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ANNUAL U15P0RT ,
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PTJBLIC TREASURER.
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" " To the HonraVe iheGerieTI ;fiiembl :.of tkc
- . ,stccofNorth-Crolma : ; .
t -- . : , . In obedience to the art of
AWeo.ni.l which n-nuircs of the Public
TLctrr nfthis State Jfor the lime Wins,
"anAnnuat Report a lheJwUtare,I.i!cr
? mysel f the honnu r respect fu lly to submit
The Receipts at th e Treasury pt North -;
Carolina for- tUjianicacinjiwitb the
. Erst day of royember,l HSO 1 ann enciing
the Ta'gf lay. of October, 1 826,includ-
-iPr sundry (payments of ariarfeseii and ihe
pihlie raxes ofevev-per
, became due and were paidi at the Treasury
of this State within t hat period ; tether
: vith the dividends declared byouthree
several Bankaan which Were not apprb
, priated ; the purchase money or proceed a
"-"Ol the vacanttiauus taiieny eniejrt-uLunu
paid for. in ihe; course of the ) time above
7 1 mentioned ; and the collection made from
" the bonds siven by purchasers of the public
u L lands near R.ilejgTi which were sold in 1820,
r cmounr to i3;r,i7.'yj:inciuung an ueio
- of S2K042 fO, received Into the Treasii-
'ty in cou rse of the ?ear, . as J a ?reimburse-
v 7'inent oi me UKe sum inercnoiore auyauccu
and. paiq out of it in aitl ot the tuna Iot
' Tnf pffin 1 Imnrovpmenta iirid to extinguish
the claims of sundry dndiahs'of the Chero-
, . m-r . . .- : a? I 1 L
Kee ixaiion to certain reserv auons ui lanus
To" thisrsum the balance retnainine in
the Treasury on the firt day of November
825,. ana jnereatieri to De . accoumea tor,
T as renortied to the:last General: Assembly,
being added viz S U 5,884 27. an aggre
i cate amnuhttofiS249.03l47rii lbrined.
From, this sum i totaldisbursemeht s have:
i een made wiunn tne time nrsiaoove men-:
1'onetl. ihcludinar .the - defaced and worn
. Treasury otes burnt, by. the f last asseih
lly, to,amount of gi23,729 the voUch
ers for which, including a warrant of trans
4 Ter I2;S0495i ?to: the common School or
. c du cation fu nd, have. been hatided: over to
' the Comptroller, and, passed upon by, thai
- rThis expenditure being. deducted from
Hhe aggregate amount above mentioned,wilt
-be found to leate a balance of 125,302 TO
"remaining in the Treasury of this State on
the, first nay pfrNovember last ayon the
first day c!NoycniDer, rt826r and "hereaf
ter to.be accounted for.. ' ? .
. iFpf the .several items i foming fhe recep
tion and . expenditure above mentioned, the
Public ' Treasurer aa leave respectful ly
to refr to the prinalstatenietits prepared
and furnished by the Comptroller, for the
U3 of the Members of the General Assem
bly
S Thc'Statc Bank of North Carolina de-
rlsfed dividends intthe months of Decern-
,ber and June last at the rate of 4 per cent' ;
which, on the shares held jn it by this State,
amounted to .821 ,544 xi which were passed
to the credit of the State by that Bank, and
are, of course, : included m the amount of
the receipts atthe Public rreasury first
: above mentiuned the December dividends
; however, was, as usual subjected tor a re-
- cuciion nr i5ot5DD r neing tne amount
t n Aoi uic imerejiivwiiicn nau.accrueu ana was
1 payable out of it to the Bank according to
jaw, on account oinne unpaui tor snares
of the' stock. held therein by North-Carol i-
nav at the.titne of x the, declaration: of the
sa id -dividehd : the voucher for which re
ductioh from the dividend and payment to
thJ Rank.' is inHurlp: in ; thi ,irptiri iar.
