North Carolina Newspapers

! I KenJllVkeljch"e of the banta te ixpeuuioiu SUFFERING FllUil TlllHoT. , i.rtOCS DESCEXT A EXn.OSIO.N-A TBAIRIE X,FntK karfW. Nicifr-rRCTK akd desolation extest It TBS DISASTER- EJilEDlES FOB THIRST. . I have said that vc continued our jour- ttf ' .'!:!' I'.. r.L nninrr in' ri anead that , could ,ieau, us iu uajji i!rf vas so great a change in the face of jc cpuntryiW$uddenIy reached the brow. , , precipitous diuij, some iwo , pr. inree tfl'ndrcd feci in hjsight, Avhich overlooked I lare valley of I broken and rugged 'ap pearance. jThis valley was; four or Cve tjjlei in wi4ti j alridge of rough hills bound C3f it on the? northern side, and not" only iWntf:tti5;alley from the bluff on fich we tdcl tutthe whole suracebH Cjtr; Was ;cxpretl! bydry cedars, apparent jj kilted iiiyious yekr ' by fire. The tpotufwnj W&icl? flwastooclvvasl aeyel Sjaiii, co vjilb rank and coarse grass ;rcral ielf !$ height This graisho rain tWifallenf for feweeks, had become as I. 1 L- I Wkil Anncnlttnrr aa fn t t hat conjejw (j tlic pafeDycrcd water, at a distance If three or; four tniles across the" valley be low, a tup in theViver bringing it to view, feeimme; y effect tbtjent of the steep and .rag- 4d bluu before us, ana at least give our. CnfTprinrr mriilils a chance to auencU their Ut1. kifr itli wtr Knn1r1 nrnvft 4Ao 1 rackisb; for our own use. It 4 Sometnirty-flve or forty of the advance- Ward iitstahtllidetefmined upon undertak i-idl tagivl nTjtforse:the eaHiesi turn at Jrockiwe wefqjnll- enabled! to, reach; the, vailcv Willi WUSUB uui'Ci) , uuh w uv, were -frequently- obliged to; dismount ironi ours horseii and in some places fairly :a pusy&m,dyer: abrupt descents which hey ntrlld liave attempted without orcerf t halsaid this ' biuff was some three litindred feet in height-we travelled al (ast a mile to gain thisjshort distanepj. so devious ana aimcim yvas our path; The;side' of the bluit was - tormea of rougn, snarp-poiniea rocKs,,iniauy -.yi , Uiem ot large jsi?e, anu every nine spin ua I'lC vatpr, Jl accompanieu tuis panyii- Muvff rfwf " -windiig!ninf picking our wayfera M pitchjnown precipices thatwere re;igaRor Ulv-::oferftcftilui tion.i lTheldiflicalt passage by, which we LiVi; rJsirKtr.-"itK'ftm nnl' finrAs nf ibft i had descended vas cut off by thefire,and earth,bad,1n; former years, given nourish Snoots P01 iVQUng rceaars, nowever,,were springing ijp tVYie;revcr root-hold ;prif they: were not destined to snain me rams anu stauuuit; m mwr ji After reaching the valley, we soon found A? sant -'hclliof, what had been a running iircam!iri; ttieininyr; season. Immediate- ieads, pricked up their ears, and set oil at terHss4" i15r.iciirii tyw.JXTie librse scents nterl'at anScredible distance; and fre- fibttytraye ers.upbn the prairies are caaoiea to uno . 111 : ti it bv simDl v turning tbei norsea or mules loose. "X :HryM&f tliree or four miles now brbuirht us to. the river, un reacning its baMcs, Itoihtrig jcould restrain our. nags fromldasUinp leadlon'g;; down. t- Equally irsjburely we had fondly hoped that the Wtermhtr6ve fresh arid sweet ; but diey Mem: even more -brackish "thari wy we nau yet tasiea. , ivepuisive . us 11. iiowevdSii we swallowed enough to . ' ' 1 ' S f . 1 . T . ..lf It. ooisfen oiir parched lips and throats, and tea rriinutes after were even more thirsty 4aa before.: Our horses,rnore fond of this ater than, any other, drank until; appa taUly! they could s,allow no more. . , iVlrile;fctrieHpfroupai'ty were.digging e,?an4; at the edge of the .stream, lh;theJliopriof finding water more fresh - sir - ' fca hihfiry ivere ehiovinir the coolinsrluxi tryjf a BatMri loud report, as of a can ,foasin the direction of tbe'eamp, 'dillmoteVwasen suddenly to trie, "An Indian attack T wxfl the startling ery ton aU I jdes, arid instantly? we: com- wenced huddling on our clothes and bn- : 'Rg our !norses.;c One by one, as fast as e j5onld.ge ready we set off for what ; TjPPPSJ to be a scene of conflict; 'As ieare( tl e campmg-grounditjbecame-plainly tthat IhVpraine'as on fire diritfons. Wben cwithlnVa mileof 8tee!afi which cut off-the I prairie1 cre sefen rtn.MnVr moricr the drv: cedars. xmM black sinoke ris toboycilfe ave'a? painful sublimity to cerieSlt-f.11 n;:t r u. i 4 anjiapbing, nearer we we re n orr. "fy nai Beard,, ironv those on the prairie. ;F O . " . ye, that thb high grass had caught fire J f mong ttiem that of rthe 'commission- A nao been iconstimed;5This wagoncon ? - u uuuiiion to a laijic .