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. i tK'l ' A . ' ' v ..-.. V - . . - r -.1. '." w7;'l3.-.-.- v ' ;- H-'' ; - ; :.; ,,:. : : ,- v,.. "i, 1 V- ,'.- i "v " ' Sa - - f " Proprietor. S . j. i --j-f -L - - , a Family paphr devoted to politics, literature, agriculture, manufactures, mining and news,. PRICE $2 PER YEAR In Advrtnca .i. . 4 1 " IF WK WOULD -PRESERVE OUR GOVERNMENT, AVE, MUST PR VENT IISJlIC F "M1 '-I' r I VOL. II. CHARLOTTE, LN. i C, SATURl)AlK10RNING:;I)EEMBEIlPj n. 31. 1 V i !' I ! it ; ; t (D ri ft i iiTT" 'Cont'H b!ir' Hons.! ' ii, - . '..11. ; 1 .i i 1 , i cnrrr- nm j Vut the Southron. A Fragment; ; Vroni an vhruMisIiCi yoitrchlte. L. had been nervous for Sorae, time from the, rxcitenient of the Liaison, although nothing more 1i:iJ t rans pi n-d-4x:t wren liimslf and the Wuutiful - : . thin tliose. pure,".unalloycjl,geiitle attentions, t ju Inch are ever due from oncj friend to another : "I lrn; strolling out one evening bv the soft moon- j ls't'he came to the mossy 'bank !v the side of tV iamlot uhfch had so often. nIugled its myr, j mur with lle melody of" their iW Voices; harmor t iiious with syjnpathy reclining on this bank, a ge slum er passed over his ramejand the music of liny cascades and the night 'song of the gurg. ling rivfc'et became to him j an orchestra where , Fairies chiunted their silvrr j.-frc nc tl mif tvnAo7 I i mi. into the bright. regions of Dreanirhnd. A lair fragile form . bent over him. In her he I all :hc graces, nil the charms, all the name- ess lx-.;ity of one who had beeh tlie guide-star ol ! h'iH waking-hopes, the angel form that had given ; nc ,,aPc to fondestj anticipations. She ! jUas piirc that wrong nndjerime might not tin ; Idind'-ltlook iipou her bright face. I A tinge of !-Whvxholy had settled n h'crfair anirelic features. jvet fcautiful as. the almost trice less cloud on the fhce"J.r ino riling. He raised! and kissed the fairy jrc.-i. n f InVdrcdm and tlifc vision, had fled, f freely liad he disTnguijlied jthej fancies of his (Ire-Jin froru the cascade's, murmur or the galling elements, when ", pic ngafa slept and NC-utiiKC a. loyciv sprite, graduallv 1 disclosing iU hf in . mist, where rain! bow hues mingle m i:h the snowy drapery' tho form of the beuu- j fi.uh . again appeared:'. iThis time a bright igam appeared sri.;,q had Nearly driven away the beatitv of the t iik :incholy. Again their lips met. j The music . fairies was. unheard, the golderj scenes of lrmn hind were unnoticed the; cares of earth were! forgotten, while the bliss 'of the present was ht i-.din, sweet festival of jVyf, which only l:ear!s U iii'.'d iii heaven can participate in. And again ;ic .iH okeL And truitv thcrej with the light of the iumn falling full down upon , her fair, .high foro- 1 ieadt' &tool the enc I ihe light which I "j jlicr love us'V.uan'j'ti I : J;.tWavrns. ft- V. lind sour jheadd &tool the enchanting VL ' Iffr heart as pure revealed Mcr iiobie. orow ami lei unrc; u unr ol Uiuiia m.v d V. had sought him thore to prove her dc o- t-ito prove how '.strong and moveless is vyb iiinn's rificdion. f j - f - " This is n mere episode. ;'v .j ! Thej'world said' V. was-w rong. j It looked upon r as eTrWg. Ihit thc world's cold pud careless jniiirn sue carcu not ir - . ... . f iL. she;-thought might -i?ii mn her. . He mi ight pny itr the privacy of Lip lto:?om she had crre ... e. .ji,ar.ic.u. in th6 . fullness of an inno - in.ir melancholy, and rt4it heart, overcharged with mortification, she s , J slio is " sati. she 'is " loneiv, tnai sue a fallen-Creature-." Rut he knows the purity whtcli makes her more beautiful toj his admira tion, and the innocence .which makes: her. more I worthy of his love, tie j ever .1 remembers the I l"loivrn" visions wliich melted into reality as twice I thcii'lips met beside the -haunted, stream, in that j t xtasy which only the ruc jnnd devoted can rxpe- y Viencc. And though the w;orld may! err. itself in J it.- opinion, she is with himjeyer the same heauti 1 the modest ;'ul Meal pure, innocent, jlovcly , and gentle as ttie .tones of as her own sweet For theiliotntta' Nest. A it tn in 11. Tko circle ol Ve"etation lis: nowcomplctcd and the scene of vegetable life close 0". j liver v thing in! nature has assumed a nowran.l chilling appea ' "r?nce. The mournful w ind kweepsj through the tall trees, and .dances,, mil !hnek, among the ! scathed and withered boughs tlie scared leaves f breathe- forth a ' nielanchofyjwhispcf jfrom tlieir ' t'filV Iiin-s as though lamejiting thciijfid Jcst'wiy, lmeks, among the .;... .i.rUoon must be separated from their pa-1, link " i j j j rent to lie'low in thedust,' with fhe-r sisters who ,t "one before, and to Ikj trampled upon by the j I 7 V -5 ratcful beings whom they have pnee snaucu 1 11. from the summer s scorching rajs. That mani- !t matc:naturc is conscious dQIicrl. progrcssivce. j clmc is Piade manifest in all her works, a iic shrubs: and trees am meekly resigning their fo- jj t . . '.ft.'