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Whole No. 881.
Tarborough, (Edgecombe County, N C.) Saturday, January 2t, 1843
Vol. XIX No 3.
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LILE'S MEMORIES.
I rememher, I remember,
"When my life was in its prime.
Yet untouched and uncorrupted
By the blighting hand of time;
When the flow'ret and the sunshine
Werexwnpanions of each scene.
And Hope was in its vigor then,
And Pleasure in its green.
I remember, I remember,
When the storm of sorrow came,
And extinguished, and forever,
All he glory tf life's flame:
When one by one the blossoms
Of afTection dropped away,
And despair came with the darkness,
And affliction with the daj.
I remember, 1 remember!
But ah! 'tis vain to mourn
For the bright hours and the loved ones
That will neveT more return!
Let the present have its torture
And the past its store of ill;
To the future, to the future
We will look with gladness still!
Fcom the Raleigh Register
REPORT,
The Select Committee, who were re
quired, by a Resolution of this House,
"to obtain from tne Governor, as Presi
dent ex-officio of the Literary and Inter
nal Improvement Boards, the names of
the several debtors of the said Boards,
from the period of the first loan up to
the present time the amount due from
each and the security taken for the
payment of said loans, specifying partic
ularly when the several debts that are
paid were discharged, and the several
amounts now due, and the names of the
debtors and their securities, and whether
any loss has ever been sustained by either
of said Boards, and by whom, and when;
and to repoit the names of the borrow
ers to this House, and in full on all the
subjects contemplated," have dischar
ged the duty, and ask leave to
report:
That, heretofore, they have oblained a
list of the debtors to said Boards, from His
Excellency, and submitted the same to the
House, which has been printed; and, in
pursuance of the duty imposed by the oth
er branch of the Resolution, they have
carefully examined & compared the books,
which have been regularly kept by the Go
vernor, and each and every bond specific
ally, and find them to correspond with the
siatements heretofore furnished by the Go
vernor, and printed.
The testimony of David W. Stone, Esq
taken beibie the Committee, satisfies them
that the statement C, (heretofore submit
ted,) is a correct list of notes delivered to
Governor Morehead by his predecessor;
and upon his evidence, and others, which
was perfectly satisfactory, the Committee
nave no doubt that all the bonds now due, to
both Boards, are well secured; and altho'
some of the principals are doubtful, yet
. the securities place the bonds beyond ex
ception; and that nothing has been lost, by
cuner ol said Hoards, since their orguuza
tion, in 1837.
the committee have also examined the
treasurer's receipts, taken by the Boards,
ana nnd them all correct; and, since Gov.
ureneau's administration, (beyond which
they did not go in this particular enquiry.)
"'""cvs rei.-e.iveu oy uie uoarus nave
Been promptly paid over to the Treasurer,
deposited in Bank.
The Committee have also examined th
Rail Road bonds, in which a portion of th
literary Fund has been invested; ihey
"u mat u.e Hoard, in 1840, invested
"e bonds of the Wilmington and Raleigh
Hail Road Company, under their corporate
seal, S60,000, due in 1845, and $525,000,
toe m 1850; for the security of which,
Wlt" so olher debts, a deed in trust, in
September, 1840, was executed by the
umpany, conveying all the property then
owned by the company. The Committee
are informed that the other debts secured
in said deed are paid off, and that the prop
erty conveyed is amply sufficient to secure
the bonds The interest thereon is paid up
to 1st January, 1S42. That, since lR4f
S2000 has been invested in the bonds of
said Company, endorsed by the State, and
due in IS47. That $140 ,000 were invent
ed in IK40, in the bonds of the Raleigh and
Gaston Rail Road Com pan v, endorsed by
the State, and since 1840, j525,300 of said
bonds, due from 1845 to 1852.
The Committee ascertain that the Lite
rary Board was organized bv Gov. Dud
ley, President ex officio, on Feb 16, 1S37.
by the appointment of Ebenezer Pettigrew.
