The Greensborough patriot [February 1, 1856]

              VOL. XVII. GREENSBOROTJGH, N. C, FEBRUARY 1, 185G. NO. 807.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
BY M. S. SHERWOOD.
Term*: «'* a year, in advance;
Girls should learn to keep Mouse.
No young lady run be too well instructed inany
thin, which will affect the comfort of a family.
Whatever position in society she occupies she
needs a practical knowledge of the duties of a
«. 5) after three month*, «nrf»3.00after Iwelv housekeeper. She may be placed in such e-ir-itht.
frotn il'it e of subscription. euuist-nces that it will not b> necessary for her
to perform much d wtic lab »r ; but on this ac-couul
-lie needs n.. I< -s knowledge than if she
Itatc-s ol Advertising. _._, ,.1,1;,.,.,! t„ nri.;.;,. personally overtbe cooking
s) forthe Ins: 8t0ve and pantry. Indeed, I have often thought
by 100, and the map looks as well as possible.— Disconcerting on Orator.—It is an astonishing
Of all the States and Territories known as the thing how little a matter will sometimes discon-groat
West, there is, perhaps, no country presents cert a man who is accustomed to speak in public,
so many objections to the emigrant as Kansas; and to have his thoughts about him, and ready
- at command ou almost all occasions.
" 1 was once opening a speech from the stump."
said a distinguished Western political orator tons
recently, and was just beginning to warm with
my subjei t. when remarkably clear and deliberate
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JI1E S\OW.
UV 1 I.AKI_tt_S MEI.VIL.
The BtioM ' ti"- en ■'•'■ '• ""'•'■' beautiful
1- : ills nil hill ■'•■'' plain.
Ami wi ive« a shro'id lor summer hours
Tli ,t vi ill ii'.t come ag .1:1.
Each liny ill.'.- il"' I"1'1" the air,
Will, ni.-ar.ured sweep and slow,
|;. reals, amid its beauty rare,
\ ... :.j 11 1 king can show.
Tli.. -11 iw'. the snow '. How beautiful
The fields are heaped with white,
Where erst the suiimier breezes swept,
When trees with leaves were bright,
lint now with naked brauclio« tosseJ,
They rear their giant forms.
Ami breast, with stein and li-arlcss hearts,
.v inter's '..' ists and storms.
that it i- more iliiiteult t-quires
more . Kpci ience, t
with "i'r own hands.
M t hers ;■ ■ * = frequently
ll,.-i |hey .!.. not like to give up any part of their
care to their children. This is a great mistake
in iln.-ir iiiaiiaz»m tit, for they arc often burdcu-ed
with laUr, and no' I relief, t'hildren should
be early taught to fltokc themselves useful—to
assist their parents in every way in their power,
and consider it a privilege :o do so.
Young people cannot realize the importance of
a thorough knowledge of house-wifery, bat those
who have suffered the inconveniences and mortifi.
cations of ignorance can well appreciate it. Chil-dren
should be early indulged in their die-position
to bake and experiment i:i cooking in various
ways It is often but a' troublesome help' which
they afford, Still it is a great advantage to them
1 know a little girl, who, at nine years old,
made a loaf ol bread every week during the win-tcr.
Ucr mother taught her how much yeast,
ami Hour to use, and she became quite an expert
baker. Whenever she is disposed t>> try ber skill
making simple cakes, or pies, she is permitted
She is tlm-, while amusing herself,
learning an impoitant lesson. Her mother calls
herhttle housekeeper, and often permits her to
get what is necessary Jor the table. She hangs
the keys I v her side, and very musical their
the best poition is held as Indian reserve. These
lands are excellent—abundance of timber and
rate" ; but as you travel we.-tward you will look
iii vain for timber; you have a vast Open country,
without water fur fifteen or twenty miles until
you reach the Big Brae River, sonic eighty miles
from Lawrence. Here may be found timber
similar to that on the Kansas. 1 he country west
of the Big Blue is mostly prairie country, and of
the poorest kind, abounding in hills, short, simp
and sudden—iu many places these hills arc cov- people in front began tu laugh, and there was a
ered with small fiat stones, resembling slate stone, 1*1 roar in my car. and I dared not reverse my
poke out behind me. saving:
"Guess he would'ut talk quite 50 hifalotiu'
if In knew tliat ids trowsers was burst clean out
uehindr'
•• Prom tJiat moment I w uld'nt ; get on.' The
with sharp ci
late appearunc
Gfty : •
that.
_UtS lllG
:es, winch give the country a di -o-
Corn and pork is the staple fo-.d,
price j.cr meal, and haul to get at
Itrlnc a Poison.
M. Reynal, of the Veterinary School at Ayfbrt,
Frirrice. says the Scientific American, has com-pi
sitinn, i..r lear of having a new audii ncc of my
condition. 1 made, or rather invented an excuse
for delay, and sat down. •• The malicous so un-drel'"
continued the orator: •• It was only a
mean trick after all. There was nothing under
heaven the matter with my unmentionable!"