.. rlti. lc. 1 . Car,; ;thc hedges, Iieuis, ami u.ij-suj-.a, ...v. - ., . ,.... , 1 1 . it,,..- 1.1 it ,.fT- their wedding irarihent and pre- f,-rred one of a. graver hue 4 the' lit: .... - . - r I. ioitgcri tear their 11113- hcads,.as if to tcidici), but he uuricd.-bcneiith the deodj leaves the j 1 'j-uugh wind has shaken from the boughs, still ns i ; wo wander forth in a "contemplative mood upon a : ' p. J autumnal eve, our looks -arc directed to the; leautiju! grove in the. distance, which presents a t?,'lii:h:lul feast to the rnmohirrd rvpiniid i snlnn. i I klid beyond tho jmwer of h wM-n to de.scribe: -yellow, rei painter to pimtate, or , and .brown, with all ' .... Llirir various shades, dillushd accprdingo nature's I.i-Vt -re viewed with iutciis1 admiration. Moun- ' liaJn, valley and sea '-cost ; tthe banks o t .. ' i lie river, liroolr and founlain, are 11b longer euww ith tlieir I - . . I " "" ';'11'-ru!)irry strew.; ..I..'.. ,l....V. .1 I' I. : I :-. .1..- 'f! .l 1. ...:r..i . . m Wihert!iarnis, and laying aswc wio-jreaii grcxir, ,0ll for irc.t anj 1 . T 1 .1 1 1 . . i robe, which nature had givbn- tkeiiidnd appear u . olunbin and Charleston J'i. j , .Ll:MiiiAilJ Tlie fovoritc The South Carolina Rail S UUeC,;, r.,v nnderonc the glo m,y change; iiderstand, advertises to afrtong hum every? insignificant flower that meets his " gaze, and to meditate upon the goodness pf God j iu giving us blessings connected with our absolute neccssitPc if Ve arc not permitted to seeJ the ef fusion of His lore; tti beauty qhd grace always ; and as his mind soars abov, he views the bright canopy which lights his path and thanks God that J can se the face of nature as it is: wheh he j 's aroused from his deep revery, by the into no to - I nous sigh of the piercing wind which sweeps j fiercely through -the tall leafless trees, andlrustles' Lnrnonir the evergreen pines, bowin? their! heads j as 'though they hare learned patiently they hare learned patiently to submit to t jHjwer S L-'-i-- ! - '.-I Tlie fields without a murmur hove yielded their Vich- productions to the husbandman wlio has watched with unceasing core and anxious eye jtbeir progress, and supplied them with every want in his powerf and prayed to the giver of a?I good or refreshing showers to hasten their growth. J The gardens and orchards- no longer yieJd their rich perfume and pffer their fruit to those around, ibjit ore like a friend in adversity forsaken: their flowers are all withered and dead, and the dry yellow stalks alone remain to tell "the sac talc ; even the gni chrysanthemums which have' linge jred behind the rest and have been cherished so 'fondly-as the last token of departed summer, ap pear to lay weaned of living alone," and are now ;drooping their heads and look as though thev j would gladly seek ref'ige in'the warm bosom of their mother earth. The' vines that adorned their bowcrs arc almost leafless and their long tendrils (have been torn from their 'fastenings.; and. now itrail lifelcsson the ground, and are moved 'to and tfro atihe rncrey of the wind. ' f . I -Desolation is spreading itself around J The jcarth w hich will soon be stripped of its beauty appears to be sinking into old age, which should remind us -that we too, must ere long undergo a similar-shange. Old age will creep upon iis and we must resign this mortal tenement and every jthing that is lovely and fascina'trng here, therefore jwc are warned not to place our affectidns too jniuch upon the things of time and sense',b'ut to prepare for a horie unchangeable in the heavens, jwhere we will find an eternal home of perfejet hap piness something to love and live for throughout ihc ceaseless ages of eternity. b?arfInuf The tunelul notes "of the little birds are nollonger i i , . - licard with their rich carolling, filling the qirwith sw'ect melodies and awakening emotions jpf love and "gratitude to' Him' who crowned the prqeeding jyearwith His goodness, but as they nojlonger jhavc a green bower in which to. sing, their warb Iingnotes are frequently heard from the (distant i hills in mournful lavs, ns if in lanr-uarre tolbc tin- jjd would hat spring time and flowers could j!aUvay3 iastwlulc those of passage are following ;l . , Q . - J lilt luctuuij; uu iai iu mu uuuui. 