VOLUME 2,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.. I)ECE3IBEa 6,^^
i:i)iti:d, wd pfhlisiied wkeklv, uy
T E k3is :
! NUMBER 89.
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■ ' ■ ' i iiiu ^t !); niaii^^ i witih tlie luuuber of iiiser-
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’ ■ ■ ^ ^ iitor, nnb'ss ronta;nin:2[ rnoiipy in sums
■ ' ' ' " must coaie iree of i)osta^e, or the
" ’itj.'.id .,t thj .dli,-,. here will be rharg(d to the writer
. V nii.l r,d!''(;t('d as (jther ac:jou;it3.
Hg said II) conclusion, he knew the sword of
^'hig'gfery was being whetted for him fron) point to
hiit, and it might be that it would descend upon him.
But he was prepared for the sacrifice, although he
would not be an unresisting victim.
hetort. A few days previous to a recent election,
a candidate for the otfice ofsherifT, was thus accost
ed by a neighbor:—‘ Well, sir, I hope you will be
elected, (or 1 would rather be Iiung by you than any
body else.’ ^
And 1, replied the canciidate. ^ would rather liant’’
you than any body else.’ ' ®
Federal Population contained in I nent abilities of his distinguished Secretary to adjust
& p"1d‘’ „r[hVpubirT! “ '‘“‘"r'h --d.ffioulttes whh that= Power upon Splei o
bv erch'^^iun.v f hf t “ ‘0 b'll.eve‘d. that
.‘1 Dutch Device.—Smoking is carried to such an
exr.e.ss in Holland, that every inn is filled with a
ttnck cloud of tobacco smoke; and when the waiter
enters the room in search of any DutcJiman who may
be wanted, he takes a pair of bellows in hiti hands,
It
. 1 , , ' I iii lilt* xiauut
to blow tlie smoke trom the face of the party, tha
lie may digrcover ihe person he wishes to find.
If s a Fact.—A Western paper says that youjiff
ladies wJio are accustomed to read newspapers, are
ulvvavs observed to possess winning wavs, most
amiable disposition;:^, invariably make good wivns
and always select, good husbands. A truer thinti^
never was said.
I s { I. I, A ^ Y
UK W. PUETllY.
r^ :id s . :i.; httl,; poi^try in our day and
.1 Vf
\ in-ui-jy iillectcd by it* but our Icdin^r.
II- \.‘r .- ) v>. :uu_rlii upon as i;i reading Hie fol
Oh, my dear sir, ’ said a poor suiFerer to a den
tist, ‘Mhat is the second wrong tooth you have pull
ed out!” ‘- Very sorry, sir,*’ said the blundermo-
operator, ‘‘but as there were only three when"l
began, I'm sure to be right next time!-’
> ‘ 111," . W r d., not believe there is to'be found
: ' tl,.‘ p.,t ir_\ tii it has been written, either ancieiit
;;i idrrii, tar! ■ siaiiza.-^ (•oiitainiiig more of tiie‘/eal
th.* purr, I M itluherated essence—than will be.
ifid 1.. tfie anil Ic ()ciow. 'J'his is high praise, but
\* 'I'.h-'-itaMngly .-^ub/iiii our opiniorj to the better
h''. nu-m !;t our brethren. Our correspondent has
-r i-.a d^s !.=r t!ii> ex-piit^ite l^rodiicllon :—J->orilaml
/ ■ ‘I .
STAXZAS.
\\']ie.n thr*
A-.d V..:
' ' ■ :y
■ > -I stonn howls round your door,
by liglit of tap.-r, ’
. y tbe evening lire
1' ij tiif. hist paper—■
J rhiiik ofhiia \vIiot.e work thus helps
To x'w* :r away the winter,
\iul put tills iii juiry to your.se.lf—
Hu', t* I ];aid uj) tlie Pkimkh ?
I ‘ 'ii t an 1 west—from north to south-
! land , beyoiiii the \vahT,
He d:idy. we = “kly. t-rings you news
1* roiii ( Very iio‘)k and quarter—
\ I -diive on earth ti)ils more than he
'I'JiroUirli buiiiiuer’s heat and winter;
.Mill v)u fur a uiiMnent, then,
.\i glc.-t lu ]>ay the i*JUMi:u ^
\ ur other hilis you prom])fly p:iy,
\vi)i’llever }')'] (].; o\\(*, yjr,
! i i' butcher 1 »r las meat is })aid,
1 ‘ 'Uiniri-'s ‘ IS (he grocer ;
I ■ (• tail ir aiui th(^ tliu'.Miiaker,
I’iie halter and tlie vintncT,
.'iil g t ilii'ir pay—then why neglcct
To set:1c wiui the 1'kintl'h ?
