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iJiiblisIicbt iDccklii by;saixi & SHERWOOD '. . -.- ml, i. , ii T PRICK, TI1UKK UOLbAKS A TEAR, ..JIJO,irrAiwiTi....TrTT..Ti A failure on the oari of art r.iulomr to order diseon llitq nice within ths subscription year, will bo considered lilicaliveafaU wish to eantiaue the paper. ; v THE PATllIOT, Tbe alurery Resolutions. We insert, in a corrected form, the re toloiiont bo the subject of slavery in tbe district of Colo in- bia and tbe territories, at 'they finally pasted both Houses of tbe North Carolina Legislature, by a nearly unanimous votf. Tbe tilth resolution which ia tbe tall that saves the whole batch from any taint of nullifica tion or disunion waa introduced by Air. Stanly ' a an amendment, at a (ale period of the discus- aiun. and nassed tbe Mouse br a vote of 55 to 33, , t m I. fietotved. That Hie Stales eame into the Uiiiimi as -qialt ; and that the citizens of each State are entitled to equal rights, privilairee and immunities, under the Constitution of tbe U.States. 2. JttiofveJ, That the proceedings of the Com veution, by which the Federal Constilutioa was framed, clearly demonstrate that tbe institution of slavery waa maturely conMuered ; and that tbe Union or the States waa finally aecureu by incor porating into that instrument distinct and ample gauranteea w th rights ol the Slaveholder. t. ttetoloea, 1 bat we ww with deep concern and a'urni the constant aggressions on the rights of the Slaveholder by certain reckless politicians of the North ; and that tbe recent proceedings of! Congress on the tut jct of slavery are fraught with mischief well calculated to disturb the peace of our conntry, and should call forth the Of the Union. 4. Jitolced,'Vh the enactment of any law by Congress, hicb (ball "abolish slavery or the slave iradeiiiiheDittrktufColumbia.orshaiHdirectly or indirectly deprive the citizen of any of the States. ol the right i i eniigranting with their slave prop erty into any of the territories of the U. Sutes. ana ol exercising ownership over the same while in said leminiies, jyill be an art not only ol gross injustice and wrong, hut Iheex- rcwe I .Power, coiiirary to tl.e true wraninff atMl epiriioi ine uonsuiuiiu., auu nevvrconieinpjateu -.by the I m mere thereof. J ;- 6. , Jtetolced. i hat wbile we do not intern hereby to be understood as conceding thai Con gresa has the power under ihe Constitution lo en act a law prohibiting slavery in any portion of the territories of the United Slates; yet, for the sake of preserving the peace and promoting the perpetuity of the Union, we are willing that the bans of the .Missouri Compromise should be adop ted in reference to the recently acquired territor ies if .New Mei-co and California, by extending the line then agreed upon to thv 1'ucinc Ucean, 0. Jletoleed. 'I hat we believe the people of North Carolina, of all parties, tre devotedly attach ed lo the Uiinm of Ihe '.he United Simes. that 1 they regard H as a main pillar in the edifice of re al independence, the support ol tranquility at home, ol pence nt,rod, ol sfeiy. of pn m ny. and of that very liU-riv they so highly prise; that they cbern.li a cordial, habitual, and uuiuovable r attachment to it, and that Uey watch for its pre- ervatMM With jealous anilely ; thai they believe H is the duty ol their public servmts lodtacounte- nance whatever may ug gtt even; suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned and tu "re pel indignantly every atitmpt tu alienate any iortiou ol our country from the rest, or to enfee ble the sacred ties which now link together tbe various puns. 7. hetotved. That a copy of the foregoing re solutions be signed by the Speakers of the Sen ate and Hous- of Common, and forw arded lo our Senators and Heutvriitativs m Coneriss. with a It quest that they be laid bef-jre their respective Houses. Protest. The following protest against the nnunee "agerrstion" ajpon our right which are not enumerated, lo reprobate certain politicians of the North who are not named, and to inti male a forcible resistance to recent proceedings in Congress." (ptrhapi the fuinrs action of the Ueneral (Jovernmeo1) which art not defined. Secondly. Because tria General Atsembly was not elected to revise the proceeding of Con gress, nor to denounce in tbe name of North Car. olina, other portions of this confederacy. But if we had been chosen for that purpose, k would be due to tbe dignity and character of the Slate, that her remonstrance against any aggressions opoo tbe rights, and her wsrnings agaiost any mischiefs which are sincerely believed to be