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r.r.MAUKs or m:i. i.r..cu. ;
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to .-M-wrt. B-irringrr, Jmes an! other;.
i .....11 ..'i-...,,'. .r.-ii;(.fr een-1 the provi-bir. uf this bill doe nc pro'
ilemen to ren-emler that it Write cnstant tendency in a pd or,v,ata the uw
I ,.r fba ontrasted wit!, power, to imagine thoy erf- for. in those Count!,-, whom the Imsine.- doe.
! j.n- it in their in right, and by their o-.vn merits, rfqiiir..Viiioally.hMR.9traeihnSe
' nni fur the'r oxn benefit, and no by-Wi! rt to db-,icnc wiLh tan; and at l.u-ir other
j ,nl for the b,nefil and iifcmt other. ! Terra., as boob . the buainee i dispatched the
i Tut, Mr. Mp.v5ier.ta proceed m directly lot! ! Court adj-urns, Juror, go hou.e, and there is m
.t,;,et l ,1,. fir,. ,J,.. . -nn.1 of ti n is i irt expense. Moreover, thi. bill, if passo.1, will
! taken to 'detnoni'.ra'e the expente of the County
i Court?, at at m-scnt constituted ; and much stress
at!,p Pit) for -the tuOiC speedy a.huiiiis'.ra
.1 of Juiiice.
''.!'?,. Sj-sarin. When thi 'Bill came np, en its
toeo-ju reuuu.it, I coniertee. mym-.i win giving a j b j, vrguIM,,t. Al;J gentlemen go
'IT' '' """t'V 11 "'lt 1,31 10 I 1 into an c-,;imate-a mere hypotV-tleal calculation,
ninco men my remarks ww iieen irequenny sim-
r-ed ti. tut not. I think fiirlv met and answertd,
ffi-ntleiaen in favor of the passage of this Bill,
tiM Ihil for ihii'taire speedy administration of
'" (to my ami:!.) to pnve that, by' abolishing trials by
hardly, remain unii'orm throughout the Suite. At
each successive Legislature yuur table will be load
ed with billf, for the restoration of Jury trials in
many of the Counties. Jury tritls lave been abol
ished in several Counties ; the experiment ha been
Mead, tried, has been found to wc:k bud'., nu, conse-
Jwtv; b.it .,:.m I !,oPj fo prove ie a msn -v r, i C)lllntlCP rf ,i St ite
run ftr.iirnf.vi: V. in iiui-k imfCMMim. and Wllii
- j j ,
till i iu uivj v--uum i-vun ik- ni'-pi
jnt lull, tlif-re would be 311 I quentiy, i
.,.,,. .1 ; ,r f'n., :.,.n4t,L.rl.t(. "-ntintlothe1 Why but. the oilier day, aye, Sir, anil tiiia mom.
Awl, because the
.. .f .iii-. I. I'll ,..in.l..r ii,t;n A.IV.CT .
varitsl aud.varkiut apwens of Oratory, " from ( mfh nnlv i-aj inference that can bo
fcrave to g:.y,-i'roia lively to Kcvcre,"-u. e, t j- Jr.wn ftmU.tfat, lher.-f.rc, It ouSiil
tVy t-2 ue, and it ia nteesnrg to be told, ;, ; , s; re t;llc,;l:,t 0f sucli a piwU
linn cr.rriea with it its own refutalion. Ami to
rjcntj, which tiiey e.iy, address thwotelves to the
r .) and fHdgnieiit ; and, therefore, to the favor
iWe con.-'ideratiou and ronction of this I loose.
Sir, havieu heard but tittU said ttguhtst
this bill, and a ifrc.' Jeal in its favor, by gciitiemen
of iaient and ir'nid'.y ; and with a mind open to
rc:iv.i".iee, in ew.tidoMiion of ihs little lime and
nrtf :it!;i;i I h id been able to betov en it. and rea
dy trt ri tract if i error; I 'tnu'.onfs,th.it all
I have hsard ha. uot ily, eormai me ia my first
opinion, hut ha aneated' to my mind, aJMiisnel
reason for oppoiiHg it. ,
. But it i kutMf aojjfsteJ, that I oeght to tri'tf.
., rtc rr.y r-ppocitWn to til's biliwand caplutdtc 1
t-sppuae j.-t!t, 'Jiat I pMlb!y stand in a large mi-n.-jritj.
Geudcinen- need n-.-1 lay that Haltering unc
ticn to their tin!, they deceive ' tb'snwelyes, 'and
are in rey npitriV-w u-U iy mistaken,.'- Stir, I believe
But npntlemen, tell n, it lus been tiied in o'ier
States, and baa succeeded well. Kir, I will net
!. t.dd ilm'i in tha alnimirfr.ition of in.stice, thai l y n imo dinat.am, hut I do net linnK me
.i,!i. :.',!. s .l,if,m Let? i arsrnment sound or at all conclm-ive.
