,seven noble youths of Ephesus con-cealed
themselves in a spacious cavern, on the
side of an adjacent mountain, where they were
doomed to perish by ihe tyrant, who gave orders
that the entranc-- should be firmly secured by n
pile nf stones. They immediately fell into a deep
slumber, which was most miraculously prolonged ■
without injuring the powers Of life, during a peri-'
od of one hundred and eighty-seven years. At
, ihe end of that time, Ihe slaves of Adolus, in
Ihe terrible thought that he had giver, out crossed whom t(|p inhfrilllnce rf.|to „,„„„„,;„ h„d ,)„.
my mind. Bui I was quickly re-.ssured by his j „aM% „m0,cd „,,. ,,„„„ ,„ Mf_|, „,„,«,
vo,c,*,: ... , ' for some rustic edifice. That Hffhtof the son ij*rt-
•• Gently, caplatn. gently—a stroke or two more ,d lnl0 lh, cavern and ihe gnm s/ecptr, were
-there, that will do -and the next moment ihe ilt(.d ,„ 11SH1;„, Alter rising Irom their sleep. I
boat s aide came m contact with cometh.ng. and . w|)ic|l ,|,0ught had lasted only a few hours.
I.ark.n sprang from ihe boat with his hes.y feel „ wrtr -J , . ^ „,,, uf & „„u r,..
apoa the ice. I started up, and calling upon ihe ' ,„|r,d ,b„ Jar,,blicus, one of their number, should '
men lo make Tast the boot loihe tee. followed. ,,erel|y „,„,„ to ,|„, ciu., ,„ ,,UIChu„. bread for
We ran I. the dark spot in tha centre of the „,,. ui|1 „, ,„|n!1.|f Bnd •,,;, C(„npiln,„n!. The '
mass, and found two little boya—the head of Ihe .„„„„,_ if we ,„„ Ml|| PI„,.|... lhal appellation.
.msllern ilmginihe bosom o. the larger.— mM n0 |onspr-re<.0|;niz„ ,;,.. once familiar as-lioil,
iwera i.i asleep! I he lethargy, which |H.cl 0f |,|s ,„„iv,. c„Untrv : and his surprise was I
would riavs oeen fatal bui lor the timely rescue. ,ncrHa!,.(, by lhl. a^,,.,,^,. B(, large cross, tri- i
ihadov, ..ueihein. Mr. Larkingrasped one er BmpbMlly erected over the principal gale ofl
, the lads, ,-ut ofl his shoes, tore oil his jacket land E.,ri,SU5. Hi* •iaealar dm. and obsolete Ian- |
then liH.sing his own garments to the skio, placed
! the chilled child in cootaci with his own warm
body, carefully wrapping over him his great coat,
which he procured from the boat. 1 did the same
with the other child ; and we then returned to ihe
boat, and the men, partially recovered, pulled
slowly bick.
The children, as we learned when we subse-
Pullen's dam. It will be 8 feel high and 440
feet long lo the island, including- 'he abutments.
There also will be required 170 feel of damming
to connect two other islands with the first.
From Pollen's dam. ii is intended to take out a
Ukc in charge the oi,l.„,i,.g ol. .Survey .o.l IMua.ie ' Canal through ihe level bollnin in which his mill
Ol IhC ITllltjMe C»*t i) |:|i;ili)V|l'J 1 IQ I'litl ( 111' s J . -ii a ..,,,, j 1 r
Pe.r and Deep Kiver.. .. blgh up .. HaneicV. Miil, i '"" " *."«■ '' "' ' bu l0-° J,»,ds -JjM ?•»»
eicavaiior., and will require one guart Inck where
it leaver the pool, and iw<> lift locks of 10,- feet
Ta Messrs. Alan Halfsi, A. J. DaRosxt. A. S. McNeill
■ nil K J. Mill, i- imp <•[ 11^ ii,,. r.'Jii'initi'r. de*isTnsli*d
by tha riiisliunigili i.'miveali»n brl.l in July list, ta
lake in ch
Moore County, Nortb Camlina
formed in (be* lodges of rorlr, ii|o-> wHen dnma
can l»e erected fo wiihutand any fret'ipts t*iat
may Brig.-, n% if abundantiv ihnwn bv the im-perfectly
cniuiructi d ti-ldaint upon tbeiii, which
have withstood atl the f-e»bf!i in tli< Cap*- Fear
until the actual deny of the timbers inihem.and
yet the stone* Tennin up r th» foundation as thfy
were origin* l.'y putted.