David VV. Stone, and Alfred Jones. Ea.:
that on the next day, Mr. Jones having de
dined, Charles Manly, Eq. was appointed
n his place. That on May 30, 1837. Mr
Pettigrew having declined, Wm. A.Blount.
q was appointed in his place. That
Oil eb. 16. 1839. and on FPh in
1841, Messrs Blount, Stone, and Manly
were re appointed. That Mr. Blount de
clined, upon his re appointment bv Gov
Morehead, in 1841, and, in April, IS41,
Gov. Dudley Was appointed in his plane
i uai .ir. stone resigned on June 30, 1841.
ind Weston R. Gales, Esq. was appointed
in his place, and the Board now consists ol
Governor Morehead and Messrs. Dudley.
.ianiy, and uaies.
In lS37and 1838, the Internanmprove-
ment Board consisted of Governor Dudley,
Messrs U. Jones, and Wm. LI. Moseley.
In 1839, Mr. C. P. Mallett was appointed
n the place of Mr. Moseley, and so the
Board continued for 1S40. In Feb. 1841,
Governor Morehead appointed Messrs. C.
tones and Gov. Dudley, in April, 1S41,
lov. Dudley resigned, and the vacancy re
mained for that year; and, in 1842, the
Hoard was composed and now consists of
Gov. Morehead, Messrs. C. Jonts, Sr. and
Jesse Harper.
The Committee, Vri conclusion, take plea
sure in stating, that the Governor afforded
to the Committee every facility and aid
necessary, and in his power, for the satis
factory discharge of the duty imposed on
them. The Committee ask to be dischar
ged from the further consideration of the
subject.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
ASA BIGGS, Chairman.
January 11, 1843.
STATE LEGISLATURE.
IN SENATE.
The bill to district the State into nine
Congressional Districts, being under con
sideration and Mr. Cooper, of Martin, hav
ing moved to amend the bill, by striking
the county of Martin from the 9th district,
and add in its place, the counties of Wash
ington and Tyrrell, and adding Martin to
the 8'h district, in the place of Washington
and Tyrrell carried to the 9th Mr. Sr-kU-
ill, in reply to Dr. Moore, spoke as fol
lows: Mr. Speaker: Knowing the deep inte
rest which my constituents feel, in the a
doption of the amendment proposed, by
the Senator from Martin, I should be re
create to the duty I owe them, were I to
permit the question to be taken, without
submitting some remarks; and the objec
tions which have been urged by the Sena
tor from Hertford, as Chairman of the Com
mittee, in the report which he made, and
which has been print d, declares that Mt
is important that we approach as near as
possible, that ratio of representation, in an
act passed by Congress, for the apportion
ment of repeesentatives among the several
States." 1 am not a little astonished, that
the Chairman of the Committee had not
discovered, that the proposed amendment
would come nearer the object he had in
view, than the plan he had submitted. The
ratio for a representative is 72,7SS. The
8th district in the Report, contains a Fede
ral population of 76,400, which is 3612
over the ratio. By taking off of Washing
ton and Tyrrell, containing a Federal pop
ulation of 7.927, and adding Martin, con
taining a Federal population of 6,51 1, it
will make the Federal population of the
8th district, 74,984, which is only 2196
over the ratio, and brings the Federal po
pulation of that district 1,416 nearer the
ratio. The-9th district in the Report, con
tains a Federal population of 69, 183, which
is 3,605 less than the ratio. By taking
Martin from that district, and adding Wash
ington and Tyrrell, the deficit will be only
2189, and brings that district 1416 nearer
the ratio.
On examining thr Report of the Chair
man, it will be found, that another object
had in view was, "to unite all in the same
representation, whose interests are identi
cal, and to consult the convenience of thost
who are clothed with the elective fran
chise." Now, Sir, 1 contend that, if this
be Ihe object in view, it will be much bet
ter accomplished by the proposed amend
ment. Those who are at all acquainted
with that portion of the State, are well a
ware, that there has always been and al
ways will be, a deep interest felt in the
Nags' Head project, or some improvement
to the navigation of the Albemarle Sound.
The counties north of that Sound, and the
counties I have the honor to represent, are
he only ones that feel much interest in
that work. All their trade and commerce
are through the Albemarle Sound, and a
that is one united interest, it ought to be re
presented together in the National Coun
cils. The counties of Washington and
Tyrrell, are also deeply interested with the
northern counties in the inland navigation,
as much of the produce of all that region of
country, is carried up the Pasquotank Riv
er, through the Dismal Swamp Canal, and
thence up the James River and Chesapeake
Bay. A large quantity of the produce of
Washington and lyrrell, is sold in Llizt
beth City and Edenton, and there are dai
ly communications from one to the oth- r.