1 . Tire ca.ttlc are no longer found grazing in the jrich pastures or lying inThe. shade of some; stately 'tree, by the side of a pearly stream, but loitering ; about the farm yard. I ! j. As every season brings its own peculiar feel lings, the emotions produced by sober Autumn are jlvss cxhilirating and afford us pleasure j united with mclancholy,-our feelings are involuntarily .'enlisted in the behalf of every living tiling, w hen j wc go out amid the scenes of nature and view !;t'lC,r decline. However, the contemplation of na L'ture to-an observer of leeling, is a source, of con- lLi. - I tinual enjoyment; the budding spring j inspires ijwlth new hope, it is well compared to the Spring time of life, every thing bright and gy before him; .1 f.'l II ".Ho Kr inirl ri-iM IT With JltllU lUlt. IlllMVIl OUII1IIIC1 Illli linn uiiuuuuij ...v.. dclight and joy and dcca5ing Autiinln speaks to ihimofhisown decay, in mournful; words, like the voice of a soothing parent, that invites mm to"repo?e after the labors of the day ; and hoary jjto r jlwin ;cmi jthis Vcipt '(winter, with its lcsoIating breath, whispers sol emnly of his "death, when like the faded; flower bod v shall mingle with the dust and his eman cipated spirit shall blend its flight on angels Wings to the celestial climes of a better and ;happier world . i -.f for nnuiir joiiiii, iur iit-uini nvi icmij, j Cn from time's stern clutches. save, But all iniist drop like leaves ol Autuma . nto the cold and silent jjraye t,; - -I ' Ave, we "er ilruppinjr, never stopping. ; Into the cold and silent grave. jl-YA. We arc pleased to learn that the communication passengers, between; Camden, , is about being restored.. Road Company we un- rceeive freight for Camden . 1 r" . i 1 I :a - :d intermediate stations, at ineiriJepoi in unaries- - - ,. -.t. . T .i. .i rust, ns he is taking his usual stroll e powers no'j!(jlc arr- v;, of the Train at Camden the shipment rjsk our at- '-of Cotton io Charleston wili commence at'this end Oil, Oil .iOIiOil lll'.M, UIU ll IHTl'IIIKl l , , tMIU UU as usual. Camden Journal. j - '-, ; : i Raltimoue, November 23,-l 830. The accounts from Havre brought by the Ni ag-ra" report that market" heavy, but prices un changed. Ihe sales lor three days wefc. y,000 , ' , -. , 1 I TI -.,II! . . . J ... - I....ir. 1 .1 I I : rtritnn lr x lie liiieinin nc iiuni j. 1 .un -wiv ah mo-. .... i 11 . -A - i.- " is more peacetul. -u remains irauquu 111 '.' : r.io Ii- ihr l:isl stenmpr. miiim; 1 iin):'i''-. 'i'1 ..v . , j .' , ,,, , ... . v, cKIrv. n.imnd the' Cantnin -; XlirKITJl. Maim. - -- 1 1. '.t ... I nsfniiimonle. and-ki'ded 4 '- ' and VOiuuU d 1, ,000 person - .-V j fJSouth Carolinian. ''Ct I " v : --v, ' i - - Southern Convention. j From the South Carolinian. Action of the Convention. P. AVe are enabled to present to;our leaders this morningr ihe preamble and resolutions adopted by ihe ISaehviIle Covection. We trust that ih earnest and patriotic recommendation of this body will he cordially received ami promptly acted' on by the Southern States.. Willi rejjani to South Carolina', we think we can speak with the utmost confidence. The Legislature will make the recommendation one of the first subjects of their consideration, and adopt wiih promptitude whatever steps may be fudged neceaaary for the fultilnient ot'lhe objejtsrpeeirie- The preamble and resolutions having been re ported by the Committee, Gen. Gordon of. Virginia moved the previous question, and on a call of States, the following was the result: j 1 ..Aflirmative- Alabama, Floiida,' Georgia, iiMissis sippi, Soul h Carolina, and Virginia 6. I . ? .Negative Tennessee 1. j . iThe question then recurring on the adoption of the report ol the Committee, it was adopted, as follows: r. , ' j. !. . ,' ;, '.-- Yeas Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Soutrgparolina. and jVirgmia 6 : ;Nay f -Tennessee----l I ' ',; , Mr. Donels'on of Tennessee moved thai the vote be reconsidered. ) j ; The President decided Ihe motion out of order, as the State from which the mover was a delegate had voted in the negative. J , j Mr. Clay of Alabama moved an adjournment sine die, which was carried; ; when the! President pro nounced the Convention adjourned. The following dedarationsand resolutidns are therefore beiore the people' of the South, coining, to them with the sanction of the delegates of six sov ereign States: j7 ; ; ; j , . ,lWe, the Delegates assembled from a nortion of he States of this Confederacy, make this exposi- tion of the causes w'hich have brought us together, and ot the rights which the States we represent are entitled to under the compact of Union: ' - " , We have amongst us two races, marked by such distinctions of coIor,'and physical a'nd moral quali ties, as; forever forbid their associating together on terms of social equality and oqual political power. With us the black race have been slaves from -the earliest settlement ol our country,, and- our j institu tions. 1 : ' -;' . ' I ,.;.; : Anything tending to produce r change fin those relations must end in convulsion,, and th entire ruin of one race or the. other. ; . " J .When the Constitulion. was adopted, this rela tion, as it exists, was expressly recognized ard guar ded in that instrument. It was a great and vital interest, involving our very existence as a 4eperate people then as well ae now. 