The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-07-26

OcracocE, O1 Tops1R and Bogae ~iniets.
TO the north of Cape Fear and the iulets
al the mouth Of Cape Fear. 10 Wit, Nam
and Ne,c Ialets. At Ocrdcocn, on Bea
con Island. there IS an eligible snd com
handing settle for a fort. Vessels sailing
into the sound. must approach this settle
almost 10 a direct line for more than 4
mile, and must pas. within q few hun
dred yards Of it. If u strong forttncation
wa. erected on il. and an adequate force
Stationed in it. not only the entrance OF
any number OF vessels into the sound
could be efectually prevented. but the
shipping at anchor in the harbor could
be protected. Such awork, the expense
of which would be nothing when COM
pared with il. immense utility, aided by
q few gun-boat. or other .rmei vessels
stationed at proper points IN the Sound.
would afford great protection aud .ecu-
rity to almost the whole of the northern
section Of the State. Should tic war be
OF long Duration, ~- may reasonably
suppose that the enemy will. If this Inlet
is unprotected. bring into our Sounds a
number of small vessels, with view %
harass our towns, 10 arrest the trade how
carving on through those waters, and
more especially. for the purpose Of plum
dering from their abundant 81 ores. the
necessary supplies for the support oftheir
feet stationed on the coast.
THE STATE BOUNDARY.
1t is asserted, We believe. hy State
Geologisi Kerr. and others that South
Carolina holds u strip of our Stare aver
aging 2 miles in width. for a long dis
lance, from the Pee Dee River we.tw ard.
The issue is an old one. Gov. Hawkins
says =
In conformity 10 an arrangement
made bet ween his exceiency the Cover
nor Of South Carolina, and myself, the
commissioners on boundary on the part
of this State. Gen. John Steele, Major
General Montfort Stokes, and Col. Roo
eTt Burton, and the commissioners on the
part of the State, met on the 10th OF
July last, at the termination Of the line
of l112, for the purpose of commencing
their operation. in ascertalning aud ma
king the boundary line agreeable to the
articles of the conventional agreement
entered into between the two States.
Our commissioners, after this uaptcdsunt
business had been acted on. transmitted
to me there report accompanied by sun
dry documents. The result of q series
OF observations made by the able astro-
homer ~ho accompanied them, the Rev
Jos Caldwell, and the artist on the part
OF South Carolina, produced a difference
OF OPINION among the commissioner as
to the extending the line from the Ter
mination of the line Of 1772, according
to the true intent and meaning of The 81
article of the conventional agreement.
This difference terminated in a provis
ional article Of agreement, as a substitute
for that article, which | now lay before
you for you ratification. a map of the
line as contemplated in this agreement,
taken from actual survey by DIR. Cald-
we'll, is also laid before sou. together
with a map Of the line in the vicinity OF
the Catawba lands, which was run and
marked according to the conventional
agreement. 1t is with the utmost salts,
faction | contemplate the approaching
just and amicasie conclusion of this long
pending territorial dispute between the
two States"
SINGULAR FACT.
The following paragraph conveys an
item that will be news to the average
reader. 1t appears that the State sold
the monopoly of our waters for steam
boat purposes to a New Jersey man for
20 years Gov. Hawkins says
1T will be recollscted that the 'sact
for the encouragement of steamboats, on
the waters OF this State" passed by the
Assembly at their last session,
vests John Stephens of Hoboken, in the
state of New Jersy, aud his associates,
with the sole and exclusive wight Of con-
structing apd navigating all kinds of
steam boats in all the waters Of the State
fer twenty years. Not long after the As
sembly adjourned, John d. Delacy. ESQ.
agent for Messrs. Fulton and Livingston
of New York. delivered to ne a memo
rial to he presented to the General As
sembly OF the State. purporting to be
signed 10y Robert Fulton, stating that ne
is the inventor of and patentee for steam
boats; that Mr.. stephens has not obtain
ed d grant from III M or his partner, to
use his invention on the waters of this
State. and pravs that the law may be re
pealed. Prior to the receipt of this me
| had received ii letter fro n Oliver
OF Philadelphia, enclosing a me-
mortal addressed to the General Assem-
bly,. wherein he denies that the exclusive
night to ruiz steam boats. be long, either
to Mr.. Stephens or Mes>rs. Fulton and
Livingston; contends that he is the orr
ginal lnveato of those boats. and prass,
hat ais rights as such may be respect
ed