A -4 count. of expendrtures.or disbursements Tor
"' -the iate,tiscai year, - and will be found in
K, - the t.sy handed ov r ;to the Comptroller,
as above mentioned. ?:, '. :-
Tjie Ranks of CapeFear;. and ;Newbern
likewise-declared half vearlv dividends in
: r tbe moblhs above mentioned : the Bank of
i". rCape-Feaf?a t the rateUof three per cent :
and the Bank of 'Newbern at the rate'wf
,7 ; , fWUT per cent ; part of the proceeds of which,
vv - ic win Deurecoiiecteu, are appropriitiea.anu
A coes to the fufld created for Internal Im-
1 'pfovements : and thhseBanks'decIared al-
; " so ad d i tional Ijr at Jthe same times and at the
"t- same rate, ori, the stock! or shares of their
capital .latelypurchased by: the State : the
rst named 'to ja!mbun t of 1956 5-and the
; . pther VoamouJit4 of S884 ( which two sums
' ':' were paid into : the . common Treasury of
' lt '; Uie Stated andiare included in the warrant
of transfer to thedticauotfTund'hejreinbe;
(orenotiCed-ttf5E?--i:'lf'W
." Of the sum of 812,302, 70 above menti-
v .bned,,a's beiiig t
be from the Public Treasurer to the State.
i of NbrWCiTOTmSii
S'ycmber las'S4t,36i45 were j deposited
and stood at y'creditrasjPub!ic ;Treasur
er, in ihe State Bank at Raleigh r"mv t
. gS3,00? 31yVei j deposited and stood
l s at mycredit, in i like manner inthe !3ank
U i ' of. Kewberni in Rateigh - ' r
' j, And S9.879,25t.we,re deposited, in like
u manner, 'and stood at mv credit, as Public
.V. Treasurer -iA, the. Bank of Cape-Fear at
: 1: Fayetteville. ! -v; r - -cr-
4- r , The remainder consists of worn and re
deemed Treasury .Notes, "which" have so
V : considerably and so rapidly accumulated
' since .tlie first'of.November last, as to put
'it'uutqfjiiijr power, bitherto to count "arid
' prepare them Qf burning which shall hoW
h , ;.; ver be dooe ,'as soon as practicable :--of
tr r i warrantR a"nd other,clajms on .the Trea'siuy
paitl oti aua taKen up since ine close of the
t
i ourp4)se
or
expenditures of thexlay whieh
are often
.great tindVarely fail to be considerable.;
If 'will be seen frota. the Comptroller's
oiaienrems, wen as i rum iniiteport,
that ther common school; fund had at' its
late uscatjear ;ai.dpt545auk routes - and
current Treasury Notes kept in the office
oi meeunz me uemanus
' , credit, nt the-1st day of v November, lasl,
- thej um f ; gl2,304 95 jsince; which
"-time add on.the.JTth of,Detember inst.vthe
v ; divideud declared by the Cape-Fear Navi
' gt!on Company or 1826 on the shares
in
oken. tvhieh also is arrsrooriated and be
lon-3 to'thatTunrL) has been paid into the
Trcrrurv of the State : This item however
col ' neither D2 reported nor otherwise pi-
finely 'tr.idetttnwn bymetothe Comptnd
ler on-the lat lay of . .Nov. JasTi .jKe.day
on wnicn an me puonc accoums i x.van
tirv And balanced : because vavrhtnt was
not at tnatiime mioe oy ine vumcauTi uys
was it in Tactmade until the' 7th roi..tne
month' following : a ; circumstance which
would leave tne free to -omit noticing jit
here, nor should I do it, were it not for: my
anxious desire to place this, infant fund in
the tnost rcspec(able; point of: vievf in tny
power 'and from miwish.Ukejf ise, ;to do
even more than! common justie'e to the, pa r
triotic ; jseal anr?tintiririgndeavours of this
me oniy vwavigauon ompanr in tne otaie
wnicn nas, as yer, ueciarea any, uiviuenu
whatever :-and, acting under the 'Jnflu -encelof
the same principle and. feeling, I
maj be permitted nere to remark, hat al
ihouch the balance of the agricultural fund
cou I d not be I ransferred on the 1st of
yemlier last, on account of lie proyisipns
and limitation of the' act of 1824 in regard
to that fund, and because likewise of the
un satisfied claims which then existed and
at present exist, as well as of others of the
like nature whign mjr bietnade uponit by
counties that have not jet formed Agriculr
tural. Societies, but which mav still do so,
in February next these difficulties and hin
drancewill; be done "away ;;Vwhen,'-.th.e.
