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; --, ,. - fcsBMdS -'- . , . 1 m iiiiih 'iii-m i itrnrniaiBHii in. in iniiim . - -- Whole JSo. 070. Tar borough, (Edgecombe County, JV. &ttturdayyFeInuary 21, T838 o. XIV. r ,Vo. 8. ii r Him mi m i Tc Tarborough A'rcss, BV GEORGE HOWARD, 1 Is published weekly at 7Vo Jfolljrs and Fifty Ci ,!. per year, if paid iu advance or, Three V'!u:r at the expiration of the subscription year. for auj period les3 than a year, Tictnty-fwe 'Srnts per month. Subscribers arc at liberty to Jiscontinue at any time, on giving notice thereof ;vul paying arrears those residing at a distance .niist invariably pay in advance, or give a respon sible reference in this vicinity. Advertisements not exceeding a square will he Inserted at One Dollar the first insertion, and 05 ;ents for every continuance. Longer advertise Tients in like proportion. Court Orders and Ju dicial advertisements '25 per cent, higher. Ad vertisements must be marked the number of in sertions required, or they will be continued until Otherwise ordered and charged accordingly I Letters addressed to the Editor must be post jaid or they may not bo attended to. From the Raleigh Standard. NORTH CAROLINA, j The following notice of the history and r,tistics of North Carolina, art from the pen of the Hon. D. L. Swai.v, formerly Governor of this Stale, and now President pf the University at Chapel Hill. They appear in the American Almanac for 1S38; but being in that publication, inaccurate in some particulars, we lay them before cur readers with the errors corrected ly the author. - The first permanent settlement in North Carolina is believed to have been formed immediately subsequent to the expulsion of the Q.iakers from Virginia, in 1G0J. (See Bancroft's Hist. U. Slates, Vol. 11. Lh. Carolina.) In that year Cistacnnen, King of the Yeopim Indian?, granted to George Du ranl the neck of land which separates Lit tle and Perquimmons Rivers, at their en trance into Albemarle sound; and on the 1st of April, 1003, Sir William Ueikely, governor of Virginia,' granted a portion "of the same tract to George Catlimaid, fiitnler the following description, "3,350 laeres lying anil being on the north side oi Roauoke (now Albemarle) abutting south erly on the said Sound, easterly on Katolin ffnow Little) Itiver, westerly on Perquim- inions, which issueth out of the said Sound, anJ northerly on the Owasoke Creek, j which issued) out of Perquimmons River ': and the woods; the same being due unto the said Catlimaid per transportalwncm oj I sixty-seven persons" These arc the old- est kind titles, and D uranisms AVcc in Per : qmrnmons county, probably the earliest settlement in Carolina. ; On the 24th of March, 1G03, King ; Charles the Second granted to Kdnnid Earl of Clarendon, George Duhe of Albe . marie, William Earl of Craven, John Lord Berkele', Anthony Lord Ashley, Sir ;George Carterett, Sir John Colleton, and ?Sir William Berkeley, nil the country from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, included 'between the 31st and 3Gih parallels ol " north latitude. The territory was erected i into a province by the name of Carolina, of which the grantees were Lords Proprie ;i tors. j On the Sth of September, 1CC3, Sir William Berkeley, Governor of Virginia, 1 one of .the proprietors, was instructed to I visit the settlement on Albemarle and or- ganize a regular government. George J)rummond was appointed Govenior,asisi- j ed by a council of six persons, am! the j infant colony was from that period known J as the County of Albemarle, in the province I of Carolina. On the 30th ol June, loOo, me second charter of Charles the Second was obtain ed, enlarging the powers of the grAintees, and extending the boundaries ol the pro vince from the southern boundary of Vir ginia (3G deg. 30 min.) to Florida (29 deg.) The area-of Carolina, under this char ter, was a million of square miles, quite equal to one half the territory of the Uni ted States, according to their present lim its. It included a large part of Mexico, all Texas, all our territory south of 