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' - r ' " ' .FROM ' - ,', . .; r. . Is EXCELLENCY, THE GOVERNOR, TRANSMITTING A PLAN BY WHICH A COMPANY MIGHT BE ORGANIZED, ' " TO ESTABLISH FROM GASTON TO CHARLOTTE. To the Senate of North Carolina : Th answer to the Resolution of your Honorable Body, adopted LEGISLATIVE DEBATES. work is completed, (when its profits will reliero us from even that) : when we remember that the value of our present Railroad interest grett ljff.poteiUiVe!y ijepends on the success f th'is echeinewe nouM took well to the consequences of its rejection. v'. For the question arises wbat shall be done with the Railroad we now own T We havein that, a prop erty costing originally a million and a half of dollar? and worth, if put in perfect repair, probably half of that sum. It now indifferently accom modates the country, and saves annually a large amount in time, totbe Icrhta nnA t rarLSDortation. but vielda no profits on Ue ... .'. . .t. n:. , k-hmd thought that injustice would be done the Cona- capital invested. In accepting the public, trusts weny, wb 1 of y.ncyTby proceeding with the election, assumed a stewardship over this, as well as other public interests atfd 1 1 Mp; Rayner replied that he wished it to be noted, therefore cannot resign ourselves 10 supineness anu innjiun. a ue iuc can scarcely be entertained, that it should be abandoned to waste ; and with the liuiited fortunes of individuals among us, it could hardly be HOUSE OF COMMONS November 30. ; Mr. Rayner moved to send n message to the Sen ate proposing to go into nn election of Attorney General on to-morrow, at 12 o'clock. Mr. Itnyner said that he did this of his own accord, without con sultation with party without party arrangement, and upon his" own responsibility, vi' Mr. Ellis opposed going into the Election on tbe ground that all the Counties were not represented ; v-t a ..!nnf a r 1 -i n on the 30th ultimo, requesting tne uovcrnor io wpu.i-w by which a Company might be organized, to establish a continuous line of Railroad from Gaston to Charlotte, in which the State should become a Stockholder, and to which she might transfer the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad, in payment ef her subscription for Slock, as intimated in his Message : I have the honor herewith to lay before you, a Memorandum and Project, of such arrangements as are, in my opinion, necessary for these purposes, accompanied by a further Memorandum of Statistics of those portions of the State that lie contiguous to that part of the pro posed Road which is yet to be constructed. 1 also send with the same, a small Map of the State, with a straight black line drawn from Raleigh .to Salisbury and thence to Charlotte, representing the new work pro jected, by the most direct route. What deflections from this, may be necessary, to secure one most favorable for the objects intended, can only be determined by practical Engineers, upon a reconnoisauce and survey of the country. It will be perceived that the plan proposed, contemplates three ob jects, namely : 1st. The construction of a great work of Public Im ' provement, of incalculable value to the State. 2d. To adjust the suits pending against the Stockholders and obligors of the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad Company, by requiring them to subscribe, or to procure sub scriptions, in this new enterprize, to an amount equal to what might be recovered against them ; so that the State may obtain the benefit of such possible recoveries, in the construction of an important line of Railroad, and the defendants may pay them without ruin, and with a prospect of ultimate remuneration. 3d. To convert the State's investment in the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad, now yielding no profits, and requiring ex pensive repairs to enable it to do so, into a Slock of $500,000, in a hue of near three times its length, which may be aptly compared to a Toll ttride, uniting the Roads North and South of us, and therefore having the most reasonable expectation of profits on its Capital, from distant transportation, as well as from the great increase of that, nearer homo From the Memorandum of Statistics herewith sent, it. will be seen that the projected Road, by the direct route, would pass immediately through Counties, containing a population, according to the census, of 1840, of 104,000 persons, and real estate valued in 1847 at $9,000,000; that in the Counties within 25 miles tlereof there is a population of 246.000, and real estate to the value of $20,000,000, and in those with in 50 miles, the population is 411,000, and the real estate valued at 634,000,000. If to these we add the seven Counties West of the Blue . Ridge, whose inhabitants, by means of this work, would be brought by three days' journey nearer to New York and to their own seat of Gov ernment, and Warren, Halifax and Northampton, situated