Viavt tYer known tSnt bitter moment ! Tew
reach it and ever turn back." But vet there
art few Did John Deforest?
Deeper anil deeper down more of pining,
nine ol reckless conduct for the strong man
4i4nlirii.f fur the ncirlected wifeat home--
altt now no longer strong out io the world.
And then came the terrible hour, for which
all other hours of this sad history had been
but a preparation when the last bond be
tween them was to be severed I
To be concluded.
Nw Law. rKEPavsirxT on ail Taatm
t Prtmtkd Matter cori!LsoR. The ?a
tionat Intelligencer publishes the-following
which tlie Postmaster General
v... mnrn out the provisions of the
lies niw . -----,f c
... !.. n.eceil rrnuintiar nrenaymcnt ol
postage on all transient punted natter,
i HnoVs. not weighing over tur pounds
may be sent in the mail, prepai.i by postage
-..mn. at one cent an ouuee any distance m
the United States under three thousand miles,
....I .t twn rents an ounce over three thou
sand miles, provided they are put op wiJiout
a rover or wrapper, or in a cover or wrapper
Am.ii at the ends or sides, so that their clur.
acter mar be determined without remising
sbj. wnnnpr.
2. Unsealed circulars, advertisements,
business cards, transient newspapers, ami
very other article f transient printed mat
ter, except books",) not weighing over three
minces, sent in the mail to any part of the
Un.ted States, are chargeable with one ttnt
postage each, to be prepaid by postage stamps.
Vhere more than one cin ular is printed on
sheet, or a circuhr and letter, each must be
charg.nl with a single rate. Tins applies to
lottery and other kindred sheets assuming
the form and name of newspapers and the
miscellaneous matter in such sheets must also
be charged with one rate. A business card
on an unsealed envelope of a circular, subjects
tlie entire packet to letter pmtage. Any
transient matter, like a circuUr or handbill,
enclosed in or with a rwriodical or newspaper
.t to subscriber. or to any other person,
subjects the whole package U letter postage ;
and whenever subject to letter postage, Irom
Leimr sealed, or from aiiv cause, whatever, a'l
printed matter, wunoui exception, ut
prepaid, or excluded from the mail. It is the
dutv of the postmaster at the mailing office,
as j ell as at the ofice of delivery, carefully
tii ik.niiie II orinted matter, in order t
see that it is charged with the proper rate of
p isUge, ami lo detect U aud. Aioiuceswnere
jiosta, stamps cannot bo procured, postmas
ter are authorized to receive money io pre-
ravntent of postage on transient matter j but
thef Simula oe careiui io nep a, sij'i vl
tamps n hand.
' . from the ?lew York ataralJ. f , '
THE OCEAN TELEGRAPH FROM Walt
STREET TO'LONDOX W LESS THAN NO
TIME I . . i s
A the ocean telegraph line is now almost
a fixed fact, a few details as to its working
arrangement may not come amiss. There
inmiv neoule bo unthinking as to in-
tj r ... o i i.
l.lJi, ,nH others of a Uui-n, th. Con.titutioi., and the Laws-the Guar-
The Rochester L'nioa. eivinsr an account
of a bov named George ShaleuWnf ever the
Great Grno-e Fullt, in Rjchester, sav s : "It
appears that the boys went down the slope
t wards the mill, werhaps to see how far they
might venture ; one of thera, named George
Shale, ventured too far, alipped upon the
crast, in an instant went over the great pre-
n.re. Tallin over one hundred feet, to the
Terse of the water, boiling ap from the eddy
under the Great Fall. All who heard the
dead, but he was so far from beini dead that
hia cries attracted the attention of skaters on
the river, some forty rods distant, and they
went to his relief. lie was found standing
partly upright in the snow, about six feet from
t ie e'dge of the water. One of his legs was
badly shattered sl some of his ribs were
broken. The precise extent of his injuries
could not be at once ascertained. He fell feet
foremost and was terribly jarred, though
atxiking in the soft snow may have in tome
measure lessened the sho k."
nraetiral turn of mind, ask how much will it
cont us for messages ? In the first place, the
revolution in the newspaper world will oc
soiuethinz astounding. Y hen Parliament ;s
in session we shall te ante to print m
llcrald of the next day as much ot the pru
reeilinM of the British Senators as mav be
interesting to the American puunc, rni
ment usually gets up about two o'clock in
the morning, but as the airtererue in time
about five hours in our favor, we shall re
ceive the doings of the sages nl v rt minster
at about ten or eleven o'block in the even
ing, New York time-that being several
hours hefore adjournment. a d quite as early
. ,. -r
as we generally receive the proceeuings oi
Congress. The transactions in stocks, the
closing price in consols, the state of the at
ton market, will be sent from London and
Livernoul evert dar at three o'clock in the
afternoon, will be received here before noon,
forming the basis o Wall st-eet operations
for ihatdav in other words, tie dmnjsof the
London Exchange will be k-Hn in Wall
street before 'Change hours he t, a- C will be
mihiished in the naners of the t evening
before they ate laid before the ikitih public.