3Gdrg. 30 min. and west of Ai k ansas, and all the cotton-growing States of the Union, viz : North and South Carolina, Georgia, Ten nessee, Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana! The first legislative body . known to the history of Carolina convened, according to Chalmers Hist. Col. of S. Carolina, Vol. U. p. 284,) in.'jGGG, and petitioned the Lords Proprietors to permit Ike, people, of Albemarle, to .hold their lands .upon the game terms that the people of Virginia I't'U theirs. Gov. Drummond was - suc ceeded by Samuel Stevens, in October, 10G7. He was instructed to act with the concurrence of a council of twelve, six of ,vdiom were to be appointed by himself, and the other six to be chosen by the de- legates of the freeholders. The governor, the council, and twelve delegates choseu by the freeholders, constituted "The Grand Assembly of Albemarle." On the 29ih .May, 1GG4, ("Brief de scription of Carolina," printed by Robert Home, ICGG,) Sir John Yeamans, at the head of 800 colonists from Barbadoe.s made the second settlement that was at tempted on the Cape Pear River. It was organized into the second government es tablished in Carolina, and received the name of the County of Clarendon. The first Charlestown in Carolina was projected by Governor Yeamaus, and is supposed to have been situated at the confluence of Ohltown Creek with the Cape Pear, in the county of Brunswick, on the plantation now owned by Thomas Cowan, Esq. At this period the1 County of Albemarle inclu ded the country brtuceo Virginia and the Cape Fear, and the County of ( Lirendon was spread over the region between Cape Fear and Florida. In 1G70, Governor Sayle lauded at Pori Royal and laid the foundation id a third government in Carolina, lie fell an earl Mctim to the diseases ( f the climate, and, in August of the following year, the au thority of Governor Yeamaus of Clarcn don, w as extended over this colony. Gov Yeamaus removed immediately to the lai ter settlement, and in the first year of h:. admrnUtraiion founded Old i "harltslon to. the biit hs of. Ashley River, w hich cnnttnuei. to be the metropolis of the colony null. IC550, ulfen the present city of Charleston vas built upon the nck of land betweei Ashley and Cooper Rivers. The eolo nists u ho accompanied Governor Yeamaus tioin Baib idoes to Cape Fear, are believ ed to have followed him with gieat una nimity on his migration southward. In thee.ir IG(J0, no settler remained, ami with his administration the history of Cla rendon as an independent government ceases. The Fundamental Constitutions of Ca rolina, drawn up by the celebrated author of the "Essays on the Human Understand ing," bear dale on the 1st of March, 1GGU. Gov. Stevens and Gov, Sayle were requir ed to organize their respective govern ments under them iu the following year, at which time Grahame Hist. U. istutes, Vol. II. p. 107) states, that Jolui Locke was created a landgrave, and was one ol the thiee hereditary nobles of Carolina, of the firt cider. Between the years 1G71 and 1 GS5, the part ol the province south of the Lounty oj Clan noon was divided into the coun ties ed Cracen, UcActley, Colleton, and Cartcrctt. Craven extended from the Santee to the Sewec; licrhhy, from the Sewee to lire Sumo; Colleton, from the btono to some point beyond Ldisto ; and Carterett, stretching from thence to Florida, was un inhabited. In 1 097, the portion of the province north of the Santee River (The County ol Albemarle and the uninhabited Couutv ol Clarendon,) acquired the distinctive ap pellation of JSorlh, and the. lour soull.en. counties that of South Carolina. (See Oldmixon's Carolina, Uhl Col of a. C. Vol. II. pp. 444,415;) L halmer's I'cliti cal Annals, idtm , 327;) Williamson's Uist.JY. Carolina, Voi. I. p. 102;) Aieh- dalc's Carolina, pubifehed in 1707 ) Having traced thus briefly the Instoi v of the several settlements in Carolina li.in their origin until the period at which the were all merged into North and South Carolina, no reference will henceforth be made except incidentally to the southern government. Governors of the