on the pre sent Road, and therefore to be benefited by the extension Westward and Southward, we shall have a population of near 500,000 souls, own ing Lands, valued at more than $40,000,000 : that is largely over three fifths of our whole population, the proprietors of two-thirds in value, of : our entire real estate, who may be said, to have a direct local and per sonal interest in its construction. What business would be furnished for a Railroad, by a moral, industrious anJ energetic population of this number, with so great an amount of wealth invested in the soil alone,how much it would add to that wealth, and increase their numbers,' are in quiries which I have not data of sufficient accuraracy now to answer with satisfaction, but which may be solved with reasonable certainty, by an appeal to the experience of other States, within the last fifteen years Independently therefore, of the State's connection with any other work of that description, and of her ability to -aid tbe construction of this, by 'using her present Railroad, as cash, at a reasonable price, and by in ducing a subscription of half a million of dollars more, by compromise expected to bring its value at an auction sale. In exercising that pru dence and care over it, which as individuals we apply tfr our private af fairs, it appears to me, that we have only the alternatives presented, of either borrowing the necessary amount to put it in perfect repair, so as to make whatever profit can be realized from local business, without fur ther extension, or of uniting it with a continued line through the State and Union, having certainly fair prospects of profits on its stjekj and- af fording inestimable advantages to our people. And in choosing be tween these, we cannot close our eyes to the fact, that unless we em bark in the work of extension with boldness and energy, by measures to be adopted by the present Legislature, other and adverse schemes, will in all probability be carried into effect, destructive in a great mea sure, of the interests of our present Railroads, and rendering them a total loss to the proprietors. We afe therefore in a situation, where there is fai more danger to the public interests, from the waste of lethargy and inactivity, than from improvidence or extravagance. A reasonable economy consists in preserving and improving what we now have, whilst we are pwyfcig at the same time, new accommodation for the pressing wants our constituents. WILL: A. GRAHAM. Executive Department, Dec 4, 1849. Memorandum and Project, OP A RAILROAD FROM GASTON, BY WAY OF RALEIGH AND SALISBURY, TO CMIVItL,OTT12. 1 Let a Joint Stock Company, to be styled "the North Carolina Railroad Company, " be incorporated, on liberal terms, for 91) years, w ill) a capital of 2,000,000, of which one-half shall be subscribed by tin istate : with power to increase its capital to 2.o(K),lK)0, if found neces sary to complete and equip the Railroad through its entire length ihc State still subscribing and owning one-half of the whole Stock. 2. The Slate of North Carolina shall pay 500,000, of her sub scription, by transferring to said Company the Raleigh and Gaston Rail road, with all its equipments, and appendant property. 3. As an inducement to the stockholders and Bondsnfen of the ate Raleigh and Ga?ton Railroad Company, to subscribe in this Com pany, and to use their influence and exertions to procure subscriptions. et it be provided, that when the sum of 35oOO,000 6hall be subscribed by individuals or corporations, who shall satibfy the Board of Internal mprovemenl that they are able to pay the same, the suits now pend-i ng against them, at the instance of the biale on account of her endorse ments for said Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Company, shall be dismiss ed, and the defendants discharged from their liability iu that behalf. 4- When the sum of o00,000 shall be thus subscribed, and the solvency of the subscribers shall be'ascorlained by the Board of Inter-; nal Improvement, the Company shall be organized, and the Governor shall be authorized and directed to transfer to them the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, by absolute grant, under the Great Seal of thei State, upon their entering into bond in the penal sum of $ 1,000,000. payable to the State, and conditioned for their proceeding with all reasonable despatch, to put this part of the Road in good repair, and to construct the residue from Raleigh to Charlotte, and giving a mortgage' cn the property transferred as a eecunty for the performance 01 . the same. 5. The State is to be called on for no further payment uetil the said sum of 500,000, subscribed and paid by the other stockholder?, shall bo in good faith applied according to the preceding stipulation. 