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liberty-—but a^as 1 t hit is lie now ? —
A mere paity lurk; the diuni major of Loro
foe o ism, nod “ledgeJ In -si k or on-n" tilth Mir
im Van Burnt, a Mtssmri lestiictiaotsf, and who
vcrtctl for the f-»* *fT of‘28 nod for toll gates across
the Cumberland Road; admitted the constitution
ality ol the \ . 2>. li.mk ; amJ to cap the efiftt • x r mi
Hours in uige the Sub-'IV usury in defiance ol nil j
decent rrj trd lor the w ill of the people.
In l ie’s hist scenes what pt«cli|iei rurpiint,
Fears of the brave aid follies of tire wise —
From Jackson’s eyes the streams < I dotage flow
*And Ritchie «rj tees in manw ordup low .
[(£/** Want of space compeU is to omit most el
the Volunteer Toast?. —/J,/. Virginian ]
Tin*; corrfspondknlu.
With thk (TonxtTTcr. or Arram;» vir nts.
The following letters were severally rend at the
table in the order in which the te-pcitnc w;,tfr.,
were toasted :
TticiiMi-Nd.JuU 22. 1838.
ff|*k'fr?sgn*-T received, in due c ourse id mail,
your fetter ol Urn 30? h June, inviting m« n the
public Hltitifcr, which the Whigs « ( Nansemond mo
pose to give to tile Mon. Franc ■. Mallory, at Suffolk,
on the 27th ol this month,'* in testimony ol iln
high rstin atim in which he is le. aided by them, lor
the ability and gallant spirit w uh w hu h lie ndvuc dcd
nnd defended the principles nnd the intinsi* of the
people of the iOftgicvpional district, in the mrugglr
thry have lecenfRMreeti engaged m against the pow
rr and the patronage of the Federal government and
the party sustaining it.”
Heartily concurring in the sr-im nents that |ia\e
Induced the Whigs i I .\ .inscmond to p.»v honor lo
Mr- Mallory. I wish it w is in mv pmm to l ike pan
with them hi the pioposeu manifestation ol tlo *o
sentiment*. The rnntmual and shaniehss prriei
non ami abuse of the powet and pstionagc *t the
federal executive, to the support ol the tiumiiiat nm
of a faction, and ti) the purposes ol a Hellish nod
sordid ambiiioti, is an opm w.m agamM the pub
lie virtue nnd tin? private imnals ol tins people.
The power ami patronage ol tUc i xmiliu ,m a
t;*ust confided to it for the bent lit til tin* nation, nut a
property to be used lor the personal tidvam >gr id
the President, Ins favorites or | <ntis.iiis. I think no
honest friend m the aiimio stiatmn will iln>\, that
tins trust has In t n Jury cats past, and is now, a
bused nod violated, however he mav differ liom
us as to the imporiame of the uluise. To mi n
seems fraught with the most pernicious and dangc
rous Consequences,— if indeed, it has not \wnk* d its
mischief already, past all hope id cure. When an
unmeasured sml itidi'Criiniualing sup) ml ol the .ol
ministration is, uotoi loll'd) , the only mm oiniueoda
lion Kir the lemoi* ami emoluments id office, tlo
greed est, (lie least setiipulnu* an I the most tin
win thy will always be lomle«*t m then piohsmin? ol
zeal, and geoei ,lly the most s m i es»ful m accom
plishing their etui*. I.vei v mstaoeo ol the mhh >•
id such men by tuch trie,ms, m an < Sample pieguaut
of evil. W tl ho ut i ill end m 4 any sweeping, imlisi rim
mate censure of the ofTiec houtors of the l eilnal
government, I must say that the pioportmu ol un
woithy and dishoi est men, w ho have been put into
• I laces ol trust, by the piescnt nnd :1ns pn i rditu
admiuistiRtion, exceeds all lurmei ( S imple—witm s-,
ti e nun her of drdunlins m d the ... id
defalcation. A ppotuiment* in public ■ |(n «• |, «v •
iuml to alh iil a pu siiin| ii-ii «>l hoior.dde ami
ImhicsI cliiM.H ter. Tlic appmul iimmiI ol men to ol
l«» «* who . re unworthy ol iim*t, ami tin? mdulsvm'
witn with )i 111v*ir most flagtaut missilndn hav<* hern,
im « vi t il imtt.iiiccH.frr.cird by those w Inmr duly it was
la e*po*e and punish them, have loxverrcl th«* st,-ml
* r l ol poleu d morality- I di-tiost the sincerity ol
those who make eotilmtial professions ol thru love
and dt voiion to out icpubln -hi lintiliitmtis, and an*
} » i s »ppu g the loutidal mu on w ho Ii they tel pub
he vutue. 1 put no confidence uhnlrfer in pi, Its
Mi- ns . f respm t for the viilne .n.d intelligence id
ibe people, w 1 r n they me made by men who prac
I'tw the Ills I feoi i nplioo. Thu • who It a I -mm
l« M-st ill the • Miniy ol pina o pr« priiv. homsth
* umtlj in the growth nml i oiiase ol national
w till ami piospriiiy, and in the pinny .u^l t \alta
inoi ol the national cl <rac i< i, do m I appn hernl,
belong to the class of “ dmtoteti utrcj men,” aei oi
•ling to the Hi t > deni'si pu mu o| no n ami thing*. In
h.s estimation, 1 dan say, ti ns - only air •• ti,suite
relied,” wlnaie | repared to “ sink or *>wtm” with
loin : •<> ” m k or swim" with him, w lot her they
jipprove the lending measure of Im adimnia i.uioii,
or ilni k that it jeopards thr balance ul the cmmi
tUHOli. When the i ho I loagMiate delihe i t:« I \
offered that public u suit to the huge body < i his j
• onntivmen, who he must know disappt ove hn la
Vurite me. Mite, lie loihitfdihe r< *-pt c t w hu h u an
due lo his stalmii if not to I is itieiit, itnd Uo infigei
deseivrs to be tre.iied with delicacy.
It is my do I ibe i ate •« nd cm sc tenuous opinion, that
it itc essential to ti e presetv.itmii ofnur ii.miiuiioiiw
in then purity, that Mr. \ an Hum u should be dis
urns' cl I on the public councils and conlidem e
forever.
I find inv e ll just now incapable of enjoy ing or
bearing a pail in the l is live si ci,t to which you in
yjte me; and t hrrefoi r die line y out invitation.
It would b<? alfectation in me to pass over, w tilt
out notice oi acknowledgment, the good opinion v oi
have taken occasion to express » I me. It i-, most
gratifying to me.