The dam at this iiui ledge w.ll be 8 feet 0 in.
cui: portion.* of them, a* the time allowed me
would permit. I have the honor herewith to re
p»rt the rraultt, including an estimate nl the pro
■n at this tint
at m-.'i j mi
i* wan no dimcuitv lor thai distance, ev- ~™» , T* v'*"'"" •«»•»«■». om in,
lime, and nf sullicieni depth e scepling J rimP«" «/ «>rk running across ihe rifer i
nl... one at Smith's seine haul, the other | ^^ ibovtf !^*ar[nCe Pf lhp »'•<". «cept at
able coa, ol nS/ack Hater navi^.un 'JZ « ."«+"" {«**'- *• *»* «>f water at which j»»*J*;
form, d bv ! 3ucc.&«i,n of Locks and Dams, w.th :,0,",s l5 now JH 'ni=h«- ■ *' ^^!**
occ.iNioiii.l short Cutiilj. About 2j mdes.below I'ullen'a Mill, anddirecl-
Tbw oharaoier of improveim-nt is ndmirably a- '* above the confluence of the Haw with Payp
diip'.pd lo those ri/eis. us indicated by their incon- j Hiver. i* the town of May wood, finely aitua'ed
■itferable fall pel mile, (it being somewhat less ] upon an elevated second bottom, which is destined
than two feel throughout their whole length.) >° become a place of considerable irada when this
iheir conseipientlv sluggish currem. and the ex- , improvement shall be opened. I', has a rich back
tensive nniuinl pools already lo be found through- country in lite Counties of Chatham, Randolph
seven
lbroe
warn a channel
or rather acroaatho
i and neighboring Countiea, and will be tha
channels through it. a dun will be raited of 10^
feel high—its total length from bank to bank be-in*
A04I leet.
In ihndam a lock will be placed of 10* feet
lift, to floot the bontt into the pool below, which
will carry them I :t-5 mile* to the next dam, to
be raised upon ano-.her ledge of rock. This dam
: : i rt hr ° hvt (?,,r inch«'»«" **<* 7« fe»t iocg.
JouV "1 " * C"rry Us lhrou8h lhi«rW>l of Ii 1 miles in length to ihe oval dam, lo be raised op
story,
lion, and ut the same instant jenceably expired ■
guage confounded the baknr. lo whom he olH-ri-d
an ancient medal of Ocius. as ihe current com
of the empire ; ur.d J.nnbl'cus, on the suspicion of
n secret treasure, was J ragged before* the judge*
Their muiunl inquiries produced ihu atuaslng
discovery, that two Centuries were almost elaps-ed
since Jamblirus nod his fri"nd? hiifl eicaprd
from the r.ige nf a p.ignn tyrant. The bishop i t
quenily had the dei.ght of reslormp them to iheir t:phf,sus, lhe c|,.rgv. .hl. mnc\>Un:r. tlie people.
parents, were playing on the ice. and had ventur- ano> u |9 $n|d( ,hr |-:ni.,Pr<ir Theodoaius himself
e,l on the cake, which had jammed into the bend ni,s„.n,>(j l0 V1<il lht. CHvern of the S>vm S/eWftl
ol the river, ten miles above New York. Amove- w|10 related their siory. bestowed iheir beiteflie
menl of ihe tide set the ice in motion, and the lit-tle
fellows were borne away on ihnl cold night,
and would inevitably have perished) but for Mr.
I.atkin*? espying them as tlie ice was sweeping
out to tea.
«• Mow do you feel !'* I said lo the mate, the
morning after this adventure.
"A little siilF in the arms, captain," ihu noble
fellow replied, while ihe big tears of grateful hap-piness
posited from his eves—'* a little stsfTin the
arm*, capi.im, but very easy here." and he laid
hit; hnnd on his manlv heart. My quaint, brave
down-easier ! He M ho lashes the seas into lury,
and Ins loose the tempest, will care lor thee!— 00 with g
The storm may rage without, bu: in thy bosom £'"
I"
on the ledge at Hedges' timber landing, which
will ba ii (eH h.gh and (WO feet long. Through
001 their length.