6. Alter this sum shall have been expended on the work, when-; ever the individual stockholders shall be called on for a payment of any' further part of their subscription, and shall have made the same, to the amount' of three fourths of the instalment required, then the State shallf pay pari passu on her's. 7. To raise tho requisite funds to pay the further subscription of the State, as the same maybe required. Bonds or certificates of debt may be issued by the Treaeuer under the Great Seal of tne State and guarantied by a pledge of the public faith for their redemption, pay able in the currency ot urcat Britain or the United States, with inter that be bad made the motion without reference to pafty and he wished the Reporters to state this fact, that the people might see why the Legislative business was delayed, and said that he did not think It necessary to wait for the member from Yancy to Arrive before proceeding with the election of State Ifficers. The obiection urged by the gentleman from Jtowan might apply with some force to the case of jjhe United States Senator. The election of State pfficers should not depend upon a contingency ; peither should party considerations be brought to jnar in their election. They should be decided without party feelings ; and especially at this time, with a view to hasten the Legislation of the State. Soon the Supreme Court would meet; and there Would be need of an Attorney General; and if pnr fy considerations were suffered to defeat the elec tion of State Officers, why the frame-work of the JStnte Government would be completely disorgan ized. i Mr. Ellis said, that he did not'ppcak for the De mocratic party, and not for the purpose of staving f-.fF the election of Attorney General ; but, believing that every County in the State was interested in ibis election, he thought that every one should be heard ; that the voice of no one should be smothered in this, or any other election. He thought it strange that the gentleman from Hertford should be horri fied at the idea of making a party question of this ehctiou. Both parties have done so heretofore, and will do so r.gain. For himself, he was willing that party spirit should be put down. He did not think any judicial election should be made by party alone. Let 113 wait fur Yuncy. It is not the fault of the j e. 1 le of Yaucy that they are unrepresented. He thouchtit not necessary for the election of Attorney 'Gen oral to come off before the meeting of the Su preme Court. He spoke without reference to how parties would vote, and did not wish to give a party 'character to the election ; but his only reason, for opposing it, at this time, was, that Yancy would not be LearJ. i Mr. Rayner proposed a suggestion to Mr. Ellis, for them both to vote for the most capable man, whether he be Whig or Democrat ' Mr. Eliia said he did not like to make bargains. He and the gentleman from Hertford iniht diifer in their notions of fitness. He no doubt thought "the present incumbent a competent officer, which 'Mr. Lias would not deny; uuu yet Le imgut mink .Miothtr capiible of tilling the omce. He could not therefore make any such agreement as the gentleman fioni Hertford proposed; but he promised to vote fcr no man who was uot fit for the olace. Mr. Paine said acoutingency might arise to prevent elections, any how by the decisions of the coutes ted election they might be so Bituated as to be una ble to elect officers, and would have to ndjourn with' out making any choice. He apprehended that the ob jectiou of the gentleman from Rowan proceeded from the political complexion of the County of Yancy. He had never before had such an objection offered o gainst proceeding with any election. The same, he thought would apply iu the temporary abseuce of a member, fie should therefore vote in favor of the motion of the gentlemau from Hertford. The niotiou prevailed, Aye3 OS ; xoes 57 never be cheated. He skd the gentleman from I Rowan, since be was so desirous of pesiponieg this all action on the bill to incorporate the Railroad from Dauville to Charlotte, ontil tbe arrival 6f the mem ber from Yancy? If this was a qnesUon iu which the people of YauCy might have some iuterest? Mr. Ellis said, he did not think Yaucy had much interest iu the bill ; but if he was convinced 10 the contrary, he would ba willing to wait for the mem ber from Yancy. The questiou was then taken on the amendment, and carried, 59 to 57. Mr. Stanly then moved to lay the question on tbe table in consequence of the absence of a member, and said, he hoped that tbe members ou tbe opposite side would act up to tbe platform erected by tbe gantleman from Rowan, viz: to vote for his motion, in deference to the absence of a member. Mr. Ellis said, he had no idea of building n plat form, and would be in favor of the gentleman's mo tion, if the preceding question had not been forced upon them. Mr. Stanly said that, if it was necessary for all the Counties to be represented, in the one case, he thought that all the members in attendance should be allowed the privilege of voting in the