I shall lake the liberty to snlij in a toast, which
I beg may I e olleicd to die company in tnv nan c
I utn, gentlemen, must lespectluliy. y otii ido dient
servant, II. \\ . Ullt; 11.
The next pirsi lential election—Health , in! sue
• c-ss to lieory Clay . ft© rt whose generous nmbiltoii,
as well as wisdom and virtue . we may hope to see the
detestable and detested maxim, that •• the1 spoils ol
the vanquished helm p to the victois,” comic mm d
mid routed out forever.
Ac com.xc . \ tnuiMA, July 2 ,|. la00.
(jeuf/ewen—On npy mum lie m tin Ninth, ms
teidav, I itcooed yours ol June the r.O I . inviue
me to a dinner to lie civrii to tin1 lion. Fi.inci'
Malhijy on .Saturday *J?th lost., by. the Whig* oft
the ( 'ninny of N’ausemontf.
II *«I I letutned c arlo i to make airaugments f,,i
anothc r absence fioni home, or was theie now a c on
vtuieiit opportunity ot n itching Suflulk m time, l
would ceiiainly and most cordially unite with you 1
personally in lendrring to tin,t gentleman the* u-sti
iimnia! clue to” the ability and gallant *pmt”wiih
which he dischatged all the duties cd a (anhtul
representative to lus country and his immediate
tot stituents.
J 111 ay speak « f (hat gentleman with the mine
fieeJoin, because lie is now, if i!.e old adage be tttic*
in that s aiion \\ bicll t* llie post o: honor; ami because,
i*l.colic was in public hfc, it was not my good I«»r
iiinelo agree with him oil all p H ol politics, lie
differed, I am told, from some ol his W i. cuustitu
r*uis as he (lid from me. No man needs a cu'tifi
< aie less than Dr. Mallory ; but lu those of ill*'
Whigs, if any thete were, who iu the contest this
spr ng slighted his support or opposed ins re-election,
for reason of doubling llie mao, J (an any ihn c h« \
did thitiisdves and their country ami us cause nit
1 "s# injustice titan they did to him—for he was, cm
phaiically, au hone*1, an able and a faithful repu
tentative.
lie w is faithful, because lie looked more to Ins .
people than lo Ins parly, and not at ail to the Pre
sident or to any thing which power ami patronage had
• » b stow. He was tin less faithful because dis in
ttoguishtd as much for independence ol mind as lot 1
rod* pin deuce of action. He honestly funned his
• •pim* ns for himself, after a diligent search ha rln
t*uth; candidly avowed his own sentiments, and as
fcailesa’y voted those of his constituents.
He »»as the friend ol Reform, the toe of Cur nip- *
lion, an enemy to a sfiong and splendid icdetal
government m any lor in, and, especially, to one
such a- the present party iu power has been nod
i* moulding to it* will — a federal government with all
Ks pnuei*, patronage, office, emoluments, concenter
ed m a -tf%rrupl mammoth Executive—the kingly
fountain ol all honor, rule and dominion, flowing
<a*l onward, fearfully fast, to the giant! gulplt o!
Impai ial Despotism !
lie M4iu in all re*perts a republican of the strict
i nd Stern reboot—the friend of the Staten, the Inend
of (lie -People—the servant literally of h»» dioirici ; in
ail its local concerns ever vigilant, active and efficient;
and was he not, a- I am proud to boast, my pertmfial
friend. I might add mo»« ih n to complain that such
m inari ii,ib been s u f fu ed, in a district adjoining
mine, Vy the-col.rstal influence of that veiy Execu
tive for season of h » fery virtues.
lie did d(ftnd*‘ the principles and interests cf ’
the pen pi* of h.1* di*tr ic i* * »n the i. w* struggle, with
i seal, ability and true fldlanlry worthy of success;
but, r»■ • wonder the! lie I«*I! hef retire power and pat
ronage’’ and press, ] may add,** of the feilersl go
vermin nl and the party sustaining it.” Mightier
than ho have fallen lie font that huge, deformed and
SH\ ige gi it,t, which ihtcateris to overthrow everv
tlitng dear In frerni’n ; and we, hi# friend*, have still
the | mud roniolsiiou left us, tint he fell with his
front to the foe
lie was l)M ken nn the political wheel because he
wou'd tint bow the net k or bend the knee—br a
dog and bay the moon"—be the tool of a tyrant and
the trumpet' r nfh s praise, I*nur in the oil then,
gitotleii i n; heal his wound*, and let him immediately
again give battle. Tip1 rtifinv wtii’i stand repeated
blow <* stricken for freedom: Itencw the sti uggle, then,
and fight on to victory *
!• or tnyavlf, gentlemen, I have only to thank you
tor tho rotnpltmenisi of your kind ami (l ittering in
vitglinti, to i xpress inv sincere regiel that I cannot at
this time enjoy the phastne id making your person
a I atiju iiif.ini e, to injuest that you will nfh r lor me
the subjoined lusst, and l o subtu ribc my sell
\ our fellow laborer in .1 good cause,
IIKNft Y A. WISj;.
Hr. fra nr is Mallory The fnends of freedom
can tit-vei forget their fellows I jIIcii in her cause.
fr 1 r RSiiriio. July 17ih. JKtt).
(irntltoirn — 1 have r«( rived your letter nl I lie Bill
instant, inviting me m a public dinner which is lo
lo given by the Whigs nl Nansrmoud 10 their late
representative in (’ongrrss, |lr. Mallory; ami I ten
«ler yoil my sineero (hanks for the kindness who h
dictated it. 1 should be much gratified il I could
unite wiih you and my other Whig brethern on that
nnasinn, t<* testify tny grateful sense of the obliga
moo (bus i oolcned mi me, and my high respect for
Mi. Mullen. lie is entitled to that resj cct Idr the
fidelity and ability with which lie has supported the
esHi-ntial mteiesta n| our country and the integrity
o( our principles; as well as f.*r the liberality ami
good sense whir h he manifested in adhering to those
who concur with him in these important views,
notwithstanding tt difference «t opinion, on a com
parativrlv subordinate ijucstion. Of the means winch
wire used to dele if his election, I know nothing;
but il they »• ere nl the ehameier ol snino which arc
lepicsented to have hern iCMiited to in other pines,
no repioluimn nl them can be loo strong. Ther*?
is no instance within my recollection of a more
shameless d -icgard ol solemn pinfrsstons, or a mote
digram atiandonment of avowed prim iplrs, than we
h'tve witnessscil in 1 he dominant party, in rcfeieuce
to tins sunjeet. It e iir.o Into power, tlerioiincing as
I list cause nl a I 11 in I nr li ccdnin « f o pinion, the willl
dt.iwal ol the | mi li 11 • anon ol (he laws from a few pai
tir.an piesHi-N; ami it is believed to liavflj. made
more removals limn office, on account ol pn
lineal npinnni", th.m all the adminishatimis which
preceded it. h avoned asnneol hh fust pmieiples
that lilt* patronage nl the govennent should not In
hrought into ciiuthct with the lie* ihnn ol elections :
and it hi* recentfv nrnrninced (m Mr. Wall's report,
nl winch some ihntiNaods ol copies vveie printed fm
distiibuiiini) that those who enjoy the advantages ol
its patronage an* expected to use them for the put
pose ol sustaining us power.
