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U hole jVo. (HO. Tarborough, (Edgecombe County, JV C.) talurday, July 14, 1838 Vol. XirXo. 28. The Tarboroush I'rcss, i BY REOBOE IIOWAUD, f n-ililislu'il weekly at Tw7 Dollars and Fifty 1 uis per year, if paid in advance or, Three li i'v-i M tin; expiration of the subscription year. iC'ani I,orioJ lcs l,,an a yar Twcnf.'-Jive r ,2J tier month. Subscribers are at liberty to .(.'();lti;,uo at any time, on giving notice thereof ' d invin"- arrears those re-suling at a distance must iavariahly .iy in advance, or give a respen reference in this vicinity. dvt rtit-iiicnts not exceeding a square will be . rte.I Oiic Dollar the first, insertion, and C3 I-Mt3 t'r every continuance. Longer advertise " 'iits in like proportion. Court Orders and Ju ivoriisenients 'J5 percent, higher. Ad- uH"1 ... , i uTiiscmesits m w?x be marked the number of-in- I - tlwiv will hr nntimiPtl until uluVwise onlerei and charged accordingly. 1 I .nterii addressed tj the Editor must be post cr they may not be attended to. as address to the freemen of nash. Fellow Citizens: The period is again at han J, when 'ou a,e 011 t0 ext-r- i-ise your jaJtiiient in the selection of a suitable person to represent you in llie H .use of Commons in the next General wmbly. And inasmuch as it was your I'Mt! pleasure to honor me with jour suf liat-es and confidence to a seal in that 1 1, -"use :l tlii kt election, and being a jr.,,,, ;, candidate for that station, 1 feel anxious, (believing it a duty I owe both to you and myself,) to submit briefly to your iandid consideration a plain and simple suteuieiU of the course 1 pursued in execu ting die high charge with which you hon ored me. Ami knowing as I do, that it is impossible for me to do so to the extent de sired, hv a personal interview with all, or satisfactorily, in llie ordinary way by pub lic speeches at the usual places of meeting f.tr that purpose, 1 have thought proper to adopt this method. First then, fellow citizens, I will respect fully call your attention to the circum stance of the last, being the first Legisla ture held under the amended Constitution, by w iiicli a new principle of legislation was introduced, producing important chan ges, in the political as well as legislative importance of particular districts of coun try. While on the one hand under the o!d Constitution every county in the State was entitled to one Senator and two Com moners, as is well known 10 you all, by the new Constitution many of the small counties were cut oil with but one Com moner, and in many instances without a Senator; on the other hand, some of the laiger counties, have been allowed each one Senator, and in.. my of thein two, some three, and some even four Commoners, to the great political and legislative advanta ges of the larger to the no less pernicious and ruinous consequences to the smaller counties. In which classification it is well known to you, fellow citizens, that our old about $30,000,000 of the public revenue of the General Government, was directed to be distributed according 10 representa tion, and deposited with the several States to be by them kept free of interest, subject to the call and future wants of the Govern ment; to receive which, it was necessary t.nt the Legislature should pass a law to that effect, and pledge the faith and credit l the Slate for the prompt and faithful return thereof, whenever thereto required. I his bill I voted for in accordance 10 the known wishes of an overwhelming majori ; ty of my constituents. The portion of which surplus allotted to North Carolina by the provisions of the said Act of Con gress amounted to about $1,900,000. and was directed to be paid over to our Stale in four equal quarterly instalments, com jineucing on the 1st day of Jau'y, 1837 inree-lounlis ol which has been received, amounting to about $1,425,000. while the other fourth, $175,000, remains yet to be had when the situation of the Public Trea sury will justify it. How 10 dispose of ihis money was an important, exciting and vexatious question. To luck it up and set a guard over it, would not only have ab stracted that amount from circulation, and thereby increased the pressure thai in a good degree has resulted from the change produced by die distribution; but would have been boih troublesome and expensive 10 the Slate. What 10 do with it for the best, was llu constant inquiry with all; and almost eve ry member was ready with some stheim of his own. Some were for dividing it out amongst the people; but that would not not do, because it must be remembered that the money was not ours, nor had i been given to ihe Slate, but deposited foi safe