transTer of a: respectable balance from the
agricultu rat to the com mon school fu nd
may be looked forward to, with reasonable
hope and expectation at which time like
wise it is highly- prVibable, and, indeed,
well, nigh; $ certain, that the ; Qiimptrbl I r
will by hjsf warrant tisfer also to the
same fund, the amount of the dividend last
above mentioned. . J1. u
'Tlie iPublic Treasurer has rendered to
the President of the Board of Internal Im
provements an account of. hia reeeipts and
expenditures from the 1st of Nvember,
IS25, to the 1 st of November, 1 826, com
prehending the . paynents ; made : at the,
Treasury by the purchasers of parts of the
Cherokee Lands, together with all other
monies received by him which are subject
to the drafts lor tlisposal of that Board ;
which shows or leaves in his hands an un
expended, sum or balance of g23,40r 23,
yet to be' accounted for. a copy or abstract
f which account or, statement accompanies
this, and Is marked with the letter.A; 5
The Treasurer has tfie honour likewise
jo submit to the General Assembly an ab
stract of receipts and disbursements, or
statement of account, showing the condi
tion of the agricultural .fund of North-(V
ndrna on the 1st day. of ; November last,
whic h will be! found Ao leave a balance of
7,'965rf95 in favour of and to the credit
of the said fund : which statement is mark -ed
with the letter'B.''- ' ; t .-'- --
The Treasury Notes last ordered by the
General Assembly were wot all issued or
sold onthe 1st Aaf of November last, nor
are the whole of them 'et disposed of, a
few sheets remaining still on hand, but not
more than will probably be sold in course
of the present session of the Assembly :
tliis item, however, in conformity with the
assurance given by the Treasurer i in his
last annual report, was inrorporated in his
general account for 1826 as settled with
tne Com ptrol ler on the ljt day of Novem
ber last, and was then set nf and balanced
by the delivery of Bank Stock or . shares,
purchased for the use and benefit of the
State, to that officer in full of the same
and to him was likewise delivered, at the
same time, other Shares of Bank Stock
bought with the surplus monies in the Trea
sury in course of the fiscal' year of 1826,
to amount of 810,925, as may be seen by
his statements furnished for the use of the
tnembersiof this Assembly t The stock a
boye mentioned was of the three several
Banks of North Carolina The shares
which were of the State Bank and of the
Bank of Newbern, which have hitherto and
iur gncars iaoi, ii:v.aicu llieir UlTiaenas 81
the rate of 4 per cent half yearly, were
purchased at -par : and those. which Were
of. the Bank of Cape-Fear, which has lat
terly declared at the rate of 3 per cent
half yearly only, were bought at 895 per
share. -v .f -:t;?:V j j J
! Pursuant to the provisions of the act of
the last General Assembly, entitled An
act to cede to the United States a certain
t rap t of Jand called Bogue Banks, the sum
of SI 287 has been sent or remitted to me
by Liut, WmAEIissontof the Bngi
neers, and agent of fortifications at Fort
Macon, to be deposited in the Public Trea
sury as the purchase money and in payment
for the Lands ceded to the United States
by rlh-CaroJina, throughjthe saidj Act :
Applications have since been made at the
Treasury by one or more of the. claimants
u nder the provisions of the said Act, for a
part or, portion of the money so deposited;
or rather for information as -to manner , or
means necessary to the obtaining it ; which
have. been necessarily; postponed on the
ground,; that the Pu blic Treasu reris not
clothed .'with, any power by the act afore
said, to judge either of thefvalitiity of the
claims which might be preferred; ur. to pay
off or discharge such as should be consider
ed good and valid On the grounds like
wise that all power in regard to this depo
site rest$ wholly ,withi the iLeeislaturel:
and on the ground moreover that the Pub
lic Treasurer has not yet seen or been fur
nished with, the v evidence on which any
such claims rest.. ' " - , .
