of reveaj from tajatiou above the ' 1
siitures in l!. a next tvr yeara, mufces y(
th mourit cr i 104,00. Lei us bow ! k
t i? o:atcf th Lileiiry Fuud.l know'
that oio ppnilouno ar remwkably nat
tin about this mattsr, aad eipraea great
apprehension lost oar eyetem of Common
LI K imlfrfiirei) with-. 1 111
tuch at the onset, that th count 1 propos
to lake, 10 far from ditniaiahing this fund,
will ob tha contrary benefit iu Tbe anlira
cs.ntal of tho literary lufld. It 5'J,175.C30
1, invested, at I have already abown.
Tha cash darned annually worn tliie capt
lal, ia tnada ilia duty of tbo board to invest
from lime to time to that it nay not rctnaia
unproductive. Tboy hava therefor bean
ia the hal t of purchasing, at tppoare above.
a!ack ta t ;..!, railroad. die. aad alaa of
fendio to vidua'. al 6 per cent, inter
cat. Of c , j no oa band to he tbna dia-
'tinaait nf !' ! rfl OPIO flfl 1 In (ha fiat
two years, as wa bar aeeo, there will b
at Ica3tt::.,r:.,3. AdJinjaa tbiathocaih
now on hand, wa bav tha aom of w337,-
C2j. Extracting from it fSO.OQO, tba
mmoant to ba paid ia tha next two years to
tha Corp. moo School, provided tba xistiog
law co ;.:inu9 in force, ther remain $237,
533, to be invested ia some manner. , What
1 propose, l lien, ia aimply to borrow froia
tha ainauat 5143,000, to oak op 4be
aura appropriated by tLii bill ; and that tba
Cherokee bond, amounting to $203,079,
Its held io p'ce fur tba repayment af tha
name, witli interest. I there any riak
hatetar of loss, whan twice, th aum in
good money bond ia io band to meet lb
debt whenever it i datirall thai K should
m repaid t Caa yea find a bailer invest
roeot far il,e caab of tbo Literary Food t
la U oc t far aafar lhaa lending it out to ia
dividsa at tba aamo rata of interest?
Does not a great puL.lc work marit a pre.
foresee evea if lha eecaritica war equal 1
It ia plain, then, air, that bate ample
tneacs to eonatroct tba road. ' " ".
, XV t tavo oow, Mr. Speaker, arrived at
tuat poi..t from which w cay wub pro
Jricty consider lie advantages likely to to
u!t from thi enterprise. . Tbo first objec
lioa coecs from western gentlemen. Tbey
tsy that a turnpike will oot satisfythe citi
es of lha wet ; that nothing bat rail
road will meet their withes. To detoruio
. whether there r much force iotbis objection.
: tt become Decern ry Io consider tba com
Ml ..Mbotf ;-. nt;'.l I torn CM !
bat :.jr?'ii i ' v.auj ii'r a U c-;:i
moii'y bad fur ; i ifi mf - ". eou. .'.
tha cuinpaiiSuu i . J mora iu Uvor t
BleAdaimzid rmJ, ttia fot bem in t'.
rata of tlOO taliafl. Low does it stand
botweea ilia latter read and i!.e tux::.ou
roads of the apjwr pnrtwa of tha tat 1
Takiof tbe aaual load on your coioman
bichways for ais horaot to be 4 .CCD Iba., and
aaaamin( that tbey will trmkeaixtcca tuia
per day, wub alout as u ub case aa they
could tweoty.fivo en the turnpike, after da-
ducting the toils, 1 icake tha estimate in far
rour of the McAJauuzeJ road in tbe pro
portion oi more than three to one. ' Va a
road not McAdtnuzed, but graded simply iu
tba aaanner wbicb thia bit! propose, 1 ibink
tne aarantaga will It tw to one in it ta
ror compared witb the common road.
Eren if, bowawr, the coat en a turnpik
were just tba same with that on a rail read,
ud 'l4i,culn bus '
at tne former would be greatly pretcrred
y tbe farmers of lb country, 'i bry Gad
borses and wagons necessary to tbe proper
Culinratioo of their ftrxs, end would there
fore rather nee them oa tbe road than keep
Ibarn unemployed during the winter.' It
would be well to authorise tba board aitner
bow, or when tbo work ia completed here
after, to vary tba rate of toll according to
tba width of tba wagon tire.- For example,
oa aom road of thia character, tba high-
eat tolls are paid by wagons witb tire under
two uicbea ta breadth, aod Iba rata aimin
tahea as the width iaorease. uatil it reacbet
eia iocbea, after which nothing ia charged,
aoder tbe bebaf thai a tire of that width
does no injury whatever to tba road bed
1 bare brew inrorned, sir, by one gentle.
man, tbat he aacd a wagon wub very broad
tin for short time open ground to toft
at ntat as to have been quite miry for com
moo we goo, and tbat it was tbo rendered
ao compact aod that any aorl of vehicle
could paee over tt without tbe a!ijhleal dua
cutty. It, tberefore, tha tornpika which
tnie bill propoee would never be UcAdao
ized, yet from tbe character of the aoil over
which it will generally pass, with wasona
of this kind on it, would never probably at
any season of lb year be other lhaa amoolh
and firm. It would only bo necessary for
ur far me re to keep two sets of wheels, ooe
tut this road, and another (or common use,
aa expedient by which in tba end tbey
would incur no additional expanse.
paratirf rluf ojhe di&rent species of in-Ll shall now, air. Speaker, advert to some
lemai improvement. No one is lea dis
posed than I( to undervalue rail roads; no
two ia mora desirous tbat they abould exist
ia their proper places Cut tmssppr4qoaiotd with thai region. - Without qne
. liaiHi Tta! in titA iind nf una a aiir
citizens f t to i So axtont of iheir utility.