Malth of the President.—The Wastili^tou
iiiuiiicated to the Imperial Academy ol Medicine, correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer wiitcs,
the results of investigations upon the poisonous speaking of New Year's daj:
properties acquired by brine, alter a considerable
in
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lc
length ol time, in which pork or other meats lad
been salted or pickled. The poi.-ionous properties
he states, are acquired in two or three months
alter the preparation of the brine, and its me then
mixed with lood lor any length of time, even al-though
in small quantities, miy produce death.
A simple solution of salt in water, alter the same
length of time, docs not produce the same effect.
The poison acts as a local irritant, exciting violent
intestinal congestion and inflammation.
The President was dressed in a plain black
suit, with while gloves, which must, at ti o'clock
1". M. have become somewhat soiled from the con-tact
with such a multitude ol hands in various
stages of cleanliness. 1 had heard that he was
not looking well, but was not prcuared to find
him such a wreck of his former self. His person
has become very thin, and his lace wears a hue SO
ghastly and cadaverous, that one could almost
It like- luucv l"1 wu:j =i,;t'1!_ "l"-"1 a corpse.
wise increases the secretion of the skin and kid- . •--
neys, and exerts a direct effect upon the nervous j Telescopes.—Of the late improvements in the
system, giving rise to trembling, loss ol sensation, manufacture ol teloscooes, a most interesting ue-convuLioiis,
.vc. Experiments were tried with count has just been given by Sir David Brewster,
Hie snow ! the MI V. '. How bright and fair jingling i- to hcrcars. I think, before she isout ; jt i„ the Veterinary School, upon horses, dogs and including a description of the gigantic telescope
im the valley wide 1!' her locus, upon which she ha • noiyct entered, y\._-<_ v., brine is Sometime used a second time u| the Earl ot Uosse, the sice of which may be
,\B sweeiiim tin-wind that she will have some idea how to cook. j for pickling and for other purposes, these facts junderstood by the fact that the area of the sur-
Likc ocean s restl— Hue,
It twines amid lie- withered leaves
That mar* the autumn sear,
A rid «. ii. - a - .i :.n ! !. !• d wreath
To bind [lie dy ing year.
The snow ! the snow ! How light it falls,
\- erst in other hours,
Krc childhood's li |K-S had passed away,
( lr v. ithen i _-.••-i 111 - ; ay llowers :
Each crysl 1 • in lie ]-a>t joy
That cheered the in iruiu-j I. -am,
'1 hen ! ide I. ere lie- liuhl . ! I1.10U
l'.-ll "ii lie uildiiig stream.
the- car-
It seems
ed a must useful part
uaughti
by iu". 11.-.
Some mothers give their
housekeeping, each a weeK
to 11.c a goi.d arraiigcii.cn:.
of their education.
lioiiHsiicTabor is by no means incompatible
with the highest degree of refinement aud mental
culture. Many ofthe must elegant, accompli '•
' should be remembered.
A Railroad Depot Crushed.
On Saturday evening, 12lh inst., the entire
ro if of the large depot ol the Richmond and Dan-ville
Railroad Company, at Richmond, gave way
face of the speculum iu .Newton's best telescope
was 5H6 square inches; that of lladley 25; of
Lassels, oTo; of llerschcl, -'Ml; aud of Rosse,
5134.
fjondim thi: Greatest i'iiy.—London is now the •tit, til I. I'ltili 1 "i iiil. ■■-.-.-* v •««,—-•. 1 ——--. j....- tv* -v- » V
id women I have known have looked well to ilitir from the great weight ol snow upon it. and fall- greatest city m the world, and far surpasses all
household duti
and their i.u-i.
and have honored themselves,
Is bv so doing.—ExcluiH'je.
Ifow beautiful
plain,
i for summer hours
The *IIOM . 1.. ■ SI
ll lulls ...1 I.ill i
A 11 i in-"! i- - :t -III
That vvill nil conic a_:.iiii.
Stern Winter hinds th • sunny streams
That rippled sweet mil low,
And covers earth with lleeey rube,
The j.ure and sp itlcss -inw.
Slie rasl asjrt Present. ioucUSion ol
Ibe Kegrv.
'I he New Viuk Observer, in the course of an
article on slavery, says :—
When the anc.-iis if those negroes were
toi ii from their homes in Africa by the slave-traders
of Old England aud New England, and placed
under the iiillueuce of Christianity at the South,
they were among the most degraded and miserable loss to the company and to the merchants and
„l the human »pccics, ' .-...:.
\ correspondent sends 11- the follunin as
illustration of the ''Triumph ..!' i.iw."
■'During the blockade "I" New l,ondon by Har-dy,
lasl war, Jabrz Tucker, a Worthy citizen liv-ing
near Stollillgtoll. lost a bo;i», and lie managed
to trace it to t'oiiinimliire Hardy's ship. Whether
tin- i...:-i had drilled . from it- it rings, or had
In en stolen, .label did le t stop (•• inquire. lie
borrowed another IMBII from a leiloM fishermaii.
