Carolina Watchman

              s ' ,. .... per annum in advance f,r -, su .. : ■ mi insertion uuit ui . higher iv^bster and mrtchoate m time to ie t a gn-ai intellectual " ■ - vi . m rufosl hoate were oppos ant cause .■■ re men that the i premises — ; the few who i om ac iuir e human frame ■ • ■ tness a ■ gather = and ur p ; to sei : the subs . !■■ .- n t in ard mr tgreed thai i i'hi u j amount i i prop ■ ordinal ily a cumu se who ■ e to themselves insanity ol a mosl inter . , .- •■- ol every i tlie i te's mind < lul >,\ ma i i most i omplele an 1 mas ■ ii d in ■■• irdsso ( apj ro j ne m • ti said inrrntire orator there wns ■• m iss al '•• siimony however - ssed inio the serviey eith ■ . or ai leasi lo be so eaken it it is to be . er m ■• -• nl lo nr imen of american bar oratory iravaganl l.y those who heard nilguieiit ihere is nothing fin she i mi speei lies of lord lei rked with ihat tl and broad grasp ol his i the man hut ■ i the opinion • musi be gi en to lus cli . to lask his . rength ; his c ilin • - probably the most appeals of • mean te say thai he us i n . il tn tin witness whose in pi \ ed is the grandson of iressed lus hopes urnl lus . ii emotion « as \ isi .- yers who wenl thither to i as a tists gave way to the jl was produced — ■ being impresse i with i . ■,.-. ■! but few occ is is have been arraj ed a ainst . fs ol i < ause ( nr fancy pic .! lines v e ■ il i , ien and others among desired io observe how rials for arguments this ■ of which will nol soon recur l it and mr trist .. wecopied idiction by the statements in rela m ou and mr i m ence by the lat ii tner n comman i ico the union sta 31 lhe admin my authority to interfere l ee with i en scott's i . ; totally without » ii illlil lit-rll - ihu positively and in the face ol thai denial it says mr trisl from the depart conclude an • in ; and ( leneral : mr trist that from lhe peru ently lhe intention of tlu adi him from tin command of the th to mi trist we is i facl within our own ■ 1 nion spi aks the v into the s to papers now on file in - within his knowledge linistratii n did actually give to - || tempted to exercise or not matter of opinion gen scott tter had no don it el tive virl h m subordinate to mr . formed thai gentleman thai he iwer which he had claimed and ■ war department conferred tnained al lhe bead of the nore of ilus anon • ii troy whig mi two passes iss in mill ina it he v m t vice a dozen heel at sacrificios " - ' ion and donna age and servant fi onor captain conner ain yours j k p — ir i ct - iction iction ol santa anna irj to havana in the commission ■ supervision highest sense ice — he missd success ed it not the iess l ■ ■ i imfort " he demands — a them at your hands : be sorry very . captain perry - white to yoik nd yours 1 k p k shocking occurrence esq • one ol thc wealthiest planters raleigh regisier ofthe '■ on mon lay last by one of his j'''!,,r >!<" : cumstances hehad kd not to be exactly in lodoe niething which he flatly refilled ' i to whip him if he did not execute the * onwhlchthe negro started as the mastersup 3 wing but he immediately returned mr b could put himself in a ' - was assaulted ami killed ! the ne ei «« drown hi-nself but wastaken from es and committed to the carolina watchman biuner & james / editors 4 proprietors ( " ke a ™" all yol'r ( new series do tins and liberty is s.fe " 1 '*-«►-- gen'l harrison ) number 1 3 of volume 1 v salisbury n c 7 thursday july 29 1847 from lbe richmond times the fourth in south carolina the people of south carolina whate ver we may think of their political obli quity rarely fail in their pulilic actions to do and say what is interesting and re markable of all insipidities we know none so great as the general style of lhe sentiments offared at anniversary cele brations but tlie testy south carolinians . utter their free trade dogmas and their oth.r peculiar notions with a spirit and a terseness that we cannot fail to admire lim charleston mercury gives a de scription of lhe late celebration of the 4th of july at calhoun's mills by tlie abbe ville artillery company ; and the proceed ings fully sustain our good opinion ofthe manner in which such matters are con dueted in the palmetto state passing by the ceremonials of ihe day such as the presentation of the flag the delivery of a : set oration and a sham fight between the artillery and a company of infantry we ; come to the toasts lhe letters and the i speeches amongst the first after the re i quisite avowals on the subjects of the day i the constitution southern institutions and i free trade we find lhe following : ; '■('). our senators in congress as < watchful to discover disguised assaults l upon the rights of their constituents as | they are prompt and able to expose and , repel them judge butler one of the senators from south carolina being present responded to this toast and his speech though man ifestly not fully reported is well worthy , of public attention since it evinces the wide separation between tbe speaker and lhe administration of