Knowing ;he importance to the frienda of ibis j where all the surplus production of these Conn
Improvement thai ihe QUealieo should be ascer- , lit* will concentrate, to be borne upon th- navi.
laioed in the shortest potaible lime, whether auch j gaiion lo the markets of Fayetlcviile and Wil
navigation could be obiumed upon th?se rivers, , mington.
to connect with the prevent Str-amboat navigation t At Huckhorn the river falls 16 feel Hi 11 miles,
upon tlie Cape Feai at L'.r. itia*lltr« and with a | where a becomes necessary for th<* ilurd time lo
view to espediate the wui. . after organizing u 1 Iftitf ihe bed if the river. Here na'ire has again
party and pmcurluij n Suiu.!- boat. I began the lapped into aiuooth the way for us. and we find , , ,
descent ol .he „ver . ■ MUUftl caaal or tlu.ce which leave, the river j moulh of Uwrf J|(|^ JifW
I found Hancock's da< • U feet high, and was Jual above :iie falls, and running round ihe north
told by him that ii bat -< d Iftf
nek in this dan
wan r 5 miles in
The pool i« in
overthe shoals |
h
!.-. Through
btiats float into a pool of
n.-th.
ided to aiTord sulDcient depth
A verasboro'. and the Doctor'i
Mtncum.
On Sarctysiiip.
" There is nothing more pslpnble in this Bock
of I'roverbs than the protest wh'ch it hfis a«aii^t
MfetTsbips I thmk ihnl la conijuirintr Bciiptore
with Scripture thin should be liken into account.
when adjusting nnd reculaiinjj our piactlca bv
thi* directions ol the New Testament in regard to
givii.g Th< re is positively nothing whtch I should
i itctancy and aversion than to
my name .i*. n surety—a distinct sort ofgiv-md
sunshine trill always abide.—Jioston "*6 ■"rn"' lli:i' '' direct and immediate eoovej n
aler up for ijve
•bore, n nh a d**ylh el il fee|, 1 hence dei-eendmg
the rirer, ' ' ■ '•.! s IUCC >aataa of small
shrulp. until I pajatil lowei end of Murclu-
SOn*0 Island, wbeie I met with the buck water
iif Peter Evans, Jr's dam, 3| miles Uum Han-
C; Ck'f.
From thia point *oE<Mn'» Mills, a distance of
ten u11U1.'-, 1 fiiuni a sujeadtd pool of water wuh
a d'pili ranging from 3 to 1* feel, at the then low
aoaamer water.
Evans's Daoiitaajvat been rebuilt upon the
rtfier | Ian mid packed in w:ih «iii)ne, about Ii feet
. ighu I' i.» lUO/eel longhand leaks in some
extent; it did not in consequence hoi.l a full bead
11 nrtfler I■>• I! feel; when sfaia ehall be ihe case
bonis will pass
side for 11 milea, agalQ enters ihe river. This
s'u\'\c Una al this lime a depth ol from 12 to IS
inches in a. and is 00 to 70 feel wide.
It is proposed to artel a dam across the river
at the h*>ftd of the falls 5 feet high, and 7'20
fret lone, which Will afford ample depth in ibe
sluice, and back the water over the shoals sa a« to
five at nil lime* not less than II feel Water upon
ihetsTa Th* 'Itnce will be followed I mile, al
which point thi TV will b*1 a dam erected over it.
This dom will be 0 feel hich nnd l>»0 feet long,
and in conlinuntion of thettne dam to ihe bank
bf4oar the old penal, a dam of J09 feel long and ii
fee* high, al*o 480 f* el i f d.immirg 5| fett high,
n Mtpen-loronnect
«nm* i-landsnbov
From iW' Broke thrmioh a Ruard lock. OSe I thisdajt«BB« W ramoteooMriin^i^h^^li
into the ofit ranal. which must be « vided for in the estimate. ' ' *
shoals inmiediatt-ly b
mlh Lower Liltle
The dam upon Doctor's F-.ll* will be 0 feet
high and MO feel lonff ; it will ro! oily create
the poo: above named, hut a will fW :he water
for some distance up Lower Little River, thereby
facilitating the rafting pf the clamps brought down
it. and remove ail dang-r of loam* ihem, as is
now frequently the CCSC when ihey arrive at tho
moulh of ih- river.