Transactions on the Paris Bourse will be sent
ir. the same manner. The advantages of
a mil- anorrsntila rnmmunitv Can Dardlv
be overrated, while the reading public will
be kept au ivuranl to all European attairs.
V t.at will a message eost r is a very im
portant question. The British government,
guaranteeing the company patronage to the
amount of seventy thousaud dollars per an
num, has fixed the maximum rate at four
shillings sterling per word, or one dollar ol
federal monev. This will be divided be
tween the stations as follows : From Lon
don to Cork, sixpence sterling; across the
ocean, two shilhnes and sixvence ; from
Newfoundland to New York, one shilling.
The difference in these rates and those of
our inland lines may be readtlr perceived by
the following calculation s v e puomnea a
dav or two ago an abstract of he new treaty
between the L nited States and Great Hntain
in relation to Central American aSairs.
l'his abstract occupied a column of small
type ot the Herald, and was telegrapneu
troin vvasmngton to us at an expense oi
seventv-five dollars. Now, if after the ocean
telegraph is in working order, one of our
London correspondent should nappen to see
an enuallv important document, and should
send us an abstract oi equal lengtn, we
should astonish Downing street at an expense
of two thousand dollars and it would be
worth the money. And while our govern
ment hesitates about paying seventy thou
saud per year to the line, here is a chance
lor a single dispatch to the Herald, for which
we should pay two tnousanu,
tlians of our I.ilKitii's.
HILLSBOROUGH, K. C. .
TTcduesdaT, Jauuary 14, tS5T-
OT Ws tenJwr our thanks to thons of our eubicri
ben who hT com forward and paiJ up tMr
: But inanT have not maile it convenient to call
ujion us; and u we esnnot call upon am, we nau
newnBitf , hv to employ our agenn lira con.ui
in theeoteral neighhorhooos, to w hom we murt py
rommiMiane, anil wa hope our demands will be met
with o much promptness tlist no othor expense will
be incurred. A very little reflection will show to all
who ire in arrears that the Printer must hate money,
..J nneeiallT does he need it at this season of ths
year; we hope, therefore, that payments win not
unnecessarily delayed.
rvrin ThiirsJ lt. the followins oentleman
wera electrd by joint ballot of the two Houmm, True-
tees of the. Uniteraity of North-Carolina t
Thomaa Settle, Jr, of Rockingham.
Dr. R. Dillard. of Chowan.
Wili:m W. Holden, of Wake.
R. A. Hamilton, of Oinille.
Dr. J. F.E. Hardy, of Buncombe.
T"Th N. Carolina Time of the 7lh int, saya
u The Hon. Edward Stanly left here (Waahington)
on Sa'urdav mornini lart, on hi way to San. Fran'
ciaco, California. We are pleased to aay that Mr.
Stanly never eniiyej beltei' health than hedoea at the
present time ; and that he eiueeU to be able to settle up
hia affairs in California, in the eouwe of twetve months
when he will return, and make thia future borne.
COTEMPORARY CHANGE.
Tna pATroT aso Ftao. The proprirtora of ths
r!M.n.kniif.li Pitriot and Iiintlon Fle. have
..;ii ,k. MiahlnhmenM ander the title of Ths Pa
tsioT so Ft. which will be isnued from Greene-1
Bnroir,h onder the joint proprietorship of Meems.M. 8. J
Sherwood and James A. Lonj, who will both omciare
as editors. Aa they hae already acquired ronaidera-j
ble rrimtion aa ready writers, able editors, genuine
Americans, aud eleser frllown." and aa their pnhliration
begins with an ettenie circulation, they hae an
encouraging proi-pMt before them which we hp W.B
not be diaappointi-d.
Ti Satiaacar Hr.iin. E. B. Drake, late of the
Aahlior.igh Bulletin, has become joint proprietor witb
Mr. Samuel W. J a in the Saliabury Herald. The
Herald bsa hitherto maintained a good reputation, and
will no daubt continue to be a valuable medium ol
intrlllfienee to its numerous patrons.
Tbs Jioava CaRowaa Bciiartv will continue to
be publuhed at Aaheborough, under the management of
Meaara. I. M. A. Drake and W m. M, faraet. j nia
it dens at the solicitation of many of the eilisens of
R.nX.lnli. hadmin that their countr shall not be
r. .
Sforili Cartfiaia tcstelaiure.
- ' Ffi'lay, January 8.
J In the Senate, Mr. wiiusr, irom w v.u..-
Ba.ikaand Currency, reported the bill to Incorporate
.1.. a.i;.i..,rv Bunk, recommending its rejection; and
also the bill in reference to the (iieenalwrough Bank,
With amendments. .