likely to dis- tuib the " eace of tbe Country, anouio oe tpoic en (if entered at all) wiib plain and manly tincer nr. not in unmeaning eeneraliliet. Third. Because in one part of aaid Retolu- tiona. it is asserted as a principle of the constitu tion, tbal Congress hat no power to prohibit the eitension of SI eery in any of the Territories of the Union." and but in tbe ntxl, it is declared that we are willing it should be done by Con gress, r-gardleas of the constitution, provided we are not understood as thereby conceding the power of Congress to do H ! all which appears to the undersigned lo be a plain absurdity. fourth. He-cause if Congress aoet possess tbe power under tbe Constitution to prohibit Slavery in the Territories, now free ! the first proposition is false, and if Congress hate no such power. than the second proposition is nothing more or less than a recommendation of Congres lo violate the contt'UulioH, which they nd we (ibeir assum ed advisers) have all solemnly tworn to support. fifth. 1 he undersigned protest against the vote of tbe majority in ibis whole proceeding as being well calculated (they will not say designed) to create the impression that the people of North Carolina Mould be willing under certain contin gencies lo gte up the Union of the States, and to that extent give encouragement to reckless pol iticians of the South as well aa ! the JVorth, who seem determined lo "rule or rum" whereas ttmUeuerat Assembly must know that such an impression would be doing great injustice.. lo our Cootituents. Sixth. The undersigned protest against the vote ol the majority, because all such lteolutioos are useless, and unprofitable, more especially as ibe oiajoriiy have '.bemselves voted that the insti tution of Slavery was maturely considered' in the Convention wbxh framed the Frderul Con stitution, -and that the Union of the United Stutee u h finally enured by incvrtoraling into Unit tiulruuttiit ant met una untitle guuranttte oj the right the Alucehutiiet" iJui if any wte of a iiiiijorny !' I his Ueiieral Assembly could u.trantees, it may al least be doubled' wlie:tier we add lo Ibrse goarinlees by soleumly ' avert ing wlmi are the rights of Slaveholders uodei the Li)nltluiion,' only lor ine sake ol volui ieernu out adlce lo disregsru it, anu that lor no Detier reason thnu that it has been oWne before : thus couiiiienUiiig the Const it u two ai tbe belter ihtury f but its violution as thv better practice for rttates- men, and lor the protection ol Southern rights f 13. r . OATTEMTH WAITS, Lowp. Stalv. We adopt tbe foregoing as our protest. , Jxo. V. Hicks, It. F.Calowlll. Why then dissolve the Union t Wt lee no larth ly reason for it, anless it bo to gratify Mr. ,Ct moc. and the Virginia politicians of the 08 School, ia their dreamy abstractions. We betters that Mr. Calhoun bat loos; meditated a dissolu tion of ibe Union, and that many men of tbe tamo views cherish the thought, like patriots do its pre servation. North Carolina ahould spurs and trample on the treasonable scheme. ; She should not only be Tree from guilt but above aurpicion. Politicians who have no higher motives to appeal to, should remember ibe odium which attaches to tbe Hartford Convention.' If they would depre cate tbe shame, let them avoid imitating the coo- duct, which deserved it. v We believe that there ia no respectable portion of tbe Northern people, who have any purpose of invading the Constitutional rights of the Souib.i There are doubtless a few fanatics there, crszy e noogh to conceive the idea, but their number is too insignificant to excite alarm or apprehension. We should as toon expect to see the Mormons or tbe Shakers, the dominant sect of Christendom, as to witness the triumph of the fanatical abolition ists over the Cont'.ituiion. We will not deny, that the whole body of tbe Northern people, of every party, are opposed, strongly opposed, to Slsvery and slavery extension and none are more to than the Democracy but men of all parties diss vow any purpose of interfering, in the slightest degree, with slavery in the States. The right to exclude it from the territories they hold to be within th power of the Constitution and in favor of their constiuction, they quote not only the practice of the Government since its foundation, but the opin ions of the sblrst Jurists and Statesnitn of the Southern Country. Mr. JtrrtasoN. the great Apostle of Democra cy, is the author of the famous Wilmot Proviso ; arid it bad tbe sanction of Mr. Madison also. Both of those Virginia Statesmen concurred in is expediency and constitutionality ; and new Vir ginia politicians would overthrow the Union, to prevent the application of the principle to Califor nia. A few years ago, it was regarded by the Democratic party as political blasphemy to di tier wild 1 r.: JeuYrson j while now it is regarded aa the touch-stone of patriotism to disctrd his most cheiiabed makims. wilt baVe the following rough estimate of cost per timber. 