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Iff If ! 5 iff in. f I 4i is V - v It '1 v t i. -i ! i Ml Ml i14 .At i - i 1 I" 4 w v ?3 1 1 i it ' - in From the National Era. VISIT TO THE BIRTn-PLACE OF BCRXS. Bt Grace Grjeenood. Edinburgh, October 1, 1852. IR M : I left Belfast on the evening of the 23d of September, with my friends, Mr. and , for a short tour in Scotland. Wc lanilpil .It Ardrossan. a port of no particular note, and from thence took the railway to Ayr. j This last is a fine, flourishing town, but aside; from the "ri brigs' containing no objects of i peculiar interest as associated with Burns. I Here we took a droskev, aud drove over to the I old parish of Alloway." I cannot tell you how j sadlv I missed you from my side, my dear M when approaching, with the true spirit of. a pilgrim, the birth-place of that noble poet of j Tvo -mil Nature whose sweetest songs I had learned from your lips, almost with my cradle- ! hvuins. As 1 ""-a zed around on the scenes once . dear and laminar to ins eyes, uiy ue,ui, ii uui all a-clow with its earliest poetic enthusiasm, . acknowledged a deep sympathy for, and did . 1 l,;,r ulio nrliilo Ills KOIlI was lifted iu- IIOUOI O-', " ..... , u.. .or fr,v irlidrow not his heart ! IU llil Uiiun- . . , ..... from his fellows who snared tiumoiy in tneir j humble fortunes, and felt intensely their simple j joys aud bluer sorrows who, -with all his faults, was honest and luanlv, with all his wauts and j poverty, proud and free, and nobly independent who" amid all his follies and errors, acknow ledged iod and reverenced purity. The cottage iu which Burns was lorn, and which his father built, was originally what is here called a ' clay bigging," consisting only of two small apartments on the ground tloor a kitchen and sitting-room. The kitchen has a recess for a bed, and here the poet hrst opened his bewildered babv eves on a most uneiual I r ... world. This room, it is supposed, was the scene : of "The Cotter's Saturday Night." I was some what disappointed to find this cottage standing on the road, and that it had been built on to, and whitewashed out of all character and vene rableness. It is nw occupied as an ale-house, which beseemcth it little as the scene of the Iveautiful religious poem above named. A few rods from the d.or stands the "auld haunted kirk," through one of whose windows luckless Tarn O'Shanter took his daring observation of Old Nick and the witches, "as they appeared when enjoving themsehes." This is a pictures que, roodess, rafterless edifice, in a good state of preservation. In the pleasant old church ! vrd rests the father of the poet, beneath the ' tombstone erected and inscribed by one whose days should have been "long in the land" ac cording to the promise, for Burns truly honored his father and his mother. From the kirk we went to the monument, which stands on the summit of the eastern bank of the Doon, and near to the "auld brig," on the '"kev-stone" of which poor Tarn O'Shanter was delivered from his weird pursuers, and his gray mare "Meggie" met with a loss irreparable. This monument, of which the prints give you a verv pood idea, is of srraeeful proportions and a trraceful stvle of architecture. The grounds ) about it, though small in extent, are admirably kept, shaded with line shrubbery, aud made more beautiful by hosts of rare and lovely tlow- ers. lhere seemed to me somctaing peeuliarlv and touchinglv fitting in thus surrounding an edifice, sacred to the genius of Burns, with the j leafy haunts of the birds he loved, in whose songs alone would his tuneful memory live, aud with i the swectuess and brightness of flowers, from j whose glowing hearts he would have drawn deep meanings of love and pure breathings of passion, or on wuose Iran, iragram ic.ies ne would have read holy Sabbath truths, lessons of modesty and meekness, and teachings of the wondrous w isdom of Him who planted the daisy on the lonely hillside, and the poet in a weary world the one to delight the eyes, the other to charm and cheer the souls, of his creatures. Within the monument, we saw that most touching relic of Burns, the Bible which he gave to "Highland Mary" at their solemn betrothal. It is in two volumes. On the fly-leaf of the first, in the handwriting of the poet, is the text, "And ye shall not swear by my name falsely : I am the Lord." In the second, "Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths." In both volumes is the name of Burns, with his Mason's mark, and in one is a lock of Mary's own beautiful golden hair a soit, glossy curl, which in that last ten der parting mav have been smoothed down bv the caressing hand, mav have waved in the breath, or lam "against the breast of the poet lover. The view from the summit of the monument is exceeding beautiful and interesting, embra cing as it chWs many of the scenes of the life and song 'of Burns. The scenery of Ayr is not grand, surely, nor strikingly picturesque; but this view is lovely, quiet, and pleasant, beyond description truly a smilinj landscape. Per haps something was owing to the rich sunshine and soft air of the day, and more to the won drous charm of association ; but I never remem ber to have felt a more exquisite sense of beau ty, a delight more deep and delicious, though .shadowed with sad and regretful memories, than while sitting, or strolling on the lovely banks of the Doon, half cheated by excited fancy with the hope that I might see the rustic poet lean ing over the picturesque "auld brig." following with his great, dark, dreamy eyes, the windings of the stream below, or, with glowing face u;- raised, revelling in the clear blue, and fair float ing clouds above ; or, perchance, walking slow ly on the shore, coming down from the pleasant "Braes o' Balloclnnyle," musing, with folded amis and drooping head, on "the bonnie lass" who had there unconsciously strayed across the path of a p et, and chanced upon immortality. The Duea seemed to roll by with the melodious flow of his song now with the impetuous sweep of passion; now with the fine sparkle of plea sant wit ; now under the solemn shadows of! sorrow ; now out into the clear sunlight of ex ultant joy ; now with the soft gurgle and silver trickling of love's light measures ; now with the low, deep murmur of devotion. As I lingered there, .aitless snatches of the poet's songs, and stanza alter stanza of long-forgotten poems, sprang to my lips ; rare thoughts, the sweet, fresh flowers of his genius seemed suddenly to blossom out from all tho hidden nooks and still shaded places of memory, and the fair children of his fancy, who had sung themselves to sleep in my heart long ago, stirred, awoke, and smil ed into my face again. Happily for me, my companions fully under stood and sympathised with ray mood so, lit tle was said, tuat much might be felt. One sung - "Ye banks and braes o'bonnie Doon," and whether it was that his voice, in its deep, pathetic tones, was peculiarly suited to the mournful words aud air, or