other. Mr. Jones, or U range, said that there was no rea son for the Democrats agreeing to-the motion to lay on the table, except from courtesy to the YV higs was mistaken in tire anything of the kind the Legislative ba.in ff. SS 5Sd asked th not SKSS nst 10 ui eDtl erourid of m,rtB Uk trm Mr. Rnvnpr -i),l 1-. . . . " -T J, u not the courtesy of DeinocratslW l Mr. Dobbin said he had resent the gentleman; but Irk courtesy was asko,! ot'.L e. 0ne m seriousness, and he woul.l i 88,4 W to say, if the proposition0 iJ ion j- u was merelv hv :iuuk. inage. The Democrat, had H- litt!e in seriousness. nn,l i, ' t. Is&d H 1. " ;v":r " wt uu amendment. No,v : that it 1 ri a aht u . A'0ini I aemrtor was not serin.,.i fc. IUti. idq ...1 1 ?t "ur. us; hac it. Nn inuisnnc,,:.. I " or 4i other side of th r?,.. ."!. .Tut tnJl TJ-..' , ... J uranp r. jiuufse regarueu it as serirmc. l . 1 1 "J . 11 art v,nn ' thatUime, about the member from Randoli t, U.. L - . 1 . i.r. . r uy toe am 01 w tnj; votes Thei'Whig. presented ird when 1 andcucd it gravely :X 'l tbat.it will probably fail th "u e" ttn vujuvo an ui uuue a piece of K,., e j Mr. Stanly saia, tnat tne gentleman irom uranse I leaves thp rii.mn . j UUJUaaj ui was very much mistaken if he supposed that he j wasjonly intended for hwiior88' ffrN was asking any courtesy at the hands of the Dem- j that; the Democrats were in i f ocrats. He asked no such thiug. They had ta- this! matter as t' e Wi; , LE0, nen tne grounu mat uie eiecuon suouiu ne posipou- ( yon,; as liempt r.u?. oucht prl nr.til h( nrrtv.-il of t.hft mpmhoi frnm Yanfv. It. tl. i l,.,n,. - c .t . ' ' ti " - j , me nwtutcui 1 UC meuihpp f . r. . I I U III I , 1 ..... ' "m w"l on,,. 'he rp. C-vmji was their proposition to postpone : and, if such a ' the imnression i:r,nn M iv - . .i.ii .in, J s ,,.1 t" course was necessarv. wnv not nostnone the ouestion 1 hii tV,t i,.,.i 1 , :' Ui,uu, .1. .. .1 r r 1 i 1. . . . . ! . . u uiiui iui. uuwiuiiu i.viu tviuiuviii una ihiiv 1 j 1 ct iureoinir reinni'iv W'i intf-rii would be returned from the County of Yancy ; and if a Whig should be elected, the surprise of the Dem ocrats would be no greater than that experienced by them at the result ot the election of the 7th of No vember. Fie called upon them, iu voting upon the ; absence of ihe member from y!.? Sa question, 10 susxain uieir uoetrine; that laiu uowa in the opening of the debate. Mr. Ellis thought that the case of the gentleman U , . f 1 me cuui d; lue uemoerats ceautori wishes to postpc mi frc .eauion wisiies to post pone the n lorrow, on account of the absen rooi Randolph. Ye pivposeTo1 : nuu:unui uie v;uiu ot U.cenib' absence of the membfr from V , tlemau had shown a wiiiiasm t" ' to extend ping the public biuiue ; an-1 tLL l. Randolph, ; ator and the Attorney GeumlwT e, that he;; some other time, without pivin, should not ; ble state of thinss dej.icu-J bAh, is was the-j Hertford: and adher,..! . u-.. . . ?vk r.c, iinr n t it , ,,,r, r - feCtiV WllllDL' to liri.stncno c,it from Randolph did not come under the rule lair ! uiau from Randolph. IIe saw down in the beeinine. He was wiilinz to extend I iiin the riublii l,i,;,,c . JLi ?5 tscs , . , . -. . , ., " ... o 1 an aue courtesy to the gentleman from K but he was unwilliug to say, by his vote should come in here, and s;iy that we s watt for the member from Yancv. This was thei Hertford- " - ) -" wtu iu nn AV; ground of his objection to the motion of the gentle- ! fuvor of the postponement of tLee! 1 linn fpnm Too ,-, fSf PTi. it- o d Tcillinnp tri a vt pnfT tt,ti i 0...l 101L same privilege to the geutleman from Randolph, as ! about elections cotitinr.e it ai'f to the member from Yancy. . j on with the business of 'the Sdi Mr. Dobbin said be was willing for the respec-, election of Clerks, a spirit of p ."' tive positions of the parties, upon this question, tojj be so in the election of other I'J be known. He did not know whether the motion!! h acritntinn ,..! ...,,.....:' "V "s aa asutu mrougu eouriesy, poiincui iiiuiiuiis, ui- : gie no elevate part v. W t t i . . r 11 : . - . legislative usage ne, ior one, was wining 10 agree ; enct, He felt it. c c:ia I ?pt h i ana the sremlei.tfl to postpone for the absence of the gentleman from land, no matter how cenrj u Randolph, if they were willing to wait for the mem- feel It, as was shown in the VlectiutT ber from Yancy. But it now appeared, that the . casting his vote so as to defV-.r t'l. amenument onerea cy nis siue pi me riouse was j rlonse. The other side of the Ho- est RPmi.annilMll V. at not murp tlian ( nor o.-ut nnr minnm. rprlpmaJil( t, ;.. o.t.t.. ti..r.i.. : . 1 , r. r,,,inl, nr . .. J " ' ? wtui us luriuer oiuc&uuiuera, vviinout. resonin iu iuiut, uu muv.ii u ) m thirty years 8 ... r ! i r.