1 00.000 feet, at 9 per M. 1,440 Leveling and laying, at 75c per rod,'., . 240 Engineering and tuperiutendeocei "V 100 AdYft or conting encet, tea per cent. 1.780 178 I vote of the majori'.y on certain of the slavery ret oluiions, was pn tented in the House of Commons by Mr. S.ittenbwaiie : , The undersicned being of the minority do here r solemnly urotesi aiiaiost the vote of the ma jority (( the House t-f Commons, on the SOih day of January I94, wiiicn $ Jtesofst st.Tb'U the proceedings of the convention by h cn the r etleral Con.iiiuiioo wastrauied, clear )y demonstrate that the iiwulution or slaveiy was maturely eNiieem!; and that the Union ol the tiutes - Van Bna'ly M-curcu ty incorporaring into I list ineiru meiik Ci.-unci and ample guaianleea ol the rights ol the btasehoMer. 3. JCeseveef, Thst wo view with deep concern and .alarm tue cuoaluui angieioi on the rights ol the Hlsvelwlder by ceriain reckless poliiicmns of Hie Voitli; and that the recent p ocee:ing ol Gungress on the subject ol tfiavery are liaogl.t with mischief eell cslcutaied to dieturb the peace ol our country, "and should call torth the earnest and prompt disap 4robatwin ol every triend ol the Union. . Retolwtd, That lb enac'ment ol any Law by fcongreae, which shall aU.lirh slatery or the slave trade in the District ol Columbia, or tlull uirectly or indirectly deprive the citixens ot any ol the Siic, ol he rtghl ol einigraling with lhe slave properly into tony ot the leirilorietol the United States, and of ex vrciing ownership over the same while in id ter mor le. will be an act not only ol gros injustice and wrong, but the exercise ' power contrary lo the true meaning and apirit ol tbe Constitution, and never con templated by the framefs thereof. V Resolvtd, That while we do not intend hereby to be understood as conceding that Congrevs hss the inJJaCr UllUcr LUIWIMHIIWI W vim oj isa re nr- nmg sli vrr io any poriioii of the iewiior iei of "the I Tittial ssimiom tot irm i Laa mItss nf npMarvintr thai peace, and promoting the rsrpeluity of I he Union, we are milling that i he bia ot tbe Missouri compro-, i nnse should be adopttd in relerence lo the recently hrquued ten nories of New Mexico and Calitoinia, b) esundmg the hue then Sgieed upon to the I'uCil ie Ocean. - -L ', tt. tietolftd. That a- copy of the foregoing reeidu .tHMis be signed by tho pekef at' the heutter and llnuae of Commons, and lot warded la our tieiutorii hud Kepreseutatives in Congress, with a rt auoa that From tbe haltigh Itegioicr. iik fJt solutions A Phutkst. The I'ao- tkt of seveml Aieuiber ol the House of Com oioi., agmnai the r olutioiis adopted by the ma jority. ill be found in smother column. We com- uit iU it tu the atleniHMi ol the reader. It eijMwes the lutilny and inconsistency the Resolutions, in the il- aiest poiul A view. e have repeated ly expressed a aiiudar opinion in reference lolbetu. W e regard them as a series o( aimless abstrac tions, w inch have not even tbe merit of being dun- gervue, as those ol the Virginia Legislature may well be n garded. 1 hey are a small party invest ment in the funds, as a resource at the next e l cikmi ; but we incline to believe that the stock w ill be belww par beiore ibat day arrives, and be ing ibeir cdu I capital, lhai Ibe party will be bank- ,u,, .. . . ,:. ... .... I be irgtnia Itesolutions wok lo a dissolution of the Union, as ;be remedy in the erenl of tbe adotHioo ol ibe Wilmot Proviso, iu forming Terri torial Governments lor Calilornia and New Mexi co. e uudeistand tbia. taougn we nigniy uis- approve of it. tl meant aomethmg, and that some- ihinir it made known) but ine Resolutions oi our - . . t . ' :r It's? LiegiaiAture are WHhout aennite ooject : it nuiiiu- cation or st Cession is rearuea as ine reiueay, they should say au. We aee no more reason (br dissolving the Un ion on account of the W ilmot Proviso in Califor nia bill, teen there was last year on account of tbe tame Proviso in Mr. Polk's Oregon bill. Virgin ia elected Mr. Polk, and sustained, and will sus tain Iiihi to the last at long aa he has a crumb of patronage lo bestow and bow her Democratic demagogues, with unparalleled etirontery, talk of dissolving the Union unless bis W ilmot proviso policy is