Lut of the Muubas of the GmcralAssanbl!, of North Carolina for W
COUNTIES.
Jin son,
Jiuncombc,
M V rte,
Jiaden,
Jirunswiek,
JBe.au fort,
Jhirke,
Cabarrus,
Columbus,
Carteret,
Currituck,
Chowan,
Chatham,
Cumberland,
Cam (en,
Caswell,
Craven,
Duplin,
Davidson,
Mdecombe,
Franklin,
Granville,
Gates,
Greene,
Guilford,
Halifax.,
Hertford,
Hyde,
Haywood,
Iredell,
Johnston,
Jones,
Lincoln,
Lenoir,
Mi con,
Moore,
Montgomery,
Mecklenburg,
Myelin,
New Hanover,
Nash.
Northampton,
Onslow,
Orunqe,
Person
Pasquotank,
Pit'.
Perquimoiis,
Rowan.
Ran lolph,
Rockingham,
Robeson.
Richmond,
Rutherford,
Sampson,
Surry,
Stokes,
Tyrrell,
Washington,
Wilkes,
W irren,
fVayne,
Wake,
SENATORS.
William A. Morris,
George Philips
John Cbtyton,
Alexander W. Mebane,
Robert Mclvin,
William R. J 11 1,
William R Smaw,
Mark HrHtain,
Grorg Klutt,
Luke . Simmons,
Otway I5urn,
Daniel Lindsay,
J s. H. Skinner,
Nalhan A. Sledman,
Duncan M'Corniiek,
Enoch Nash,
James Kerr,
Richard D. Spaight,
John K. llussey,
John A. Hogan,
Hardy Flowers,
Thomas G. Stone,
Thomas V. Norman,
John Wallon,
Wyatt Moye,
(. C. Mendenhrdl,
I sham Matthews,
John Vann,
Dameron Pugh,
William Silton,
Jos. P. Caldwell,
Hillory Wilder,
James Harrison,
Daniel Hoke,
William I). Moseley,
Renjamin S Dntlain,
Duncan Murehison,
Reuben K -dall,
Washington Morrison,
David Latham,
Joseph A. Hill,
Samuel Arringlon,
Ilerod Faison,
Thomas Foj ,
W. Montgomery,
Robert Vanhook,
John M. Skinner,
Alfred Moye,
IJenry Skinner,
John Heanl, jr.
Hf nry 11 Elliott,
Robert Martin,
Shadrach Howell,
Alexander Martin,
M. P. Shuford.
Edward C. Gavin,
William P. Dobson,
M.if R. Moore,
Kpliraini Mann,
Jniah Collin;, jr.
Edmund Jones,
Wcldon N. Edwards,
Gahriel T. Sherard,
Chai le L. Hinton,
Aerfori Charles Shepard.
Fayetteville James S awell.
Etlenton Jonathan II Hnughton.
Salisbury Riehard H. Alexander.
COMMONERS.
Kitterell, A. W. lhandon.
Jonathan Ilorton, Talialaro Witcher.
Jan.es Weaver, Joseph Henry.
David Outlaw, Thomas J. Pugh.
Hubert Lvon, William Jones.
S. A. Laspcyrc, Henjimin Leonard.
William L. Kennedy, Samuel Smallwood.
A ISurgin, I). Corpening.
Daniel M. Barringer, William M'Lean.
M. Powell, Caleb Stephens.
Samuel Letters, Elijah Whilehurst.
John R. Jones, James M. Sanderson.
Charles W. Mixson, H. F. Welch.
R. C. Cotton, John S. Guthrie.
Dillon Jordan, jr. David M'Neill.
Thomas Tilletl, Calr.fo Darco.
John E. lirown, Stephen Dodson.
John B. Dawson, Frederick P. Latham.
Josiah Gillespie, Alexander O. Grady.
William Wiseman, Henry Led ford.
John W. Potts, Turner Dynum.
William H. Rattle, Jos. J. Macklin.
William R. Hargrove, James Wyche.
Lemuel Riddick, John Willey.
James Harper, Robert L. Allen.
David Thorn . s Allen Peeples.
John R. J. Daniel, William M. West.
Sipha Smith, Isaac Carter.