mr polk and con tains pregnant testimony against some of tirett-'ost im"[jt8rtaiit features of its policy w,.ludge b says ttur~-_^rc^n-y's con densed report alluded in the begiirnvng to his illustrious colleague whose absence he regretted in common with the rest of us he was present on the ground proud in its name and still prouder in its asso ciations that the citizens on savannah river on both banks were as remarkable for the section of country they inhabiled as tln-y were for iheir intelligence judge butler spoke in high compliment to mr calhoun lie said he bimself entered the senate unprepared upon the great ques tions debated in that chamber that he felt ' : his embarrassment and frankly told his colleague that upon some questions they might differ bu that on those questions : which he had not studied or fully compre hended he would be guided by the light ot his acknowledged wisdom and integri ty judge b then spoke of his inten tion on < nit ring congress to support mr pol 17s administaation ; but that the course jiiirsiit tl hi t/u president could not meet j irilli bis approbation but rather of itself forced him into opposition he alluded in no measured terms to the attempt to cre ate a lieutenant general with proconsul power hi spoke of it as a measure that would disgrace the honor of the profession al soldier and virtually disband the regu lar army the power given to this civi co-warhke lieutenant was illustrated by angelo in the play : " we have with spe cial soul elected him our absence to sup ply ; lent him our terror drest him with our love and given his deputation all the organs ol our own power — what think you of it !" but we will pass to the main subject of judge butler's speech — the wilmot proviso upon this momentous subject which terribly agitates us now but which in a few months will set our blood on fire judge 13 gave only his sen timents as a southern and constitution loving man he said the imagination of a disrupted union appalled him — it over whelmed his mind and left no reason to determine the course lo pursue if this ac cursed treason to the constitution should be enacted upon the course to be pur sued in the event this or some other simi lar proviso be enacted by congress lie bad none to oiler he confessed his ina bility to propose and would leave to those ol more wisdom and of longer experience in political life to determine the course of the south but in his mind there were two methods to avert the crisis : the first was a holy union of all parties in the south who would make this question the great volume of their political creed until the danger had passed away this though he said was impossible and the second was to distinctly state to the north our determination to maintain our politi cal rights under the constitution at any and every hazard judge b was careful in not expressing opinions — he gave us only his sentiments to give his feelings on this subject he quoted mentor's re , marks to telemachus when setting out on his travels you see 1 tremble be i fore entering into danger ; but when in you see me no longer tremble what we have quoted is significant l proof of the estrangement which exists i between the friends of mr calhoun and the administration but the conclusion of 1 judge butler's speech is still more conclu sive on this point and gives reasons for their disaffection which are equally co gent and true : '• we will close our synopsis of this speech with his remarks upon mr polk 1 lie judge seems to condemn lhe presi dent/or his huge faith in the democratic party nothing could be done unless in the name and by the invocation of the de mocratic ; the war must be a demo cratic war ; commanded by democratic of ficers and each battle fought in the faith of the democratic creed after censuring mr polk for this unseemly fault he paid general taylor the compliment of having fought the greatest battle on this conti nent and which can be compared to the ! bloody field of wagram alone judge b described the indomitable mcdonald heading his column of sixteen thousand men to retrieve the error and misfortunes of the day in glowing language and said ihis alone was fo be compared to the a j cliievements pf taylor at buena vista here judge butler touches the true is sue between the president and the people in respect lothe mexican war although as he affirms lie entered the senate de termined to uphold the administration he now deliberately tells the country that the j president has been conducting the war ! not with a view to national interests but a single regard foruhe aggrandisement of the democratic party the whigs have i frequently charged the same thing ; but j this is the first occasion when it has been solemnly attested by a friendly witness and what must be the judgment of the country upon an administration which is thus proved to have been faithless to its highest trust the protection of the honor the lives and the treasure ofthe nalion ? in connection with the toast to which judge butler replied a letter was read from the hon john c calhoun who was prevflj ted from attending it is a cha racteristic production and we make room i for the following extract : ..