From the lock in this UM dam to l0oe|*i KHa
thednianr^ -sfive milea, which will be »he leneili
Ol the poo . Ujmn these Fall, the l.cl d.m Sf||
be erecied—it will beOJ feel high and 400 feet
From the lock in ihrn da.a, of 0$ feet lift. ib«
-»• fin- narigajHMi lo Fayeite-
So:n- outlay will be n-qurred in
boats wilt I:
ville, 15 mil.
llciil Coiirlcsv.
' said Mr. Giles, in his
" thai which has rater*
ihe sex—tbo couriesya
and subject, ' should hope, to diflercnt rules and
difierent prioripies. Certain (l is that to give a
wav and be UMIC with it. leaves one in a wholly
diflrr-1 • irom aommg under an eng&gen
jtogiteoii iiaa aneertaio contingency, thi
currenca ai which would lay upnu us ih** b
ol a responsibility thai we would far tithe
jfharge now lJi.ni eSpoaa ourselves to the ■
i 'tn the courtesy which Ibis ** to open a door through which a
■ cf love aro brauiy, anxieties and feara would eotef in* and
lown in the atuios- hen,", the prey al feHiogl Waopporti I am
toil. Show xie the man relieved tn think that tlo- taoctains
society of ihu young lo are so much nt one with mv OWH i
. of age—who can hold Certain it is tha: from the mom"'
" This is real courtesy.
lecture on Don Oaixotte,
enca lor womanhood In
has respect foj
ihe younp—a isdtsi'nc
blooms inly 'ii tl.e Ituiti
au 1 with tea auJ COoi
phereol pqteiiy.age am
who can quit the bnllian
listen io the kindly eoit
cheerful converse with one whom )ears has de- I int» a surety, I should not be ibl
prived of charms—show me the man who is as to my eyes, or clamber to my eyelids
willing lo help ihe deformed who stands in ne-d my tendencies."—1),\ Ckalmtn.
nf help* U ll the I'lnsh of Helen ar.antled on her \ ,
Cheek—^ow me ih« man whi would no moie
look rudely at the poor girl In the Tillage than at NORTHERN AN11 HCsUTIiKKN WHIOE
;hc elegant nnd well dressed lady in the saloon
—show me the man who treats unprntected maid- III BOITie nf OUre.vrhangefl we find lilt* sub-rnhood
as be would the heiress, surrounded by joined remarks oftt ■; nhernpaper,the cred-the
powerful .-•'■■ ii of rank, nchrs and fa:inly ll lor wlllctl WO believe i> due I<> lli«' New
— show me Ihf ninn wlto abhors the libertine's York Express. The view lakftliof(liepost-gibe,
who «huns as a blasphemer, the traducer ol timi ol Soillheni Whigs i< pretty COrh'Cl:—
by the depoaiie • P id ami sand held
MOM bv iIn- ' • ;hi down the n
:! . Hancock's Mill. HIJ milea.
im a Leak will he placed of 0
r ■ ; LII a boat will flout directly in-
Itfr from John tlaughion's mill dam
his line pool of water for 0.) miles
.'s m.Us. The^depth of this pool^at years lo improve the rirer. The general outline
upon which theso improvements were tasl pro-widened
and cleared out for that purpose, as far; The fall from Uancnck'.- dam lo FayetievilLe
down as ihe lo.-k' tu be erected lo lower them in- j is about 173 feet. The distance beinc about Mil
to Ihe river. ; mile$.
There are the r*maios of several dams.twnsets
of lock*, some half a mile apart, and the old canal I
alluded lo; showing the clforts made in former; ;
i tue
t place, which is -litI yards below Kv
ui • in, is'J feet lor a fiiort distance. Irum
it immediately deepenato live feat, and
nuea from ■"> to 5» throughout its length.
Ilaugbton's dam is .17 I leel long and fi feel
jh,Ofer which the water was flowing; at the
nuej ahowiug thereby a plentifuleopfily, It is
proposed to rotaji tbtt^ani one foottWbioti can be
ilone at a small expense, to m*ure .1 feet at all
limes back to Kvans'? dam, and thus, SBppOSJng
a Lock in Hancock's dam* we lind already lonn-rd,
with a small outlay, a thick water navigation
ol 'W miles.
From ihr I tOCk in this dam a boat will tl »i: into
a pond of not h 5.« than U feel In dt-pih, iu be lorm-i"
l by a d no to t»* erected -00 ieetbelow Thomas
Pariah's Ssh dam. This dam *gfc* •' feel lilt;h
j.'Ci'd seal in the main correel, but the detail
were sn wretchedly carried out as lo render worse
than Bteteta all lht* money expended upon them.
