North Carolina Newspapers

try i..V i ... r $ - j.. - - I .fW .... J i Vol. UNION. THE CONSTITUTION -l"W AND TUB LAWS THE -4 GUARDIAN'S OF OUR LIBERTY. sallkMtfaaajtiai Tin ::stY. Ji.MAUV IC, IS 13. , which U never iutrrun;d br iL fi pf wiuler, thaa $at h f, rict wilj be in the Northern Statf . By ihit ditmioa cf Jj'oour. ll.e euliort of coiioa wotlJ Le 'orae hjl di iitu?IirJ tnii ihe contuaip liwa iomaeJ. And It U e'eruia that ny Utr crop r busiuen dial wouIJ nctt iLe aate incms Ui 'Inttr that coium now cot; otJJ be a better bun new; m no crop so much iutet Terrs with improve menu on a nlanuuon. tlie cotton croo: o mocli w that the future Lrome U cut offby io3pofrrb!ie! UiiJt. Blsn it too r!fih a heinr t art for the .fffnrnl tood. -until elf irtrrrtl nmanii 1 Lieu to act for tbt public wenl. Uut tle DrSwnol WCjw il MuntkrO (S. C.) Planter' time ua arnved wlien fU-intcret aoubl r-iftj, co ue tu orovrciiirr, ifett, by Vv. nearly cictate that a Hair cotton crop, and ttie otner hail in nunyutner prouurttons, would aflTtirJ in a few year, with the ad vantage of tmprnied !anU, a larger in come tlnn a lull crop of cotton, at p rert ct May your tick mil, Eiklrraut, rature a U!Ut Lkwinj roit O'ct ty Uui" - nruri rsoa n isdsess. K. lavu. A fir i all t'ut acience or Uieory may do fur ajricnlturr, there are a hundred liule tiling, of great importmce to the pracii cil planter. hich ran only be learned in Uie uvia. i j lie mere book planter uuy lave a eoil 12 inrhea dfep ich inorpn w manure, but Hut knowing what lind of plouglt 19 use, or Low o ue i, or bow tu direct t-'io work, niay fail to m le r tneneraUng crops, Kirnce and prac tical eipenen-e are required in ditching, which is an object of the higheat iinpi.r tanre to succetful p?anting. .Without diichtt upon our hilly land, the hill aides Witt ba soon stripped of soil and presents roeJaucholy epeciacle of watte aGeeted by 'ignorance and mismsnajremcnti and our button' land without ditches, are often ge nerators of disease and drsih lor miles around. And besides the many planta tions wh'eh are altogether without ditch es, there are many upon whioh much la tor has been expended t little profit. la short, at eatone half of our planters wo-ild save considerable eipense, by pay ing a skilful planter in this branch i'f agri culture, to ly oJT their ditch for them, and gire the proper direction of the rows of corn or ration to empty their surplus wa ter into the ditch s. t Implements of husbandry.- aid their skilful use, are tmpor ant objects in the adranoeinent of agriculture. Itisevideot front the most conclusive facts, that some a planters have so improved their ploughs, and the skill of their plough hands, tha two sores of cotton can be hoed ilhless labour after such ploughing, than one acre afier ordinary plong-iing, at the same time wriihrn trerateto tlteplnuirhrnjlRw!MU This art, tie weter, can only be acquired ful ly , by a planter or overseer who has a me-rh-tnicM talent. Hence it should be at object with the planter, who dnwi not pos sess this gift, to look nut for an orerseer win does; or short crops and broken down mules will be the cerliin coue quenre. It is Itmrnt.ible to witness the inattention f p!a tiers to this important oSiert; at tlto same tine we may derive some consul itian from a knowlcJje of the fcl that we aieoertaintv making ndvan 'ces iii asrioultural improvement. Forty years a many honest tarmrrs reapeu w heat with te r 'p-h(Mi'4 because they did not know bow to ue a scytha and rra-'.le; aadtcnyears Mces tne planters, who had gron grey .ii the service of ag ieultnre, believed lliit stable nianire was decidedly injurious when applied to any field crop. A little attention would find it to our inte rest to nse i'ti' leinenta of the best kind to answer the purpose intcn Jed and to kee,i! these implements at ays in good order. The hoes should be the best fteel hoes, and the workers shiuld be required '.o keep ilient as sharp as possible, other wise the work cnnot be d nc neatly ith them , ' v It is a