A part of the purchase money bid for the
lands belonging to this State, near Raleigh,
and which were sold in 1820, remains still
n.nPdi: JuJgmentshave from timeto
time; been had in every insUnce, save two,
iu whichlpaymenr was withheld or" delay
ed 4 buthM hasf unfortunately ' happened
thati in several cases, the purchasers, to-
ccuruies, provea insol
vent"' nif n0..f . . .i . : "
wnicn navej been .frequently issued; have
teettniufamty
m Wndorsemght?or not satisfied
Vhc Lav guthcrl in and nrdcrir: the tzL
.f rthess Innd. provided that 5 no deed or
amercer ?yaiiC3 snnuju oHumne.unui i.ic
purchase moh'ey.vAvas ; full y piid, tip vtd
thus it hapheris that the lot of land so sold
And not paid for still reionin lb Ihe Stat'eV
no conveyance or,uue A wnatever navin
been made for them by the'Commissfoners
who were.autli6rised :ahd appdinted to sell
ihem :The purchasers bowever coninue
to ' claim". ther;i and to exercise ownership
oversthem;. ma the ground of having;; bid
ihem. Off andcxverianted'roIpay.f(lr therri'5
although' Jtrfs -known and 'admitted that
they hava no power - Jo do so, they andheir
securities hay infong .since - proved Xnstd
vent as aforesaid ; and some, of them coh
tinueiilcewise still to use ihe lots or lands
as:their,nwn, by cuttingland 'taking the
timber, from off them; jand -committing o
.fherwastenhemf surer heretofore made a like representation
to the General Asemblj, but as nf effectu
al remedy was then or has since been pro
vided, and these matters still remaining in
the same fir a worse situation, he has con
sidered it his dutjragain to mention them
as there remains not the most distant prOs
jieci ort probability that payments will be
made. whilst the Jot9 or lands in question
will necessa'rily be lessened in;value when
d espoiled of the remaining growth of tim
ber at present . on them, and wil 1 1 indeed
thereby become in a measure worthless.
;i The. exposes brtatemehts of the situa
tion of the Banks of this State as required
by a:rciolatioriof the Assembly of 1822,
are herewith transmitted. -
; Much and respectfully, gentlemen,
. . your obd't serv't,
; ; JNO. H AY WOO D, Pub. Trea3r
Raleigh 9.7th Dec. 1326.
STATE LEGISLrATURE.
. . : ,-in senate. ' - r; -n
; Monday. Jan. 1, 182r. r 1 1
Mr. Wanl, trm Onslow, and Mr..De
berry, from Montgomery, appeared, were
qualified and took their seats. - y ,
Jfr; llil!, of thnYm, remarked, that it was
within the knowledge of every member ptesent.
, that in consequence of the resignation . of Julpe
JNxrsA, tner : a ac ncy on ine Superior Court
Bench, to be filled diiring: . the. present Session
lof the Igislature" The Executive and Council
had temporarily filled the office, by the. appoint
ment of Millie P.' JMangum. '., It would devolve
on them to supply the vacancy permanently.
fIe moved, therefore, that a message be sent to
the House of Commons, proposing to ballot ori
Wednesday next for a Judge, and he took that
opportunity of nominating Mr. Mangum for the
situation. A ' i .
. The motion was carried. V
Mr. Bod die presented the following re
solution : r,
. Refhed. That the Committee on the Judicia
ry be instructed to inquire into the expediency
of passing a law to prevent slaves from selling
Cotton to any- person but their owners,' or those
having charge of the same. : f
i3fr. -BWe reroarkert'that there was apparent
necessity for the passage of this resolution. There
bad been a bill already introduced, to . prevent
the fraudulent trading with slaves, but that did j
not emorce tne oojeci inieuuea oy uis rewm
t on' He moved that the bill to which he had
alluded be also referred to the Judiciary com
mittee. . ..r ,:V.: " f. '-:
Mr Croom said, he.had the honor to introduce
the bill, of which the gentleman last up had spo
ken. He certainly had no objection tht the bill
submitted by him should be referred to the Ju
diciary Committee With regaid, however, to
the resolution just presented, lie begged leave
to suggest an amendment. He thought there
were many articles of qSite as much importance
as cotton, which should be included. He moved,
therefore, to add all the-other articles embraced
in the provisions of the act of 1819," or he was
willing ihatvtlie -Judiciary committee be instruct
ed to mquire into the expediency of passing a
law to preveot jflaves from dealing in any article
except with their masters, fctc. f.