'r - J The difiereni Slates of this Confederacy acceded to that compact, each one for itself, and ratified it as states. ' ; ; i right as States io secede upon the same principles that we adopJed the compact. . i ! . j There being no common arbiter, we hpld this right to be essential to the sovereignty and indepen dence of these States in the last -resort. j ' The ultimate object of those who ; nre urging on the Federal Government in its nggressiv policy upon our domestic institutions is, beyond all doubt, finally to overthrow them. and abolish the exciting relations between master and servant a-nongst us. We feel authorized to as?ert this. from their own de claratianp, and from the history of events in this country for the last few. years, as we'd ass from the rise and progress of ihe snme movement ii Great Britain towards her West India Colouies. ;1 ; We, ; therefore, look to all measures advanced and positions asFumedralating.to slavery in tle ferri torie, or the States, ; no "matter, how remote they my at; first appear, as bearing directly upoa .the final isiue. , -'.'; " " To abolish slavery or the slave trade in, tfte Dis trict of Columbia to regulate the sale and : trans fer of slaves between the States -to exclude slave holdern with their property from ihe Territories - to admit Caldornia under the circumstance; ot the case -we hold to ho all parts of the same system of measuresand subordinate to the greater end they have finally in view, which is openly avowed to he the total overthrow pf the institution every vyhere. We make no aggressive move. We stand upon ihe defensive. We invoke the spirit of the constitution and claim its guaranties. Our rights, ur indepen aence, the peace and existence of eur fami lie's de pend upon the issue. - I- X The Federal Government has within a few years acquired, by treaty and by triumphant war vast ter ritories". This has been done by Ihe counsels and by arms of all, and benefits and rights belong- alike and equally to all the Sta'es. The Federal Gov ernment is but the common agent of the j States united,; and lepresents their. conjoined sovereignty over subject matter granted and defined ? in the compact, where the State could not act separately., .y The sovereignly it exercises over all acquired ter ritory, must in good faith; be exercised lor the equal benefit of all parties alike. To prohibit our citizens from settling there with the most important part of our property, amounts to our exclusion, and j.is not only degrading to us as equals,.-but violates our highest chartered rights, p- . These restrictions andprohibilions against the slaveholding States; it woqld appear, are tojbe the fixed and settled policy of the government, arftj those States that are hereafter to he admitted Into the Federal Union frorathese extensive territories, will bui confirm and incfeaee the power of the majority and he knows -little ol hiator who cannot read our destiny in the future, if we fall to do our,, duty now, as a free and independent people. tj We have been harrasaed and insulted byj those who qtight to have been our brethren, in thir con stant sfgilation. of a subject vilafjo us . and ih". peace of out families. We have been -jou traced by their gros misrepresen'ations ol our moral and social habits, and by the manner" in which they have denounced' us before the world.r We-hve had our property enticed off, and the meane;:of re covery denied us by our co-States in the ccjnfede racy, j We have been denied our rights in the Ter; riloriea of the" Union, which we we;e entitled to as political equals under the! constitution: Ourpeace Ikfio K r pniln n rrPT nt hv incendiary appeals.!. The Union,! instead oTheing considered a Iraterna bond j has been used as the means 01 striKing ai our vi tal; interests. .-..1 ' . l .-' . j i . - . ' Theadmission of California, under; Jhe - ctrcum etances of the case, confirms an authorized; and mailer of compromise and; peace, and appropriates ol.iliral.- 10 ihe IWihcrn States iuuu square muesjoeiow ,j,e Year 1Q4G, another act was ossed lor the re Umt line; and is so'?roSS and palpable a' violation lierthe same class of debtors, by iwhioh ' they of ihe' nrirciples of pistice and equality, as to shake I ,, . , , ,A J .'- 1 our ennonfidenci in any security ,0 he given by allowed the rights of pre-emption of - said tht maioritv. who are now clothed wi'.h . power to- fnds at,the fair cash valuation, assessed by the crovern the luture destiny of this Republic. I i Tbe recent purchnee of te rritory by ' Congress j fron Texas, a low down as 32 dej. on the Rk Grande, also: rndieates that ihe boundarv of ibc j slaveholdi'ng States is fixed and our doom prescrjbed Jeddfestiny but the ppirit of freemen who know tlieir nghl,: and are re?o!vert to maintain .'them be the - consequence what they may. i !:. vyenave no powers tnat are binding upon the 1 States we reprepeut. But in order to produce sys - m urtrl Anaplojl ' r i t lem and concerted action, we recommend the fol lowing resolutions, viz: -y. w 111' solved, That we have ever cherished, and do now chetish, a cordial attachment to the cons ti in tiouat Union of the States And that to preserve and priffinated and ha now re-assembled. J : f Resolved, Thai the Union ofthe S'atess a Union I of equal. and independent, sovereignties, and; that I hrtwi: deleirated-ioTne Pederat aatrerEtti.platajUl- "P-llM' f jfflnJjKLgJU, V 1 k...