that the scene itself mingled its melodious memory with the singing, I know not, but never had I "been so affected bv the song. On our way back to Ayr, we called to sec the sister and nieces of Burns Mrs. Beggs and her daughters who we had been assured were most kindly accessible to visiters. This visit was al together tlie most interesting and gratifying event of the day. Mrs. Beggs lives in a simple but charming rose-embowered cottage, about a mile from her birth-place, where all who seek her with a respectful interest, receive a courte ous and cordial welcome. Mrs. Beggs is now about eighty years of age, but looks scarcely above sixty, and shows more than the remains of remarkable beauty. Her smile could hardly have been sweeter, or her eyes finer, at twenty. Her sight, hearing, and memory, seem unim paired ; her manners are graceful, modest, and ladylike, and she converses with rare intelli gence and animation, speaking with a slight, sweet Scottish accent. Her likeness to Nav. smith's portrait of her brother is Tery mark ed her eyes are peculiarly like the idea we have of his, both by pictures and descrip tion large, dark, lustrous, and changing. Those eyes shone with new brightness as I told her of our love for tho memory of her beloved brother, our sympathy in his sorrows, and our honor for bis free and manly spirit when I told her that the .New World, as the Old, bowed to the mastery of his genius, and were swayed to gmiks or tears by the wondrous iritcliry of his song. Bat when I spoke my admiration of the monument, and said, ' What a joy it would have been to him, could he have foreseen such noble recognitions of his great ness !" she smiled mournfully, and shook her head, saying, "Ah, madam, in the proudest mo ment, my poor brother never dreamed of such a thing:" then added that his death chamber was darkened and his death agony deepened by want aud care, and torturing fears for the dear ones he was to leave. I was reminded by her words of the expression of an old Scotch dame in our country, on hvarin of the completion of this monument : " Puir Rob ; lie asked for bread, and now they gie him a stone." Mrs. Beggs says that X.ivsmith's portrait of her brother is the best, but that no picture could have done full justice to the kindling and vary ing expression of his face. In her daughters, who arc pleasant nnd interesting women, you can trace a strong family resemblance to tho poet. The three sons of Burns are yet living two are in the army, and one has a situation under Government at Dumfries. All three are widowers. When I saw her, Mrs. Beggs was . . ,11 expecting daily the two youngest, the soldiers . . " " , , , l as tenderly as proudly the memory of their fa- It was vvitfl deep emotion that I parted from this geutIe,aJ?U large-hearted woman, in whose kindred jfyX likeness to the glorious peasant I almost fyt that I had seen him, heard his voice with all its searching sweetness, and had my soul sounded by the deep divinings of his eyes. It seems, indeed, a blessed things that after the sorrow which darkened her ynnth, tjie behold ing the prTJre of her house sink into the grave iu his prime, broken-hearted bv the neglect of irieuus, loe lumuiiijir iiiiu crueuy 01 iocs, oy r: 1 . k .. 1 . i a.. c r 1 oare ana poverty, ami, bitterest of all, liy awea ry weight of self-reproach that she has lived to see his eliildren happy and prosperous his birth-place and his grave counted among the world's pilgrim shrines to be herself honored and beloved for his sake, and to sun her chilled age in the noontide of his glory. THE CHOSEN' PEOPLE. Our contemporary of the Enquirer has a umn of exultation over, the late Democratic tory, from which we extract the following ulting. paragraph : "Our New Hampshire Moses has led us col- ic-ex- out of the land of bondage, with songs and rejoicings, while the cohorts of whiggery lie buried be neath the waves of the Red Sea." The comparison wuployed by our worthy con temporary is not altogether fortunate. When the children of Israel came :ut of bondage, they left Ithiinl them the fleshpots of Egvpr. where as the savory smell which has led to the Denict cratie exodus is brfort them: otherwise we su pect the Democrats would be i:i Egypt unto this dav. Moreover, the likening of Pierce to Moses is unluckv and ominous, for it will l, rec dlect- ed that Moses never lived to enjoy the sweets ( of Canaan, but "died on the. banks of Jordan, I in si ght of the promised land. ' In some res pects, however, the comparison may prove a ; happy and faithful one. Moses was vexed and worn out by the complaints and murmuring? of j his people, for meat and drink, and, notvvith- ; staudiugail his efforts to minister to their wants, they were still dissatisfied and discontented. ' Thus it will be with the followers vf the New ! Hampshire Moses. They will clamor furious! v for the spoils, and, where one is gratified, oiu ; thousand will turu angrily awav, until their 1 I j.ajt,f wishes himself back in N. Hampshire, , and that his people were under the Red Sea. i Moreover, it ought to be recollected that, as a ; just puni-diment for their rebellion and disobe- ! dience, not one of all the mighty host which , left Egypt ever lived to cross the river JorJan j and plant their feet on Canaan's "fields of liv- ' ing green." They never tasted the milk and j honey of that bright inheritance, but perished miserably in the wilderness. Their children j alone were permitted to enter the promised land, and when they forsook the God of their fathers, and became rebellious and idolatrous, "He gave them into the hands of the Heathen and they that I hated them ruled over them." j Let the Democracy he warned ! We have no j reason to believe that they are under the petu- . liar protection of Him who led his chosen neo- I plo from Egypt, and will once more bripg them from the ends of the earth, to lehold the towers - i of a new '.ion, and t ) sit again beneath their own vine and fig tree in their loved land of Ca naan. Let them beware ! The old champions. i the veteran actors of this political Israel, the .... 