- The amendment!, was agreed to, and the
resolution adopted : , '
i Mr. Smitli; of Davidson, presented a
bill respecting the allowance of claims and
the appropriation of the public money, in
the county of Davidson. -
$ Mr. Leake, a bill authorizing the Trus
tees of RichmondVAi ademy to raise by
way j of Lottery, I glO,t)00 which bills
were read the first time. 7 .
? Mr. Wilson ; of Edgecomb, presented a
bill in- relation to Lotteries. Provides
that the -Tickets of rto foreign Lotteries
shall be sold in this State, under a penalty
bf850O3 ' ' , "
. Mr.' Hill of Franklin, moved that this
bill be referred to a select committee. ;A
greed. ;f ; :i : - . ??J
-The Orders of the Day were then taken
tip, the first of which was, - the Resolution
jtitroduced some days agu by Mr. M 'Kay
of Bladen, relative -to a- supposed r; right
which the State of North-Carolina possess
es in the Gold Minesr within her limits. -
The resolution was adopted without de-bate-
. U -d - ' '
. The next subject in order, was the bill
to alter the annual meeting of the Legisla
ture back again to the S6f Monday in No
vember. -
. Mr. Stavttll moved, that the consideration of
the bill be postponed until to morrow; as it was
not probable the Senate would remain ? long in
'session on that day.c w. '&, f"'s J-fi , -
Mr. Stokes moved that it be made the order of
the day for Monday next;r-;:": 'y'?.-
Mr. Sandert thought it highly probable that on
Monday there would hot be so full an attend
ance as on any other day- at least, this, was usu
ally the case. , lie wished the subject to under
go a i borough investigation and ' & that Jend,
moved that the bill be made the order of the day
for Thursday week'5.-" ;M
- Mr. Mill, of Franklin, moved that it be post
poned until the first day of June nesrt. ' f : ;
; The Speaker said the ques tion would be
pu t on the most distant day of reference,
and accordingly took.the sense of the House
on MrHill!s.in6UonVrJiic vais
rejectioV.:liqueirioi
learned.' on Mr; rideiVsprbposition. v
i The bill to aHowPriVateiWVcts printed
by the Printer of th6 State, to be read, as
evidence in- Courtshof 'J usticeaslad
he third Urae and ob niotiortf M
ett referred to the1 Judiciary cohimittee"!
C Mr. Davenport presented 5 a bill'-to esta-
....... w . w i ; 1 .1 Cwui
i i :tcn Reall t h 2 H rst time.
I.lr. Barneyrpresentcd abill rerrulatins'
1. .3 iuty.oi i O ra-Mi j a ron 1 n xre jra ru n
nrcsentmpnts for c.Tra yd and .'icrissautt and
battery. ? f Provides that jiroseut ions sKa II
be brought withmMwo y
be npt, committed witli in tent to kilMfe
Mr. McKay raid, as the subject was of constde
rab'e: importance," he moved iU reference to the
udiciaiycpmmitteeVThelrfgislatiire
certainly to provide by an -act: of limitation In
.what timehProsectttions shall be brought .Every
cmmic in, me union, ne oeiievea, naa none mis,
and the Congress of the United Stater' had not
"only provided for tminor offences, I but;, even for
felomes. He hoped the bill, if refered to a comi
mixee, wooia oe. mane general inns character,
and apply to other offences not embtfeed in it
at present There-mTsrht be nrovisions in "It? in
cases where the offender had escaped from ins
uce, c uy tne rule ot the common jaw, a pro
secution may be' commenced at any time,- and
our Judges frequently instruct the Jury, that it
may be done withi n a hundred years.1 f There
certainly should be some limit or else a person
may be prosecnted for an. offence, years after its
commission, and be convicted, when, if tried at
the time, he might have established his innocence ;
but in the mean time, witnesses may have died
or removed beyond the jurisdiction of the Court,
or the lapse of years may' have impaired their re
collection of circumstances. . lie hoped the sub
ject would be rererredwhich was done.