abandoned. We do not mean to charge Mr. Polk with favoring the exclusion of slavery fioin tbe Territories, but it it undeniable, that be admits the Constitutional right of Congress to ex clude it. After signing the Wilrtot Proviso, he could not raise bis bead in an intelligent company and deny it such a course would convict him of peijury ; ar.d el bis supporters in Virginia would dissolve the Union, if the Proviso it again adopted in reference lu other Territoiiet. It will be said thut a portion of California, it South, ol the Missouri Compromise line, end that Mr. Puik would uot have sanctioned the Proviso aa applicable to that territory. But is the Miss ouri Compromise a part of tbe Constitution f If tbe right lo exclude slavery ia constitutional for IMank Roada. Extract of t Letter from PaorEttoa Gilliipie, (author if the Manual of lload Making') at read at a recent public meeting at A'chtnec tad tf. State of New York. To an inland town like ours, roads are tubsti tutes fnrnavigrtble rivers. The more widely they .ra J iae. in e very . oirectioh. and... the belter .their Cfitoiii,un- preier win ce our pro perny. Their comparative value is determined by tbe rfiin-rent weigbta whkh a horse can draw upon them at tiny uniform speed, "or by the different speeds at which he can draw the same joads. Of all modes of improving their sdrfacr. Plunk Kouds are the. most e fleet oat, at the smallest cost. Il we take the lod drawn on a new gravel road as our standard of comparison, experiments show that on a good broken none or Macadam road, a horse can drawbirr tiuies as much, and on a smooth Plank Road eight limes as much, or twice as much as on a good Macadam road. Plank roiids. therefore enable a hoise to do more than any other arrangement, except rail roads, liui, invaluable as the latter are to the hurrying traveler, the ordinary roads, n which every farmer can drive hit own team when not needed for the farm labors, ore incomparably more usefu1 toilie community at large and of all such, plank roads are the perfection. Tbey are the tanner flatroads Total, tl.009 'Orssy $2,000 per mils, with lumber at tO, and omitting .exira excavations and embankments, and gaie-hoase.' The difference of a dollar Der M. in tke price of lumber, makes a difference of fIGU per mile. pvaaTioir. ' ' rA to durability,, seven years for ' hemlock would be a aafe estimate, though our experience it aa yet very limited. , One set of stringers will outlast two or three coverings of plank. But to be profitable, the plank must have so much travel as lo wear them out before they rot out Tbe wear and tear of ibe first year equals that of toe loiiowing sis. at a tougb and elat'.ic coating of woody fibres, &c, is soon formed, and protects the plank from wear. And tbe sooner they wesr out the better ; for (be sooner will their cost be thus repaid. On one road, the pausge of 100, 000 teams wore Ibe plank down but ooo inch. . . rairrrs. Before hemlock plank have been worn out, they will earn, at the rate of tolls established by ibe general plank road law, from 2.600 to 93000 per mile above repairs and expenses, or double their original cost, which they will thus reimburse, and leave as much more for dividends, which will of course be more or lets large, according aa tbe wearing out and concomitant earnings is done in a longer or shorter time.' On the oyracute and Central Square Plank Road, the tolls on 8 miles. for two years, ending last Jaly, were $12, VUUt tbe expenses ol salaries and repairs were 1.500, leaving tl 1,400. Tbs plank were half worn out, (one inch.) so that their net prcfits be fore renewal would be 3300 for the eight miles or $2,803 per mile. . MODKS OP C0NSTBUCTI0N. I The bet', method of constructing them it brief ly this : Lay out ;he intended line with great care to avoid ateep inclinations, never ascending more than one foot in going thirty or forty ; and wind ing thirty feet around rather than go up one. Grade the road bed wide enough lor two wagon tracka, but plank only one ; and that on the right band aide coming towards a city, for teams gener ally come in heavy and go out light, and this ar rangement makes the heavy onet keep the track, end the light ones do all the mining !. Ijty down flaiMise two stringers. 