Mil I o'dly pushed olFlo the eoiiiinordores ship
Among the variety r-f hunts :dl«vit .:.' tin- 1 mi-ol
I m-. he discovered his own. Tin- continued
lit |o bill I the ling-ship. Coining a!..:i-
I •■ told the marine on gard 'die wanted t.'
see (' inodore Hardy," and was iH-rniitted i"
ill.-i.l. .hi reaching ihe gangway, the
. :li.-er on .|n;v there a-ked his l.n-i... ->. .Inbez
answered "lie wanted to see CoinmiKiiie Ilanlv,"
and he was m rdingly taken alt. 'I lie eoin-
IIIIHlure \-.:;- -i til • O'l-in.T'deel;. ,l;.|le/.
' him and asked "Are
you 1 ■ Manly'!" '•{ am thai nan."
was 1 ■ -wsr. -Well niiuudnre 1;.. .1 de-
My ii.-M !-:- - - .■. I want my boat."
"Your hunt ! I don't know amthhig
"You limit, now do t. :i : I v
■ -In- i- along with voiir I
lier ami niusl fine her." The
lain of cruel masters, the
I victims ol' bloody superstitions, believers in witch-craft
and worshipers of tin- devil.
1 Aud what now is the condition of their de-an
scendanta 'I Several years ago more than 300,-
ii.)(J of them were members of Protestant evan-gelical
churches in the shvuholding States! A-
'ii.iit li^,1 Ui.1 American negroes, trained chiefly at
the South, transplanted to Liberia, now rule near-ly
2U0.0UU natives of Africa, and through their
.-. iiools and churches ale -| rending the light and
love of the gospel iu that land ol darkness and
heathenism.
in.: iu crushed mil the brick Walls, making a com- the great cities of antiquity. According to llib-pletc
wreck ot the whole building. The depot bon, the population ofancient Rome in the height
was tli* feet lung 011 the west side, 2111 feet on of its magnificence was 1,200,000; Nineveh is
the cast side, and 132 bet wide, and being cov- [ estimated to have had uUO.UOO ; and l>r. Mod-eled
in by olio roof, supported only by small iron hurst supposes that the population of l'»kin is 11-
lvds, presented a wide surface for the lulling snow, : bout 2,000,000. The population of London, -K-w'nicli
had accumulated to a depth ot sever*! in- j cording to recent statistics, amounts to 2,500,-
ehes bei'ore the accident occurred. Fortunately j 000—114,722 having been added to it during
no one was in the building at the time, and no I the last ten years. 'Ihe census shows that it con-lives
wcvv lost. This ek'pot was erected at a cost, tains W,,T11 inhabited, and lli,>VJ uninhabited
of 825,000 to the company about two years since, ! houses,
and was one of the largest in the South. The,
Marriages anil Deaths in Boston in 1855.—
WliO liud Ireig0lR 111 tin; Uerpotis c-limatcu : n-i . . 1 1 _ . - . <■ 1 lie total number ol intentions ol marriage issued
at $.0,000.
laruicrd
from the Registrar's olbce in Huston, lor the year
1805, was 8,001, a decrease of about two hun-flit
Lute" Cold Spell."—At Chicago,on the t dred from the year 1^54. The oldest person
!hh inst., the thermometer stood at 24 degrees,' married was a man eighty two years, and the
and at Springfield, Ohio, _4 degrees. At Detroit, ) youngest a girl of fourteen years and three months.
on the same day, it ranged from 10 to -ii degrees
below Zero. At Pittsburgh it was considered
that the '.'th inst. was the coldest day ever experi-enced
iii that city. Every thing froze, even gas,
one-half of the pipes in the city imparting no
light whatever alicr night, while the others dis- .
penscd very sickly rays. A train of cars froIU | thick coating of ice upon the cherry, pear, and
1'iie total number of deaths in the same city for
the year ending 1*55 is 4,U75—a decrease of
500 from the year 1554.
Curious Fact.—The Hartford Times says, the
, . . . ,, ,, r-, 1 i',_ii.-e_ n-i. .-iei\i\ i.i.n. _v ii MM 01 e.iis iiuiu i —-. « , f ' ,
1. ,< true tnat more than i,„ir,i ■,. us of toe no-, ^hami, on the Orai.oe and Alexandria Rail- F*** t,ets' 'f8 BerVed to protect them from the
groes at the S-outh arc still slaves; but is slavey ^ ^y^j ^^ __ ul A< ■ Cr0(l]. frost, and at the same time has acted in the ca-um.
er < „■,-„.,., masters in Ameilca, .lie same e- lf>. ^mow until Thursday morning. ! P««J °f.» buruing-grass, by concentrating and
vtl with slavery under heathen tyrants .,. Africa ; ,, ^ £ of _,,„_ w,.,.e ;V(„„C|| a»d intensity ing the rays from the sun urt.l the ....-
Degraded as t|,e>e slaves may; si,,! be. compared M> g*ff ^ ^y-^y- ylu„y rf tbem seasonable warmth thus imparted has lead the e!-
.-.:...ui
lilt to 1
with tlie sous of the pilgrims iu New Engiauu, 01
,-i. en with Ihe mass 1 1' lahorci - in .- nue ol tin- c;i-li-.