1 j most ardent worshippers of the golden calf, may , I all perish in the wilderness ; in other words, : j they may not get office, while Young Ameri- I j ca, led by that Joshua of Modern Democracy, : the little giant of Illinois, will reap the harvest ; and enjoy the fruits of v ictory. : The Democracy have gaiued a tremendous i I victory, but they have also incurred a treinen- 1 dous responsibility. Most sincerely do we hope ! . that they will abide, iu their foreign policy, by i j the maxims of Georgj Washington. If they do ; not, our American Israel will ere long be divi , ded and scattered to tho ends of the earth, and 1 j our capital be left solitary and desolate as Jeru j salem. J'ich. I'cjudliy.iii. North Carolina Goo us. We have seen some specimens of North Carolina staple, goods in the Baltimore market, of such a quality and price as to induce the belief thatthe article will become one of general demand among others of its class, if it does not even take precedence ; of them. The fact itself is an euouraging one; and in view of other incidental circumstances, contributes an impluse to the tendencies of com mercial intercourse between our city and the South. It is such things as these that we want, to develop the mutual interests and relations that are seeking an intimacy between us. Wo ought to establish or at least use all or en- ! deavors to establish a common market in Bui- : timore, for tho agricultural and manufacturing products, alike of the north, the south, the east , and the west. There is no position on the At lantic border so we'll adapted to this object as ours, and with the increasing facilities of inter- ! course, it will be a thing easy of accomplish- : ment, and is simply a question of time. At the -outset, at least until initial projects and enter- 1 prize are able to push fairly iuto the broad field of general competition, there should be the ut- i most liberality, compatible with business prin- i ciples, observed with respect to the South, and ' especially to southern manufactures ; and we are glad to learn that this spirit animates the merchants of Baltimore, and is likely to engage i their zeal in a cause of which there can be none ! ! .....1 v.. r. . i . .i . i . , I moiu ijttiiourti unu nooeiui in mc union, une o our leading wholesale dry goods houses has given particular attention to this quarter, and with the happiest results. As the South becomes engaged and interest ed in manufactures, it will begin to realize a weight and influence, and an accumulating pow er, of which it has had no conception or experi ence as a merely agricultural section of the country, lucre is no good reason why the tac- There is no good reason why the fac- tory should not take ita place by the side of tin, plantation, and thus bring the markets of the i . l i i world, and especially those of our country, into more direct and profitable relation to southern enterprise. In a word, it is southern enterprize, moving in a new direction, which is to re-establish the strength of the South and maintain it ; and now is the time to make it effective. Bolt. Sun. Runaway Slave Caigut. Capt. Day, of the Schr. Cora Ann Lindsey, who put into" Hamp ton Roads on Tuesday, on his passage from New Berne, N. C, to New York, discovered some signs yesterday morning, which induced bim to search his forecastle, when he found a negro man, who gives his name as Primus, and says that be belongs to Judge M. E. Manly, of N. C. The Captain brought him up and deliv ered him to the Mayor, who sent him to jail where he will remain until his owner calls for him. Xorfoik Herald. One or the most important femalo qualities is sweetness of temper. Heaven did not give to woman insinuation and persuasion in order to Via l Ws. Alia it slil r r mvn lnr . A. ! t0 l employed in scolding. STATE LEGISLATURE- SENATE. Fridav, Nov. 5, 1852. Mr. Washington presented the pension cer tificates of Theophilus Gardner, and William j Sasser, of Wayne County. They were counter- i signed by the'Speaker aud sent to the House of j Commons. The following engrossed bill from the House : was read a first time and referred to the Com- , niittee on Corporations, viz : A bill for the better government of the town j of Lincolnton, and to amend the existing cor-j porate laws of said town. Mr. Richardson introduced a bill to increase i th- capital st ck of the Bank of Wadcsborough, . which was road a first time. i Mr. Hoke introduced a bill accompanied by a 1 memorial to incorporate the trustees of Catawba College. The bill was read a first time aud re- ; furred to the Committee on Corporations. j The bill concerning the distribution of the : School fund in the County of tlaston, was read : asec nd tim and, oil motion of Mr. Bower, said j bill was read a third time and passed. ' The bill to authorise the Wardens of the poor j in Lincoln County to sell the land upon which ! the poor House is situate, was read a second tiaie, i and on motion of Mr. Hoke ordered to lie on the table. The bill to extend the writ of appeal in cer tain cases was nad a second time, and on mo- ( tion of Mr. Washington, referred to the Coin- ! inittee on the Judiciary. The bill to authorise any fifteen Justices of the neace of Craven countv to appoint superin- ' tendants of Common Schools, was read a second time, and on motion of Mr. Washington, was read a third time and passed. The bill to amend an act entitled Divorce aud Alimonv. was read a second time, and on mo tion of Sir. Hoke, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. On motion of Mr. Gilmer, Messrs. T. F. Jones and Washington were added to the Committee on the Judiciary. The bill to authorize the Courts of Pleajs and Quarter Sessions to make compensation to Jus tices of the Peace appointed to take the lists of taxable property, was read a second time and ordered to a third reading. The bill to amend the first section of the sixty fourth chapter jf the Revised Statutes, was read a second time, and on motion of Mr. Lillington, was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. The bill to establish the dividing line bt tween the counties of Beaufort and Craven, was read a s-'coiid time. The fallowing were read a second time : A I'ill to amend the act to establish public landings. Ac. A bill concerning the improvement of low grounds, and A hill to appoint commissioners to sell a por tion of the streets in the town of Shelby iu the county of Cleveland. The bill to pay tales jurors in the counties of Rockingham and Guilford was read a third time, and passed. tn motion of Mr. Drake, the bill for paying j tales jurt.rs in Halifax and Nash counties was j taken up. and it provisions were extended so i as t embrace Granville and Sampson, and thus I amended, it was rea l a third time, and passed. On motion of Mr. McDowell, the bill for pa- ' ing tabs jurors in Columbus county was taken up. On motion of Mr. McMillan, its provisions were extendod to the county of t hishiw, and thus amended, the bill was read a third time, and passed. On motion the Senate adjourned until 11 o' clock to-morrow. i . HOUSE OF COMMONS. Friday, Nov. 5. 