At any rate
U t'.iere any i :rM jviviple invoh-eil ia such an 'i inviu; w ' a huhijmmk... . .....
ar-umetit as thin J Or, if it must be called org,,, i of justice, in my own beloved Stale, and of other
7.-.!.', is ii not making the mere item of expense- Slate.. 1 dare hazard the assertion, and I inroke
which I have never heard complained of as oner- inquiry upon the subject, thai there w n4 m thi
ous-a. of paramount consideration to tUt of dis- j great Confederacy of States, one whoso Junspru-pensin-
enual and ewa.lwndcd justice, in our J- dence, is superior, or, even oun:, to thut of North
dici.il system ? . Carolina, or whwao people are cie raJy, to much
"it would save expenut to pass a law to the effect j attached to th laws and government. Why,
that all Jodget hereafter elected to the Superior I Sir, North Carolina is proverbial, all abioad, for
Court Unch,s:iouId receive an annual ealary of! the virtue and integrity the morality and arte
Fk-e Hundred Dollirs. But would the enactment j of its citizens ; and for their peuce-h iug and law-
of such a law ho wine or nolitic t or is it probable i abiding sprit ; And in my opinion, tins is aunou.
that gentlemen hereafter raised to the Bench would
be as ahU jurists or as uvrkhl me;t as thtwe who . 1"
now adorn it 7
ide for; U. mittedlo Jil, wh.'re ha lays rar lung month ; j
your buperlor C'irt cornea tin, ween lie is irieu,
and perhaps acquitted And so of poor men in
many oilier casi that occur, afi'ordiitg similar il
liistraiioiui. t ,
And ag ain, if it l true, and who doubts it, that
certainty of punishment is mow effectual in ;tc
xtnl'mg crime, than weriy, would ti"t delinquent?
and (ffiviiders be more tnuiinly ddertrd and bro'l
to justice, by calling together, during the year, six
Grand Juries instead of tl.ree, as this bill contem
plate?? .'" . .
Mr. Speaker, t have detained this ITovwo too
long already, for which ! beg pardon. 1 felt it my ,
n several instances, have been nsiorr.l. I duly to givo n IVw reasons why I oppeied too hill ;
and I wiougni i saw loo preai a ampuiium. imw
feiied by gentlemen for innt V4'.i.)n; and for effrct'ng
too r ulienl a change the natural tendency of rep
reentatire Democracies; and which tendency, I
humbly submit, otht lobe distonr;ged and check
ed ; us I sine -rely hope it leW he in this instance,
for if we popsess an'y principles of eonsrnailm,
whalevfr. those principles should be esjieciallj ex
hibited in the maintenance of the stability and per
petuity of our law s.
liALEIGII TIMES.
tlalcigl), 2f.
FRID.IV, FEURIARY 16, 1819.
ing too, bills were introduced, to iwnre jury triubi,
in ..-) Counties in which, the predecessors, ol ine
gcnik-inen, mif on this Soor, succsj led in abol-
.:!iing.
F 0 11 E I G N.
I Kind, on litis fiv.estian, v.itli tiie n-eat mass oft But. sir. I maintain that the aboulion of all ju.
the jj'yw e-rih Carolina, ineluuiiig my :(e j Hidiction overl'leas in the County Courts, would
. highly. re."C(rc!.;b!e : and hiteiligent constituency. r, ns a general rale, save f.c;:i;", citlier to the
I believe tit' bill will not pau, notwitlisfanding all Cvunties, or to the p.irties litigant because I be
lts tendrr minting, and all t!ie appliances brought to j ;eV(. in u large majority of the Counties, and 1
bear upon it. 1 feel sure it could not, 11' gentlemen j na;(. to be so in those with which I am acquain
v.h have net looked at it in all iu bearinga and j ted the entire" week ia generally consumed iu the
ctnsequt'ices, would only push their investigations j trials of causes, in both the County and Superior
ftrther. But, Sir, however this may be, 1 cannoi i Coui-ts ; and that n6 msny cases and often more
etippirt tlw bill, believing as I firmly do, that a aro disposed of io the County as in the Superior
great and sudden change, like this, in our Judicial Courts, during the week and that, as this bill
ystein, would affect injurinusly the people of North j provide -for transferring all the cases from the
Carolina, and their rights and best interests. En-' County to the Superior Court Docket, I ask gen
tertaining these opinions I would vote against the tlcmen how is it ptwsiblc that the Superior Court
iill were llic majority for it never so overwhelming, i Docket can ever be cleared of cases by holding !
even Sir, if I stood ubne.
