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RALEIGH, C.) W Jbscnpti Throe. ilolliupK one toi W n wlvance. . No paper U continued lonT l l'n, r. and for' twentyfire c'fcnfe !elv sulst iui ui'- , , . i i. --.,; J.i:,. .! .muterrtuwhvr of 1 mi than fourteen. , Legislature of North-Ckrolina. of the Uogpel, those heretofore exempted (Jug- j s$. To amend an act passed in 1813, enti, tleetj of the Peace, C Jerks, &e.) are not boun'd , (Jpd an act for erecting an Academy in the town ot Tarboitoutrh, . To incorporate, Davie Lodge, No. or fte county of Bertie. . " jS5. To establish jiermancnfly the dividing lin between the counties of Aslip and Burke. ',. 36. Granting to the Superior Court of the countv of Richmond, original "and exclusive jurisdiction in alt cases where the Intervi- ,t ' " j , . iwn m a jury js necessarv. : J7. To amend and continue in force an act to do ordinary mdilia military duty. Free persona of color: are to serve only within the state. Brigadier Generals to appoint Brigade Inspectors, ' 19. To extend thetime forpWfe'ctinVtitles to land. Persons Having entries hiade sinee the year 1800, have ontilUe year 1816 to per fect their titles. k - ' , ' A LIST OF THE ACH, Tasked at the session nf.the General Assembly of yV . V- 1914V ( i. An act to give to the superior courts of law concurrent jurisdiction of petitions for tfie ftinendmciitof grants and mesne Conveyances of . art to provide, for, the better regulation of the land (The caption gives a complete aetmntonuown of smithneid," passim in 1803. i. An act to alter the time of holding the Superior Court of. Craven, and to extend tlte term of said Court. .' " 2. An art to alter the times of holding County, Courts of Pleas and Quarter Ses-'rendering navigableNCotentnea Creek sions, for Rowan County. 3, An ac t to amend an act, entitled An . pasat the last Assembly, entitled " An act the to:hc6rp6rate a Coanyfor the purpose of ' fi Ji' !f,M l.atkunl tion of an act passed in 1813, respecting BCife-s fi)irLiglt-Ilouscs' and Fortifications. This act extends tlie time in whirli the 1 hited States may obtain scites for Light-Ifou- 3. An act to COiiimye m ioire censun aru I 4. An act to authorize & empower the foan- . S8r Better to provide foi the Poor of Wakje county r, y,-. .... ?. ... ., . 39. To provide for the payment of Jurors hi thft fount v of Bladen. mi- ciCsTTo enable the Wardens ofthe Poor tyouH7)reashTto to Uy. an 'addk epfbifiaid County? on ithc south side of Tar tional tax. . .... - . , . River. " - ' J 41. To alter the place of holding a sepa- 9. An act to alter thtf- place of holding two fate election in the county of Rockingham. separate elections in the Counties of Iredell 2. To annex captain Frederick Walser's and RowaiH. aml to establish one other scpa- company district, to tlie second regiment o rate chTfion in the county of Cabarrusl Rowan militia. conrerhinethe Banks of Cape Fear and New- 6. An act to alter the time of holding the - 43. For the removal of a separate election bern, Hiid for otuer purposes corcermng saitupprior courts oi tne counties oi y ukcs.wi mccoumy ,o rranKun. . . anks. amfAshc. . I Jfe. An act to carrj' more ftdly into effect Extend Ntho charters to 1830, enlarges 7. An act to establish an Academy in the a act passed in the year 18J0, empowering tbe ajiitals of each to 800,000 dolls, making County of Iredell, v the. County Court of Chowan, to lay a tax the stock of the state in' both amount t fiO,.i s. An art for the further regulation of the on tlie inhabitants of said county, for build- -09'doUs audJ.4ya J.ftxjf.l,peteent.Mlie; t0vn. ofEdenton. ,1. ing a Poor House. 