John B. Jasp- r, Daniel Murray.
Ninian Edmoiuhton, John L. Smith.
James A. King, William Potts.
John M'Leod, Josiah Houlrier.
Nathan Foscue, John H. Hammond.
Henry Cansler, Peregrine Roberts.
Bh'inii Coleman, Pinkney Hardee.
James W. Guinu, Thomas Talham.
J. Montgomery, William Wadsworlh.
Francis Locke, Edmund F. Lilly.
William J. Alexander, Andrew Greer.
John Cloman, Edwin S. Smilhwick.
Lewis H. Marteller, S. Register.
Ge rg Boddie, jr. Foid Taylor.
Allen Pierse, Samuel Calvert.
Daniel Thompson, Thomas Ennett.
Josep!) Allison, John Stckard.
Robert Jones. Thomas M'Gehee.
William T. Relfe, Nalhan M. Rapcr.
J. L. Foreman, Roderick Cherry.
Thorna Wilson, Benjamin Mullen.
Charles Fisher, John ('lenient.
Abraham Brower, B. Hawkins.
Philip J. Irion, Benjimiu Settle.
Alexander Watson, (J. S. M'Lcan.
Jam s Williams, Duncan Mallow
O. B. Irvine, A. W. Moore.
Archibald C. Monk, Dickson Sloan.
Daniel W Courts, H. M. Waugh.
John F. Poindexter, Leonard Ziglar.
Charles M'Clrese, Alexander.
Samuel Harrison, J. Phelps.
Benjamin F. Martin, William Hoi Ion.
John Bragg. 'Thomas J. Judkins.
Cullen A. Blackmail, Patrick S. CromwelK
Nathaniel G. Rand, Wesley Jones.
TOWNS.
Wilmington John D. Jones.
Hittsbcrough William A Graham.
Halifax -William l,. Lon.
doors at least four years more; ant at
each year will clamor tor its iilty thou
sand dollars. Are the people and he
General Assembly willing to consent o
this 1 trow not. 1 hat there ore faults
.somewhere, few will deny and all will
agree, whatever, or wherever they may
be found, they should be speedily cor
rrrted One of the faults may possibly
he. in making it a job ad idem, for a
interior towns, to encourage a home war.
kit, by affording proper facilities to trad,,
und enterprise. In this Hunk, the Siatt,
should be half owner. Such a Ban
well muuaged, would soon afford
ways and means for other wholesome
improvements, without any additiuri t
the taxes on the people. , And lastly, ,Jt
them confine themselves to, and concentrate-
all the enterprise and capital, whirl,
If, can be commanded, upon the Central
r . ' I MrM
tfliiUU annum . , f , inI..
id irli -i clever man, not an artist ami jiuu hum, tu uu.
m m ed by multitudes of laborers, hired .Ocean, and half an eye may see, that car
L tliii But it is not to be concealed j people will soon become prosperous, in-
J , 1 iti I lit. ti.Hirrtit nnil liannv and beside I
at a ureat error was iTuuiiuiiiuu ,., . flJ
COUiCni IU lemuin m uiu mini ui ii.(.r
birth, they will be proud to assist in ele
vating the character of the State, and se
curing to her that weight and (jMirnntiou
in the Federal Union, which she has t1(!
right to claim. Less than these great
Reforms in our system, will prove to be
but quackery, and insufficient to cure tin
disease, which is steadily wasting away
our population and our substance.
HICKORY BROOM.
Nov. 1st, 1833.
Communications
FOtt THE FHEE FRKSS.
Ra il Roads, and such like matters.
Mr. Howard: The friends of freedom
in North Carolina s iy well done, Rdue
combe. II or MiIiiIit oed demora-v
watches with sleepless vigilance, tins ithunders of tho "Frrc Press" and cow
concealed under ili.-so speeimis begin
nings of authority and pluader and put
ihe people and the Lecislature on their
uuard. Well done, Edgecombe! Rail
Road denrigoues, from the highest to
the lowest classes of mendacious aspi
r.mts, with the whole frv of eroakers for
Tht'i)loricd Incorporations, quake at the
movements of ihe ilesii'iiinir, and nronmt
ly reproves their every attempt to en
croach upon our liberties, or load us with
needless debt and taxation. Yes let
but tin artful or the ambition, endeavor
to gull the people with moon s'ruck pro
jects of Rail Rond(nnmy, indeed al
of which, save that from V;.vnel
II
xu'o to
er under tin reproving frown of the free
men d ICdjrerombe.