Sir, I wit. narry to bear gentlemen of so much
character and talent, attempt to carry this bill
through by sneers and ridicule, directed so mcrci
ktly, at the Countyt'ourts.andthe JI agist racy, ot
North Carolina. .If I may not be permitted to ques
tion the taste of audi a course en such a subject,
I certainly may remark, that it is neither nctenor
uncommon for men to took to bring about, by bold
aticrtion, and by icil, ridicule and irony, that which
they caanot hope to effect by reason and argument.
I am happy however to believe that gentlemen will
fail, in their very lemdobk exertions, thus to pass
tho bill j and that the good sense, and sound judg
ment of member, 'will not be influenced or shaken
ly the use of these keen wpons, even were they
tkillfiilly 'handled, and directly aimed. Sir, the
author of Don fuiroite, knew vtll the patency of
wit and ridicule-burlenque and irony, upon the hu
man mind. So did Swift. So did the author of
Iludibras, and of the Juniu letterabut tlien, Sir,
the juAfscfs they hamtfled, werejti tubjecta, for wit,
ridicule, and sarcasm y they were masters of their
. profession, sad consequently wielded those sharp
weapon, with power, with dexterity with unerr
ing certainty, and with moat astoiiieliirrg success
mid effect . There ia an old law, which teaches,
that awkward persons should not handle edged toils;
tar the vary na'.iral and obvious reasons, that in
th first place, they might not know for what pur
'prre they wen made, and in the second place, they
night, possibly cut themselcet I
Mr. Speaker, I tubinit, that we should approach
thi qnestioo at we should all others of inch vital
importance, and general Interest, with a caution, a
.linnets and a dignity becoming Statesmen, and
North Carolinian ! We should consider It atten
tively, ami weigh it wtU, in all iu aspects and ber
lne, on tlic Community at large.
Bir-JGentleroen get up kcre, and attempt to tcold
and Jecrure me, because I exprwaed tlie opinion tliat
thi question hd not been generally discussed be
fere the people, that it never wa ta my County,
nnd that I believed my Constituent! were opposed
to the change; and that I respected their opinions,
and if there were f.o other action objections, 1
woold pause and hesitate, before casting my vote
ht the bill. Sir, 1 eonfes to the charge j thatin
matter of inch rest importance in which aH are
interested, and where to mdieai a change, so great
an taecaion opon our time-honored system of
risprudenct it eontemplsted ; that 1 am greatly in
fiueDced by what I believe to be the feoliugt and
eoiniont of a large majority of the Freemen of
North Carolina ; and of nine-tenths of the intelli
fmt and patriotic Constituency, I have the honor
fcf representing on thi floor. Sir, the voice of the
people ef North Carolina, ought to be heard and
teteecud, on thi iirfMrtaBt-m,tion'and to far at
I am eon owned, that wice shall be heard, and res
pected ! 1 ebtim to be Republican, and I stand
Ler at the authorized Agent and Delegate of those
wbeae ff ntrout confidence entrusted tlteir right
lom,t represent and promote, to the bent of my
ability, thn right and interests; and on this
question i fee! pride and pleasure in believing, my
ciarion cowicidet with titeirt; and, I envy not
thtt who are disposed to disregard either the in
trrtt, or the deliberately formed opinions of their
Constituent.
It wa the voice, Mr. Bpeiier, of the people
t heard in North Carolim ia tonts of thunder
gahwt a trttnttlantic Tymnfr-tbe voice of our
Wie and jtorioaa Revolutionary forftlhort ;
fiad not thedelezate ia the Philadelphia Cenven.
ton. good and great at they were,) that threw off
the yoke of Bryinh murul ana oppression; a no
It w their tnited wisdom and energy thai la
oq,!y, the foundation of our free and gloriou in-t-itdlioBS.
and k i the voice of the people, that
' this gnat Jcrpiiiiictha admiration ad ))V
liirue of ih civilized world. Sir, to fiat voice
lpt evertainra a listening ear, and thntegrtot
but three Courts annually t
It could not bo done. There would be great di
lay cairsea would have to lie over for years, not-1
withstanding the modest pretence of this bill to
table in no small degree, to the crrUunty and llio
mptness wi ll which our laws, wuciiier iivn,
Bnuilable. or Criminal, are adininistercd. And
yet, Sir, with all this befero gentlemen' eyes, and
notwithstanding the Session is drawing to a close,
with a great amount of uiif.iiiohed business on your
tab!: ; still gentlemen seem extremely sohcilious,
at 'doing for the good people , what they do nol
if ant done, thus killing them with kindness. How
commendable this labor oilovel This work of
supererogation!