9. An art to amend an act, passed in the: 45. To provide hr a settlement with the .... a a rr . i j tAuix umcers oi lsunconine county. . ii r a; t 4. An act allowing luiwr uuir lor regis- . ontMA u An art to rst .lillsl. twr tiring grants, proving and registering, dee ds, Turnpike Roads in tl western part of this m sue ronvevances, powers of attorney, bill. oTntp of Rale and deeds of gift. The timr allowed hi ;vo years. , , IS . Ai4 act to amend an art passed in the will not beHeya it. What ! BostoiVihiritdi: of Ameiicari iadfneadersee, to whose aisWirg stept forth uni)Iieited, when the ivoie ve.ge." anee of the British ministry ttoi' wreaked un that devoted town I Boston, now to destrt 4. in our utmost need to give up her. old ally to -ravage at thjrice ofjier own imnmiiiy from the cwmtnwB enemy ? I eanitnt, will noil tit ve it The men, if any sueh there be anioVjno, vhO venture-to inxitiHate Haeh an intent by Hie darkesflnueuao, do they claim to-be th? dNi. pies of Wnshitoo? They are-oftlie school of Amald. I vm eat Insensible to th ,v;iatiMis iud oppressions, with which joa bai be eu itar rassed, with little intormissionj since the :ne tjriorable rmhar ,f 1807. These 1 am dispos ed, as y6n well know, iiei(1ier tdicuse, nor tOijU extenitati.-r-l'erhapi m&j be reminded of an authority o which I alwai s delight to refer, SigHius irritait unimos, &fc? ' hot let me tell such geoH' 'ha ,oor sufferings uuder po iUieal rjvk iif tr own calih ijr, are not ertd by the' a'hhappy, fnisgn idi d pa) ient , a s ev i dence of theoteBcy, and consequently (accord ing to hia system of logic) of "tbe efiicaiy of the medicine, as wtll as the inveteracy of the i!is ' ease Jt is not less true that this last has ho come, from preposterous it eatmirnt in the hi;h. est degree alarming. The pate.nl bimnelf Je glrre to suspect something of the sot. find iie do- tors I re mb ! i ng, eac h for h i s o w n i h . rac i t . a re quarreling am calling hard names amoiig tlu h selves. Bat they have reduced us to ucL a cr.ndition, that nothing short of the knife will da. " We most fght, Mr. t Speaker !" said Patriek Henry, in 775, when his sagacinuB mimf saw there was nothing else left for ns but manly resistance, or slavish submission. 46. To amend an act, entitled "An act ind his lounge dared to uUerwhat his heart mi if. concerning the Turn-Pike Roads in the coun-' gested. How much greater the neecssiry now, 10, An art to establish and incorporate 'an ty of BlJnrombe,, passed in 1813, and for wheu our country is regarded, not as a property Academy in Greensville, in the county of Pitt, "other purposes. 11. An act to amend an art entitled an art fyear 17V1, entitled an .actior the better obser..to amem, an act to :ultho, ise the Commis- ..:...r ..,1 tiuinintf htf I.nivl' nav. rnmmnnlv 1 . .. . n r... . . . Tiitioti and keeniris the Lord's xl a v, rommonlv Called Sunday, and for the more efPn tual sup pression xrvtCe and immorality. In cases of Bastardy, this art allows the man amjsjfa to have atrial by jury, in which casrhfman's Oatii is only considei'ed as prima jade evi dence. The party praying the issue to pay the costs. 6. To authorize the courts of pleas and quarter sessions to employ suitable persons to transcribe the Register's Books of the respec tive rounties and for other purposes. . 7. To amend and explain an act passed in 1813, entitled an" Act to raise a Retenuefor the payment of the civil list and contingent charge ot" government for the yeaiiai:" The act above reciteU omitteu tne tax on white polls-this act explains it so as to make them liable. 8. .Concerning , Divorce iind Alimony. The parties to be heard in the superior court whose duty is to make a verdictbut'. -no di vorces granted till the proreedmgs are ratifi ed by the General Assembly. 9. To amend an act concerning old 1 itlcs of land and for limitations of a( ti ns and for a- voiding suits in law. This act gives the. bene fit' of the statute of limitations on actions of Debt founded on simple contracts. 10. An act to amend the revenue laws of thNi ttate and to provide a revenuefor the payment ofhe civil list and contingent charges of gov ernment I Ibis act provides tor the VALIIA TJU-N OF LAIVDS, anil imposes a ta sioners of the town of Hillsborough, to rent out part of the town commons and for Other pUrjosrs" passed m 1813. 