SATURDAY
In advance, per year ,$2 00
50
Not paia in advance, 5
fiot paid until six
months have expir
ed, 300
Not paid till the year
has expired, 350
No subscription received
for a less time than a year,
unless the price be paid in
advance.
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CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS
AND THE GLORY OF THE STATE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF ITS CITIZENS.
BIT WM. H. BAXXffE
i
TERMS or
ADVERTISING:
One square oftwenty-n
Kma if- for one iuser-
IllWVU v. J -
tion, 60 centa l every sub -
aeauent insertion, 30 cent
!fvrDt it remain in for sev-
jteralmonths, when it will
be chargeU 3 for two
jimonth, $4 for three, &.C
'ASlOfor twelvemonths.
FAYETTEVILLE, N. C, DECEMBER 21, 1850.
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VOL. CI7.
for laree advertisements
by the year or six mortls
i 1 a fh newspapers should
mark o their adrerti-tmentB ith the number of
insertions : therwiae tney ouen i"" ,
rertUemeat an longer than necessary . and when the
bill comes to be settled, there if Komething said about the
.n.T A n.l wh-n an article is advertised for sale, when it
ii solo, the adrertiser should attend to taking it out of
tee paper, because it misleads the readers of the paper
besides running him to morecost.
AT THE CAROLINIAN OFFICE.
From and after the 1st of Sept. 18oO.
For all such Blanks as we keep for sale, 00
cents per quire.
Where Blanks are printed to order, the prices
will range from 33 cts. to $1 50 per quire, thus:
quire cap blanks
5 or G "
1
2
li
4,
10 "
I.) " " "
U0 ' "
1 quire letter-sheet blanks
O 4 t( 4
3
4,
10
15
20
5 or G
50
00
3
75
00
50
40
25
85
75
G5
55
45
35
per quire.
Any blank printed to order which has more
matter in it than is usual in blanks printed for
the above prices, will be charged extra accord
ing to the amount ol'm.ttter, or the fancy-work
directed to be done. In like manner, a blank
cort;iinin but a tew lines of matter to the sheet
will be charged a less price.
VETCHES & JEWELRY
The subscriber gives notice to his old friends
and customers, and the public, that he has re
sumed the
WATCH AND SILVERSMITH BUSINESS.
and is now receiving a good assortment of goods
in the line, such as
GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES,
Cold fob, vest and ujrd Chains; gold Watch
Keys; Jenny Lind gold Enr-Kings, (now all the
rage;) gold Breast Pins, Rings, Lockets, Studs,
and Snaps; gold and silver Pencils ; gold Pens;
silver Combs and Slides; music boxes; fine
knives, razors and scissors; silver thimbles;
needles; surveyor's compasses and chains; revolv
ing and common pistols; double and single barrel
guns; powder ll.isks ; shot pouches ; game b-igs;
percussion caps; violins; cl.irionetts; flutes; fifes;
accordeons; vioiin and guitar strings; perfumery;
steel and gilt watch chains and keys, watch
guards; porte monaies, &.c. &,o.
ALSO, S dav and 30 hour BRASS CLOCKS;
ALARM CLOCKS. All of which will be sold
as cheap as can be bought io the State, and on as
reasonable terms.
fjrj- Watches and Clocks repaired and warrant
ed. AIL kinds of jewelry and other jobs in his
line repaired with neatness and despatch.
A share of tne trade is solicited.
W. PRIOR,
At the old stand on the north side Hay street, 4
doors above the Mjikef. House.
Sept 2S, 1S50. 3m.
HATS & CAPS.
I would respectfully call the attention of my
friends and the public generally to my new and
large stock of Huts and Caps. Having selected
them with great care, I feel assured that it there
is any thing in the shape of a hat, cap or turban,
in New York or Philadelphia, that is calculated
to please the public, they can be suited at my
store, north-east corner Market Square, Green
street.