Noi so with Martin. She is no way con
nected with Ihe northern counties, has no
trade or intercourse, and scarcely any ac
quaintance with them. By attaching her
to tint district, you break up all her old as
sociations, and place her where she has no
common interest, and where her represen
tative protests against going. By keeping
Washington and I yrrell attached to the
8ih district, you will place their represen
tative in the unpleasant position, of repre-
enting two or more, separate, distinct, and
eonhicting interests. What sort of interest
can there exist between Nash county and
ihe extreme eastern counties of lyrrell,
Hyde, Carteret, or Craven? Can anyavm-
pathy of feeling or common interest be
pointed out? What farmer of Nash, ever
sent any produce for sale or shipment, to
any ot the towns of Newbern, Washing
ton, or Plymouth? 1 contend, that a gross
injustice has been done to Nash county, by
attaching her to theSth district. She will
be better off, by the proposed amendment,
in this: that two of the extreme eastern
counties, Washington and Tyrrell, having
separate and distinct local interests, will
be taken off, and Martin county, which
lays nearer and has a common interest, will
be added. So much for "identity of in
terest." The Senator from Hertford contends,
that the Edenton district, now embraces
some of the most difficult portions of the
State for a candidate to canvass; that he
will have to encounter the difficulty of
Nott s Island, Roanoke Island, and the
Banks. If he had, at all, consulted the
convenience of candidates, he would not
have arranged the 8th District, as it is. It
extends from within 17 miles of this Capi
tol, to Cape Hatteras, includes the whole
sea coast, from Bogue Inlet to New Inlet;
two-thirds of the coast of North Carolina;
embraces the remote counties of Tyrrell,
Hyde and Carteret, and will require more
than lour times the labor to canvass it, that
it will the Senator's own district. The
convenience of the candidate, is a matter of
minor importance. My great objection to
the plan is, thatit unites in the 8th district,
separate, distinct and conflicting interests.
which will be all harmonized by the adop
tion of the amendment. The Senator con
tends, that 'the God of nature has separa
ted, by a sheet of water," the counties of
Washington and Tyrrell from the north
counties, and he implores the Senate "not
to unite what God has separated." Is not
Martin still further separated from Curri
tuck, Camden, Pasquotank, Perquimons
and Chowan, than Washington and 'Tyrrell
are? Are not tne counties ol Washington
and Tyrrell, nearer to those counties than
Martin? Is not Martin separated from
them bjr the same "sheet of water"? 1 beg
to refer the Senator to the map, for he seems
entirely unacquainted with the country.
But the Senator contends, that Martin
is only separated from Bertie by the River
Roanoke, scarcely 200 yards wide. Does
not he know, that Washington County, is
only separated from Bertie by the same
River? Much has been said, about the dif
ficulty of crossing the Sound, and getting
over to Washington and Tyrrell. Mr.
Speaker, this is no objection. There are
daily con ve) ances, from each of the north
Counties, to Washington and Tyrrell. The
Sound and River are constantly covered
with vessels and boats, going from one side
to the other. There is also, a fine Steam
er, which plies regularly between Edenton
and Plymouth, and there are regular fer
ries, kept up from each of the prominent
cr ossing places. We belong to the same
Judicial Circuit. Nearly all the members
of the Bar, who attend the Courts of Wash
ington and Tyrrell, reside in Edenton,
and they are never deterred from crossing.
Suits are constantly being removed, and
suitors and witnesses find no difficulty in
passing. But if this argument of the Sen
ttor carried any force, it operates much
more strongly against attaching Martin to
the 9th District. The difficulties which
she Senator has imagined, in crossing to
Washington and Tyrrell, are not obviated
in getting to Martin. The same Sound
will have to be crossed. But it is urged
that Martin is separated fry Ueitie, only
by a narrow river, and that it is easily
crossed. To this I reply, that Washing
ton is scperatpd from Bertie, by the same
River, and the convenience of crossing is
equally as good.