47. An at to remove one of the separate clertions in the county of Northampton. 48. To establiEli a separate election in the county of Gates. 49. To amend an art passed in 1813, enti ' . - ' ; f . v i ... - . . . . t. . 12. An act for the relief of the Treasurer : "An - act to appoint tommisstoners lor ef the'eounty of Martin. -th twn of Lumberton."1 13. An act to amend an act, entitled " m 50. .To incorporate Kilwinning' Lodge, No. act for laying out a town on the 1-vnds of Jes- 64, in the town of AV adosborough. se Peacock, in the county of Sam)Son," pas sed .1 785. i 14. An act to incorporate the . Raleigh Thespian Society. 15. An act to incorporate the Wilmington Thalian Society. 4 16. An act to incorporate the Trustees of the Union Academy, in the County of Hali-MpintedL 51. To cstablisli one other separate election in the county of Wilkes, 'sflid to ivmote one of the separate elections of Said county. 5-2. To authorize the Commissioners of the town of Beaufort in the county of Carte ret, to appoint one or, more Auctioneers, and pointing out the duties of the auctioneers so fax. 17. An jtcf to enable the Cape Fefar Agri cultural Society to" raise a sum of nyney by way of Lottery. 18. An act to repeal - an act passe'd in the ye:,.rl776, entitled " An act making compen sation to the owners of outlawed oh executed Slaves, for the counties of Bladen, Halifax, ; poses Gi'imviilc. (invilu i l .iwl. Perntiinons. Beau-i 5f- An act fort and Pitt, so far as the same relates to the county ot licaufoit." 53. To extend to Duncan M'Farland the privilege of establishing two-Turnpike Roads. 54. riStahJislung one other separate election in the countv ot Urnnge. 55. To prevent any person or persons from impeding the; free passage of Fish up-Brice's Lreek in Craven county, and for oyier pur- to establish a free school in the count v of Duplin. 57. To alter thn time of holdint; the Superior 19. An act to reiieal an art riassed in the V"ur.1? .I ,jHVV .a-u V")' m tae county oi . , jcm , ,ui,.,i f . ,v....:.i ft.-; lerfclenlMire anil .Cabarrut. the payment ot jurors in .the county of Ber tie.' 20. An act to repeal an, act passed in the year 1813, tn- so 'much, thereof as secures to ot ei"ffl lirtl I 1 .T'. ivr lmill, IMC pi i i cenls, on the hundred oollars.liiirty 'ue-.its is tbe tax on while polls, and thirty cents on black-dov Other 'subjeqt of taxatiou the same as last year. I 11. An act for the relief of persons who have inad? Entries of vacant and unappropriated Lands, and on which,warrants of survey have been issued, and lost by acciueut. lege o. eratnisr gates on the public roads k.iuing through his land. til. An act to remove two separate elections in the. county of Orange. 2.. To amend" an act passed in the year 1805, entitled "" An act to appoint Crminiis sion is tu lay oft" and establish the dividing lines between the counties of Chowan, Per- 12. Further to promote the.adminisf ration of nt ;m(nig an(i (jates " ".7iTrtottthortzejT1teopmtrs-L and Thomas Starcyof Rockingham county. j to erect gates on th ir own land, on the pttb- -Jusiice iu t he Supreme-Court of N. Carolina I o prevent Judges who presided in the. mien o- Court from deciding ou the case in the Su 13. AiLacMieeiaring quakers competent per-! lio rua(1 lcaiSino 1 Mku's OIi OM Dan sons to serve ou uranu Juries and also on p Juries in criminal eases. . 14. Ait act to provide means to furnish supplies to the mililia which may he called in 58. An act to establish a senerate election in the county of Gal's. . - ' " 59. An act to establish a town on the lands of Jonathan Hampton iu the county of Bun combe. . " . . 6tt. An' act to authorise William Hampton late sheriff of Wilkes County to collect the ar rears of taxes due him iu safd . county for the ; e irs 1811 and 1812. 61. A hill to aut horise Edward Chambers and John Smith, late Sheriffs of the county of Itpw an,' to collect the arrearages of taxes due them in said county. .