I am prepared to furnish country merchants at
wholesale on the most reasonable terms. 1 in
tend selling for very small profits.
DAVID GEE.
Sept 21, 1S50.
$10 Reward.
Runaway from the subscriber on the 0th inst.,
a negro boy by the name of WESLY. Said ne
gro is 27 years'of aae; about five feet nine inches
hish ; weighs about 1-0 or 165 pounds; has
rather a saucy look; with a scar running across
the forehead above the eye-brow, and he is
of a dirk copper color. He has a large natural
gap between the upper front teeth.
The above reward will be paid for his appre
hension and delivery to me, or for putting him
in any jail so that I can net him again. Any in
formation concerning him will be received if di
rected to me at Rollins Store. Moore county,
r C. T1IOS. HARRINGTON.
Sept 21, 1S50. 604-tf
SPECIAL NOTICE.
The undersigned havig concluded to close their mer
cantile business in this place, would respectfully request
all porsous indebted to the firm, by note or otherwise, to
come forward and settle their respective dues ou or before
the first day of January. 1851, as one of the partners in
business contemplates cm-cratinir westward at an early
day. It is necessary that the business of the firm should
be settled forthwith.
J. T. TOPE & CO.
Further Notice.
We hare on hand a small stock of well-sel cted GOODS,
which are entirely new. and now offered at -very reduced
prices, for CASH. Any person wishing to engage In the
business, can find a bargain in the purchase of the stock
on hand, if application be made soon.
J. T. F. &. Co.
. Lumbcrton, N. C . Dec. 4, 1S50. 613-3t
2000
Lbs. crime North Carolina BACON, sides.
hams, and shoulders, just receired and lor
sale by . KOSh. at siu.n.
Dec. 7,1850. 3t
Hatters Wanted.
I am auxions to employ on or two Silk Hat makers,
and two wool wotkers.
DAVID GEE.
FayetteriUe, N C, Dec 7, 1850. tf
Barry's Tricopherus
For sale by s. j. HINSDALE.
MKS. HARDIN'S SCHOOL "
For Young Indies,
At Rose Hill, near Fayetteville. JV. C.
The next Session of this FAMILY SCHOOL, nnder the
immediate charge of Mr and Mrs Hardin, will commence
on Thursday, 9lh of January ext,and end on
the 9th of June following. Eaily notice is requested from
those desiring places for their daughters or wards, the
School being limited in number.
The present session will terminate on the 20th inst
W. II. HARDIN.
Rose Hill, Dee. 2, 150 515-3t
Dee 7, 1850
TEA!
Superior Hyson.
Imperial Gunpowder,
and Ooloong Tea, for sale by
POST OFFICE INFORMATION.
a i . .
single icner means any weigning l ounce
avoidrupois or less. A letter weighing over 1 oz.
and less than 2 isregarded as 4 letters.
Newspaper, means a paper of 1900 square in
ches or less.
No P. M. can frank a letter weighing over J
ounce, except on 'official Business.'
Postage on letters from any office in the U. S.,
to and from California, or our Territories on the
Pacific, 40 cents prepaid or not. 'Newspapers
and pamphlets 3 cents each, sea postage, and the
inland Postage to be added, if any.
P. M.'s whose corn's were $200 or less for the
year ending June 30, 1S50, can send and receive
written letters free, not weighing over oz.
each on their own private business. They can
Irank to California, or any other place in the U.
S. possessions, but not beyond.
Postage on letters to China, &.c. may be 75
cents or 45 cents.
Postage on regular or transient papers, 1 or 1 J
cents, and 50 per cent, commission on them.
Total postage on papers to Great Britain 4
cents, 2 cents to be paid in each country; to any
place through Great Britain 4 cents, prepaid.
The Postage on letters, to or from Great Brit
ain is 21 cts., the single rate.
The franking privilege 'travels with its pos
sessor.' A Postmaster can frank through any
office he may pass in travelling, but he cannot
send franked letters from his own office at the
same time.