I hid most thankful fur the favorable opinion
winch yoil 11mvi* Iutii pleased lo express of my ie
tent exertomis to the Legislature lo promote |In* ho
< ial ami i < onomieal interest* ol the State, anil to
ih I ml nor anc.' iit creihi vy-oem. with thy uistitu
I ohm iml us men who 11 so -t no it—a s> stem rongcui
al to ooi h lints ami Irrliogs, anil essential to the
ptospeiiry o| the gie.it hums ol our fellow < iti/'MM,
whose imoleiate iiieiin* teijuite it* aid to all the ex
e11 ioii* ol therr industry nml cliff ipiisc, m almost
» vi i v voi ation ol hie. I am piofoimdly cmist itiui
how little worthy my I inutile seiviec* have heeu. ol
the flat tern g esmii.ite w Imh you have made of them,
nml caii only rrgiet that they nave not hern equal to
my can • t tlesne to contribute in the improvement,
it.oral, iMelhtiuw! and physical, of my native Slate.
Kcgtrtting my inability to lie pienei t at your din
mi, I hr;? have lo oiler the toast "huh is subjoined,
and te aNstire % • • u of the gnat lespci t, with which
l itAi your fail‘if I I \ J \ \
The l'uhlic L inds—'I he propetty of .ill the
States, and the rightful tesotiire ol those in debt,
lo lighten the I tir«l« n of taxation. Let them not
he Hold foi half pure, or haltered hr (’residential
votes; I Inis emu mg nw.iv our people, depreciating
pi iv,ite lands, and corrupting public mural*.
L i w is nr ho, (• reenbr in Co.
l!hh July, |H.’iy.
iirnllniifti—\ ours of lire Hi ll mst. duetted to rue
at Kichriiniid, wa* reerived by Iasi evening** mail,
at tins place.
I lose no lime in expressing my tukhowledg
mints n the homo « onioned on me by your invita
tion— my deep sensibility at the veiy eouite
on* and flatienng leiina in wluilt volt have couch
ed it, and iov tegret that it will not be hi mv pow
er to unite w ith x mi in lendei mg the contemplat'd
coiupliiurnt to youi late Kepu’srntative.
My acquaiulance with that gentleman, during the
hiiel pei md that wit mm veil the State together in
('otigre**, impressed me with » cordial feeling ol re
gard and icspect for him. W’hiitevcr may Inve,
been the sentiments with which he commenced his
public service, he was, I am confident, loo c lear I
r ighted not to *ee, and too honest and independent
not to spurn, that slavish servility lo party, and that |
cold blooded and unprincipled despotism of party
spirit, w hu ll threaten* to become the besetting sin
and the w ubeiing rinse ol the eountiy. Differing
with linn upon n great question of government, I
yet h oi occasion to admire the firinne.-s and integ
rity with which ho reconciled Ins representative fi
delily with In* own personal independence.
I lie general lone ol vour letter leads me to some
reflections ol a congenial natuir, in which I hope
you will indulge me. I hesitate not to say that the
influence it patty in the i intent and despotic spirit
w hich it lias been alieady exerted, and is likely to
be. I leal. Mill finther manifested, is utterly incon
sistent with, and destinelive ot the vety essence ol
iepnblicaii government.
The problem of the capacity of man fm self-gov
ernment can be im heller illustrated, where political
opinion i* under the control cl a few selfish ami sell
cniisiutited paiiy leaders, than where it is submissive
it» the iiibmaty willi.t an hereditary monarch. The
lot ms ot Iree government may still continue, but us
hie and spun me gone, when whole bodies of public
mm, under the blinding influence of party seal, or
in submission to the reengnixsd obligations ol party
allegiance, i ot only embrace with feivor, but estab
lish as tests ol poluic il orthodoxy, the very measures
and print iple* wlmh a little while before they had
lepudiated and denounced ns the worst of heresies_
and w hen co-operation wuh, anil fidelity to a par
ty, is oliered by a iepreseulaltve, and shall be received
1be people, as an ail sufficient apology and justi
fication lor evciy disregard ol popular sentiment,
cv« iy nror ol pohtici.1 opinion, and every sacrifice ol
•he public interests.
II any* '•any in power can bring to it* support, in
addition lo )ls patronage, us blandishments and its
cajolene*—the Clowning mflueuce of unhesitating
and unscrupulous par'y nu.besion, Hevaied into a po
htieal virtue — its auilioiiiy and irrcspuusibi.hfy must
become as absolute ns that ufu king »• tv ho t an do
no wrong.”
No less fatally pernicious, in my estimation,
would be the evil of a political party in opposition—
banded toeether for the purpose of indiscriminate
and iflentless resistance to an existing government,
and ready to sacrifice long cherished and settled
principles—to insist the most salutary measures, and
to prostrate and trample upon the moat uptight and
virtuous statesmen, for the sake of accomplishing a
mem parly triumph. Political contests urged in
this spit if, degenerate into struggles for *• the spoils
uf victory,” debasing, sordid and slavish. Itrhvcen
parties warring against each other in ibis lempet,
a Iicio on the one hand the plunder is used to pripcru
• t«* power, and on the other power is sought that the
plunder piay be enjoyed, what motive has the patri
ot and statesman torn* him into action ? What !
mailer is n *» under whii h king” wc are doomed tr»
I anguish out a feverish and fretful existence? Ol j
wh it concern to the country is it, under the domina
tion of which party, d they he equally factious, e
ijually despotic and equally unprincipled ? The
v,t 'I spirit of icpublican government is ciushcd
anrf ijit s*
I ih» r»"i wish lobe understood in these remarks »o
chat xcleri.e tli« ,>.irli*-w now existing, .mil which agt
i*uan<t ihrnie the peopla umi the politicians. lam
far Iron) believing that w<- have arrived at that point
uf political min and debasement. For however
perniciously” ••those parlv and official influences”
of which you .peak •• have operated upon the con
duct of our public mtn.snd tu a vety gteat extent up |
on public sentiment"—tbeie is still, I covifidcniiy
hope ami trust, a large infiiition of • ohm ivauvii puri
| tv. »n I M Solid capital of wi«d(ifn. vuti-r and rnodrra
linn incur public inn.i and in thv gie.it body id the
, profile—*111 all partic*— which will arrest hrne down
ward tendencies, that under the lead nnd gold nrrof
* ml nested and rtien en ity parti/.at * of'faction lave
horned all formei Kepuldics into the dark :*!.% -w of
corruption—only to romge under the ii<im luleof
military despotism.