-.iimwci -u gisJ all the trunks and valuables of unj-s ana vaiuaoies 01 wa9 attached, esitowluchl mmSTye0 aoara- 2?mlmWZ - , .7 ment arid stJP0trt to some scraggy cedar JlammabNMphlazing cedars, alumina " S iellllstedcsolafe firmed! elJJf a radiance even uw.-r4 SS- l!.'4t-.t - - . r-, ... rVJ ! .1 H , fY . . . . ttttTTFRR k JAMES .1 3 . : j -- If I jaih doubly anxious; to gain the-scene of desfruction'andr learh'the worst.Ji - It after ward proved, that 'the explosion of the caf- tridgesj. inj the vagon was , what we had edt iVrwaridwarlisli we bould eacH the base; of the high , and ru1r?ed biiiffitlM flames Were clashing down its sides1wihlVintfuV ra and:flasliing gwUies and around the hideous fcltfc and roiaring in the deep, yawning! thksms with the wild and appal- would !stick t pe 'ryjtopi ptfe'eedars, re portiresembtingj those of the; musket iould bel heard Viand' in suchtquick suc- cessiddid ihlfere er, tnat 4, can ;f compare , mem ,10 noimug save the: irregular discharge of infantry a strangei accompaniment 10 iuc wuuruur of the devburiosr element. The wind was blowing fresh from the we when sthe nifeiirie was ignited, carry- r i.;. : U ' I 'M! . i i . i ing the; flame wtn we Jiajd r night fowii dpr arty still in,Jthe valley; unable to discfovjer any! other road to the tabie-lahid t apbvel Our situation vVas a dangerous jofeie, Itoo ; for had - the wind nrnnr iiti !anll veered into the east, we. should ljjave Mtind nuc difficulty in s caping, jvvith such velocity did the flames extend." 4.- in i If i the scene: had been grand previous to I- the. -going (doln of the sun, its magnifi- cencewjas) inereased tenfold as night in lght in mantle vain! attemptiel tb throw its dark over tne! eartli iThe light from acres and . 1 Ti i H h , 4l; i. more lustrous arjd dazzling than that of ul't:iJ.IikJ :.. - one of dtir bomrades would approach the brow of tnbitgtiKbluff'j- above us, the ap peareu poiillKc ail liiuaiuiaui. ui mis cttjm A lurid, anfdldiost unnatural glow, reflect ed upon hts countenance from the valley of burning cidars, seemed to render still and toilsome his burned and more naga ana k blackened I features. I was foriunate enough, about nine o' clock; to meet one of our men, who direc- ted me! io a passage up the steep ascent He had liust left ' i. I ft.jl ' 1 I . II I . J ine oiuu auovtr, unugavc me a njteoua rccnai 01 1 our sit uation. He was erideaVtSuripg to find water, after sev ral hours of pneeasing toil, and I lbft him with slight hopes that t . i his search time I was would bej rewartfedJ By this. alone, riot one, oflthss cmpanons who had starts ed with mefftpm the river being in br) hearing.iOne by one they had drop ped'ontjeach searching for some; path by which ihe fratght climb to the table-land above.! I' The 1 r firmer on I met, after reaching i i il . 8- b ! i -a . .. - --- r . . t rif-jaf Mr- f alcone, standing who the DiacKenea remnant 01 a uiamvi in! his jnafidj and watching lest the fire shlouldi bral pat on the jwestern side of e camp iqr m iimv uuun is pf lWmen, aideo by a, strong -wes- tions terly V jn,tsad preyentea.; tne . aeypurng . F f readil1 ??5?A element tered. IfoMthem sttting upon such ar- tides jas id ben saved from the wagon, their ffloom countenances rendered more despop lilri fcy the reflection from the now uisiant: ure. iiwas xoQ mucn worn aown i . : u Jill Tl j.' u by fauje !and jdeep anxiety to make ma ny inquiries as to the extent of ou t lossf ; but huritrrvj anil almost choked with thirst. J