12 by 3, four feel a part. centre to centre. Imbed tbem' well in tbe earth. Across them, si right angles, lay 3 inch hemlock plank, 8 feel long. The lengthwise and skewing methods of laying thein are now aban doned. Pack the earih well up to them. Slope the earth track towards the ditches (which should be wide and deep) and your plank road is made. Many minor points must, however, be attend ed to, to make your road as perfect as possible. The inner stringer should be higher than the out er one, to at lo carry the water off freely. Tbey tbouldbe in two pieces, each 0 by 3, to at lo break jointt. The ends of ihe planks should not be laid to a line, but project a few inches on each aide alternately, to as to make it eaay lor wheels to get on the track, and lo avoid forming a cut a bug tide. They need not be fastened down, but 1 would recommend spiking down, any every 5ih or !0ih plank," the rest being well driven home against these. Tbe stringtrsare now made heavier than formerly, and the plank lighter. When hemlock plank get worn dowo two inches, the knots project to at to make the road too rough, and to require renewal. Allow one inch more to bold tbem in, and we have three inches in thick nets. Hemlock it generally ustd at cheapest, but pine or oak would bo better. ' A tingle track will be tufiicienl for almost any amount of travel. The turnings our bpofl (he ranh road by tbe side of it are at such varied points, thsi its surface, if made properly, crown ing 'Will alwsys remiin in good condition. -100,-OOO teams pusted over a Syracuse road in two one tririiory, it it not for all T Jt will require the '" "8,nT more man iwo nunureu a uay tiupiditytlu blockhead, or the insincerity of a ! fr lh,e d')"" ,n ceasion, teven hundred demagogue, to maintain the contrary rand we re-.(day passed over it and all ibis was on a tingle " . . .-.si ADVAKTAOES. In improvements of thischtracler, it ia difficult to say who gains the most whether it is the stockholder, the farmer, the city merchant, or the consumer of the produce brought in. The farmer can bring his potatoes, apples, grain, pork, wood, &c, to market at seasons when he' would other wise be imprisoned at home by the state of the road, and couid not there work to advantage. He could also carry twice as heavy a load as eve( before, and therefore at half the former cost. He could, therefore sell cheaper and yet make Jarrer 'jusuisr ncvwHiwi ' -mm tuuicijucnuf jet the articles that he usee at lower prices. .Wood, for example, would be greatly lowered in cost by being brought from distant forests now inac cessible io ut. So with other article!. Every inhabiianl would therefore be benefitted, for every one mutt be warmed and ft(fc Tbe merchant will find hit old country customers and many new ones coming al all limes and will share their lar ger profits. Tbe tlockholder, besides his gains as a member of one of these three classes of pro ducers, merchants, cr consumers, will in addition receive bis dividends from lolls. It js one of those rare business trantacttona, by which all tbe partiet gain. Among ibe most remarkable contequencet of tuch improvements, ia the rapidly increasing proportion in which their bene Bit ex:end and ra diate in every direction aa impartially and benig nanily aa the similarly diverging rays of tbe tun. Around every town or markei-plnce we may con ceive a number of concentric circlet to be drawn, encloaing, areat from any part of which certain ktnda of produce may be profitably taken to the town, while from any point beyond each circum ference, the expense of the carriage of the par ticular article would exceed its value. 1 hut tbe inner circle, the centre of which is the town, may show the limit in every direction from beyond which perishable vegetables or articles very bulky or heavy in propoition to their value, cannot be profitably brought to market ; ihe next large cir cle may show tbe limit o! fruitt ; and to on. If now tbe roada are improved in any way, to at in any degree to lessen ibe expense of carriage, the radius of each circle is correspondingly iocreased, and the area of each is enlarged as the square of this ratio of increase. Thus if the improvement enables a borse to draw twice as much, or Id trav el twice as fast as be did before, each of tho lim iting circles is expanded outward to twice the former radius, and embraces four timet its form er area. v If the rate of improvement be three-fold, the increase of area it ninefold ; arid to on. All the produce, induttry and wealth which by theae f improvements finds, for the first time, a market, buds, aa it were, a new creation. The views here expressed have been confirm ed by a recent iuspt ciion of three plank roada which tlarl from Ulica. The ' contrast with the mud boles of the common roads adjoioing them, makes it seem impossible to exalt too highly ibeir advantages ; and the merchants of (bat place are emphatic in ibeir account! oLefiVcit on their