„„ i , a jvittl great respect i am fc ' ' •>'> reasons to be attacheu ._ trict and devoted lo the state 01 ..... he is a citizen than 1 have ; for no one who has passed through so many and such trying scenes and been on the stage of action for so long a period has ever been more uniformly and warmly sustained by his early friends and supporters and the citizens of this state at large than i have been i have cause to be proud of the support i have received it was won not by management trick party combination or part reaching patronage flattery sub serviency or deception but by the observ ance of a simple rule : to endeavor on all occasions to understand what duty de manded and when my mind was made up to discharge my duty fearlessly — the only way in my opinion it can be won with honor both to those who bestow and him who receives mr calhoun's letter concludes as fol lows : that the union with our institutions and liberty may be long preserved ; that our beloved state may ever be one ofthe brightest stars in this glorious constella tion of slates aud abbeville one of its most prosperous and flourishing districts will ever be my ardent prayer ; and this i offer as my sentiment on the occasion of your celebration we cannot resist the suggestion that this tapering sentiment with its inverted base would find a very natural climax in a wish for the undivided success of the political and personal views ofthe distin guished son of the abbeville district a brief letter was also read from mr mcduffie whose very low health confined him to his bed he sends the following sentiment better worthy of an english than an american statesman : richard cobden and the national an ti-corn law league of england they have broken the shackles of a gigantic monopoly and opened the way to the greatest revolution in the policy oi nations ever peacefully achieved the lion a burt distinguished for his zeal in congress in resistance ol all en croachments on the southern rights made an interesting speech lie desired that meetings should be held throughout his district to assure him of the earnest sup port of his consistency he declared that the xorth was united on the wilmot pro viso and the south must be united also on the suhject of the war his views were freely and forcibly expressed '• lie savs the war in his opinion draws no nearer tn a close : that we may make a peace on parchment but the mad span ish invincibility we should rather say in sanity of the mexican people will stilt keep us tit daggers drawn ue contem plates tin most serious issue at the close of the war it territory is acquired then will come up the slave question with most ap palling aspect the north then will be fairly upon the south with her great ma jority which mr b assures us will be used lo disfranchise the southerners — these opinions the people were requested i not to forget but to treasure them up as . bis prediction the opinions of mr burt deserves very serious consideration ; and we entirely assent to bis assertion that the most seri ous issue will be at the close of the war but it appears to us this grave emergen cy may be avoided by proper discretion in the outset if the south desires to maintain its relative strength in the un ion by other than forcible means it must assume its position before the annexation of mexican territory is accomplished so surely as we blindly assent to that annex ation so surely will the north insist upon its anti shivery pretensions and it may truly say that it has given us warning of its intention let us settle the terms up on which this territory is to be admitted before we consent to its admission let us in the beginning insist upon the appli cation ofthe principle of the missouri com promise ; or if that is refused let us stout y oppose all annexation whatsoever ! we can pcrcw no olher mo(]e of ting the direful consequent of civii djs sension and division army intelligence later from vera cruz impor tant intelligence from mex ico the mail from new orleans liaving again failed to come through yesterday wr obtain from lbe baltimore sun later news from the seat of war which will be found highly inter esting the sun is thrown in advance of he mail by its poney express a slip from the n oilcans picayune office furnishes the news whicli it brings us : arrival the steamship mckim the steamship mckim arrived at new or leans on sunday afternoon the 11th inst in oyge of her first officer captain pillsbury i e itf<da.ou the pasasge of yellow fever va-h|vim left vera cruz on the 0m inst thci jjl '",|'" nothing i,(>1 received from the city of mexic<?4!