It does appear to me that not one of the
positions which has been taken against the
adopt ion of the amendment, has been sus
tained, and every argument which has been
adduced why it should not prevail, proves
still more conclusively that it should.
The Senator from Hertford has threat
ened u, that if this amendment prevails,
the whole plan submitted by him will be
destroyed. We are told of the labor it
has cost, the time it has occupied, and that
it is a compromise between the ultras. Si-,
it is no compromise. Much time has been
spent, and, doubtless, much labor too, by
a few members, to make tbis plan, and the
especial object was to make it to suit the
convenience of those few. Their object
must be accomplished, let whatever injus
tice may be done others. Are we to un
derstand this as the report of the Commit
tee? Have not many members of the Com
mittee protested against its being recogniz
ed as their report? I am not to be intimida
ted by the fear that if this amendment pre
vails, the whole plan will be rejected. Sat
isfy me that amendment is right, and I will
vote for it Show me where injustice has
been done to any County, and 1 will vote
to remove it. But should the amendment
prevail, and should it have the effect pre
dicted by the Senator be it so; we cannot
tet worse off. But it will not have that ef
fect. I protest against being compelled to
take tnis pian as a wnoie. we are told that
if this amendment prevails, it will have the
etfect to cause the plan submitted by the
Senator Irom Wayne (Mr. Exum) to be
adopted. I protest, also, against this is
sue. The question is not on the adoption
of that plan. "Sufficient unto the day is
the evil thereof." When that plan comts
up, I shall be prepared to vote on it.
Mr. Speaker, there is an historical fact
which goes far to show that this amend
mentou,htto prevail. In 1792, an Act was
passed to lay off the State into ten Congres
sional Districts, that being ihe number of
members the State was entitled to at that
time, and in that Act, Chowan, Perquim
ons, Pasquotank, Camden, Currituck,
Gates, Tyrrell, and Bertie constituted one
District; Tyrrell county has since been di
vided, and Washington county was formed
out ol a part of it.
Slate Bank of Illinois. The commit
tee of finance in the Illinois House of Rep
resentatives, have reported a bill according
to which the bank is to go into liquidation
under the supervision of two commission
ers, one of whom is to be appointed by the
Governor, and the other by the Directors,
The bill was framed in view of an arrange
men betweeen the Governor and the bank
and there is no doubt of its passage. I
provides that the bank is to deliver up to
the state 2.050,000 dollars of her bonds
the state retaining 50,000 dollars in stock.
The specie now in bank is to be forthwit!
paid out to bill holders pro rata, and c-rti
ficates to be given for the balance. I hee
certificates are to be receivable in all debts
due the bank, and for any property she may
have to sell. In this se;tlement, the slate's
indebtedness is reduced over two millions
of dollars.
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The Tariff. A statement from Saml.
Lawrence, one of the principal manufac
tures at Lowell, represents cotton goods on
he average as at least ten per cent, low r
since the new tariff than for the three
months immediately before its passage. If
this be correct, may not the fall be attrib
uted to the increased difficulty in obtaining
a cm go to bring back to a profit in return
for cotton goods exported, in consequence
ofthe higher duties imposed on various
foreign articles not produced in this coun
try, and of which the consumption is in
some proportion to the cheapness.
So far, the new tariff appears to have
benefit'ed neither the farmer nor the man
ufacturer. Hard Times The Galena Gazette
thinks that it is a great mistake for the
merchants to cry out about the hard times.
They can sit by their stove half a day at a
time, smoke their cigars, and indulge their
cogitations thence arising, without fear of
being disturbed by customers 1 his is cer
tainly very easy times.
JJ'The tailors are threatened with the
loss of trade, and the thimble and goose to
be superseded by the shuttle and loom
Messrs. G. Martin & Co. have introduced
into Philadelphia the English invention for
weaving coats and pantaloons, and one of
the papers speaks of one of their articles as
being as comfortable an article of ihe kind
as one could desire for common wear
Drawers and shirts have been woven in
that city for some months.
A Fire Caused by '.Water! We learn
from the Portsmouth Journal, that or. the
30h nit. a grist mill at Newcastle, N. H
w;s destroyed by fire. In the storm o
that day, "ays the Journal, the strong east
erly wind caused the tide to rise to an un
usual height, and, surrounding the mill,
cut off all communication with th land.