Mr. Clark introduced a bill to repeal me a ioi
.,. of the Hunerior CourU, BufBired. -
The bill to make railroad companies responsible for
the killinj of ealtle, stock, c. by locou,otiea, waa
read ths second time. Mr. Wiggins advocated its
passage. The Wilmington road, he said, paid noth
ing, the Gaston road paid one-half. Mr. Wilder ex
plained. H said, when tho accident is unavoidable,
the road Dava half value : when it can be shown that
, . ,
it waa the result or carelessness or recmm-
nt f th. engineer, thon ths road pays full value,
..! .ll.i, ta from the waeca of the engineer. Mr.
e... . i kill after which, on motion oi
batuia .
M, Wio-ulna, it waa laid on the table.
Mr. Coleman introduced a bill so to amend the
form of the oath for witnesses, that Unisersalials and
ihra ahall be permitted to take it.
In the Commons, Mr. Baxter introduced a bill im
poaing a tax of one per cent on Bank profiiaauJ
dividends, provided the lax does not reduce tne pruim
to leaa than six oar cent. ; Mr. Elliott, a bill to extend
ths time of entering titles to vacant lands; smi
also a bill to alter the time of meeting of the Gone.
it Assembly, propoaing to meet on the fourth Mondey
in Decembers which bills were appropriately referred.
Mr. Oreen introduced a resolution authorising the
State Geologist, under the direction of the Governor,
to transmit a collection of the minerals of this Stale
to the patent office Washington City.
Saturday, January fl.
In the Senate, the bill admitting wives to tealify
againat their hunbauJa ia certain case, in courts of
w. passed the third reading.
The. bill renuiiing persms wh sue railroads, to
give notice, dec, waa read the second time and re
jected. The bill for the benefit of creditors of deceas
ed persons, whose estate are inwlvent, was also re
jected.
Several bills of a private or local character were
acted on.
In the Commons, the resolution offjred ywtrJsy
by Mr. Stuhbs, relative to the daily session, after
being disruised and amended, wa rejected
10
every
PorvcAwr it lrn. A correpoJent of
i it &ao Francisco Herald, writing from rill
vnore City, Utah, under da'.e of September
15lb, furnishes a list of the members of the
lst Legislature, and the number of wives
MJ by each. From this it appears that thir
teen members of the Council have one l.nn
sired and seventy one wives, and twenty six
members of the Hoo-e have one hundred and
fifty seven wive. I'ne officers of the House
I ve twenty two wives. a. fiernor Hrijt-
l am Voung sixty cigl.t. 1 e w bole number of
l-ma!rs (l.us rej.rts. nTu by the legislature,
s.fiirers of the sirr.e, and hi Excellency is
4Z0. Tlie same corte'ponderit gives an idea
jf persnnal appfaranre. Sir. i f the Bien wli
r the huibands f audi a hmt of woraeo.
Tne whole crowd ewntaiin-d ""'y one hand
some man, and he is reported as the husband ,
f one wile. " ll.ese,' ados tins correspon
strut, are sober tn'hi, and in what they
wi:i end is for the dark and doleful future."
Iitir and pn
W. Sander. Ei ss an aaorinte eitiUir. A.lh.i'iab
we have atiftVreJ very ni'.eria'ly in some mattrrs of
opinion with the editor oi e commercial, we na
esteemed hia as a Ulen'ed editor end liberal gentle
man. With his new oeate we have had n sc-
qoaintanre. hat hnpe he may be able to add additio
repniitinn to the Commercial.
Taa N- Exrss. The eiKtor ot the ew.
hem Eipre r- - soon toeommfnre its Pul lirstion
da'.Iv. aa w .,s tkly. The pi-s to be 46 per an.
num.
iltiotrt
riT't Iti.t Sta5r.T. The Mobile Tri
bune relates the f illowing Revolutionary
anec-lo'e: "Am on? the tnest active and daring
f Marion's m n, i re KoVrt Simons and
V,i!'iBii U'itiiers. They h4 been ser.t to
jrtti.er on some cori&'lentia! ejpedt'if". and
while resting at noon fur n-fieshmr t.?. With
ers, a practiced shot, w af t.imir.in hi pistols
to sec if they wi-re m gMl order, wiule Si-ru'i-.s
al b ar h.in. either reading or in a
reverie. "B'sai'l Wnhera, "if yi.u hail
not t'nat lump on the brn',- ,f your noe,
ou would be a hk-'y yonnr fi'lloV," 'I)o
yo'i thiua so i " ii tiuu ts, listlessly. " Ve,
" said Wit'jcM, "I t'l.tik i can shoot
s.iT that ujiy Imiiip on y jr uv. f hl I
Vot i" rvho'jt . ' sa,l Linton, etui crack
went t ie pis''.', Tiic b?,!I toiiid out hate
been Uc!tr aimed, it struck the projertiitz
bridge, dewo!ihtrd it form er, and f.entefortii
feinii.us was tiie ugliest n.an intiie army."
rtrvotrn-iisar Sotoir.a Go;r.. Lt year
fifty llevnUti-fisry sold.rrsdied, imnizthetn
I'ril Knspp, the lest of Wsshinfori's duanl.