: ,U - A 'i 7iesatys Jani& i ; ; ;x7v-c
Mr. Gray presented a bill to confirm the
name and to legitimated Alexander Mur-
doch of Randolph County jillead the first
time, and subsequently the setbnd and third
times, and ordered, to be engrossed. rC : '
. Mtr.; McDowell presented the petition of
Samuel J. Ednev, on the subject of a di
vorce. t. Referred to the committee on that
subject. V
1 Mr; "Speight, of Greene., presented a bill
to prevent free persons: of color from emi
grating into this State; for the 'gpod govern
ment of such ;as are resident in ihe State,
and tor other purposes. Provide that no free
person of color shall migrate into this State,
or haying done !'so, does not remove within
five day after notice givenf shall be sub
ject to a penalty of 500 dollars; or in de-r
fault of. the payment of . this sum, that they
be hired out for a term of years not exceed-
in ten Provides that any one" who brings
into the State any free nero; shall forfeit
and pay for every one o brought, 500 dol
lars this provision does not extend to mas
ters of vessels , bringing in any free hegro
employed on board, and belonging to said
vessel, nor to persons travelling with free
negroes as servants. Every free negro now
resident in the Stite to procure a certifi
cate from the Clerk of the County Court
in which they, reside, of their being free;
aud if they remove from one county to ano
ther, to have their, certificates reistered,
and a copy of it given under the seal otihe
Court. Pnviles that? iff any1 free neiiro
does not labor for support, they may be
taken before a magistrate, and required to
give security for their peaceable and indus
trious behavior, and in case they . do not
give security, they are to be hired out for
such a time as will probably have an effect
in reforming them them to habita of moral
ity. Persons hiring these negries are bound
to. provide them with good and.sulffici'nt
clothing, to treat them with humanity and
'teach them some mechanical trade "- And
persons guilty of neglecting this provision, !
to be subject, if .convicted, to tine or im
prisonment, r Provides, that in all cases a
rising under this act, any free negro, who
is charged with an offence upon - appli
cation to the Court for that; purpose, sha 1 1
have a right to have the facts 01 their cas
tried by a Jury. 3 lX : '
' The'biwas reald the first time, and re
ferred to the Committee on that part of the
Governor's . message which relates to the
Subject, r .-' v-.,:' .'-v-"'"-; ; v--;v--v; 1 v-
Mr. Love moved that it be printed, one
copy for each member.
Mr. Speight suggested to the gentleman
the propriety of withdrawing his motion at
present. The bill was referred to a jcom
mittee, and ihat committee would pfobaV
bly report amendments to it--perhap9 im
portant ones. Then he hoped it would be
printed. ' -j ;. ' '
' The motion was withdrawn. K t
The Speaker laid before the Senate, a
communication from j Cornelius -Dowd, of
Moore county, contesting the ' right of the
sittinsr member, Josiah Tyson, , to his seat.
Referred to; the Committee on Privileges
and Elections. -v -! W
: Mr Love presented a bill tocliange the
time of holding the County Courts of Hay
wood. Read the first time, and subsequent
ly it had its second and third readings.
- Mr. Pickett remarked, that"tre was a law in
existence, which gave to the Superior Courts the
power of emancipating slaves formeritorious ser
vices. ' He had seen such a diversity of opinions
among the Judges, as to the execution of this
law, one allowing this act to be meritorious and.
another that act, that he thought some snnend
ment necessary. ? He: "considered the emancipa
tion of slaves amongst us a great CvuV - There:
was a stronger sympathy existing between those
.who are born in bondage, and who are afterwards
emancipated, and slaves, th:n there is-between
slaves and those who are bom free. Those, who
are born free, will harbor slaves from interested
views, and will trade with them; and are injurious
to their master's interests, but they have-not this
correspondent feeling towardsthem. , H e thought
it was time for North-Carolina to remedy this e
vil and it must be admitted that the roanumis
aion of slaves where they are allowed to remain
amongst us, is an evil which requires a corrective'.
