Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-07-22

n. C. Rail. ROAD MACHINE SHoP.-In company
with several intelligent gentlemen, paid visit,
one day last week. to the North Carolina Rail Road
Company's Machine Shop, which is situated in Ala
nance county, about two miles on this side Of the
sprightly little down of Graham.
The main building is substantial brick structure
Of ample dimensions of ohlong form we'll covered
with tin, and contains a very large amount of the
most approved machinery, quite enough, bus not too
much, for all the purposes for which It erected.
The Smith shop, Wood-shop, and other necessary
appencages are equally well constructed, furnished
with proper implements, and kept in the very best
order.
On arrival were politely received by Mr..
Roberts, the accomplished Master Mechanic through
whose courteous kindness, in pointing out the
ious matters of interest, were enabled to cOmpre
bend the nicely and perfect regularity with which
steam does its work through the seeming intrcacies
of flying and revolving machinery, upon which a
volume might be written without conveying to the
general reader any correct conception of how COM
plicated machinery operates; to be understood it
must be studied closely.
There are few better appointed more efficient
establishments of the kind in the United States; and
from the vast amount of necessary costly materials
used and the immense value of the work performed
it must be attended with heavy expense; and yet
all its conducted with the practice of the closest cal
culated economy, for which the Company is indebted
to the intelligent vigilance of Mr.. Roberts
These works occupy most beautiful site, on
tract of seven hundred acres owned 10y the Company
In and about the shops employed about fifty
workmen indusriously exerting both skill and science
for the Company's benefit. Sail. banner.
THE FORTUNES OF CHARLES DIcKENs.-A London
correspondent rites:
If booksellers drank their old wine of old out of
authors skulls, authors not unfrequently quaf
efervescent beakers of something good deal better
than hppocrene outof the pockets of booksellers
Take Little Doritt for example. Why, the proceeds
must be equal to the united salaries of half the Lords
of the Treasury and all the Lords of the Admiralty
land, naval and amphbous-put together Dickens,
nowadays, has as many sources OF emolument from
one of his works as Prince Doctor Field Marshal FL
der Brother Ranger Warden Albert from all his
royal omnium gatherum appointments First came
the enormous direct profits on the prodgious sale ;
then the profits arising from granting privilege of
translation to the various countries with which we
have international copyright; then the sale of early
proof sheets to the American houses lastly, the ad
vertisements, in themselves equal to the salary of
cabinet minister; finally ultimately, and conclusvey,
the continuous sale of the completed volume.
The Herald of Freedom of the 9th ultimo esti-
mates the influx of population to Kansas the present
season at 80 000 and is of the opinion that before
winter sets in 100000 will have been added to the
permanent population Of the Territory. Meantime
the human current pours on with undlmnshed vol
ume. Many stop in Western Missouri, and others
| continue on to Northern Texas. There is regular
stream of emigrants flowing south through Lawrence
and other places in Kansas (says the Herald) to the
number of hundreds day, looking for warmer cli-
mate. We also learn that, while there has been a
large influx of population to Missouri the present
season, there has been an immense emigration from
it. A gentleman who recently came up from Ar
kansas reports the roads full Of moving CARAVANS,
with their slaves and CATTLE from Missouri, going to
Texas. The same gentleman tarred some three
weeks at the thriving village of Moneka, and while
there the road was daily thronged with California
pTnIt
class some Of them having slaves and large herds Of
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