hlciicd countries in Kurope, can 0/M111.111111 or
1.0110.mill nogrues, bond or lice, be found in ani
I art of the woild. who can com].are lor g<x«l con-dition,
physical, inteileclual ami moral, with the
;;.0l.MI,liiHi slaves at the South ' lias Christian-ity,
aiui d by all lie- wcalih ..i IJritish Christians,
dolieas much during tin- lasl twenty years for the
elevation of the M!I»,1>'I»0 eiimncipated mgrmis in
the West Iiine-' British pliilaiithropi.-ts tneni-oliSKlerably.
.>lany
had been unable to procure more than
enough to sustain life, aud for want of
lodgings, had to sleep in the ears.
barely
better
feet ol starting the flow ol sap, and developing
the buds. It is feared the damage is very seri-ous.
,.Ji itiun.—The Lawrence (Kan-! Mrs. G.nerul Gainesandsw Projtertij.— Ihe
fact lias heretofore been announced that the Su-
ImmniS' I<n<:
sns) Herald -ays:
" It is indeed surprising to sec the crowd
which arc Wending their way daily into the Ter-1 Orleans which formerly belonged to the late Dan-ritory
If the reports which reach us from all: y flark. In order to obtain actual possession
preine (,'ourt of Louisiana has decided that Mis.
Unities was entitled to the valuable estate in New
.1 .
selves being the judgesofwhat it has eflected 'l>'artcrs are reliable, and we believe they are, 0f tj,e property, she is now at liberty to institute
there, as it has done during the same period |or our population will nearly equal 7'U'UO by the actions of ejectment ugaiust those now in posses-liiti..
e. ■e l!■e vvaatiiiooin. .o,rf,,ouui-r :o; .lH.l.1l'..on-iul Aiim.ecrri.iMeui.i, «s!l,aiv\M. > Brsl ol K.eei.ibcr, :yid the spring emigration, will ; ,;„,. ,,f the estate, bul it is said she is disDOStd
.inn i re
. Jahcz eoiitiiiucd, by telling all almtil
where and h\ »i. mi built, and what she
'•I'O;IIIII(MII
1. ill llcSl,
:in'l my
' -■. : ml lli.il In r name •■!', I!y" v
' ^ iv," says he.
-
say thai
■ -: - • ■ Ii i- If they say oi!
I - r ii] Now thai
twixl 11 and man."
■ . I. ••Well.
u :■ i- 1 1 i„.-v ;. war 11 v..
nil the
Wil-men,
re, ifyoii n
I:.i- miiidei
mat, I am u lilin"
. ll 'II
t I -all
I he commo-nly
goo.1 fel-
Yi 11 .an t::i e
wl
in
an, ii
war
•■
I cla
yoll will see
• cotmnodore
- I can do the same. 'I hat's the
"Now, commodore," sa\>
lalk dol.t suit llie. I want
:J !fiv.-y.,u i„. (rariiimr now. in the
11 ...... il v< 111 don't
I. I'll.., .nation shore, and
; -- ' ■ :•" hoirr Squire Perkins will
;' ■■- warrant a_in ion, and
«, I ''ll y..ii." ' Here th
'" bo struck aback, and .labez thinking
ed iiim, followed up ihe thrusl with
II you, now couiniodore. the law is a despcr-
«rheii Squire IVrkins lakes hold ; and
- no (rifle too."
"I know it."
iking it i- best lor me to avoid it
whole, you may have vmirboat."
■ rs were given accordingly, and .labez was
n towing lus boat hmuen ird. Prtun
j till long after the war had elided, the
« >- often told among ihatshore, how Jabez
ker boarded the Admiral's ship, and by a
I' a warrant from Squire Perkins tm-led
Hardy to surrender the "Polly" without
-:-.--' gun or shedding blood.
The Rois;«- :<» Kansas.
The following not-« - :' •• WL a Kansas i- Like."
arc said to have bee 11 i.,!. a 011 ihe spot last
Sp:in_:
••'lie route to Kansas is via St. Louis and the
Missouri liver to Kansas city, on the Missouri
ii\ei- in Missouri, four hundred and fifty miles
from its mouth. Thi.-city c ists of a trading
store and a lew miserable cabins. 'I his i-, the
place at which the New England "Emigrant
Aid Society' deliver the goods lowardcd to Kan-sas;
from Ihence the Vi cslern emigrant has to find
himself and his way to the modern Utopia, Kan-sas
; here he finds that he is fifty miles from
l,a wrci.ee, and is obliged to pay lour dollars to
get himself hauled to Lawrence, and 82 per hun-dred
for conveyance for his plunder. He may
l.e detained at Kansas for two or three days, at
the charge of seventy-live cents per day. On
his way to l-awreiico he passes through Westport,
a respectable town in Missouri—as towns in Mis-souri
go. Lawrence upon the Kansas is well lo-makc
us equal to form 90,000 to 100,000. Con-1 ,., ,,l:,
ere-s can hardly rei'use us admittance into the 1
Inioii tor want of sufficient population; for we
shall re.11 h the requisite number ere the bill is
acted upon by that body which endorses our State
Ci nstitutiou."