The canal was in thi* first place cul one mil" in
leiiL'ih from Ifuckhorn sluice, nnd locks crt-cted to
lower the boa's into Parker's Creek, which it was
intended they should follow the river, about one-fourth
of a mile. This creek is an inconsiderable
Stream Of* about 10 fret width and G inches depth,
which would have been always filling up with
the sediment brought down bv a to the obsiruc-rLAJt
OF THE OASIS.
The plan of ihe D.im upon which the estimate
.9 based, is what is termed a crib dam. It ts
formed by longitudinal timbers, »fJ| tecured to
the rock, connected by cross lies, with iho down,
stream end ol ihe ties kepumsucb an elevation a-bnve
the op "ream end as will gfea the proper
up-slream slope 2.J feet horizontal to I foot eeni.
cal. These timbers will be of yellow pioe prop-erly
hewid. and well IreeiiaUed logttber, and
the inlerujediate spaces or cribs well papkeij in
with stone. Upon limbers running lengihwaya
of ihe dam alone the face of ihe up-slreem slope
will belaid the sheeting of 3 inch yellow pins'
plank, running up nad down the slope, snd well
secured to these umbers by tree-naiU.
It-on o! in-* navigation ; even though ine water ol I -
the river bad been backed into it by a dam from , *LAH w TH,: L0CKS-below.
*ht Isocka will be a modification of ihe "Com-.
11 was afterwards concluded :o throw away poaite Lock "; the walls will be formed of well
these loakSi together with half a mile of the canal,
andSHl feel long.and will connect the pools at and returning back upon it, lock into the river
present existing and Mcaatonad by the fish trap half a mile above. This was accordingly carried
Sen., out and the IDS|M pui up, which would have an
i from swered the purpose very well, if they had been
properly constructed, but ihe simplest laweof hy
hewed yellow pme timbers laid lengthways ofthe
Lock, lu fe ; apart, connected by erase ties every
It) feet ol their length. Thetfl cribs ivillbe Weil
packed with stone lo iheeniire height of iho Lock
walls.
These Lock walls will rest upon limbers
mother's sex—who scorns as he won id a cow
ard the lidiauler cf womanly foibles, or the ex-poser
of womanly reputation—show me that man
who never forgets for an instant the delicacy, ihe
respect that is Joe to woman es woman in any con-dition
or class—show pis such a man nnd you
show me a gentleman—nay. you show me bet-ter,
y>u show me a true Chnatian. There ore
some men who think that persons lose in n:anners
us they gnin in liberty—■COS grace belongs to the
spirit uf liberty, and where the spirit ol liberty is
the inc*. active this grace prevaui ihe moat, with
this grace n expands—iho*. grace is respeo*. for
woman, not fur her rank or elegance, but lor wo-
Niun. And when ibis sentiment becomes enlarg-ed,
when it is stable, a social structure may be
raised upon it more glorious than mankind has
ever sein."
Ihoso members of Congress who refused li
Identify llieii.selr< ■ wuh ihu late sectional
movement, are all-atly characterized by a
portion of lite pres»—a nullifying portion nf
course—as4' Southern Traitor*." A more
perfect counterpart of the noioriotis "Stop
T.'iiej"7 i .\« Ii ii.; lit i . mi i*oi I v in sgti < o.
lint in ihe paragraphs from Hie Express :
The Southern Whige have jnst hern pin to a
trial like that we Northern \\ bigs went i! rough.
whenuthe Free BoU" hobby was got M^ h'-rf. to
run over oa, and to ride down our candidate, i ien«
efiil Taylor; and all honor be to tn'-m fur the
manly manner they have stood ihe trial. Our
situation »u-- v. ry like iheire, and ilieu* like ours.
Imblte' pressure were lotallv disregard-d. The ( tending entirely across ihe Lock, laid close legeih-loeks
were merely upright post- bra- \ er. and upon which a double flooring will be Ink!
lama ofTbomsa Parish and Peter Bean
forming one continuous pool for PVI mil*
Haughton's duiii.
A Lock will be plsced in ibis dam nf U feet
lift, fiu'ii which a boat w'lll il.-.r, inio a pon| ? .
miles lor g and n less iban .t feel depihi extend*
ing toClegg's mill dam, a short distance below
ihe moulh if Rocky River.