fac, d.fiicult to be accounted fur. that planters in North Carolina generally .a a DUAIMNG OP IJLNDS. ; There are Is f crhapsno part of ihe du ty of a farmer more neglected than the proper draining of lii-s lands, cor is there one in the whole catalogue of duties which would more richly repay for labors be stowed. Many fields, which, from their present wet and neglected state, are Ut ile better, in moist weather, titan beds of mortar, and which, in times of drongh become almost ss hard at stone, could, br judicious draining, be converted into moulds, rendered easy of cultivation, and, from being sterile masses of intractable clay, be transformed into productive soil; for it only requires that the superabun dance of wa:er should be let off to pro duce these results. Besides the adrnn lge to be gained by draining, in a pecu niary point of view, in many instances, the improvement in the lieal-lt of a plac would more than compensate for all the outlay of money which might be incurred; and we hazard nothing in sarin? that, in neighborhoods were ma-shes abound, if those marches could all be drained, tiat the whole type of fever and augue and in termittent fevers, would, in a few years, whol'y disappear; and that such marshes, when laid dry, would prove. to be among the most fertile soils any Vhere to be found, provided lime were applied to neu tralize the acids which have been accu mulating for years. '' , T rruod tue most laxurnint grssrianus u rir erer seen, sre the meadows on cither ride of wnat is called Hie Neck road, in the neighbovtio.d of Philadelphia-! These lan ls have all been declaimed by draining and ditching, and luting been set down in trass, tring prices for graz ing l-ts which remW lltPin highly pro ductive la their owners. We visited them some eight years since, in company with a friend, who rented a linndred acres, and who assured us, that besides fat tenin? a bnl'ork to the acre each season. he was enabled to cut as much grass off the ltl be bad m b.isoccupaney, as serv ed fonrU'en head of cattle and four horses through the winter. And from the lnxn riant appearance f the grass, when we saw it -at which time there were 50 bul locks rnzinj on our friend's farm we have no donM that each acre would have yielded, if the cattle had bern kepi off, three tons of crood hav. What has been dune on the Philadelphia Neck lands, miv be done tvnv wt ere else, where mar she's tre susceptible of being laidd'y, and ihev mas be in anr situation where there is only s moderate Ml. provided the ditch es nro boldly e onslructed, of suflicient widdi and depth to dray off the water frnm i!ie sitrroundins soil. Where thi main op. n ditches are thus constructed. It'wh a few years sloce was tatlrtly pn he stklic-d furt!t upoit U Cte Loes of iS? , " - f ?i! confusion and the stotica of cinptines, . 1 he llassachusctts rioeghmsn tua'.tf thus becomes graplae ia t!.e eitrctr.e. that a man ia tltat u.te hat s.4 J the Cra-. -1 woul J.- says Strpheas, that l!e ten ir son piece of laud not ocreditjg skeptic could stand, as I did, among the one eighth 4" an acre, fr g.'iy d.4!j. rulzis cf tils citv, amoiu? t!iO rocks, aud the purchaser to gather the freiu ,Te opea the sacred Looks, and reaj the oris bav long been aware that this berry was of the inspired penman wri:te a when this easy to cdiittfe. at well as proCk; desolate placfe was one of the greatest ci but have never known a iusUrcf f ties ia the wojld. I se the sc Jer srrcrf llittr having b. ea raised by sewing itW eJ, Us cheek pale, las lip quivering, and manner pursued by Jlr. Hall end, ve. Ids heart quaking with fear, as XU ruined recommend to all who bar e such tnles city cries out to bim ia a voice kid and of ground to make trul it. The i. powerful, as &&t of one rien fiwn the peuse is lm!e or ni.ii.it g if it f.il tie dead. Though Le would not believe Mo prwfit U great if it r uccceor. i act and the Prophets, he believes the hand- :; Acrieay JJf. J writing of God Liinst If, in the dccoLtica There are very large bodies of tattith carnal