1S52. Mr. Dobbin presented a memorial in refer ence to the obstructions in the Cape Fear River ; ly the ' ape tear and Peep Kiver .Navigation Company ; which, without being read, was re ferred to the Committee ou Internal Improve I ments. J Mr. Lander presented a memorial from citi- zens of Gaston County, praying that no part of i said County may be attached to the County of ; Lincoln ; which was referred to the Committee j on Propositions and Grievances without being , rea l. j Mr. R. M. Saunders from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported back to the House the i "bill abolishing trials by jury in the County Court, and for the more speedy and certain ad , ministration of justice," with an amendment, in which the concurrence of tho House was asked, j Before any question was taken, on motion of j Mr. Saunders the amendment was ordered to be i printed, and the bill was made the order of the day for Tuesday next. I he bill concerning public roads, ferries and bridges in the County of Bladen, was read a third time, and after a few remarks from Mr. MePugald iu support of it, passed and was or- I dered to be engrossed. I Mr. C. Johnson introduced a bill to ineorpo- I rate the Greensborougii and Deep River Plank Road Com; any ; which passed its first reading ' and was referred to the Committee on Internal ' Improvements. j Mr. Webb presented the following resolu- ; tion. Uesaltol, That tho order of this House re- , quiring the Doorkeeper to furnish ico for the , use of the members be, and the same is, here- j by repealed. ' Mr. Avery moved that th" resolution be laid : upon the table ; upon which motion the ayes and noes were called, and it was decided in the j negative ayes 57, noes 54. The question then j recurring on the adoption of the resolution, it ' was decided in the affirmative ayes 53, noes j 30. ' j Mr. Dargan moved that tho bill offered by Mr. Leach, of Davidson, for taking the sense of the people on the call of a Convention, be now taken up. Cpon this motion Mr. Marshall call ed for the ayes and noes, and it was decided in the negative ayes 46, noes 58. Mr, Wheeler introduced a bill to authorize J. Cline, Sheriff of Catawba county, to collect the tax due hiin, which passed its first reading, and was referred to the committee on private bills. Mr. W. E. Hill, a bill to make wilful trespas ses on land by cutting timber trees, and unlaw ful .hunting, indictable. Passed first reading, and referred to the Committee on the Judicia ry. Mr. Burton, from tho Select Committee, to which was referred the bill to repeal tho 7th section of the 82d chapter of the Revised Stat utes, (the present License Law,) reported the same back to the House, and recommended that it do not pass. Mr. Burton made a few remarks in explana tion of the motives that induced hiai to intro duce the bill. The great argument to sustain the present law was, that it brought in consid erable revenue. But it v as admitted on all ...... .i ... .:.. i . . . , .. ; I Z Z . V h ' F. much mischief, anLivas regarded as a great so cial evil ; how then eoW4'it be ri-rht to -mit;n. ue to license , even if St brought in more rev enue than it does? HeVregarded the existing law as a stain pon our Statute Book. The questio7i was then taken on tho passage of the bill onoUs second reading, and it was re jected. Mr. Marshall ofSered the following resolution: Resolved, That the committee on Finance be instructed so to amend the Revenue Law of this State as to exempt from taxation the selling or retailing of Wine, the growth and manufacture of North Carolina-. The question-being taken, the resolution was not adopted. A message was received from the Senate a greeing to tho proposition to raise a joint select committee to consist of the Senators and Repre sentatives from McDowell and Yancy, to tako into consideration the Governor's Message rela tive to the McDowell and Yancy Turnpiko Com pany. Also, one proposing to raise a joint select committee of four on the part of the Senate and six on the part of the House, to take into con sideration tho Western Turnpike Road, and the lands pledged for its construction, and report I Dargan, and referring to the case in the Su by bill or otherwise, providing for a sale of said preme Court in which the Judges suggest the lands : which nronosition was concurred in There being no other business, on motion of Mr. Martin, the House adjourned to 10 o'clock to-morrow. SENATE. Saturday, Nov. G, 1852. A message was sent to the House of Commons informing that House that the Senate had pas cd the following bills: A bill to confirm the establishment of the Ceuntv of Yadkin. I A bill to provide for paying tales jurors in Rockingham and Guilford Counties. j ANbiil to authorize the Court of Pleas and '. Quarter Sessions of Perquimans County to sell j a portion of the public square of that County. j Sir. Woodfin, from the Committee on the Ju- i diciary, reported back the bill to extend the ; time for reiristennir crants, mesne conveyances, powers of attorney, bills of sale, aud feeds of' gift, ami recommended its passage. The bill was ordered to be laid upon the table. Mr. Woodfin from the same Committee re ported back the following bills which were or dered to bo laid upon the table: A bill to authorize the probate of all deeds and bills of sale requiring registration, before th Clerks of Courts of Common Pleas and Quar ter Sessions, at any time, with an amendment, . i . i . i auu reconiiii'-ooeo ii o.w-sii-.;. A bill making Rail Itoad Companies liable for ! all damages done by fire from sparks f illing from locomotives, recommending its rejection. A bill to amend an act in reference to divorce and alimonv, recommending its rejection. Mr. Thomas offered the following resolution: hViolnil. That the Committee on the Judic iary enquire into the expediency of so altering ' ami amending the laws as to require Justices of ; the Peace to give bonds and security for the ; faithful performance of their duty ; and upon giving bonds to be allowed fees for their servi ces : That they be required to keep a record of their proceedings: that in all cases of assaults : and battery brought before them in cases of ; submission, to fine one or both of the parties not less than two nor more than fifty dollars : to allow the right of appeal to either party upon ; giving bond and security to indemnify the ( County against the payment of costs: in cases where no appe d is taken and fines paid, to make , it the duty of the justices to pay over the fines , for the fise of the Countv, and report to the ClorL- of tin. Snuerior Court, the eases of Sub- ! ....... v,. . --- -- - mission which nave oecn semen uciore inein, , and so provide for the duty of tho Grand Jury that no further proceedings shall be had there on in Court, and that said Committee report a bill t accomplish the foregoing object. ! Mr. Lillington. If I understand the purport j of the latter part of that resolution, Sir, from hearing it rea l at the Clerk's desk, it makes it imperative upon the Committee to bring in a j bill to carry out the object proposed. I cannot '. vote fir the resolution in that shape. I have j strong objections to the propositions embraced j in it ; and I cannot vote for a resolution in- structing the Judiciary Committee, orany other j Committee, to bring in a bill of which 1 disap- 1 prove. But if th" Senator from Haywood will j modify his resolution so as to instruct the Coin- : iiiitte,- to report by bill or otherwise, I shall not j oppose its adoption. Mr. Thomas. If the gentleman has any ol- jeetion to the f.rr.i of the resolution, and will suggest such amendment as may suit his views, i I will cheerfully consent to the modification. j Mr. Lillington. I will move then to strike j out from the last line of the