But it is s aid by my fritn-J from Orange,
and other gentlemen, thai this bill is a popular
measure, possessing intrinsic merits, which recom
mend it to the rupport of this House. Then how
is it, and where is the necessity of sticking in a
srct'um to lucalc the Judges, to be hereafter elected ?
Is it not because the bill requires Bomo extrinsic
and adventitious aid, in order to pass it into a law ?
Have these two -measure any connexion with
i each ether? Aune. whatever.
But my friend from Orange who hat always
, AttKIHL OF THE MAC.VKA.
Two weeks later from Europe.
(!T Our acknowledgment are due to the Hon.
I). M. Barringer, for a copy of the Speech of Mr.
Thompson, of Indiana, upon the Slavery question.
IT Seme of onr Subscribers at Forestville com
plain thatthi-y do not receive the Times regularly,
and one of them has not glimpsed a pa per, he aays,
since the 13th of January. We can only say they
arc regularly mailed here, and we have every rea
son to iiehevo they leave the Raleigh Post Office,
properly, and at Ihe ripdit time. We hope to hear
no more complaints at Forestville. A Postmaster
is a public servant, and The public must be accommodated.
learned, (nnd which we havr'also heard tu foro,)
that .Vr. Thompson, the Engineer, has oiT red to
take the entiru work, in conjunction with., liujor
(iwynn, and finish it for 0185,000; givoigTViriiU
for the faithful execution of the contract.
The Prnceedirg of this Meeting Will no doubt ;
be published at the proper time but we seizi the
occasion to bold up tlie example of tho people v(
Chatham to Ihe imitation of all, in other sections,
interested, a they tee, in the great works for the
improvement of our condition. Tut your own
shoulders to the wheel that's the way ! ehove
with all your might and main ! and then rait ap
on Ifocuks as lustily as you please end he wilt
be sure to come !
Our readers will also find tome account of the
Meeting in Salisbury on our first page. Soine of the
worthiest and ablest men were there among thera
several members of our late Legislature, who as
sisted in adopting our new systom of State policy.
We hope their constituent may opport and de
fend them, for they richly deserve it. We shall
gladly publish these Proceedings in fuli, when w
receive thorn.
PLAXK iJOADS.
Among the Improvement projected for tlw OU
North State, beside Railroads, perhaps the nV
jectof PI ilk Roads is next in importance. It!
obvious to all wha are alive to the interests of tl
State, that our rosonrcs for multiplying t!ni pro.
ITT We refer our readers for News, cce. to the
first ami last pagosof this paper. There are many '
interesting matters wo would like to notice Edito- ducts of the toil, the increasing importance of the
prevent May, as t'(s name imports, and as gentle
men argue. And, sir, this ddny of justice, would
be without solecism injustice ; and would tend
to increase greatly the cost of the party finally
cast in the suit. Or, if extra terms were had, the
argument fails for then the expenses would be
proportionally increased j beside the money being
carried out of the County, without rcmaimVg, as
it doe under the present law ; and returning, fro-n
time to time, to the pockets of those w henco it is
taken.
Another argument and a favorite one with tho
gentleman from Betnlbrt hub" lamentable defici
ency of the Magistrate of the State, either in tal
ent, integrity, or the ateadinest of habit necessary
to a proper discharge of duty. Ti true, sir, there
are unworthy and ignorant men, in North Caroli
na, belonging to thi class of our citizen; but
there it scarcely a profession or avocation to which
the turn objection would dot apply ; and in many
instances with more truth and effect. Man it not
perfect. Infallibility is claimed, alone, by his Ho
liness, the Pope and the justice of even this claim
it questioned by- a very respectable number of
mankind ! ' ; - . '"
But, suroly, there can be selected, in most of the
Counties, among body of men to highly respect
able and intelligent, in the main, and from such a
great number, one Justice, of sufficient integrity,
moral firmness, intelligence and Aar sense, and
sufficiently acquainted with the ordinary forms of
business, to sit as Chairman of the Court, and ad
minister justice between his fcllow-citizens in all
those cases o( ordinary occurrence in those Courts,
and for which they were first established.'and on !
account of which they are to ably defended and
advocated by dial great t.ngnsn jurist, wnom gen
tlemen so mnch admire, but whose opiniont they
nd it convenient just now to forget Sir William
Blackstone.
But, Mr. Speaker, if there are Countiea where
the Conrta are t more fare; ; and I am not pre
pared to deny the gentleman't assertion and that,
in those Countice, from ignorance or corruption,
justice it not dispensed, because there cannot be
found one man for Chairman, of sufficient talent
and integrity it does teem to me, that the deside
ratum ca nnot be tupplied by the mere passage of
this bilL Sir, I would respectfully aubmit, that
special legislation ia necessary for such a County.