They afford the beat he armivl,1iuT
when ioof. have never been rbond useful
Ejr ih uarrttioo of produce Tbefi
rail roads of Engmad, as U bat beea stated
not long 01000, ta tbe Uondon ituarleriy
Review, have been constructed at an er-
-Thi
of tba benc&la likely U result from ibi
work, provided it should Ink lb route to
Asbevtll, merely because t am better an
are fU i to and won. and ewss
in noma iuiaocea under cities. , Formed
tbas, of tha moat dura ble fcatenala, ooce
mhed, it costs blue to keep them w re
irair. Ia ibsl Country, on of lha tiioat
tieneely populated, aod ay far Iba richest in
tha world, there ta ajrast amoont of travel,
l ine over tbo roads. Besides, on those be
t eo Londoo sod Birmingbsm. JimL uflt
i raon Liverpool aod (lane better, and co
, any other, tber ia transported a Inrgs
(.uaotilr of manufactured artieles, and all
sorts of mercbandos. .These, by reason
of their high value, can bear the expense
tt ibis sort of cooveysnco. cut I esnnot
IcHra that on any rail road in Eoglaad oil
J..;v miles in lenib, tericuiturai prodoe
, lioua are transported. These toads, now
withstanding their grsl eoet, because cap
iu'iit era there aatitued wub lha receipt
of three per cent, en their iovestments, are
Aepl up io (US inanaer referred to. It be-
tog impoWU tor 0 io America to follow
lite Jjig!ihr fasfawn, in this matter, our
road have generally been made of wood,
prilk a small bar of iron laid oo it, at an
average cost of only $20,000 per Rule
From the perishable nature of tbe materials
tha woodea portioa one to be renewed el
eas once io x years. The expeuss, there
fare, of repair, together antfe tbat of keep-
in; tLe locvmutive io motion, eto. require
tue -nnieitioo of a targe atim of atuoay an-
tuJ'y. Though the receipts es 4 La
Urg-m yet they are thas prmsipsliy abaorb-
d. Uence none bolltnose rose over
which there ia tinea travel pay a (air divi
dend. Suppose, sir, wa were to const met
rail road of lbs length thai this bill pre
poeee, what would il cost ! Assuming it to
re-'iirS tJO.OiJO per mile, aod it certainly
f- 1 notjM jn da ht kas and Ukiag lb
t,,i.:..oc to.be Bj9 aiilea, live mdlioos would
Ls necessary Jo coarphie , , . .
Il aoty, the rt lore, be regarded as im
pfacticabla. But it i aatd that il might be
. road to tba Yadkin at bad. A road to
that river would eot above lw ailliao.
, 6uppoe it war even now daubed, there
would be but little travel altieg it, and the
transportation of produeo at tbe aocuatoov
. ad rate woo !d awiihar beneCt the tarater
. much, nor coal !e u Io keep A op without
Ion. '. i - - .
I hava endeavored, Ur Speaker, to make
n ceaparieoa of Iba dtai el lraapsrtali
en rail roada, and en eoue other epeeiae af
roads, with tt view of acrtaininy wbicb
is beet auited a our eooauy. But t nope'
a Senator will take mj calculations pm
trust. Let each aoe examine ihe maiter
for bimeelf and correet jte if 1 am wroag.
I datir to deceive n on.-. A aiatemest
Its bean abtained from the President of the
. Faleigh end Utoo,SU Eoed, esbibftiag
lie cost of Iran f tU oa from Fetereborg
19 this place. I Kara also eodeavored to
" t-.-rtaiB lb like ct on M'Adaoiized
rod. ' Takiag lb ardiaary toad, id a good
r-J of that eon, for m betaea t be 10,000
IL-, ani thoM wb bar the meaa of know.
-. in; saw re m tnat tfet ia aot at at) an ex
lragnr,l eriiar, and atMAing tbat twa.
tv f;v rntle i aa svecag day's trafel, tba
f ,:.'oifi is the reeUt of y aprioa.
Iff
tiooiog Ibe adrantsges io the Suts from a
direct comaionicatiM with tfiar north wl-
sm C0DmTerFhaHIav lo the Seaator
from Wilkes and Aabe to exolain tbem.
aittce, from hi intimate knowledge of that
country, be is more capable of dmng it than
rotten, it tnia turnpike should be coa-
Uroeted, Tpneeaee, will, meet probably.
mcei u oa our ooroer, wun a etoular road
tfetn KaexTtllo. It i the aptoion of many
persona tbat tba mercbaota of Eaet Tea
oeaaea would find it to their advantage la
nave meir goods transferred from tbe North,
by such t routs ss this, rather than by soy
one of those now open. A number of her
citeo bT0auored . me ,ihel tbay ere
snxioaa to see rush a werk perfected.