inrew myseii upon ine DiacKenea grouna ana sougnt aorgetiuiness msieep. ii was hours, howeVer, before" sleep ; visited- my eyelids.; Fiom tbe i spot; on whicb I; was lyinga pifjd heet-on flaine "could still be! seen, miles and miiesin width, the hea vens in that! direction Isb brilliantly lit up tnatlthejff-wsembied a! sea of molten gold. In the westJa vrall of impenetrable black ness apneared to be thrown op as the spec tator" fcpMcnlj? turned J from yingnhe conflagration in the opposite direction. The subdued yet aeeproar oi iue element couli Stitlloe plainiy.heani as it 1sped:on 'mUji P 1:U.Miirv oApnee f Vi A asi, wuainqiwmgsu jiisuwiiiig cv prairiesj while: in the valley.far below, the flnmp Yikrre flashi nrr and leamnsr among vuv;ui j juuuaif , M vw.jj aoont in manner ciosciy rcacniimugumaa - niSc j about in maimer closely rescmblirig a mag- i .J - r: - ', - - :r.,..w --c-p:"" V-v-i combination forming a scene of granqenr and sublimity which the pen shrinks from j describing, and to .which the; power pi words is wholly unequal. , , .. -It ( - t.-C Daylight the next morning .disclosed, a melanchoTyscene of desolation Jncl .df stTOctio'riffNorth,: south, and east la's.ar asi the eye coald reach, the rough arid bro ken' country was blackened -by the fire, and the removal of the earth's shaggy co vering of cedars Tand; tall grass Vjut laid bare in: painful distinctness,1 thei awful chasms and rents in the steep hillside be fore us. as " welL as, the y alley spreading iar and?wide below. -Afar onJnj the dis tance, a dense black smoke was seen ris- tating element was still onward, j Two of our wagons only7 had been entirely con i sumed, but nearly all had suffered. A part ..1 ' i l :':kJf;..-; on had been saved by the extraordinary exertions of somejof the men, arid just as they had relinquished the work tjie explo sion of cartridges, which had first alarm ed the party in the valley, scattered the burning ' fragments of the wagon; in every direction My friend dis figured that I bardly knew him. j His hair and eyebrows were scortched completely off, his face was in a perfe.ct blister, hisl clothes burned from his back, arid, without a-hat, he seemed as though, some insur-, ance office had met with a heavy rloss.- Object of ity, however, as he appeared to; be, I still could not help smiling at the sad and wo-beffone fisrure he Dreseritea. A morig the few trunks saved I fortunately? ; -70 w ; i I found mine, containing nearly all my mo ney, clothinsr. Watch, and other valuables. - . t. 1! f-'. j The loss of a carpet-bag, which contained my boots and the rough articles II' wore; nnnn hf rnnd. was all I had to! resrret in - rnfft v,,;tv the wa of pnvat proper ty.?;t the mess to which I was attached,! The; remnant of coffee we had left was burned too much ; our potS,pansyidket.i . r lij : 1 ties, kmve3 and fofed to old iron evervthimr Was COnCJ AVe to old iron everything was gone; Wei t . . r-lf bir bad nothing to eat, however, except half; rations of miserably poor beef, and t he ne cessity of falling back upon first principles, or, in other words, eating with our fingers, annoyed us but little. : j The wagon of the commissioners con-: tained, besides our private baggage,; a quantity of jewelry, blankets, cartridges,; rifles, muskets. &c. these were an ae-: stroved. The i other watron which was consumed was loaded with goods, and from this nothing was saved. - At one time the ammunition wagon, containing a large quantity of powder, was on fire, and only saved by the daring exertions of some ot our men. It may appear singular to some of mv readers that so much damage could be caused by the burning ot grass alone for on the spot where the wagons were drawn up there was nothing else ; but it should be.remernbered that this grass was very high, had been killed by dry weath er, and flashed up and spread almost with the rapidity of a train of powder on being ignited. .It is very easy, when! a fire upon ,? nrairfe , is seen comie towards a par i w - . . w. . .,- i- si ty fQ escape its dangers by kindling the grass immediately about and taking; pos!