keeping. Some were for distributing it amongst the counties, to be by them dis posed of as they might think proper. Some for appropriating the whole of it to purposes 01 internal improvements, as South Carolina did. Some for appropria ting the whole of it to public schools, and some for establishing a Slate Bank upon the faith and credit of it, besides divers oilier schemes almost as numerous as the members of the Legislature; while my proposition was, first to pay a debt the Stale owed of $400,000, borrowed four years ago to take Bank slock with, and to lend out ihe balance at interest, on good and sufficient security, to be returned w hen called for, and for the profits arising there from, together wnh those of the then pre sent Literary or School Fund, to be ap plied to the purposes of Free Schools, or for a part of it to be applied to the ordina ry expenses of the Stale Government, in stead of collecting taxes out of ihe people every year for that purpose, and fur the balance to be regularly reinvested and lent out at interest. But with so very many conflicting opin ions and interests, il seemed almost impos sible to unite a majority upon any plan; in f Vi. U ... ...A.....! ! ..) l,ir s,u,c lw a . . 3 . I il r r- which stale ol the case, a joint select corn IJ I 111 Ml I Ul II. C III IIIC IIIIIOI. Wl Ullllllll'"". : . . . C . ....till L'HWIIII W . .'V ... , To this change of our political and le gMjiive relation in the alteration of our M Constitution, it is well known to you all. that 1 ever and constantly raised my vu'u : and exerted all my influence to pre vent, but in vain: it is nevertheless a source of much pleasure to tne to know, dial oil that eventful occasion, 1 was sec f i !id and supported byalmast an uuani "i.us vole of my fellow citizens of Nash, huh ng uust the call of the Convention au J ihe ratification of ihe amendments in which, however, we failed, and the conse nieme is that we (Nash county, one of the olilest ami most respectable,) are cut off with but one Commoner; thereby less ening one half our weight and importance m ihe House of Commons, and conse n'leiiily doubling the duly and importance "t your Representative there, and at the s tiie time and in a corresponding degree, increasiav ihe highly important obliga l"us that you are under to yourselves and die public, in the selection you are now tailed on to make. The last Legislature was perhaps the ingest, and I doubt not the most lahort u, if not the most important ever held in the btate, and rendered the more so in the fevisal and consolidation of the whole of l;ir statute Laws, which of itself was a her cuteaii task, and engiosstd much of Ihe H oe and labor of the two Houses; for al- ili'M-gh ihe work had been commenced in 1833, and prosecuted with much ability ky Commissioners appointed for that pur- P se, under an Act of the General Assem- k'y, passed in 1834, vet much, very much feiniiued, to be done by the last Legisla ture; and which 1 am proud to ay, was done in a manner that has reflected much credit upon our State abroad, and I be lieve given general satisfaction to our cili Zens at home. By au act of Congress passed at its ses 'on of 1835-G, a surplus amouniing to' two from each Congressional district, was appointed to consider the subject, and re port some plan to the Uvo Houses; of which committee I had the honor to be one. That committee afier much patient investigation, and ceaseless vexations ari sing from (lie above mentioned causes, finally reporied by a lean majority as a compromise between conflicting opinions, that one half of the surplus money should be invested in good Bank Slock, and the profits arising therefrom added to the b und already established by law for Common Schools, and the other half lent out at in terest on good security, under the direc tion of the Board of Internal Improve ments, to facilitate" the works of internal improvements, and for the profits thereof to be applied to purposes of internal im provements; to which I was opposed, be believing then as I now do, that mine was the better plan. The Surplus Revenue deposited with North Carolina was, however, finally dis posed of in the following manner: 1st. The State debt before alluded to of $100,000, bearing an interest of 5 per cent, payable semi-annually, has been paid off, which is an annual saving of $20,300 2d. 3)i;uu,uuo is vesiea in dsiik oiuck, which will produce annually about 3d. $200,000 appropriated to the draining of Swamp lands, which has not been used but lent out interest per annum, 4th. About $300,000 not appropriated at all hut lent out interest per annum, 5thi $000,000 subscribed to the Wilming ton Hail Uoad, but lent out at interest