The North-Carolina standard., 1842-11-30


sury, from that quarter, for Vacant and Cherokee
/ Lands would seem to give stronger claims to aid
from the Treasury. 1t is, therefore respectfully
recommended that you give to that section of the
State, such aid, as in your wisdom it's condition
may require, and the condition ofthe Public 'frca1
EsurY may justify.
the Buncombe Turnpike, in which the State
stockholder shows the great advantage arising
from such Improvements, and its profits, oftwelve
to fifteen per cent per annum, prove the great use
that is made Of it.
/ There is another Inconvenience to which this
section of the State labors, and to which deem it
proper to call vour attention. This extensive Ter
rtory is wholly destitute of Banking facilities al
Though it is so large that the County, which once
embraced nearly the whole oft, was frequently
dignifed with the appellation ofa State. When it
is recollectcI the large amount that is due to the
State, for the sale Of Cherokee Lands, it becomes
matter of public interest that the Debtors who re-
side mostly in that quarter, should have currency
among them in which to make payment.
Turning our attention to the Eastern part OF the
State, two improvements said to be practicable
assume an importance that renders them National
in their character I allude to the opening Of
Roanoke Inlet, and the connection of Pamllco
Sound, by a Ship channel, with Beaufort EIarbor,
Frequent surveys. ofthe first Of these proposed
Improvements made by able and scientific Engin-
eers and, more particularly one lately made under
the authority ofths State, by Maj. Walter Gwynn,
whose qualifications. endorsed by the General &c
vcrnment are eq1alIed only by his practical skill,
establish the feasibility ofthis work The advan-
tages arising from this improvement TO our Com
merce, are too obvious to need pointing ont. But
the view to be taken of its vast Importance, is, in
the protection it will afford to orr shipping, and
| the lives Of our seanren The difficulty and dan
gers often encountered at Ocracoke Inlet, render
the connection between Pamlico Sound and Beau
fort Harbor Of vast importance to the convenience
and security Of our Commerce anil Shipping. il
will be an extension of that inland navigation, 50
essential to u.s. in time ofwar, and give access to
one of the safest harbors on orr coast and from
which Vessel can be quicker at sea, than from
any other, perhaps on the Continent. In these
Improvements, the Commerce of the nation is in
tercsted; it becomes the duty ofthe nation to make
them, if they be practicable and proper. there
! fore recommend, that You bring the attention of
Congress to the subject, in the manner most like.
ly to effect the object. The attention of Congress
has been repeatedly drawn to the first of these OBJ
jects, but nothing is yet done We should assert
a continual claim to our right, to have this work
effected by the General Government. 1t is beyond
the present ability of the Site to execute it, and if
it were not it so appropriately belongs to the Gen
eral Government to execute it. that it might be
! considered an infrine cement of its rights for tie
State to attempt it. You would be saved the trou-
BILE of this appeal if the nation coul1 witness one
! OF those storms so frequent on coast-could
witness the war of clements which rage around
i Hatteras, AMI the dangers which dance about
Ocracoke-could witness the noble daring of our
Pilots and the Intellectual, but manly struggles of
our seamcn-could see our coast fringed with
wrecks, and our towns filled with the widows and
orphans of our gallant tars. Justice and Humani-
/ ty would extort, what we now. ask in vain If
one tithe Of the destruction which happens on our
coast, were to happen in Delaware Bay, or at the
entrance of Boston or New York Harbors, the
sensibilities of the whole nation would be aroused
and if its recurrence could be prevented by human
MEANS such appeals would be thundered into the
ears of Congress, as would afford the protection
desired regardless of the appropriation. But in
stead of giving us the protection so much need,
a beggarly sum is doed out to North Carolina, to
repair dilapidated Fort, or protect abrading
sand-banll.
siderable extent of Country, watered by Lumber
River and its tributaries, which is heavily timber
ed and would become very valuable, if more ac-
Ecessible to good market Thattriver is now
used to carry lumber to Georgetown, in S. Caro-
| lima; but the navigation is somewhat obstructed
and difficult and so distant is the market, that the
business is not found profitable 1t is suggested,
by those better acquainted with the geography of
that region than myself that Lumber River can
be very easily connected w;th the Cape-Fear by
Canal-that the expense of the Canal, and of open
ing the river to improve its navigation, will be in
considerable, compared with the advantages deriv-
led from the improvement. therefore recon-
men1 that survey be ordered, to ascertain the
lpracticability of uniting those Rivers by good
navigable Canal, and that an estimate be made of
1 its probable cost.
The Jndicia Department Of our Government
has been administered with promptness, fidelity,
and ability; but l cannot forbear to call your at
tention to the frequent acts of violence and force
committed upon our Jails, whereby prisoners,
charged with the highest crime, released, res
cued or escape To such an extent has this offence
been carried, that open force has been used, and
that too believe in the presence of the Jailor, to
break the Jail, seize the prisoners, and infict on
them summary punishment for real or supposed
Offences. In other instances, the prisoners have
been aided in their escape, by external force,
clandestinely used In Others by the use Of in
struments furnished them in prison Whether
these frequent and repeated offences against the
Edue administration of Justice, arise from the cow
fardlce, connivancc, or negligence of Jailors,, or
from the delinquency of the Magistrates, in not
building sufficient PRISONS are questions submitted
for your considerations with the hope that you will
apply the corrective fthe present Laws be insult