pers-lir. ce irnp;iaea ana: reuuu, )...-rT"' ,.: ,. " ry- n
Idrzk: jId tie Department- Two cents -esupov (touUoTial questions
for lbs UrMlst ir periodical of the weight jie more likely to be permanent and to se
of two ounces or ls, and one cent for every cure their respect, affection and confidence.
i ne unaersismea Deinz wen aware mat
, - , , j
additional ounce or fraction of an ounce, is
recommended as the inland rale upon all,
unfortunate sectional differences exist upon
i . - . i i .t-ij i4K: o. wa 9 - other State nuestinns ' has in
pamphlets, i penoaicais. ana oilier pnuwu ;.."r,-V"r. r Tn, u - V
matter: insteaa 01 me present. raic ui iwu mm j v-...r.v ...0 , - -v r . ,
any Well grumiucu-cause vi vvipiani,
the basis of representation, as it exists for the
election of Members to the House of Com-
a half cents for the first ounce, and one cent
for every additional ounce, or fraction of an
ounce. J? or me sea-goiug wjgc w. j
matter, and on newspapers, twice the inland
rate to and from the points to which it is
proposed that tne tetter postage sui
J 4V.,. Kmao K inland rntft wherf
the letter rate is twenty cents, is deemed a
just and proper rate. This would, in some
cases, increase ,the postage on printed mat
ter sent to the Pacific coast, and by our other
sea lines, where the postage is not already
fixed bv the Dostal arrangement: but the
postage to California,4 as above proposed,
would hardly equal the price now charged
by private expresses for the conveyance of
the same weight, in: packages of less than
one hundred pounds to San Francisco, k
It, will be perceived that the reduction
proposed in the postage upon printed matter
is not large. The reason for the greater re
duction of letter postage is found in the fact
that the rates of postage jupon printed matter
are now exceedingly low, wnen comparea
with the letter rates. ne average postage
on letters is estimated at about three dollars
and sixteen cents per pound, and on news
papers ' or pamphlets at about sixteen cents
per pound. "After the reductions proposed,
.-the average inland postage on letters will be
about $2.50 per pound when not prepaid,
and $1.50 per pound when prepaid.
! ; It is recommended that if a reduction of
1 postage be made, it shall go into operation
on the 1st of June next, and to meet the de
, ficiency in the revenue which will take
Ttnf far three nr fnnr vears. an armronria-
tion from the treasury be made; and that
from the same ' source the department be
paid for carrying editors' exchanges, and for
all free matter.
mom, the basis of representation in electing
Delegates' to the Convention proposed.
Respectfully submitted,
ALFRED G. FOSTER.
nrncnarnna 1irt-i Ami' riormfinpnt. flf DWiWmI
Scotland, Prussia, sevpral of the German States,
and in our own Country, New England. I f
. TIFT- t i J ' . .1 : I -
e oeg leave to suggest, tnat m me press
ed Convention Commiuees should be raised on
me luiiowing subjects' connected with Common
Schools, viz: t
1st. On a Dlan to establish a Normal or Teach
er's School.-?' 5 ; ! r v,,.f .. , , ,v.--5.f' -'
2nd. On the best method of bringing the sym-
MINORITY REPORT
OF THE
Committee on the State Convention, c.
The Committee on Amendments of the
Constitution, &c , consisting of J. K. McLean,
George S. Stevenson, W. J. Blow, Thomas
Rulfin, Jr., and the undersigned, having re
ported a bill carrying out the views of said
At Jlr. U
commmee excepi mose oi me unaersignea,
proposing to amend the Constitution of the
'C I.'- 1 -1 I - 'k . 1 1
oiaic in one parucuiar aiuue, iu-wii; 10 al
low all persons who are now entitled to vote
lor Members ot tne House oi unmraon?, to
vote also for Members of the Senate, and the
undersigned being thoroughly satisfied that
a large and overwhelming majority of North
Carolina are anxious for other and important
constitutional amendments, and deeply im-
jabsibu. niiu LkA ituvi .auwv si tut jiu uvaj u.l
all times and under all circumstances, recog
nizing the sovereignty of, the people, begs
leave to submit a report and the accompany
ing bill. . -
, This duty he feels the more imperative up
on him for the following reason
First, because the freemen of North Car-
ohna; under the princij)lMof Jbul reported
by a majority of the. iommwteeirave riever
had like those of other States- an opportunity
of framing or since revtsing, by delegates un
trammeled, a Constitution .for the mse Ives., ,
; Second, The representative'
the agent and servant of the people &ft3tb
right to dictate to those who are his masters
what amendments to their Constitution they
shall have and what"not what crrievanees
shall be redressed ami what not for such
would be in direct contravention f the fun
damental truths that "all political powei is
vested in and derived from the people only'
and that "the people of this State ought to
have the sole and exclusive right of regulating
t e internal government and police thereof."