But, Sir, there is another matter of
deep concernment to I lie people the
whole people nf North Carolina. I mean
Hie &cau LJavitot, little do thev. or
even those on -.m hers of Assembly, who,
a year nzn vted $'50,000 for its erection.
tile mountains, via the S-al of Govern-: know what progress has been made, or
rocnt, must end in magnificent abortions, how it is managed. It is pretty general-
injurious to nu enneerned, except lh ly understood that nearly forty thousand
conirMciorsanddishursersof ihe funds have heen expended, and yet the wall of
uui ir iney could succeed in duping lh' the basement story, is not one third of
ijt jiM:oure mto such insane xpcri tin; way up! and is moving on but at a
merits, the cenain cons quenee would he, snail's pace. Frosty we ither has now
inat tne lifetime ot tin present irenera-, come, and its eighty or ninety workmen,
uon wouio ne too short a period tor the and halt dozen overseers (all nt hih
extmguishm'mt nf tne heavy State debt daily wages) must soon go into winter
to be iriourred,or relief from burthensoine quarters. By hat time, it is presumable,
taxation.) and for what? merely to ena- the General Assembly will be told, (but'
ble certain schemers the more easily to by whom heaven only knows, as the
seize the reins of power and fasten them-j Commissioners Hppoinied by lavv to su
selves on the Treasury, in the first mo-! perintend the building, are scattered by
meats of popular delusion. 1 say, let the winds over the United Slnfe ih .i
y iis ok niiHic ami me gmm iiiuuier niiy inousand wil he riPrhl fr,r
the next year's operations. As the wall
sense oi the farmers and tax payers of
Edgecombe, is sure to ri,huke them.
Or, if cunning priests hope to get domin
ion over the public mind and command
rni P,"r!,,S f our Pplc, by means of
Jheological School Incorporations, the
Whigs of Udgecome hesitate nt in n
mask tiie designs and dangers, which lie
rises in height, the more tardy must be
its progress, because of the niassiveness
of the stones and materials requisite to
budd them; we may reasonably conclude,
heroforc, if jlhir,gs go on as heretofore,
'he building1 is to be three stories in
height, that the Legblature will he out of
il.
qipointment of Commissioners to super
vie the work, urge it forward and look
mto the contracts and sec that the money
so liberally appropriated by the State, be
economically expended CTwho have bu
siness every where except at Raleigh).
Behold this picture! one Commissioner
resides in another county mid rarely at
Raleigh another, engaged in hunting
rich lauds on the banks of the Mississip
pi mother, many months of the year ri
ding over bis estates in the West ano
ther", snugly srated beside his office at
W.ishingtonCtty and the remaining one,
jtiunieyini; from Court to Court. It is
trifling with the public interests, to con
fide a trust of this magnitude, and which
expects constant personal supervision, to
those1, however exalted in society, who
manifestly cannot, and therefore do not
attend t ii; and it will unquestionably
be one of the first duties of the next Ge
neral Assembly, to substitute Commis
sioners, who can and trill give it, at least
once a week, their personal attention
or do, what would probably cure every
defect, and save, in the end, much of the
public treasure, in the erection of this or
namental and indispensable edifice;
which is destined to do honor to the pre
sent aire, and be a source of just pride to
North Carolina's sons that is, adopt the
policy of the National Government, by
appointing for the time being, a Super
intendant of public buildings a practi
cal man, acquainted with the value of la
bor and materials, and require him to su
pervise the work urge it onward set?
that reasonable contracts are made and
faithfully executed; and report progress
and the state of the fund lo the Governor,
for the information of the people, from
time to time. Then, hmh salaries, long
jobs, anil the employment of idlers would
be guarded against, and the people kept
advised of the progress made. We have
already had loo many Ball Hughes' jobs.
Let us have no more ot them.
A concluding word, and 1 have done.