Tbt Lcpenirg of ..thia road would also- giva
us good daily line of stages to the Wnl,
An agent of tba Pest OOice Department,
wb recently examined (be route, declared
that, in lha pnweat condition of th road,
it could be travelled over in two daye let
tun than any ether between lha East and
tbe t. . If a lurapika war eompleted,
the distance to Kaexville would b paaaed
om at tbe rate of aix mile per boar, ia two
days and a half at eight petJkWi ' I4
than, $wdaysLIl now reqiurea. nearly
sevrn days o miketh joaraey in lha sta
ge. W mifiht tbo ilymaka ilthe
lotorast of peraons travalliag to tbe oouihef
it, i paa aioeg Ibia line, and, Irom neoc,
by the rail road northward. From Abe
ville, fur lb mi of Iwo or three hundred
dollar pare mtla, n good tag rood culd
torn k obtained throogb all of our extreme
wcotem eoeotre to G aergia. Tbe eooatry
beyond M level ; and tteorgi is there great
ly improving, by rail roade anawrnpike,
bar means at" cornmnniaation with the net
of the world. By assisting her, in the man-
nr.tv
ii tL; ., k .-, I
' if-l 6 ' ... l!iaii l:.u Siiiil-
II'J twa..,,T iioil i tl.i.astJ tboufhout
all the n'l'litnrir couniiw From Hun
coiiite, tviiere I Leiiet tlrr duet oot Xiat
a S:n;'o fuj;a or furnace, I hav si-en rpeci-iT'i-m,
ollamcd iu severul d. ;" rent ecutioni
of lbs county, which are pronounced by
tbo beat qualified lojuHge, eqml to any
iroo ore in th world. TLen w bar wa
ter power enough, in th uiountain district.'1
to move all the machinery io the civilized
world. It te only because Lincoln ba
more capital, thai ah ia io advance of tbe
other counties. Front tbo oalure of things,
agriculture muat prosper in all count! be
fore manufacture can flourUb. Tb ne
citnariu of life are obtained by ll culti
vation of ih aoit. The first settlers, there
fore, direct their attention, from o'Cewity,
xcluiitely to that. It i only when lUe
products exesed ths wants of the communi
ty, that the turpius can be devoted lo manu
facture From ths great coat of getting
our productiona to maiket, in moat of the
western counties, wa are advancing but
alowly. What would, under ddlcrenl cir
cimttancea, ba clctr profit, is thus wasted
away. : IC for example, w could rcbth
markets of the world at only one half of!
whal it sow coet,ue,oe county would im
prove faster than our, la none would
manofacluriog eetabliehmeuta aprirg up
more rapidly. Having adverted to Lincoln,
let me alto, to illuatrai tki view, still fur
ther sail ths attention of the Senate lo Tan
ey, ens of the youngest of our counties.
To n stranger, the larger part of it Would
teem only a w ilderneea. It contain appar
ently inexhaufctible supplies of ore, wbicb
yields iroo surpassing, perbsptvia bsrducsa
and tougbneas, any known. A a county,
if you except some of our reclaimed amp
lands, its tod is tba most fertile in th1 crate.
The clouds so often rest oo it, tbat Iba vege
table matter decay a slowly in a moral stale,
aod has given il Ibis meet extraordinary de
gree of fertility. ' It is moat admirably filled
for graatc. Let it be remernleied too,
air, tbat lands shout Ltxingtoa ia Kentucky,
detoted entirely to grazing, are sold some
limes for $100 per acre. Bear in mind,
too, the farther fact thal.steck, to tbe vatoe
of two millions of do.Iara. is annoally driven
through Buncombe county to tbe South.
Why ia it, idea, Ibst witbllands naturally as
well fitted for ibis sort of culture, and wttk
only half the distance to go te market the
eitizeoe of Yancy ere so far behind Ken-1
tucky ! Ilia becaws they want lb capital
which tL pueseasea. J'ba firataelllara in
tbst country carried only tba ax aod tba
rifle. Mnt of their lime ia af coure em-j
ployed in acqmrrpj a ubsttenct and th
eoantry i improved rber slowly. If tbsir
lands were prepared for grazing, some years
moat elapse beiore tbere woarid be a retorn
of profit. The result ia. ttat moat of them
aro tioabi ta take tttat course, rboee
who naTe adopted it However, tare aueeeed-
ad w wall, ibat wtt wilt bo aewegd -te-
imitat lham, whan tbey get tba means.
Tt fact even of throwing epeo the whole
cetera country io ihe world, by mean of a
fin read, would tend directly lo traatfer
capital there. filsny person from lb
East bar assured m that, if it were not
for Ibe ditjkulty of reaching it, they woold
tike to posset atock, farm and .villas,
aa ear 8 .uihero aeigLbora now do in
tome instances. Soeh an investment would,
in Ibe end, be preferable lo one is tb sootb
western Stales. ,; ' ,
Ths bole of our mountain region i on
of Iba meet inviting in Iba world. It sum
mer climate la said, by Iravtlhtr, lo eur
paa that ef Switzerland; it ski Br It!
lao ; there are fountains of icy coldne, snd
limpid streams and green valley. Tb
lover of natural scenery will find there too,
the precipice and the cascade, or be mty
ascend tb blue mountain, ad paa along
tbeir tope, for mil, or plain aix tbeos
aad feet ebeve tb ocwan, witb tb elnodi
bnalb binw If our friend from tb East,
could visit it, ss I am sura they Would do, if
w bad a (be turnpike, they would ebtsia
there, perhaps, not lea of pleasure, and (ur
mora of bodily and intalleciusl energy, tbca
tbey can gad in th citie of lb Nuito. ; .