Count of Albe marlb. Wm. Drummond, appointed in the autumn of Samuel Stevens, do October, (Died early in 1674.) Peter Carterett, appointed Piesi- dent of the Council, (Resigned and returned to Eng. early in 1G7G ) 4- Miller, appointed President 1GG3 1007 1674 of the Council, July, IG77 1G77 John Cn.lpppper, usurped the Go vernment, Dec. A few individuals from New England settled on the Cape Fear, then - called Cla rendon 'River; in 1659,-and -left- thc coun try in 1GG3. See Martin's Hist. N. Caro Ihui. Vol. I. nn. 12G 137. tin -'November, 1676, Governor East- church was sent out from . England to Al hpmnrlo' lIc stoDucd in the West Indies, and having been detained by "an agreeable " did not arrive until some C,Jfc& " i ... T (Imp n fter Culnenpcr's , rebellion in Vc comber. 1677, He died. in the midst of unsuccessful efforts; aided by. the Goycr nor of Virginia, to suppress the insurrec tion, and. thus, having won, the'lady, lost his government and his life. - jJohn Harvey, appointed Presi dent of the Council. 16S0 John Jenkins, appointed Governor, June, 1GS0 (Died December IGS1.) Henry U'dkinson, appointed Go - vernor, Feb. t'Seth Sothel, do Governor, (Impeached and expelled bv Par liament, IG8S.) Philip Ludweil, appointed Gover nor, 1GS1 1GS3 1GS9 (Appointed Gov. of Carolina, 1G93.) Thomas Jervis, appointed Deputy Governor, 1G90 Thomas Harvey, do do do 1095 The Fundamental Constitutions were abrogated in Carolina in the mouth ol April, IG93 At the same time the au thority of Governor Ludweil was extended over the four southern counties. He as sumed the title of Governor tf North and uuih Carolina, and fixed his residence at Charleston. From the accession cf Go vernor Lud.iell to the government of Ca .olina, (April, 1G93) until the 21th ol January, 1712, the northern part of the province (Albemarle) was ruled either In deputy governors, appointed by the Gover- r id North and South Carolina, at Charleston, or by a President of the Coun- il, elected by the deputies of the "Lords Proprietors. In all other respects the two Governments, North and South Carolina, vere entirely independent of each other, ud were even separated by a wide wilder iess, and a well-defined boundary, the autee River. GovniiNons of N out 1 1 and South Caro lina. Philip Ludweil, appointed 1G93 IG'.M 1 095 1G9G 170D 17t3 170G Joseph UlakP, i do John Ar hdale, do do do do do Joseph BiaUe, James Moore, Sir N. Jolnton, Ldward Tynte, Governors of North Carolina under thc Proprietary Government. Henderson Walker, President of the Council, 1G99 (Died tne 14th of April, 1704 ) Roheii Daniel, appointed Deputy Governor, Thom.it. C.u ey, do do do Willi. no Glover, President of the Comix il, May, r (I w ard H uh , do do do Aug Ldward Hv de, appointed Gover 1704 1705 1709 17 lb nor, J.ufi-2 Itii, 1712 Thomas Pollock, President of the Council, Sept. 12, Charles Eden, took the oath of of fice as Governor, Mav 23th, (Died 26ih March, 1722.) Thomas Pollock, President of. the Cuuueil, March 30, (Died Aug. 30, 1722 ) Win. IUeel, President ol the Coun cil, Sep.ember.7th, Gtorge Burriugtou, Governor, (look oaths ol office) .km. 15th, Sir Rnhard Everard, Governor, (look oaths of ofiice,) July I7th, 1712 1714 1772 1722 1724 1725 In 1729 all the Lords Proprietors, ex cept John Lord Carterett sold their shares of Carolina, and surrenden d the Govern ment to the crown.. Thus ended the Pro- ruietai v tiov eminent, sixty-six vears after the charier by which il was established. GoVF.RNOilS UNDER THE RoYAL GoVERN- MKNT. George Burnngton, Governor, to. k oaths of ofiice, Feb. 25th, 1731 (Fh (I to South Carolina, April 1734.) Nathaniel Rice, President of ihe Council, April 17, 1734 Gabriel Johnston, Governor, took oaths of office, November 2d, (Died, 1732 ) ' Nathaniel Rice, President of the Council, ,(Died 2Sth Jan. 1753 ) Matthew Rowan, President of the Council,' February 1, Arthur Dobbs, Governor, took oaths of ofiice, November 1st, (Resigned, Oct. 27th, 17G4.) William Tryon, Gov. took oaths 1734 1752 1753 of office, October 27, 17G4 (June, 1771, appointed Gov. of N. York.) In the