It.-por-i
Tli'- l.n'r .Sturm—Disasters at Sea.—Within
the 111. mory of man. perhaps, there has never
been a spell of weather so severe and calamitous
in its effects as that which set in with the storm
of the 5th of January. 'I he pilots have encoun-tered
terrible sufferings in the discharge of their
arduous duties, and tln-.-o of thein, We regret to
learn, have perished- From fifty to a hundred
persons must have been lost in the different ves-sels
that were wrecked oil the night of the 5th
on the coasts in the immediate neighborhood of
New York. In the pilut boat E. K. Collins.
which was run aground on Fire Island, s'r.t per-sons
were frozen to death, and the pilot Mitchell
was drowned in attempting to escape to the shore.
;e reasonable and liberal concessions fci the
occupants or owners.
Enamelled Cards.—An exchange says : " A
little cliild of our acquaintance was rendered Serb
ously ill last week by chewing a handsome ena-melled
lull ticket, which its mother had given it
to play with. For the benefit of those who do
not know we would state that the enamel on these
cards contains ars.uic.
The Man that teai lorn Late.—An old Caro-linian
once said : " I was bom the last day in the
year, the la>t day in the mouth, the last day of
the week, very late in the Aaj^andjiacc always
been behindluind. 1 believe it would have been
fitly dollars iu my pocket if I hadn't been boru at
all. '
From ihe American Advocate.
-Diernal -uiprovi-nieuts, liauku, kS*.
[SO. XVI.]
Srwso liiLi., N. C, Nov. 2R, 7.5.
Is it true that the wisest and best men that
have eve- lived in North Uaroliaa, have unifurmly
regard.d the cause of Internal Improccuieot in
I this State in a favorable light—if not the only
means whereby the s::,ie can be rendered pros-perous
and. independent. Js it now an acknowl-edged
fact that the people ol the State have to
rely solely up.,11 their own resuurci s to at upfi-h
this work .' i - it,- needed thai ber resources are
limited to her credit ; and. if blight* J, or u'estrov-eii.
si.e will be forced to stop in i-:o great w ik
she lias so nobly uuderurken before it be half
completed, lias experience proved in this and
other States thai jet j„ proportion as their deb:
becomes a foreign debt, aid the stock i:i iJicir
works of Internal Improvements, that ina peculiar
sense represent die public debt to the popular
mind are suffered to fall below par, iu the same
proportion, precisely, does the cause of Internal
Improvement, and Internal Improvement men
become unpopular, if not odious, and the credit
of the State endangered *
If these things be not altogether fiction, but
true as we have attempted to [.rove, by refetanoa
to historical facts, then indeed do all these objects
become matters of the very first importance to the
people of the Old North Slate. And none more
imperatively so, than that the stock in our gnat
works of Improvement should be kept at jar,
unless it be, that oar public debt should le kept
at home aud widely disseminated among our own
people.
Rut this is not all; experience has abundantly
proved that when wesii-'erthe stock ill Oar Works
of Internal Improvements to fall below par, «ud
thereby become worthless as an investm'ent to
those who were patriotic enough to come forward
and aid the State in constructing tbem ;—this in-difference
on the part of tlie Stale has a tendency
not only to dishca.t n the individual Stock! oi crs,
but to render them indifferent to their success.
And that which is still more important, if possible
regardless as to how rival works are locate j in Ihe
State. This was eminently the ease in December
lo'dj*. 1 he individual stockholders iu our Rail
Roads, had emphatically tost all they had invested
in these works, and while writhing under their
losses, tiny were stung to 1 Incss by the abuse
that was heaped upon them by the demagogues of
the State. 'The consequence of which was, they
were touml to be tlie most indifferent of ull others
to the efforts of the friends of the Danville and
Charlotte Railroad to get a charter for that work.
And it is a significant tact, and one that shows
how much depends upon-keeping the,stick iu
our Improvements at par, or above it, that there
never has been, and probably never will be, an-other
effort made by South Caiolina, or Virginia,
to tap the State, and render her works of I mprove-meiit
subsidiary to their interest, unless the stock
in our works were, or shall be suffered, by the
Stale to fall and remain 50 or 0U per cent under
par, as at the present time.
