.J ATK-- Wednesday Jan. 1.
Mr. Edwards presented a bill to niter
the name of Priscillu Williams, of Edge
combe. Kead ihe firfit time.
On motion of Mr. Norman, the com
mittee on Military affairs were instructed
to enquire into the expediency of provi
ding by law for the trial of delinquents in
militia companies, which have not a sut
ficieni number of officers to constitute a
lawful Court Martial.
The resolution authorising the Presi
dent and Directors of the Literary Fund
to drain the swamp land., was consider
ed anil rejected ayes 27, noes 33. Mr.
Flowers in the negative.
The bill appropriating the sum of
$6,000, to survey Rail Road routes, was
considered ami indefinitely postponed
yeas 36, nays 26. Mr. Flowers in the af
firmative. HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Mr. Kennedy presented a bill to amend
an act passed in 1825, making appropri
ations for clearing out the shoals below
Washington. Read the first time.
SENATE Thursday, Jan. 2.
Mr. Mendenhall presented a preamble
and resolution instructing the Judiciary
committee 10 enquire inio me expedien
cy of providing by law for the amount of
costs and charges annually expended
throughout the State in criminal or State
prosecutions, to be ascertained and re
ported to the Legislature, and for such
other information in regard to a Peni
tentiary, as said Judiciary committee may
deem advisable. Rejected 20 to 34.
The engrossed bill to repeal an act
passed in 1813, fixing the sum hereafter
to be paid to the State for vacant lands,
was read the second and third time and
ordered to be enrolled. Reduces the xum
to 5 cents an acre and restricts the num
ber of acres to be entered in any one
year, by any one person, to 100; on all
entries over 100 acres, to pay 10 cents.
HOUSE OF COMMONS
Mr. Barriuger, from the Judiciary
committee, to which was referred the bill
to prevent the murdering and destroying
of bastard children, reported that the ex
isting law already embraces the objects
proposed to be attained by the bill;
whereupon, on motion of Mr. Settle, the
bill was postponed indefinitely.
SENATE Friday, Jan. 3.
Mr. Cooper presented a resolution,
which was laid on the table, proposing
to raise a joint select committee consist
ing of ten members from each House, to
enquire into the expediency of limiting
the sessions of the General Assembly to
40 days.
The remainder of the sitting was oc
cupied in the consideration of the bills to
establish the Merchants' Bank of New
born, and the Albemarle Bank of Eden
ton, both of which were passed and are
now laws.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Mr. Bragg presented a bill to amend
on act to re-enact with sundry alterations
and additions an act to incorporate the
Petersburg Rail Road Company, passed
by the Legislature of Virginia on the 10th
of February, 1830. Read the first time.
Some time was spent in the consider
ation of the Bill to establish a Bank in
the State of North Carolina, which was
finally passed and ordered to be enrolled
by a vote of 95 to 30; and the House
took a recess until 4 o'clock.
Evening Session.
The engrossed bill to alter the name
of Priscilla Williams, wife of Egbert
II. Williams, of Edgecombe, was read
the second and third time and ordered to
be enrolled.
SENATE Saturday, Jan. 4.
Mr. Smaw presented a bill to estab
lish the Merchants' and Farmers' Bank
in the town of Washington. Read the
first time.
On motion of Mr. Edwards, the bill to
provide for ascertaining the sense of the
people of North Carolina, relative to n
raending the Constitution of the Stale,
which had been referred to a committee
of the whole House, was taken up and
the committee discharged from its further
consideration, by 0 vote of 31 to 30. Mr.
Mearcs -moved liwt the bill be laid on the
tabic. Agreed to ayes 32, noes 29.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Mr. Bragg presented a preamble and
resolutions, w hich were laid on the table,
expressing renewed confidence in Presi
dent Jackson's administration of the go
vernment, and the main principles upon
which he conducted it; referring with pe
culiar satisfaction to the President's Ve
to of the Maysvdle road bill, the bill to
rechnrtcr the United States Bank, and
the bill providing for the distribution of
the proceeds of the public lands atnoni
the several States; and requesting his
Excellency the Governor to transmit to
the President of the United States, and
each of our Senators ami Representa
tives in Congress, a copy of these reso
lutions. Mr. Outlaw presented a preamble and
resolutions, which were also laid on the
table, declaring than he act passed at the
last session of the Congress of the Uni
ted States, commonly known as the
Force Bill, is deemed by this General
Assembly inconsistent with the sove
reignty of the States, and therefore dan
gerous to the liberties of the people; and
instructing our Senators in Congress,
and requesting our Representatives to
use all the means in their power to pro
cure a repeal of tho said act.
SENATE Monday, Jan. 6.
Nearly the whole sitting was occupied
in the consideration of the bill proposing
to submit specific amendments of the
Constitution to the people of the State.