- ;, ; ; I vduiiai requireu, 10 say nomine; oi iu cxienbiuu nticaucu u ion self an improvement demanded by the public interest, and every en ligbtened view of duty to our constituents. By the arrangement recommended, the State and Individuals are to be equal Stockholders to the amount of one million of dollars, or at most, twelve hundred and fifty thousand each, iu a line of Railroad from Gaston to Charlotte. The State is to transfer to the new Company, the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, at the sum of 500,000, in part payment of her subscription, as soon as solvent persons shall subscribe $500,000 more, in Stock of this Company. She is to pay no money on her sub scription, until this latter sum of $500,000 has been in good faith applied in repairs of the old Road, and the construction of the new ; that is, in all probability, until the new Road shall have been completed for forty or more miles. After that, she is to pay in equal instalments with the other subscribers, but always withholding her payment until theirs has been made. Transportation is to be carried on, upon the old Road and upon such parts of the new, as may be from time to time finished, and dividends of profits on this business, may be declared, in which the.' State will receive her part, as the work may progress. The balance cf the State's subscription, say $5C0 to 700,000 is to be paid by monies raised on loan, by issuing State bonds, redeemable in thirty years, bearing interest at not more than six per cent, per annum. These bonds would probably be issued, in parcels of perhaps $50,000 at one time, as instalments might be called for, on the subscription, so that the whole amount would not be outstanding in less than (four or five year?. In every" instance the loan would be contracted by sealed pro posals, and any premiums obtained, would be reserved as & fund for the payment of interest, in addition to the profits which may be realized from the business of the Road. So far as these might fall short of the payment of the interest, as it accrued, it would fall on the Treasury the Stock in the Road being pledged to pay the principal. The certificates of loan aire to be payable at the option of the len der, in the currency of Great Britain, or the United Slates, in order to have a free competition, in the proposals offered, and to secure the low- est rate of interest. The sum annually required for the payment of interest, after the whole amount ot loan shall haye been obtained, will probably be from thirty to forty thousand collars. The old Road being put in perfect repair, and the new one constructed for forty miles, bet fore any part of this debt is contracted, and the Stale being entitled to one-half of the profits which may be made from its operations, she may reasonably expect to derive from this source, and from the premiums on the loan, a large portion of the funds required from time to time, to meet this interest. If the measures recommended in my former Mes sage for the reduction of the public liabilities shall be adopted, they will by the time th.s loan hall be fully laken up, afibrd a residue by the diminuuourof the debt which lnay be Hcd iQ inle ; . u4 V . n any balance, to be paid from the Treasurv , It is unqnestionah w ik. t .. Ji.icae.ury. -- uc icasi No more Bonds shall be issued at any one time, than are ne cessary to pay the instalment then demanded ; aud in every such case, the Treasurer shall advertise the amount required, call for sealed pro posals of terms, and contract the loan, on those moat favorable to ihe State, that may be offered. And whatever premium may be obtained in any fucIi negotiation, bhall be paid into the Public Treasury, and invested as a savings fund, to meet the iuterest ou the debt, as it it may accrue. 9. The State's Slock in this Company, to be pledged for lire re demption of the principal of the debt thus contracted, and any dividends of profits which may be declared thereon, to be applied to the payment of the interest. And the Company shall have power, from time to lime, to divide profits, if realized, on such parts of the Road as Jnay be fin ished. 10. But to secure the punctual payment of ihe interest, before and until such dividends may be realized, and to aid ihe Savings Fund, above mentioned, the Public Treasurer shall pay any deficiency of in terest, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. ' 11. The. foregoing provisions to be embodied in two Acts of the General Assembly ; the one, " An Act to incorporate the North Caro lina Railroad Company," and the other, "An Act, to ac?just the claims of the State against ihe Stockholders and obligors of the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad Company, to change the Slate's investment iu said Railroad, and to aid the construction of the North Carolina Railroad." Statistical Memorandum, TO ACCOMPANY THE PROJECT OF THE NORTH CAROLINA Mil HOAD. o o B a O a o CO a 1 Oi a 3 Counties. Wake, Chatham, Randolph, Davidson, Rowan, Cabarrus, Population .1840. 