my . '- -'t' i ' 'n'" "'!-
l ixraiv. it is a tact wen Known, mat a
large portion, if not a majority, of the people
of North Carolina, desire a thorough reform
in their constitution, embracing the manner
,..---. 0 r
of electing and the term of their State Sena
tors, the election of a Lieutenant Governor,
of Judges and other State officers ; and for
their representatives to refuse to allow them
an opportunity of expressing their wishes,
upon these subjects, would be, on their part,
an adoption of the. trans-atlantic doctrine,
'that "the peonle are Incapable of self-gov-
r rnment. ' i
'Fourthly. All amendments to the Con
stitution and everv change in the organic laws
oireai piaie, sucn as ours, should be dis
cussed and decided by the people themselves
their minds being directed to and occupied
ly that question alone, separate and distinct
from any other particularly, if that other be
of a party character, or connected with j?ar
4y triumphs or party success. . ;
Fifthly. Amendments to the Uonstitu
lioh', as provided for by Legislative ; enact
ments, are likely to be peace-meal and to
ireeo me uopujax lumu. wi aiuu& umc uu-
COIiHiTUNICATION.
FOR THE REGISTER.
TO THE FRIENDS OF EDUCATION IN
NORTH CAROLINA.
Gentlemen: ' I trust that mv anologv for ap
pearing before you on this occasion may be found
in the importance of the subject, the fjict that a call
has been made upon me in the Newspapers to ad
dress you and that I am already the Secretary f a
local Education Society, which holds its meetings
at Wake Forest College.
A subject of so paramount importance could at
no time be adequately treated by mc, and least of
It 1. t A- I .11 . I r O XI !
an jusi at ims ume, wnen uieiaDors oi uieacswiuu
are succeeded bv the more engrossing cares of the
examination ; yet I had contemplated an "address
upon education with a suggestion that its friends
should organize an association at the next annual
commencement of the University, and there adjourn
to the commencement at Wake Forest College, a
week after, and I yet hope that the University will,
as becomes her, take the lead in this business.
The subject of education, at all times important,
is vitally so to the South, now that we are con
templating, for a time, commercial independence of
the North, and perhaps even something worse,
which it should be considered inauspicious to name.
That knowledge is Power is true of States as well
as of individuals ; for a State is an aggregate of in
dividuals, and whatever fundamental truth is true
of the individual must be true of the State, that is
individuals in their collective capacity ; again,
what is true of the composing parts, must be true
of the composed whole. Hence it would appear,
that no State can long, honorably and successfully
compete with bordering States of superior knowl
edge. Physical resources, if she had them, would
not enable the less enlightened State to match her
more enlightened neighbor; for the age of brute
force and savage cunning has passed, and the race
is not to the swift, nor the victory to the strong,
but both to the wise. If knowledge be so impor
tant to all States, it must be more especially so to
States whose Geographical situation denies the
means of physical or material greatness and glory,
that is, the greatness and glory' of wealth, of spleiW
did and populous cities, &c Such is to a great ex
tent the situation of North Carolina. The defi
ciencies of our navigable waters, our inland situa
tion and the start which the neighboring States
have got in commercial enterprise must forever
confine us to mediocrity in this pursuit ; but a no
bler career lies within our choice. We may be
come to the South what Athens was to Greece,
what Massachusetts and Connecticut are to New
England. Indeed before the establishment of the
Universities of-Virginia and Alabama, we were, in
the opinion of many, advancing to this intellectual
pre-eminence. Our respectable existence as a State
depends upon . our acquiring eminence in this or
some other way. National glory is the richest in
heritance of a people ; we know that many deride
it, and float ft as an empty bubble, but it was with
a full knowledge . of its importance that Henry
Clay traced the most shining characters and bril
liant victories of the last war to its influence. The
proud will leave a Slate toKich has nothing, or but
little to be proud of ; we know that this is as yet
far from being the condition of our State, but such
it l may become ; besides, to bo stationary when
others are advancing, is to present the appearance
of retrograding.