resolution the j 1 ..I - 1 .1. ! worls, Lull to aeeonipu.sii toe torcgomg on- ; jeet," and to insert the words, "by bill or other- ! wise." That will leave the action of the Com mittee free as it should be. The Speaker. The resolution will be amend ed so as to conform to the wishes of the Senator from Rowan, as acceded to by the mover. Mr. Gilmer. I think. Sir, the Senator from Macon and Haywood would have doue the cause in which he is interested much more ser vice bv having drawn the bill himself, than by throwing tho burthen upon a Committee. I think he ought to take the responsibility show his own hand and draw up his own bill. If the Senator desires to obtain the credit of being the first to niak-; a movement in a matter that may bo considered a popular hobby, let him do so in a straight forward manner. As to this project of allowing the submission of such cases under the pretence of extending the freedom of the parties, I think it has a di rect tendency to take away liberty. Suppose I take it into my head to give a man a good beat- ing, I may then go to my neighbor who is a ma gistrate and pay a nne ot two dollars and 1 am ; exonerated. That would be liberty indeed. " : The question being upon agreeing to the re- ; solution, as amended, it was by ayes 2G, noes not counted, decided in the affirmative. Mr. Steele introduced a bill to amend the j Constitution of the State. The bill was read a first time, nnd the question leing put shall the bill be ordered to a second reading, it was nega- tived, twenty-six Senators only voting iu the 1 affirmative, while the Constitution requires that bills of this description shall be passed, at each , separate reading, by a vote of three fifths of the i whole number of Senators. ; The bill projMiscs to amend the constitution ! by expunging that part thereof which re";u- : kites the mode of amending that instrument.) j Mr. Canaday introduced a bill in relation to Executors of last wills and testaments, which : was read a first time and referred to the Com- niittee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be print- ed. " ' The following bills from the House of Com- I nions were read a first time and referred to the . Committee on Internal Improvements, viz: A bill to incorporate the Haywood and Pitts- j boro' Plank Road Company, and, s A bill to incorporate the Concord and Anson j Plank Road Company. j The bill to appoint Commissioners to sell a . portion of the streets in the town of Shelby, in ! the county of Cleaveland, was read a third time ; and passed. The bill to authorise Courts of Pleas and 1 Quarter Sessions to make compensation to Jus-! tiees of the Peace appointed for taking the lists of taxable property, was read a second time, ami ! 1 o , . : . , , . i on motion of Mr. Steele, was ordered to be laid upon the table. The bill to establish the dividing lino between the counties of Beaufort and Craven, was read a third time and passed. The bill concerning the embankment of low lands, was read a second time, and on motion of Mr. Person, was laid upon the table. Tho bill to increase the capital stock of the Bank of Wadesborough, was read a second time, and on motion of Mr. Clark, was laid upon the table. On motion, the Senato adjourned until 11 o' clock to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Saturday, Nov. 6, 1852. Mr. Dortch, from -the Committee on tho Ju diciary, reported the bill to prohibit the sale of spirituous liquors to free persons of color, with a recommendation that it bo passed. Read se cond time and passed. Mr. Phillips, from the same Committee, re ported the bill in relation to the collection of partnership and other debts ; aud recommended its passage. "Passed second reading. Also, tho bill to do away with collateral war ranties ; and recommended its passage. Mr. Dargan explained the object of the bill and showed the defect in tho existing law which it was intended to remedy. For example, he stated that if a person having two sons should make his will and divide his land equally be tween them by metes and bounds, with a con dition that, if either should die without heirs, tho whole should go to the survivor ; in this case, if one of the sons should enter upon the land after the fathor's death and make a deed for the same with a warranty, and dio without heirs, the surviving brother would be cut off from his right by the warranty, notwithstanding the will and the clear intention of the testator to the j contrary. i Mr. R. M. Saunders followed in a few rc- j mark? sustaining the views advanced by Mr. Jiropriety of a change in the law, as provided or in this bilL Tho question was then taken, and the bill passed its second reading. Mr. Dargan, from the same Committee, re ported tho bill to amend the 53d section of the 34th chapter of tho Revised Statutes ; and re commended its passage. Mr. I), stated that as the law now stands, a person who incites another in Wake county to commit a felony in Johnston, if indicted in Johnston, would" get clear. The object of the bill was to make accessories indictable either in the county where the felony is incited or where committed. The bill then passed its second reading. Mr. Stubbs, from the same Lomraittee, to . which was referred the bill to amend the 4th J section of an act passed at the session of 1832 '33, concerning the payment of Jurors of the regular pannel, in the county of Beaufort, re- j ported the same back to the House ana recom- mended its passage. Passed second reading. j Mr. R. M. Saunders, from the same commit- ; tee, to which was referred the resolution in- j structing said committee to inquire into .the most eligible plan for gradually removing the free negroes from this State, and also the mc- j morial of Lutz, praying to be relieved from the ; judgment of the court for marrying a girl un- der 15 years of age, without the consent of 1 er j ,.- , , guardian reported the same back asked ..- discharged from to the House I their further consideration : which was concurred in and they were laid upon the table. Mr. Dobbin, from the same committee, to which had been recommitted the bill to pay tal- aa .1 urnpd rnnrtoil ffio vtlinp lifielf to tYt TlollSA witli certain amendments, ami reeommenaea, as it was not in order to amend it now, that the bill be permitted to pass its second reading in its present shape, aud that the amendments be adopted on its third reading. The report was concurred in, and the bill passed its second reading. Mr. llarriss, of Cabarrus, from the select committe on Constitutional reform, to which had been referred the bill to amend the Consti tution of North Carolina, (the Free Suffrage Bill) reported the same back to the House and recommended that it do not pass. Mr. Dargan said he desired to submit a few remarks in reference to the report of the com mittee and in opposition to the bill; but gave W"av to .! 