They thould have a large share in the distribution
of tlie School fund ; and it might be weH to tend
itissionariet down into those "diggina;" for, to
my mind, mental and moral culture are the impor
tant things to be looked to. lam proud to tay
that we of the West have no inch Courts, and no
inch " Cmci." In tlie teveral Comntiet of my ac
quaintance, Including my mm, gentlewnare care
fully (elected on account of their ability and Jtl-
nesx.to discharge the dutiet of Chairman, which ia
generally done to the satisfaction of tlie communi
ty at larm.
A rain : It it t rgned that the jurisdiction of Pleat
in the County Court ha already been abolished
in tome of the Connti; and that there should be
uniformity throughout ihe State. Thi argument
would have tome force, if there could be uniforini
ty ia Hiigatitn ; if the tame number of tuit were
brought in die different Counlie, and of the same
chaMcierv but thi being impossible, theargo
ment fells to the ground ; because, in many of the
Countiea, there are more than an hundred case
on Docket; ia other not more than half a many;
and thru in a fevr of tlie Couatie there might be
no need of even three Jury Courts per year, at this
bill provide for ; ia ether thrm would not sa.fioo,
to do ill the batinett, while again, in ether, it
w-jold require, t w now haM,Mx larj Court
to clear th Docket. And this disparity in the
been regarded as opposed to locating the Judges,
thought the bill safe without that section, and
therefore moved to strike it ; but no sooner is
this motion made, than a debute springs up be
tween ihe friends of Ihe bill, and it is suddenly
revealed, that there are members especially from
the extreme East and West, who will not support
tho measure, should the motion to ri& out, pre
vail. Whereupon, it is leilMrwn. .:
i But, Mr. Speaker, suppose the bill become the
law of the land, and all tint part of our Statute
Book pertaining to the jurisdiction of Pleat in the
County Courts which bat cost so much time and
labor, and legislation, be stricken out what tort
of Courts are to supply the place of the pretent
ones ; and how often are they to be held 1 Oh
this question, gentlemen wlio agree iu upportiny
this bill, entertain very different opinion. Some
are for aping the legislation of other Slates by es
tablishing! monthly probate Courts ; other are
for four sessions per year. " When Doctor (of
Zaie) disagree, who ehall decide t"
I admit, however, that there are distinguished
gentlemen, both in and out of this House, and for
whose opinions I entertain high respect, who are
in favor of this bill," or one containing similar pro
visions but I know, also, there are at many e
qually distinguished gentlemen, with eomo of whom
1 have recentlv conversed on this subject who
are utterly opposed to a bill of tUit character, or
to any atteratitn in our County Courts.
I entertain, individually, no apccial hostility to
this bill; but my opposition arisea from tho dclibe'
rate opim'on, that practically, 'A would not supply
the desideratum anticipated by it friends, or
give general satisfaction ; and that therefore,
the people, through their representative would
repeal it,
1 believe the present ystcm 1 not without ob-
iection there re doubtless errors eoanoctod
with it; but
'Tit better to bear the flit we have,
Than fly toothers that we know not uf.
The eentloman from Orange esel aaother very
specious and ingenious argument, that demands
some notice, lie insists that parties to saita arc
doubly taxed, a tho law now ttaad. That they
have to fee counsel first in the County Courts, and
in annealt-nn Ihe Superior Coort, also. But the
tame objection might be urged wilh equal force,
even if thi bill pass; becaise when partie cast
were dissatisfied, upon advUing with cow!,
with lb verdict in the Superior Court, they could,
they often do, appeal to the Supreme Court,
and thus have too fees to pay. But I can put
cane to the gentleman, and great many inch ex
1st, of peculiar hardship.. Buppoe an honest far
mer, or blacksmith or hce-maker, hat an account
gainst his neighbor for fifteen Mars, for grai
old ; or for hi labor. Suppose the neighbor du
putt the account, or refue to pay the whole
mount claimed, knowing at tlie same time, hi cr'
ditot would have to pay Lawyer ten dollars, to
brtog wit thi being the fee, which the gentle
man tay it charged, in ordinary esses, in the Su
perior Court After tome trouble and lot of
time, tlie plaintiff rceovere hit elaim, fen dViars of
which ha already been paid, or at i due to the
conntel, leaving him but fire for bWhard labor and
er ming. ' But in the County Court, which were
instituted in part for just inch ease a tlie one ci
ted, for four dollar which the gentleman inform
as i the common fee the debt i collected.