Postmasters whose annual compensation is not
over $200, may frank names of subscribers and
money to newspapers.
Postmasters are entitled by law to the follow
ing commissions on the amount of letter postages
received by them in each quarter of the year,
and in due proportion of any fractional part of a
quarter ; but no Postmaster can receive a larger
compensation from commissions than 500 per
quarter:
40 per cent, on the first $100;
33' " " next 300 ;
30 " " " 2,000;
12 " on all over 2,400 ;
A commission of 50 per cent, is allowed on
postage of Newspapers, Pamphlets, and Maga
zines; also two cents is allowed for the delivery
of each free letter, (excepting free packets of
printed matter, such as Speeches, &c, though
made up in letter form,) to officers where the
commission does not ain't to $500.
On letters received for distribution at such
offices ;is are designated for that purpose by the
Postmaster General, a commission of 7 percent,
is allowed. Postmasters whose annual compen
sation is not over $'200 may frank names of sub
scribers and money to editors.
At offices where the mail is regularly to arrive
between the hours of y o'clock in the evening
and 5 o'clock in the morning, 50 instead of 40
percent, is allowed on the first $100 of letter
postage.
Table of postages.
1-2 oz
Letters not over 300 miles,
Letters over 300 miles,
Dropped letters,
Letters by British mails,
Newspapers not over 100 m:les,
or within the State, for each
sheet or supplement.
Do. over 100 miles and out of the
State,
To be prepaid if not sent from
ttie office of publication.
Pamphlets, Magazines, Periodi
cals and all other printed mat
ter, except as before and under
mentioned for each not over loz
10
o
21
1 or.. 2 oz 3 oz.
To "5o 30
20 40 GO
2 2 2
4S 96 144
1 cent.
1J cts.
2oz. 3oz. 4 oz
A fraction of oz.
i
3 4i 5-
over not to be
regarded
Circulars and handbills not over
single cap size and unsealed
(to be prepaid,) 3 cents.
The Cunard line of steamers is under contract
pay with Great Britain, for carrying mails, and
nil the postage except 5 cents on letters carried
from the U. States by that line, is received by
Great Britain; but the Collins' lino is under con
tract with the United States, and all the postage
except 3 cents on letters carried out by this
line, is reeehed by the U States.
Important to Mill Owners.
FAYETTEVILLE FOUNDRY
AND MACHINE SHOP.
The undersigned is now prepared to furnish
Castings of every description, at the shortest
notice. Those in vant of Castings, will find it
to their interest to leave their orders at the
Fayetteville Foundry and Machine Shop.
lie is prepared with four lathes and other
tools, to put up machinery of anv description.
HENRY G. HALL.
Fayetteville, Nov. 10, 1S50. G12-tf
NEW GOODS.
W3I. CIXTYRK has received
a general assortment of imported anil domestic
DRY GOODS; floor and furniture Oil Cloths;
window, wall and bordering Paper; Hats, Caps,
Shoes, Bonnets, Hardware and Cutlery, bar Iron,
Groceries, & e.
Liberty Point, Nov. 1G. 3m
NOTICE.
Taken up and committed to tho
Jail of Cumberland county. N. C, on
Sunday the 17'h inst.. a negro man
who says his name is SAM, nnd says
he belongs to a. .ir Spralls of Georgia.
He cays h? waa carried to Richmond.
Va . by a man named Geo. Moore, and
sold to another man named Stark,
who sold him to .Mr Spralls. Hit was
then carried to Aiken. S. C and put
to work on the Railroad. Said neirro
is 43 or 50 years of age. coper colored; 5 feet 7 or 8 inches
high; and had on. when taken up. a grey colored frock
coat, blue woollen pants, aud a cloth cap. The owner of
said negro is hereby notified to come forward. proTe pro
perty, pay charges and take him away, or he will be dealt
with as the law directs.
WM. L. CALLAIS, Jailor.