- ocS-oTvnf tbft hftwlv-burned crburid before the diiant'rflame3 come up; buV in jhis jQStance the lire commencea on tne winq- ward side, and with a frightful) rapidity flashed directly, along our line Ot wagons. The'oniy wonder a anything had been saved from the furioris eiement that roared and crackled around 5ipZici(ytVconfirm Germany, the: Bishop asked an innocent look-J inr girl, as he c was in duty, bound, -the usual question of the Heidelburg catacbism : ; -M What is your only consolation in iue anu death The poor girl blushed and 'hefhajed. ' The question was lepeaieu, wucu o mv.v( r. "The young stioemar, . - V; , ; Dinin- at;a public ordinary, when one of the company had helped; himself to Very Jarge piece of bread, Quin stretched ou his hand to take hold of it. The person to whom it belong, ed prevented him; S sayings A Sir, that mpr bread. " 'Beg pardon,"-said, Quin, f I tookUt for the loaf."." " 'T-- 'Ij -- 'X rr, 4 T,n.i r tVic. Lay a broomstick in her way if she steps over it, don't take her, if she picks.it up and puts it carefully away, pr sets to work with intake her if you can get her. -Clerical Shr'evdness'.Aix', English .paper tells a good story of a clergyman, who having received u public document which vraa ordered In ha ronrt in n U tha churches, and which was par ticularly obnoxious to thel people, vei ifhrewdi ly told his congregation mat mougo u au pqs itive orders' to read "the; declaration, they had none to hear it-they'might therefore leave the I church. 3 They took the hint, arid the clergy-. . church. 3; iney tooK we.-iuni, mu Do THIS", Ast IjlbekTT :'- - U,Tni :A: nn'VnT'mr'S Geiei HarrUon. y,d r.") NUMBER OR .TOLUMB L,;l u We recommend the following facts to the at tentioa of those who, in public speeches are bo prone to boast of the strength of Anaencan arms;, and jwe would ask them! to": recollect that, .at this day, "conflicts between ' Nations and .'King- domji are decided on tlje ': high" "eas The United States, it will be found, is weak indeed, where much strength is most needea.1 ' StEAM;Smps-OFJwABrfr. Junius, Smith, in a recent lecture, make the followiug state, merits, on the adranicement of the steam navies of Great Britain and .France, - - About 1822, Great Britain constructed the, first! steam ship of war, 1Gb horse power ' Ev- ery succeeding year sayan increaso in -the MUltIiU UUIIlUUr. XUO UI1HUIU lUUfCUICIIl na) however, at first slow and; hesitating, In 1834 the j government of Great Britain had but 20 tean vessels,4 including jthej:home mail pack. eis ana coasiers. in commission. . , .. In 1843 she had 1103 sieam snips 01 war, and! about 80 in commission, armed, equipped, manned and in active service. Nearly half the British navy in commission are steam ships, so that at the present moment ureat Britain is a former period, and more powerful than any nation ofwhich history transmits to us any, ac- The navy of France al the present time con sists of 350 ships , of all classes, against 681 in Great Britain and 68 in the United States. Ofjthe whole number of French ships of war,: 64 'are steamers, of. the following classes : , Frigates, 450 to p40 horse power, 7 Corvettes, 226 10 320 horse power, 17 Smaller vessels, 60 to 160 horse powar, 40 , 1 :;,:;';, rb:,i;:"J Of steam vessels; designed for effective war sejrvice the United States have had but three. One of these is now sunk and destroyed in the Bay of Gibralter 6ne has long been disman tled in Boston harbor, and the third, after a year's holiday service aling shore, is nowgo- ing inio qockj or repairs. . , MQNSTROUSJ V One John Piper, a notorious loco foco black- guard ofShippingsburgjPenn. was latftlybr ?o trial there for an assault upon the Edi rousht upon tne iMiitor ot the Weekly News. The Attorney for Piper presented a Pardon frob Gov. Porter, for the offence, and . the culprit was let off without a trial. The New York American says : "The Court was astounded, the bar woke up from its slumbers jurors, witnesses and spectators, all fa? and t of disposing of criminal cases. And then the by whkh the prevjoub panbn, had been h,t nwl. !.