ntla around hiot. ' lands which are now bringing thtir mn-' $ich is a brief detcripUoa of one of the era bttleor notl tng, that might, by d -nio- wost rroJtra devtlopmeats of the fuU;ll iof .beeVn-erted intoCraeberry meadtrvs. mit proidicey. TItere is thus opened If farmers owning such lands would de- win these later ages of the world, a vote an acre to the culture of this fuX nev of drir.ontraurc evidence of the they would find as much profit in jich truiliof revealed religion. lie, who csiw- acre, at are afforded by any o her ten acres f history of Egypt to Le engraved in on their firms. Iu- preparing for J the ioeffaeealle letters on the mausoleums of Cranberry culture, it is desirable that t 103 Pharaohs, where every eye- could see gard should be had to arranemeaU,lik- Bt' no ')' wad, where interpolation and tog to the flood'.oz of ihe tines in iu- forgery were physically imrossiLle, and ler, witli a vUw of protecting them from n0 f resened them there, in their frost. . .' awful silence, for four thousand year, and . , J who has now opened them to the perusal tmnwtation of Potaton. We le.rn " u,e P'f -nt gene,aiion, itms connrrnins . . . . . . EIICCTllE 1EIIICE. I -IN II.WIM.PII1'II ! t . "' ' ' f . . .? ... T It JimifLkt , TU Gurwl jMtmllj tf Srtk CutuCm.- GuiiJaEx:-1 fuad epoa tay table, oo ftidsy last, prtttled darSBtat, No, 49, beiewttb traasiailtrd, psrrteg te be a M cotrcspendeoee telauve t the ksl rifHl if ihe Governor to recite pay at President tx tftcio of the Lte- rary sod Internal Isprotroteet Uord birh i across panied by copies of a rsso- lutioii i f ike Senate, csllteg vpoa the pub lic Tri asurer to report le the beruif ruecMrepoodeece btteree do Trea- surer and bis eteellc ney the (i.ernor, rl lite io tlie lrgJ right ff the Cover- ior to receive ptr diem eompensinoa, as President tt tfficio &e far services rendered upon tl.e Iiirary ssd ntr ' ad improvement Uuard; ai.d sl tWe epiuion of iba Attorney Geeeral tbete- epos, t'gether with the sntooBt which b'S rxclncy Ihe Goieraor has terei- cd lor said - tenter;" and rl a letter from the Trraiuier to the Speaker of the that several iltouMttd bushels of pot !s have been imported into the port of New York from Kni'land and France, within a few days, tnd that much larger quantities are expected to arrive by the packets our- beyond the possibility of doubt the author.' tioity and venwity of the ancient scrip- lures, he guided the artisans in their labor of ages, in hewing out these i.. perishable chambers of Pclra, and decorating them ingthe ensuingtmontl,; I tic W.York carvings end statuary and every expenses, t bs pid cxti ef bis e f ri't'e pt,rI lor BMtss be is eotaled to per di em ay. be is am tutitUd to bis irsvIIir g. npentee whde esgagei ia lie tericc vf tbt ataie. Such injutiiee on the part ef the Lr" UUtsre( was not tJ te espected. std tlieitfurt tbtt body vny ibttly.satd ifcst ihe said Board (loterial Iwpro-eaten:) may bold i s ett-iont wherever std whtneser the Goeroor may direct; tod the said Com aisttoi.rrs shall rrie for their erv!crti e sea of tbtec dtdlars each per day, and their liatLiof expenses lar the titae tbey rcay be ewplojeJ It the public service; Aad who are theta Cosaxissioaets of Internal Improvement. is scry etidcat from the eooitrurtion of the proisiooi in the 6 th section of the 61 it chapter; for esters the Governor be fit) of the Commitsionrrs. then the othrr Cooimissloaers of thit Board have po ers , which the Preai Vnt of this Uuard doea'not psees. Arain, Chp. C7th tay, the Lilrrary D atd shall consist of tl.e Governor, who, by virtue o( bis cics. shall b PresitSert, tnl 44 the other mem- & ne, in responte to that retolutiortj sn l " J VovA' tM be appoiotcd by ol a letter liota tite 1 reasurer to myser. ricty of arciiitetural ornament, the irrcfut- at 1 . t . it nine evtuence inrougu an time oi tne op pulcnce and tlie rower of those who once inhabited these dwelliiurs. And then he slates, thai 100 fc.ns of p-moes havei,lso WJndcI here massive works wtJt Uie . . teiiltvfA ncl Citonsa . I tfiA 4?AAi4 ln1 PvnMiii atlataa flli-if tt iinrkjiplese itauA twpivva nH. fj ass aei is i sarr el" a t t ifl . s . noutocs ake . Profit on hem nfiereav. & evidence through all time of the op ing freignt. duty and all other txpet'i f tlc rower of 'l bs R!asSaCJiUsrlt4 lhUf.bm.n.wnl,o iwiainieia utrse uwetiiiBa, Knitin!A and silpnrfl tit thA !.:rt ' And . men no roucu tremuncs over utem in ut- j t..