The Senate adjourned without taking
the question.
IIOISE OF COMMONS.
Mr. Outlaw moved to take into consid
eration the bill to provide for the ratifica
tion by the people of specific amend
ments to the Constitution of North Caro
lina; whieh was decided in the negative
yeas 4G, nays 79.
The bill m" prescribe the mode of as
sessing lands and listing other property
for tax ition, was postponed indefinitely.
U to divide the. State into forty Senatorial,
:.icls of which twenty-two are lo be. nth ib
The other House is to he composed ol eiBni
members, and these arc to be elected upoii an
elusive while basis-di's, ihey say will giwi
the Kavt the control ol the Senate and lot
West a Urge majority in the Commons. o
myself I look upon it as a surrender a.. 1ick,
tion-an entire abandonment ol the whole
-round. Our majority in the Senate will be
small and manv counties which are geograph.ca 1
ly eastern counties are perfectly identical with
the West in interest and in feeling, bo that
should questions arise in which any real or sup
posed conflict of interest between the two great
sections of ihe State should exist they will be
able easily to control the action ot the Lepla
tuie Besides this, elections are to be made by
a concurrent instead of a joint vole ol both Hou
ses The Governor is to be elected by the people
and some other alterations of minor importance.
We have several sets of resolutions in relation
to general politics-one in favor of the United
Sta7es Bank-one in approbation of Jackson s
Veto upon Ihe Bank, Maysville road and the
Land bill, and a third denouncing the Force bill.
I hope they will all lie upon the table if taken
up they will give rise to a protracted and unpro
fnahle discussion and lead to no useful practical
results.
Rail Roads. Several Rail Road bills
linvn hPiMime laws, since our last, but the
; State lakes no stock, leaving the several
schemes to be carried into eflect by indi
vidual enterprise. Raleigh Rigister.
Good! Ed. Free Press.'
The Currency. Since our last, the
Legislature have chartered four Banks,
thenstock of which, we have but little
doubt, will be immediately taken.
Under prudent management, these In
stitutions will not only prove a great ac
commodation to the people of North Ca
rolina, but will, by iheir timely aid, res
cue m.iny of them from bankruptcy.
The first in imnortance is the Bank
FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1834.
Snow. On Saturday last we hac! a fall of
snow to the depth of three or four inches, which
being covered with a coat of hail and the wea
ther continuing cold, enabled our citizMs to in
dulge Ihemselves with the northern sport of
sk'igh-riding for several days.
In consequence of the snow, we presume, the
late mails have become very irregular.
U. S. Bank. The hurly-burly respecting
the removal of the deposites, it seems, is rapidly
spreading in every direction from the Halls of
Congress. No better evidence perhaps, could be
adduced of the enormous power and dangerous
tendency of this mammoth Institution, than the
excitement at present prevailing respecting the
deposites. If the contortions and writhings of
the monster, when slightly assailed, can thus
convulse the community, what may be expected
when its death-struggles commence? However
much its opponents, friendly to the Administra
lion, may have differed in opinion in regard to
the time and manner of the removal of the de
posites, we believe they must now all be con
vinced that the measure was a judicious one,
well calculated to caution the people against the
difficulties and perplexities with which they
were threatened, and to prepare them as success
fully to resist the power of the monster as they
did its blandishments. In this conflict it be
hoves the friends of the administration lo rally to
its support, and effectually to counteract the vi""-
orous eilorts maue to sustain this tottering Ju
gernaut.
Extract of a letter dated Italcih,JanA,S31.
The period of our session is I hope at hand.
We have disposed of all the business of any im
portance upon the tables, except the Convention
resolutions, upon which we ought lo acU Upon
this subject, Convention or rather amendment to
the Constitution, action will be had and I am
apprehensive against us. Spaighl, it i under
stood, has given way and goes for what is here
called the compromise. The plan, I understand,
Resolved, Thai the Bar of thu fedprcie
Court, venerating the integrity, learning
and ability of the luto Chief Justice, con
sider his death as a public iiiisdomJllr;
und that they, in testimony of their res
peel for hid public services and private
virtues, will wear crape pn their left arm
for, the space of thirty days. ib.
Congress. Very little business h;,s
been done in either House during ylfi
past week. The removal of the dpp0.
sites is still the engrossing subject -upon
which, in the Senate, Mr. Clay has con
cluded his speech, and Mr. Benton com.
meueed a reply. And, in the House,
Mr. Polk has replied to Mr. M'Duffi,;,
and Mr. Binney will follow. The ex
citement on the subject appears to be in
creasing daily.
Considerable excitement has been pro
duced in the House of Representative,
by a memorial from Noah Fletcher, who
was appointed, by ft resolution of i!m
House in 1819, an Assistant to the Clerk
of the House, stating that ho had been
dismissed, without any cause, by Mr.