trade. Uome, preceded Unca ia tbit improve-, ment. and was in consequence rapidly druwinu away its business, l.ll in self-defence tho inhabi tants of Ulica retorted to ibe tame expedient, and are now enjoying Us benefits. It is lo be earnestly hoped mat ine enterprise of oar citizens will be sumcieoi iu enable thins to reap equally golden bai vests. speciluiiy suggest to our Democratic friends, not tu attempt it, unlet tbey would be willing loog ure in one of tbe other of these Categories. California and New' Mexico, no more than Ore' track. ' ' COST. The coft of the road will of course vary wjth the price of lumber. On the plan recommended. gou, are are capable of becoming Slave SiitesV j it will require 127,000 lel of. plank, and 32.000 l'his is admitted, ur rather boasted of, by ,lecrs. i feel Of stringers, per mile ; in all say 1(30,000 feel buctiAXAX and Cass; And Ales. is. Walkm, of " bo-ird measure. 1 Other items of cost are, the lev .Wicivpu aud , President Pour, concur hi the ! eling ol the road bedand laying the plank, which same opinion alU of ali pariVe and section?, a-! Cost from fidy cents lo one' dollar per rod. The eree lhat Suverv can never be extended there. ' excavations and embankments necessary to give tbey be laid brlire their respective House. Xu is then lore not a practical quest ion. The past-! the road proper grades, and the bridgea and tlui- tint. Because tho niihe aad authoritr of ih Slate of North Carolina, has been usurped to de- aira of tru- Proviso will not limu Slavertr one inch. 1 ces cannot be etlimaitd without ihe.dKla of a aur and its non-ptssige will not extend Ibe inaliluiioa. ' fey. Omitting these, at also gate-boatei, we LaW or .Niwti'Ar'tRs. Tbe following art set tled rules of law : V 1. Subscribers who do not give express notice le tbe contrary, are considered 'as desiring to continue.- " . ; - - 2. If tubtenbert order (he discontinuaoce of their papers, Ibe publishers nisy continue; to send tbem till all the cash charges are paid. 3. If subscribers neglect br re use io take their papeft from ine orficea to which tbey are direc ted, tbey are held responsible till tbey have settled their bill and order ibeir paper discontinued. - 4. If aubscr ibert remove lo other placet with out infoiming the publishers, and ibe paper ia sent to tbe former direction, tbey aie bctd res ponsible. ' ; 6. Tbe Couru have decided that, refuting to take a ptper or periodical from the office, or re moving and leaving h not called for, w -prima Mciandcnce of mieatioual fraud; , Dlst r tbal lost f the School Motter Jtemarkt of Mm. Caemicnael of ItHket. in the ttouuof vommont, upon Int. Mil fbrtht bet ttr regulation of CommtM ISchooli. Mr. SrtAEEE t This, sir, is a bill in which the constituency that 1 represent, aa well aa moot of (bo Counties in tbe western part of North Caroli na, are deeply interetted. That under the ope ration of the present law, grots injustice otitis, no one can conncently deny. . i ne great want ofrd cation in the State, a s'loa n by the ceasus o 1820, induced the Legislature of Ib25, in. raise and tel apart for porposeior education, a Literary fund i which fund, by tbs provisions of that Act. wit to bo divide amonff the aeveral counties of the Mate, in the ratio of their free white popala lion. 1 bis law remained in force oniil 1 84a when, in eoasequence of tbe proportionate share of tho proceeds of the tales of the public lands. iwrw Carolina received irom the Uenrral Governmvnl. and nrhirh kail -JAA Literary Fund, that fund becami large enough to auraci ine auention oi our eastern friends, and in violation of the provisions of the aciof 1825. which was passed by the co-operation of our Western representatives, they suceeded in effecting the passage of the present law, which divides the fund among the several counties according to their fed eral population. I thiok, ttr,' all mutt Mdmit.tbat a lund oflhii kind, intended lo improve and ele vale tho condition of those who sre to be tbe fu tore men snd women of our country, should be more liberally distributed among tuch at are de striate of weens, than among those whom circum stances msy have blessed with fortune. Bui such is not the principle esisblisbrd by the law of 1840; under that law, we find tbal the section of the State ahowing the tmallest resources, receives the least aid from the fund ; while the section showing the greatest wra!;h, receives the most. Not nnlv ibis, bat we find thai the Counties having the few est number of children lo educate, recti ve the largest portion of this fund and the Counties hav ing the greatest number, receive