- .t t. We learner he steamer Actulia from u"v a liirui vui vj mo viuw ui uiu an-uifciiru been imporltd into Boston from land. England, jusi arrived. thtlhe laslrropof Potatoes was the. greatest ever know in IrclanJ. . 1 . world, and 'we' find, in the Bible, their history and their state fo minutely recor ded, as to, aflbrd new and miraculous evi dence of tits truth of God's word. ; I is thus that God has carefully strewed the i wneat wasnre- eviJenccg of revealed religion along the , and distributed , palh of tin9. It U thl)8f a9 fowion has Mrxxv WntsAT Al the Farmer'sCIub, yesterday, a small bag of wheat was pre sented by Mr. Maxwell among the members, w hich . was the 10. expressed it, that prophecy growth of a few seeds taken i from f an ;9 t mowing evidcntV' Al(nVthe Eairetnatine vegetative projieincs of these ,din ab d f d . seeds should have been retained tor to evidence . 1 long a period and U capable oi neing inus retained for that time, why not, under the same circumstances, for 100,000 years? The whett seeds of the Egyp'iana have realized what the Egyptains horieU ana believed in relation t themselves. and my reply; aad of a letter from the Ticaturrr to the Attorney General, and hit reply tof ether with a statement mde by the Tn asurer, relative to tv.e. tuma liiave received lor my services on these Boards which statement be pro fesses to make 44 from the report e-f ihe Comptroller to the Housed Commons, December 20, 1842." As to the quettion of the Governor's right to compeosa ion, I drsire to draw ihe attenti'in of your honorable body to the law, the practice undr the law ever since its passage, and the action of ihe I'eiislaturt on the ubjec4. 1 haJ not beard the question raised, or the matUr of the Governor's right to com pensation for his services ojion either of t'te Boards, doubted, until the leeeipt of the Treasurer's letter ef 27th January, 1813, declining tonay a warrant drawn by me in pursuance of ao order of the Board the liovtronr, vc. llis act Sites no eooiperaai-n, but cbajtcr CO. tee. 2d; ssys, the persons composing the Li eia 4 ty Bosrd. created under the Act entitled " An act to drain the swsmp lands ef this State, and to create a fund for Com- mnn.ScBOfls,' shall be eutoled to recti ' the same pay, and under the same regit- lationt, as persons oornposing the Board crested undtr an Act entuled 4 An act to aid the internal iniprovemebts of this State." All these Artt were pasted by the same Legislature of 18S0. V , No construction cf this ltt Act ctn ex clude the Governor from the tame pay as other members of the Bojrd, unlets it bo deided thst be is rot "a per ton, and not a member cf tht Hoard" After satitfyiiig myself ss to the con struction of the Acts oo the subject, I then looked to the eefioe of the Boards. These Boasds were orgaoizd io tbe early part of li e year 1837 by Governor From the New York Ewmgcll. ' -FCLFIL3EST OF PS0PHE.CI. BV REV. JOIIX S. C. ABBOTT. There is one very solemn reflection which this subject introduces to the mind. Lot your thoughts run back through the longlapse of centuries to the period when the metropolis of Edom was in its glory and its power. Thiuk of the pleasure parties who 6trolled upon those cliffs in the evening moonlight; who trod those floors in the giddy danse, and who mado those' fretted arches resound with their songs and their glees. Young men were there, 'enternrisinz. full of hepe,' rc- i heart-felt laujjh, and with all those secrets to bo dcfcnhed by tnc,"" J phet in t he o d Testamcna ti"-,4.J"r r. ; 4 . . . r t "... .. J. I ...no fwliinn tart with hur new nllir n ;inl r.ud the