With these general and preliminary remarks, we
pass to notice what we conceive should be the par
ticular objects of the proposed Couvention.
L Coxsexion Aim Correspondence of Classical
. j . -; Schools. " - - - -. '
The business of education is so important and
difficult that if any aid can be derived from the co
operation of schools in their collective relation it
should not be rejected. If for instance each school
should feel bound in honor to every other not to
admit an expelled student from any one of them,
it would operate as a salutary check upon miscon
duct of students' in all of them ; in this way a stiw
dent might be made to feel that his chance of get
ting an education was dependent upon his confor
mity with the regulations of his school.
Something also might be done, if schools would
agree upon an average time tor preparing young
gentlemen for College. At present a youth is un
der too great temptations to go to the Preparatory
School, which has the reputation of preparing its
students quickest, rather than to the one which pre
pares .them best. , "I '
It would greatly facilitate this mutual ! connex
ion and dependence of schools, if they were amen
able to at least if they occasionally reported to,
some Central Board of Control or .to a Committee
of (he Legislature, or" to ah officer of School?, like
the minister of Public Instruction in France, and
some other countries. This regulation Would give
a system of Schools in place of unconnected, isola
ted Schools, from the operation of which we might
look for a generous competition. It would also
give to the Trustees and Teaehera a hold upon
students which they have not at present, by placing
it within their power to bring an influence to bear
upon them which -they could not foil to respect
and of which they could stand in awe.
- II -Common" Schools.
It is unnecessary here and no w to indulge in
any general remarks on these hopes and friends
and knowledge-lamDS of the Door man. It will
not be disputed that they are indispensable to every
Dathies. Bureestiona ami arlvice of Mnerienced
professional 1 Teachers in the Classical School, to
bear u Don their Ipsa- experienced brethren, the
Teachers of the Common Schools. rff
3rd. On a nlan! to ohtain for all lhe f!ommon
Schools the sime sort of School Books. -The
advantage of having a uniform series lor all the
Schools, is-too obvious to need discussion We
beg leave to suggest for examination, those pre
pared by ProfT. AIcGuffey of , the University of
Virginia. J- - '...-"it . i,Y .
4th. To inquire into the expediency of memori
alizing the Legislature od the propriety of ap
pointing a Superintendent of Common Schools.
5th. On the appointment of a Commissioner to
visit the States having the best Common Schools,
and to learn by actual inspection the best methods
ot imrjartin? instruction and fiitinr ' tin Snhnnl
Houses cc This Labor might be performed by
' III The adoption of a System W fiwd out
AND AID THE NEGLECTED CHILDREN OF
DAILY, REGISTEK.
Simday Itoniiiigr Dec; 8tK,
: POVERTT AND GEfflTS. -
r Tlwe are dia mohds in the rough, and many
of the most serviceable men of every State have
sprung from them : is not then that State unfaith
ful to its duty and interest which makes liberal
appropnauons ior geological surveys ana tne ex
ploration of Mines, and yet does nothing to bring
to light those Mines of Mind which lie concealed
under rags and thfdifJiJence of poverty '
Should any thing bedonetofindoutsuch youths,
we are at loss to say whether the duty of doing
so shou'.d be requested' of the County Courts, or
the County Teachers formed into' an Education
Society; and still more in doubt whether such
youths when found should be rec m mended for
aid to the Legislature to the University or to
those Denominations to which they belong, or
Which they favor.'
Ill Southern Publication-Associ vtion
for vthe publication of Classical, ,
Scientific and Common School
j- Books. ,
We regard this as a most important step in
the efforts making to secure the independence of
the South. We have no means of determining
the amount now annually spent by North Caro
lina alone in the purchase of School Books pro
bably it is hot less than one hundred thousand
dollars. The keeping qf this sum in the State, or
at least in the South, would be but a vary small
part of the benefit, which "would result from the
proposed enterorise : for it
raise up a Class of Domestic Authors Editors of
ocnooi books ana other- Literary Men.Now,a
Southern Man has little encouragement to write
a Book; irhe does, he must sell to Northern Pub
lishing Houses, and enter into competition with
Northern Authors whose faciliues for bookmaking
are much greater than his own.