--.i,' ij: ,i o.i ...1 : . . r r cess.- "r '. A '"' , - r 1- can De "resumed by the several States whenever it may seem to them proper and necessary.; - Resolved. That al the evils anticipated by the South, and which occasioned this Convention to as semble, have keen realized by the failure to extend the Missouri liaejiff Compromise to the; Pacific Ocean By theadmission of California as a State. By the. organization of Territorial Governments of Uiah and New Mexico, without giving, adequate protection to the property of the South. iBy ihedis. memberment of Vexa Ry tne abolition of the slave trade and iho emancipation of slaves earned into the District of Columhiu Ibi ( sale. ; Resolved, That we Earnestly, recommend to all parties in the slavehding" States to refuse to go into or eountenace any National Convention, whose object roay be to nominate; candidates for the Pre sidency and Vice Presidency of ihe United States, under any party denomination whatever, until bur constitutional rights are secured. Resolved,' ThatJn view of these aggressions, and of those threatened and impending, we earnestly recommend to the slaveholding States to meet in a Congress or Convention to be held at such time and place as the States desiring to be represented, may designate, to be' composed of double the num ber of their Senators and Representatives in; the Congress of the United States, entrusted with full power and authority to deliberate and act with the view and intention of arresting farther: aggression, and if possible, of restoring; the constitutional rights ol the South; and, if not, to provide for their future I safety and independence. -Resolved, That the President of this Convention be requested toforward copies of the foregoing pre--amble and resolutions to the Governors of each of the slaveholding States of the Union, to be laid beiore their respective Legislatures at their earli est assembling. "... !!.' GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. 1 concluded. ;.;.;' n Turnpike, and CtcroIcee Xjdrtds. ' ',; An act was passed at your last session, -to pro vide for a Turnpike Road from Salisbury, Wes6 to the line of the State of Georgia." By this act,' it was made the duty of the . Governor to appoint 7TT..s0v.. Ariwfe Tf--'"-innrr nnn three and upon the report Of the Engineer and commis sioners being presented to the Governor, it was made -his duty further to appoint one of said Com missioners, or other suitable person, to act as Agent of the State to contract for,and superintend the making of said Road. . J ' ; Tho demand, in J the neighboring; States, for men of science and practical skill in? civil engineer ing, for their vanous public works of Internal Im provement, was such, that I met with some diffi culty and delay in procuring the services of a sui table Engineer for the- work in question.? Major S.-Moylan, Fox at length, presented himself,.ahd being satisfied entirely of his skill and fitness, I appointed him Engineer, and Messrs. Andrew H. Shuford, of Catawba ; Joseph ,T. Erwin, of Ruth erford; and Georgia. W Hayes, of Cherokee coun ty. Commissioners under tho acti Subsequently, Joseph J. Erwin resigned, and I appointed E. I). Austin, of Rowan, to supply the vacancy. ( The extent of the recoriuoisances and the number of experimental lines necessary to be run to determine the most eligible route for a Koad traversing a succession of mountains; ! wliich had unavoida bly to l crossed -required greater j labor and Consumed more time, than was anticipated. Since tlie completion of the survey, the Engineer and h.s assistants have been engaged in making such a map, profile and, description of the Road, s votild be indispensable to the State's Agent char ged with letting out and superintending its con struction. . --...f' ...p! '- " .; ;:.- ' ; - .This has delayed the report of the Engineer and Commissioners, and no agent to contract fsr and lupennted the work has been appointed." ! Jn a few days I shall make you a special com munication, transmitting a topographical chart of the Turnpike, Jogether with a copy of the report f these functionaries, showing the cost of their svOrk and the expenses of the party in detail ; and 30ggesting some aWeralipns in the law which are believed to be needful. " i 1. i At present I calf the attention of the.Legislature U an im itct. A r tho r i'lQ tll( U an important inquiry conneciea wun mis snu- (mong the funds appropriated ana pieagea making of this Koad, are all tho debts ppw the State for the sales of the Cheroaee lends. ; "r '-; - I I :' , " '.