bittern," satli " " ; - - - ' eastern tewcts snu rurnie uc. inere comi mis t- purchite horses and mules,, ,,,. gii0uM be so contrived as to carry rather than raie them, at the present low 0jp ti,e water through some convenient price of cotton. Even to ralculate all ex-, oullci, so us to prevent its becoming stag penscsofoorn and ptstttre, a-d loss of nilit anj injurious to health. As auxilia workof the mare for two months, it wotdd ry t( ,j,e mam Opon ditches, covered or not cost 520 to raise a mule until two, FfcJulcain should be provided, al con years old, wh nit would be fit f ar light' VC!)K,nt distances, h ailing through the bo- ploughing. Yet from $33, to $75 l4 gt-j jv of the marsh or swamp so as to attract ven hv the plun'cr for mules, to be paid anj convey the watet with the greater ccr t.tr by cotton at irom 4 to o ceiu. aim hi bouht nriles, probably bred fmm a could blooded dull niarei istcad of ons. of spirit and bottom. ' :..! .t,.1AW.,l jotctne in prospective pjcnsure, opiitencc ,.r:" Zi: youth .and beau- Vl ". " r .1.. i,;a, ty's unfaded cheek, glowing with the ex paniet iars. r - .'V .r" citerncnt of the erenins sornr. with the ih.nl:ite Petra more accurateK' thfcn . . . 1 it will be found pen of the pro The coraior; tne propne wu 4 ; rr WM thc eqinn2C of tided nobility and he I? .: " hd ThcvT ffiditaty wealth; young spcndlhritt, squnn- u.u .u,iu.v, , , I tlerinrr their father's fortunes, and the dai cM- f ?"Uc pride. ,vi,h . . . f i ...a M nA,iW iiiuDt : iit cciive uiiiutuwu .ihviliiis be a Itabttation tor nrag-. S ohscuritv; .Thore were mcrchtmts amass. lor owis. ; , 44 The bird kalta, or commoraijt, Rurkhardu 44 is met with in tinmen hers. They fly in such large flock: t; he Arab boys kill two or three V savi nse nunk cks, thi at a thnl tainty into the open ditches. Thee co rrod ilmins ahould not. of course, be mado until from the drainsue, prod-iced hv the open ditches, the soil had become . '. ..i i . . I .(.. ....,,L- SCUieu IO iroutT uij say 4"S v;""-'r-"6-- i in costly aweuings ana iurmiurc, unu iu 'ministering to the ambitious dieires of sons and daughters. And there were oth er merchants pale and careworn, sleepless and anpetiteless, in apprehension ot ; :e approaching pay day unprovided for. I VrXI il.A.,iAl v-. 1 1 1 rtsr ii a It A - c . rll 1 IlCre were uiuucnixua i auhuij: i.i head,, scemmgly annoyctl May t, cf h am, 0icr thou. proachingtheuionelvhabon." thorns," say- e " w "rJTJT droonins ia the sere-and autumnal leaf of height with the columns. vwyiHg u -. . i-i. .:o r J sorrow. pnckly plants imw "r. 1(uraca4s far Am,, cap;lai contained no i iiti ii ait an .nil nti.a - - - . l... .1 .... n ctn.ir anAnnr inpni. e i lljuiLi; uj .." - , ' o - , II -! . l,..i.ln .....1 nilk " MVS trht. :iiiu .viaiiiiv-fc rs i works of man. reaches the top of the monuments, grow J just such hearts, each one a busy world Amongst the (Lostimportint objects tot fUfli-ciemly il,'li!i.-r:ili,in wi h nlanter in North Caro ...r lina.is to determine what we shall d to .ne open ditches which we examined relieve ourselves from the incubus which on ont friend'H farm, were fully six feet is Ht present paralizing our efforts. Pre- Wlje anj fur fett deep -they extended sent prices (an;l tht-re are no ttiuineui ai r.lUJVj earn ot nistwo nuy acre u, gruttnds to expert better in tultire.) wj, - through the centre of each, there will not produce an income soff ient to was anoiher on of equul dimensions, relieve those of its who are- in debt, and w,jc, nerved the double purpose of a at the same time support our families, with jr.,jn an,j division, acting in the latter ca our preeoi habits. By raUig all the sup- pacty instead of u fence. plies or slock and graiu, with great indus- ( t,rv and economy, an estate ont of debt; CIUNBERR1ES. may be held tosether. But a fair interest i ' , . . ; can not be made on its capital. If capita- Mr. wmmm listsshotdd Knd it to.heir 'interest to eslab-' north pirt o Zw$f lieli co.t,,,. woollen and siik ftories in a box rf!',S;ey our States, so