An Irishman and a negro were fighting a few days
Since in Pinladelphia, anil while grappiiiig with each
other, the Irishman exclaimed—
on black vagabond, holler enuff!—Fll fif^ht til!
I die!”
“So will I!*’ sun:^ out the
c/oes
by each county for the last five years.
Which Resolution wms adopted, and AL ssrs. Hal*
sey, Biggs, and Norcuai v.ere appointed the com
mittee.
A message was received from the Senate agree
ing to the proposition to go into the election of three
Engrossing Clerks.
The House then proceeded to vote ; w'hich result
ed as follows: Graves 23; McClellan 37; Cole
man 16 ; Drake 10 ; Tate 5; Lancaster 3 ; Hoyt
44; Rumley 49; iMiller 52; Cochran G3; Tho
mas 46. T’he whole number being 163, and 82
being a majority, IVIr. Rob' rt Cochran was declar
ed duly elected. Two more to elect.
The Governor’s Message w’as then received, and
was read to the House by the Assistant Clerk.
IVIr. Barringer moved th it the message and the
accompanying documents be sent to the Senate,
w’lth a proposition to print five copies for the use of
each member.
Air. Biggs moved to amend, by inserting one in
stead of Jive. He stated that he made the motion
w’ithout intending any dis*tspect to the Governor,
but it was merely to save money. The expcnsts of
• • L j • 1 ^ wi eApiicujy laiu uown in me uonitiiutior
prmtmg had incieased greatly since 1838, and it to preclude all suggestions on the subject
the good arising from this adjustment, will be’con-
fined to the parties immediately concerned. The
noble example, set by two of the most powerful, in
telligent and honorable nations of the earth, in ad
justing their difficulties, by a resort to argument, in
stead of arms, will be worthy the imitation of every
member constitutmg the great family of nations.
The history of nations ought to have taught and,
it is hoped has taught the present generation, that
that good which arists from the guidance of reason,
and the dictates of justice, is more beneficial and
permanent, than that which results from the most
brilliant triumph of arms, victorious over right and
justice.
In mviting your attention to such matters as
ought to engage your deliberation, during your
present Session, I refer you to the first Article of
our Constitution, as amended, whereby it becomes
your duty, at this Session, to lay off the State into
Senatorial Districts, and to apportion the represen
tatives :u the House of Comnipns among the sever
al Counties of the State. The rules by which you
are to be guided in the discharge of your duties, are
so explicitly laid down in the Gonititution itself, as
We gave in oiJi' last, the proceedings of the Le
gislature on Ivlonday and Tuesday, the two first
days of its Session. On Tuesday, it will be recol
lected, several ballotings were had for three En*
grossing Cki ks, without success. The candidates
voted for were Messrs. Cociiran, Coleman, Rumley,
Miller, McClelland, Gray, Buie, Hancock, Graves,
Hayes, Drake, Hoyt, Hoover, Thomas, and ^^"est.
iie lollowiiig was given ris one of the regular
■K'. at tiic late Uoston ilorlicultural Festival;
H'o.man—.1 •• I 'lonil Lr.iicoii." us foUuics ;
V\ hale'er has beauty, worth or power,
)r grant', or luslre. is a ilowcr.
^^'onlan'.s a llowcrr: m her we trace
Soaie, lili).>soai ol’the mind or fa'-e !
1 > ) ci wuiiiaa lead the courtly dance,
W e iiaii the Flower ol Elegance:
I Fashioii’s wreath ailorn her brow,
The' h'h'wer ol 'i'aste is woman no'.v.
);i wuinaa's mein, in women'^ iniiui,
'I'he twin-born Flower of Gracc we finJ ;
And in her cheek we see
i he Ki)\a! Kose ol ]}iij;nitv.
1 he lily symixsl ui'her s'oinh,
I>lo()iii.\ next her he;ud, the llowt'r ofTruth;
Atul mori; the violet l)Uvls express—
U’Jic i-'iowri:’- jf her louden.ess !
MU. MAiI.-llAI.L vs. MR. CLAY.