I-; Tbi bill, (dr. Speaker, prepom no x-
pwnmerri. The imprevemeol is of tbst
spsaies longest known. I need not refer
I.,,! J j 1:1 1". l i H"t C i- I
j.laia- fit. s- '- ' tber' -hmin.ii
i-l r-d t. - 1 i "'''-
firt. L Ur o fj i , , ' i lue '
Eastern nierui' that in fiat tlif v wore car
ried mainly by WVurn irutos. For the ap
propiiaiinn tl'e' .t butiJn 4 tluiiind dullura
lathe Viliiur;Moa n-aJ.ae aUo thnsa fur
improving the Cape Fear aud other Rivera,
the Western dlcU-';atton went almost with
out a division. 1 he appropriation ol mora
. 1-. a t.U. i '
1 u y i. ., il fcii ill
- J &1 . J U ,uJt 111
: t'.o fuiioA
. ' 's V.Mm ''
i i u ttf b . i
.it WH rji'-vX
f.!r, flojdou prisuiiifd e till to amend the
HeviM-d biatuiea, enliUcd an Act fvr iw
atrniniiir the taking of excesmv usury.
Sir. L. P. Miller moved that tid li il be
rejected, whicb motion did nut prevail, aod
Ihe said bill wss rsad t'Le fust time, paaaed
aud rcforred to ths Committee oa the Jo-
than JO dollurs for ths draining of lbs dicittry
swsmp lands a mearura peculiarly aeo
tionul in ita character, wa carried in ill
am manner. Eveu if th Stat abould get
back only tba sum expended, without any
profa whatever, yet I should regard it as a
most excellent .measure. It opens new
land for Ihe occupation uf our Citizens of
tha East. Ths wealth of a State consist io
her population, and not in noiuhabited
awainpt and barren mountains ; and North
Carolina ooght lo make the most ol ber
natural sdvautsges. -
Aod next, sir, Ihe react lo the Kaioigb
and Gtoo Rail Road, two years since
docs oot avsry one remember bow il mu
oUaincd 1 Tba Western delegation rallied
in body and patted it, though gentleman,
ia boss Conntiee tbe road lay, voted gainst
it, aa il waa mid io obrdiauee to ibe wisbet
of their constituents. Ilow baa il beeo with
Fsyettevills 1 For six years we have beea
struggling to do sometuing for ber benefit.
As aooa ss one project iatltd, we at ner
caQ, rallied w soppot t of another. Al the
last aeratoa, when th State agreed In tat
three fitli io th Ftjetteville aod Western
Rail Road they said lo oa, ir we fail now
we aball not trouble cor friends scain t but
giv up lbs maiter for ths present." , 1 hope
that gentlemen leprtsenting that Section
Writ xeiurraber the thioa. U the last
nuic. Ur. Sccalicr. I aiiJres cor friend
from tbe Ntgs' Head regioo. 1 know that
tha work which tbey bat e ao moch at heart.
iha epemcg of the inlot, baa aot been eul-ct-ed.
Tbe propoaitioo at Iba Wat Mtmoo to
ppmpriat three hundred thousand dollars
for that cljtot failed : but the blame doe aot
real on lb west. It received a aopport
which, tinder all the eircomotanee wa
liberal from thai curler. Tha East and
tbe middle principsily defested tbe measure.
Tba appropriation for a tbrvey wa carried
mainly by Weatarn votes. Beside, their
avohte project is gaining strength witb as.
1 trust, tbcra&H, that their former liberali
ty will not Ikil them oow. -
iv U a Senator from any onatar set-
ever, tell hi constituent that bill wt be
fore bim whwb N paaaed would at a moder-
atw coat, hav conferred grrnt and
benefit oa the wetler part of lb Btt ; ,
but That became it would not have directly
benefitted hit county, he bad toted il dowat
1 know not, mr, what may bo tbe lecliogs ol
lb people rl&ewhri bot if 1 wer to re
turn to my constituent with toch a declara
tion, Ibey'would tot tend ma bare again-
Our citusn in it West ar ocrgotic,
Mr. Winston, from the Committee on Ihe
Judiciary, reported a bill to amend the 3ih
Chapter of the Revised Stetutr. entitled,
insolvent debtors, which was lead tbe first
lime aod passed. '
v.' Wtdat$dof, Dtc. 23.
Mr. Waddell introduced resolution p
froiotioi a committee of five to preitara an
abstract from th census of th is Stste for the
yesr 1810, together with ihe amount a
public tax paid according to lha Comptrol
ler's report, la b printed for tb Legist'
lure ana aUo published with tbe Lawa and
Journal! which wer read and adopted ;
and Alessrs. Wsddelt, Duckry, Usitber,
MitcbeU sod Worth appointed to form said
Committee. " " ' - v" '
Mr. Clinsmsa praaonted a bill lo iueor
porete the Nothalbh Turnpik Company
wbicb paued its firrt reading. . ! ,
Tbe pnipoftitioa uf lb Comment to refer
tb communication of Iho Covaroor on tb
subject of French spoliation, lo a joint se
lect committee, was c occurred too .