21,118 16.242 12,875 14,600 12,100 0,250 Mecklenburg aud Union, 18,273 104,473 that it-propoMH to borrow n,.mi.v r. .f v- P JeC'' justify thai step, in ,he evpa ,tf . ""Jridnce State, to J .. . p ,ne eyea of our constituents, f it Rtnn.i n j . ""vuunctieu Orange, Guilford, Stokes, Surry, Davie, Iredell, Lincoln, Gaston &. Cat. Montgomery & Stanly, Moore, with other work in wllich IL, " "stood unco " consider that, he ir'l"" d' But w ultimate red,, 17 r T WBU" "auroaa pledged for the 'hen .v-wvuipuon oi the amount borrowed nA ,;n w eauai to ,t ..j .v . . . Borrowed, nd will be more than a a on o o a 2 f Rutherford, CleaTd, Dnrsf,MCUOW. i-Uald. Wilkes, Rockingham, Caswell, Person, Anson, Cumberland, J ohnston, Nash, FranMin, Granville, 24,350 19,175 16,265 15,079 7,574 15,685 25,100 . 10,780 7,988 246,427 J- 9,202 15,799 12.577 13,442 14,693 9,790 15,077 15,284 10,599 9,047 10.S80 18,817 411.732 Value of Real Estate, 1847. 2.052JS5 1.245.S14 1.062,538 1,156.308 1.012,469 833,836 1.116,016 ) un'n 634,937 f 9,114,101 2,234,376 1.G12.2G2 1,275,940 1,005,37 644.309 933,172 2,088,961 720.C84 54l660 520,171,202 1,364.00 ... 1,665,795" ' 555,666 1,023,794 1,282,405 C3$49 1,146,899 1,561,525 919,534 629,012 847,564 1,529,114 S33 69 1 13 On the same day, Mr. Satterthwaite's resolution to tend a message to the.Senr.te proposing to go into an election of United States Stuator ou Monday next at 12 o'clock, being under consideration. Mr. Ellis moved to amend by striking out Mon day next, aud inserting the '20th of December. Mr. Satterthwuite said that he thought the object of the amendment was to defeat the resolution en tirely, and he could see no good reason for such a desire on the part of members of the House; for it keemed to him improbable that they would do uny thing until these elections were over. Aa long as the ininda of members are agitated about thes&anat ters, the business of the State will sufl'er in conse quence thereof. lie had no disjwsiiion to deprive any part of the people of North Caroliu.a of their vcice. The Legislature was as full as usual all the members being present, with the exception of one. He was in favor, therefore, of proceeding with the election. Mr. Dobbin said, he, for one, was far from feeling a disposition to defeat the election ; but one Coun ty in tbe State was not represented, and as the Sen ator represented the State at large, it was a very important matter, in his opinion, that the voice of every County 6hould be heard in his election. He thought there was no analogy between the case of the absence of a member from the House, and that of nn unrepresented County : and believed this would be apparent to every member who would (Link of it for a moment. He thought l hat there wag no need of legislation ceasing; for there were more important matters to come before the House than the election of officers ; and he was opposed to the idea that they could not get along with business until these officers were elected. Our legislative bark is about to be launched, and let it not be blown among the breakers by the gales of party strife and contention; but rather let it be borne smoothly r.loug laden with the precious freightage of a wise comprehensive, and prudent system of policy. He pledged himseif that a suspension of the election should not deter him, from the transaction of busi ness ; und begged members to suspend their party feelings and proceed to legislation. : Mr. Paine inquired, if any other County, save Yancy, had received such consideration, and if any oi her County should be placed in a similar situation, would the gentleman from Cumberland oppose going into the election ? Mr. Dobbin replied affirmatively. Mr. Courts said, it was thought strange that the Democratic party of the House acted thus ; and that fcr their course, they had no precedent. But they were not without precedent. He cited a case in 1 836, in relation to the County of Pasquotank, when a member from that County resigned his seat, and aisked, why not now show the same respect to Yan cy, that was shown to Pasquotank then. The cour tesy extended to Whigs then, ought, bethought, to- be extended to Democrats now. He could see no reason why the election for Senator, should not be postponed until theQOth of December, when the va cancy occurred not until the 3d of March. Mr. Stanly asked Mr. Courts whether he, as a member of the Legislature, did not vote to go into the election ugainst the wishes of the Whigs? Mr Courts said the Democrats yielded to the ar guments ottered by the Whigs for postponement; but he did not recollect how he voted. Mr. Stanly asked, if it was not by the Senate that tue postponement was made? Mr. Courts replied he did not recollect but a short time thereafter, he was reminded that the pro position was voted down in the House, but sustain- ea oy tne oenate. Mr. Rayner said, that, if the Whigs did wrsng in '36, in regard to this matter, they ought not to do so now; anu u tne JJeniocrats did right