Nov 23.1850. 613-tf
Application will be made to the
General Assembly for a charter for a Plank Road
from Fayetteville to the Raleigh and Wilmington
Railroad, to be styled the Fayetteville and East
ern Plank Road.
C NEGROES WANTED.
Th Subscriber will pay Csh for likely young Negroes,
male and female, from the age of 8 to 25 years. He may
be seen at any time at the FayetteTille Hotel.
SHERMAN JOHNSON.
Not. 33 1850. 613-tf
S, J. HINSDALE.
NOTICE-
In pursuance of the provisions of a Deed of
Trust made to me! by J. B. Melvin, I shall pro
ceed to sell on the 10th day of January, 1S51, at
Owensville, Sampson county, the stock of goods,
negro Dinah; horse and gig, and other articles
belonging" to said J. B. Melvin. Terms made
known at sale.
DANL. MELVIN, Trustee.
Nov 16, 1850. 612-3t
iirrii
"in
TWO HOUSES
And Lots
lMC3
The subscriber intending to remove from Fay
etteville, now offers for sale his real estate in
said town, to-wit:
The dwelling bouse and lot wheie he now re
sides, on northeast corner of Person and Wash
ington streets, half way between the river and
the town hall. The house is two stories high,
framed, and has all convenient out-buildings.
It has six rooms, and piazza to both stories.
The lot is one and a half acres, and is in good
state of cultivation, with a large number of dif
ferent kinds of fruit trees. A handsome flower
garden in front of the house, and piazzas shaded
with trees and vines.
The house is offered for sale, and if not sold by
1st January, will be rented until it is sold.
Also, the house and lot on the southeast cor
ner of Russel and Cool Spring streets, now occu
pied by IVlr John Brown. The lot contains thre
quarters of an acre. The house is cottage built,
and contains three good rooms, and kitchen ad
joining, tne wnole making a comionaoie resi
dence.
For terms or other particulars, applv to
AMOS JESSUP.
Fayetteville, Dec. 14, 1S50. GlG-3t
CUMBERLAND ACADEMY.
The winter session will commence on Wednes
day the first day of January next, and close on
the last Wednesday in May.
Students may choose t heir own place of board
ing, and good board may be had at differet prices,
varying from seven to nine dollars per month.
Mudents may furnish their own rooms, or they
will be furnished at a reasonable rate. Tuition
varies from $G to $10 per quarter. Rooms in
the Academy Hall, $1 per quarter. Tuition iu
advance. By order of Trustees.
Dec 14, 1S50. 610-2t
ROWLAND & MCKAY
announce to their friends and the people of
Robeson that they have opened A STORE in the
town of Lumberton, and are now receiving from
New York, a large stock of new and carefully
selected GOODS, Embracing
Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware,
Cutlery, Boots and Shoes, Hats,
Ready-made Clothing:, and every article
called for in a store.
Of the quality of their goods, they will only
say that thq utmost care was taken in the selec
tion of their stwck, and they do not believe that
articles equal to these in durability and. excel
lence, have ever been offered for sole in Robeson
county. Thev are determined to sell at the
lowest possible prices which will enable them
to make that comfortable living that ought to be
the reward of every honest man's industry, and
they solicit the public to bestow upon them their
fair share of patronage.
If constant application to business, energy in
its pursuit, and an anxious desire to please, will
insure success, they feel certain that no man
who once calls upon them will leave the store
dissatisfied. Their motto is ' Excelsior,' and
pressing forward in the spiritofthis watchword,
they hope alike to advance themselves, and to
bring increased comfort and prosperity to the
neighborhood in which thev live.
Lumberton, Oct. 10, 1850. GIG-tf
NORTH CAROLINIAN.
Wm. II. Bayne, Kill tor and Proprietor.
FAYETTEVILLE. X. C.
DECEMBER 21, 1850.