The Mwibe-r f Rvoiitiona''v su'diersnnthe
The thousand uttle messages, practical or i new.paper. l V
romantic, bullying or begging, pathetic .,,.. Cos.ay-Thom.. Urine
amusin', savage or. aifectiouate, announcing ,,,.,, of ,i,e w.lmineto,, Com.
bF'nVveRr-wfficK are eonWiCsHe TiTntt ! " re:K"3 m' n" eiaon.nmrw neajusa
from one end of the country to the other,
making the batteries leap in unison with the
pulsations of thousands of hearts, w ill be sent
at the same rate. A dispatch which costs
forty cent from Boston to New York will
. . J..II r t !.. ... XT V L.
cost ifl uviiiirs iiuiu auiiuuu iv ,icw iws.
v. i -i i .1... .iv
uur reuura are aircsuv aware uiav me
route has been surveyed it the expense of
the United States, and that all the reports
agree as to the practicability of layiug the
cable upon the great ocean plateau. The
new cable is two-thirds smaller than that
which was lost last summer, and it will un
doubtedly work much better. Lieutenant
Borryman, who sounded the whole route,
states that the lightest ine'rumen's were
found to reach the bottom with the greatest
certainty, and as to the safety of the wire,
the bottom of tlie sea is believed to be as
quiet and peacefu' as an infant's slumbers.
The route is Maury's treat circle line, and
is far north of th locality where all the ice
accidents have taken place, and the greatest
depth is a little over two thousand lathoms.
The British government will survey and
sound the whole route in April next. Id
July tw o vessels will leave the English coast
witii tne cauie a mue oi wmcn weigns a ton.
Afier reaihing a point enui-dutant from
both termini, the cables w ill be joined to
gether and sunk. The vessels will then part
company, the one proceeding to tne Irish
rosst atid the other to t'ie American, paying
out the cable as thy so aloor. The whole
work ot iavint! e w-re can f done in a
week or two at tin- oj'sid.
We have thus briefly l',;4 down a few
facts in relation to this, t greatest andcr-
tali.nr of the centurv. We have but little
doubt as to the result, tn less than a year
from the present writmz we expect to sit in
the Herald office and telegraph instructions
toour London correspond, nts, receiving an
rs from them on the same dav. And we
lUoexpett to chronicle before many years
me latt that all the nations or tne earui
speak to earn other throush the electric wires.
As a further improvement upon the system
of submarine telegraphs, all the lines on land
w ill shortly be subterranean, thus making the
bottom of the sea and the bowels of the earth
mediums for the transmission of intelligence
liui.t sua to sun and from pole to pole.
ITTSN4TiojtL Pttttso Treaties are the
work of diplomatists. Men regard them as
the prmiur t oi tnose who, line the ordinary
makers t.f bargains, are endeavoring to get
the best of each other. Bat there are little
acts of courtey which go further to cement
nations than all the agreements ever entered
' i.- ,t.. .... i . ...i ...i.,i. ....... .1.. ...
Tutm i twU on ue 1st . July. I83G, w.s d 0 r.prWnt Governments in their
514. A few years more will sweep away the V.-. .,K ti. i..
rtior'' ' ysfl's lltnbur?!t Mnenrln,
fnt De-em'. ; eomsisa. 1. A Iteeenl Confession of an
Opium Eater. 3. Indian Empire, it: The Athelini;or
The Threegifts Part VII. 4. Respectability A Die-
torn, ft. Dred. 6. The English Reclrsiatra!
Courts. 7. The Food of London. . The Poa-Jee'
Lull, and what will break it. 9. Indet.
PsHished hy Isnanl SenM eV Co Tfew Tork.
Price $3 per annum, for any ne of the Reviews, or
Blackwood ; for any two of t' works. $5 s fur Black
sis and the four Review, .10. See tlie advertise
ment in another eolcmn.
fe'nainder of those gsl'ant pattiul.
An American at Gibraltar writes that lie
bought " two pounds of grapes, two pounds of
apples, two ol peaches, two of lemons, and a
batkrt to earry them, .and all for a quarter
f a dollar."
A fehenee-ady edito, deKribieg the tfter ts
of the barque Resolute by our Republic to
the rn'isii Government should stand out
from the page of history as a deed worthy
the progress of tlie age. The reception of
the Americans who were aboard the vessel
at Southampton shows that the act was ap.
prcciatrd. and that the Knzlish people, from
the Queen to the laborer, are ready to repond
to the good feeling thus displayed. iM it
" Thrllllnz trle." The prsetiee which
some of ear enteinp-vsres hsve adopted whether ihey
ttf pmi for it or not wedon4 kuw of pnKishing s
chapter from s thrilling story, and referring the reader
to a Nort'iern fuhliratioa for the comlusion, is well
taken on in the following article t
Tub UstrnnrrsTit Cnna, on tbk IiatSTeo
DnronirT, .f Thrilling Story,in 4f)0 Chaplin.