Tbe bill lo elb!ub a new county by tha
name of Cleveland, waa r jectcd oa ita aa
cond reading 20 to S3.
Mr. Bynum,from the Judiciary Commit
tee, to whom wer refurred several bills con
cerning abenfl, clerks aad constabtee, ra-
portrd th aarne ta tb fceoate titit an
amendment. Laid oa lbs table.
Air. Mitchell promoted a bill to amend sn
act, paaaed al the session of 19C?,to divide
tbe conntiee into school district and for
ether porpoee I which patted it first read
iog, and wss ordered to be primed. - 7
1 UOVSE OS COMMOXS. ''
A kleatag wa received from the Senate
proposing thai iba Iwo looa iljoura sis
Jit 00 alooday, th foorth day of Jmutry
next, which was coocorred iu by a veto f
OS 10 bl.
r-On mntioti of Mr. JeSarsorr, "t
or frofoveo, re aaouid im a rout to tmrr ... ,..,.. m. - A,i,
nothcra coooti, and to Iboee of Alabama
and UtMtssippi, bortf, by aeveoty voilee,
than any ether, and holding oot stronger in
ducement to aomoMi traveller.
'All of thia lravl will tbue b tbrowa 00
the Raleigh aad Garten Rail Road. - B
vide, w thai! iovitbly, ere long, have a
connctno btwe this p'ac and Ike Wil
miogioo Rad Rood. Such of the trsrsllsrs
sod ss moch of the produe from the Weal,
would naturally k Wilmington, will
lbs bare fcctlitwej afforded forreehing
that ptaaa. Raleigh is ahta within thirty
mile of lb navigable water of Ibe Nvote
Rit and thiatarnpike will iaevitaUy find
ile wey Iber. W e ahould (hoe, ttr.hav it i
our power toxcnaage lb production of th
middle aod wewerw pari of tbe StaU, for
lb fish and other cwmoMditM of tba et.
A large portion of tha'cooniry, Ur.
Speaker, tbrwagb waiek tbie rood would go,
io a rich sntaeral rwgitm. That the mine
af precious mettle, gold aod atlewr, ar no
mtreo ewd rich, i wwlt kaewn. Oppwr,
al, appear to bo xiearty diflWd. It
kae not, t y, been moeb anaghl for, be
euo th prnee by wbieb Ibo ore em re
dueod, it todiou. and reqaire an neb capital.
But, if our meeo of get nag to tb board
wor improved, wacoold send aba or lo
Eoglaad aod tell lham at profit,: . - -
Lead w tlto found t manyi places,
peeully ia Cherokee bnl Uvm lha di5icui-
ow ar, aad from tbo wtnt of capiul, lb
star are not Worked. Thai metal bower
r, wbieb, of wtbera, eontributc most to
tbo wealth of tbe cowntry rontaining rt.iron,
ia meet xtenaivwly ddTamd. 1 bold in nty
weed a view of the ttitics of Lined
aarrtymd by thcoVuty marshal durinf
' of tb wagon and i hre be th prawwt yor. 1 absH, bowever, IrmiW
rdsy,tiieoo tM JAdmiied;ib Ba( wnn but a lew item. There
kin.
' " '
reVdocnPf thaoMlolUatl((riior bUtfuraelWtbrdiieltooe
! 1 ill bill, mach weight can bet east iro ead igMw b!wnri, forge'
1 for 31 03, at tl rail road wiH bring nd rolling mill, for the wmi(aerr of!
-nlyrfkr f 1C7. it, bowtver, bar iron. There ara bmo fifty foorB rwg
Rltltti, Tb lb tlaas bald vn!ng tM.
sxns (torn aad attar Ueaday aaxt. -- -
"Mr. Itoare presented a petition from con-
dry oili7.cn ol Halifax county, praying Ihe
'"(pasts of a Law, securing lo every (umi'y
Ktllie oiate ii?mmaa.buiA wa
tssd and referred to Ibe Committee on ibe
Judiciary, ;"--;'", , J"-f .
A commUDicttum wa received irom lue
Governor, transmitting Ibe information re-
quired ty a Joint Resolution of the taro
Uounea of the Coneral AssemUy, ia relation
to th atuir Sod 1 cooditico of ,.th J, rjiyer.
wmsit-iitorw yf; BafrSig,r,
aod tbey will only rapport a vigorous aod
enlightened policy.
, Cut Mr. Speaker, I sm able to pot this
measure 00 higher, than mere sectional
c round. Uur ctat la by for Hi loocett
ia the Onion extending mor ihao it
bondred mile Irom East to Wt r tod lb
ioteresf ind feelings f ier citbtens sre a
moch varied as tha sorites of ner territory .