And on tlie "imiW ide of the docket, the p-
tage of tlie bill would operate with still greater
hardship. Take the ease of a poor man, who
family depend upon his labor, for the bread that
sustain life. II i insulted by a rowdy whom he
anarihs, or perhape, strikes it taken before
Boston, February 1 1 . 4 P. M.
The steamer Niagara has arrived from Liver
pool, whence she .sailed on the 27th ult. She
brings but little news of importance, a the suV
joined summary will show:
Fkaxce. Every thing in France remains tran
quil. The Government is in a stale of transition.
M.Iloulaede l.ameustlio has been eleced Vice
President. Naval preparations are going oa ex
tensively, purposed for an armed intervention iu
favor of the l'op.
The latest dates from Paris state that public
opinion had undergono a great change. The state
of the funds opened the eyes of influential men,
who are now opposed to France interloring with
(lie affairs of Italy. The opinion in Paris is, that
France should abstain from actual intervention, for
or against the Pope, but at tlie surie time.te throw
no obstacles in tlie way of such powers as may
offer men and money to tho Pope. The Govern
ment has put forth a decreo denouncing at trait
ors to their country all persons deterred from vot
ing for the Constituent Assembly by the Pope's
pretest. '..-.. :
Esc, land. The Government having resolved to
meet the wishes of the people and reduce the ex
penditures of several Departments of State, a rise
in funds and a general buoyant feeling has taken
place, which may be attributed to the contemplat
ed reform.
lRni.A;tD. The Judges of the ftueen't Bench
have overruled the errors assigned in the cases of
Smith" O'Brien and hit fellow prisoners. The
Court wai unanimous, and ow nothing it left but
a hopeless appeal to the Houso ofl Lords. It it
stated that application haa been made lor the re
quisite permission from the Lord Lieutenant in the
cat of O'Brien. Meagher declines proceeding
further, and hat resolved to subrnt te hit fate.
Costwekiai.. The Frankfort Aesembly haa
fairly cast the apple of discoid amongst the Prince
of Germany, and Austria, whilst recovering her
rebellious Hungarian Province, ha a new field
of controversy opened in the threatened rivalry of
Prussia for Germany to the throne of Naple.
The Frankfort Assembly on the 10th of January
decreed that the dignity of the head of the Empire
be given to one of the reigning German sovereign.
It is believed that the next vote will declare the ti
tle of the Emperor to be hereditary. Austria has
virtually withdrawn frem the circle of the central
authority established at Frankfort. It thn re
mained for the Assembly to take tho only altoma
e left to pavo the way for the Prince of the house
of Hohenheirlein.
Weindcahgrat hat been entirely successful.
Confiscation and examination are the order of the
riiilly we intended to tay something about out
locofoc President and the Mexican Protocol ; and
about Congress, and its proceedings as connected
therewith but have had little time to wri'.o this
week. Subjects at home, too, lie nearer our heart.
Bul we'll make tlie ink fly when ihe days grow lon
ger, and talk freely about every thing. We spill
have our say.
IT We are pleased to learn that the operations
on the Rali.ieji and Gaston Railroad aro now car
ried on with great regularity and despatch. The
mail arrives in good time ; and the conveniences
for tlie prompt transit of freight and passengers are
deemed ample for the wants of the public, The
appropriation made by the last legislature, with
the earnings of the Road, it is believed, will be suf
ficient to comimie its operations, in the same satis
factory manner though we hope, ere long, to see
it renovatod, and working like a perfect cliartn.
SENATORS IN CONGRESS.
Ex-Governor Skwaud has been elected by the
Legislature ot New York Senator in Congres for
six years from the 4tli of M..rch next, in place of
Mr. Locofoco Barnburner Dix.
Mr. Clat has been elected to the Senate by the
legislature of Kentucky, in . the place of Senator
Metcalf, whose term expire on tlie 4th of March.
The Louisville Journal, in anticipation of this e-
vent, staled few weeks since, that "Mr. l.lsy
would go into the Senate, with the determination
to yield Gen. Taylor' administration a firm and
hearty support."
Who olse should ha support, we wonder 1 Mr.
Polk, or Mr. Cass, or Mr. Van Buren.or Mr. Cal
houn 1 We hardly think the question will over
trouble Old Zaci much 5
kjcluv-.i f?c. r.w.taf ret. It lolgtt lc j twiaatofiiUptioo, k the wcw! Cwm5 which
ay. ':
Prussia remains tranquil. "
Sicily still remains unsettled.
Denmark has announced her hit; ition to borrow
seven millicns of dollars, and also to Issue four
million of Exchequer bills.