1 feel U ’tri noted 111 these allusion* In lbs dang'*
tons I en tie m its of party spirit,by yoiir fl nirritig re f<
lent.»• fn my ** public caieer," wlin li you hate paid
tie tin! rained eoiiipltiiietif of thinking was union
nolle.I bv if. 1 cettmnly al*v *ys felt the ».»i»*i- honor
ol if as I now express.
1 shnuld feel •shifted that the famtable estimate
you have placed on my * public art tier*" was not
wholly uonifriled, if I ci u!d fhitfer tuyiell that ei
iher my example or mv pteccpls had tetnied to ill
mini'll *• those parly nnd official u,flneno * upon the
conduct of our public men and upon public senti
ment," which you end i alike deplore and depre
cate.
Kcured from active part ripstion in the scenes of
politic al xfitie, tbeie is a question, which, hum the
hop hold id retiretnrnl. I look upon with unfeigned
interest, a* wi ll as fur u* imuifdiaii: as ulterior mi
pntfatiec— ,md especially for u* hearing upon •• par
ty and official influenc es.” I allude of course to the
election ul a Senator from Virginia in the Congress
id the I!uited Slates.
I have tint all times agreed in opinion with Mr.
Hives, nor altogether approved bt* politic al course.
Kspeci.dly I regarded hi* participation m the Kxpun
ging scene a* an unworthy and mollifying ctmcr*
vion to the demon spirit ol parly. It was a di.rkspot
upon the dink ol abiight himiii.iiy, Km now that
it in obscured or ha* pained l»v — and thumb is hhm
| mg in the full radiance of the iisencJay, shall we, in
' stead ol Hilitiiimg ns Kplcndor and basking m it*
j beams, employ ourselves m dimming us radiance
by peenng *• through u glass darkly" to see w belli
er the spot i* not still llieie f Let those who ate m
1 ( lined to make an •• uupmdotiable sin" of this abet
i.ition, be sine that they arc not seeking a pretest—
rather than finding a justification. Jn the actual po
sition in which Mr. Hive* stand*—endowed a* lie t*
eminently with every qualification to tepresent the
Stale titily ami well — lit! c moot he sacuftced to
i he rage and vindictive fury of party resent men t with
out procbiimii.g umveisal prn.sciiption t<» Kepresen*
t itive mdepemleticu and absolutesubini*sion to party
I dictation, fi was mi my poor judgim nt highly
honorable to the pmiciple* and p.iiiiotisiii uf the
Wing* in the hint Legi«laruie that iliey sustained
him without pledge*, commitments or any othet
gn tiantteg lor Ins fidelity than sue h as were lurnish
, ed by In* high and gallant lo atmg—and hi* manly
I Mippori of tint pi me i pie*, and character ul the State—
uiisedm etl by the allutement* <d Kxecutive favor,
and imleirifted by lhe inn»i* ol patty deiiunc taimu.
l.nti itaming liuse views, I tender you a sentiment
to he prest i.ted on my behalf to the company whose
nigati you ate, il not un.icct plable to you and to
tin m.
II Utia •n ('■ /uir,f. lie ** remembered that he
had a country to "l ive," and vvis thencclorlh Inn
iridepemlent to he depended on" bv party : Lul
ling m Ins Miipport, let Whig* and Conservatives,
ho the sake of common pjineiple*. offer up their
past hostilities and party prejudices upon the altar
of ih it country .
1 have llu honor to he, gentlemen,
Vciv respet ifnllv,
\ nut oh’t serv't
J. M. PATTON.
I'i ti nsuum., July 1(1. 1839.
(/1 Hlicmcn — II w ill iifloi<1 me sincere pleasure to
be prrssnt at the <1 im■ r to lie given to ihc lion. Mr.
Mallory on I lie 2 Hi Ii m#l., to which you have hon
ored mo with an in\nation, if engagements on mi*
pon.ml business, railing me Irom home a few days
before, will primit me to reti in in time to reach
[ So Hoik.
I hope to have ii in my power to render to yout late
I* pieseiilalive the humble meed ol my le.speci on
ih.it occasion—for to none would it be more cordial
ly offered.
Whilst differing fimn the views he is said to hold
m regard to the Sul» Tieasiirv, I fell the greater m
(crest m Ins election, because, although he may con
cm with the paity in power on dial measure, his sa
gacity and independent v would not allow them to
number him among the i paitr/.ins by ihe deceitful
assurance that it had become the paramount object
«d then devotion.
’The recent t lei iions iii \ iiginu furnish numerous
illustrations of their Input nsy on this subject.*—
\\ IiiUi llit y eutle-ivnied In t>ariiflcn all who, acting
with theinuiilh.il measure, would not engage **to
sink nr swim" w 1111 (heir t hiefiaiu, they allow the
utmost latitude id disagreement on this** test ques
tion,” in those who lake dial loval vow.
Best assort d that I shall be, in feeling if not in
person, with ilit: Whigs ol Natisemoud at their pro
posed meeting ; and accept, gentlemen, for ilia very
ifuici ng ten is hi which youi invitation is add i cased,
the thanks ol, most truly.
Your obliged servant,
J. W. l’KUKAM.
[Q / ‘ h’ov. 'Tyler being absent Irom home, on a
tour to the West, a suitable response was made in
Ins behalf, by lus son, Kobeit Tyler]
NAM*: of vam aiim; maos.
IN pursuance td several decrees, rendered in the
( ircuit Superior Court id Law and Chancery fur
the Corporation ol Lynchburg, in the suits of 1‘icket
vs. Clark and others; and ('inland, &c. vs. Dixon,
Cl.uk and o'hers, the subscribers will offer for sale,
at public auction, on the (ith day of October, 1839,
(the same being Court day.) m front of the Court
House of Montgoirei v County, the tract or parcel of
LAND in said decrees mentioned, lying on the Bent
Mountain, in said county of Montgomery, <Y a small
portion thereof hi Fl"\d county and commonly
known as the Bent Mountain tract, consisting of
about *21,000 A4ICFS,
17 or 18,00(1 acres of which will be sold in one body,
and the residue in detached parcels, as may suit the
convenience of pure liasers. About 10,000 acres ol
said land is rich and level, not less than 2,000 acit s
is good meadow land, and about 1000 acres cleared.