I i, e iicielolore aiiudL'd to ttie sp. eciits made
. 'Ii. M.tr'liall, l.i'.e ()j the ‘•whig" panv, rela-
- I ' the *• ^lasbul boy of tbt; Mills,” lleury Clay,
i . :'iilowmg is mveii m a Frankfurt ( Kentucky)
j 'r, ;is a dt>cnption ol p.irl ol a speecli delivered
' V hum at thcit I'laci', during a recent vi.«it:
I iiO mosi l urniiig an 1 thiiilitig pai ts of his ad-
: t-s were comprised m iiis withering sarcasm and
' \‘h,iOg invective against the devotion of his party
• the hidden it ^et•rLt 07i>' man ])oiccr bv which
V >y Were lulrdaswilh a rod of iron. He porlray-
wilh the pencil of a Hogarth the lineaments of
vliijgery m this district, exhibiting them bowing
"li liie cringing servility of abj»^cl slaves to the
!:jialion of an individtial; and while he did not re-
roach Mr. Clay or ideiitily him as the sul.>j( ct of
ji.s picture, the mind instinctively turned to him as
T.h'- masier-spn it beiuie whom the f ree voters of the
district submitted wuh tlie most obedient resignation.
l)Ut above all, he poured the red hot lava of his
•iCLism upon the devoted heads of those crawling
■ iiUiif.r who follow in Mi. Clay’s shadow’ and
.1 i \ j to his coat tail as tlie only means lell them to
' -cui(3 prelorinent; who cannot see tiie s^m rise or
' ’ i xjt pt ill his eyes; v;ho do his bidding and
onsult Imn upon the jireparation of a roabt pig or
1** yoking of a raccoon. He exhibited them as
li iging to him wherever he might go, and follow-
:.g him like the farmer ploughing his devious fur-
>w after thetoctuous wmdm"s of the heifer.
O
\Vh*jn he took his attitude a la Beau Brummell,
, i :'d his hand under his coat-tail on one side and
‘ J out the lappel on the other, as conveying an
a of the sycliophancy of some of the great man’s
i ilowers, suiting the action to the word and the
'V' ra to the action, it struck us if Cruikshank could
1 ■ :ve witnesstd the scene, and could have conveyed
’ l ie pictures the grinning delight of the democrats
lun iy agonized with laughter, and the sullen, down-
l*'Oksofthe whigs, he would dave made his
>'!une. Oh! theefiectwas irresistible. Wecould
^'11 up the picture so inimitably drawn but by
•^T’iag to {«ome tuadvv who we kTi'jw lie had in
Senate ...Wednesday, Nov. 23.
Ye-sterday’s Journal being read and approv»^d,
Mr. Edwards, from the Comnii‘tee on Rules of
Order, reported, that the Committee concur in re
commending the rules that obtained in 1840 for the
government of the Senate. Concurred in.
Mr. Spruill, from the joint Committee on tlie part
of the Senate, to superintend the balloting for three
Engrossing Clerks, reported that 163 votes were
cast, necessary to a choice 83, and that no person
iiaving received a majority of such vote, there was
no election ; which report was concurred in.
A message was received from the House propos-
ing^’to go into the election of three Engrossing
Clerks”; which being agreed to, the House was in
formed thereof, by Message, and Mr. W. P. Wil
liams and Air. .Tones w’ere appointed a Committee
to superintend the ballotinfj.
I'lie names of the following Candidates were
withdrawn from nomination, viz: Alessrs. West,
Cfiay, Hancock, Hayes, Buie and Aloore.
Received froip the House a certificate fiom the
County Court of Iredell, in favor of Ann Patterson,
a Pensioner, which was read, and ordered to be
countersii^ned by the Speaker of the Senate.
Air. R ‘id presented the Pension Certificates of
Labella Campbell and Alartha Spears, from the
Clerk of the the County Court of Cumberland
which were also read, ordered to be countersigned
by the Speaker and transmitted to the House.
The S' liate then proceeded to vote for three En-
Lrrossing Clerks, when the vote stood thus: Coch
ran 27 ; Ruml'^y 26; AlcClelland 12; Aliller 21 ;
Thomas 21; Drake 5; Coleman 10; Hoyt 14-
Tale 1 ; Grave.s 7. ’
Air. Alorehead oflered the follow’ing Rt solution;
Resolved, Tiiat a Committee of two be appoint
ed to ascertain and report the amount of Public
Taxes paid into the Treasury of the State, in the
years 183S-39-40-’41 and’42 by each County in
the State, that said Committee set forth in their Re
port the aggregate amount of Public Taxes paid
by each County into the Public Treasury for the
five years aforesaid, also the average amount paid
by each.