- '";.;..,. -' ; ' ! It will bo remembered that at the time when those sales were made, a spirit of adventure and speculation, which pervaded the United Stats, had. been awakened with many in the purchase of these lands; 'while oihers, stimulated with the 'do'sire to retain their humble dwellings and improvrnents, entered also into the competition of bidders; and that the land sold, in some instances, for tenfold ---.in all, for ; prices far beyond Us value. - While the' public domain of the State had been -gran ted, under the entry laws, at ftt'e cants per acre to oth ers, these have been sold at from three to thirty rfpilars 2cr : acre. ; J j ' ,. ; '; ' . . ' '-.. .. . Impfessed with a knowledge of these facts, the Legislature ha$ froryt time to time granted indul lence in the collection of tliese debts, f in the year 1 S44, an act was passed esta bl ish i ng a Boa rd of Auditors to inquire,rrake report as to solvent and insolvent purchasers, and allowing; those : who iverft found to be unable to pa v to surrender their lands o be state; directing tfieir bonds to be can- srtid bonus rg amount nurchasers, J xn($ thev were reledsed from rlteir contracts. In . .i 'feaid Board of Auditors, .Why this discriinination between pnjrcluiscrs ! If the prihiipai Jck?btorsr whoiiyere Unable' tb pay the price Ojrigin;rlly agreed upon,, were j releaseJ, together-wfth their sureties, and were allowed to reparehasej the same land at the new assessment, why should those who are solvent he jhekl to'a hard bargain and he' compelled to jpay more 'con fessedly then the land is worth; -be forced to pay tho vvholeof the purchase money, and inj many ca ses be rendered ba nkrupt by the jnperation 1 , In my judgment it is the true poljicyof the State .not to oppress any,of her citizens, nor coerce them to the fulfilment of an ill-judged oij ruinous specu lation. Establish then a new board of auditors, who shall assess the fair cash valuation of the resi due of the lands, and allow all purchasers to retain- .cesrTr---rrr By this course you will secure the; speedy set tlerhent of this protracted indebtedness and "long vexed subject, -grant dai and .honest relief to an oppressed ut patriotic people, nti( attach good ci tizens to triei State ; w hile by the cooHrary Vxaciion process, yqu ruin many and compel others, in or der, to save something from the general wreck, to abandon thieir (homes; to quit the Stateand leave nothing at las for the satisfactionjof their indebt edness, bull the intrinsic value of the land itself. , I commehd t his subject to tho gefierouB md equi-. table consideration olf the Legislature! . : ; -,. ; In the-original sales, all of the jQherokee lands! not estimated to he worth twenty cents per acre,1 wero not sfirveyed and offered for? sale and there repain3 injaddition, according to ha reports of the States's agpnts a, large quantity of these lands,the property of thq State, not subject 1 o the entry laws arid for the) disposnl of which nc provisition has been made. .-' ) ;' ' ; ' ' , ' -' j -.;' . A1I of these lands having, by 't -e act bf the last session, beien appropriated to the! construction, of this Turnpike' road, provision; should be made' a once for tle bringing of the whoI of them survey ed and unurveyedj into market, that thejr value may be realized and made av?ti able for the pur poses declped by the act. , j FayeUcvilJe and Western jitlc-Jlonl. . By an act of tlie last session of the General As sembly, chapter 801 entitled an jict td incorporate the Fayettrville and Western Plank Road Com pany, the public Treasurer was required to sub scribe, in the .name and on, behalf of the Slate, for three-fifths of- 1 i the capftal stock pf said company, amountinofto the sum of 8120,000': and.to ena ble tho State, to pay her said subscription, the 1 reasurer was requirea irom time 10 unit-, u- wk? 'money should be called for, to issue Bonds, un der the grtat seal of the State, si'gqed by the Gov ernor and countersigned bythe Treasurer, and to convert them into cash. Jn obedience to the, re quirements of this statute, bonds to the Amount of $50,000, to the 1st November. jrjstanUnave been issued and the; proceeds a ppjiedjas directed, leav- in; 'win" ilJ ' . . . 