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i i . , . V - ii' T M - - rssfcrt- - -'--'3'-'--'-'-- - 1 -rrei-m - - 111,1 , , n r ' . " w ' " - v -j "... ,-... - - re nemorul eflh Trustees of (he University of North Carolina rt.pect- - V. .' - , felly rtprvtesU, '- That the aitos'iun of lit inititatioa em witte-i to thcfr cart by yosr kern- VxJ4 iwpo.rs the duty an Ihttn of accounting to ihe LcVtJatur fur t dtnitr4tiM of tbeie trst,by U rxhbifkn oft tme lod fall statement the vrtunt codttMM aod furore prtmieets f the Unirenif an A tm. r-oBi the oertii authority seth toterpoiuoo a roar be deemed reou'wite u.eitaiB and promote the prosperity and otftoes of the evlablWhment. , fn it or couotry itas aireauy cnvl the advantage of a -gtoersl ddhtioa J liberal aod ocitotifie e dacstior,; nd to if, chiefly. He men took in fetore fv lupiiff M We and upright member of her profes.ioo, teacher of .HibaodlailbiMi ant enlightened publie servant. The trustee reel 's deep n.t."et ia the welfare of the cillrgt, n4. ibf e of iti true hare eq. rffiTitTd lo execate, !the utmott of their periotwl ability aodtt far tathe pccaoiarj jncana piacea at mer aupoa&i waoui allow, the important oblie tmateawmhtej to them. ' Tlirybclievo that the peoplt of the Slate gener nterM'w airvnj lea. of Hie value of tht tnstiroUoo to thoae bw fir irj. atJil it taimcma Importance la faiort generatiuaa. -Aod tbey doubt tot bat thai four tioaorabUbod participate in that lieep solicitude for the relfat Aieml1urj of leamins. estallif.l. under aa iDiuociion of (. cotiilUloB.'lj'youf predeceason; andrwill, apon du itifomiatioa and con tideratwa. a wiuuvet rear be neccatar to praveot ua sustaining any loss, in4 wptcially tHal of eUtrc. 't'V v- rv-V.r a, ' .The eDduWment of he Uniritj, out 4 llie PuWia Treaaorj. conaisted 'of the arrearages dua t tb State frvm reccirinz Cicert of the nrevnt and rhe latrivarnmenlDpto the latdajwf Jatiua7s178J; upoai which ihesunt jsiU9,4i naa oeen couectea j Ihe I reanorer of ihe Sute, who paid U mtr'9 n wusifes i me year uw,n coniormit to the act oL incwfora I fio. passed In thatyear. lu the'yeaf 1791, the Legulaturt loaned the for- .er auiatCSlO OOti lolhe college; and lutHeqnently made an absolute do I aation of it. It ia believed that no other adrance has beed made directly frwa the Treasbry,-.V t!-?'. i V ..-..,--. , w as' wMXf vo a -av 11 vpvi j ejuvs v v itiiu vuuav- t) eitales wrre made;-and by an act passed in 1809, all monies remaining a the lind of eiccijtors or admjuiatrators seven years unclaimed by leii- uxs or nexi oi Kin, ami ueois gue in ipa aiate up to yec. 1 "JU. were vrstea a the trustnea." -The arrearages al debts tlun to the Sute consisted aJmoat entirely ofuM judgments or other idle demands against officers, wb hadre , moved or become loaolveot and the donation proved to be neir'f vnproduo: tive.v Considerable- aoos were received from the sales of confiscated pro ?rty, at)d collected from the purchasers of JaoiJi trom Henry Eustace M' Colhtch, whoae ekt&te were included to 'he con 5acatioo, Sets and ia the rraot to th Univeraity. -Tho amount tbu realUod was veated ia the funded lent, of jhf United States, a the foundatroa of a perinaiknt fufld for defray, ing the annual esjwosesOv But by tbeacfbT 1804, pssied upon the decision ;f tbo Case ot WCuUoch against BarJl in the Court of Conferee ce;tht grant was rev kd( and the Uttfciees required to traBsfer theirstbck to the State, n obedience theretp, they paid and transferred on that account. In "February, Ie05afi.lb turn of 85.9S3 38j in ; December; 1808, tht Sum of gl,l3, 52; nd iit,livenrter, 1807,? Ihe further tutorf 2103 86. making Id the whole he nio; of 8X.1 60 58, reimbursed to ihe State out of the dvoatioQ of con- seated property, j ; ;y .