_ftr ivis brousht i,m on he night oflhe isl instant fuller accounts had transpired at vera cruz than were r-7|v •> the alabama ■- -«|, . w e have no further information ofthe march of gen pillow had any disaster occurred to him the news of it could scarcely have failed to reach vera cruz promptly our letters make no mention whatever of him or his command by this arrival we have files of papers from ther overtures for the opening of neg,,tja lions until he has reason lo believe ihat such will be accepted by the mexican government • but nevertheless such is his desire for peace that he evils oflhe war shall not be prolonged one day later than the mexican government makes it absolutely necessary accordingly to carry his determination into effect he has sen in the quality of commissioner to lhe headquarters ofthe army in mexico mr n p 1 risl first clerk in lhe stale department wiih full powers to conclude a definite treaty of peace with ihe united mexican slates mr trist is , recommended as possessing ihe full confidence of the president and worthy of that oflhe mex ican government in conclusion mr buchanan forbears from , commenting upon the closing passage of the : last letter from lhe mexican minister lest it ! . should give to his preseni note a less concilia : tory character lhan he desires for it he re eurs with pleasure to another passage in lhe ! same letter wherein is expressed lhe pain with i which the mexican government has seen alter ; ed lhe cordial friendship which it had cultiva i ted with ihis ropublic the continued advance , ment of which it had always admired and j whose institutions had served as a model of its own such sentiments continues mr buch anan the pies d<?nt deeply feels his strongest desires aie lhal the united mexican states under such institutions as prevail wiih us may protect and secure lhe liberty of iheir citizens and maintain an elevated position amonv the rations oflhe earth > such is an outline of mr buchanan's letter al i:"!l we lilve "", translated it as •» iual will doubt at once be made public lure « mo indica/ion in itoftfo fasis upon which mr trisi is authorised to conclude -■- treaty «_. this letter lhe mexican m i , ~~^~' edges on ihe 22d of april jjwister ackcowl ident had instructed him levying that the pies subject matter of it had \- reply that the win.le by ihe severeign co oeen expressly reserved its own control ar mgress of the nalion for once iransmittednd thai thc latter would be at we learn litft'to its action gress was at/v the mexican papers that con iuto consideymce convened to lake the matter no quorumiration but up to the 2oth of june by a lettiud heen procured spect we l#r trom a source entitled to great re mexican rther learn that jen scotl gave the on the injovernment till ihe 30th ult to act up he wouhfter when if nothing should be done the if march in we h;yijt.?i opinion in mexico in our judgment ani;^e had an opportunity of learning by this n"anal that opinion gives but poor encour yemeni of peace but does not entirely despair loi'tier gentlemen with very ample opportunities !' f judging write from the city of mexico that hiere is hope of a settlement oflhe difficulties ; iv wm1 mexicans have not yet been sufficient ,;,.,.. k ; ■ and that gen scott will have to march into the _ , ,, .. ,. , i ,,,„ . . i - ' of mexico none ot the letteis we have seen nn . . . , i , . . , , n anvthiii about the number or position ot the ._■. 1 " an iroops the city ot mexico to the 29th ult inclusive in the diario del gobierno of ihe 26th june appeared an important diplomatic corrcspon , dence the first note is from the mexican minister of foreign affairs to the secretaries of jon gress referring to that body a communication from mr buchanan which annouces mr trist's appointment we learn ihat this letter was communicated to santa anna by or ihroindi the british minister at mexico mr bankhead who has exerted himself to bring about a ne gotiation for peace between the two nations mr buchanan's letter is dated april 15th — it acknowledges the receipt of the mexican minister's letter ofthe 22d february declining to accede lo our proposition to send commis sioners to jalapa havanah or other point be fore lhe blockade of the mexican territory evac uated by our troops mr buchanan writes that the president holds such a course absolutely inadmissible — neither demanded by national honor or sanctioned by the practice of nations he urges that such a preliminary condition would render wars inter minable espicially between contiguous nations unless by the complete submission ofone oflhe belligerants lie shows how peutile a course it would be for a nation which had sacrificed men and mo ney to gain a foothold in an enemy's country to abandon all the advantages it had won and withdraw its forces in order to induce negotia tion without any certainty or security that peace would ensue from such negotiations he then cites the case ol our last war with great britain to show ihat we never consider ed for a moment that our nation required us to insist upon the withdrawal of british troops be fore consenting lo treat for peace we sent commissioners to ghent when portions of our territory were in posses-ion ol british troops ; and it was notorious that while negotiations were oinw on al ghent