till called for, and of which sum about $150,000 is yet at interest, and will produce at least about Making the sum of . $80,000 Saved to the State the first year after the reception of the Surplus Revenue; which under all the circumstances of the case, is probably the best disposition that could have been made of it; though still I prefer my own plan, because the whole amount of the balance, afier paying the $400,000 debt which the State owed, lent out at in terest, would have yielded a larger profit and been amply sufficient to defray all the expenses of the Government without the annual collection of Taxes for that pur pose; or it might have been applied to purposes of public schools, which togeth er with the profits of the Literary Fund al ready existing, would be sufficient to afford at least two public schools in every Cap tain's district throughout the Stale; and it appears to me that if the resources of the Stale shall be judiciously managed for a lew years to come, the annual income will be allsuflicient to defray all the expenses of the Government, and leave at least $100, 000 nelt balance for the support of public schools. Its funds at this time are very little short of S3,500,000, consisting in part of Cherokee lands to be sold first Monday in September next, estimated at $100,000 Swamp and Marsh lands now being re claimed, estimated at least at 750,000 liesmes various debts, &c. belono-m"- and due to the State, Bank Stock, Rail Road Stock, Navigation Stock, &e. amounting to about 2,300,000 Which must produce at least $175,000, if not $200,000 per annum. Various other matters of a highly im portant character were under considera tion, and some of which, were adopted and became Laws, but which it would be tire some here to enumerate; but on w hich I hall take much pleasure in submitting my views and opinions at our public gather ugs now commencing in the county. 1 will, however, mention one other, as in my opinion deserving notice here. 1 allude 10 ihe Bill passed conferring Banking pri vileges on the Charleston, Cincinnati and Louisville Rail Road Company, or per haps more pioperly speaking, a League between the Slates of North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Ohio, to build up a Bank with a Capital of $12, 000,000, and the privilege of owing at one time S36.000.000. This Bill, 1 was and still am opposed to. First, because 1 believe lhal in both spiiit and meaning, it conflicts with the plain in terpretation of the 10th Sec. of 1st article of the Constitution of the U. Slates; which leads as follows 'Ab State shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation.1 Secondly, because 1 doubt the policy cf such a Bank; and thirdly, it was a subject pressed upon us at a time and under cir cumstances that put it out of our power to hear the voice of the people, whether for or against it. Thus, fellow-citizens, I have in a biicl manner, submitted to your consideration some of the most important measures of our last Legislature, together with mv views and the course I pursued thereon; :;ud if upon an impartial examination, my conduct shall be found to meet your ap probation, I hope I may indulge the rea sonable expectation, that you will not dis card; hut continue your confidence in, and again bestow your suffrages on, most re ipecifully your obedient humble servant H. BLOUNT. Nashville, N.C. 4th July, 1838. 11,000 12,000 18,000 15,700 REMARKS OF THE HON. JESSE A. BYNUM, Of North Carolina, in reply to Mr. Bond, Of Ohio. Mr. BYNUM said that he rose merely to reply briefly to the honorable member from Ohio, Mr. Bond. That gentle man, with au air of triumph, asked why the members of the Administration did not come out and defend it against the char ces of extravacance, that he had made against il? Sir, said Mr. B. the honorable member certainly has presumed greatly upon the ignorance ol the public, ana particularly on that of his constituents, when he is ma king these most reckless and unfounded statements. The gentleman has not spe cified any particular act of the Executive as being extravagant, but takes shelter under general charges; and, sir, has, in the zeal of partisan heat overleaped every thing like a correct statement of facts. Sir, he with an air, told us that this Ad ministration came into power upon the charge of Executive extravagance, and on its pledge to reform it. Now, sir, the gen tleman must know that his first statement is entirely unfounded in fact; that under such circumstances, there could have been no principle involved. The petty extra vagance of no Executive would be suffi cient to found a parly upon. No, no, sir; the gentleman must know that this Admin