-'y;ihi.:.'. : 'T- f'i? , The luoJa o the iDStjtution were turluer augroend by the grant or two utteriesj ftoro which, by wucli "exertion and tisk, the sum f 5,050 80 p beorsjonave ues)i i:auea.vv' 'i,vT r? '-" f':rr '- H""v;,: r With .these exceptions, this tieat etu nsefut icbool was established.' and Us tpea sopperted for uesrly Torty years by funds derived from tteheatcd waica buu me uouauwnaoi oeoeiiccuj anu painun? inuiviuuaia, mnuenceu hy zeat fot the morals,' learning and liberties of the State. ; A. , j Ji iro9i the granXof ecbat was, el eipecfed and intendefby,the "able1 and VirtuM! vlegiaUtara who chartered the jnstitutioo.'a gift of real value; frowf. sthtcli trcquentund targe ums were derived ' The departure fronv tlie country -and death abroad of that portion of the inhabitants who adhered U the cauof the ipother, Country, and lb dentructioo of life by the hard? ships owl)si.deitthtiev recent connectioq of the, Ptate wi'h a European govertrrnent and its coihnier cil dependence had brought many natives of Great liritaio and the con ti neol to our "count ry, who adopting it as their own lived and died amongst us, leaving only alien heirs, whom our, laws ''loosi'properly excluded from id N(ritiiig4 .BuUhe income derived from hi, iHurce,i8, at this $tji induced laalmoat a noroiial suinf - It Was greatly curtailed by those act; of thej Le filature, wliith letitta'rem'ale heir.beingVcitiq' M thia country,; faetsvitl' undng thn existence of a oearer '"alien belrf and which bnfefa..the ci Utei, real apd personal, on the widow of ao intestate, leaving oo heir of .his Mood AiTh dinintttioa)b6wever; inainly arises but of the altered condition 'of Hies country itsej which, by the iiic-easfe of our mb people; their greater intciligence and aiiquaidtaoce wiib the orW aod ttut nrinciplea if trade, has hppijy filled its occupations with native citizens. Thus the inducements for reign .emigration a longeV exist; and, consequently, few persons from 'abroad now,, make their douucU here, and sl'ill fewer aqqiro fortunei'aod i!eave,thea?uodispoed orby wit-; la point of latt, therefore, the college fit)ds jn,escheats, in North Carolina nol resource, aUbough vigilant and faith? .fulsgents Ve appointed in ttearly: every part pf the,3uteVi ;i i j " Under lhe grdut ofs that di'oit oi the State however, the trosteei were ai)vi.cd jbat t1iey;w"ejBtitied to escheats in the State f,Tcnpesee, which h4 f4lle lo' before that I member of ihe UniotK-ind the .board, ever anxious and on) the alert to en? large "the means of the college,' and thereby . fulfill what they deemed te.be Suishment of the title of tje Cbickasaw' Indians,1 which opened the western district of Tennessee-for the locaOott of Ihe mditaryland warranta of North CarolltuUaMrte4:';i!ai ue'tf ission add leftino beire at lawAfterimuch'difBculty and expense, a compWmisi was elTeoled cf the eonereny.'' Tht . reasoDs restrain t-..nfr- - t f rcivs racans. lis co!:ecU. of t!,e deb!a rri t;. It o- ;ra7 kil irf j. tr f urtht.er. b,il1 ""'J lteetanxNnef.ifU acctdej t.tsr,! 7--.V- . .T VBW-J i5Je,th board tu.e th-orM it I- tul 4 Vi'hich fcay bo far.'.er , Ei-.-Atr a d, d.c:.