Should this unfortunate slate of afTaiisir con-tinue,
we may hear it argued by our neighbors,
North and South of us, "that-as matters now
stand, your railroad is only profitable to the pub-lic
and instead ol it bcncUling the individual
stockholders they are actually oppressed by it.
more than any other class of individuals iu the
State. They have not only lost all the-money
they subscribed and paid into the Treasury of the
company, but they are taxed the -ame as the oth-er
citizens of the Slate to meet th" interest falling
due upon the bonds itsucd for the benefit of all
' other improvements.
'Ihis Icing the case, wo, tin j,rr,j,!. of Virgin-
\ ia and South Carolina, priopuse to make yv.r
Aw/A Caiolina Hailrcad a si ill greater public
benefactor, and ai ii c same lime more ] rolitable
j to the stockholders and the State, by Iwthwitb
I constructing a road, if your Legislature will but
grant us a charter, from Danville to IJrcensboro'.
• Ry making this connexion you will cause lite
gieat tide of travel between Ihe North and South
to pass over the upper half of the N. ' Rnilror.il.
'i In.- will certainly add much ii ihe value of the
-stock, and ill addition to this i. .1; •..;...it advantage.
I we will agree to pay to the Slate, from I to _'
j dollars per head 011 every 1 is-engcr that pas- "
over the same,ua the I'hila.iclpl.ia and Ai. boy
Railroad does to the Stale of New Jersey. 'I lib
will greatly reduce the taxes of the State, ii ii
does not render direct taxation un land and polia
; altogether unnecessary."
Now is it ii.it clear, if the very men v.!... in
lh4S, labored so strenuously to prevent ihis con-truth
of our premises, wc would most re»pectfol-ly
request them to ii«-!< to the offort* tl at are now
being made to secure a char!, r ! r .1 '■': il 1 from
the South Carolina line via I'ayettcvii c {tl
fields, and from tl.cnce t. Ilali igh, 11- .
point on the North Carolina Itoilroad. -'i 1 from
Henderson to (ienuanion, froin !• iuf. ; to
Greensboro', .\e . ,\.e.
The truth is those irho are well conversant with
the history of Intern i Improvements m this nan-try,
cannot I\C<I\ the fact ihai il..-c Stales where
the -nick in their public wi-rks have been suffer.
ci. by neglect ur b>ii*iiian:igcmrnt, en the ] rt of
la ■ .-: ::•■. to fall thefartlusl unui rj r. m >l win ro
they c itlcct must 1 f their revenue i; din . t taxa-tion,
have invariably proven |.. i ••. nil hoot a soli-tary
exception thai we known ul. ti.e Statr* that
iiave plunged the dceitcsl and is: npidly in
debt, and whose bonds are now lulling .t tlie
greatest sacrifice. On ihe other liann, tlnfe
.--tali's thai 11 iv.-. like 1 ieoi „ .: M.i-." i.e-. '. New
York and 1 ireat Britain, bad the p.u'.:.■•• t.
keep all their debt at lRm.e and widely dissi iiiinn-
ICd among their own people, and llie s:. kin
their public works at pur, m at a ] rctuium, have
no difficulty iu hoirnu ing money to extend their
improvi iiunis. Cspiialisis bavi 1. arned 1 v rxpt-
: rience that iu such States ii.. 11 is no fool hold for
. sv.cn men as Uov. McNut t:> 1 pf.r.te. Nor is ihcrn
any chance or inducement hr such Plates to e-
. pudiate. Consequently there i- no di nger 11 the
evidences .,!' their d.btsc»i r depreciating at home
or abroad, or danger of Internal In provement be-coming
unpopular, or ti.cii Bleady 1 rogrrsj being
checked until the State is thoroughly improved
and her poi>|]e enrielud then . v. No Oenta
. yoyve (A Traitor h:.« ever yet n.u-tered courage
enough to attack any Fyslein or wi rk that had
proved to be profitable tn the e :.-,-. Nor will
they be guilty of ever acting wi'.h so IUCI h indis-cretiou.
Ri el.h.-s a.- most nf tbem are, tin v have
loo much cunuing und fbresicht, llms lo beard
the lion iufiiso'ru. If we honestly wish i" see
North Carolina improved and her vast resources
fully developed, it does seem Iu us licit • ur duly
■0 pure us to devise the ways and means to pro
teet iar credit, limit the demands upon the I'ILH'
Treasury, luster the commclce, industry Mid
enterprise of the State, by cneonragiiig and pro-ti
eting the friends ol, and the stockholder, in our
I':-ibonds so as to induce tbem to put forth their
united and Utmost energies to make all of thciii
not only self sustaining, but profitable ftafe works
.—Works that shall he so located and constructed
as to make it the interest of :dl coi.ncclcd with
them, to cause every pound of freight tarried o-ver
their tracts, to be f.inle.l 111 1 Iu- wbsri'sof the
towns and cities located within the limits of our
. ":ii borders, 'f hat a financial syslem can I a do-vi.-
cd by which all ol tlu.-c desirable ends can be
attained, and at the same ti'i e cm IV us lo 1 ;c« p
down our Slate taxes lo the pn .-• ul standard, and
al.-o enable us, in a few years, lo linn date tho
whole of our present Slate il. hi. while ; in w, stea-dy
and powerful impetus shall l.e given to the
[ cause ol Internal Improvements, thai Will catiM
this redeeming work strr.dily to progress until llie
Slate shall he thoroughly iini.lovcd l.oin iht sea-bo:,
id to ihe mountains, we have nol ihe shadow
of a doubt. Rut anxious as we are 1 ihis jie-riod
arrive, we have no faith in belmluiug such a
day dawn upon us under existing iigulations.—
1 Our present Stale policy, wc once IIIMVI-repeat,
must he thoroughly reformed ii' «•• »i»li tucxti nd
our present syMem •■! Inicri.al Itnproveii.enis,
without 11 inineiil lo llie State. Tu lu-je lo do
this by obstinately adhering !•. and persisting in
the suicidal pi lici we have BO foolishly adopted, is
worse I ban \i.-i. nary, ii is .-hi cr 1 ■ • - • - .