The whole ol said 'Tract of land is well watered, and
has upon it two streams amply sufficient for Milling
establishments.
’The Bent Mountain tract has for many yeatsbeen
icgarded as one ol the most desirable Stuck Farms
m \ irgiuia, anil from a personal examination of the
Land, the subscribers feel no hesitation in recom
mending it tn the attention of the public.
'The said Laud will be sold oil a credit of one, two
and three years, (requiring, huwtver, a sufficient a
mouni in cash to defray the expenses of sale, iScc.)
Bond with good personal security will bo required ol
ihe purchaser, and the title tetained as a further se
curity for the purchase money. Fair plats of said
land will be exhibited on the day of sale, shewing
tlie quality and boundaries. Mr. Lawiy, who resides
upon the old Bent Mountain tract, will shew the
above laud at any time to persons wishing to pur
chase. I he title is believed to be unquestionable,
blit acting as ( onimissioncrs of the Court, we will
convey such title only as is vested in us by said de
crees. F II. MAYS, ? r
jna i’iilkuar, $ 1 °‘"s
July 25 tvew if
Couimissiou tun! t'orirnniitiu House*
Ht< Inuauit* IV#.
4 \ l R new Kuo Proof Ware House bring located
* " immediately on the basin, we aic prepared to
receive !• lour, Tobacco, «Vc. from the canal boats,
and sell the same Ireeol all drayage, thereby saving
the owners a heavy expense.
Liberal advances will be granted on all consign
ments as soon as received. We are prepared to lor
wanl Hoods, sent from the Nojth, and our location
enables us to save considerable drayago upon them
also.
W e respectfully refer to tltc following persons in
Lynchburg, whose business we have transacted lor
many years :
Samuel Miller, S. H. Davis & Co,
.las. W. Morgan, Hollins <V Ryan,
Dr. Jas. Sayiuleis, Joseph I). Evans A <*o,
Jesse Hare.
LEWIS LUDLAM Ac SON.
Ju'v 15 lot if
^(1 KAHKELSt OK\ l OlC SAML
J. B REN WICK.
* ifts
«*'?■■* ..-Mi ■ . ■
i »t»sKsrn i\ ri:v,Mia:v i:.
('onesput rirn <j (he fnitrU Xufc* Ua+ette.
N i w York, August 1.
The departure of the steam xh j* has given »o
much occupation in the way of Inter writing tin*
lorgfiooii, that little else has been doi.e, and niv
, « bid item of intelligence i-, ton fine I tothc inform.•
( Hun of tlieir sale ilrpiif !t»re. and li e lists of
passengers. 'I he Rri'i*li Queen I.ike* Util 11 3
passenger*, exclusive •( children and m-rv.inti,
•nd the (ire.it We*«rrn57. Amongst those by the
lur flier vessel are Mr ('irr.brefeng, Ml*. I * .1 -
i pmeau and family, Madame Auguxfa, &c.. while
i I he lion* of i he (heat Western arc Air. Vincent
' Nolle and (icneial Hamilton.—The great* xt ex*
i ertions ah ne on the part of the consignees of the
( Kiitish Queen have enabled them to get oil this
venue|, and you may futrn miiiiu idea of this from
the hot of]Ob men having been engaged in taking
in rnal, and continuing e,> | loyrd dining tint mine
night Miner Sunday last. The Western h it tint nv
er at hall | ast one, and the Krilibh Queen at two ,
0 i lot k, no that there was i o opportunity for texting
1 heir ft peed so fir, .mdagte.it deal of llie interest
was lost, liom their not In.v.ng gone down the Kay
together, The number ol letters faken out i^ vrr\
groat, and about &300.U00 in specie is supposed to
i be mi board, tho* as yet the unount going by the
: tirent Western, say ^13(),0U0, has only come to my
know ledge.
As before stated, there Ins been little or no busi
ness done to day, except by the pickpockets, who
have had a glorious haivest round tin* various offices
where leliei* were taken mi lor the Sir* »m Ships. At
fidpiu'* Merchant's Kxchange Reading Ro m.some
hall a rloZ' ii pocket hooks were taken in less than no
j tune, besidesvarious other articles too numerous to
I mention. '1 lie postage taken m a* Air. (*ilpm't) was
! upwards ol # I (j()0.
I he Siock Market has been again more active,
and puces, generally, show moie improvement.
It is urn eibtnod that, ow mg to the advices received
yesterday from I .niton, Teas,and .Silks are held at a
| considerable advance on previous puces. The pa
peis will alualy have fully apprized you ol the.
state of alfaiislo which 1 alluded.
1*. S.— I have just learned I hat t he Hi it ixh Queen
taken out #280,()< 10, and the packet ship lur Havre
hilly the same amount, making a total of nearly hall
a milium ol dollais. which go forward to Kurope to
!*«■>■•
( \n tcspond cnee of the I'litltulclphui .Xnrfh Anmiran.
N k tv York, August 2.
Stocks are all back again to-day. The gt eat ex -
port ol specie proves even mute than I stated
io you yesterday, teingmu less than one million r.|
dolhir*. Among the most intelligent men however,
there is no alarm, and 1 calculate that the timid
i ones will find that the bears have outwitted them this
time.
Kni there is nothing I would .ml sooner prophecy
j about. III,III the New York Stock Kxchange, for it
olien, like a pig. goes exactly in opposition to all the
influences w h eh ought to influence it.
< ofioii is more inactive, though prices are steady.
— I* lout is ij mie up again, ( oiiiiiion (ienessee has
fer n bold at $f»,37, a* long as holder* would sell.—
1 Mlio would command the same price. Sotiilicrfi *
holders aie Hot moved much, and can still be had a( '
b,2n a $0,37. New wheat i* held at 140 cents.
J
Correspondence oJ the Philn. National Gazette.
LATE EROM FLORIDA.
Sr. At’oi sti.h:, July22d, 18.30.
Late inlelhgr i ce from Lake A11 j • me represents
:» large number ol Indians in that quarter destitute
ol clothing—Legging and stealing, and extremely
authoritative in their demands. , A steamer stopped
j .it I icnlata on her way down to (Jarey’s Ferry, the
explain ol which staled that lie saw a considerable
! unmljp/* crossing at v irions points along the river,
i and they appeared to be peaceably inclined.