We ought, said Mr- P.: to pas a laW restricting
manumisston, by requiring emancipated persons
to be removed out of the State. - If . we choose to
free our slaves from humanity or any other ino
tive, let itbe done iu such a way as not to injure
our neighbors. - For.the purpose of bringing this
subject fully before the Legislature, he offered
the following Resolution.; - . ' i
jUxived. That the Judiciary committee be in
structed to inquire into the expediency of so a
menduig the Emancipation Laws, that the owners
of anyaUves; after obtaining licence to manumit
them, shall enter into bond ? with 'security that
they shalUwimin convenient Hirne" remove
without the limits of the State, and shall not re-
turn to resiue therein.';; S:rSS4S'
I fThe resolution wai Teferre'd;
i.
f-jOmxhotibVbfMrMathewsvjt:
Jtesolved jxTl&X the Udaciiucoramittee-; be
instructed to enauire whether any. and it nv.
what alterations arenecessary relative to tic re-.
to Deeds W
- cuif.rwiscr
r. Dec n 1 i f Rowa t2 nr.i
the SUDiert nf nnncnktv ...ir .
r rsivuicn was rAt
(efT?f' W. therconinjitiea ovPrnnn;;, SI I
ojievances. ;?;v- - , ...;:',r
: On motion of Mr. M'Kar it was
ted with nt; m:1 pp4
' , .- "'MJ' ire into tie f
f ncy of desicmatinn- Si- -A ? J e
bf the nntrh t.: Prs Of acts
nn.iHA.i.! A , . .
. - , r . .",MUC,'v m snail
hereafter be!
t-f" :Frce.m.Tms,(Statend that ih
,..-.-"-T f.vi'vi ut or nrnfirar on
are leave tAnnn k k:h
; .
and SpaightrCrayen; ; Were subse
quently appojntedhis committee;, .
S.Qn?tiopi;ofAf Craven. a
M comndttee was appoitned on the
partjDfiihis .Housew ; ;.V ,
numerous nnl cations w?r ma J1 . l.at
jnreon the subjof establishing Toor S
Work Houses1, and thrjr tune was laken nn in
missing mril l.r -k . - t? UP ln
'Off central law on th siKir kj.
ass.
time would be Waved. VZ ZZ
table
cf su-
-jtesoivea, ijai; tne Judiciary v committee K
instructed to ejiquire Into the exnedi
powenngthe JustKjea.of the Courts ,f PJeisanJ
Quarter Sessions to: eatabl.ah Prt...j ,.,an?
ouses, where, at present; there are none!
The resolution W5i ri.rt.i "
v ' ne bill resnectin? thp anmvnr;;nn. !v
county monies in Davidson count v, was ,
read the second and third times and order-
edfto be enirrnsspiLvv i - ; r -' -. v 1
.- " - v - m B-r mr m ill tm m.. M M I m III
The bill authorisim? fh' T f it e f aaa r 1 1, -
Kienmond 1 Academy .10 - nist 67 X.itlerv.
um, ana tne qneiiiua Jmving beeu put iu-
lar iunctar-Jthk'X ' -VV - -inat particu--
accommodaUao of V
1
the Females, and the- 6ne in "
was m a state of dikniclatinn t i '.LTSZ
for usen ; Havihg
. fll UlllFrl I flr. c . c
way.for. want of hoase, MbL raid heh5
provKled them. ( The reason was. thrv neithW
KLJ?r,mi anothep way than by LotterV. :
thC 'teCS of of ny othlr
fy, said MrlLA would be willin-v ho
twM St l 'if thePnvate pocket i or
tob'nAein'ff U to PurP not intended
to bnng them any pectmairy return or exclusive
'tjSP' ?utffnd wholly for publ c be!