- th rwotition hf llireo hundred rood obtained,! the petition bf t$ree hundred, good liemocrats pi (umDeriana country! verny, Verily, Democracy is not what we took it to ' 1 1 ill ! . 1 - I .. II ne; we Knew u 10 oe uaa enpugn, in air con science, but this movement "caps the climar. ' -: Hie Independent ti Successful Railroad Management. The bu- siness,ot the Western Railway, between Bos- ton and Albany, will astonish many this season, The total revenue forJi842 was $512,688, last year $573,882 and thisl season . it bids fair to reach one million dollar, being already $272, 628 ahead cf the! amount' .received to a corres- ponaing penoa ot Mississippi. The Jackson Mississippian of the 20th ult. publishes the returns from all die counties in this State, except" De Soto and Hancock. In the counties heard from the vote is as follows : Polk ' Clay ; 25,061 19,136 5,925 Polk's majority There is a law in Mexico, enacting that, no one' shall he allowed;! to exercise the right of suffrage after Ihe year 1850, unless he Can read and write. , ; "Going it Strong!' The Alexandria Ga- iette says, "that in sone parts ot rennsylvania, V T'J Mr. s&t& into German; and copies printed and i -in wt'd cnAOnoe' i ri iamr rii liih anu. v ere circulated among the German population, head ed, "Mr1. PoWs speech in favor of the Tariff:' iAnd that Mr. PoM;' speeches against the Tariff tvere printeo and headed as "Mr. Clay's speech. s against the Tariff.' This is what we call, oing it pretty strong " 1" ; 1 - In Frankfort, Kentucky, the ; friends of Mr. lay have determine to raise a column in his . . !i T.!'; -..T'i'J i 1 l. n onor. It is to iDe JJOnc toiuicu, noi icas mau 'one hundred feet highi on one of the hills over- looking the metropolii of the. State. . . The col umn will be construted of stone, ofwhich there is an almndance of the finest quality at hand. Ex. Governor Letcheb is at the bead of the Committee to ; whom I the completion of this work of gratitude iM entrusted. Kentucky knows how td ; honor her son : the column art l eKlSt Tl' ill 'mr kvill not be so firm as Iher confidence In the man to whose name ;it is dedicated-Bt''mrii.;-' . - -, ' - -L i' . );--. :(- L . ; , . Important Proclamation. We see it stated an the Northern newspapers that Gem O'Don nell, tbe Governor General of the Island of on bal has issued a "proclamation declaring that af- iter the 1st of January next all vessels arriving !in Cubawith slaves W board will be confisca- ted. Nat, Intl ' j J Honr'ThomaS Corwin, Whig Won 'the 5th irisLVelectetla Senator inCongress from the State of Ohio, for the term ol six ears ,from the 4th 'of ;March next, in place of Berij.Tappari.; f . 1 - Jack Doiminz on Ihe'Advantdges of ''Adver tising. In relation toUhe: advantages of adver- llsin" in newspapers, tne r agacious j acK i9wn lino-holds the! following larioTjaEe.- Wedo. not -. j T . ; t- W , W feel inclined to dispute him : j , ."There's nothing that greases the wheels of M - uuaiHc.ms4 ky .-ovr t business like; j newspaper ;aaTemsing,--jjcar.a LEGISLATURE OF N.; CAROLINA; ' j; . j SENATE -TA47 icc. 5. r - r ; The Jlon. ;Win. ;B. Sliepard; Senator, from Pasquotank and Perquimon$, appeared and took Ws.-aeaU.