1 . i P. Hill, who moved that the bill be laid upon the table, ordered to be printed, and made the order of the day for Wednesday aext. Before the question was taken on this motion, Mr.11. withdrew by request of Mr. Williams, of Warren, who stated that the minority of the committee were preparing a report, which they desired to submit before the motion of the gentleman from Caswell prevail ed. Cpon his motion, the report of the committee was laid upon the table until Monday next. Mr. Avery, from the committee on Internal Improvements, reported the bill to incorporate the Greensborougii and Deep River Plank Road Company; and recommended its passage. Passed second reading. Mr. Avery from the committee on the Judici ary, reported the bill to preserve live stock from malicious destruction, with certain amendments; and recommended its passage. Mr. R. M. Saunders moved to amend the a men hnent by striking out the word "she," as it was hardly to be supposed that women would commit the offence. Mr. Avery stated that one of the "lovelier sex" had been charged with the offence, and he regretted to say it, but the evidence seemed to be conclusive against her. He had no particu lar objection, however, to tho amendment. The amendment offered by Mr. Saunders was adopted ; and it was further amended by exten ding its provisions to the county of Caldwell. After which, on motion of Mr. Webb, who de sired time to look into its provisions, the bill with the amendments was laid upon the table. INTRODt TTIOV OF BILLS. The following bills were introduced, passed their first reading, and were appropriately re ferred, v iz : By Mr. McDugald: a bill to incorporate E lizabcthtown in the county of Bladen. By Mr. Fagg: a bill to establish a Public Road in tho county of Madison. By Mr. McNeill : a bill to incorporate the j Lumberton aud Cape Fear Plank Road Compa- By Mr. Gwynn : A bill to incorporate the : town of Jonesville, in Yadkin county. I By Mr. Mclntyre: A bill to amend the Con- j stitution of the State of North Carolina. Pro- poses to amend Sec. 4, Art. IV, of the amend ments to the Constitution, by striking out the i portion authorizing amendments by the Legis- ! lature, and inserting the following. " When a Convention is called for the pur- i pose of amending the Constitution, it shall be ! competent for said Convention to propose one ' amendment or amendments to the Consti tution of this State ; but no alteration shall : take place, until tho same shall have been pub lished in all the newspapers in the State, and ' thereafter submitted to the qualified voters of ; the House of Commons throughout tho State ; ' and if upon comparing the votes given in the j whole State, it shall appear that a majority of : the votes havo approved thereof, then, and not otherwise, the same shall become a part of the , Constitution.'' ! By Mr. Wheeler : A bill to establish the N. j Carolina Military Institute. To be located with- ' iu five miles of Catawba Springs. j By Mr. Martin : A bill to amend the 1st. sec. 1 of the 20th chap. Revised Statutes, so as to give ' the election of Clerks and Masters in Equity to the People. Referred to a select committee of five, as follows : Messrs. Martin, W.Lyon, T. Bynum, Phillips and Pegram. By Mr. Durham : A bill to incorporate the Trustees of the Hillsborough Academy. On motion of Mr. Phillips, the Committee on the Judiciary was instructed to inquire into the expediency of amending tho law regulating the solemnization ot matrimony. A message was received from the Senate, transmitting the follovvingengrossed bills, which were read the first time and passed, viz '1' i. l i : 1 1 x . , the engrossed bill to nav tales iurors Rockingham and Guilford counties ; The engrossed bill to confirm the establish- J ment of the county of Yadkin ; and, J The engrossed bill to authorise the Court of 1 Pleas aud Quarter Sessions of Perquimans j county to sell a portion of the Public Square. j Also, a message proposing to amend the bills to provide for paying tales jurors in the Coun- j ties of Halifax and Columbus, by iuserting other Counties ; in which the House concur- ' red. ! By Mr. Matthews : A bill to prohibit any i corporate body from levying a tax upon any ar- j ticle the growth and manufacture of this State. ( The House then adjourned to 10 o'clock Mon- ! day morning. SENATE. Monday, Nov. 8, 18,32. The Speaker announced the Committee on en rolled bills for the present week to consist of Messrs. McMillan, Albright and Kerr. Mr. Brogden introduced a bill to exempt per sons of sixty five years of ago and upwards from serving as jurors. Tho bill was read a first time and referred to the Judiciary Committee. The bill to extend tho time for registering grants, ifcc, was read a second time, and under j a suspension of the rules was read a third time and passed. A message was received from the House of! Commons, announcing the concurrence of that House in the proposition of the Senate to raise I a joint select committee of four from the Senate and six from the House to take into considera- tion tho Western Turnpike Road, and the lands ; pledged for its construction, and that the House branch of tho committee consists of Messrs. ' llow, Smith, Lander, ragg, Muncay, and Styles. Whereupon, Messrs. Thomas, Wash ington, Bower and Thompson were appointed the committee on the part of tho Senate. The House by Message also announced their concurrence in the amendments made by the Senate in the bills for paving tales jurors in Halifax and Columbus, &c. Also, that the House Committee on enrolled bills consists of Messrs. Enrtin, W. Harris, Mon day, Rives and Lowry. The following engrossed bills were received from the House: A bill concerning public roads, ferries and bridges in County of Bladen. A bill to protect titles to land entered in the County of Macon previous to the 15th of March 1852, and A bill to repeal an act entitled an act for the better organization of the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the county of Pasquotank, passed at tho last Session of the General Assem bly. They were read a first time and ordered to a second reading. Also a bill concerning the sale nnd inspection of Lumber at Wilmington or other points on Cape Fear River; said bill was read a first time and referred to the committee on the judiciary. Also a bill concerning the Superior Courts of Randolph, Alamance and Currituck counties; read a first time and referred to the committee on the judiciary. The bill authorizing the probate of all deeds and bills of sale requiring registration, before the Clerks of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, at any time, was read a second time, and the amend ment recommended by the committee agreed to. The bill making Railroad Companies liable for all damages done by fire from sparks from locomotives was read a second time, and on mo tion of Mr. Person, ordered to lie on the table. The bill to amend the act concerning Divorce and Alimony, was read a second time, and in accordance with the recommendation of the Committee on the Judiciary, it was rejected. On motion of Mr. Boyd, the report from the Committee