Resolved, that they further report the Federal
population of each County, as ascertained according
to the census taken under the Act of Congress pass
ed in the year 1839, entitled An Act to provide
for taking the sixth Census, or enumeration of the
inhabitants of the United States.”
Air. Edwards suggested to the Senator from Guil
ford, whether, in the room of appointing a Com
mittee to obtain the information sought for by the
resolution, it would not better become the dignuy of
the Senate to call upon the Departments to furnish the
Statistics be required ; further than this, he had no
objection to the lesolution.
Air. Alorehead replied, that he had offered the re
solution without any consultation with the friends
he usually acted with ; he, for one, »vas not desirouf
of Slaying the entire Winter in Raleigh ; the mat
ter gought for by the resolution was required before
the Senate could act upon a most important duty
which devolved upon them, and that his sole wish
was to facilitate the business of the Senate.
After a further interchange of opinions between
A1 essrs. Edwards and Alorehead, the resolution was
laid upon the table until to-morrow.
On motion of Gen. Spruill, the Senate adjouned.
House of CoM^Io^?
On motion, a message was sent to the Senate,
proposing to vote for Engrossing Clerks.
Air. Francis iniioduced a Resolution for the re
lief of the late Door-keeper, which passed its first
reading.
Air. Hai.sey introduced the following Resolution:
Resolved^ That a committre of three be appoint
ed to prepare and report to this House a Tabular
Statement of the population of North Carolina, con-
laiiitd in the several Counties, agreeable to the last
was time that they were retrenched. The custom
before that time was to print but one.
Air. Alills, objected to the amendment.
Air. Bower w’as in favor of the amendment. He
went in for retrenchment and reform.
Air. Francis concurrcd uith Air. Alills. The
people had a right to have this information. It was
a picayune business, to deny them this for the pur
pose of saving this little expenditure. Gentlemen
negro; “I always i niiist have some ulterior object in view. Let them
I out with it. All of the people were looking anx
iously for the message. He knew' his constituents
were ; and a great many people did not take a news
paper, and some w'ere not able. He wanted all of
them to have the information contained in the mes
sage.
Mr. Biggs again took the floor. He repeated
that he intended no disrespect to the Governor. If
the gentleman from Alacon would go back to 1833
he would find out what had been the custom. His
ulterior obj(*ct w'as retrenchment, and to bring
things back to where they were before.
Air. Francis rose in reply He thought their
ulterior object had leaked o'lt. There were some
things in the message that dr; not suit iheir tastes.
Air. Bower made some :i‘iinonal remarks in
favor of the amendment.
1 he q’-jesiioii Waj tl'icii tuil- li on
tion, and it was adopted. Ayes 60 ; Noes 55.
The motion of Air. Barringer, as amended, was
then adopted.
Air. C. Jones, in behalf of the Committee appoin
ted for that purpose, repoited Rules of Order for the
government of the House.
On motion of Air. Caldwell, they were amended,
and afterwards ado])ted.
The House then adjourned until to-morrow morn
ing, ] 0 o’clock.
Ali. Biggs’ mo
withi
char
wiiich
CJovcriior’s Message.
G'cntlemen of the Senate^
and of the House of Commons :
The periodical assemblage of a portion of the
people, selected for their eminent qualifications, for
the important trusts confided to them—to enact laws
by which they, as well as their constituents, are to
be governed—is an occasion interesting to the phi
lanthropist, cheering to the friends of rational liber
ty, and an able commentary upon the excellence of
our political institutions.
To that Department of the Government assigned
to superintend the due execution of the Laws, this
assemblage should always be acceptable, as afford
ing an opportunity to show how the duties of that
Departmint liave been discharged—to point out the
defects of the laws, which experience has proven to
exist—and to suijgest such a nenimenis and enact
ments as the good of the community may require.
Such is the interesting occasion, fellovv-citizens,
which brings us together; and, in the name of oui
common consiiiuenis, 1 cordially greet you, and ten
der you my hearty co-operation in the adoption and
execution of all measures that niuy redound to the
w’elfare of the community.