Franklin, the new Chief Clerk, and ano
ther person appointed in his place. Af
ter the memorial had been read, and
some debate upon it, Mr. Davis offered a
resolution that Mr. Fletcher be immedi
ately reinstated which has not yet been
acted upon.
The General Post Ojjicc. From the
Report of the Postmaster General ut the?
opening of Congress we gather the follow
ing statistics of the condition and opera
tions of the Post Office Deportment.
The comparisons drawn by Major Barry
between the years 1829 and 1833, wilt
show the relative state of the Depart-
! ment, with the facilities which it afforded
of North Carolina, with n capital ot;,ol public, at the commencement of
gl.bUU.UUU, to dc locauMJ in una cny, nis a(minisiration & at the present lime.
ami to nave oranencs wuerever u may uv
deemed advisable. The State is entitled
to ihe privilege of taking 8000,000 of the
stock, and in consideration of said sub
scription to have four Directors. The
remaining 8900,000 are to be subscribed
by individuals, who are entitled to vote
for six Directors in all ten, who are to
manage the Bank, appoint Directors of
Branches, &c. The Bank to go into
operation when $750,000 are subscribed.
The next is the Cape Fear Bank, the
charter of which is renewed. The Ca
pital .toek is 8800,000.
The third, is the Merchants' Bank of
Newborn, with a capital of 8250,000.
The fourth, is the Albemarle Bank of
Edenton, with a capital of 200,000.
The two last named Institutions being
intended exclusively for the commercial
communities in which they are situated,
are vested with no authority tc establish
Branches.
A lax of twenty -five cents on each
share, for the benefit of the State, is pro
vided for in the several charters.
It is believed that yet another institu
tion, the Merchant's and Miner's Bank,
in the town of Lincolnton, will be estab
lished. The bill for this purpose passed
the House of Commons, on Saturday, by
a vole of 77 to 41, and is now before the
Senate.- ib.
Adjournment. A joint resolution was
submitted on Friday last, in the Senate,
proposing an adjournment of the Legis
lature on Saturday next, the 11th inst.
The yeas and nays were taken, and it was
laid on the table by a vote of 37 to 20. .ib.
A Rowland for an Olivet. In a de
bate which occurred in the Senate, a few
days since, Mr. Mendenhall, in alluding
to the eoithet of "Rin Vnn VVI..L-1" J!
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applied to our Stale by a leading polili-'
" uuiu ly.iiuuua, iook occasion to
speak of him us ihe "Cassius of ihe
Conguree." ib.
The late Chief Justice Henderson.
Tho death of the Chief Justice, (which
took place during th0 vacation) having
been communicated to the Supreme
Court, on tho first day of the Term, after
its adjournment, the Bar met in the Court
Room, und having appointed the Attorney
General Saunders their Chairman, and
Gavin Hogg, Secretary, entered into the
following resolution:-
Amount of postage received during ihe
year ending 30lh June 1829, 81,707 413.
Amount of do. for the year ending SUili
June, 1833, - $2,616,538
Expense of transportation for the year
ending 30ih June, 1829, 1,153,646
Expense of do. for the year emling
30th June, 1833, - $1,894,635
The number of Post Offices in the U. S.
on the 1st of Julv, 1829, was 8,K)4
Do. 1st July, 1833, - 10,127
The annual transportation of the mails
amounted on the 1st July, 1833, to in
stages, 17,693,339 miles; on horseback
and in sulkies, 8,531,909; in steamboats,
628,737 total, 26,854,485 miles. In
crease during the past year, 3,229,464
miles.
The Report admits a deficiency in tho
revenues of the Department, but ascribes
it to the erroneous manner in which the
books had formerly been kept.
U. 8. Bank. The Directors of the
United States Bank have published a
pamphlet, defending the Bank from ihe
various charges brought against it b)'
President Jackson and others, and vindi
cating the conduct of the Institution,
closes with the following resolution:
Resolved, That the removal of the pub
he funds from the Bank of the United
States, under the circumstances, and in
the manner in which it has been effected,
is a violation of the contract between the
Government and the Bank and that die
President be instructed to present a me
morial to Congress, requesting that re
dress should be afforded for the wrong
which has been done to the Institution.
Depression in the Money market.-0
The papers from ihe north are full of
complaints of the scarcity of money,
and COnsenUent nprmiinn; nmlinrraSS-
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ments, which are represented as unexam
pled since the days of 1817 and strange
to relate, it is all" attributed to the remo
val of the public deposites from the U. &
Bank. The Board of Trade of the City
of New York and most of the Banks in
Philadelphia, have memorialized Con
gress on tho subject, and numerous meet
ings have been held in Virginia and else
where, all looking to a restoration of the
deposites as the only effectual means ot
affording relief.
(TJSlavcs have fallen in our marker.
This is partly, perhaps principally owing