-n;;? ! On motion of Mr Hellen, ; Messrs". Boyden and Edwards were added to :the; committee, on the Ce rtificat ?s presentq'd hj the; Senator, from Onslow. tt-' S :xt Ki.X ''4'7t?:tA ; The Chairannounced Me9$rs,hepard,!E!ld ward, Waddell, '-jSamerii' and Froncisto.cooK pose tfhe comroUtce ongomufh of the Governor messie asrelates to changing the time of hold- l ing the elections in this State. i4 1 V. , " -, . The Bill to amend ari 'Act incorporating the Guilford Gold Mining Company; -was put upon it third . reading.:s, Amendments vwer t0ered and pending, .when the ! Senate, i were informed by. message, that the llouse was ready toj-e. ceive their body to attepd.tath counting; of the votes cast : for Governor of this. State, in : Au gust last. Wherepponi the Senate -proceeded1 in a body ta the Commons Hall, occupying tho seats at the right of thSppaker, ? h -rf? Ir. Atkins presented a bill concerning crimes and punishments. This bill ameliorates theocoicntrejative to" frtt Carol maf now I n the er on others.! Read and referred to the Judi ces ciary Committee. . r - ' ' V-frl-t-- The bill from the Senate, to cede a tract of land in Carteret county for the erection of a Marine Hospital by tho U. States, was after ex- planation by Mr.i Washington,, passedjhrough its three readings, and is a Jaw. r ' The Speaker presented a memorial of Fran- cis E.1 Rives,)f Virginia, diking a charter for that of the Rail Road fronfc-Wcldon to Marga- reitsville. nurchascd nv him. fand destroved bv' him, it will be remembered, but afterwards te- paired by the Portsmouth Company.) On a motion to sefer the memorial, a long, animated, and interesting discussion took place between Messrs. Haughton, Shepard, Mills, and Moore. Mr. Haughton moved the j indefinite postpone.; ment of .the subject on ; account, of the objec tionable language cf the memorial, and the mo tion was supported by himself, and Messrs. Mills and Moore, and opposed by Mr. Shepard. The debate was interrupted by the arrival of the hour for counting the votes for Governor. : SENATE-i-FnV?fly, Pec. 6. ' ; Committee tni Enclosing Capital Squdr'c. Messrs. Dockery, Cameron, Shepard, O. u . Thompson and -Wilson. -1 t r? The bill to amend the act incorporating the Guilford Gold Mining Company was again ta ken up, amended, discussed and laid on the ta ble. The discussion related to the principle of binding the" private property of Stockholders, which was supported bvlessrs. Biggs and Ed wards, and opposed by Messrs Francis and Boy den, and adopted by the Senate, 24 to 22. i A number of bills passed their third reading and were ordered to be engrossed. Among , them, the bill more 'effectually to suppress tra ding Avith slaYes ; to incorporate tho Odd Fel lows Lodge in Fayetteville ; to incorporate a Cavalry Company in Wilmington ; for the relief of sufferers by the destruction of the Court House of Montgomery county. ' ; ' A message from the Governor," with bis Re. port as President of the Literary Board, and a Report from Gen. S. F. Patterson, President of the Raleigh and Gaston Rail Road, were re. ceived and ordered td. be printed , t, . A resolution of !Mr. Jeffresvas adopted, calling on the Treasurer fr a list of the obligors to the bonds given to protect the State from loss by endorsement of the Raleigh and Gaston Rail Road bonds ; with any information as to the sol vency of any of them. ;v ,:r . HOUSE 2?ccmoer 6. Several private bills were acted on. - . Mr. Mebane presented a me.morial from . Or ange, praying tliat the election of Constables be restored to the County Courts. Mr. Lord reported unfavorably on the petition for a new county to be called Mangum out-of Burke, dec. Report concurred in. .. Mr Fagg, a petition .from Buncombe county,, for a new county to bo called Warm Spring. Referred... . . 1 , - A resolution of Mf .T. Wilson, to inquire in to the expediency of appointing a Superintend ent of Common Schools for each Congression al District, was rejected. - - Mr Watte rs, a petition relative to the town of Smithville. Referred. , , r Mr. Washington, a petition from Craven coun ty, praying additional restrictions upon Pedlars.' Keferred. " '' , ". - - : . . Mr Washington reported unfavorably on the bill to amend the laws retlative to prosecutions in State cases. And said bill was rejected, 94 to 14. ' v ! ..' .; 5 .The House resumed the consideration of the memorial of FrancisjE. Rives, of Virginia, the question being on Mr Haughton s motion to postponelndetinitely. Messrs Shepard, Paine, Ellis, M.illcr,and Caerry successively addressed ' At the r close of 3Ir Cherry's