T li lU' also 11 ii hed here from Lit ut. Pot
! ter, comm mdmg one of tin- Foils on the St. John’s
! river, that during the night of the Gth, a party of
Indians surrounded one ol bis men who got benight
id w Ii i If hunting in a ncighbmiii' 11 aimnock : but
In* luckily escaped the knife. The Lieutenant im
mediately sent a Sergeant’s command to ascertain
the titiih ol the story, and tiny discovered a
veiy heavy and liesli trail leading towards (iarey’s
lcii_\. \ mi will observe that tin* was two days al
ter the Indians weic 10 have been below Tampa l>av
— two hundred miles distant.
Coa ( im hue, or Wild Cat, the second son of old
King Philip, ol the Mosquito baud, who was seen
led dining a liuce and incaieeralrd by (ieneral
Hernandez, and subsequently escaped with nineteen
others liom the old Spanish fort, at this place, is
still implacable, and will listen to no proposition from
the whiles. His gang consists of 180, and he is an
active, intelligent and energetic war chief. Several
ol the Musqu'ionians haveieturneU from Arkansas
ami represented tho miserable condition of the Se
minole* who weie carried thete since the war.
They lotintl tin* laud which was assigned F cm in
the 11 eaiy ol 1832, occupied by some of the ('reeks,
and Mieatiopy’s party encamped cm tin* (ioveiu
ment reservation, without any attempt to plant.
From the N. O. Picayune, July 22.
From Nirth Pattern 'Perns.—Rv a gentleman ar
nved yesterday liom Nacogdoches,'Texas, via Natch
itoches and Red River, wo learn 111 it considerable
excitement prevails in ilie neighborhood of Nacog
doches, m relation to the hostile movements of
Howies, the Cherokee Chief, who, it is feared, con
templates a hostile invasion. (Jen. Rusk had sent
expresses in different directions for all the militia in
turn out, and had already collected HMH men. Hi*
camp, when our informant left, was within two miles
and a ha I ol that ol Howies, and an engagement was
hourly anticipated.
Howies, in the meantime, was hourly receiving re
inforeements liom Arkansas, and the snuggle was
expected to be severe.
Theieis little doubt in the neighborhood of Na
cogdoches. that Howies has an understanding with
the Mexican authorities, and dial he has been insti
gated to this host ile movement by a promise of im
mense grants in 'Texas mcase he succeeds, and that
moreover the Mexicans have agreed to attack die
western frontier, in the viemi y of San Antonio or
(i’oliad, to instigate him still farther. We are anx
iously looking tor the insults ot die action near Fort
Houston, al the forks of the Sabine and die Tiinity.
which must have taken place on the 13di or 14di
inst., unless a treaty has been rfleeted between the
Vice President ol Texas and Howies, of w Inch there
was little hope.
'The Kickapnos, a warlike and dangerous tribe,
whose skill with the rifle is said to be a*gieatas that
of the Tennesseeans, Kentuckians or 'Texans, h ive
joined Howies, who is spoken ol as a shrewd, design
ing and ambitious chi- I. well educated, and perfectly
conversant with the English language. 'The Texans
desire no treaty with the Indians—til diey want is a
war of extermination, since they have learned the
treachery of Howies. 'The hitter has always pretend
ed to act a perfectly friendly part ; but the intercep
tion of several letteis lately to die authotilhs of
Mexico, has shown him in Ins true colors.
PAHKiilAPIIK.
Appointment In/ (he President—II. F«. Holmes, ofi
North Carolina, to lie Attorney of the C. S. (or the
district of North Carolina, in the place of Thomas
1*. Devereux, lesigued.
Times in Acte Oilcans.—The New (file.ms Cou
rier says :—“Times are now harder, r.ccotdimt to
common report, than they were during the embargo, '
or the war with Knglund. 'Hie prospects ol the a-1
bundain crops which must seek a market next Fall i
and Winter, and the conviction that money will be
brought to purchase our great staples, unite in in 1
spiring good hopes for the future, is well as fort it tide
through the present slate ol things. May ho chil
ling frost or rude humcancs disappoint these expec
tations."
From a letter id Urn. Houston to the Postmaster •
at the White Sulphur Springs, dated July Ijth,
South Union, Kentucky, we learn that he has de-J
I clinetl his visit to the mountains, and that he is on 1
Ins return to Texas. He says, -| was thus far on my
way to the Springs, but late nmdh-trncc will coin- i
pel ne to return to Texas from this place."
I Among the pisscngcrs for Texas who left N mv
\ Orleans on the 20ili July in the steam packet Co. 1
lumbia, were Gcu Feott arid Hnnl* ol *.p|..
Mr. Ucorco J’liimlcxlfr .ii)d 1'in.ilv. ol >he satin.
:i snn «if (Jr*n- Hamilton. an<J *^r* 1 ,J*
on** «f the proprietors *tl tin* Picayune. J !C
nifr of f4m-** gentlenM-u *;onti*ui|»Ules rewuiog perni.i*
neirtly in Texas.
Six dollar* a day i* the price nf mechanic’* »>** *
in r« xns ; but beef i* thirty ••«*« n ««*d * I-1'1 cent*
per lb., pork setenty-fiw ditto.
Mr- UthsUrm i:."xhit„t—It is slated in tile l?«v
Ion ' ‘arilin.I.tltat it is tin- inteniion of Mr. Websler lo
r„na> i in L milnn. iitltilphe close of the present srs
sion nf Parliament m Xu.-nst. IB- vv dl then probably ;
I, a mur'liiough lingbiml. Scotland anil Mine |
„f Ireland, p iss over to the continent Imale* '
run Us, return again III I.nglainl, and be prepared lo i
einbaii, for Inline in November.
J’rau Is on the revenue —An imporlnol trial is now
going on in Hostuii, ivlin li involve* I lie same charge
made in the trial at New York against Samuel It.
Woods—a (laud on the II venue by false valuation
of goods iinpoileil. The goods charged to have
lire 11 so valued, were some eases ol broad cloths tin- ;
ported by Janie* Uoimmly, Jr. id New York. The |
l ulled Slates District Attorney in opening the case
said he should be enabled lo prove the charge, ami j
would ..Bo prove that it was by a corrupt collusion |
with a ("liner depiiiy collector id New ^ orb, a Ml.
(,'auipbell, with wliuiil only would Mr. IJottomly on- j
ler Ins good., ill it the liaud had hevn coiisumina- ,
led.