-i - - ' Utumate dcLc'c rr e-l. if -:a!v,U ,41it.e tke dt! t .a ckire uf irierttt q the sa-ne, ; t te t'.a 47 -cy. trum ihRiahv .hafniateea fori la'ree auantity of valuable latid. f Uy a ifsiort of their azeat Jit :aoessee. there remain unsold of the lands of ,tbe I college in" thai State 406,051 acres, including the dooations befote tnade by hbclatViai. Charles Cerard and Udvernbr iJerijafnii) Smith and sals had been etcied and bond for the Durchase mouey taken, and held by the agent to the aroount.of m,& 88 principal roooey.'U is unnecessary ipncu Wr this memorial w'nb an:uineriUooNof the obstacles presented by Ten- uessee ajsqinst the issuing Uie grants to toe university, aim. tnoj uM.. , tr.an! "n.l.vi.lii;!. anil iU tru e the, heirs of the deceived stoldWrst. claim jn that nght, a coiivpyance t the- U'liv i The trustees conceiving ,tne estates 10 nave.ueen eieu iu- v.., Mi.TMn niihli. nrl aaered trust, have not considered themselves at. ''erty tu run any risk of being drawn in by specious pretences to surrender at which in law and justice belonged to the college. They have therefore clined to convey opoo mere, claim, supported by ex parte affidavits. and general, aod except in cases which were cleaf beyond a doubt, they have 'j, .lr rK,- iki. !., Art tli nthnrJiand: nut been conscious of an obliga- ion on them to defeat true claimants or deal ur.justly by selling land with doubtful titles, and thereby multiply ,tne obsUcles in the way of ajudicial as erUinroent of the' claimant' right, or deceive person purchasinjfrom the 'rustees themselves Indeed polc7' ot ,cM th,n none,T ' "fbids auch a toorset for very inadequate prices f ould be obtained opon sales with special Warrant v: and upon general warrantie Ine college might be ultimately made "eD)ObSWe for large auais, to the impoverishment of the institution, if it Wuid remain solvent; or, if insolvent, to, the ruin of it evicted vendees, jnder th?s circumstaricea itjhas been deemwl incumbent on the board not force sales; and to- order, that no trust should be 'disposed of to which a '.nicing claim was known, TU'w watt done In the hope,5 that ome one or pre of the claimant would bring iuhs, o which the legal questtona might i discussed nd settled, v Many claims have been preferred; but as yet only . few actions have been instituted.;; One has been lately decided In the ,"irt8of Tennessee' adversely, to the University, and has been; by appeal, ih. iTnitfd States for final determination. fyon it may mainly depend the) fate of the other claimants and of the college. 4k deemed unsafe by the truatee W.make aalee at the lands, in th aUtf ! BiiavC Bin tVrl yw am am t J . ' " " ' '" T ,"l.pr " watiieuon net to add Mrtaaaer Imo ihera t thi f-nd. Tn. i- i T . . " tn "t tmieea Lave eo ttxU . . t fve BatDber of their ailrertanet i ed out vf mrtC iriTttultl!! .V It . i I .i s'ocl. aiKljtu.e; tie e.ci.r,.,, ,lf , ,,iea flrft , , (.. salves U the danrvrefkavio. decreesVra oat,.or LiLk T U'H hj K"'f H.e HeuenJ A.ea.tlv..Ka. L:.a!.y. f.uov "'v ot the. kav, theses., cJdrfVe ? ,!""- -f-t withih. nre f . ,. l' . rrc.ive.iogtneraUea:y pymo volsurilv 1 adT-tTanl. liTi . 2? J lh,i5Ufe' ,H4t 'Si alu. Tram r,i,ve . ( r , T- chaaera is) their anmdi sod povsfMlons ; , , . , " " v V . eeleM. as few ar, t,!e Utk.inl ra-kii. . !' '.Tki value of the ensold Uuda U wfeaJlv deterUmJ, .k.T i rT - " to "du'-ed offa!.d. Ui ,'r.iv,d ,,V$Z r , ; fcaa ) data., apon which they ca. pr.i, ntR'J"? t"th ' N N curtUi.Vt h,' e U al. Aaseooly.oa that poiat.."B. an Teatisaaio i!! . ! f M bttk wi(h-ut mjuii.ee to the able men nhe t." , !., a- i r 643 00. But it w feared aad'believed tl,i tZ sM j r R . f ?b e Uc,,S oJ -Pfn.te their v!w!,!e icra. "The Ld I, ,.