- ' . , 62. A bill supplementary to an act passed hist general assembly entitled ii An act grant iug In the superior courts of the county of'liieh moud, original and exclusive jurisdiction in all c ases where the intervention of a jury - may be necessary.- " 3. A bifl to appoint commissioners for the belter-regulation' of Elizabeth-Tnwp, in the cnuiitylnf Bladen. ' J, ' 6-1. An net to amend an act passed at the jluxt session of the General Assembly, securing to tio persons therein named, 'such property lfe. A bill to aiiDnint commissioners to ruli nie boundary line between this, state a. id houth. Carulina. Sufficyntly explaiiied by the ti K -Ipjtsseo Political. 24. To incorporate the Fayetteyille.Tlial- lan Association. t 25. I o amend an act passed in 1810, enti- toth, aertice of the state for f the U. Stales! 1 tied ' An act to authorize'' Alexander Smith durieg vhe year one thousanbght hundred j0f Ashe county, to raise' by way of Lottery a 'hey may hereafter acquire a'Ht htieen. Authorises the 1 reasurer to bur-1 the sum of ftilevn hundred dollars, and for row ttnder:ih'"dire:ction -of-the-goveniur, fotlferpaTposes'' - -' of money from the banks, not exceeding in ,the An att 'authorising the countv Court whole is ooo dolls, for the above purpose. $ to appnint a ( ;;nimittee of Finance. to A bill uhher j to prescr.be the duties of- f im. te the ()f the Comptroller, file shall make out uinl ..... . 1 , bnvc printed beroi-thesu of .November in ; IiiUsborouffli Academy. ..kL...K..ur.-..-..i ...f Bii,.Tr...irAr.! 8. An act tor the better regulation of the to be laid before ihe eeneral assembly.! ftwn ot ilkesborougli, in the coiinty: of. 11T rtm , To revive the 2d section of an act,; in 1801, entitled- An. .act to revive tobe recovered, and therefore spared, so far as is compatible with the end in view, but as ao object of vengeance, of desolation. - You know my sentiments of the men af the head of our affairs, and of the general course of administration during the last eight years. Yoti.knnw also, that the relation in which I staud towards them is oue of my own deliberate choice; saotiomd not more by my judgment than by myfeelings. You, who have seen mca (in the ranks when I commanded in chief in the House of Representatives, and Others, at that time too green to be on the political ovusr ter-roll whose names had never been pro no.uneed out of their own Parish) raised to the. highest offices ; you who are thoroughly ac quainted with the whole progress of mysepe ration from the party, With which I was ouc eoAOt?dJn ,onduV do not require to be tVU that 'tTrere wast time in which I stood in such favor in the closet, that there must have beeq something extravagantly - unreasonable in my wishes, if they might not all have been gratis fled." Bnt 1 must acknowledge that you imvo seen instances otapostacy among your quondam political associates, as well as my own, that wight almost justify,?! uspicion, that I too, lired of holding out, may wish to make my peace ulth the administration, by adding 0110 mofe item: to the long catalogue of venality from Esau to the present day. "" Should such a shade of suspicion pass across your mind, f can readily excuse it in consideration of the common frailty of. our jnature, from uliich I claim no peculiar exemption, arid the transcn. daut wickedness ofk the times we live in : but you will have given me credit for a talent which I do not possess. J am master of.no such apihi-dextcrityj and were I to attempt this game, which it. is only for adepts (not no ices) to play ! l am .thoroughly conscious, that fike other bungling rogues, I should at once expose my knavery and miss my object not that o;tr political church refuses to open her arms to (he rilestof heretics and sinners who can seahheir abjuration -of their old faith by lhe'pYrsemli'n of the brethren with whom they held and pro, leased it ; bull know that my nerves are ot too weak a fibre to bear the qulstion' ordinary and 'cltfaoi'diha'ryi'Oiir oo'r politica.1- ioqiiisitor.