hostilities were cur ried on upon both sides with unwonted vigor — the mosl memorable actions of the war taking place after negotiations had heen concluded — such a preliminary condition to negotiation cannot be cited in modern times ; at least mr buchanan knows of none he then exposes to the usual conduct of mex ico under another aspect the president in his desire to avoid the war had senl a minister to negotiate a peace even afterthe war had commenced by lhe attack of the mexican troops upon gen taylor the president had reiter ated propositions wilh a view to opening nego tiations which should put an nd lo hostilities he had declared to lhe world lhal he would ex act no conditions ibat were not honorable lo both parlies ; and yet the mexican government had refused to receive the minister sent to her and after declining^accede lo lhe opening of negotiations mexico had never made known upon what basis the would consent to a settle ment of the difljrences between the two re publics thercwill never be a termination of hostilities mr owchanan proceeds if mexico continues not to ftvten to the overtures whicli have been profleied,vt_d which lend to the re establishment of peace the president will not therefore make lur correspondence of the \. y courier & enquirer arrival of the britannia al boston fifteen days later from eu rope great fall in breadstuff's — advance in cotton — improvement in the money market — ar cidtnt to the sarah sands — father malhew's pension liverpool 4th july 11 a m a signal depression litis taken place in the corn market since the departure of the last steamer attributable lo many cases but pecu liarly to the prevalence to the line weather and the growing steadiness of the money market pi ices have become unprecedentedly low — an unusual gloom is every where felt at the closing ofour maikel yesterday p in the besl western canal brands would not letch more than 51s 0 1 per barrel and in some few in stances it reached 5s : but the transactions were generally ofa retail character and do not indicate the slightest speculative disposition — large quantities were sold at 34s per bbl but that is a price which could not he realized for ! any considerable quantity to-day richmond and philadelphia are quoted al o\'is per bbl ; philadelphia and baltimore at 32s ; new or leans aud ohio jl and united states and canada sour from 29s to 23s per bbl ; indi an corn has likewise suffered a material de pression and cannot be quoted higher than 44s 0 1 lo los per quarter : inferior sound ranges irom 32s upwards ; indian meal stands at 20s to 21s per bbl of 196 ibs the rumors ol lhe potato disease are exceedingly conflicting and reliable and the growing crops are in a state ofthe utmost forwardness the weather could scarcely be more favorable than it is cotton this market has been inflated iu an inverse ratio and shows a slate of decided improve ment the advance i d per ib ince the last steamer our latest quotations are r upland and mo bile 7_t new orleans l per ib the amer ican descriptions sold this week comprised fif teen thousand upland 6j to 7 3-4 : j5066 or leans at 6 a >{ : 10530 mobile and alabama at j a - 7-9 and 239 sea island at 13 pence to i pence per lb less activity has been evinced to-day though a large quantity was offered affording a turn in favor of buyers — the entire stock now iti port is estimated at 443,000 bales the american proportion stand ing at 333,000 showing a material general de crease provisions prices have been genarally steady for tbe last fortnight so that any important alteration cannot be named prime mess beef is worth per tierce from 90s 95s ; ordinary 86s ; mess per bbl 55s to 60s of old prime mess and mess prime bo quotations can be made pork stands at ftr prime mess new per barn 70s to 70s ; old 65s to 70s ; prime 50s to 02s hams in pickle sell freely but ibere has been market or dry rosin and tl rpkn tine i he arrivals have ieeil cons unl he prices firm 25 000 bbls turnen f k beensowa,6,9d.,o7,.n.::;:.;rthhae is no unpoi change in m..ial,_lr coillimi firm at lhe prices quoted al the hist steamer the money market has considerably im proved and greater confidence has i ninibsed '•«<> every branch of trade not onlv is ",-_>. vj„e . i'herai.iy evinced l.y the bank of england but | he provincial banks generally manifest a spir i of enlarged accommodation the paper of lhe bank of england in actual circulation in eluding 7 days and other post bills decreased art week from 18 815 051 to 18 741,490 being a difference of 73,561 while the in crease of bullion was jlti 1,808 arrivals of packets the royal mail steamer hibernia arrive n ihe sih ultimo henry clav on the 2hh marmion 25ih ; st george 25 lb ; cornelia oxford and ann,26ib the washington steam er arm j bremen on the 10r .. the sher idan reached here ,„, t|ie 10th the shenan dolh and sir isaac newton ariiied at havre on the 16th and 21st of june general intelligence the bogue ports in the chine seas were captured and completely destroyed by the brit ish land naval forces on the 26ih of pril 876 pieces of ailillery were geized and spiked in 36 hours lather mathews has received a pension of 300 a year from ihe crown rumor slate that the pope had declined lo make him bish op of coik mr o'connel's remains are expected to ar-x rive al southampton on the 17th sarah sands steamer put into cork in r sequence of an accident to her macliia»|v she vj nected lo sail yesterday v jej fud created the greajf possible sensi j london she is egf^j ,„ mll for june 11 dts in i ,„,,!,,., sn_____r 7 <•, — l"s i onuon oapfimd cilascow a"s:tattr at il lvinmiej»n ot 1,0(10 i veadfully pre\^|lt in liverpool it ha aen>ostdertj^ive havoc amongst he ltiof pyrgyj uving been swcf)t away i . omh^t w du,t.,npcr was i;i ly^.