CHrrta 1 The kitchen fire burned
hrighllv. The phvsingnnmy of Dinah, the
rook of the distinguished P. Q. Manbus,
Ksq., glowed with the exertion consequent
upon attending the culinary picparation ol
her master's mstotinal meal.
Cnarras. 2. The fire still continues to
burn.
L'sarrtR 3. Dinah's physiog still glows
as above set forth.
Cnarrr.n 4. The rook suddenly assumes
si attitude of surprise, astnnishment, per
pleiry, and fear ! What can it be, oh, Dinah
of the ebony face, which frights thee from
tit? serustuined propriety, and makes us
anxious as In the fate of the breakfast of thv
revered and distinguished master i We shall
learn anon.
'He above is all of this Intensely Interest
ing story which can be published in this pa
per. It may be found, however, in the
irtakty Joktr, which publishes, every day a
thouaa'nd thins enosllv a food. Re sure
to ak l r the Joker of the 40th of January,
and yoi will find a continuation of the story
from where it leaves off here. John Jones
writes for it. Peter smith write for it;
evrrvhodv writes for it. All the great writers,
dead or I'ivinf, write for it, and the only use
now for Southen newspapers is to" sell their
own readers, and help to facilitate the sale
of Northern humbugs.
t a wjo.il iponaeanal bo.t.eafsfVthenilie be M jn future. We are one people-
gale e at at iw li.ghe.1, the nf.-ans-e ersf. one language, law, and literature. Why
keeled m larboard, and the eapian sod sitcher ghoul, rt not b ;ernal friends
task liitkey rOiedoafibo d TU!f'E.viUl.
Ortvtoss CnanoR. The rWretsry of the
Treasury say in his report that a pnrs
metallic enrrenrr may be set down a i'm-
pmdknble, amler our Constitution and laws,
to say nothing ol die sentiments ol the people."
v'e infer Imm this, either that the Demo
cracy have finally dropped their " hard mo
ney'' hum'iox, or that Mr. Gathrie has tamed
"British Wh'r"and ben"boghtbv Bank."
ftytttrttt Oiterttr.
The bill repealing certain sections;! the Revised
Code BUthoriiing the appointiurnt of a Slate Oeolo-
, .l , .r I . I . S
gst, waa reau tne eecoim iinis sua ; .
Daya 7.
The bill to increase the aalary of the Secretary of
State was read the second time, and after considerable
disrussion, waa rejected yeas 31, nays 70.
The bill for the better securing of eosia in esses of
ejectment, waa read the second time, and the rules be
ing suspended, the bill waa read the third tune, and
after considerable discussion it was p vised by a vote
of 71 to S3.
A bill to allow banks to issue notes of the value of
three and fnnr dollars, was read the second time.
Mr. Hill of Halifax, said this bill put ail banks io
the State upon an equal footing. It allowed all la do
that which waa now confined to a trw.
Mr. Siulibs opposed the principle of the bill, as on
doing all that had been d : by farmer Legislituree to
banish small notes end imr .Ju" a metallic currency'
a plan which had euevecJed in Virginia. The bill was
then laid on the table.
On motion of M -. S -i', tne bdl M provide for the
- - - ".' - 1 " .J OissecoiiJ and
third times, and paseu.
Monday. January t.
In the Senate, the kill to amend tlie charter of the
Dink of Wilmington passed its third reading.
A resolution from the House, proposing to adjourn
tine afie on the S6th instant, after a abort discussion,
was adopted yeas S7, naya IS,
At IS o'clo-k the hill to re-charter the Bank of the
Slate waa taken up as the sieial order, and the dis
cussion upon it waa continued to the end of the days'
session.
In the Commons, Mr. Waddill introduced s reaila
tion directing the Judiciary committee to inquire into
the eipcdiency of increasing the juris lictivn of jus-
urea of (he peace to the inninl of f 100.
Mr. Bledsoe introduced a bill to provide a sinking
fued for the ettinguishment of the puMie debt
The bill to diminish costs in law suits, after drlaie,
psaaed the second reading. Among other provisions.
tlie bill allows the p'aintiffs and defendante to be eiam-
sd in open court on oath.
A resolution was passed, and sent to the Senate,
proposing to adjourn erne eVe on the 96th instant,
A bill to repeal the S.h eertion 3fSih chapter of the
Revised Code, making it penal to psss nne and two
d'dlsr notes, was read the second time and passed
yeas 65, nays 37.
Tarsdsy, January 6,
In ths Senate, the Mil to repeal the Sth, 6th, and
7th sections of iht 30th chapter of the Rrv'sed Code,
entitled Currency, was read tl.e second time. Tli
amendment permits the circulation of small rotes.
Alter considerable discussion the h." passed tle second
reading lj s vote of 33 to 13.
In the Commons Mr, Tlsiur. from lle committee
on the bill to rbarter the I'eopie'a Sank, reported it
bark with emmdrsen's, which were ordered to be
printed.
