The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-04-01
A SMALL LEAK STOPPED.

/ We ttiIthC dIlNIlp INT hCIS Vi 1OU-
gress, passed al It's rccen, session, one, en-
titled An Act TO abolish the Port Of de-
livery and office of Surveyor of the Gus
toms, at Currituck Inlet in North Caro-
lima" Curri;uck Inlet became closed
twelve Years ago--lus about The time Gen.
Jackson was eected-since which period,
| the Office, with a standing salary of 5000
per annum, has been perfect siRecbre !.
there being no more necessity for it there,
| than at any point on the Blue Ridge. let
the Office has been continued under tho
two last Administrations, and has been
held, Of course, by some active partisan OF
The party, 10 Currituch County. Mr.. John
B Jones held i, for some time before the
last canvass for the Legislature, when he
resigned il to become a candidate.
| Mr. Van Bursri, intent on exercising this
pi:tance Of patronage 10 the last, nominated
a successor TO Mr.. Jones, when the subject
was enquired into by our Senator, Nh.
Graham. The result Of his investigation
was, that he introduced a bill TO abolish
the office, and succeeded in having il psss-
ed into a law.
So notorious has been the fact Of the
closing Of Currituck Inlet, that it is men,
toned on McRaes Map of this State, pub
lished in 1898. And, yet, ever since that
period, s1400 of the Peoples money have
been paid to thiS Officer ,riihota employ
ment or, to speak more properly, to a
partisan for clectioneering.
This may seem a small matter, but it
serves TO show how loosely the affairs Of
the Nation have been managed. Mr.. Ora
ham deserves credit for having this small
leak topped.-Rdl. Reg.
Furidd.-We learu from an occasional
correspondent, that the President has been
for some days earnestly engaged inyes,iga-
ting the condition OF things in Florida
1t is understood that Gen. Gaines has re-
ques,ed of the Department. that the com
mand be restored to him, as it was at the
commencement Of the war; aud that he
and the President will confer on the best
mode of conducting the war to a favorable
issue.-Richmoad Wing.
80
Great Flood. The unprecedented guam
tity of Rain, which has recently fallen, has
caused an extraordinary rise in all our wa
ter courscs--the greatest, il is said, since
1874. At Smithield, the Rirer has over.
flowed lis Western bank to the distance of
nearly half a mile, while WayncSboro' is
perfectly inundated. We understand, that
the inhabitants there, as at Venice, visit
each other in their Goudolas, (olios Ca>
noes) the streets and lower parts of the
houses being entirely submerged.
The Fayetteville Observer says, that the
River, at that place, rose So feet above
low water mark, reaching within IL feet
of Clarendon Bridge, aud backing water
up Cross Creek, over four mlI-dams, to
the very heart Of the Yown,-Ral. Reg,
The Deepest Saov yft,---Et commenced
showing in this City, on Tuesday night
about 10 o'clock, and continued without
until the same hour the next
night. 1t is the deepest Snow of the Win
ter, and measures some eight or ten in.
chcs on a level. The Western and South.
ern Mail arrived yesterday, but the Rail
Road was so blocked up, we had nothing
from the North.-ib.