1 iii IOC TlcL ui' iiio umunor ana on me terms 1 aiafl-; j Stipulate ed irc-rein This subiect will be airain referred to: in the Rei port of t)ie Board bf Internal Improvement, which win oe presented at an eany uay. Cape Fear and Deep River Navigation Company in obedience to another act of; the last.session, Chapter 92, requiring the Govei'nor-of the State, upon certain terms, conditions and limitation's therein expressed, to subscribe, m the name nhd on behalf of the StateSSO.OOO bf the stock of the Cape Fear and Deep River Navigation Company I nqve made a subscription on tne iooks ot saip Company, for: the first instalmenj of $40,000, anci the Public Treasufer has paid ; over to the Cornt pany the sum of $20,000, as provided for by the Act.; ' .v,; : I : These Companies are progresjsingj :in their en terprizes with great vigor and success, and the residue ol the State's subscription tinay bo expec ted to be called for in a short time; , ; Club Foot and Harlow CrceJc Canal. j In obedience to the Resolutioii of the last Ses sion, requesting the, Governor tc cause a convey ance to fce made by the Clerk: and Master in Eq uity for Wake county tothe President and Direc tors of the Board of Internal Improvement, for the uje othe State, of all the property in and appen dant to the Club Foot and Harlow's Creek Canal, which was purchased in by the Publijc Treasurer at a sale madtf 'by vntue of a decree of the Court of Equity of said county, the said deed of Convey a 11 co has been duly executed and filed among the valuable papers of said Board. ' ; ) . : '. - . JVa"i JleadA : v':' The construction of a Ship Channel at or near Nag s Head, between Albemarle; Sound rnd the ocean,' is of vastjmportance to the agricultural ir terests of a large section of North Carolina, an important also to general Coro mbree.l 1 It is a work justly apperfiirjirtg to and eminent y deserving the attentiop of the General Govern ment,1 and should be Pressed upon. tho attention of Uongress with a pertinacity and zeal that should command success. ' '' ? Surely it cp.nr.ot be that the General Govern ment will nas. over unheeded forever the urgent demand of a State, qot asking charity or private- tri tho general welfare of the CbjuntryJ ; -'. : " Revised Statutes. f j T reebmrnend a new Revisal o 'the Statute -Law,s of tlie State. ' -pi ' .if . XXJ! . ) ' " The last edition has been, appropriated, and no new eopics of the work can Ixjjobtairied. The Public officers and Magistrates' of the new counties Cannot be supplied. 1 It! has now been 14 )-ears, since the laws were re vised many changes have been made and new laws passed within that period. ; The Statute Laws of the State should be revised by a bodji of competent Jommissioners, their dceots pointed out, onsiemirrWnts suggested, the new acts collated and arra;ngedtinler tlrefr appropriate heads, and the work traced .in such intelligible 'and convenient form; that the laws can be readily referred to and understood by the Poo. Ple- ' ' : - ;'. I ;.;. ; -f - Geologic tT and Afiwrrilog I hoje I shall be pardoned for cal Siirvcri.' pressing uporythb attention of the Legislature the ott-reiterateu i re commendation of making provision, fur geologi- cal and mineraloirjcal survey of the SJato. Tlie cause bf agriculturerot science jnnd "tie nns ue mandf that this shali be no longer posfpom-d.--Thc sbgaciry of our statesman jtliirty years ago foresaw its ad vantages and North Carolina was the very first State in the Union lhak lookup this siib- .. , ... . , . -r t . . I loct a amaw npproiiriauon wa.s.(iiiiuv:,,aii j mo I T fqssors of out TJmVersitV, tif diflerenr tiriodV are the only persons who have enJuruJ (hi iuteretui field, - 'I'.-, ;.,'-; j : " m;; . ; f " With the nrmtexf means, ot their ctmmand,du. ring the sliort imerviils W Colletre yiications. e- nougjv oB.lv has bef ddno to ineTiento' tho valu und extent of what bui been left und oho. : , Jli9toricanI)ocitnirttfj J. .1 Rcsolotion was pusked at! the last Bcusion rr. thor'izing lte Governor to procure from the public oflices in London, such i)qcurncnls relAn'og o tU'. Colonial and Revolutionary btoiry of North Car olina, as might Ie'f6iind yorthy of preservation.! Toacopnplisli this in thenost sitisfnctqry manner I tendered to the President of our University Hon.' JLJ. l xvvam the appointment und agenev contem 1 io'us desire to carry out 9ho obiect nronosed. if it could be done by any rhsonabSe devotion of time and attention' not incompatible wi h his paramount engagements. He dec mi belbre going abroad, to ;! d it nccdssarv. howevet . seertain hatj portion, of the documentary infqrmnkion desirpdniight b ob tained at home. Considerable, and not vnsuecesluli attention has be:n devottd to domestic research. and the materials thus obtained will boph:ner tred for. the, use of our future liistoran. Tho"g'nt in fotms ine tliat he has acquired such knowV'dge ol live sources which exisi in oUrown country n will enable him to examine with proper intetligenw! iho archives of the. Mother Country ;'and that he will very cheerfully enter uj on the duty t an' fATly day, if such shall be the pleasuro ol the Gciienl Assembly ' .'' '. ;. '' '. ,; 1Vashirigtcr Monvment. ti In the,summcr of 184lj, while the various Stater of our Union were contributing blocks of marbhv and grahite to represent them in the noblo National . -Monument now bemgercf ted in mewory 0 ,Wash. ington by the People of jho United, States, it oc curred to me that I would bc,ndering an nccfpt able service to the Peoplj- of ihq