a, to furnish a market for we et er saw ""J-1 Z provision, the division of a provision and grew o.t a It tie P' j u.u:rLanj Lton crop would afford considerable re- which hore only weeds and ruhe ana l,ef, and .1, the same time .he c tivatiot. that a lew years JlfZ of less cotton would afford time to improve sme Cranhenies. which .were nro from t!io west want, sowcu fomc i aim rucouHi d,. ... " . an(l ice. I in ion filling, m in itself, as are now congregated, on our .. eM - -.tr 4i!l .ariMJ their bite are j o "Sec Z cc of miSdc h which beauty! Where her ,anpine young men, ronsequenccot 1.11. uuauiu youthful merchants, her voung.meeha- h,?lm' .AU n,..tnd with moul- ,nie; her nobles, her rulers, her ehouting, i nere Ki " 5mnHKokinff, drinkinff, ca deringruins,wh.chbeartheho.u sU . , ot uncounteu cciui:, fc.. disanDcar?ti The very tombs time and reverence, uut uou ta,o, . i , Not cvcn a skllil bone. with iDorue ten. us - " j V --fce- was once a sparkling eye, and of these ruins a L, checkf and . . laughing lip. Not name, .inus, m "V" ence with tto predict te lhat hcre Arab points to tnese a.u. ,u.u. , - 8ccming, exuilin& weeping nsiou anu scorn. .. .. I Th windj ,r lwentv centuries obscure. 44 And na thoWands who there once toiled and lov- H and hated and died, have gone to their 4 . ...t. mo spi. ihnsn ICCOUnt. language now neconu't v ... thsm out. '1 be belief is becoming gene ral that factories of course ami . heavy goods would be nrr. profitable in the -,...iU nnr sluve lah iii'. and with our ia.'s'iaustablc supply of water ppw'a ia.ch of laud bouJ tare onn.t ir.L- ,ff i. ana nascnurco , IIU OVUM - - . pd out the weeds, and last year he g.ither- . i ... L..-t.i- r i 'r.Mi'iPrriHs Irom CU U0 Ul.et oiianria tn v e ruus pijuvo-i " n: mil nt tne smia i massive Dwellings ut , , . , t,n rock rmn'w and huge stones strewed; Prayer. It m not die lengh, but the t0,eJ L "An lin f hnild- trerorth of oravcr that is required; not over me louiiuauouo , . i ,, , ,. . , ,"..n r in - rraomonta of columns, and vestiges lie labor of the lip, but the travad of the rnaved strsets. The obscure rhrase, levt.. ofr.itern.1 Imnratrmtnt. Thi letter, nro-1 Dudley. I found besides ihe President, posing to submit the matter to the L4 git- !" Board ol Internal Improve men't. laiuretben in union, was received on (''' OsdalIader Jones and Will. U the evening af.er the Ilousf had adjourned Mostly . as eminent lawyer and distin to meet at 7 o'clock at night and tbe!8018hed citiz-n. On tbt Literary Beard, Hours agVm adjourned to meet al half, ""'-u rftiJCU,-lrfJ,M.VJffanifi fftlitSrV sojourned iie-.nd before E1f' '' TZZ7 i. r.nt. nl OO.K T,..M, d.SII.gUl.hed PCOlbert. of the legal pro- " Upon i this refusal to pay the wsrraol upon the erounds alleged by the Ttea- surrr, I looked into the law, and pract ee undei it, and found oo room to doubt. I he Actt ol 1830. Revised Statutes, Chapters 01 and 67, making the Governor ex offi cio President of ihe Li'-erary and Internal Iroi'ioveineut Boards, assign duties to the Governor ss a member of those Boards, wheh are wholly disconnected with bis Executive duties, and which he cannot be required to perform, if be choose not to do so. The Executive ia a separate and intlc endent branch of the government, and the duties of thst branch are fixed by the Conslitu.'ion, and the Legislative de pattroenl can no more assign duties to the executive department, which are not Execu ie duties, ihvn the Executive de pirtnei.t can assign duties 4o the Legisla tive depsttmeoi; and a' I duties assigned to the Executive by the-Legislature, v bich are not txecuuve uuties, ma or uiay not be performed by hint at hit op ion. without any dereliction of ofij-inl duty,. however discourteout it might be on hit part to decline any resonable request mad by the Legislature. The superintendence, in person, of works ol Internal Improvement, the drain age of swsmp lands, the banking opera tions of a loan office, and the various duties assigned the Board of Internal Imptovemenl and ihe Literary