becinnins; of thc year 16S0, thc Proprietors sent out Seth Sothel, as Gover nor, who was taken by the Algerincson his voyage thither. In February, 1681, Henry Wilkinson was appointed "Govcr nor of that portion oj Carolina stretch in? from Virginia to the River Pamlico, and Jive miles beyond it." Chalmer's Pol. Annals, (Hist. Uol. ot S. U. Vol 11. p. 309.) r... t After SothcPs expulsion from Albe marle, he went; to Charleston, was elected governor of that part of the province in 1690, and Was impeached and expelled therefrom two years afterwards. , James Hassell, President of the Council, July 1 , 1771 Josiah Martin, Governor, took oaths of oltice, August, 1771 (Abdicated ami took refuge on board the Cruzier sloop of war in Cape Fear river, August, 1775.) GoVEKXOltS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION. Elect-d. Richard Caswell, Dec. I77G Abtier Nash, do 1779 Thomas Burke, do 1781 Alexander Martin, do 1 782 Richard Caswell, do 1784 Samuel Johnston, do 1787 Alexander Martin, do 1789 Richard D. Spaight, do 1792 Samuel Ashe, do 1795 William R. Davie, do 1798 Benjamin Williams, do 1799 James Turner, do 1802 Nathaniel Alexander, do 1805 Benjamin Williams, do . 1807 David Stone, do 1808 Benjamin Smith, do IS 10 Wi flin . Hawkins, do 1S1 1 William Miller, do 1814 John Branch, do 1817 Jesse Franklin, do 1820 Gabriel Holmes, do 1S21 llutchings G. Burton, do 1S24 James Iredell, do 1827 John Owen, do" 1828 Monfori Stokes, do 1830 D ivid L. Swain, do 1832 I'ehard D. Spaight, do 1835 Edward 1$. Dudlev, Jan. L 1S37 Chronological Table of Events from the. First Settlement of the Country to the Period of the Revolution. First settlement in Carolina (by Qua hers.) Government of the County of Albe marle organized, First Session of the Grand Assem bly of Albemarle (October,) George Fox, the founder of the Quakers, visits the Colony, and organizes thc first religious asso ciation in September, Culpepper's rebellion (see John sou's 'Life of Greene," Ch. 7: Hancroft's U. States, Vol. II. Chap. Carolina.) Impeachment and banishment of Gov. Sothel, Fundamental Constitutions abroga ted, First Episcopal Missionary arrives, 1GG2 1GG3 1GGG 1G72 1677 16SS 1693 1700 Church of England established by law, 170 1 1707 1710 Carey usurps the government, alatiues settle on Ncute and lrcnt Rivers, Dec. Great massacre of the whites by the Indians on the Rivers, Roanoke, Tar, Neuse, and Trent, irst emission of paper money (bills of credit) irst revision of the statute law (12 7nanu.scrint copies promulgated,) 1711 .1713 1715 rhc pirate Teach killed, and his vessels captured by Lieuteuant JNIaynard in Palmico Sound, 1718 1723 1724 1727 172S Court Houses first erected, Earliest permanent settlement on the Cape Fear, about Boundary lino between Virginia and North Carolina run, Road constructed from Newborn to Bath, "Proprietary Government dissolv ed and Royal Government estab lished, 1729 1735 Boundary line between North and South Carolina run and marked, John Lord Carterolt's eighth part of Carolina assigned to him in seve ralty, by metes and bounds, 1774 1745 1749 1752 1764 1771 First post route established (from bulled U, Va. to ilmington, once every two weeks, at an expense to thc province of 133 6s. per annum,) First printing office introduced (by James JJavisol iNewbern.) First book printed (Swan's Revisal of the Laws,) First newspaper published, "North Carolina Magazine- or Universal Intelligencer," by James Davis, at Newborn, Battle of the Allemance, (between Governor 1 yron, and thc Regu lators,), 16th of May, Atlbe closeof the Proprietary Go vernment, North Carolina was divided into the counties of Albemarle, Bath, and Cla rendon. Albemarle was sub-divided into six precincts, Currituck, Pascpjotank, Per quimmons, Chowim, Bertie, and Tyrrell; Bath into four; Beaufort, IIyHe, Craven, and Carterett; and Clarendon contained one only, New-Hanover. In 1738 the primary div ision Was abolished, and the eleven precints were styled Counties. Edenton, Bath, Nevvbern, and Beaufort were the only towns established by law prior to 17t9. Abdication of Governor Martin and " termination of the Royal Govern ment in North Carolina, 1775 Mecklenburg Declaration of Inde pendence, 20th of May, 1775 Progressive extension of Settlement from East to I Vest, as indicated by thc es tablishment of Towns. Bath 1706; Neubern 1710; Qioen Anne's Creek, 1716, name charged to Edenton, 1722; Newton, incorporated and name changed to Wilmington, ' 1739; Childshurg, 1759, name changed to Hills borough, 1766; Campbelton, 1762, name changed to Fayetteville, 17S4; Salisbury, 1756; Salem, the principal settlement of the Unitas Fratrum, 1766; Charlotte, 176S; Wake Court-House. 