Wa are sniud by a common system of
Iowa, and connected together by aa ideal
a a .1 ss
oono-uie eiootnors tuai wa are auj fc , rf 65 lo 00.
ctiizone 01 j.onn moi.nsi ana w may . r;.u!l. rm ih.
waa eeot rotba Senate witb proposition
that it be printed. -- ' ; r
,The bill for (be rcliefof ho Wilmin-ton
ad Raleigh Had Rod Company! waa read
tb third time. Mr. tVTaytor o3erd tb
following emeodnieot viz r Tbe individual
property of Ibe fcHoe kholdar ball be bnortd
aa steamy totlis State" which mnrytthl
by tote of 61 lo 42. The qoostioo then
recurring on the peseta of th bill i it third
reading, wa determined in th sfljrmattve
way, which resembt some of our medero
improvement; and portiootef which ar
now fcuod ia Wetrn A sis, apparently as
fresh and unworn, aa wbea tbey were first
laid down. Tbem a ere thirty -eight thoue
and miles of such rood, ia tbat empire.sufS
eient to tocircl th earth once end a half,
and af&rding th beat evidence of it powt
ed wisdom. Eoglaed" now ba twsaly fir
tbooeaad miles of MeAdamiaed roi
Many of our iter State, vwpecially Pno
ylvanit, Kaotucky and Teooeesee, , bsve
goon estensively wit thi specie of im
provement, and ar atill progreaaing rapidly.
Look to what Virginia I dinog immediat.
ly on owe ftortberw border. (Mr. C the
exhibited a map nf Virginia with the turn-
pikse. A, finished or in pregrwat marked
Bon tt.) . Tbe surface of the Elate
well lake pride in th thought. . Cut in all
other respect w araeottrogd from each
other, la Ihe Lstt, you staod alone 10 in
terest and doling ; in the North, your ao
ocistioo sre wub Virginia! lo tL &ntb
ml W tt, mingl with th eon of Sogib
Carol in and Georgia, aod ourdettioyeeerat
united witb their. Shall do nothing
to change all thi 1 Shall w msk a (
fort to bring th extreme of our State to
gibr, aod unite ber ciiiztua in imrei
and io fooling, aa well in njmet Ought
not th beoTi't, a well as the burdens, wf
Gavomment to fall oa all alike! I trust,
air, that Iba aoty quest ten which each Sen
a lor will ask ia relaiien4to this mwio w,
will it Ue2t tb Old Kertb State t
North-Corolina Icilatnr.
thecktred all over. Nt only ia b engag
ed in corMraeting great thoroughfare, but
lsnot every cnuoty ia ber border bat it
road. . The legislator deal out lh pobhe
avowry witb a liberal band in all direction.
Th Vwllwy toVnpihe, when completed, will
pas through aloaewt tbewbot length of lb
Siato, to lb border of Ttnossss neat
Kaoivill If wa de nothing, lha travel
Northward will soon be diverted in great
asewwr from aur territory. Ceorgi and
South Carolina aro staking efforta witljik
porpos ia new, , The latter Sum formerly,
mada V'BP'k p to tb line f Oucob
ouoty, tkeogk weder no bligtroa wild
ly wf conveying il any diotancw, things I tm to taks car af aur interwst but solaly
witk n view to obtain th trad and travel
from tbat rtfioa. . The money taft in a
Statu .by peeavngsr in of mora vols lhaa
srott prmne issagirv who d not t tempt
toy calculation. , If w tt ffl anlil atbev
8tate bat diverted eemmere and IraveL
Kng from our territory bw wiH rur rail
road be kept apf . .
To tb Wawterq part of the State, (not
withetending ber greater need, tr, yo
ha a ytt given nothing. A million of
dollar ba been appropriated f"r interml
imprvmeot vt of Rakigh, but you bay
- Tuttday, Dee. Si.
norm or commons. "
Dr. J. P. Caldwell picteated a petition
from nndry citizen of Iredell county, pray
ing thai a portio of mid Coonty be attached
to tb coonty of Wilke. Th petition waa
referred to th Member of th Uoute of
Common, rerweaeoticg lb counnc of Ire
VII end WUkee. '
- On metis f Mr. Mtmdiy, th Commit
tee on tb Judiciary vr instructed te en
quire into the e- 'dieney of so amendiog
tbe Patrol law at to increase tbeir pay, and
to rawest at bill r otnarwa. N
A comaruo'toatioa waa received from the
Goveroar, traaainiiting a memorial 00 tit
sohjct of Preach Spoliation prwr to J !0 i ,
together with sundry document of Ceogrem
on thl urject. 1
Oa motion of Mr. J. P. tVtJt!, th
eommonicatien aad aeeompnying doeo
ment were ol to th Semle, with a pro
position that they t referred to a Joint
Seleet Committee of fir oo lb part of tack
float., . ,
Kit. U. C Jooe presented a petition from
sundry citizen of tbe tnonti of Surry,
Wilke and Iredell. praying lha erection of
e new enooty oot of a portioa of raid coun
tie, wbicb, oa motion ef Mr. Do v den, waa
refer '--d to ibe Coromittoe en Propoaitioo
and Grtewne. . . 4 .. ,
, Ur, Boydea preeenled a bill loamena (he
Reeieed Blatuiee, eaiiiled A B set concern
ing the appointment of fl uardians and tbe
management of Orphan and tbmr est t tea,
which Was read th first lime, pawed, tad
an motion of Mr. 0- referred to Ihe Cony
mit'ee on the Judiciary. ,
Th bill to lay rT snd ettalliah a mad
down U. f.lu Eul-e frets th line of th
county ef Tanrey te Tar key Creek, in Ciirke
Comnty, wtt read tne second time snd pasted.
Mr. Meoovnhaa preneotad t petition from
tb Wake Fore! Colter, kif a ko
from th fund of lb .t, which no
Hriio Mr. M. refurred lo Ih joint
Cemmilt aa Education.