53- It appears by the report of the Chairman
of the Literary Board, that the Messrs Cosby,
builders at Raleigh, have failed to comply with
their contract in the erection of the Asylum for
the deaf and dumb and blind. $1,500 have been
withheld from them, but the deficiencies in their
work will likely be much more, by which means
the State must either sue or be wronged.
FEMALE EQUESTRIAN.
Another female wonder from across the water
is eliciting the admiration of the northern peo
ple. Mr Welsh, the great circus proprietor,
has brought over Madame Caroline, a French
lady, said to be the greatest female rider in the
world. She made her first appearance at Welsh's
Circus Company, Philadelphia, on 25th ult., and
is reputed to be completely mistress of a horse.
CCJ- The report of the Adjutant General of the
United States, shows that 19,599 persons offered
themselves during the current year to the re
cruiting officers of the army, for enlistment.
Only 2'.SS4 were received ; the balance being
either minors or disabled, or unsound.
W. AIcINTYRE has received and
offers for sale, 12bblsMESS PORK,
do. PRIME
Also, 4 Corn Shelters.
Dec 14, 1S50. GlG-3t
DR. B. A. KENNEDY
Regs to say to his friends and the public of Fay
etteville and vicinity, that he regrets being un
able (from pressing business engagements here)
to visit Fayetteville professionally the past fall;
but he will make arrangements to do so in May
next, when he will be glad to wait upon those
wishing dental operations performed.
Wilmington, Dec 9. 1S50. 61G-3t
NOTICE.
All persons indebted to the subscriber, by
note or account, are requested to come forward
and settle, or they may expect to pay interest on
their accounts.
W. M. MONROE.
Owensville, Dec 10, 1S50. GlG-4t
Window Glass Putty,
Paints and pure Linseed Oil, for sale bv
Dec 14 3t B. ROSE &. SON.
NOTICE.
Pursuant to an order made at December Term
of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of
Cumberland county, the undersigned will expose
to public sale, at the Market House in Fayette
ville, on Wednesday the Sth day of January next,
a likely Negro Boy, belonging to the Estate of
Duncan Ray, dee'd.
Terms of sale : Six months credit, for an ap
proved Note negotiable at Bank.
william McMillan,
Dec. 14, 1850 61G-4t Commissioner.
FRUIT TREES.
2000 Trees of the very best varieties of ap
ple, peach, cherry, apricot, and nectarine, from
the nurseries of J. &. T. Lindlev. for sale by
C. LUTTERLOH, Age'nt.
Also, pear trees of bearing age; English wal
nuts ; a choice assortment of green house and
hardv plants; shrubs, roses, bulbs, strawberries,
&.C.
December 14, 1S50 616-3t
Carriage Springs and Axles,
A new supply, and a general assortment, for sale
by B. ROSE & SON.
Dec 14, 1S50. 616-3t
FOR SALE,
Will be sold at the Market House, on the 1st
of January next,
203 acres Land, three miles from town, on
the Murchison road.
Also, the house and lot on North street, at
present occupied bv Thos. B. Wooten.
A. M- CAMPBELL, Auct'r.
Dec 14, 1S50. 616-tf
The Board of Superintendents
of Common Schools for Cumberland county, are
required to meet at the Court House in Fayette
ville, on Thursday the 2d day of J-nuary, 1851,
at 11 o'clock, for the purpose of transacting pub
lic business. E. L. WINSLOW.
Pec 14, 1850. 2t Chairman.
GOV. MANLY THE SCHOL FUND.
Several of the Eastern Whig papers have
had their eyes opened by the late Message
of Gov. Manly.