State, and bo act ing in anticipation. of your w;ishcs, to take proper ' steps to have the State bLNbrth Curolina also n'i- resented in this filial token bf respect to "the I'a- ' then of his Country." ";. j It was mv design to procure n block' of j native white marble, and cause) it. to' be rrnbelliHhed Jvitli the namo of the State and lWCoat of Arms, and send it on to .Washingirj City, to take its! n)pro priate place in the inside" stairway of the Obelisk. Upon making rhy wishes c now n, a patriotic assoeia- tioh of gentlemen in Lincoln County claimed to en jo the p easuro and privilege oCfurnishing n block, from tho Lincoln quarry' and their ' ofli-r wuh nr.. cepted. In consequencp of some failure's in qiUr rying'oul a block bl suitaldw dimensions, and inu h delay n procuring th rneans of transportation to this placo, after it was ready, itdid not reocb hcrrt until a! snort time past.! Tho.mecting of the le gislature being then nearjathsnd, 1 deemed, jt mofo decorous to await your pleasure and action 111 tho - m mm 1 n n n ' f " JVo appropriation hnvTngleelVma.o Tor o-pco dittiresbn such afceount,! a. portion of the xpeiuo hecessaMly incurred has been paid 'by me, end I am personally reslponsible for tho rciiiduoV .Tli : vouchers are readyjfof your inspection. Tho WVk,' is now the Railroad Peprt, and it will afford -mo pleasure to receivetyour directions to, hurc it ,-: forwnrde( to its place dfj destination.. . . Possessing no powcirUnoer our Corifilii'tfon Io originate or partjcipate in the franjing bf our laws, I nevertheless dulyi appreciate tho" rosponsibihiy afid anxiety of you r position, and will-wj;h great cheerfulness and to thej Ititniosr of -my ability co operate with the General Assembly iu promoting the best interests, the' hnppinciis and tho honor f the State, and in upholding I ho integrity and na- V tionalityiof our glorious Union. , . . . ! 1 , ' . ( i CHARLES MANLY. .CECITIVE LePAkTMbXT OF Pi. C, l. r-. . . v 1 ; Raleigh, Xov.jl 8, 1850.'. . . r . ElxcTiox of State OrricrRs. TIm two ! Houses on Saturday: last elected .Williarn ITill, .. Esq., the present, mcurnbent. Secretary bf'-Sttto or the. eimuing Vwo years. Mr. Hill had ne reg ular bpjiositiovi, and received 150 vote. ' I !, Mr. Hill has occupied this office for some 1 hi r ty.five or; forty years hiiving been originally elec ted by the Republicans and continued evrr since, II ..- . l ' '- 1 tO- lie is honest, capable, n no lannai ; nno unoer thse circumstances tho Domocrats, acting in a Spirit of Iiljerality, have thought proper to retain , him. He is a AVliig, but . if he had bejenun jhrn- l ocrat ho wouW have been compelled to' "wnlk tko; plank" long since. lj.i due, howcr?r,-; to .Mr. 'Hill . to say that he, Ha!,on no occaton,.ialrn an active or prominent partes a Whig partizan ; hut, i' hat, on the contrary e voted at ilw lat4dectjcii in this County for neveral Democrat!, The election of Comptroller nnd Solicitor will probably take place during 'the present wbek. That off the Treiisurer.v ill bo postponed, a usual, until the Finance Con milteo shiU hove mal ;. thetf report. .-'.- . " ' ; . PpsTAOB REFonM.rliorne ';fnfirrmt!or. Wpkrn ' pyt that the' present IVJtmaBter General vr t". commend, in his reDortf to the Prefideiit, a! t)u opening of iho next srisVibn f Congress, ft teiuc "(inn iof posmge An a liniform rnfe of e.vi:. We jiope it is founded hn factj 'J Ire renter was a better time for such a reform The country is pj-ospcrous, money is abundant, a fid huninen. generally is good, and bonducfed on a lirm in,.. ; Tlie increase in crr re spon deuce sinx-e th Into-ro- :j duction has been enorrr?ras, and it would inewnso j to a much greater extent if there vrus n W3h fur ther reduction. In fncL we are poi-ifive tUat m- r; a few voarsat a unifojrn rate of lo (, Post Office Jfepartmeai Uoold support iWlf.. ron- j trary to Amos KendaH predic?ioiiJ, tho five and fen cent rales" have wrfed like a chirm, up1 there is now a'mi-llioa (dollars surplus.; ; If. hv all no;ms have two cents hofttngw.- -' U will do- more to preserve this .Union iha anyllmig rise.. ' . " fXe-w Vo-k Ihrald- Six 0 v .1. a r. El k v a t i b x axi. Ibpkmio of Tin: Ea k'tit. Tho teii'iple. 4" Jupiter Seranis on tho - ,.A.,t!,.r ':ii'di was t'fSidu.i 'II v lowered' dow n ivath tlie waves and hi li-h-h nliached.iBr-uiseiys. thicklv to .the gorg'-oiis foarhte p'liar;, and .igahi thalarjristunpk ifh ll afijiiining cfwist h'? bn n; so geirtly rais-d "up Ui-it lh marble pillars arc Rt'd standing, and the rein iin-i of tho s!W rll-fi-ih. p'1! . . . .. 1 ' 1 attached.: now r.iwjrv ib'd thirty leei auou 10 M tl.e fcc'ti'.' X.i dV 1 al Mm ioii .. t it If h , ' V, ::f.'-.-. t '.1 1 .. 1 - . -! ..1 1 1- -. ' ' - r ' -;'V K (' r 3 v ' - I -
Hornets’ Nest and True Southron. (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Dec. 7, 1850, edition 1
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