Proposition and Crmvance, reported
nmverably on lb petition from Lincwlo,
Burke, Witk and Iredell, praying a new
county to be reeled out of part of said
countiea, and aakd to b discharged from
further consideration of the sotjeei, wbioh
report wss coacwrred to.
On motuyO of M r. Reid, '
XsaslMd, That awsb el the Keaart af Ih
Board ef Internal latprorsmawt aa raiatw I tb
sarin at a Eetiaasrs for aarry lha tty
siuvill and Wastara Rail Raad Cetpsy, be
(slsrr t in eeaain ea aMima.
' Mr. Guthrie presented a bill eoaceraiug
polite bridges, wbicb t read tb firt Um
and psd.
- Mr. Maftro pretentad n memorisl from
tb Sltb Retiment ef Militia pmy in t rw-
pal of eo mock of the Militia Law at r-
eiriei tasMtaf mwatora to two ia a yar
Said memorial wa referred to the commit-
to eo Military ASair. ' !
Mr. Poiodettet ereaeflled n pwlitioa from
toed 17 citiiwot of Sorry coonty, set mst lb
erectisa of a nsw coonty out ef portion of
Surry, Iredell and Wilt j wbicb wa r
ferrwd t tbe Committee oa Proposition! aad
Ormtantn.
! f I 1' 1. 1 1, t tacnri'y h.u Usa l-'l
-m e-i l t,-i-: l-it !! ij-nnsi,t tf r, .
I ... ... - tats t -i, tnd Mi th .
1 ,1 1:. . ...iiiabi. .'.irporalion wb ar itidvli.
J Ut ti a butv I) iui' S finin II. LiUrary and
Internal Ininrovrim-nt 1 un:!;tlie auroral aiuuunts
sua a.-..i, vilii.it fi'i lUiis fait dua, and th
asvuriiy uk.cn for ttmir pnyaiant.
Laid oo th lull, oo mot km of Mr. Lilly.
Tb ensrosncd bid to compel Militia tilli
cert to bold their cummiiion litre yer,
wstrd Ih arcoiid snd thiidtiu4,famd
and ordered to b nro,'rif. . '
Mr. tarruiger, fiuia Hi Committee oa
Internal Improvftnents, reported bill for
Ill retiot 04 tne ivsii-ign bill waaiim t
Road Company, Inch red the first'
.litti and passed..' '9 "..'. ,. .""
uir. a.uoro, iruiu iiii vwi f "
Judiciary, reported a bin torn: neat ins
ists Besets io certain eases, which wss read
ths first time, psssi;d, ordnird to le printed, '
and made thsurdt-r of tha Juv for l mdtj
next. , , ,.-, t .r
., ; a-', pLC.t".
. Mr. Moreliead, from th Judiciary Cuui.
miilto, rHrUd sdversely to Ih propori.
lioa to give each magistrate, the 'first tut. .
um of the Revised Statute. The Cum
niiltee waedischsrgi-d Trom lb further cta
sideratioq of the sul jecU . .-
t Mr. Waddell, from ths select Comantli.
on ihe eul jeel, renorti d an abstract of tha
Census. Ordered to be printed.
Mr. Morvhead presented a lil! lo rc',e
trespat enoa bind and other troperty in.
dictable to certain casta. This bill si
ea in tirtt um snd passed. . -
Tbe resolution in favor of Mr. U'L.t.
Hold's retaining kit scat, a as taken up mi
sdopted. "
A aumbcr of l!!!t panrd their tccctii
Mading. ., ( . , -
; -. - - - " : - .,
, i . fiatMrday, Deo. Cfl. -
" : &i,.1.tn .
Ur. EpruH!, from the Committee on Fi
nance, reported a resolution directing tb
t none I rcurr to prnceed to Ibe prrdy
collection of all th ante or bond bow a
fit io lb Treasury, other than Clitrtkc
bond wbicb passed ita first reading.
Ub motion of Ur. Uine man. Ih tan.
uttiee on the Judiciary wr tnstroctedl
to mqoir hoi her Ihe igitlature Lav
powr I repeal th law sivwf bsi.km2
pnvjlegea J jh Lnuisvaia,- Cincinnnu
and Cbarlestun Rail lived Company, and
y.Mir () aimia..!.. nraaaf j )S fou
lim in relation 10 that matter. . ,
Mr. Shepardjfrom ih S.kct Cosnmitte
to aLem was refi irttf !. commumcatioBr
from Iho lion. William Caston, rt-btiv to
repair l)g the fciato ef iVat-h.n-ton, report.!
ed a Pieamhl and rewilotinn, ataiirg that
sir. Joba t railer, of w i oik, a native
artist, bad proposed lo uri.l.-rtuti lo r-; air
ih eutue, snd jvould stipulate lo receita
ca ns vhalvi-v uttta t. wiTd it
entire eaiiafaciioa of the aofbortztd s-f-nu
f tkSi4aid llrtnrfora rerj'iui! j thtj
Cvroor to ioform J5r. 1'iti.er that b
baa permission of th Le'-'ature to tcako
the cxponmeal at bi aa acene, prvi
ad b due oot lamotf any pwin .n of thd
remain of lb biatue frooi this City. TL
re!utinn paaaed it first reading, .