Board, will not be consilered by any person, as Executive duties. For if to, there ae then as many Executive funeiion arie to discharge these Executite du nes, as thne aie members of these B'-anif. The duties assigned to the Rxcutive. as President ex officio of these Boards, I have und very onerous, and responsible. I besitdte not io say. that tbe duties which I htefund it necessaiy to perform in the faithful discharge of the trust confi Jed to me, as President ex officio of the Lite rary ll iaid alone -in surperintending the lian of the Board, the drainige of the swamp lands, and ihe great variety of du ties and eorresponlence connected with ill4- C immon Schools, hae imposed upon me more t' n fie fold the amount ol la bor, ad required much more time and attention, than all the duties which pro petly penain to the Executive office. The Sbiary oi llie uxeeuiivo was oeu at the 'present sum in 1817 the Legisla ture of 18S6 passed the Acts by which he 'became President (T officio of these B.iard-, and assigned to bun the duties which he had to pet farm. Was it reason able, was it just in the Legislature to as sign to the Executive new- duties which were not bxecutive duties, and altaw him no compensation for their porldrmance whde it allowed those associated with htm pay lor discharging, similar duties? Was it just to assign him there duties which might require, and have required, a. considerable expenditure for travelling session. . , , , . . From the organization of the Boards under the Actt aforesaid, it ha been the unanimous opinion ol the members of each Board, that the President if the Bosrd ws entitled to the tame per diem pay ss any. other meober, aud to be allowed his tiaveiltug expenses as other members; and they have uniformly' ord? red the pay ment. Tbe Comptroller, an active and vigilant officer, bat uniformly put the same con struction upon the law, and pastrd the warrants for the payment ef the Governor at a member of then Boards. ' The public .Treasurer, who first aid three warrants, P. W. Courts, Esq., a lawyer of distinction, and an officer cf great vigiltnee, did not hesitate to pay ihem, from the organization of the Board n Mil be retired from nffire in April 1839: fiora which lime to the present, ihey have been uniformly and promptly paid, with the one exception referred to in the cor respondence. ' I then had in-interne w iii my predecessor, wno nan organized the boards, on the subject, hen I was in formed by him that upon looking to Chap. 61, he found the worda 44 commissioners" used, as he understood the act, promis cuously, sometimes meaning all the mem bers of the Board, tnd sometimes mean ing only those appointed by the Governor; that he referred the question to distin guished gentlemen of the legal profesrion, who gave it ts their opinion, that be wal entitled to compensation for his service. I tlica-directed my attention to the ac tion of the Legislature and its organs on , the same subject. I found alt the war rants and vouchers, paying the Governor hither diem for service on these Boards, uniformly paseed upon and allowed by the Commuters of Finance of the Legisla tures of 1833, 1840 and 1842, and acqui esced in by these Legislatures. And lhat it may be seen who compos ed these committees, and passed these vouchers, I give their names. COXXITTER OF FlSAJiCE IX 1838. Se- nate Edmund Jones, L. D. Wilson, II. G Spraill, J. D. Hawkins, William Al bright Alfred Duckery, Caleb Elheridge, tlouge ubun. Commons F.J. Hill.W. P Williams, r J. MeWiltiams. Nathaniel Rand, Will. Iluggins. Isaac Ciegg, Caleb Matthews, L. At. ttwynn. 1840. Senate- II. G. Spruill. L D. Wilson. W. Albright, Robert Mrlvin, , Alfred Moye, Alfred Hargrave, Archibald . McDermid. Thomas Ward. . Commons J. P. Caldwell, Asa Biggs, Isaac Burns, J. L. Foreman, Daid Reid, Lewis Thompson, Cabrin Graves, J. O'K. William. 1842 Senate S.L;Arrirtfftnn,lT. G. Sprudl, Whttmel Stallings, Alfred Moye, K. Hester, Will. Albright, W. P. Dobson, John Walker. CommoiiB Asa Biggs,. J. P. Caldwell,