EA K?e,lISO-ne-V, :-at tf m could not be
raised by subsennuon in th nkt m
who did not know, that a dnt;nW V
P th JX was more difScuIt ancT
lmprobableventV Arid hence it : war h had
ventured .the prediction, that unless the bdl
passed, the return of another session of ih I-,e-gishture,
wouldfnot find thfewectaolj'-ScWl
in its then nrosDerbua reoniTbln n,, uu
Wing all that Wsaf said; bis Vi!' had faltwl.
enttemen votedgainst it, either uecause they
c"?d not reconcde lotteries to their principles,
or because ihej inot befieve the
danger.-: If the former was the ground of their,
opposition, without wishine- to rli.o, K M.
tion whe,her lorries were Tmniorai; Mr. L. said,
he would r merely remark, 'that1 his-principles
es
could vore for a lottery int-nded for some, useful
- ,JUuic uBit uicirsj inasmucn
as
he
puunc purpose (to prop up a, declining! school
for instance) .with as trucb cheerfubessjl and aa
little renreach of Conscience, aa ho
into a cotton or;- other speculation where there
was a chance (as is always the case) ot involving- -his
family in rum. But if gentlemen voted against
it; because they believed that the school could
get along without it, it, was now, his duty to in
form ihem, and the Senate generally; that what
he had feared, on a former occasion, had been
too fully realised; v; vThat thelentire female divi
sion of the school,1 consist ingbf some; SO or. 0"
young ladies, hid been Ust toj the trustees with
in a shprt time pasfr without as ; he feared, the
possibility of being regained, except by the pas
sage of the bill now under cimsideration. He
hoped therefore, the bill would pas.s !
Mr. HiU, of franklinv was opposed to the bilT
and his opposition arose from one cf the objec
tions, attributed by the, gentleman list en, to
tlie opponents of the measured : As regards the
call made upon us for the support of the bill, on
account of the languishing 'iteof the institution
for whose benefit it was intc Ted, it is known to
every person accuainted Wit. the history cfsuch
institutions in this State; that they have alt more
or -J ess. experienced the fatality attending the
Richmond Academy; However anxious he might
be for me cultivation - of the , human mind and
the genera diffusion of the benefits of education 9
he could not agree rto promote these desirable
objects in this way. ; He Was , willing to do 1 any ;
tjiing-not contrary t'of the principles of isoundmo
ralityr to disseminate useful learning; but be had
yet to be convinced, that the utility of tjie end
sancuneu ie impurity ot the inxans put in re
quisition for it aMa'nment. v ne naver would ai?
by his vote, any, measure which:, .savored cf . -'the :
damning influence Tof gambEa. ; Hev: thought 1
iuitcnc-s were a species. ox jramwiDgv na ne!
thanked God lie had never. Wtcd for . their eot
couragement. 1 That Lotteries participated of the
nature of this pemicieus evil, he thought could
be: proved; could be conclusively established.
Whaty aaid Mr.'Hare the characteristic faature
of gambling ? -la it not that we enture some
thing for the sake of gaining roo're t And of all
kinds of hazard, that of adventuring in a lottery
is the most fascinating Indeed, it possesses sucji
a cbarnv that he had known even pious men-
drawn without reflection, into the snare, and who
awoke from their dream of folly, to see in apro
tibial, uii w um Nippci y ;ivuilU IUCT SlWUUi
The poor were freque ntly influenced by the hope
o gain, to vest their hard Vafnings in Tickets, .
which buttoo often resulted in the impoverish
mentof their family and their own disgrace.-
Look around at, thes increaseof; the ecib For '
merly it was but nominal now, we cannot take
up a country paper, but flaming lottery notices
attract the attention. It ra , high time indeed :
to frown down this monstrous evil i and if it can
not be entirely rest rained, let it not be encourag
ed by afiording new facilities for its exercise.
Believing lotteries ta Oe as detrimental to tlie
morals ox tne community as carus. dice, or any
thmg else, he could not patronise them even
subserve the cause' of, literature-.:. ' Vttv;vjyr-
Mr. Pickett ;entertamed verv dlOerent "vlev
on this subjectfrom the gentleman from tVant:
UnvHe'scemed to deprecate the passive of ii e
bi ll. on accu nt ' of t e i mm oral i c nde n ry o f t J
principles which at lnrolrt o-but aifor m "
and ll. . cf : d:, c
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