^i^so^^ed by them while visi «•' from tiie auidjhduurniil of july 1 1 tit the connecting link w c ary happy to announce lo our readers that lhe long expected connection by way of raleigh and camden,w lhe north and south carolina rail road is sin a fair way of com pletion a proposition vfom boston capitalists lo the north nml south carolina people has been received and will doubtless be accepted if we have understood the mailer correctly these capitalists propose to subscribe 82.000 000 towards the construction ofthe read which is estimated to cost 3,000,000 leaving one third only of the entire cost to he subscribed by the citizens of north and south carolina and georgia we have always thought this mad would be the nexi road commenced in this state and we are now convinced we were not mistaken northern capitalists do nol gener ally make bad investments aud ihey have doubt less examined thoroughly and estimated care fully this route and its probable profits it will be the great high way of travel from one end of the union lo the other and will we believe carry more passengers than any other rail road of its length in the country — we learn that lhe comnii<sionerappointcd here has already had subscribed four hundred llol lats by ihe people of camden as their por tion ol the necessary funds for a survey of tho route and that lhe projeel will be pushed on with all possible expedition the wilmington e''umneicial says wilmington and manchester road wii be built if forty competitors were put in ope rat-jon this i very line and high ly creditable to ttr ?. energy and enterprise of wilmington people ih i,-_'h nol solo their good sense as every dollar iiivc_-t---rfrtp,jmfc mode ol bolstering up the wilmington and raleigh ic^w . road com any might as well be thrown into the cape fear river for anv hem-fit thai will ever be derived from the envestment the eastern company alluded lo slate that ihey have purchased lhe portsmouth road and are ready to purchase the raleigh aud gaston road who ihen can doubt thc re.-ull ! south caro una is only called on for a subscription of 600,000 and wc have no fears but that a mount will soon be forth coming as re-ards the other route we think lhe people ol south carolina have a utile more natural good sense lhan to aid in building a road which can nev er under lhe most favorable circumstances pay the current ex ences a convention has been called lo be held in this town on the 28th instant which will no doubt be numerously at tended by the friends ofthe metropolitan route anecdote ol cen taylor the following anecdote is communicated by a correspondent oflhe montgomery ( iabama journal and is one of the mo touching inci dents we have ever met : — the general had occasion to visit point isabel after lhe battle of buena \ i_,!a ; and lhe captain of lhe steamboat had reserved a suite of state rooms for the general's accom modalion there were several r-ick and wound ed volunteers on tbe boat en route for new or leans who had to take the warfare incident to a crowded boat and particularly bo on this oc casioii — jen taylor soon saw till ibis and at once ordered these men lo lo placed in hi ttate rooms nnd proper attention paid them it was rather a cold rainy day when ibis occurred — the deck bands and many others on the boat did not know gen taylor the wind blew high and the firemen bad raised a ail in front oflhe boilers lo protect themselves from the rain ; and under this sail there were gome old mattresses le-te gen taylor laid down and went lo sleep at bupper time gnat inquiries were made for the general j.wi servants sent off lo look him up but he could not be found ! at last some one going below inquired of a fireman if he had seen anything of such aud such a man — the fireman said no but added . " iheie i a clever old fellow asleep there under the sail in fi ml of ti fire 1 ll was gen taylor yes - t_>t he lbe sleep of such a man who bas lbe heait lo change places with lhe poor sick soldier as taylor did on thi occasion : uch humanity stands out in bold relief and greatly ioi-.i_i.iies the e iis in cident in a ar mag in ic tt ■ ra hs — there are over one thousand miles finisjied in the dohed slates and in operation ; aud five thousand miles un der lontiaet and will be fmi.-bed within i year