The Pope demands the intervention of Austria
to reseat him in temporal power, aad both Sardin
ia and France have strongly remonstrated against
the determination, as the Roman people have lost
all reverence for the Pope, as an ecclesiastic, no
less than a Prince. The spiritual anatlie.na which
he ha hurled against them have been retracted,
bringing him into compete contempt.
FRANCE.
A distinguished American in Taris, write to a
friend in this city, under date of the 7th ult. aa fol
low;
The political horizon of Trance Is scarcely
lighter or purer than in February last Bonapart
ism inspires no confidence; It permanence teem
impossible. Republicanism in one tense, hat few
er votaries than lat year. Univereal uffrage,
however, cannot be withdrawn. What it volu.
tion or revolution may be here, or in Germany, or
Italy, come not within the divination of any ooth
tayer. Military force ha the ascendant in Ger
many ; so will it have In Italy. At Paris we are
socially secure, under th v st military power
wielded by Changarnier tod Bugoaud ; yet the
sovereignty ut the people, so little fitto" here to e
reiBttovereigntyi must finally prevail.'
. ID A writer in the last Standard, over the tig
nature of Vindex, appears at ad apologist and de
fender of Mr. Shepard, while he attacks Mr. Stan
ly and his Speech. We have no objection to one
brclher helping another, especially when they are
"partners in distress j" nor have we any design of
running a lilt against s windmill! in any event. '
The most of the charges and insinuations made in
this article against Mcsars. Badger and Stanly are
unworthy of notice, venom and malignity pervad
ing them too deeply. But the writer bewilders
himself in vain; he will never deceive other
much. '
Out of one fog, among many, In which he ;.
peart to be involved, however, we think we can
help him. H sayt;
"He (Mr. Stanly,) qncRct passages verbatim
from Mr. Sbepard's speech. Now, as Mr. Stanly
did not hear tins spcecn, ana a ins own waa deli
vered before this one was published, how could he
have received nch urpriing!y accurate informa
tion as to it contents. A circumstance still more
remarkable is. that his quotations from the speech
alluded to follow each other regularly ia the order
in which they were delivered.
His surprise might have diminished considerably
had he noticed the passage In Mr. Stanly peech
here he allnde to thit very thing, and taya : "My
uty as a Whig compel mo to reply to his re
marks, wirt the substance of which I haee betn fur
nished In explauatiouof which, we have to tay.
that the Editor of this paper reported Mr. Shep
ard' speech, to which reference it here made, and
furniahed Mr. Stanly with the substance. Ho
had perfect right to to do, regarding it at in the
possession of the public the very moment it was
delivered, and tubject to the comment, of .11 men h 6Ek " V wn to tea; loaW
GOLD,
The largest lump of gold recorded in th hitto
rici oi aeld mine, are a follows : On found at
the Wicklow mlne"m Ireland, weighing twenty.
two ounce; one in Peru, weighing twenty-
pounds and a half; acvoTal in Quito, reported te
have woighsd about on hundred and ix pound
each; one in Lebanon, North Carolina, found
1810, which weighed twenty-eight pound, and one
in New Grenada, which weighed twenty-eevei
pound nd halfi These, wr believe, rethe lar
Bi7S;,tr,.te, and kit tsasV ta e'.ve tail, is cts-j iT ca nS'
rich mines of gold and other on-, and cnaf and
other minerils, somo of which are only partially
known and undeveloped, demand an lnerea of
the facilities ef intercommunication between the
bnsinrn foiht,and producing districts interior. Onr
last legislature, in the Great Plan of Improve- ,
uicnt sanctioned and authorize1, appiared to deeoi ;
it proper thst ihese facilities should be effordeJ t y
means of Railroads, Plank Road, nnd the im-:
provement of our Rivers. As a faithful friend of
that Great Plan, as an ardent desirer for'the Pros
perity of the State, aa connected tlnrewilli, as a,
faithful Public Journalist, nxiou to contribute
our aid, by all the means iu our power in tho dU
semination of light, upon all these UBeful subject,
we shall discuss them all, with freedom, and our
best ability, to the end that whatever it underta
ken may be properly achieved, upon the best terms,
and in the most convenient manner. The age of
"progress" is here the race of improvement i
before us and there ought to be speedy action.
The groat Central line of Railroad alone, will not
effect all we wish, and all we need. There ought
to be Plank Road diverging from each tide of it,
extending through our fertile valley Bp to our
mountain regions, to bring all the resources of our
State into active play, employing every idle hand,
and every idle dollar. Tens of thousand of dol
lars are now locked up in our Agricultural nd
Mineral Districts one hundred here, and five
hundred there, doing nothing for wwit of favora
ble investment. Plank Roads, connected with our
Railroads and River Navigation, will call forth
such means, and set it at work for the public good,
and at tho same time give a fair return in interest.