then, they ought to practise the same course of conduct now He said that the Whigs of the House, by reference to the Journalshe found did vote against the nroD- osition to go into an election ; but, alter sleeping on it for a night, they let it pass on the next day. And, as he had failed to trade with his friend of Rowan! he would try his friend from Rockingham-. anJ aKkJ him, if the resolutio.i failed to pass to-day, w ill he like tha Wpigs, in -36. lei it pass ttumorrsw ? " Mr Courts declined to "trade, and Raid that, by past. experience, be was warned agaiunltradincr with WhlirS I fftr thv a !urara j . m-w - T """-'J TO Llin Mil VM MI 34 (TO -f a appealed to Mr. Rayner to be consistent. He ouzht 9 1 . b. ? t lit r ' i ma it wouia oe uniuir to rroc.eJ rw uqbs, oecause one comity is m Wfrsj ugy are nig counties represent r, lnvBucn a way as fairly, to espraS of the people of those Whig Couwij, here by Democrats? Is not their cs Is not advantage taken of this misrfpa: We who are auxiuus to bring on ihestta so, ibceausc we wi;h to reuio?e thecfc way ot Legislation. e wish toreros struction to proceeding to tbe public W heavy responsibility would fall upon tL those who acquiesced in this delav of a business. Let t he responsibility fallonilJ it properly belougs. He, for one.mjtJ The Ayes and Noes were then caM J tion to lay on the table, -which resaWl -Niiys 57 ; so the resolution Was laiJmiJ APPLICATION tilllu present Session of the Gesei ot IMortli Carolina, twaa Lijltle River Manufacturing Compaij. Dec. 7, 1848. j Three Lays from Jot fat finWO CASES more, rf those ta H skin HATS, Dtcember8tTle,tlii(r hv R.mm, Jvaleigh, Dec. 7, 1S4C. ;0" Star and Standard. to set the example. .f-"l ...... iur. uaynersaid. mat that was what he wished to be that was what he wa.iiA.l far aa Ka Kf..- aid, the Whigs defeated it on the first day, but let it pas on uie second. He said his friend feom Rocking ham objected to trading with him, from the fear that he would net the advantage of him hut h ,.,u tell his Democratic friends to appoint him (Mr. Courts) their agent, aud ihry would never be worsted, and HL-pW tn ht ndnnfpil hv V h ior kii nnnrt. nnrt tlift mips- ! -j - - - j .. "-o "II -j . tion is pressed upon them to postpone, when this fact is ciicovered. It was uncertain, it was true, what would be the political opinions of the member from Yancy but, notwithstanding this, he was wil ling to postpone the question for the gentleman from Randolph, provided the Whigs would agree to post pone the election of Senator until the arrival of the member from Yancy. Mr. Rayner said, that he discovered that he could not make a trade with his friends over the way with out their prescribing the conditions. A great deal of unnecessary excitement, he thought, had grown out of this question. His friend from Eeaufort had introduced it by way of retort, to ascertain whether they, would stand upon the ground they had taken his, share of the responsibility created trl at first. In his opinion, the absence of member,? had he'intended to pursue. nothing to do with tne question ; anu, as tar as ne could prevent it, the question should not be dodged, lie did not think that either theabsenceof tbe mem ber from Randolph, or the member from Yancy had anything to do with the action of the flouse; and the Whig?, by no means bad anything to do with the absence of the member from Yancy. The people htud elected, at the proper time, a mem ber to represent them here, and he had absented himself,)! his own i.ccord. But there is a difference in the cases of the two gentlemen one being absent of his own accord, aud the other by the act of God. Much had been said about courtesy. He did not ask it as courtiFy he demanded it cs right, that these elections should be gotten over with, in order that the House might proceed with the business of the State. He asked if it was intended to keep the House here until the 20th of Deccmler, doing noth ing ? Notv, you can t get the Committees to work : and it will be almost impossible to carve out work for the action of the House, as long as these things are in agitation. The minds of members will be un settled, and other important matters, that ought to come before the rloui-e, will be necessarily postponed The gentleman from Cumberland might be free from the influence of political feelings, and might pre serve hi3 calmness and equanimity in the midst of the most exciting contest: but he (Mr. R) could not free his bosom from the influence of such feel ings: and was therefore anxious to have done with the elections as soon as possible. .If it were necessa ary for the House to wait, for the member from Yan cy to vote for Senator of the Uuited States, it was equally necessary to have him here, to vote on other important questions. The eyes of the country are fixed on this Legislature, with a hope that some thing will be done to elevate the character of North Carolina, and promote