-JL : can sustain with composure and even with in difference the rancorous hatted of the numerous enemies, w bom it has been my lot to make in the course Of my iiprosperons life but! have not yet steeled mj self tu endure the contemptu ous pity; of , those nohle and high minded' men whom f"glory.to call my friinds ; and 1 ant on too bad terms with the world, to encounter my own self disrepect. You may however very natnraHv askwhyTr Ihavc- chosen vou- for thv object of thi ad- " dress? Whv,l have not rather selected some oue of those political friends, Whom I have foond faithful among the fnilh'ess,' as the - ruoM the United stai es7 oazktte. I.ETfER TV n nutntl I ut ti n ti itC,.Tn Info n iitoin)9t n ilio . i . - . ' r J iIhaU nl r AttininniH It id tm nan- 4 Ii Senate 0 the U. Mates-from the Me ' oi ,c,,,v"' u,( "r ".""." 4 , - ;v Massachusetts. - tune to the pubhc car is shut against me in V ir . ' . Ph't tl-lnlvi TVr 1 isu trlaia, "and f have heen flattered to believe that bv.ah BiwTon' wilrdinihtlebg be i'urprise d. i thtrstromWf wyWeeHnay-refteh yew.KnghmU but (1 trust! not offended at the receipt of this I flier.'. Of the motives'whicb dictate it.'l shall; 17. An act to provide for the purchase of arms, arlillerv tents and cau'p equipage; tor W)isaTeTP1videsoTlheptrre;tiase ot two thousand -staitd of arms, twelve pieces of ar- year 1803, en itled . An act granting separate : Irrtinnv I A niliuliiTutiju it W 'tt unl ITalii' illiTr nr.ll 1 arifa utirl .aniik-i.Tilliliilcpp fur I u i I '. . .-. .y , ...... ,-JiP Wax counties, and tor other purposes, so tar as Vejriments. Fifty-hve thousand. dollars appro- - .,...:' , ? , - ri . 1 ( priated jjajj-jthe treasurer to. receive propo 'gals, &e.' ': ' ' . . ; 18. An act for the more perfeet organization 7 me inilitia ot this slate. (.111 requsitjons from the government of the United Stales, all are compelled to st ind their draft except Ji d - u. ... n . 1 i ,i Tor ?theegiilalTon of an act piisscil in 179 1, the city of Raleigh." 30. An :u t-to repeal aiv act passed in the 0 of th Superior 6 ourt, and regular Aluustrs icountf . resi)ects the county ol V ake, anu lor oilier purposes.' -- . . 31. For the removal of a seperate election in the county of. Rockingham. 32. T o incoiporat f e Trusfes of the Pr.-.' Academy on Mattamuakeet. in Hviu . . - ' foitH ar to speak: lerHhem he gathered from TTirronTFxT. BuTlihTmrdnrTnritsTTwrB Wtv ' seh?ttre-a--iatt im-inney-tfr wree-40r0ftijU!4ai a.- - - . . ... -. 1 1. "v i - 1 1 n . i.. :nnn ... dress, to anv nun ine 1 reagary ioie, inuu ojmhioiis nni.iiur tion of ou as the objci't of its address o lbercjtuse I ban resp eet for yoi.r 'ehardctWfyju: and eonlidetue 111 your love ol country, you iifl have d'oiuj much injusticelo m.,. but more to yourself. ' . -- At AVashiogtoii 1 learned the: result of the despatches . brought by the John Adams (a nume tf evil omen) and there, rumors, were) ft .'. . I I I . ' . Jl 1 lL' ..." Muoui, wueu iiuve since gninereu Kireiiui, 01 -i dispositiotr in Mas.saehusctts, and vindead, ilirouhont ifew r-'iKtand, to toilow the ex- Nay that it would be heard there, not with out attention and respect. With us the pies. is under a virtual imprimatur, and u. would be .''-.pie. ef NaiitiJf ket, and 'declare for a neutiali y iu tbe pieseui contest with G, Britain. ayainst adiniriist rat ion, through the press iii.Vireinia. We were indeed begvnoingto open oTTFyes in spite of the opiate with which we were drugged by the newspapers.' and the biisy hum of ine insects that bask in the sonhin of cdurt patronage, when. certain events oeciirv (I, t he "most ftUorablr jhat 'eeuhl - have bapp. iled -for ottf rulers j whses luck,'' vrrrlying th-- pro verb, is in the inverserjtio oir their wisdom'i ' or, perhaps I ought to say, at f ast havd 1 hp" on un t t.i ii Lp Mflvsii'i'tiif-e (l tri;j 1 itiUract 1 ol indiicretioa, in their adversaries ai borne - .' i ' , '.' . ." ' . -. X'- '"'''"fx ' -. '' - - ' ' ' ' :: ' yi" -
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