\ : ,i point, the first real difficulties are en-countered,
and i1 becomes necessary to leave the
hi d <'t the rivet for the lir»t time In iU>J mih s.—
Nature h is done much i<i aiuooth the way her
and we find a nniuiul canal or sluice ol i>lI in 70
f,et wide, which it is proposed to use for 9060
feel. It is now used as ihe race to Clegg'i mill
ll will be necessary to Iske down Clegg'a rtve
dam, which only holds water for three feat, and
construct upon its site a dam 6 feet high and UK'A koowmg
feet Jong. This dam will give sufficient depth was nn utter wnntof -kill in carrying out the im-1 constructed lo draw less than the one named a-r
Ihe shoals at the mouiii of Uick Hiver, and p ovi ineni. bove.
ides uf the
ed at each alternate post, with no other sapport to ihe extent ofthe lock chamber, snd ihe lining
vhetever. As nrpht have been expected, they i ofthe chamber will also he double.
Were forced open soon after beinj; subjected to I ™ be Locks will be I(K) feet long in (he ehaBJIf
the firail necessary to pass a boat through th»m. ' ber. by IN feel width, and are calculated for boats
HNlfe-i long and *2 te. draught, and :*o to 40
I terns burthen.
I learn Irom Capt.
' plymg upon the NeUS
17 f"-el wide, from the
They nre miserable attempts ai luck bmloing,
and it woulii hate !>een far better had the money
been thrown into the river ; as the effect of their
failure* although some twenty years have past, is
still luuml in the minrf» of ninny enterprising and
intelligent gentlemen, who look upon any further paddle wheel, which is placed in the stern of (he
attempt nl improving thi* noble river as Utopian, I boat. Its draught ft hen light is 18 inches,
merely because ihey failed nt that lime, without I '1 he depth provided for m Ihia estimate u> in nq
reflecting upon the cause; which | case less than 3 feel, end no doub; a boat cm be
nibble, thai his steamboat
■ River is 100 feet long by
bow to ihe cxiremay ofthe
Camel-Biding*
said
A stnu.u nd half dreamy sensation is lhal of
first riding '• »mel, the very opposite lo thai quick*
eniag »f ihe poise which comes to us on horse-back.
Your seat, on a broad pile of carpels,
is so easy ai d indolent, the pace ofthe animal so
equal snd quiet—instead of the noisy clatter of
hoofs, you rcarcely hear the measured and mo*
notorious impress of the broad sol. foot on the
yielding; sand— :he air fan* you so lazily as you
move along ; Irom your lofty post your view over
the desert M so widely extended, '.he quiet is so
intense* thai you fall by degrees into a state of
pleasurable retery, mingling early ideal ol the
East wah their almost lanciful res fixation. And
thus the hours pays away, till a sense of physical
uneasiness begins to predominate, and at length
becomes absorbing. It now appears that lbs
chief and only art in camel-riding lies in iho nice
poising and management of the vertebral column,
which seems toreiuse us office, though you sus-tain
its fading functions by o desperate tighten-ing
o.' your belt. To sit u^uiie upright for a length
of lime is difficult, on account of your extended
|.'g«. Vou threw your weight alternately to the.
right or left, lean dangerously forward on the
prommeI, lit sidewise, or lounge desperately back-wards—
all in vain. The beausejx have, for ob-vious
reasons, decidedly the host of il ill IhM ex-ercise.
To lose your sense of weariness, you seek
40 urge the animal to trot; but a few such experi-ment*'
suffice; fatigue is better than downright
■^location, and you resign yourself perforce to
ihe i.ornble see-saw, nod provoking tranquillity of
yuur weary pace, ull the ^uu's decline enables
>• «• Ui uV;c*iii'i and walk over ihe ibinlog gravel.
fttty l*'yste» thi J* brutes*.