V The appointment of a Public Lec
tuber ON Education. -;
We should expect great good from a measure of
l II 13 Kinu. 11 WOUIU Oe UimcUlt to name anrxnh
jeel upen which a Public Speaker could address a
promiscuous assemblage with less ttsk of having
the good impression of his arguments and elo
quence impaired by local, political and religious
oreiudices. than UDon the subieet rS
tion ; for his Mission would be oneoi philanthro-
MR. FOSTER'S REPORT
.The inuiority rcportf ife-TosterthfiWi
Representative from Davidson, appears in our isHu j
this morhrng.Tand merite the ;attcritio 0f ever
sincere friend of Constitutional Reform, -i
Tlie bM accompanying thU Report diflers in ft(
other esntbl jfure 6m that of, Mr. Ravner
published in this paper ;of yesterday, than tha't
limit or restriction is to be placed upon the powers of
the Convention proposed to be called, if; the sove.
reign people of ,NbrU Clina elect to have one!
. Straws do not ; ahow tiieTcerings of the wind, if
recent occurrenees in the Legislature do not inA
;eatea disposition on thepart of a portion of the
DtmocKlcy---tho "dear pwple's especial friends
to evade.'th& eonsequeneea an4 cKeclf the progresi
of that spmt of Reform; which they wore so inatru.
mental in exciting.'. A deep party plot has doubt
less been laid, in caucus, to stifle the popular voice,
in order to maintain the unity ?of the party.. The
Loco Foco party in the West are willing to content
themselves with.Fret Suffrage alone, and forego
aU other Reformsih which they are itally interesU
K :..k??Jj!y?t& in
their party organization ; while' the Eastern De
mocrats are ready to sacrifice the interests o their
section, solely because a different ; course would be
a direct jrepudiation op' Da tid S. Reid I We bold
ly charge this as theame which is io be attempted
to be played, and sliall ' not fail to expose such
miserable insincerity and double-dealing to the in
dignation of the public, of whatever section I
t "All ; political power is vested in, and ' derived
from, the rEOPLE," and it is only bjr consulting their
will, on all subjects, that the true purposes and de
signs of our Government can be subserved! '
But more anon. , f ,
The u Standard' is' doing all in its power to
whip into the party traces, tliose refractory Btemo
crats who,' it apprehends, do not intend to obey the
mandates of King Caucus, in voting for State Treasu
rer. Whether tliese. gentleman can be thus swerved
from the paths of an honest independence, or not, i
yet to be seen ! j
Do unto others, as you would that they should do
unto you, is a noaxinx which Holy Writ has given vu
to regulate our actions ; 'and the good tense of man
kind universally approTea itv Ihis has been some-,
what varied in human j phraseology' thus- First, be
just to your fellows, and thim7a-jlv 'though
we doubt whether the latter mode of expression con
veys the great principle with ; half the force of the
former. Our object is not to discuM the fitness or un
fitness of the terms of cither the principle is clear,
and we wish to test the correctness of, the past deal
ings of some of tl Democratic members of the Leg-
uu ivuuiu oe oneoi nnnanthm. i - - ' ' . "
py and good to all, ; particular! v the noor. fln,l wlature' of tlie course which the party orgaL
would be commended to their4 hearts by. the P1801? for them in relation to their votes for State
dearest enrthlv inferel.r.rihA,alAtiVAeVvk;n.f. '.j ftffiiviM At. K- i f r.'i.: x
objects no less the hop s of the State than of their
rarenis.
We would beg leave to suctmI two methruT
by which the proposed Lecturer might be paid,
either by an appropriation by. the Legislature, or
out of Funds raised by subscriptions, made to an
Educational Association.' - The Lecturer might
also , be authorized to charge a sum for admission
to his Lectures, i . ' :
In fact, we have thought, , that, if the right sort
Of young man, moved by an honorable ambition
and a desire for usefulness, would voluntarily
take for his onlv business., fur -several vmr iA
a 1 l u ; I ii . I - . :
irarei inrougu me leugiu anuoreauin ot theState. thev, to expect as a response !
and address ins lellow citizens on the arL. a .:2l1-'..1 ,;!