Hie hdenton Bulletin says:
" Under the head of Common Schools our
readers will find the question of the distribution
of the b uud discussed, to which we refer them
for t'.ie Governor's views They will find that
the distrust felt in the East pending the last
election as to his views on that subject proves
well founded He recommends the distribution
to be made in proportion to the number of white
people, and not as heretofore in proportion to
Federal population a measure, w hich adopted
by the Legislature, would result in great injury
to the East.,'
The VVeldon Herald says :
44 We have made no comments oa the Message
of his Excellency Gov. Manly, but we must take
occasion to enter our solemn protest against that
portion of this document which recommends the
distribution of the school fund according to the
white and not the federal population, as at pre
sent. We defended him against the charge of
being in favour of any such doctrine last sum
mer, and used our every exertion to convince
the public that the charge was false and that
Gov. Manly waa right and sound on this sub
ject. It becomes now our unpleasant duty to
ask the Governor's pardon lor all that we said
in his favor on this subject having totally mis
represented him and to state that, had we be
lieved at the time, that he would recommend
any such thing to the present Legislature, ice
would not have supported him."
The Old North State Whig says :
The position which Gov. Manly has taken in
his Annual Message to the Legislature upon the
distribution of the school fund, entirely recon
ciles us to his defeat. Had he expressed him
self in favor of a change of the basis from the
federal to the white population before the elec
tion, we should, for one, most unceremoniously
have repudiated him. We do so now, as well as
the doctrine which he advocates."
It appears, then, from Whig sources,
that Eastern Whigs were grossly and de
deliberately deceived, in the late cam
paign, as to Gov. Manly's views on
tlii question But we can tell these Edi
tors that Gov. Manly went much further
than this: He advocated the abolition of
the federal basis of representation in the
Legislature a measure which, if carried
out at this time, would not only give en
couragement to our assailants in the Free
States, but would completely overshadow
Eastern influences in the public councils.
And we can tell these Editors furthermore,
and all others whom it may concern, that
the VN hig papers ol this City with Gov.
Manly, ami certain Whig leaders in the
present Legislature, whose white-basis
Speeches and Reports are published and
praised in these papers, are committed
at this moment to a Convention, the ob
ject ot which is to unsettle the present
basis ot representation, and to establish it,
not according to population and taxation,
but with reference to white population!
There is a game going on here sxparty
game, with the view of breaking down
Western Democrats und of building up the
fortunes of certain Whig leaders, by white
basis overtures to the West ; and if the
Editors from whom we have quoted, and
the people generally, will watch the Leg
islative proceedings and the Whig prints
of this City with a little more attention,
they will see tliis game as clearly as we do.
.V. C. Standard.
'Glorious little Vermontl'' exclaims a
whig print ot the abolition stripe, in heral
ding forth the resolutions of the Green
MouBtain legislature on the subject of sla
very and the compromise. The small part
of the epithet is certainly applicable to a
state which, through its legislature, goes
for hulding fast to all the North gets by
the compromise, but for repudiating all
that the South secures by it! "Little
Vermont" will do. ''Monstrous small'
would have been better suited to such stu
pendous littleness. Albany Argus.
That must be a verj foolish, rash wo
man who will put tubs out of doors to ctch
soft water when it is raining hard.
N. C. LEGISLATURE.
December 12.
In the Senate, the bill to incorporate the
Fayetteville &Charloit Plank Uuad Com
pany the bill to incorporate Cool Spring
Tent I. O. R., Fayetteville; the bill to in
corporate the Fayetteville nnd Warsaw
Plank Road, &c, were reported to the Sen
ate, and their passage recommended. Also
the bill to amend the act incorporating An
tioch Academy.
The bill to incorporate the Fayetteville
and Centre Plank Road was read second
time.
A number of other private bills of less
importance were reported or read a second
time.
In the Commons, the resolutions of Mr
Brogden, the object of which were to kill
the Central Railroad Company, were again
under discussion. Mr Saunders of Wake,
Messrs Cherry, Winston, Sec, opposed the
resolutions, and Messrs Brogden, Sherard,
Wilson. Bond, &c. , advocated thein.
At the close of the debate, the question
on the indefinite postponement of the re
solutions stood as follows: ayes 80, noes
36. The members from Sampson. Wayne,
Chatham, Moore, Robeson, &c, voting
against postponement.
December 15.