Tbe Seoate lock oa the eojroaMd LiTl for
lb relief of tbe Wilmington tnd Rah igk
Kin uM wotnpo wben Mr. Wtlauw
aiovad aa amendment, binding lb pnvntw
property of tb Meckboldora in proportion
to Hi amount of their atock. O this pro
position a loeig aod interest ing debate em
to hieb M rear a. Uiltoo, Faison and Coop.
or, advocated, and Measra. W sddtlt. Shrp.
ard Osuher and Clingmia fp-d it. 1'b
mendmeot wss lost, ths vol being CO yeas,
23 nays. Tbe Bill then passed it second
reading u came Irom tha Common, Ct
to 19. '
Mr. Doekery
, Mr. Wtddoll
, Scattoriag
IIOOBOrCDMSOXrf.
Mr. raiton presentrd a Petition front
sundry cuizene of Buucnmb and Vaney,
praying tba erectioaot't paw county out of
portion of said eooiiUee, which refer,
red to th Comroiltt eo propotiticnt and
Grievance.
z Mr. Hill presented kill for lb es'ab'iO.
ment aod regulation of Common School,
which waa read th first lima, pasted and
ordered to be printed.
Mr. D. A. Uraktm preaeaud a Petition
from wodrf itizwtf Richmond and Rob.
en,tt eoooti, eding to appropriation for
th clearing nut ef LamUr River, which
waa referred ta th Cutnmitica oa Internal
Improvement. ' ? f j ; - :i ? t -Mr.
Bryaa preeented a petition from ao.'
ory eittxooe of Wilkto emmty egtimw Ih
reelmn new Coontv eat Taiutna of
Tua-woonrreror imucii, WiIDm and Surry,
uewrrva to lb ivomcutea OsvPropoailioti
and firievancta. ' - .- r.-. ...
Tb engnwmd kiQ rcevd from th
Snt to alter the time ef holding th Coun.
ty Court of Lincoln a rsad tb rim inn
aed passed.
The bill to emend to Mt, entitled ta art
to amend th CSib Chaj.ter of ibe Reviwd
Siatota.entulod low 4 vent debtor, w read
tb eecnd lim and passed. -y
Oa mat ion of Mr. Burf. th Committew
00 h Judiciary ware ;itructrd I mnuii
ini in expediency of amending tb Book '
debl Iw, ! permit Executor aud '
Administrator lo Prove tb account of
tbeir Testator nd lntsisie,fr work and
labor done, aa well it for article dlivrd.
n motion of Ur. II. C. Jne, -
StaolralL That a trarnnrulim ani mwmmmSi.m
tw haodnd dollars, ba ada f HA -r
rndrm flns.prt4t tb psasar laadinf s U
,lerf ta Capitol aod Ut Um i'uhlt Tmn.
rw a raaaira ta tea ib 0!n,a rlr aad aflae.
attandadto. '
IS am i mk ucctiorw. nniforpj
tbrouvhout ths Stats was reed th ond
tiiand aaveoded.aoaslofia tb Election
on lb first Thursday i August. Tb bill
then paeaad th eond reading by a vofa of
39 I 1 0. Oo motion of M r. Mill, Ibe id
bill then toad th 3rd time, psascd, and
idered to b eogroseed. .-. .
' .- ' -' ' i Tlwrtday, Ike Si
1 ICS ATE.' - 'J -
Tb Speaker having obtained leave of
btenc for on week A. Dockery, Esq.
th Senator from Rich mood, wa boen
Speaker wre toav Tbe vote ttood tho
It -;- Cod -21
1 ' f ' 39
19 .. ,' withdrawn Vt
a S e
Mr, Speed fraro tb Committee ea Piivt-
lege and Elections, lo whom waa referred
lb contested election from the district com
posed ef Green, tnd Leant r, reported a
rewtlutioa declaring thai Mr. Whitfield, lb
Silting member, is toiitted Jo bi mat.
Laid on tli is Ue, ; , - , ;
Mr. Wadihtll preeented a biH to tmend
aad explain tbe Keid Statute "for limit
mg the tune within wbicb action msy be
brtmght end for qotetine h title to lend
nd eUv, and prescribing Ih Inn witb-
ta wbie preaximpltm of satisfaction may
ans. aftd I rvpaal part of aaid ttatuta.
Thi bill wa read th firt lim nd passed.
- IIOfSB OF. COMMONS,. M, ,
Oo motM of Mr. . Ilnro'a, t , , I
Mtml-d, Tbat lV,,!,a Tmrw u'u.
atraatad ta tMrt la tan ilwM. a mm tha D.,i.
aoe loll to rVata El.(-H a" ( ..in, 1 i"ij of M(lannUl l.i,U, ml, a o-v
tadtb Vydmiagtea aad Balaigk iUil dCa'ittMcd. twl laid catLt I 'Jj. . ' .
lastly i
itonilav, t)(e. 29. '.
v i, V nSATR. '
Mr. Shepard,fro.niliCmmitten Irv
tornal Improvamont, reported a renluiion
pprnnri,i,ng t3,750 for removing obetrdcV
ion In l4imbr rivr, tnd for a orvy of.
lb bortet and most prsetiraM route ha.
tweeoestd river and Ihe Cape Fear ; which
pavsed ita first resdin;? , , - i
Mr. Raid rresented a lifl to rertjftta '
stays snd appeals, to far tt thry concern
the collection of LVk d- Lis which psxn-d
a nisi reS't.rtT, - - - , ,s
' The tea-hitma cxi'HVrnin the drain.