on the Tabular Statement of popula tion was taken up and recommitted, whereup on Mr. Boyd, on behalf of the Committee, sub mitted another report. Mr. Thompson moved that so much of said report as relates to the In dian population be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Which motion was agreed to. Mr. Steele introduced a bill to incorporate Excelsior Lodge, No. 41, I. O. O. F. The bill was read a first time and referred to the Com mittee on Corporations. Mr. Kelly introduced a resolution requiring the Secretary of State to procure the names of the several acting Justices of the Peace in this State, and report to the General Assembly. The resolution was read a first time. Mr. Kelly said his object was to curtail a useless expenditure of public money. He pre sumed it was well known to Senators, that a great number of copies of the acts of the Gene ral Assembly were sent to the v arious counties in the State, addressed to persons who had been acting as Justices of the Peace, but wdio were now gone out of office by resignation or other wise, and were no longer residing in the coun ty. The purpose was simply to ascertain who were the present Justices, in order that the laws might be forwarded to the proper persons. On motion of Mr. Hoke, the bill to authorise the Wardens of the poor iu Lincoln county to sell the land in said county on which the poor house- is situate, was taken up, and, under a suspension of the rules, read a third time and passed . Mr. Thomas introduced a resolution in favor of Rufus II. Page, which was read a first Jtime, and on motion of Mr. Boyd, referred to the com mittee on claims. The Senato proceeded to the consideration of the special order of tins day, being the bill to repeal the act establishing the county of Jack son. On motion of Mr. Boyd the report of the Com mittee on the tabular statement of population was taken up from the table. The report having been read, Mr. Boyd said he was instructed by the Com mittee to ask that the report be recommitted in order that another report which had been pre pared by them might be substituted for it. The motion was agreed to ; and thereupon Mr. Boyd submitted a new report. It was the purpose of the Committee, he said, that this report should be adopted and sent to the House of Commons with a proposition to print the same. A great deal of care had been taken in the preparation of the report, and he thought it would be satisfactory. He would move there fore, that-a message be sent to the House of Commons, proposing that it be printed. The Speaker. The question will be, first, on concurring in the report. Mr. Thompson. 1 would like to enquire of the Senator from Rockiugham whether or not the tabular statement now presented has been made from the computation contained in the census returns, as reported here in the office of the Secretary of State? I consider those re turns to be tne true and proper basis upon which the report of the Committee should be made. We ought to look upon them as the correct offi cial information. Pot inasmuch as there is a mooted question as to whether the Indians with in the Counties of Macon aud Haywood are pro perly to be included iu the population of those Counties, and inasmuch as we are all desirous of coming to a correct conclusion regarding it, I propose that the matter be referred to the Ju diciary Committee, and that they be instructed to report such facts as they deem pejtiuent, and give their opinion upon those facts, so that the Senate and the House may be the better ena bled to determine the question whether or not they think these Indians ought to be computed as forming a part of the population of those Counties. I presume every gentleman is desir ous of arriving at a proper conclusion in a Con stitutional point f view, and I think if the sub ject be referred to the Committee on the Judic iary, they will be able to furnish us a report by which we shall be materially aided in coming to a correct conclusion. I move therefore that so much of the report as relates to the Indians within the Counties of Macon and Haywood be referred to the Judiciary Committee. Mr. Thomas. There is this objection to re ferring it to tho Judiciary Committee : that the Chairman of that Committee has given us his opinion in regard to the matter. It would be a little unfair then to refer the matter to a Com mittee where it has been already prejudged. It must be obvious, Sir, to every Senator, that the basis of representation in Congress has been or ganized in accordance with tho United States census embracing this Indian population, and it must therefore be the basis adopted by us or else an irregularity will be produced, the effect of which will bo to change the representation in Congress ; at least if Congress should think our view of tho subject conect, it would become ne cessary for them to review the subject. I have no objection to the reference of the subject to any committee except the committee on the judiciary, and I object to its being referred to' that Committee, for the simple reason that they have expressed an opinion iu regard to it. Mr. Hoke said he was not aware that tho Ju diciary committee had expressed any opinion in regard to this question. He, as a member of that committee, had not done so. Although he had no hesitation in saying that he believed the Indians wero strictly a portion of the federal population of North Carolina. But he had not heard of any decision of the committee on tho subject and he could sec no impropriety in the reference to that committee. Mr. Lillington said he was a member of tho committee on the Judiciary, and so far as he was concerned, the reflection cast upon that com mittee by the Senator from Haywood was very unjust. The Speaker, (interposing.) The chair did not understand the Senator from Haywood as making any reflections. Mr. Lillington. I understood the Senator from Haywood as taking an objection to the reference to the Judiciary committee, on the ground that they had prejudged the question. Now I am not aware that that committee havo had any action upon this question at all. For myself I can safely say I have formed no opin ion which will prevent me from acting upon the question without prejudice. It is a ques tion, it seems to me, which peculiarly belongs to tho committee on the Judiciary. I hope there fore it will be so referred. After dehafe nn motion nf f- n further consideration of the bill was post' 9 and mado the order of the day for Wedn ?d' next; the vote on postponement bein v,? $ nays 20. g' eaa 23, Mr. Woodfin introduced a bill, (which i a suspension of the rules was read uW , and passed,) to allow further time for 1' riffs of the several counties to make their turns of the votes given in the President: i" lection The bill as originally introduce 1 I intended to apply only to tho remote coumS' but after some conversational debate at tl ' stance of several Senators, and with the c. i" rence of the mover, its provisions were "JIT general. lvl" m