In the Senate, Mr Yroodfin introduced
a bill to improve county prisons and estab
lish houses of correction.
The resolutions from the House, recom
mending certain alterations of the House
of Commons, were rejected.
A number of private incorporation bills
were introduced. A bill to incorporate a
Bank in the town of Washington.
In the Commons, a number of bills to
incorporate plank road companies were
read first or second time.
The bill to amend the Constitution of
North Carolina was taken up for a second
reading. Mr Ray ner ottered his bill ('with
a long tail to it, providing for calling a
convention) in lieu of it. Mr Foster offer
ed another bill as an amendment, calling
for a convention with general authority to
amend. Before any question was taken,
it was agreed to postpone their considera
tion. A resolution was adopted appointing a
a select committee to 'take into considera
tion the whole subject of the Raleigh and
Gaston Railroad, and proposing that the
State tlispose of the road, or else with the
old stockholders, form a new company and
repair the road.
December 14.
In the Senate, a message was sent to the
House of Commons, saying that the Senate
had passed the engrossed bill to incorporate
the Greenville and Asheville Plank Road
Company.
Mr Shepard presented the memorial of
the society of Friends, praying that the sale
of Spiritous Liquors, at or near Newby's
i Bridge Academy, in the county of Perqui
mans, be prohibited. Referred to the
Committee on education and the Literary
Fund.
Mr Bunting introduced a resolution di
recting the Judiciary Committee, to
enquire into the expediency of amending
the law respecting the payment of debts
due from insolvent estates, &c.
The bill to incorparate the Bank of
Washington was read second time and
passed by a vote of 27 ayes to 17 ores.
During its consideration, a debate inci
dentally sprung up, in which Messrs
Drake, Gilmer, Courts, Cameron, Joyner,
Haughton, Ebon, Shepard, Bower and
Washington participated.
The resolution in relation to the Raleigh
and Gaston Rail Road, introduced by Mr
Joyner was read and adopted and re
ferred to a select Committee with instruc
tions to report a bill in conformity with
said resolution. Committee consist of
Messrs Joyner, Speight, Jones, Canada and
Bynum.
On motion of Mr Bynum, the vote of
yesterday by which the resolutions propo
sing certain alterations and improvements
in the Hall of the House of Commons was
rejected, was reconsidered, and Mr Eborn
moved to reconsider the vote by which the
amendment was rejected, which was agreed
to. When, on motion of Mr Washington
the resolutions and amendments were or
dered to lie on the table.
In the Commons, the Speaker announced
the Select Committee on the subject of the
Raleigh and Gaston Rail Road, as follows:
Messrs R. M. Saunders, Amis, Martin,
Montgomery and Cherry.
Mr Gordon, a memorial praying that a
new county may be erected, by the name
of Williams out of a portion of the counties
of Iredell, Wilkes, and Surry, which was
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr Eaton presented a Bill to incorporate
the Roanoke Valley Rail Road Company,
to run a road from a point on the Raleigh
"Road at or near Ridgeway to Clarksville,
in Va. Passed its first reading, aad was
referred to the Committee on Internal Im
provements. Mr Barnes moved that the rulesbe sus
pended and that the House take up the
Bill to authorize the Seaboard and Roanoke
Co. to issue bonds which was agreed to.
Mr Rayner offered an amendment authoriz
ing the Treasurer of the State to give said
company the mortgage, held by the State,
on a Bridge on said Road, and take, in
payment for the same, the Bonds pf said
Company at 6 per cent : The amendment
was adopted, and the bill passed its third
reading.
On motion of Mr Avery, this bill was
re-considered, and further . amended by
providing that said bonds be made payable
in instalments at two and four years, and
the interest semi annually, and the Bill
again passed its third reading.
The Bill to incorporate the Fayetteville
and Southern Plank Road Company was,
on motion af Mr Saunders, pot on 'its se
cond reading.