Officers, fec- by it. Many of thlemocratic rartviu
the Legislature have been - elected l from -Whig coun
ties full jenougK to 'fljtaae they to cast
their votes on th'Whig side of tho question. N6r
we ..wish to jask, -in al soberqess, how can these mem
bers answer to their constituents for their votes on
the election of Speaker, Clerks, ict "Vo can imag
me their , dilemma when again asking for the suffrages
of Umj people. " Follow Qtizeiis,'' they may say, we
liave endeavored to discharge our duty faithfully, and
we hopeUiat our logislation-' may promote tlie inter-
. -j s - , 7. v"
m 1 J J -v f-- mo m ..rurun. t - a a uud u " .
icwuw vuiicus - uu me varv,tis i--.ii xi
eraiuii with Fdi.r . - ';
fully For a difference of opinion on national politio.
you $ured them mil " and if this pleh was a, good on
against them,' why may it not be 'ulged against you.
I Do-
avail you
Topics connected directly or collaterally with Edr
ucation, he i might entitle himself to tueir lasting
gratitude, and acquire for himselfanacquamtance
and popularity-in the State which , would send
him triumphantly forward, in ihe practice of a
profession, or the; pursuit of Political honors. ,
Of course a volunteer in so noble a cause could
charge what he deemed proper forlad mission to
his Lectures ; and if he had the power, to make
them interesting, ; doubtless they .would be well
attended. !,- . ' . .... ' .
Respectfully submitted,
, I t WM.H.OWErj,Sr
VY AKC t QUEST 1 UOLLUGE,
December 3rd, 185a
against tuem,' why may it mrt. be ulgett agains
What answer can you make & us, gentlemen
pend upon it, you can irivd ii. whieh wftl av
in tlie hour of trial. : Whig will repudiate you
your own party will cotidyb v'oUrnd,hy a, person
ol application of your owti prihcinle. . you wilt doubt -
less bsve4 leave to'shijr' at' tvee At:the1hext election;
So mote it be! ' r- .".---;:
Burning of the Insane Hospital at Jlugusla,
U 7 - Jfle 1 Melancholy loss ofJAfe.
fc v.; v; ;; '0i'r":t . . Boctox, Dec, AiK '
Tim insane Hosoital at Augusta. Me was "det.nv.
f - . Z r T- " " vj
ed by fire this morning, and it is supposed tliat 20 of
xl t l x 1 1-. .Tfl a n
iue uiiionunuie iuiuiuc iuivu pen.uuu in nm ruiuies.
Tlie fire, it is thought,' took from a defect in tlie chim
ney. Some of tlie lunatics gave the alarm as, soon as
the fireDijaA. discovered bo the : keeper supposing
their cries were nothing but their" usual accustomed
the baaing was discovered to be on fire1 imd"' was
snoruy i-uusuxuev.
r.
: Siamese TivinsI--The Courier has the follow
ing extract of a letter from the Siamese Twins.
dated:'' "V-iw !'" " ' : ..i: : '
We see by the papers that we are dead died
Lin England; but we don't believe a word of
It Tell that our last bov isnt named for
- t
Vnecessaniy agtiaiea oy inc. uiscussioa oi, weil regulated and thriving State. We observe
Constitutional queuions I that those Countries which are roost powerful, Decatur.
him, we call him Patrick Henrv. Three others.
James Madison, Christopher Wren, and Stephen
Decatur" i f - t
&- Li' tlie Senate of the South Canh'na, Lc?i sb
ture, resolutions have been subniUted.m favor ;of se
cession, wliich wererefce4WtlM,nhM Fel
oral relation. . ..- t
In the House,"Mr. Perry sulMmtted preamble aa 1
resolutions that tho TgUturc hcartitj concu'rjn the
pjroposUiono thA Nashville Convetiti6tt;for4a South
1 erq i opgress, ap4 tiwtcoinmitteeottii'tto' Judicjary. hi
instructed to report a bill for the :clcction ; of itcpre
sentatives to said Congress ; that in castfany South
ern. State refuse or Neglect 4o appmot . delegates, it
shall be the duty of the Oovernor to fcscndldelegaies
to such State to urge the peoplo uand the Legislature
thereof to unite with other States, m W ttingrea of tl.
whole South. ITk rosolutions were ordered tcM be
printed.' - " ' ' r " :
ilr. Wdldns submitted a resolution requesting the
the purpose of sending additional troops to Charleston
and whether they iutend they ehaJlremain,; which waa
: t - v - ' - ' ?
aiopica, :