istration, as well as the preceding one, came into power upon higher and nobler nrinciples, which the gentleman seems pur posely determined not to tell the people of this country or his constituents. Little could have been effected by the peity re form in any department, by the scaling down of salaries. &c. No, sir, no friend of the. Administration ever thought of coming inlo power under such circumstances; nor did their oppo nents. The great measures upon which the Republican party came into power were founded on principle : and that prin ciple was in their opposition to a mosl prodigal and impracticable system of in ternal improvements, then about being carried on in this country, by which mil lions and millions of the people's money would have been squandered. Sir, at that lime, from a statistical state ment, oiade out by Judge Smith, then a distinguished Senator from South Caro lina, there were projects in contemplation, about being submitted to the sanction ol Congress, of internal improvement, to the amount ol eight hundred millions of dol lars, which, if carried into effect, would have impoverished this whole nation. Sir, ihis extravagance il was, that the Democ racy rallied with a determination to re form. Sir, little did ihey then think of your Lxeculive reform, farther than he gave countenance to this prodigal system; 10 have done so, would have been a mere picayune business. Here Mr. B. was interrupted by the Speaker and Mr. Brouson; and afier some conversation continued. Secondly, he said, there was another great principle upon which the present party came inlo power. It was founded in their opposition to your odious, unequal, and unjust I an ha, which were extracting millions and tens of millions yearly from the pockets of the people, to be scrambled for by log rolling politicians in this House, and to be voted away to the more favored Stales and objects. It was their opposi tion to the tarifi lhal caused ihe Democra- y of the North, Souih, Easl, and West, to rally agaiusi ihe former Administration, of which the honorable member from Mas sachuselts was at the head. Yes, sir, this was the reform that the Democracy went for, and this they got, and ihe country has realized the beneficial effects of il. And sir, thirdly, let me tell the gentle man, that it was against au extravagant system of forls, fortifications, and light houses, that the present party went in op position to his parly, under the lead of tiie member from Massachusetts. The United Stales Bank also was one of the great subjects on which the two par ties differed and w hich brought one of ttient into power, and sustained them under the former and present Administration. Sii it was agaiusi the extravagance of lhal in sliiuliou, that aroused the freemen and Democrats throughout the couniry; bui the gentleman dots not feel very anxious lhal these trull. s should be known, how ever anxious he may be to put il forth on olher subjects. Sir, the gentleman mis stated every fact, in his zeal no doubt, to relation to w hich this Administration came inlo power, and most adroitly endeavors to shift the true issue from great principles to mere petty ami pitiful acts of individuals, which will and must necessarily occur un der every Government from its very nature. Sir, ihis gentleman had labored long and often to implicate ihe Executive inlo some act of extravagance or folly. Yet he had never brought forward any speci fic charge any tangible proposition. It all seemed to be for effect abroad. If the gentleman would dare bring forward any proposition, he would go with great plea sure with him to correct any individual abuse. Why did not the gentleman do so, if he knew of so many abuses? Sir, he was doing himself and the couniry great injustice to conceal or blink these subjects, knowing them as well as he did,or pretend ed to know them. Sir, the honorable gentleman from Mas sachusetts f .Mr. Adams has correctly in formed the gentleman from Ohio, thai ihe Executive cannot be properly responsible for those acts of the Government, which he has denounced as extravagant. He can not appropriate a single dollar, without the assent of this and the other body of this Congress. If, then, there is extravagance, it is here here in this House. Let the gentleman commence here, and see how many of his own party he will leave un convicted. 