remarks, Mr. Guthrie moved to Jay the memorial on the table until the 4th of March next, and demanded the yeas and nays. 1 The Speaker (Mr Stanly,) asked to be in dulged in a few remarks before the question was taken.: r He had considered, iti jiis duty, under the Jtules, and. as-; an act of courtesy to a strange er, to present it to the House, on the application rusaL any thins id it " insulting " to the House; With its presentalion, the duty of the Speaker cnd$, a4nd he expresses no opinion on its merits- " Ine gentleman (be continued,) who asked this courtesy at, the hands ofjthe ;Speaker,is one with whom he ha been acquainted foryears whom he has been in Violent political opjiasjtion for years, but in Jhis station, (though he frank ly confesses his partialities have been deep-root ed, and Ms prejudices;1 he fears, yes, fooiMiSome lime's, are too strpngy-be is determined, as far. as the frailty of nature will allow, to permit no partialities or prejudices to influence his conduct What should be the conduct of a member of the Hoiifl is one thin "that of the rSpeakeh ;an 'other.N h,The Jndi ridual who jiove occupies the r;:" "t . i mTirh bound ta-dichaf hiidu - j ,uu i..,uniamjrl aa ir bo was r-Ji-- under the so eranity cf anoath.' He f-cl-, Li Lis no"; . right eitherto pronounce judgment, or Lc8to : commendatjon,:on the .bad or Ko.h1 taste of im mortal presented to the House. AndfcoL i "' ' to be allowed to declare to the'llouse ihou-u ho feels that to jth&se who know Jhim, the declar- ation iMnneccssaryihat sooner than consent to casfreproach on North Carolina, or be in the" slightest degree accessary to any' attempt to do" - so, he would see this noble edifice sink into the V earth and drag down with it, the humble individV lial, whom your partiality, has - called : to the Chair.i As no censure has been attributed to the ; ; Chair, said MrS., these remarks may be deem-" . j ed unnecessarybut, as the Speaker presented; ' i -i y j the memorial, jlioihouglit the courtesy of" the : V: . House! woud pardon this explanation- ?j Thi yeai an'd iiayi!were then called, and Mr Guthrie Motion prevailed, 58 to '53.- The . iiiiuwiu uws inaicaie me numoer wno were The; Sneaker presented .Renorts from llie-. Treas$reri,:ontaining inGiniiatioo called for, re lativelio the amount of stocks held by the States 1 alndrajleport of the condition ol the Bank of thV oiaie up 10 iiov. xoj., xo--. uracrcu-io printed. . . - s . 5 . ' . hMr yVadde1 from ho Judiciary, committee, rcportld favorably to j the'. epgrossed bill con-.-cernui executions, and recommended .its pas. sage.i rOrdercd to be; printed. Vfh. ;. ; " . JNIr iVaddelll from tha Joint Select Committee, reported the bill to change the location" of the ' TIT ' 1 ' ' T -w f W requested to lay before the Senate -acommuni.i .7 cationfrom thHohjdward Everett Amerut can Minister ttv England cdriccrhiri'g Colonial e office of the Board of jTrade'and; other ofii-"-' sin! Londont- Jff &k$?4 is X v - iir rancis presenteaa respiuiion, wiiicu was ; adopted; instructing tlie 'TinancV Committee to; .7 Imrn all the Treasury 'Notes which, may be in the Tfeasurcrf8 Office,"and report thb amount to? . in larorof. granting the prayer of tho memorial, Cot Mij PaieJone of JHe mmoriiy,arid perhaps olhers,) was irk favor tt a reference .with a view to 'direbt rpjection' of tlie prayer. vT ' ' " Mr Boyd a )bill to reassess the land of the" ..'' State.! "Referred to the Committee on' the-Ju-- diciariv ir:T'fV'':' " .'- sent t(j the Ilo'use,' proposing' to appoint acom-"KK A A 1 a. A m m. m ib.. a i m 1 v u ia w m M m w v. . v w . mm ,r - ; r i l t mittee ot oneon tueparrof tueBenate, and two-., . on the pari oil the Iopscyio'ihfimri:"tho 'Hon.' - .c- "t Wm. A. Graham of hisr election ras' Governor ' ; 7;. i of North Carolina,' and ttf ascertain from him,; " J when! it' will suit hi convenience loappear be. r ,. fore the two DosVsibf this General Asscmblvv. tb takn the! oatb of ofRce; iif'f : , V ThW Senate5! were Informed of the hommatiohs made! hi the" llouse for Cbuncillors'bf State.Atf 1' the hour of tivelvehe Senate' priicecded to Tho 1;. 