The water at 11 A M. coming in contact
with a barrel of -lime, set it on fire, and
soon the whole building to the water's
edge, was in flames About fifty bushels
of grain or meal were consumed.
From Mexico. We learn from the
New Orleans Bee that a revolution broke
out in Tampico on the lMh ultimo. Like
hat at San Luis, of which we had news a
few days ago by way of New - York,- the
aim of the revolutionists appears to be di-
ected ageinst the National Congress, and
n favor of the Santa Anna dynasty. The
military and prinicipal authorities were en
gaged in it.
Sixty of the Texan prisoners captured at
San Antonio by General Wall, after tarry-
ng at Saltillo for more than two weeks,
eft that place on the 9th November for
Mexico, all apparently in good health and
pirits. It is stated that they are well trea
ted. John Cunningham, jne of the party,
died of fever on the road from San Fer
nando; at which place Messrs. Van Ness,
t ttzgerald, and Hancock were left, lor
whose fate some fears are entertained on
account of their having been formerly cap
tured among ihe Santa Fe prisoners.
(xlobe.
Connubiality. Mr. Simon Wilcox, in
a communication to the editor of the Bos
ton Courier, very pathetically sets forth
his experience in matrimonial life. Poor
Mr. Wilcox! his case is a solitary one. He
say: ,
! have been married only eight weeks.
For the first fortnight after my marriage,
we (that is, my wife and I) did rery well;
We had only to amuse ourselves, without
encountering any of the cares of married
life. Every thing was in perfect order;
all was new and clean; nothing was requi
red but to please and be pleased, to play
and not to work, and to enjoy all the sweets
without any of the bitters of life. Even
for two or three weeks after this, all went
on smoothly. My young wife would sit
with me in the evening, with her work,
while 1 read to her, or we beguiled the
time in pleasing conversation. If there
were any stockings to mend, or the like,
that was the time fordoing it. Jf a button
was missing from my vest, my coat, or my
shirt, she would immediately perceive it,
and kindly remedy this deficiency. About
the fifth week, however, on taking from
the drawer a clean pair of hose, 1 perceiv
ed a hole, and mentioned it. A few days
after, a similar circumstance occu red. She
rang the bell for the girl, and desired her
to repair the rent. A day or two after, I
lost a button from my vest, butshetook no
notice of it. I mentioned it She looked
serious and dignified, and inquired why I
did not leave the garment at my tailor's for
repair? My hose were now always sure,
when taken from the drawer, to have holes
in them: and the excuse was, that she real
ly had so much to do in ironing her laces
and collars, and other nice articles of her
own, and so many calls to make and re
ceive, ihat she had no lime for any thing
else. The servant girl, too, was so much
occupied in washing and ironing her dres
ses, &c. , that even she had no leisure to
darn stockings. In most of the evenings,
also, when I went home fatigued with my
day's business I found that my lady had
gone to some friend's a mile or two distant,
and that I was expected to follow her, in
the course of the evening, in order to at
end her home. Frequently, at dinner
time, I found no dinner, the cook having
become displeased, and taken French
leave; and as ftr my wife's undertaking to
broil a stake or boil a pot, she could not
think of doing Mich a servile thing. On
rny g ntly remonstrating wilh her, and re
minding her of her former labors in her fa
ther's family, shM replied that he 'mar
ried in order to better herself, and was not
t;oing to soil her hands with family drudg
ery." In short, she has become, after on
ly eight weeks, a mere fine lady, entirely
valueless as a wife, without any disposition
'o be useful, or to contribute in the least
io my happin ss. I will here conclude by
warning my sex of the craftiness and the
selfishness of woman."
SIMON WILCOX.
JTvo slight shocks of earthquake;
ay8 the Columbia Carolinian, were dis
tinctly felt in this town last night (the 4th
inst,) about 9 o'clock. The sme were
sensibly felt in Cincinnati, at the same hour
exactly.
To catch Hats. An Ohio paper statea
that as many as thir'y-six rats hare been
taken one night by the following p!an:i
Take a smooth i kettle, fill it Id within six
inches ofthe top with water, cover the sur
face with chaffor bran, then place itinthi
evening where the rats harbor. -
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