Engagvd a- most uf the Si.uih rn Stales r.rc in
cultivating the cereal grains, ai.d lol liie other
grt at staples of commerce, i„ wit: :■■■-. cut tin
am! tobacco; there :-'.-. 10! lei 111 why tho
bmid> e! the Southern Stati-i, :. •-..-! 1 ••---. i • ■• n-sidered
woiihlcss, like llu-e .1 '.. is^ij pi i.ud
Arkai.-.- -. or selling at '.ti or !'" n 1 Is lo the dol-lar,
as those of Viign,in mi are. wl 1 ilneeiif
New 1. rk are readily ii mo ai -_ ut 1 . 1 1
one bundled and seventeen to i.ic hi ■•.< : : -I
twenty cents to the dollar. We 11 ■■:■.' 1 .••
is no g..'.d cause M-r llii- d.f.i ri-iu .1 11.1 -. '.
ol New York aid that of Yirgiui Ictiiirr-.oulh-eui
Slates.
Wi have air.ad\ Muted at the „«•!if l.il i»n is
that have !"•' !i. in our ju'l melil, i Idi 1. S ; .-
1... .:..! 111 ; r. dui-il ;.: lli.n- M.1'1 I ■ 1 . . ul d v. 1
ileeui it alt. get hi r 111111 .vary ■ uu to ui.uitu.
ate lie ui 11 ore -; ifili. uliy .
It now lieeomes 1 i-ci -Mil .' f r :> In tl.i.W l,i r."
iliecicdiiai.il induMrikl iiilen :- ■; Noilh ' .. ■
lina ai.d all the oihcr St-li-s of thi- '
11.ay l.e guarded and | rotei U I lo - '• ■'. '
as to cause their debts toe ini i ■ - . ■ il ,
nection, can by the neglect and indifference ol minu. as that of New York
lion. 11. M. Fuller.—The Richmond Whig
eattd, bat without water, except from the river gpeaks in the Mowing exalted terms of this gen-anda
well sixty leet deep, a sh.-r, distance from
•] the commodore, ''and I the river, but at present dry. The houses are UcmaB :
made uf mud, sods and cotton cloth, about fifty] "The American party, in Mr. Fuller of Pcnn-iu
number
some few
ami
, some three or
emigrant tents.
Grrut weight ofIce on Trees—A gentleman of
Hartford, Connect!, ut, weighed a branch ofa tree
that had been broken by the weight of ice upon
it, and found that it weighed eleven pounds. The
ice was then melted off, and the branch Weighed
only half n pound .' This great proportion of
ice accounts Jor the destruction vf trees and
brancbeSW
four log house-, and sylvania, propose a candidate to whom no South-'
■•/-■ ■.■.//.'..>./.-Ii
. Uaxton llragg, ,0f
1 »ptain Third Artillery Lnited States Ar-
! v- - resigned his commission. It is said that
L" •*-u .ut t„ become n
vine more respecta- ern or Conservative man could take any ju.-t ex-ble'buildiugs
are being erected, and the New Eng- ccption.—Of ample and independent fortune—
land Emigrant Aid Society are putting U]i a ho- educated at West Point, therefore peculiarly lin-tel.
It has now about three hundred permanent ed for these bellicose times—and of tine abilities
residents. —0f enlarged and conservative views—bred a
I'awnce City, one hundred and fifty miles from gentleman and associating by choice with gentle-the
mouth ot the Kansas, has about fifty inhabi- men. he is one whose qualifications lit him for
tauts, two houses and a barn, used at present as a even a much higher post than that for which he
boarding bouse, this place is said to be the head has been designated. Geutlemen, Virginia gen-et
navigation, and may be said to head navigation tlemcn—who know him well, assure us that we
must search lung without finding one bitter suit-
A Slight Misunderstanding.—A pious minis-ter,
alter lecturing a Sunday school class in a most
edifying manner, proposed to ..lose the exercises
by singing '•Jordan ;" meaning the hymn " Uu
•Jordan's stormy banks 1 stand." The worthy
man was horrified by hearing the whole school
immediately strike up, " Jordan am a hard road
to travel I believe."
revet Lieutenant altogether, as it is only six or eight weeks in the
" a little more grape " spring that there is water enough on its shoals
lanter in [.ouisiat
and beats to'.'oat a flat beat.