All these subject will employ, from time to time,
much of our space but wo propose, in'thie article,
to give same of the view we have gathered from
study, reading and reflection, in relation to Flank
Road gencvully, and tea how we can apply any of
them to the Fayctteville and Salisbury Plank Road
enterprise. - '.'".'.'" ,."'.:.'' '"'.':.' ' ."
Roads have been, not inaptly, called the "veins
and arteries of the body politic," through which
may flow the Agricultural productions and tho
Commercial supplies which are the life-blood of the
Stale. A Plank Road may be built on any ground, '
with less tost and mare advantage than a Macad
amized Road, even in regions where stone is plen
ty ; and we observe that Plank is substituted for
the cobble etone pavement of their ttreets, In v
eral cities. It is said that horses will travel eoe-
fifth faster, and draw at least ont-fifth greater
weight on a Plank, than on a broke rtone Road
and that thoy are superior market roadtv
Our Farmer and Agriculturists, therefore, woold
partake more largely of the benefit flowing from
the operation of theeo Roads than any other por
tion of our population. They will save them time
and labor, which it the tamo at money. They
will give them t choice of time in carrying their
product to market, they offer no chance to com
plain of bad roads ; but pretent a smooth and fine
aurface ever which to travel at all seasons , and
enable tliem to accomplish twice the dietsncs ia
the same time, and haul double the load with leu
effort When advance in the product of hi
farm a j.nonish the farmer of the tppmpriato time
for carrying them to market, he may go at once,
and speedily realize tlie best reward for hi toil.
We are of the opinion that tingle track Plank
Road will not answer for a wndy country. Where
tingle track Roads are laid down, the presumption
We lso reported Mr. Stanly's, and would have
furnished Mr, Shepard "the subttance," had h de
aired it. Both speech! were re-written by the
jremleinen, respectively, and published ia The
Times though Mr. Stanly did not find time to
prepare his until after the session. It did appear
at length, however, in our last paper; and tlie hot
haste with which Vindex strike a it in Wdne-
day' Standard, four days after h saw It, proves
bow cloenly and severely it cut But th arrow
will not be ihaken out twill quiver in the wound,
longtime to come.
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT MEETINGS.
We learn fram gentlemaa just from Pittsboro',
that large and enthusiastic meeting of the friend
of Internal Improvement, of 11 partie. wa held
there on Tuesday last, at which Dr. McClanahan
presided, to take action upon the improvement of
Cap Fear and Deep Rivers, a authorised by the
Act of lat Session. The object ot the meeting
was explained by th Chairman, in an able and
satisfactory manner; affctwldch, th concourse
was addressed by Messrs. Giles Mehtne and Hugh
Waddell, of Orange, of whose speeches oar infor
mant speak fa the highest term. At the conclu
sion of Mr. WatUelTs speech, en mot km of Mr,
Haurhton, Subscription- Books war opened, and
apwsrdt ot 1 50, 000 subscribed immediately. Th
best pirit pervaded, od an interest wa maniit
and return empty. An empty wagon turning off
the road that a full om may pass, no difficulty
would be experienced in again getting on to the
Road. But we think it would be found, in prac
tice, m far our Sue hi eoaceraed, that wag
gons carrying produce to market soldom return
empty, on the contrary, they usually take ia pret
ty heavy load, aoch a groceries, iron, (alt, ta.
Upon a dep and yielding fand, two track will b
required, or a trick tixteen feet wide, to that
loaded teams nny pat : but, in extending the
Road farther up the country, where the toil it (tiff
and firm, if the uperstruotur be properly made,
one track will be found entirely tufficient.
In sot country, it it certain, th most ceovea-
ient and th cheapest timber for th construction
f Plank Roads, i Pin. At th North, they am
tometim laid down with Oak ; hut, taking the
amount of travel iato considers tion, we art of th
opinion that Pin will fast longer, oa our Read
than Oak on t hair's. - Pin plank of foar tache
thickness will U igbt ornin year, and H is es
timated, with moderate toll ape the Read, will
pay for itself twice ia that time lie thi a it
may, th abundavte of th material all along the
route ef the Feyettsvill and Salisbury Plsnk
Road, point it out a th only timber to seed.
Besides, every farmer, living within a ronbk
distance of Plank Road, can take tock in tt, be
cause ! can pay chesply for his shares, by mrV-
ingthem out 'ap-m h Road, and furnishing
i l a , shBnlti tWa rnm
r4-jS o m s eV. Icde ear ftieud j t-, that, too, w.thoat materuflj
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