-! , legalcovrr poa.ea.oi, namely ri.us, SS.teed,led thereto, an u r. i , r.u " -"7 T V" , ,e r"!' ''- ".v U :t.i, J. i . ' of .E3U,75 23t one -halfof which, if ueaabe wni th llJ. 717 a' i TZl-1 " M"J,t detui.ivtlv .ce rtaint i Trua.ee. and the c.tleje be ia the' .i" 1 1! V.H 4 Vr to the escheated land, ia Tenner. If f I I KUIC'II UIFI 11 fiXlttrNe al mot v.. . .v .1 . v t . the Legislature from dialetioB. would eonailt.i. - w '.'x j . quate to the perpetual wpport of thi. great hope, or the intelligent and v people of tin btate, . v,; h Sty iy.h , 5 ,Tbe remaining estate of lhe eolle (eiceMing boibb s-baU snias tlue "SU State) consist of 241 .hsrea'of the capi-.l "stock ef ",2 Pank of Newborn; of ihe college buildings and -the Undaobl which the are sitoate at er .near Chapel , tlitlr the Library and themical aod bhilo aoph.cal pparatM. ,By a careful huodin and In gpueral. a judicious application ol the apparently small mean which coastiteted the endow meet f tb iosutauon. the trustee have, been euabled bv the aid or ori rate donation, to lastam.the toHee for, now, nearly lorty years at an average annual expense o., probsWy g5.000.'aBd crr Hie' Urge, commndi oosand durable buildings or the University. These consist of tbvee spa, CKio brick col leves. a hall and infiniihed rhnnl,. r 4.. . ...:fi .. boaide everal, wooilea baildiogs for the residence of professors and a araeaooii a kail . 1 av. a.i.,.l . . V :; ow or.tnenuimings,- as apnesfin-onnn the books or accooats, has, been throtn of g3J,53r.'4ti besides inaual out lay for repair?; and the library and apparatus supposed (o bave cost and to be now, worth, more than 810,000. ; This whole property pow belonci to the Stale, Bod i ia a comliii.rj for the receptiea ind accomaiodation. of the teachera and atudeat,!1, orwerly , much inconvenieflce was experienced fim the want of rooms,' Some young .men could not be received wlildn the colleges, and mat:y of those ad mi tied lhere suffered ia their health and attention to their studie. br beint- crowdrd i V V I tsrtMria yeverai oiners; raurmors.wera frequently and generally expressed at those iMconvenieocie. Tor,; obviatetl)em; and make the , insutmu.o as far as possible subservient to the great purposes of its creation br affiirdin.. f. com mod at ton under the. immediate inspection of the facultv. wiihm n eollegetUhemselves, tof atudeots. lha bnardetcfmlned to iocresse the ouiiuiogs to tneir present numoer'.anf magnitude. f The reasure ws demed indispeosable; a, tor several tears,, the number of student was from 150-to 800. To effect thia deirsWe,object, the "trustees thouHit h nesessary knd prudent to borrow money, tt waa obtained from ; thehree Banks :of thi Wtate. 7 A&er much' indulirenca' from the Ranklanrt rl.u. payment by tb) btiard, the, debtaT'of the institution were estimated oy a committee of the Trustee in July last, and ascertained then to amount to the sum ot 37.5l.8 .JS,?. At ll?at time, and at the time of Contracting the debt the board 'owned stotkrin those, banks, as follow: fjii the State Bank, 23 share.; the Bank V Capo Fearj-Tjl shares;' and in, the Dank of Newbern. 241 'shares, in all ,473 share, The tock- wa : purchased at pgr aod cost 837.500A Since the vicissitude of fortune exDeriencml h our banking jnstitutiurisj add, indeed by mot persons engaged in 'anient turs or uaus oiaw, we r a,u coaoiea to put 0(ir, anger on toe very point ot the error, or the .boafd. It was in Raising moiiey by Joan. wmcau oi .ine B!iic,i7,,inir KiouKS.,A.uui IBB trustees nop to l exempted from reproach; i"r an rroi:,i that was common to our best informed citizens id jhe management ot their: private affair; aBd indeedto those oc'Bupy. ing L i9,atif of tho Sute, 'Were aHnnally iovestedin the ame stocks, long afterward. The cibject -of the board wjg to. uiake investments at once-nrofiiahto, and secured None; -effecting in a'n equal degree those' purposes, 'was known to inemmore man to tne irfgisiature s wno commanded similar purchase to be- mado with the money of thir cohstituents.V In the event, lISB'roia- .uvriua:'ki,.r'..:..'