Since the last meetin»j- of your Honorable body,
III r> J J
although portions of our Slate have been visited
with afiliction, and with physical causes, destructive
to the hopes and labors of the husbandman—yet the
general health of the land, and the bounteous pro
ductions of the soil, have been such as to elicit the
most profound gratitude towards that Author, from
whom all blessings flow, and to whose superintend
ing Providence w’e are indebted for all we are, and
for all we hope to be. And it is our especial duty,
as it is that of every Department of every Ameri
can Government, earnestly to solicit a continuance
of those peculiar favors, which have rendered the
American people the blessed of the earth.
W*ithin the same period, an event has taken place,
in the death of our late lamented Chief Alagistrate,
which, while a giateful people have mourned their
bereavement, and a sutfering country felt the afflic
tion, yet has it proven the foresight of our Revolu
tionary sages, m the adoption of our Constitution,
and has tested its wisdom and stability. A similar
event, in most other countries, would have been fol-
followed by a resort to force, or, at least, to extraor
dinary legislation, to establish the succession.—
With us, the successor, already indicated by the
people themselves, glides into the Chief Alagistracy,
with an ease and quiet on his part, and an acquies
cence on ours, that prove?, how fortunate it is for
the human family, when, in the establishment of
their forms of Government, they select Wisdom, in
stead of Ambition, for their counsellor. And, it is
to be fondly hoped, that every future test, like this,
will assure the friends of our form of Government,
of its strength, and its enemies, haw delusive the
hope of its destruction.
Ttie Result of the late Treaty with Great Bri
tain, gives us pleasing prospects of continued peace;
and, however widely aome of us may difl’er from
the President, as to the manner in which he has
discharged a portion of his iluties, yet the meed of
At the last Session of Congress, an Act was
ed, to apportion the Representatives among;,
several States, according to the sixth Census.
this Act, the number of Representatives
North Carolina is entitled, is
to nine. It therefore becomei* oST
the State into nine Congressionaf^liOT^^^S®ect^
oral districts. In the ^iseJi4fg|^of this duty, justice
to the citizens of everj^j^ of tlie Statej demands,
that the districts shayi|)^ la^ off as nearly equal in
Federal Population ^»^^practicai)le to make
them, and that they shanfi^ume sadi shape, as
shall be most convenient for the Voters and candi
dates of every district. In(^, the principle that
in all popular elections, eveBBj^tfntfen should have
the full political weight to»'||gQ|j^g^g^gntilied
the Constitution and Laws
viously just and undeniable, that it is
ly nccessary to suggest its adoption
ance in the discharge of your important duties
By an Act of Congress, approved the ^h,;
1841, entitled “An Act Inappropriate th^y^roc
of the sales of the Public Lands, and to grant
e’nption rights,” a payment became due to North-
Carolina at the Public Treasury, on the 1st July
last. On the 24th June preceding, a communication
from the Treasury Department was addressed to granting
this Department, icqucsting thut an Agent ohouM j parts as
be designated to receive the payment. 1 forthwith
appointed Charles L. Hinton, Esq., Public Treas
urer, the Agent of this State to receive the pay
ment; who proceeded to Washington for that pur
pose, but the amount w^as not then paid, for th e
reason, as it was alleged, that the nett amount for
distribution had not then been ascertained. On the
4th November, the acting Secretary of the United
States, informed me that the accounts had been ad
justed, and the sum of $22,917 97 was found due
this State, of wnich the Treasurer was informed
and he forthwith requested the Department at Wash
ington to forward him a Draft for the amount.
Tiiis Draft is daily expected. It becomes your du
ty to apply tl\is fund to such purpose as your wis
dom may suggest.
The Raleigh and Gaston Riil-road Company
availed themselves of the Act of the last Session,
entitled—“An act to secure the State aganist a.ny
and every liability, incurred for the Raleigb and
Gaston Rail-road Company, and for the r.e;;t*. of
the same,”—by accepting the benefit of the Act.
and giving the Executive notice of the acceptance
within the time therein prescribed. The Deed of
Alortgage, and Deed of Pledge, required by said
Act, have been duly executed and registered, and
Bonds to the amount of $500,000, conditioned as
required, have been executed and delivered to the
Treasurer, signed by obligors, whom I believed at
the time to be able to pay and satisfy said Bonds.