The order of the day being the bill to ap
point a General Superintendent of Com
mon Schools,
Mr Wiley, of Guilford, proceeded to
address the House at oine length in ex
planation of the objects and provisions
of the bill. He presented an array of facts
and arguments, in support of his views,
which were well calculated to convince
the most sceptical of their coi redness. He
did not blame the Legislature for giving
these subjects a strict investigation, but it
would be well to consider the cost of op.
position. The salary of the Superinten
dent can be paid without one cent of the
tax ; and in this way! The Chairmen of
the Board of Superintendents, under the
present law, receive too much for their
compensation. The pay of these at pre
sent is 21 per cent. Reduce this par to
1$ per cent, in all of the counties except
five, and this saving will pay the General
Superintendent, now ; and in a short time
will more than pay him. Forty counties
had made no returns, though the law re
quires annual returns to be made. The
bill under consideration directs suits to be
instituted against these persons, and pro
vides for securing returns in future. It
had been objected, that the Superinten
dent could not visit all the counties iu the
State. This would not be necessary. He
might not have to visit more than one third.
Mr W. said that it would be a reriroach to
the State to abandon the system, and he
presented some striking facts in reference
to the progress of education in North Car
olina. He concluded with a strong appeal
to the House to sustain this system, as
the means of making , superior farmers,
miners and mechanics in the State.
Mr Walton moved to amend by insert
ing a clau-e providing that the salary of the
Superiutendant should be had only on &
certificate of service rendered ; which was
adopted.
MrRutlin remarked that the service
rendered by the Chairmen of the Boards
of Superintendents in the Counties, at pre
sent, might be performed in ten hours j
and he was for paying them just enough,
to compensate for the responsibilities they
assume. The l percent, he thought was
sufficient. He w ould suggest to his friend
from Guilford, to amend his bill so as to
repeal the act now in force authorizing
County Courts to appoint a Superintendent
for each County.
Mr R. M Saunders thanked the gen
tleman from Guilford for the very able and
satisfactory speech he had made on this
subject. He had satisfied him fully. He
expressed it as his opinion, based on the
authority of Judges Story and Kent, that
those persons who had kept the school
fund in their possession could be made to
disgorge it They had no right to use it
lor an y other purpose than that for which
it was intended.
Mr Erwin, of Buncombe, moved to
amend by i nsei ting a clause repealing the
act for distributing the school fund, ac
cording to the federal basis, and proposing
to distribute it according to the number
the
ages
of five and
of children between
eighteen years.
Mr Barnes hoped that Mr E. would
withdraw his amendment- Mr Saunders
objected to it as irrelevant. Mr Erwiti
objected to withdrawing it, and said that
if it was adopted he would vote for the
Bill.
Mr Flemrning said he was in favor of the
principles contained in the amendment
offered by Mr E. and would vote for it as
a distinct proposition ; but he did not wish
to embarrass this bill.
After a few temaiks from Mr Cherry,
Mr Avery moved to lay the bill on the ta
ble, promising to call it up again, whenever
the gentleman from Guildford desired it J
which motion was lost.
Col. J. H. Wheeler passed through our
town on Monday last. By his politeness
we enjoyed the treat of a peep into his
Sketches of North Carolina," yet in the
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.vi a ii u sen pi; anu we nesitate not to say
that this work will turn out to be one of
the most valuable books to the citixens of
the State, ever yet published. The plan
is admirable, ana the scope or design,
takes in every interest that could excite
an enquiry. It will resemble, in charac
ter, the American Almanac, ( which is
admitted to be the most valuable book of
reference in the Country, ) with the excep
tion that it is confined to North Carolina,
whose history it takes up from the begin
ning. We learned from the author that he in
tends to have it printed in this State pro
bably at Raleigh; thus making it, out and
out. a North Carolina book. Salisbury
IVatchman.
A talkative member of Congress was re
proaching one of his colleague for not hav
ing opened his mouth during the whole
session. " You are mistaken, " he replied,
' lor I yawned through all Tour speeches."