ihe smallest ! For initance, the County of Ashe, whit-h. accord ing to the last Centos, bsd within its limits 1588 free whits persons, between the ages of 10 and 20 years, received for the year 1847, from the litera ry fund, 1,120. being about GO ctt. to each per son ; while the County of Halifax, having 1.171 between the ages mentioned, received S2 03a, be ing about I (SO io each. The County of Yancy. having 1,250. received $00074 eta. each ; while the County of Bertie, having 1,1 14. received !, 475, being 1427 to each. The County of Wilkes having 2,500. received being about 73 ctt. lo each ; while the County of Anton, having 2.250, received $2,013, being 00 cents to each. Why it it, that double tbe amount which ia found nec ftstry for the annual ia'itioo of cbifdifnbe cWi liet of Wilkft and Asbe should be expended for the like tuition in the Counties of Halifax and j Bertie, ia something which I am unable to undet stand. Bui, tie, we sre told by the gentlemen re presenting these Counties, that they pay into ihe Public Treatury a larger amount of tax than we do, and ought therefore lo receive larger distribu tions. And I am asked by the gentleman from Bertie, how moch tax my Coor.ty pays annually into the Treasury ? In answer lo my friend from Bertie, 1 ado it that she pays a less amount than ibe County which he represents, but if she paid more, it does not follow necessarily thai tbe would receive any more of the School fund than she now doet. And why f Because the basis upon which this fund it distributed, is population, and not Tax ation ; to that if the County ol Wilkes pad into the Treasury as much tsx as tbe County of New Hanover, which I believe pays near 94 000, but paid it opon land instead of Ihe poll, she wocrld not receive, underihe present law, one dollar more of the school lund than she now dees. - I, think I am not mistaken, Mr. Speaker, when I ssy thst no part of the Literary fund, except that arising from Retailer's licenses and Tavern snd Auction 1 ax, wss raited by State taxes. If not, the countiea which claim as a right the larger portion of the fund, upon the ground that they pay more money into lie Treasury, contributed no' more to thit fund than other countiea in the State, and are, therefore, entitled to receive no more. The entire fund consists o Bank stock, Railroad bonds. Slate boodi, t(xk ia Navigation Compa nies, Retailer's licenses. Tavern and Auction tsX Entry money on vacmt lands, dec. Much the larger portion of tbe fund, however, came from the General Government ; and our Eastern friends contend, that inasmuch ss it wss alloted to the dif ferent States according to Ibeir federal population, that it should be divided among the several coun ties upon that basis.-- But I have not as yet been brought to believe lhat tbe Act of Congress, divi ding the proceeds of lbs ssles of the publx landt, imposed any obligation upon as lo distribute that fund after it came into our possession, otherwise than according to the wants ol ibe community, or !rive our eastern friends any right to demand a dif erent appropriation Betidet, tir, no inconside rable portion of the literary fund has been deriv ed from laod eutriet ; tbe report of the Treasurer thowc lhat nine thousand one hundred and eighty-five dollars was received from this source during the year ending 1st Sept. 1847, much the larger portion of which wat paid by land enlerert in the Mountain countiea of tbe Stale, , 1 hope, Mr. Speaker, that tbe vole which will toon be taken upon the bill under consideration. set ine oiaie oi itorin arorrnt riant ODOft Bat tntt question. . I oeiieve, sir. ol alt the States which have established a system of Common Schools that North Carolina1 presents a sincle ex ample of drvidmg the fond received (of that Bur- pose, eccoramg to leaersi population., 'L- And if the vo'te upon thit bill shall shew that the East ia ttill unwilling to do justice, we of tho Wett have reason to congratulate ouitelvet, that the power lo control the legislation of tbe State will not alwaya te coobned 10 Hie section where it now is. Tbe numerical suoerioritr of the West over the ..East in our Legislative Halls cannot much Ip.nger CXial bul ibe rapid inctease of the Mountain Counties ia population and wealth will soon bring about at least a balance of power. But sutler me, Mr. Srieaker. in conclusion, to remark, that altboogh I have had occasion in the course of my remarks lo use the terms East and West, that nothing it further from my intention, than to add the least particle of fuel to the Barnes of sectional jealousy, I desire that tbe whole btaie or