The Treasurer endorsed $300,000 of the Bonds of
said Company, as directed by said act to do, and
delivered them to the Company; and havmg here
tofore, under a former Act, endorsed $500,000,—
the Stale stands responsible for the Company, now.
road, to Weldon, the point where the Portsmouth
and Roanoke, and VVMnungton and Raleigh Rail
roads meet; thus conneeting, by a continuous Rail
road, our seat of Government with our own excel
lent Port of Wilmington, on the one haad^ and ttCtth.
one of the best seaports m the world, oiiJ|i(t|jll^.^
No valid objection to granting this cbOM^jt
ceived, while there is much to sustain it^^i^
The distance is short, somefiftetn
is favorable, and the usual expense^^^^jjBm
Cars can be dispensed with, by the iw'af ttose be
longing to the Roads, so greatly itf
connection. Besides the advis^igi^ei.tiani
ten Kau-roatrv Wilmiugion, and K&TVH
us of offering our products in the
mat^of Pelersbarg, Norfolk, and Wilmini«6o,^
vuflg^ew hours after leaving the City of Raleigfc. "
inquiry is, by what means the vast pro'll
^uctiona ^ fertile West can be made to travel!
East^ffice^ reap the advantages of these R.iiU
From persona] observatien, I
- 1,111,11 H leading from Raleigh Westward,1
of fifty or sixty miles, and thosii^
over similar Geological formations, vvnicf^
_ Vom North-East to South-West, across t!
whole State, separating the rich valley of the
kin from Fayetteville, decidedly the worst in th^
State. Thus, we find the productions of this rano'U
often seeking a market much more distant than oi
own, because more easy of access; the towns ^
Cheraw, Camden, Columbia, and m the far We?,
Augusta and Charleston, are much more lamiliaili
known than even FayeUeville or Raleigh; mud
less, those Towns farther Eastward ; and this grow*
out of the impracticabiiity, in a great degree, ol
passing over our roads, with heavy burdens atthajM
season of the year most convenient to lake our proS
duels to market. The remedy for the^e evils, is
beli&T^ to be in good Turnpikes—improvemenUL
our means, and therefore more like I#
and answering every desirable purpose;
'Ommend that a Charter be granted t
Hpike Road fiom fhe City of Ral-i
•int Westward, selected with a vievvi
niinuance to the extreme West, re*
ration to commence operations at^
lish specified sections of the Road/
iods, and making it forfeit itsrl
t of the contemplated Road'^
^ in the time prescribed, but:
arge Tolls on all such
to the amoMnt of $800,000, As yet, 1 am not
aware that the Treasurer has been required to pay
any thing for any responsibility incurred by the
State for this Corporation.
At the s\une Session, an Act, somewhat similar,
entitled “ An Act for the relief of the VVMmmgton
and Raleigh Rail-road Company,” was passed.
That Company availed itself ol me benefit of the
Act, by fully complying with its requirements, in
giving the security, and their Bonds, to the amount of
$300,000, have been endorsed by the Treasurer,as
by said Act he was directed to do. lam not aware
that any demand has been made upon the Treasury,
for any liability incurred tor this Company; and 1
am informed that the Company has discharged
$50,000 of said bonds, as required by the Act.
Besides the interest, which the State should feel,
from pride and from utility, m the success ol these
tw’o noble enterprises, there is an additional interest,
which invites your serious attention. For the first
of these Roads, we iiav seen that the Slate is bound
citizens of the _
may pass, so that they
unnecessary exactions C
lying in the Counties wl
Charter would hold outj
to embark in the enterpi
it, whenever they fouiu
cious, and yet retain whi
this Road be continue(
might be done at comparl
Fanner would have the
mington by the Raii-road,
Neuse. This Turnpike, it is
not
a dmtf regard to t^^
gh which the RoadJ
be harrassed by
►arts ot the RoadJ-^
reside. Such a
IS to capiialisis,
uld abandon
^ in^udi-
rw^ieh
the
iWii
■fiver
'ed,
would aid greatly to sustain the Jiaif roads, ari^, at
the same time, give to Industry, facilities, to which
It is now a stranger.
In connection with these Roads, 1 wil! again in
vite your attention to’the lacility wilh which ihc
State can be called upon for payment If either of
these Companies shall fail ‘-to pay ihe principal
and interest as it accrues, the Public Treasurer is
authorized to pay the same, out of any money in
the Treasury at the time,” and for this the faith of
the State is pledged. By reference to the amount
of isemi-annual interest, and annual payments of
principal, which are required to be-paid, it will bo
seen, that it is not probable, nor indeed is it neces
sary, that there should be in the Treasury at all
times, an amount sullicient to meet these contin^i^en-
cies, which, it is to be hoped, will never happen.