.tr.i'i-.''.,-..'.j..- it i. . ; . . : - a .wcju pi4 aavcoiurcTB, fiaa oeen maue manliest. But thaf icould not have been, and jcertainly was not anticipated by the trustee more 4han by you. predecessorior tb were purcbased ;when the baok: made: largo divideod8. -''rbev were not iold, because. tliey were thought to furnish certain'meaB pf djsthargiiii the debt', whenever the.rieman J bjecsm absojute; and that' ib the mean whilel tbej'excesl of;dmdend above the,, rate? of .interest on tbo' loan, was vcteair'.AC.ce4ic4i..tatb "-bey have served neither the one purpose flitr the other; '"fhe rice ' of stocks has fallen, so that a competent um-.rOul(f not be raised for the payment of thedebt by a :''ale of it..ac.i he pron?,h.ive) ih,fan equal degrve,sunk; for one 'of'ihe bank$v.declares!dividend centper jnunv; while tnkhftw':.ve'of:J accruing ? interest op the debt edded constantly to its amount, and bt 'lleiiW ii u u - ii .1. i.i... 'j.. ..t t :, . iiius cuoipuuuucu wvuiu suuu Bweu iuc ueuia io such an umount lis wouto wrmrmer aiproj)r.r,tM. ifuok the I rejMirvt it ,,l ivr,r ii , rwVwy.iktha colkPe.oro.TO, of ouraiMtr State; ih.dly !er. r.Jent i. Vwr'.'-wao plea; will terminate ft. exi.-tenca .' '""- w.sr inci buniinucs mi ll "inui Mmnu. ..I ... .. . f I I. 1 ' Vhile however thert tOhtinues at h goml pro.nue of aa aoVquate am its aupp.itlbe trustees cannot auophii- thafjuor honorable U!y uil to be broken p the extensive., a:,a valuable and totly buiUl.n'v u. Icciej; the jou lrg sums taenmen e . r i -ve r. f T 1 1 at'' H K:1 .h!t'Un Verities oi thU,HJi,,ort.t in.tUa-oTtV ! itstexi I llOtl! anil IrV acB Cunrui.ln.srif li...., it ..... .. r .1... r .. . .' serve iU: exiaienco and imut it. ..r,.i....i i',fri... i r J . " . ? ik... V.,iii -.ki. i i . . . "V"- --!v.- -nrj oavu ri.-r-lro comniunir thua full i the artuul state and fnturo-eiriMnit hr tt. '.k-. ...i. ... Ken to kuatain it, aa. ialLavtm mut to tlw iruaid una of ih r ....,. .....i.k . i : ffnlH. WrfyJ.nd wlisC preclm , ruertr thi. i ' rrrr" j "., " vnay oc oniaiuea lt ij.e book atnl Dnfers uf ud strvants, v .11, k I truMee,s,or possessed by aay member of tho board or their tiffit era a with pieasereYBe aapplied'. upon "ren Best., i .'t " - v - - . - , ; ikJu rr1 r.-e.?m,8 tU- Vk ,ny lwc'fl re of re'.ief, but sub m It tt entirely (o the, wisdom 1)t tt10 Le?Mare;. Oo behalf of the .Institution, they will t' - . v. . nil II. r ""f;""'1 nd nul ) xi-mcy'A direct -raa fU. . xmvwut w irnm.ieo(Awnui4 most itnuiidiatelv a cully jf oceumpatmed by anpprttMiation forihrce e four- tfincy.,,,, A direct ra a of a. ami vtlectUiilly serve it, t" c-' supply any pari oUhe before ; ne.ti.d ariqupl deridoucr.'.whiih .ny not b mcVlv t'.v cer.ei. collecuoiis io the rU& 1 ,hu we.taud t home.; If thi. should be deemed L- ' o.d, ttemejiUot the college, or, n. Hecsiiiearfw4heabi!ifof the Treasury v. , art undue reaUicHou of -prHopriatiur. I'orwther pu-puies.jhe 'board would su-st. t In Hint tt, m luru I. ' oi...l. 1..: .1 .. . " " l ' t as the' Biate U a large hotdtt of stock l the B welt COiisiduiedT whether 11 h-wi t..r r,..r.iu ,k. ii. .ti:. .1 .... . L. -.. " 1 " ' i.I - '" -" Mi i"- poiiiic noouici soner lis own c and , favorite seibmary' to be BVerwheLoed by lie wterestccraing on thi tarco d j! 1 iV 11 .. !' . '""V"' lying dormant in the vaultsf ihe Tra-urv. - e. .. . .. . - I ttlP lt'llitd win. ira lk. ,...1:.... . r .1... 