On motion of Mr Lillington, the Senate ad journed until 10 o'clock to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Monday. Nov. The Speaker announced the follow; mittess: h LOm" On enrolled Bills for the week Messrs F win, W. Harris, Mooring, Rives and Lowry " On the Western Turnpike Messrs B'lr Smith, Lander, Munday, Styles and" 1W W' Mr. Erwin presented a memorial from eit' zens of Henderson county, praying f,,r an '' propriation to assist in the construction ofP Public Road in said county ; which was refer red to the committee on Propositions and Griov ances without being read. On motion of Mr. Cotton, leave of absence fur two days was granted to Mr. Webster the A, sistant Doorkeeper. ' m Mr. Cherry, from the committee on edac tion, to which was referred the bill to nrovi I for the appointment of a superintend "? Common Schools, and for other Purp08 Pf ported the same back to the House with J amendments, and recommended its pas.sc.. On motion of Mr. Cherry, the bill witlnhe a mendments was laid upon the table aud m idn the order of the day for Wednesday next at 1 o'clock. The Speaker stated that the resolution from the Senate, proposing that the two Houses should adjourn sine die on the first Monday in December, has been made the special order for to-day without fixing any hour. Mr. Mooring moved that the resolution be in definitely postponed. Mr. Avery suggested that it might not bo treating the Senate with proper respect lie thought it would be better to lay it upon thn table, or to take the question on concurring iu the proposition. Mr. Mooring said ho did not believe that tho business of the Session eould be completed by the time designated, and for that reason, he had made the motion. Mr Spruill hoped the motion to postpone would not prevail. He was of the opinion that the business could be completed by proper ap plication. Some five weeks and more of the ses sion have passed, and but little has been done. He then called for the ayes aud noes on the mo tion. ne qusiion peing taken, it was decided in tne negative ayes 60, noes 74. Mr. Dortch moved to postpone the resolution until the first Monday in December ; upon which motion Mr. Miller called for the aves and noes. The question being taken, it was decided in tho negative ayes 48, noes 56. I ne question then recurring on the adoption of the resolution, on motion of Mr. Webb it was laid upon the table ayes 53, noes 4f. Mr. Williams moved, to take up the bill to amend the Constitution of the State, which was laid upon the table on Saturday; which was a greed to. Whereupon, Mr. Williams, in behalf of the minority of the committee on Constitutional Reform, sub mitted a report utterly dissenting from tho re port of the majority, and recommending the passage of the Free Suffrage Bill. On motion of Mr. Avery, the two reports were ordered to be printed and made the special or der for Friday next at 12 o'clock. Mr. Puryear, from the committee on Proposi tions and Grievances, to which was referred the bill to alter the line between the counties of Lincoln and Gaston, reported the same back to the House with a recommendation that it do not pass. The memorials for and against the measure having been read, and the question being on tho passage of the bill on its second reading Mr. J. A. ("TaMm-aII rnilA loKor.J .... . v. uv L 1 1 C U C ' J pie of that part of Gaston county mentioned in tho bill labored under inconveniences ; that they arc living from 12 to 2-5 miles from the court House of Gaston that there are no pub lic roads leading directly to it that they are compelled to pass over had countrr ra.! nrcau- i i j - . j ing streams that are no where bridged, .often to pass inrougn plantations to reach the Court , House that this people live within from G to twelve miles of Lincolnton. to which nlaco they have good old established roads, and there are good bridges over all the streams in that di rection. But stiil he did not know how to act. This matter did not come into the late canvass and as much as he approved of tho bill as a rep resentative from Lincoln, ho could not tnlirtly approve of it as a representative from Gaston. lie stated, for the information of the House, that as but a very small population was proposed to be transferred from one county to the other, it could not affect the representation in tho Legislature. Gaston was abundantly able to spare it, as her federal population is over 7200 ; and Lincoln would not receive a sufficient a mount of population to give her a claim to moro than one representative on account of the frac tion over tho ratio which she will contain ; and further, the aggregate amount of taxes paid into the treasury of the county of Gaston, by that portion mentioned in the bill, is not very largo and could not in any way, so far as he could see, injuriously affect the interests of the rest of tbc county. Ho repeated that, as tho matter was not canvassed in the past summer, he hapd Ivknevv how to advise tho Hnunn to not fhot in. justice should not be done to any of his consti- Mr. Lander made a brief statement of the facts Connected with tb hill anil tho mnmnriala which had been read to the House. . Mr. Wheeler colleagues had indulged in such faint praise of ZL. 1 1 ' . 1J 11 . IT .1 it, in;!, ne icareu n wouiu do lost, no men enumerated tho inconveniences under which tho people in that part of Gaston suffered, and said they as truly belonged to Lincoln as a woman did to her husband. Mr. Lander then moved to amend by adding two other Commissioners for running the lino with power to choose an umpire ; but Mr. Bur ton having stated that ho had a similar amend ment to offer with different names, Mr. Lan der accepted this in lieu of his own. Mr. J. A. Caldwell said he had a word of re ply to his colleague (Mr. Wheeler.) Tho gen tleman had said that he and his other colleague (Mr. Lander,) were "damning the bill with faint praise ;" and yet tho gentleman, in what he said, had stolen his (Mr. C.'s) thunder ho had only used the arguments advanced by him self. Mr. Collins mado "some playful remarks in regard to tho illustration of Mr. Wheeler, and said that the gentlemen more particularly in terested soemed disposed to throw all the respon sibility upon the House. Ho desired to know whether they were in favor of the bill or not. The question was then taken on the amend ment offered by Mr. Burton, and it was adopted. The bill was further amended, on motion of Mr. Burton, by adding Cleveland ; and, on mo tion of Mr. Mclntyre, by adding a proviso that the population of Gaston shall not bo reduced below the ratio to entitle it to a member of tho House of Commons. After which the bill pass ed its second reading. A message was received from the Senate in forming tho House that they had rejected tho 1 : 11 ! T a.! , T'. .-...r- limnr.v Mr. Chestnut introduced a bill for the better regulation of Clinton in the County of Sampn ; ! which passed its first reading, and was referred to the Committee on Corporations. in-