Yet, as they may happen, and as the pledge of the
btate must be kept under all circumstances inviolate
and its laith sustained, 1 recommend that the Treas
urer have authority to borrow from our Banks, a
sum not exceeding, at any one time, the amount
which the State may be required to pay between
the sessions of the L**gi6lature, and that these loans
be contracted only as the demands are made, and
after the funda belonging to the Treasury are ex
hausted.
By a Resolution of the last Legislature, the
Treasurer was directed to borroft’ from the Literary
and internal Improvement Funds, such sums as
might be necessary to defray the expenses of the
btate, until tlie lat Nov. 1842—‘‘he, at no time,
borrowing more than is required for the time bc-
ing.” and th'i oliicers, having charge of these
Funds, were directed thus to loan them. The m-
convenicncc of this plan, to supply the wants of the
1 reasury, is experienced in this: A large amount
ol taese luuds iiave to he idle in the Treasury', to
be ready u’Hen the Treasurer may wish to borrow.
The Boards, having charge of the funds, are there
by restrained from seeking for them permanent in
vestments, ana the profits which ought to arise from
so large an amou.ii, is greatly diminished, as it is
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as security for $600,000—for the latter, she is bound not presumed the Lv^iilatuie contemplated pay in
as security now’ for j:^250jOOO, besides being a Stock- j mteiesi on any muie ...
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iiolder in the same to the amount of i^u>JO,UOU
The first and moat important consideration ih^rn, la
—How the Roads can be enabled to meet their lia-
bilitKS, and thereby secure the State. Tne embar
rassment of the country has been, for some time
past, and is likely to be for some tnne to come, so
extiaordinarv, that travel, the most profitable source
ihau was actually U;ed.
As theae liabniiies ol tiie Treasury are to contin
ue lor yeais ij come, :i is the part of prudence to
make piov'aion to meet them promptly, no mutter
how sadden an i unexpe ted th^ call.
I would reapectlully invite your attention to the
Public lli;^hways generally. In the Easterii sec
tion of ihe Slate, the variety ol navigable sounds,
of'
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of revenue to Rail roads, has decrcaceu exceedingly. | rivera and streams, and the excellent adaptation
and the productions of iniuatry are so lo*v, u;ii uiie ; me lace of liie Countrv to good road^, render L^gii
profits of merchandise so reduced, that iht. mc^juie ' lative n*-giigtnce on these aubjects, less oppreasne
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from lieavy transportation has greatly diminished j i:>ut ftu.ii ir’ayeiieville, the highest point of good
No doubt IS entertained but that both Roads would ^ Navigalion vVeaiwarJ, (and the only navigation in
uur own State, in that direction, excepting the slight
batteau Navigation ol the Dan, as hijh aa thecoan-
ly of Rockinghamj) lo the Bunconioe Turnpike, a
^>0 UOUul ’a euieriaineu uu'. luai uuiii n.ua.U3 wuuia
speedily extricate themselves from debt, and in tke
their stock profitable, could they have full employ
ment. .iVnv act of legislation that can aid them in ij, v.^ wv/ i..»i-4iiv,v./iuuo x uinjutv^, n
procuring additional employment, without incuriing j d.iiaiiee of some two hundred and fiiiy or three hun-
additional responsibility on the pari of the Slate, will j dred miles, what navigable River. RdU'rvJLdy Turn.'
certainly be wise and prudent. | pike or McAdamized fiighway, gi.es to the laborer
It is 'more than probable that application will be I facilities of iranspoitation I Ni nc ! — literally, none !
eacliing from tha
Hit; JL lC0iUC4JVj UC w tliu iti tllUAJ liao UU \\ anu | -rx I* 4^^ i* .
discharged a portion of his iluties, yet the meed of It is more than probable that application will be I facilities of iranspoitation.^ Nine!
praise is due to him, for his earnest and successful made to ciiarier a Company to construct a Rail road This vast extent ot Territory, rei
efforts, sustained aad carried thrc’Jgh l y ei;.- ' m ^p ir/. t-n'.he Raleigh and Gallon Rail Blue R.dge iu the to the
alluxiai region in