Severs! bills were presented and appropristely re
ferred. The bill to eotho-ite banks to has notes of the
vslus of one, two, three and hut dollars, waa Isken
op. A motion to nvb-fi niely p.epone it waa rejected
by a veto of 33 to 81. Considerable discussion ot.
eurrcd oa ths billi sal as amendment was sd.plnl
requiring small notes presented at the hanks to be
paiJ in silver American coin. This amendment wee
adopted by yea 63, nsys 4$.
Wednesday, January 7.
In the Senate, Mr. B y 1, front the committee on
Finance, itporttd back tli Nil to eiemptrom lax,
tion and fil the rate of interrst on the coupon bowls
of the North Carolina railroad. Mr. Cameron a l vo
ce ted ita passage, and at his mm ion tbs rules were
suspended and it passed ils third reading.
A long and eiriii'ng debate eecarred on the propo
sition to go bite aa election of ire Traatees of the
University.
Oa motion of Mr. Person, the bill authoring the
public treasurer to subscribe for alock in the Seaboard
and Roanoke Railroad Company, Was takes Up, read,
and Mr. Person moved to amend the amendment, by
giving that road Ave years longer, to pay the bonds
now held egsinvt It by Nwth Carolina, lha interest to
be paid annually. This motion prevailed, and ths bill
passed ita second reading ; sod, on motion, read third
time and passed.
In the Commons, Mr. Bsdham'a resolution prohibi
ting the Introduction of hills after the 1 1th instant,
alter a short delist, was rejerted yeae 43, naji 67.
Mr. Bad bam introduced a resolution, lhal member
shetiii net draw their pa dtera after the !ia ii
laid an the table.
The unfiiiisUUtness o ycaiJiiy.W the bill
to repeal the law ag.in.t isaulng small notes, was
taken up. Several amendments wora proposed and
rejected, and considerable ueoaw r- --"
fl-..j'i,M amendments! First, that the
paster viiv.v - .
mnnnt of small noUia issued should not exceed
... n the eanitiil stock I Second, that
k;ii .mdu should bo redeemable in goldsnd
I,, nnncinal bsnk. and all its branches,
Slivci, a. r 1 , ...
;.i....,i ..srd to anv Umilation exproaacu on i
r. r.K. hill: Third, that the General Aesembly
., ilme. rrservo the nnvilegs hereliv grsnieu
.i.. i,v of issuiiir notes under $S. The first
IM ,11V wi, v - .
sdopted byyess 1US, nsys 11 s the seconu oy
.... as. n.v. S7i and the third without a division.
i , : .: . Hnssl of the
Mr. Ullult amenueu ov u, - r
clauses prohibiting tli I'ublio treasurer ir
notes of bai.ka leaa than $5, which wss adoptea.
Further debate ensued I after which the bill psaaea
it. stand reailine yeas 61, nays R3 Muaara. Lyoi
and Stray horn, of Orange, and Montgomery and rst-
terson, of Alamance, voting In tne negative.
Thursday, January 8,
The Senate, immediately aflor the reading of ths
minutes, directed a message to be aent to the Mouse,
proposing to go immediately into an election ol nve
Trustees of the ljniversity.
The special order of the day Waa taken up, being
bill to incorporate the Oreenaborough and Danville
Railroad Company. The Brat queatioa being an
amendment proposed by the committee, that amend
ment was sdopted ayea 44, noes 1. The pasaag
the hill was slso advocated by Messrs. Boyd, Gorrell
W. H. Thomaa, J. W. Thomas, and W. A. Myers i
and opposed by Messrs. Eaton, Houston, Hill, and
Cameron. The question waa then put on the passage
of the bill, and lost yeaa 1 1, nays 33.
. In the Commons, a large numlier of reports were
made, and bills presented. A bill concerning Harnett
county elicited considerable debate, but was rejected
ayes 4, nays 69.
. Friday, Janua7 0.
In the Senate, reports from several committees were
made, among which was the report or the Moane
committee, recommending an increase of taxation,
with hill for the purpose; which waa ordered tobs
printed and made the special order for Wednesday
next.
The bill to incorporate the Milton Junction railroad.
was taken upas the special order, and several amend
menta made. The question waa then put, aud the
o.il lost ayea 13, not 31.
Mr. W. H. Tbonus introduced a liil to establish
free banking in this State.
The bill to re-charter the Btats Bank was taken op,
amended, and passed til second reading -yeaa 34.
oava 7.
In the Commona,severat bills were presented. The
unfinished business of yesterday, being the bill con
cerning the bonds of the North Carolina Railroad
Company, was taken up, and a debate of considerable
length occurred, but no question was taken.
Couires.
Wednesday, Jsnuary 3.
The Senate had a brief seasuia, portion of it en
eiecutive business ; and after the reception of memo
rials, reports, and reenluti ins, sdjoamed to Monday.