Death from It yd rnphobia.—The N. Y. Journal
of Commerce mentioned about six week* ago that j
a III ula'.iu in n had hern bdlen by a dog supposed lo
be rabid, belonging lo Mr. 111 ng land, who keeps a
livciy stable in Washington street. New \oik. j
The man is John Tay. I he dug attacked II goal 1
in ihe stable, and Tay secon d I by a rope, but I
was biilen in ibe no and leg. The goal has since j
died, and poor Tay was attacked with spasms last !
week A: taken to the hospital at Bellevue, where he
died on Sunday. .Mr. lloogland, the owner of the;
dog, was also liillin, bill has taken remedies, and
is not yet, ai.d we hope vvili not be, di eted by the
disease.
The Specie Jlumbus.—A long investigation has
been going on at New Oilcans, into the conduct ol
the oflict is ol the Mint recently established there.
Amongst tlu* disclosures, it appeal* that the expen* '
ses ol the i stablishmeni in salaries, Ac. weie$52,- '
OOU. and the anioum of money coined $40,243! '
Another profi able “ experiment.”
The Charlottesville Advocate of the 3d ust. says:
We learn with regret, that M r. Erkiurk k Sin fried,
a native <>l Lermanv. and nephew of l)r. Plat termann
of the University ol Virginia, whilst bathing in the
Kiviatma river, a few mile* below .Milton on the 25th
instant, was suddenly attacked by crump, and was
instantly drowned. I .very exertion to save him was
made by his fin ml* present, hut without success.
•Mr. 8. had been in this country about twelve
mouths, and is said to have possesed talents of a
superior order, and every amiable quality which
constitute a useful citizen.
An interesting xcorl furthcoming.—We learn from ,
the New York Express that the Rev. Mr. South- |
gate, a missionary ol the American Board, lias lately
returned lioui an extensive lour in Persia, Asia |
Minor, Mesopotamia, apd other orir ntal countries,
a ii is about publishing an account ol his travels.
Mr. Daniel C. Webb, has resigned the Presiden
cy ol the Bank of the Slate ol South Carolina and
Mr. James Rose has been elected in his stead.
A pair of crowned cranes ai l ived at Boston a few
days ago, from the r.vet (J.imhia. The Boston Allas
•says :—•* The extreme beauty and gracefulness ol
these birds, as well as their great rarity, rentier them j
objects of no slight attraction and interest. But a
single othei specimen, that wc are aware ol, has,
ever belotc reached this continent. This was brought I
Iroin the western coast of Afiica some years since to !
k Mem, w here it was kept in a domesticated state
till us death, which took place in consequence ol a
careless exposure to a inclement day in w inter.”
The New York Courier calls Captain Marryatt’s
Diary, “ a novel, founded on fact.”
Among the passeugeis in the British Queen is
Mi. ('uoard, the enterprising gentleman who is
now* building for the British (ioverument four splen
did steam ships, each larger than the Creat Western,
to run as mail packets to Boston an I Halifax.
()ue ol the New York papers mentions two cases
of confirmed cholera as having occurred in that
city.
It is staled that the daughter of a Philadelphian
attended a hall at Saratoga a few days since, whose
neck was adorned with a circlet of diamonds, valued
at $20,01)0.
A Vegetable. Monster. — Mr. Cuss, near Montrose,
(Pa.) has raised a head of lettuce seven Jctl in cir
cti m IV i cnee.
Important from China.—By the arrival oftheship
< hnega. intelligence is received from Canton to the
25th of March^annnuncing the stoppage of all tradt
with foreigners — A the adoption of the most rigorous
measures on the part of the Celestial Executive
for the prevention et common e in Opium. Most
of the foreigners in Canton had been imprisoned and
llu* foreign merchantmen in pmi were captured and
detained. The Onega scarcely escaped. A lin
guist was sent down to take her hack, but she had
discharged her pilot and got off. Two English
ship* w hich were going out at the same time were
c,imed back.
From Havana—By the barque ( I.trim , arrived at
New Orleans on the 233 uh. Iroin Havana, whence ,
she sailed on the l7th,we learn that on the liili the
steward of a Spanish schooner, on a coasting voyage
from that port to Trinidad de Cuba, w ith a cargo of
negroes, and 20 white passengers, men, women and
childieu, managed to excite the blacks against the
whites; the hitter were all murdered, together with
the officer i and crew of the schooner. As soon as this I
news leached Havana, the (iovernment despatched
a vessel of war in search of the coaster.
Colonization.— Elliott Cresson. Esq. has collected ■
for ilie Colom/.ation Society $0000, in about two ;
weeks, in llie neighborhood of New Loudon, Conn. <
In New London two gentlemen contributed $1000 !
each, and in Sionington one gave $1000, and another
$500. The New London (ia/.ette states lor the in
formation of those who charge the whig* with aboli
tionism, that every contributor in that county is a
Whig.
Those notorious scoundrels, John Cook, and
Curtis, who recently broke jail in Scott county,
Mississippi, were re-taken a few days afterwards in i
Neshoba county. The Vieksburgh Whig thinks ,
the old gentleman with the cloven foot will be apt to
get Ins due this time, if a rope can he found in the
State.
'I’lie ship Saluda, about to sail from Norfolk for
Liberia, will cany out among other emigrants eigh
teen emancipated slaves lately belonging to Jon.\ R.
Mix, Esq. of Raleigh, N. C. who were liberated
on the condition of their emigrating to that Colony.
liens. Scotland Brady strived at Buffalo on the
28th ult. It was understood that they were to wail
for the arrival of Mr. Poinsett, for consultation and
arrangements connected with the service.
JPESItt* §BE E JPMOJPEMt T 1*
FOIt dfffrfs SALE.
HE subscriber Pjoil offers his private rcsi
A ilencc for sale This properly is si'u
Iml on Third sired, npipsite the I’rotestant Me
hodisi Church, and about (lie reulrr of town_The
l,ot is well improved, a convenient House. 7 rooms,
all »III! liie plat es, a good Well, and a huge and
productive Carden If not sold privately before the
15th August, it will on that dav be sold ai public
auclinn. ' f*. ,s;. MILLER.
August 1 ids if
( iiiiiiingliniii i\- (mlrrson's Colton
i *. nt.vs.
r 1111 !■: subscribers, agents lor die Richmond Man
■ ul.icluiing ('ompany, w ill receive in a lew days,
an assortment of their excellent yarns ; which tliev
are prepared to sell on accommodating terms. Mer
chants wishing lo purchase will please in call and
le-ave their orders. CEO. liAOBY A Co.
■Ink 29 6, ,1
KOI/l'l\<; ( LOTUS.