1 dare him to do it. 1 dare him to attempt it. I challenge him to look to the journals of this House see the yeas and nays upon every extravagant appropriation, and if a majority of his friends have not voted for every one of them. Yes, sir, I challenge the gentleman to do this. Then, Sir, how does it comport with candor and honesty, to be continually cry ing against the other party, for lhal which thev themselves are mosi guilty 01. Sir, weie I to be guihy of such a course, I should blush 10 meet my constituents, or to appear before an intelligent American public. There w ere other causes of the increase of public expenditures, that he would re mind his honorable friend of, for person ally, he assured him, he considered him so, and was proud of it. It had in a great measure been ow ing to the immense issues of paper money, that had swelled out and given au additional and fictitious value to every thing consumed or employed by Go vernment with hundreds, if not thousands, of other most satisfactory causes to any impartial, rational mind. But this was no lime to go into detail 111 relation to those mailers, and il would be out of order to do so upon this subject. He hoped the gentleman would, however, bring in some proposition upon this subject; and as a mend of reduction and reform, he would pledge himself logo with him to his bean's content. This, however, the gentleman seemed studiously 10 avoid. Perhaps it was be cause nearly every similar attempt cf spe cial committees had never failed to cever their authors with shame and contempt, and end in the disgrace of their party. He hoped that the gentleman would not be discouraged, however, but would bring forward his proposition for a scaling com mittee, as he would mosl assuredly lend to him his little aid in carrying it on. Robert Potter. We exchange with the "Texas Telegraph," and in the lasl num ber received, we find the following para graph. From ihe similarity of the name, and the peculiar features of the transac tion, we have but lillle doubt that the in dividual, referred to, is ihe notorious Ro bert fuller, formerly of this Siale. We have had no knowledge of his where-a- bouts, for several years : "We learn from the Texas Chronicle lhal Col. R. Potter having lost his horses about the middle of April last, suspeccd they had been stolen by the Caddo Indians in his neighborhood. He therefore im mediately raised- a party of armed nvn, and arrested several Indians. They how ever made their escape from him soon af ter their capture; he pursued them to iheir village, where he found several women and children, these he attempted to carry off, when a small party of armed Indians ar rived, and a skirmish ensued in whu h ihree Indians and two white men were killed! The horses which he had lost, wer- after wards discovered in the range near his set llemcm, having only strayed a short ois tance from their ordinary pasture grounds!, What must be the reflections of this indivi dual, who has thus rashly imbrued his hand.- with ihe blood of innocent and un offending men, and possibly plunged his countrymen into all the horrors of a mur derous Indian war? "The Editor of the Chroniclejostly observe? ;this affair shows the necessity of acting with deliberation, and admitting evidence against the Indians with caution, for we are. loo api to attri bute to ihem llie honor of having perpe trated many crimes lhat might upon inves tigation be traced to some of the loose characters among us." Hal. lieg. Ncuse Nanigatinn. On Wednesday, of last week, the steamboat E. D. McNair left this place on an experimental trip up the Neuse, with the view if practicable, of plying permanently between ihe termina tion of boat navigation and this place. She proceeded, we learn, without obstruc tion or difficulty, as far as Doherty's Bridge, which has neilher span of arch sufficient to admit a boat of her width nor a draw to obviate the inconvenience of its lowness. The gentleman who furnishes these facts informs us that ihe owner of the boat waited on Mr. Doherty, and flVred to pay the expense of so altering the bridge as lo render it passable, provided the law did not render this the duly of Mr. D. This proposition was rejected, and the boa; was compelled to return to town. We are extremely sorry that this unreasonable and unlawful conduct on life part of the owner of the bridge should have frustra ted, even for a time, this laudable enter prise. WTe understand lhat Mr. Fan lot has been legally advised on the subject, and his notice 10 ihe owners of bridges f n ihe Neuse which we publish in aood or column is the first step towaids compel ling them to a duty, which, if no law ex isted on the subject, their desire to pro mote the welfare of their fellow citizens of the country should make them not only willing, but anxious to perform. Jeubern Spectator. Large Snake The Boa Constrictor must knock under. A rattle snake it is said has been killed in Perry county, Ala. over 12 feet long and containing an entire fox within him. A. Y. Star.