In the House, Mr, Walker, of Alabama, introduced
a bill to amend the act regulating the pay of deputy
pestmasters. The House went into committee of the
hole on private bills, and reported filiern without
objections which were subsequently passed, and the
IliMis aj..4 au
Monday, January a.
Io the Senate, a report waa made by Mr. Butler,
from the committee on the Judiciary, adverse to the
legality of the election of Mr, H.rlsn, Senator from
Iowa, to a eeat in that body, and declaring the seat
varant. Mr. Toombs Bresenurd a minority report.
affirming the validity of Mr. Hwlan's election.
The speviel order of the day was the bill providing
for the srltlemeiitof the claims of the cCers of the
Revolutionary army. The l.iil provides for half pay.
irom 1?V to 126, to the cAVera, if living, or tit tlunr
widows, children, or grand children. Collateral heirs
not provided pur. Mr. Seward delivered an elstxirsl
argument in support of the bill. Mr. Pugh mail a
few reruerka in npjmtition to it.
In Ihe Jlouse, eummonicatione were received from
tlie War and Slate Di-partm-nts. A res, lulion waa
adopted, requesting the President to inform the House
by whst authority a gomnmml arch.tert ia em, I ved
and paid for designing and directing all public build,
(iigs, and also for pUn.ng said buildings under the
supervision of laditary engimere. Motions were
made to suaptnd the rules to Use up Ihe Pacific rait
rtad, and other bills, but none of thria prevailed.
Tuesday, Jinusry 6.
In Ihe Senate, ttie arting President, Mr. Bright, be
ing absent, Mr. Mason, of Virginia, was elected Prrai
dent pra km. The disputed Iowa election rase in
volving the nghtof Mr. Harlan toa seat in the Senate,
wae debated St considerate length. Without coming
to a derision, the Serials kid aa executive evasion.
and then adjourned.
In tlie House, the Tariff bill of Ihe committee ef
Ways snd Means, snl the substitute reported by Mr.
Letcher, hu b were Ihe order of the day, were referred
to the committee ef Ihe Whole. Mr. Uord, of South
Carolina, gave notice of a proposition to reduce all
duties on Imports to the standard of twenty per rent.
The siil jertof the reference and printing of the Presi
dent's message being the unfinished business, wss
acsin taken up. Able speeches were delivered by Mr.
Stephana, of Georgia, and Mr. iJavia, of Maryland;
and Mr, Chandler, of Pennsj ivama, km Hy reviewed
some of the argu.nenla. '
We lnesdaf, January T,
In th Senate, the Iowa election caae waa farther
debated j alter which so eiecutive session was hel l,
snd then Ihe Senate adjourned to Friday.
In th House, after the reception of eiecutive docu
ments, the debet was resumed en 111 President's
message, and ocenpied th remainder of ll.s session.
Th House then adjourned over to Friday, In honor of
ths victory of ew Orleans.
Rr.Traw it Camis IIasstei! d thc
Aar.Rirsw Orrn-Kss or the IUos.OT.-Tlie
advices from England stale that the Ilriii-h
government, with an admirable appreciation
of the national compliment involved in the re
turn ol (he Arctic exploring shin Resolute, and
a determination to mailt their high estimation
of the deed, have resolved to send Captain
llariatein, and tha American officers and
crew who took out the Resolute, home in a
government steamer. Tha first class steam
Irigaie Retribution had been assigned for the
performance ttt this office, and would leave
bnglamlunhergralelul mission to thiscountry
soon after Christmas. The appearance of an
Kngliah frigate on our coast upon such an
errand will be warmly greeted, and lend to
strengthen tha feeling of good will between
the two til (ions which latt even la have ao
favoraW inaugurated, '
tttAlJGtfnAT.o:v 6 00V. KBAGfJ. 1 .; ' .
Ti.......i. the 1st. in the Commons' '.
jn aoMisuuj, .
Uall. in the presence of the members of both
House of the General Assembly, and a large
concourse of persons of both seies. Gov. ,
Braze took ami suuscrmeu mo . .
for hit second term. A lew moments before ,
twelve o'clock, M., he members ol the Sen
ate, headed by their SpesKet.nnii we.,
tered the Commons ensmoer. !'
Shepherd and the members oi tne ' . ,.,
r. . . .i a. Co.L.e Sverv. of .
rose to receive tnein, ! -""Y " yi.
the Senate, taking a seat to tne ng.n . ,
Shephertl. Soon after Gov, Bragg, attended ,
bv the commttte ol the two nouses, aim ,
v V,, , n.. .n.i i,,.ins i.ftlie Sunretne
tne uniei . . .
Court, entered the Hall, the members rising ,
to receive them. wr. speaner e.
in due lorin, proclaimed Thomas Bragg the .
Governor elect for two ytars from
the 1st January, 1897. tna me on ns w
were atlministeieu ty v-mei usio.D
alter which Gov. Bragg delivered in an im
pressive manner the loiiowwg very ,vv, .
ate address
Gtntkmm J iht Senate i
. tni ttuutt Comment , . ., .