We were told: "< leneral Ta) I
•• Vou are t"U\ it lluvery.■'
whipped you, in your cand
Ueueral Taylor upo - ri ■■ " '
Booth over the Nnnh. "Am
io F3aflslo!" \\ e did not «•».
and staid at borne, and gave
over*whelming maj irilita.
vnsSOQslsves "
I'lii* South bus
•. and fastened
- a victory ol the
V, away with us
atood the ism la
11 mgh and Heady
'he Union, the I ■-
w
OVt I
above that point hack to the sill ofthe lock in the A spirit is now aroused, however, which, if]
dam at Parish's 0»b trap. Some clearing not properly directed and judiciously managed, will
and blasting will b- required, the r at ol which i> render the navigation of Ihe Cape Fear and Deep
is embraced io the estimate. Riveraef primary Importance loihe State at large,
A dam moat be rsiaad ore/ the ileice us tar as wall aa the countiea witbin its influence.
down i- we use it. and in this dam a look will be From the outlet lock in ibis canal, a boat will
MON. Pi > si CIIOHHI is&uei then were I ur tally*
iag ories, and tha-n aroused we mid carried with <«»
the people. Unio alone went astray, nnd she
only because the W higa there did net do as we
iu the North did—throw our boat d 4I1 lb«] diiot*
iizcrs.
now are going through in
ure l<" go through ul borne, the
Southern \V
Congress, and
samesoriofin.il. Mr. CalhoUli. WHO IS an un-certain
sort ol u Deniocreia after anni 111 .; I ■ >,
as, bringing on the Mexican war. with the im r«
1 nable addition ol Free 8ml Mesican lVryiuvy«
now re-mounts the ultru alavery hubby( and the
party ol which he is now the acknowledged
Southern leader ftill toon t-' ruling down all
bouttaern Whiga wbowiH not fuliow them, ftiih
' the cry. ••These men ure iraitOIS to the South :
they have told out to ihu Nona. They deserted
j us in the Southern caucus. Slavery is in danger
' from ireacl-ery ul home. unJcoithpiracy with ihe
I-Northern meo." The greet efloft ■vi'lbe 10 make
I the coming Congressional Elections there turn
upon this issue only.
iNmv, ju«i .' itlr. Cnlhosn, alter causing ail
this slavery aguntiui, mounts this shivery hubby.
au Mr. Van Buren, auer being " a iNo;lhern man
ih Souvherii pimctules," mounted the anti-slavery
hi.I.:.y, - ,1 aiwuiuled thru.ygh 1:-
of the Buflali i ' cus 10 rids* over t^ Whigs.-—
We beatTlin igh. With Cess to boot; sodVe
nuve scat a ^ ib<* Southern
WhNjti.stai • ■ -■ I Diou/;*4he| e/iU • '
•«h mi'watai.a^itairw at*».
I : iced 1: ml feet lifi. from w htcb u boat w 1.1 pass
into ■ i""'! of three miles in length and ol Miiii-
Ch 11. depth, forme.I by ihe erection ul a dam just
1 OW ihe head nl I'ullen's Palii*. Stune clear
mg nut w ill be i< quin d iu the uupvr pall ot lilts
I OIlO.
1'..:Ii ..'^ Falls .u, ihe tit". 1 i.bsiaclu 10 the op*
rning of the navigation «)f Dee| River, and to a
casual observer, or lho»e umtrqusinled wah the
means resorted lo elsewl 1 11 irmouniing sim-ilar
diflicullies, they do aj < ,M lo constitute a Loir*
per to tn*' navi|) tl ch id fertile valley
of ih.it ;v, r. |'.iiii!;i", ' ;. ins insor*
mnontable—nnd whei 1 1 unsiden . as will be
■teen by the estimate, at (vnatau inconsidersble
Cost ihe upper portion of tbt( river can be render
ed navigable, 11 will be uudi r»toud ihnt wo can
nfmrd to ex'ien I nil am ami sullicieni to overcome
ihe difficulties st i!i ■ fails, and yet leave tjie
average COSt ol improving I hep Hsu-,- quite low.
The first dam in the falls will be placed upon a
: ledge of rocks making across the ru ?i 'J^ lei t be-
' low the level of the water surface above. Ii wili-be
v ' el high. Sod y^I f.tl lung including the
,1! • .'.*. A lock will bo placed in tnia dan ol
'•■Set lift. '••'...