11..' . . he niight.coovenient y a4uo,6 the debt and extinoiib ira her onti.m by ft aufflciencv l tUfioti..i)ioi llioco.porationa.Sli.iold. thtBUo hot Hod favor; it mav tl.. n ho fore be dlined yoor nicnibriaftrt w.iul4 respectfully ak, that the literary fund i I A. bo, ; Ub f tlse oliege by 'way, ofj loo,,, without, ioierest of .0 ,r ,t !. 7 ' ' hereolaa will discharge then-debt; say 821.000 and wilfaUo for three or four year, mie ' (ontil the title to the 'western lands t,.! b determined) supply the annual detiriem y t c fore mentioned, Mo wuch ilie collection 'of tl.e board shall be inilequa'ek -The le'l 'i- .uuf iiBB. wmciwi im purjmae oi making im luimer ittVeHtmcwia-i Jhat fund in stm U. t. If itis towmain tinproductive jn a pecunia point of vieW.Jt i ,0t respertfullv " gested that In pq taanKe'Wn, itbeueful as in reviving and snlnUinibs 'ih UnivcMuy 4 ' -an; institution certainly jo.sciat.g: higher claims Ibsn nny other with whtti tie fui.J f ' i oonidbedfPoite4.t'-Bui,ifa'pM . Stale or to the tuud itneif, the bnui'd Would deem it Jl.eir duty, with th probation r f t' L!c la I at rat .' In tiilA lias tiH to J,(i.J....t i. . f. tl . . . . . . 1 egisUlure. totttkeup oB -arifducedorevea afull iuteresf, eoch portion of it a wou' I an- ' ' iwer ihe purpose ulreadspecilid, ;V'l"he' trustee would be impelled to' accept the f. aa " ir irteventho most disudvaiitaguous term (whoo prescribed by your honorable body) by fho 1 V oieut. w hich under the statute "of 1829, 4he Bioki are required to exact from t brs; and by the furthpr onsiderii4iB;!,tbal'a ihey humbly tiiitik, ii is tlu tr duty ever? thing raher than discharge the faculty anil stop the exercises of the co'l .1... .k... .... : . . . kuoaiuciauou nai m j vauiiuv men cvou ine imerrat oi their ileUt. muih lens th iiisiul. their dtbt ' ' to hazard t v whatarticularNriwraetbtroateft. with theieeisUitare to ' desigoate; kud tliey.'itf comihurt Willi thoif fell u ,ti cover, tne wnoie enecr of me xtytege, tue,trutees, at a special tneetine; July jlast,5 determined to diminWi thek tlieir stock as the v". eauttT find market fori The vJ acconlinitl V t ilttrMt ii. sale the. State Bank and. Cape, Fear Bank; stock at 75 and 50 per ceut. ine atgnesi inaraei pnees tneq w oe naa ioj means thereoi ahdot sums erV lecied in Tenessee and.isewhere,the debt ia nowdored from 8r.518 73 to S20.12 53, namely.Ho the State Ban U,5TS .39, wltfi interest from Jhe 1 Stb iday- ot August last j ';ana ;to : the Baok . of JNe wbern, 6.5.49; 6,1 wan interent trom tne ijth. June,i asaDnear bv a reoort niudo tn ih bflsiwl by "their ' Treasurer' on 22nd 'of November, .bihtant. 0 lit the same repoi i, ii appeais. aiso, ipai ine .t reasurer na a surplus ol cash en hand of 83.143 ai. but of that, nearly the whole; namelv; the sum'of 2.r00. will bet absorbed bthe salariea.MOe tn the President and 'other iemtiara;pf the; facutty at the end of the present session- !t v H'.rvv j ' The jtock pf the BanH of NwbeVn,vii 24 ti shares, ii stiil held by thi. board. V It was not, and could not be sold except at the risk of f eting in the dark; fori the director of that bank ..have ; hot' yet fixed on ant price at which wy uiiih numttiit iuii paynicuif 4i ticiuh,' However, no Uiviuena. f Itftust now be manifest to your honorable bpdy. 