Two yeat 6 ago it was my fortune to appear
before you andgive the pledges of fidelity
renuired bv law before ennng til thii
discharge of the tu-ei vl i-ni
officer of the State. The time for which I had
then been elected has expired.
It may hardly be becoming in me now to
sneak of mf psst official course. W leiiow-
' . jf . ... .:n 1...I... r
itizens ol ail political parties win jusc
that, and. from rat knowledge oi mem. s
confidently believe ther will do it, not only
rnnsiileratelv hut killdlr.
J --- ,
Errors, no tinuDt, nave oeen ummiii ov
. .:. r .l . ... L
me. I claim no eiemption irom m " -
nesv incident in a greater or lea degree to
us all, and trust that I am sensihle, to some
extent at least, of my own imperfections in
particular. All I ask "f them is, t believe
that 1 hae been actuated by honest purposes,
and have, nn all occasions, endeavored lo
maintain the honor and dignity ol the State,
and to advance her welfare and prosperity.
so far as I had power to un it, within the
scope of my official suthority. r
A majoritv oi my teiiow cui.en nir re
elected me Governor of the State. Indebted
to them as I was before, for the generous
confidence reposed in me, when comparative
ly a stranger to most of them, I can find no
language now adequate In express my deep
sense of the obligation under which they hate
placed me, and my gratitude for their decided
support, alter they had an opportunity, to
some extent, of passing upon my omciai con
duct. ...
It is onder these rirrsmslances that I ap
pear before you to-day Io renew the pledge
of official fidelity heretofore given; and if I
enter upon the discharge ol mr official du
ties for a second term, not with entire con
fidence, 1 shall do so with alacrity, feelinj as
sured that my official ads, whatever they
mav be. will be faulr and impartially paasetl
upon by all. and that my errors, if any, will
at least meet with the kind indulgence of
those whose good opinion and support I nave
heretofore been so fortunate as to secure.
We enter to-day opn another year
whether it is to be one of weal or woe fr oar
country and our State, is known to llim who
roles a tin uirecta tne Destinies ii nation.
Though the prospect Uloie ue ia nt
of calm unbroken brightness, and fragments
of the storm-clouds w bich but lately overhung;
the land still float in our political horizon,
yet they have ceased for the lime to threaten
us with danger or excite our immediate ap-
fireheosions. These indications may be de
usive, but I have persuaded myself that there
is a calmer, a better and more tolerant spirit
sbroad in the country. Our people have pro
fited by the breathing; time they have had
since the late straggle through which they
i i. t A t- .. .. ; . .1 . .
nc iiso psseu. r.iiursiru in sn -government,
they hate, on several ores ions, been
Me to withstand excitements whirh would
have proved fatal to other institutions thsn
theirs, anil have triumphed aver dangers
which seemed almost insurmountable.
To those unacquainted with the character
nf our people, these eieitetnent appealed
like upheaving from the great derp of socie
ty. Time has proved that they were but a
the tempest-tost ocean waves, agitating the
surface, while below all was tranquil and on
moved. While taking- this hopeful view of a flairs,
I am not unaware of the fact that many reranl
the present apparent calm a itreeitful a,
mere lull in I lie storm, which i destined St
no distant day to burst upon u with renewed
violence.
However this may be, it is now the duty of
every good citi.i n to endeavor to allay the
excitement, abating at the same time none of
our rights, but firmly and unfalteringly sus
taining them, as the suiest means of their
preservation snd of perpetuating that Union
and those institutions, uuder which we have.
m a ahoi t tune, grow n to be one of Ihe great
powers of the esrth.
feimple and unostrntalinus ss are the cere
monies to-day, we have here represented lha
three department of our Slate eovernment
tlie Executive, tlie Legislative, and those
wtio composeil our Nuprrine Judical tribunal.
We have, all of as, diatinct but important da
tie to discharge.
The most important, however, are thn
devolved aprni you ss the exclusive lawmak
ing power of the State.
In the progress ol events, these duties hsve
become more aaried and impnrlsnt than for
merly, and llietefore requiring more time for
their dispatch. As the resources of the tt
art brought lo notice and become belter
known, these duties are likely to increase
rather than dimmish, and the scope of our
legislation to be widened and extended.
I am aware, gentlemen, that several of ihe
most important subjects upon which yoa have
been called lo act during the present session
are yet ati.lispn.rd of, but it is not my pur
pose now tosprak or these or others, having
lately had an opportunity of eommunica
ting with you in another way. 1 trust I mav
bt pardoned, however, for expressing tha
hope that although your session miy become
somewhat protracted, you will not suffer
yourselves, on that account, to be hurried
into hasty snd imperfect legislation, alwavs
producing serious evils, and to undo hah
is oftentimes impossible.
For myself, when my official term shall
hst ended and f return lo the walks of pr
vate life, I can hope for no higher grstificstion
than to set North-Carolina distinguished by
all tlia qualities which constitute a treat
Bute, and lakinj die position at home and