This city is owned by speculators, and is staked
out in Streets, squares and lots ; the Iwts aru _■">
Climate r.f Kimsat.—According to the last se-ed
for the Chi. 1 Magistracy ot the Republic. Pos- counts from Kansas the thermometer ranged from
silily the rage ol faction may elevate him to that ten to thirty degrees below zero. The tenden-great
station, which his sterling worth and unpre- cy of sucli weather is to keep things very cool
tending virtues will ai-jru. —just what Kansas wants a this time.
the State to h.-T best interest and ihcir wcliare,
be placed in such a p sition, as t 1 make it; from
necessity, their interest to li-ti 11 tn such cunning
I suggestions as these and ultimately lo go forward
j and act upon them, as a means not merely lo fa-cilitate
their own aggrandizement and lessening
their public burdens, but to save ihcul and tin ir
families from want, that ourpolicy is fundamentally
wrong.—Ay, does not these surmises prove con-clusively,
that it is the paramount duty of ■ ur
; Legislators, if they wish to improve the State
I and foster a generous spirit among her people
: henceforth, to use every^means in their power to
j bring up tho stock in all our railroads to par.
, 'I his should be done too, in our judgment, belore
I we undertake the construction of any other new
works of Improvement.
If another argument is necessary to enforce
this important truth, we will -Id simply, so foon
as it shall become to be regarded as a fixed tact
that the State is altogether indifferent to the pe-cuniary
results that follow investment made by
individuals to aid ir. improving ilie State, from
• that day wiil be thrown ail tin burden of improv-ing
-V C on the Treasury of the State. Ami the
State, as has been observed having' utercd on. th s
1 work, ami completed several expensive road-,
you thereby hold out the strongest possible in-ducements
to every member of the Legislature,
from the ci unties thai have not shared iu any of
; the benefits, flowing Iron, the Wuiks already coiu-
| pitted, to enter into any combination Ilia I may be
j i-.rmed hcreattcr to I.I.I. Km 1. the Stan- into any
amount of public indebtedness, as was the case in
the Senate last v. inter.
If any suppose this will ni'. be the case again,
let us invite them, once DM re, to read the rep,it
ot the Senate's Committee on Internal Improve-ments.
And if this dees nt»l satisfy thcutoi tlm
tie! eiviii/.ed World. Xol hi •' v.. . : . i
will be necessary !o attain the .. 1 • • • ■ -. Wo
have i-1: n a .era ted to work a grtal 1 ...!-,:. a i-i tie-
(ioverumeut, upheaving ;:••! ■-. 1 ruing . .. -.
thing now in existence, that is thought to bo
wise aud stable. Ry no manner ■■! means. Wa
advocate no vi. lent or radical t'liaii_u in 1 ur pn 1-
ent system nor one of any character I Lai will in
any degree involve the great lui mental ] ■
pies Upeii which our present lillHU • .1 - .-• 1111 now
re-ts. We do however, adv.yale a slight luodifi-eatioii
or change in granting our hank charters in
the future. Wcdecm it absolutely Htaeutial tn
the pro.-|.ciityi.i the Suite and the safety of her
credit that there should be a new cnnibinnlii 11 • f
men a:! interests effect d iu No. th '-';.; ..:.a i! wu
hi ]•.- tu ' ■- i■■•: i.r.-p'-r.
We r igard it as a nit Her of pi.mc n ■ • ■-'■ y
that sosouti as a sovereign Slate en ■:.-• a large
fun led d.-ht. that •'.:■: should forthwithal rate
:• lari:c Hank, : - i 1 .1: 1 d hi I'I.I - . to m t as
a lis. d agent in the prudent and ■ ■ r.ouiical man-agi
meiit of the same. We will n ; here st. p 1 •
quote authority in .iisiain this opinion, ii
great benefits that South Ciiiidina and o'her'Sl
have realized i.y puri-uiug this coui ■•• iuay*be I "
alter alluded to. We have shown in a prev: s
number tliat 1 !.!!.■■.• i Mock, tn anatemge, is n
valuable as an invi -tn 1 nt, but is 1 ; a di* omit of
_-' per cent. In ibis State the 1.-- sustained mi
slock . f this kin! I a- been, :it least T-"' per cent on
the s vcragc, while, . u ihe oibi r hand, im 11 -v in-vested
in hank stock has uniformly pai I on th>'
average at least Im /■■ .■•■■..'.; the stuck with a
few exceptions h;is alvvai- readilv eiiiuimmded a
handsome premium. Wi- ap|.rehciii! lhat there
are but few perm ns inalbc country »bo arc a!:..-
gi thi.-r ignorant • f banking, wbu nave an sdequata
idea i.t the great profits that arc c mm il icaii-
1