'r ties a;ustained their nominations, with (be ex j . . ceptipn of Mjr. Gw-nu,bf ;Casyell,whb voted' ;: for Mr. Roanei Whig, in place of Mr. Wattf Lo. Some'nrivlte bills were acted on." ' ? -.-i 1 ne senate aojournca to ruonaay morqing. iu , HOItSE-l-Dec: 7. r f Mr; Guthrie, from the Committee oh the Li. brart, reported unfavorably to the resolution . ' t ? aui nonzing tne 1 rcasurer to purcnase cno copy; l ' of" Indexes (to Colonial Documents,0 for each'-- : . member of tpis General Assembljy . Tho res, ; 4, ' olutifn was jthen ebjectcd, IV? ' ' 3Ir. Ellis, iFrom the CommitteeiMi Privileges; . V and Elections, reported unfavorably in t thc'resV -v A l " olutiln vacating the seat, of John McNeill," a - . mentiber of the House from the county of Uob. - ' eson$ Said report and resolution were, on mo. tion f Mr. T. R. Caldwell, ordered to lie on " the tkblo and made- tlws "-orderT "of -thejday 'for Wednesday next, z-m -ii t M.t 'j! i " , ' - 'jjMjr. Moon , from the Judiciary .Committee, ' i reported the bill tof give exclusive jurisdiction to' ;! 1 . the JuperiorJCourts of the counties of Cherokee, ' -Macon, Haywood, Henderson and "Buucomhe, ' p in Jury cases, with an amendment, which was -' , conciired in,Jand passed its second-reading, , n" .1 I Mr. Shepard of Wake, put in nominatio'n hel ' folloiving gentlemen for Councillors pfSfate: ''V 1 - I XiOco Nomination U abriel Holmes of lNeV U . 1 J , , tf ainpverj'James Watt of Rockingham,; Ienry j FiltsjofV!arren, Alex. , W. Mebane of Itertie ; - berland, Hepry W, Connor of Lincoln. r' iur. -woerry men piacea in nominauon; - Whig iNaminatfan- Richard O.' Britton of . Birtfe, Jame W. Howard of Jbnes, Willie Per- ry of Frainklm.-Natbaniel M. 'Roane of Cas-"i' welt AbsalojnV Myers of Anson, Joiah Covles: (' of Surry Jajmes iiowrie of Buncombe. i iAr- l i X message :was sent toi ther Senatcj j inform' ing (hemi of these; riominations.i V. ; Mr. Moorefrom therJndiciary. Committee, J.i i- j renortcdjwUb sundry amendments, the bill for ft . j 1 the Irelicf cif. honest insuli'entidebtorsw. The ;v- 1 amendments-. wercjoucurea jnna.inc. nui,- u together: with the report of the Committee," was; - : T ordered. to lia prUtcd;;?l V "A 1 - k no nour 01 iwei e naving arri veor 1 n iwa 1 . ; CoiSritillorsI of State, whichrestdted blithe election jot the Whig nomines. ''c ibe jocos vo-. - - , iingi (with the, exception of. Mr;;.;N; 'Wilsonr whj ; voied fr Messrs, L6wrie and Roane, in -v'v j accjgf jJIessrs. Ueid and 1 Conner,)' for their " 1 UOrjiinatiom. .( H'yfni rS";vtr i'V?-SiV j Mr Lord, frora-jtbe Commiltea'-onvProposi.i.r tion, and Grievances iriade sundry, reports on" t the iollpwir g bills ; i-Vi"f'l , '! itn favor f resolution relating to rSmithville,. inj Brunswick cbuntyl.Readthc ;3 , and, passed!..-,:.-:--:--i--'?R-f i'--W : c l - -iJr' U In favor of bill J with an amendment," amend ; inafflacf incorporating the. town of Mocks-' . ,7; ville. inijDairie cwty.CWndmeht agreed to,- ; and thel bill passed its second reading. 3 ,f ! i In favor bf bill to incorporate: the town of". 3Ienroe i Union county, wiihn amendment.: v Amendment adopted, and bill passed its. second - ;ain ti;i?N 4 iJnfavorabiy to ihe petition praying the crec, : tion of a new county by the naraeofVWann Spking an3 ked jo-be discharged from the-. ;, further consideration of theubjcct Discharge acirorwiOKj m Jones ivere ap'pbinted 3 saiaVCommmei- a thd part of Uhe House, iif -tHvM'K ' 1 " ; lli Mr Washington pr ... th4 Si nod ol- North Carolina, praying the cp polntmentoCan Agent toprocunj fro-n tboAr.. . cbivesf the British Comrnme nt copies , of such - the name o tne M"' ' . V - Th - i smui we ta we ana oesif v i. - - . , y The House concurred in a proposition of the ti etiate to appoint a Joint Select; Committee 4a Inform the ponWri Ai Grahamlof his eler- n tiohas Govrnorlof iheStateMcsfrs. Wiii . , 49-. 4