\\/ 1' 11'' E received h IVcsh supply of the gen
»* nme HERMAN ANCHOR BOLTINO
I LOTUS, embracing every iiuniber in use, which
a ill be sold n< low as tlit v can be bouglii in the
v;,r TURNER & BUR WE LL.
June 3 __ jit.
M NDIiailKC, Aram S, I •*:(«>.
NORTH CAROLINA ELECTION
Mr. Stanly (Whig) is certainly re elected. The
•dinning is the vote id'all the counties in the Hi».
tict, except Tyrtsl, which will gi»e Mr. 8. a laige
majority.
1839 1937
Ciiunlit». Stanley. Hall. Stanley. Wilson.
I’m. 636 371 64ft 45l
Edgecombe, 10U 1390 78 1167
Beaufort, 536 0(1 668 317
Washington, 323 Oo 405 Cl
Hyde, 518 00 191 126
Ty riel, 00 00 343 54
2123 1961 2842 21 ?t,
1061 2176
162 666
The result shows that there lias been a sligl^.
Whig loss in the district, but tins is to be account!#
for by the popularity of Or. Hull in Kdgcconibo
county, wind) is Ins residence.
THE RAIL ROAD.
It would seem almost supeifluous now to aite.imt
to de iiionsliale I lie ITiiporiiince nfa Rail Road con
ntction between .lames River and the Tennessee
lit e. This has been so often and so satisfactorily
done, that tlie argument is completely exhausted.
Indeed, our citizens gave, several years ago, the
stimigest posssible evidence of their faith in the con
clusiveccss of the argnmeiil, by their subscription to
the Stock of the New I! vir Rail Road; the most
liberal ever made, in this place, in behalf of any
public enterprize.
And yet, il is worthy of remark, that, in it
was proposed to terminate the Road at New Rivet,
with a prospect certainly, but with no positive assu
rance, that it would liltinpilely tench Knoxville ; al
though it is line, the possibility of its extension, at
some future period, toNew Orleans was asscitcd.
Rm w hat is the state of facts now ?
Tennessee is anxiously awaiting our action, in ei
der to regulate I,er own. Desirous of alfording u,
her interior, as wi ll as In that poitn n of her people
boidciiog on the Virginia line, an outlet to market,
she has been long hesitating as to the best nude of
improvement, and n»ailing the determination cl
Virginia as the basis of her own decision. 1’iefei
ring the Rail Road system, she is anxious to meet
os with that description of imptovement, if we will
but say the word: llut aware, tl at, unless sucb a
Road be made in coijunclion with us, it will be a
useless expenditure ol money on her pan, she is
disposed, if her's is to be an isolated work, and de
signed only fur her own local trade, to construct a
Road upon the chcupei plan of a Macadamized
Turnpike. Shall we longer delay our decision, and
pet haps compel Tennessee to adopts mode ofiui
provemeni, which, after its completion, may consti
tute a broken link in the contemplated line, fur
years after its cumplsiion on either side ?
Again : tile Rail Road from New Orleans to Nash
ville. commenced two or three years ago, will
doubtless soon be resumed with renewed vigor, and
energetically prosecuted utiiil it is completed : A
bill making a heavy appropriation to this object was
last year deflated by the rdo of the Governor of
Louisiana, against the votes of nearly two-thirds of
both branches of the Legislature ol that Slate,
founded upon an objection, not to the. work itself,
but to some of the principles contained in the bill,
and all patties seem sanguincly to anticipate that
next winti r all dilhrully on this score w ill be remo
ved, and that the work will be pushed forwaid spirit
edly and vigorously. So that the anticipation of 1831
is realized in 1839.
And, at the other end ofthe line, from Lynchburg
to Richmond, we shall have a Canal navigation o
I eneil, capable of transporting any amount of | ro
dnee, md furnishing a cheap and pleasant conrev
ance for any number of p sseogers ;—when as, had
the scheme been prosecuted to completion in 1631,
the water line from Richmond to Ly nchburg would
have been probably untouched, and we should have
been subject, fora time at least, to all the inconveni
ence, delay, uncertainly and expense incident to bat
teaux i avigatioa ; while the passengers upon thu
rnttte would have been vastly diminished by the JgMI
miles of stage travel betw een the same points.
With refcience, therefore, alone to the condition
of things at both ol its termini, the inducements to
construct the Road arc imii casurably greater now
than they wete in 1831 ; and, il the stale of
things then existing jtistilied a subscription, by
the citizens of Lynchbutg, of upwards of $300,000,
surely it is not too much to expect a subscription of at
least twu-ihirds ol '.hat sum at tins tune ; especially
whrn other facis arc adverted to, calculated still f.,A
llier to show the utility ofthe scheme, by pointing *
sources of profit not only not known to exist, but ac
tually not dreamed of in 1831.
We have now before us "a Map, illustrative of
the Internal Improvement system of the South,"
prepared by John G. Tratitwine, E-ip Engineer ol
the Uiwossee Rail Road—a glance at which is only
necessary to convince the most "unbelieving Them
as ' among us. (il indeed there be ary one who
doubts,) that, regarded alone as a secure and profit
able investment of luuds, no stock can possibly pre
sent slrongei inducements to the cupidity of capital
ists than this.
Taking Knoxville, which may he regarded astlie
western tcitiiiiius ufour road, as the point of obser
vation, what a magnificent picture is spread out be
fore the eye ;
r r. nr have the IJiwnssee Rail Hoad, stietcli
,nfc itii'es, to the Ceoigia line, 40 o| w hit'll are
now ready lor it citing the rails, and it is stated, on
competent authority, that in h ss titan nine month*
the additional 58 miles will be in the same condi
tion.
At the Ceorgia line, the IJiwnssee Road is met liy
the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, to Decatur,
llO miles in length, 100 of which arc graded for tJt«
rails.
At that point a connection is formed with tlie Dc
camr and Ciaw lordsvillc Kail Hoad, 58 miles in
length, upon wliicJi much grading is already done
And at Crawlordsvillc it taps the Road runtnufc
front Athens'to Augusta, 55 miles in length ; which
connects at the latter place with I lie South Caroli
na Road, 130 miles in length, terminating at Charles
ton,—the w hole of the two latter divisions being al*
ready completed and in opeiation—‘J10 miles.
Ileie is a line of Kail {loads from Knoxville to
C harleston, S C , 4/5 miles in length, and inoro
than one hall of it already completed, and a lar^c por
tion of the other moiety graded for the rails,' which
wil! cjjiku wttfj and "njtttutt a feedet to, as