1770, name changed to the City of Raleigh, 1792, became the seat of government, 1795; Tryon Court House (nowLincolnton,)1770; Morganton, 177S; Morristown, (now Asheville,) 1791; Wayncsvillc 1607; Franklin, (Macon Co.,) 1820; Murphey, 1837. The University of North Carolina was incorporated in 17S9; located at Chapel Hill, 1791; opened for thc reception of students, 12lh of February, 1795. Population at several early Periods. In 1667, 1,400 tithables, comprehending all persons, without distinction of age or sex, between sixteen and sixty years of age. In 1701, 5,000; 1729, 10,000; 1749, 45,000; 1763; 95,000 whites. G OVERLIE NT. S AI ART". Edward B. Dudley, of Wilming ton, Governor; term from Jan. 1, -1837, to Jan. 1, 1839, 2,000 William Hill, of Raleigh, Secretary of Slate, 800 and fees. . Daniel D. Courts, of Surry Co., Treasurer, 1,500 William F. Collins, of Chatham Co,, Comptroller, from Jan, 1, 1S37, to Jan. 1, 1839, ,1000 The officers cf thc executive government ate required to reside, during their term of. oilite, at Raleigh. Hugh 1). Waddell, of Orange Co., Speak er ol the Senate. William H. Hay wood, Jun., of Wake Co., Speaker of the House of Commons. JUDICIARr. Supreme Court. Salary-. Thomas Rufiin, of Orange Co., Cbiei Justice, 52,500 William Gaston, of Newbern, As sociate Justice, Joseph J. Daniel, of Halifax, do Th. P. Devcreux, of Raleigh, Wm. H. Battle, of Louisburg, Report ers, with thc copy-right of the Reports, - 2,500 2,500 500 Judges of the Superior or Circuit' Courts. Thomas Sctiie, of Rockingham; R. Ml Saunders, of Raleigh; John AL Dick, of Grcensborough; John D. Toomer, of Fay etteville; Frederick Nash, of Hilisborough j r ivi i r t t i : ii t,.k r Bailey, of Elizabeth City. John R. J. Daniel, of Raleigh, Attorney General. John F. Poindcxter, of Stokes Co., So licitor General. t - David Cutlavv, Alexander Troy, Jas. R Dodge, and James W. Gwynn, Solicitors. State of the Banks. -The initials below arc intended as fol lows : S. B. State Bank, July 22, 1837; C. F. B. Cape Fear Bank, June 1, do.; M. B. Merchants' Bank, May 31, do. Capital. Circulation.. Specie. S. B. Sl,500,000 Sl,291,550S509,477,6,3 C.F.B. 1,155,590 S60,221 167,345,00 M. B. ' .225,000 1S0,475 22,294,11 Pauperism. Paupers ia this State are supported by the counties in which they are seltledj by a distinct tax, called the poor or parish, tax, which is imposed on 'the inhabitants by the county court. , This tax varies in the different counties; but in all the coun ties it. is moderate. The paupers are under the care and direction of the "Wardens of thc Poor," who are seven in number in each county, and are elected by the freemen every three years. All applications for relief must be made to the wardens, who receive and disburse the poor tax. Tho poor were formerly let out by thc wardens every year to such persons as would under take to provide for them at the lowest price. At present, however, in me greater part of the counties poor-houses are provi ded, where the poor of the several counties are placed and maintained; but in counties, not provided with poor-houses, they aro let Out to the lowest bidder. Literary Fund. This State has a Literary Fund pledged to the support of common schools, consist ing of swamp lands, estimated at 1,500,000 acres, bank stock and cash, amounting to something more than a . million of dollars. Thc management of this fund is'commilted ta a "Board of Literature' "composed ot
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