Dut the tide of emigration from t North
Carolina to the young West, is to be
stayed, is it, by increasing the taxes of
the people, and tempting many to their
injury to make Rail Roans of doubtful
utility and probable failure of completion?
Our schemers say so! But we say nay.
If our sapient philanthropists would in
deed reconcile the people of North Ca
rolina to remain at home, let them ame
liorate the condition of the unfortunate,
by the passage of a liberal homestead
fkkuiioli) law, similar to that proposed
in the Senate al the last session giving,
by a summary process and almost with
out expense, the right to every one who
desires it a home, let come what will
of a lot and its improvements, if in town;
or if in the country, 640 acres of the ap
purtenances. Here would be a sufficient
inducement to every provident man and
woman in the State to make exertions to
possess themselves of such a benefit
.ind lo improve it highly and surround it
with every possible comfort. Next, let
them remove the prohibitions now exist
ing and encourage the people to pur
chase all the waste and dormant lands
belonging to the State, and rescue them
irom their present profitlessness and in
mnny.cascs, destructive influence on the
health f whole districts of country.
Next .let the expenses of ihe Government
be diminished. Next, let
every thin"
that cun be spared, be npplied towards
the estHbhshn,,;,.! of common schools
throughout the State. Next, let ,.en.
establish a Bank, on safe principles;
bound to preserve soum :urrencv; with
a capital equal to the wants of tlc' State
of not less than Ihrco millions; nnd ffivo
branches to our principal Atlantic and
'
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1S33.
(JTlie General Assembly of this Stale will
convene at Raleigh on Monday next. In i lies
preceding columns will he found a List ol 'he.
members there will be 108 new memhir-. 35
in ihe Senate and 73 in ihe House of Ciunmnns.
We may receive the Governor's Message in
time for our nexl paper from ihe active pait ta
ken by Gov. Swain, at several of the Internal
Improvement Conventions recently held in dif
ferent parts of this State, we anticipate a lun dis
sertation in his message on the absolute ntcebsi
ty of rousing old Rip Van Winkle" from bis
slumbers and inducing him to engage in a ''sys
tem" of Internal Improvements.
Singular Phenomenon. Early on Wednes
day morning last, several of our citizens were
roused from their slumbers to witness an extra
ordinary phenomenon. It bore the resemblance
of stars "shooting madly from their spheres,"
and in such numbers in some directions as to re
semble flakes of snow commencing about two
hours before day and continuing until broad day
light. They did not appear to be all of one size
some were larger than others, and left a streak
of fire behind them which was visible for some
time. It was not confined to any particular part
of the firmament, but extended in every direc
tion. This singular, and so far as we have
heard, unprecedented circumstance, basset most
of our people a wondering, and excited in no
small degree ihe fears of the superstitious.
The Clerk Law. The Greensboro Patriot
gives an account of a ca-e somewhat novel in the
history of our jurisprudence, which came on foe
hearing at the last Term of Guilford Superior
Court. Alfred E. Hanner, who was elected un
der the "four year law" Clerk of the County
Court of Guilford, was beaten at the recent elec
tion by Watson W. Wood burn, but refusal to
surrender up the books and papers of Ihe ofiice
on the grounds that the law under w hich Wood
burn was elected was unconstitutional, and if not
so, that his bonds were unlawfully taken, being
received by a minority of the magistrates of the
county. These objections, however, -were over
ruled by the County Court, and Woodburn was
installed into office Hanner served a notice on
him that application would be made to the then
nexl Superior Court, for a rule calling upon him
to show by what authority he now discharges
the-duties and receives the emoluments of Coun
ty Court Clerk. The case was ably argued by
counsel, and the Patriot says:
'A brief opinion was given by the
Judge (Donnell) on the constitutional
question, and a rule made, on the Justi
ces of the County Court to show cause
why a mandamus shall not issue against
them, compelling ibem to restore Col.
Hanner to the office of County Court
Clerk. Here rests the mailer at this
lime;' but where it will terminate, time
alone can disclose."
Petersburg, Nov. 11. Cotton The
continuance of unfavorable news from
Liverpool and Havre, lias a depressing
influence on all Cotton markets. The
last letters from England stale that do