North Carnlint taould share alike in the benefits of legislation. I am a North Carolinian in principle and feeling, and 1 trust the votes which I have gjven this Legislature; prate ibe a North Carolinian in action.' if . Ttl ft SABBATH Sabbaiii jio v I ( To iliis lowly - Sllllart tlioii a ttreicoilia riaet 7 Vben ihou corneal, earih and oeeii Shade and brightness, rest and motion; Help the poor ruau's heart to prayi t O'er tho mute empurnled moori '7 Throsile'a aong.fhat alreain-like tidWeit. " ma ,,,ai er ,he deur-drop gocaf, ... - Welcome now ihe wo-woro poor 1 1 Little river, ' Young forever I Cloud, gold-bright with tbankfuj g(e, Happy woodbine, gladly weeping, , Gnat, jviihiii the wild rose keeping, Oh, lhat they were, blest as ye I u rl ;. ; ." t, magic table. ' which columns her sge it found. Add together' the first or top bum ben of ssid columns, and th sum will be her age. L ,-' ; Suppose, lor exampleTahTssvs ihaTah. fi-a her age in tbe 1st, 2d, and 5th column. ffcia the addition of 1. 2. snd fl, nbe rtrsl bbmLr. f said Colamnt, gives fa for fcef sge. 1 3 5 7 0 II 12 15 17 10 21 23 23 27 20 31 33 35 37 8 41 43 45 47 40 51 53 55 67; 50 01 63 2 3 a 7 10 11 14 15 is 10 22 23 2fl 27 30 31 34 35 3$ 30 42 43 40 47 60 51 54 55 58 50 02 63 4 5 0 7 12 13 14 J& 20 21 22 23 29 20 30 31 3(1 37 38 30 44: 45 46 47 52 53 54 65 60 01 62 C3 8. 0 10 11 12 13 14 15, j4 25 20 27 25 20 30 31 40 '41 42 43 jrrdiv: 45 At 47 M 67 63 ,69 00 01 02 03 16 47 18 10 20 81 32 33 34 35 30 37 83 ,23Sg 40. 4f Ai 4: 44 -r 45 40 47 49 411 54 59 50. 67 68 69 iW ea r 24 25 .20 27 U9 20 30 31 48 40 60 61 ..; (Ji... 63 64 65 60 57 48 60 00 61 02 63 J ;.4 A Noble Boy. A toy was tempted by somtf of his companions lo pfuclt scate, rie 1 cherries from a tree which hit father bsd forbiden him to touch. - You need not be afraid," said' Me of bis companions, for if your father ahould find out fhaf von bad '.hem, he it so kind that be weeks not hurt yon." That it thtxtry rcatonj' ir plitd tbV Ut. - why I would not touch them. It is true, my father would not hurt me r yet my diso'. edience would hurt my father,- and tbal would be worse to me than anything elte." A boy who growt up- wfth such prmcmhis wohld be a man in the best sense of the word. It betraya a regard for rectitude that would reor der him trustworthy under every trial, Horbibix, ir True !" We are not retpofti sible for the annexed extract. The reader's blood may well grow cold as it meets hit eye. ' i( tuch things are coming in faibioo," kitting will go out ibai's certain, -- Wo are almost incline m h,ymtk. rUiVai-. - .w w w SSSV IVIIVVf v ing an atrocious slander; but, if it Ce such, let is. i'. vima -aournai, mat oracle Of the ladies from which we make tbe extract, bear the' whole blame. -It has lately become geneaf fatnn in Germany for ladies to' shave tbe tipper Ifivtbers-: by promoting the growth of" a sufficient' down to produce tbe effect of a mustache. By tbe pretv enttast, a shsded upper lip it considered a beatf fy.ind it is openfy adrocated by foreign reeVta giving expfesiiofi (o ibe nostril and vastly indfeff ing the whiteness of the t-eth. Shaving daily during the retirement of summer turns out by winter, a very presen;ablt and silky mustache. The fashion is progressing westward with the cholera' The Iimefand Aothcr A thief whobdf ((rcceeded its penetrating in the middle of the night into the apartment of the Well ki.ovvn t'uthor Bal facv Wat tuddeny started by a food burst of laugff ler. and turning round, he saw. Jby the dim light tTthe moon peneirsting'the chamber, the porily figure of the author sitting upon the beef and hold ing his sides. Seeing himself detected, be coolly asked Mr. Balsac fur wlat reasors be lewahed immoderatelv .' ; , 1 laogh." replied the falter, af the? ftfe that you should fancy yourself able lo find money or taJuables in the dark, and without a lamn. .her. rcau t discover any even' in broaJ daylight." A Doctor t Affidavit. A highwaymarV ed Bnllard, cimfiiied in Newgate I'risoa, Musi know he( could defer hit trial, and wat how sns wered.by bit geting the doctor lo make affidavit of hit illness, which was done at follows i . The deponent verily , believes,' that if the said John Bui lard ia obliged lotake his trial at the com--ing se.-tioii, be wilt bf in imminent dancer of bia life." - v . ' ' To which theaearned juo'g'e on the bench re-' plied, that he verily believed to, toot
The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, N.C.)
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Feb. 10, 1849, edition 1
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