A boai, will float ut oJ \\u$ Jock into the pool
below, of, i: pih snd OUU yards, hiog,
Whld v dam. Tills dam will
: " Ii will be^lbi reel
lug 1. uui as a will cross two is-
|a. " . eight ''ill be much |tSS- It
Ai; '■. •■' igr •'
Ala* d ip this .Jam Ol H> tert ll'l
a ill ^ isa into .1 pool furmed
float 1010 a puul 0 milea in length and of sufficient
depth. 10 PovglsaVi Palls, half a mile bell >v
Norriogtoos Perry. 'I bu pool will bt
by 0 dam h fei t high and ?.»0 long, lu he 1 used
upon the ledge nf rock Bt thai place. H'-re a ss
proposed to take out a *hon canal for l in yards
on tin- north Side,through a level bottom of easy I seperale sheet, I fii. |
exCavatioOi ond by a luck drop into the r'ver be- ' per cent, for coming
low. j In order ihat th» c
The next pool will be S miles lon«. and will underslandnig o| ihi«
These brief derariptiona of the locks and dama
are considered all that is negesaary at th s time, lo
tin understanding «> the character of the unprovo-mi'iilcuntemplated.
It IS necef.s*ry to say, that when the work is
laid ofl'for construction, modifications ofthe plan
nf improvement above presented mav bj found
adfjsejile, and in ai! probability may lead to same
aavmq 1 espenae.
.; I 'ca.-ful inv-'»ii»n:ion ofall expenses ne.
1 Cessa
propose
>u uccomi
the ite
ex'end one mile below Mc A Ulster's ferry, where
a liuin will be built Ft fee; high, and M7 leel
.o»(-.
A lock in this dam a ill pass a boat into ihe next
pool below, which will carry it four mites to the
next dam which is to be placed upon the first | them 10exa
ledge 10 Simlev's Kail*. As these laiis are vyt-ll , unip 01 ih
worj*. upon tha plan
' inch ore presented in a
• -•mmimslo (includiJg leu
'cies) •185,000.
mmittee may have a clear
proposed fmprovgmenl ig
the interests not only lo 11| 'Cogntry thr.iijgh which
;t w;ll pus?, but of ihe Slate at large, both tone,I
and coiomercial, J will enduvorm poiiHoilt some
ofthe physical features <ii ibe valley and of the
country it will unrerte. To no so, I r 1 «ti.
with ni- for a f-w „;,,.,,
of North Carolina! and begin•
known to be the greatest ob*iarle to ihe apenlng ' < mg nt N llmiugtpn. the rhj. fsea|l0rt of the Slat
4 ihe navigation of ihe Cape Pear River above we And the Capo Feny rliver flowing iniough
PayeitevibV, I will i*;ve the physica
'twas Paliaextend al-uut five mi'as over a sac*
eeasion ot roeki ledges, wah no great lalt at anj
one ul them, leaving invariably between ilu-ni,
still pool*, ot water, varying in depth from three \r.
lyvvn feel, and ;n length Irom 9 to lilH) yards.—
The banks of ihe ^iveABl the head ol th* l-'nlls,
are Hi to IS feel high, but increase in height lo
ihiny feetas we approach the foot ofthe Falls.
It will be seen from this brief nonce of their char-acter—
Iron ihe beiglil of the bonks apd the ad
mirub.e louudui:un offered 'or the dams and locks,
11 pralLasthe vaieteaee ol pools of still deep wa>
leraif considerable extent^tnat naiu're luu ttptrkee
out lor us tha planoj hnprb*ement io ein*« the
igatioa tlirougri thil pan af the river. In
■ broad and nnble valley, and stesmbyits plying
upon 11 fur |(U nulls uhoto, 10 Paycltev}||e.—9
'thence by this propoaed ini|io'emni, we hod
still the broad nod rich valley >i iu-. 'Jape Pvgi
pursuing a .VrthweM direction some mi miles
further, to the junction ol ihe \l:w with" uVau
river, and (hence by the valley ot Deep riyi r,
which now bears due **■'■!. Hi miles Eiirtheri ap-prouching
at |t> u- Iresl faun to within .t:t*nii|es
ol th* ncii and ferille valley of the Yadkin river.
The highly productive Inndvof the f^ppe Pea*1
and Doeaa river-, '.u Jlgliq u ihe whole extent of
this proposed improvement, are soacaptfble «•» an
amount of tu'rpliis prodjicr • which il Woufd b#» ,
ddlidilt toastimaie, crauJd 1 r*>proprie'ora >/\ -. ;,u
avail themselves of I0*J essj snd cheep mode of
J*^au#jss/Vi»*'tj.ii^V.**, risUt u^asUer^ityef-i^-fajih-ie aro aa.iifal es<*sau»n« aud bvstfVV«t*il/saocv.i«aujlas%lvc*jt,i'*aMVi4;*