'that wjtb ample, resour , cei in, prospect, the actual income of the University is nearly nothiog; save tba't arising from the fees of tuition -Those fee have been reduced a low it' possible, ibat oppbrtui-ity of obtaining educations may be; afforded to the greater1 numter, including that, most valuable portion of ours; as of every other community, the sons of rrjoof middling and barely independent pro pertyi t It. has been fixed at 239 per an. for each clas and every branch of science, and.is, less tlian at any othe -olIee known tothe board. ; At, the ehlargemeot of the establish meot, the nun.o?r of students' was nesrl v 00. as aireaay mennnneu; anu.me tuiiion money went to uetray ,tue annual ex penses. .From vfridB cause, but ; chiefly from the general distress for money throughout our State, and indeed throughout the . (cultural region of the southern uortioq of the Union, and from; the erection.' of well eo- dowrd colleges and schools.in the neighboring States on all si ics of us, the number is now dinunuheu toout BO, and ha been fess.. The revenue derived from that source may therefore be estimated at about 82.400. j ThB faculty consist of a President, at a (alary of 81.600; four, Profc-. -ors, at salaries of 81240 each; and two Tutors, at 8400 each.. ' To this is to be added the salaries of the Secretaries and Treasurer, and superintendent, repair and other incidental expenses, estimated in tho whole, st 840. mi ........ ' i. .. ? ,J ..-... i...J5'.f n ' ' . ' ine annual cnargo upon .ine insi.iiuiio'iway. vpaovmytm a louows. : -i,. Salarieior the. Tanj. J:y Other officer and incidental expenses. o . - , 840 '00 Inurest poo the debt.tix. 20.124 Sffi i.207.4? . .. tf.lrinai In uncrrotr ,.1 fst. ..V.'..f..l.'.1''J('.'.Rl AiW' At 0edoct probable tuitiod fee; XfH ' K' MOtf .00' t1tnietty '.-' ". 1 ''';;''7;47 be jus,t;eBt: nd bestrbd ie:.will. clieerfu'H endeavor to execute any dut v that rr.iV be BaS-guvd tXtb'eB.r'.'JV- vr-v .' oUiooslT growing ui orine occasion, opon ine vaat luiportaoce I education-its dividual hippiqes; Its'l ud purify the mind, tu c aslv influence upon i.i- .'j chnston wild the evil passions and propensities of ouc naiure. aiMl aoftoj,' the -affeciionsMo eBlarsr- H.a pher of humon aciionatid ptnotc epterise and the art?; miiltinly eyeful nien anf 1,1 case ui m unity Biiiuuoiiaut.AM'4Rre:.voiih.iueiaitonaa.4itiretnc(niVc ao.nowerru iv'siid -dirit l yoOr lionornble tm.Iy, aoowho f old enoo'i dcatinol but testifvlo r humon acnon. atiu pri)mote.. eptet prise and the art?; multiply eyeful nien snf in-" " " theieppitcity ot-fusefuloe; and, in a popular gftvereucnt,V. to inform the cum-"" at large,, and disposo them to cherisli .and qualify tei't.end.'their vfree in.i W i'4U-thcrt.foiiideiipa4ldr directly to i , t uie oi4iti4uoinZj imji every man, any uiucn trioro every member o iuo,.i cbtimuie usiotporwiice oigniy. r i .oriii, Carolina, every jci lo-remen.ber when the University was not.' mut.'hae observell. un tne enacts, most fatutary ,.oi its RtobUslmientt;' -Anil . timse who bve mped ltsmiu hf ' .' having been; its iwnate?. vr by being assoviated ill oroisrjttNliiieiB, ikBstteletatioViit,;. c.btjo;lorfljr. be less tBViWCwtho'.iyta; JVilhoat enlarging-omon the1 merit ftf ' ihe urktitutifin lit'. this ahtrapf.:' rha"!.r imci.t uh;li Wil.t- in i.j. ..s , .. :...:." -j ' precisely appear, wnen tne iict i mentioneu, that opon Jtitlr fivnuwl find Uty 'of ,,. kOtinslter 'tc;civio'iithia ltiaU:;tegulaircuMriM ' collegia tit education, ave bcfei . cooierrea tne usual acuiiemical iegrj:ei BtUf tliat; besides, b umber. ;bf others, sup(st"J to be; nearly Cequal-to the griduatea, have been likewiseVlatight,' iid bcriefi-ialiy iaunht, ; though oot completing; il tourf, they did pot receive degree. ?T.' even or vc't hundred of the o.mui" uf C.liapeUill, -'bow bMI,Vith-honorithctnifeTvfS'af.