her prosperity ; and what a spectacle do wc present ? Caucusses were held ev ery night, and the minds of members were kept con tinually agitated.' Are you williiig, said Mr. R., to continue in this course; to keep the House here doing nothing, until the 20th of December, spending the money oi the people 1 And he would appeal to the gentlemen upon the other side to think upon thbs particular matter, since it was one upon which they were always harping before the people. Wait until the 20th of December the minds of the mem bers having been kept in a continual state of excite ment, and then the business "that ought to have been done in the meautime, will be ru ied through with and only U.ilf attended to. it is true, that the passage of the question may not affect the character of the United States Senate ; but it will materially affect the character of posterity. He called upon the House to get through with the elections, and insisted that the gentlemen on the other side of the House ought not to oppose them any longer. If they con tinued in their course, they should be held respon sible for it before the people of the State. Too much evidence had been given of making every office a party question. Next the Solicitors would be sac rificed for opinion's sake Treasurer to be sacrific ed ; Comptroller also ; and meu, would be put in their places, not because they were competent, but for party considerations alone. He would depre cate the existence of such a state of things, and ap peal to members again not to postpone the public businessj declaring, if they did, the responsibility should rest upon their own shoulders. Mr. R. said he may have felt too Warmly, and may have spoken too warmly, but that he was really in as good a hu mor as he ever was in his life. Mr. Dobbin said, that he had listened with inter est to the gentleman from Hertford ; but was sur prised to hear him talk of plotting and counterplotting- of dodging the (Question of being held res ponsible of wasting the people's money; and his appeal to tbe patriotism of his side of the House He would appeal to the patriotism of the gentleman himself, and ask him has it come to this, that legis lation must be suspended because an Attorney Gen eral and a Senator are to be elected ? Must all oth er business- be suspended because some wish to post- we therefore cone pone these elections? Wbat sort of patriotism is his, who can Bay, that he is incapacitated for the public business, because certain offices are not filled 1 Aud let the people know, since the gentleman has lectured us about responsibility, that he can do no thing until these elections are over with? Is that the sort of patriotism that -he 'wishes to arouse in my bosom? If so I tell him he cannot do it. When the gentleman spoke of plotting and counterplotting, I was astonished. He knew that the Democrats! and Whigs too, ardent though thev were in th support of their. respective sides, could rise above gttute of c North Caroliiar g2Coi:NTr. In Equity. ! llintou Vinson and iViit, ; . j John B. Alltn, and olhen BY an interlocutory order, made it cause, ai the last Term of the Court said Countv. ail creditors of the M Alton nr rpniii red to exhibit and leriiri airainst his Estate, before the Master of at his Office in Sini(.h6eld, on or beta dav of January next, and also to app Te'rm of this Court to be boldtnatfol iri Smithfield. on the 4th Monday ii i!f.n nnr? there to assert their cluta " of the sales of the Lands, descended the said William U. Allen, mIJ v .i II vwui t. , , , : Smhhfbl.l. Nov. 23. (Tt.hhf estate o Soi'tii i'nro SCurj:rrT. Cou.t of Pleas la-l November Term, 1S43. William ror.-j'C, Durant L. BuHoct n,;.,;,,,! a it..rlm-.ei.t. Levied upon :. ;ni'i im o ijji.."-- ceased. , . ,l i. , (a tl... Miisiaciiontf J-f I.. .tnlll . UUIIU"! ir.ai is tiifrfj n i. ,h Id ... i I . .. i,a liaifcu I publication oe maoe m ; -, , weeks successively, f.-r saiu m y . i..,r lust ire? ohaiJ thereof, lobe held for ;d Us House in Oxford, on tne 'N " , , . l ... n ..ad flf "r next, then an.i mere i r -; , j - . . inir.nffl. i thf land levied uton co- titFs claim. . , rA U itnesj. James M. . at office, theirs vi ,n i-.-. JAr VI -fit" 15 y Nov. 29, 13H the of another government, so , I ! .. ,u:ili i.r.iffrs. I' ls vti ai;nai ij ...... ( . . above Diiint... tottrj W,Z iih" ufactory io lude, tl'a . ..-to mat1, ..j procure the requ-- d k JJ rccvunT " , , nrOZK iwbich have vegWJ r : tlr ure;) they have n. their tone trU.v ww . , ...om'IIII ' ! Amou2 . .P?J 8Dd Pctaves, maae , in..o- n.n. smaii . . a.to''fj frout, carved l u , This W I'l u . Kr pfactory of IL y, n ingwithanyn. u - tbe influences bronzbt to bear in these elections, and is erv complete, woum not oe deterrea from the discharge of their io S450 auo every sat' duty to the public. So much for responsibility so J them to give entire s - s auch for dodging th.e question, The gehtleaoan i v' isfacl'00