(f We. col lege,; and with i 'iisefufnesft (o tbeirrcountry,'iri.ist r4f her posts of .distinction, tmst, iaboc ) ' and responsibiljiy tu ber Legislatures, her juili.iry, her pr'ofe'asions, her c.liool,'beide' IV' adding greatly tothe mass ol;neral Hiforinatieti, caught I'roin'them iti (hi Itilefronrsc of '? r aociety and;iffused through thfli body of our 'cuijuon. Many who have sought employ-" ' meats and home in distant sections of the: yoioii, wiakeuif ..'tavorably; known JTb our si r ' State, adprn Or chancier and their owri, and cherishing grateful memory of fhe land ( f v (heir birth, than; pod that though they do not live, in Iforth Carolina, they wtre born t t . ' her ioil and, were educated under ber pat'onuge,;,,-;, ' iXtii, BiBrita.joir, tb) pejsent facuftj of. ll olJegMeould Vender' (t an'actof injustice to ' ' ' Ihegeoilemen Composiogit, and tdtherrputaimnotthe University, were your memorial- i v 1st td withhold the expression of tbt-ir confidence )n Ihrm.Tjnd iww opinion of the import : ' lane ofretainhgthem idthe seryice-of tXe Staff, if .possible. ...The professors are iu!Ti K cienily known to the trostye to enable theiu'du'.y to appreciate them;-tVithnut dce 1-' ing to particular offensive to their modesiy,, it will suffice to av that.:hiy hivsvrovcJ ' ''l ihemselves- by their abil-iy," adequate to them taskSriind by 'thir7.1thfulne89,by of V ' " ihcie: Wait, They are eblo teachers, discreet gbveroore and rfie kind friends onheir ru- t ."m pils.ev And Under their.superiritcndcnce, the Utuverity of North Carolina, has n'urdi J, f , t arid does 'afibnl .opportunities for the acquisition of solid arid polite leariiimr, iiot it!! t SI , ' ed by those to be found in any of the other colleges of the country." But tho i ','t " A a character and the pre-eminent service of the venerable, learned and piou gei.tlci-anV'. preside over, lh college, furnish both, the motive and .the excuse for the !. l! 'iui r tho trustee, of their profound sense of the value of those services, and the ir, U r ; i - ' the debt wliich the alumhi1 of the college and the State at large owe him. Lj er.ici I ' t e coljege in 1796; at .which time he wa appointed a professor. He lias, without the lea,t iuurmissioni earnestly and ably devoted the thirty fmir suWj-rijent years 1 1 ile uscf !, .r but Lboriotis 'and ;Oiiosteotatiuus einploymeht of imparting know'etOj and formir; f. j minda. the moral and the characters of the youth of this Stato. Witii'qoalificationsemw ' nently sailed and always equal to His responsible Halions, he bus employed under all d:s ' V , Coursgensent his great, abilities and attuininen's, wi'.K a constancy to be inspircJ only ' by jthe euiliusiasm of.a virtuous heart jn, so holy a 'cause;- ?o'. the single end of educatir ' ' . ' our sous, and establishing upon a firm basis hf 'merits and the reputation of the Ui.iver.i ty..What antcess his V-eal and abilities have Won, the character of his school and il -1 happiness and usefulness of, seven 6right hundred of hi pupils,' coioposing a lar-s r::.t ; ' i o all the men nowr ditingvibed Stt active life mongt us, can well attest. Unured by t 4
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Dec. 9, 1830, edition 1
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