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- . limn : ' NOBTH:0AMCJIiINA teEKSi;,j ;,; Y v il Vol. 3CVH. j . - ; , A) ..- ' - . - jt,' .. . vp. . i, y-,, . jyfe: - . - 1 1 : ib m a ; -, .a ,t i . Mrn MOliPIIYi HBPORT m-Yadkm-is the next -n ver m t in imporUDCot bnlr on ac ncit in i cuunt ic coantrrwhicirit watert. Juore n A?.li?.nf -acjei .In thii From ncaVitinurcc p.--v MonfXomcVt 'there are but few ob gtructron tS iU. oatjsation. But at r.Sumlrr placefrom-the upper limit bf P' Mootgomerr coantv to a,poini raore than Wl,n7"v "rv Svuth Carolina, tfuat oUtructioViH are Jilie found- The Nitwirft the tallff the G.ar Wands, all present . , sqji . ....i;ffirnlii. But nodifncuUieaare here tn be found jthich ah' .enter- a,fd tbc character of the state, no less tf. inil?esr of individuals, is dteplfconccidinsarmtntin5Uieriv. No f"ctioaof tbeUteoflhesamc ex tent contains so nacrous a jnPuia- tiun, none labours under sacn:.incon Yniencein getting its produce, to market, and; none; contains Jand uhich arc sa far beneath their; intrin k value. In this tate of thinjthe heavv?rolacts of Agriculture ' perish in immense pcofusion upon the hands ' of the farm-r, wliiUt those which are mure portable arc raoncd to. the distant markets of Fajretteville, Cam ,Un. CKlrle-n. Lvnchburi? and Pe tersburg. Iv Jthe duy of the Legis latur??to chm;e cthisconditiOQ of things : to adopt a svstta of pohcV that hall ensure to indusiry a rewaru p portioned to its toils, which fchay sti mulate enterprise br opening a field for its exertion, apd which, in .fine, hii advance the wealtli of individu als, amlat the saire time subserve the most important objects ol state policv to improve the navigation ,of-the, Yan iin and, "ts waters; and;lhat mch a . directionif practicable, be given to this navigation, that the commodities -which are to be transported, along it, shall Gnda market in this state. To effect the latter of thee objectsr it is propnie4-that a corainunfcation be o pened Vtween the Yadkin and the Cape Fear; The grounds betuecn thoe two rivers have not been -ur-vcvd, and jour committee cannot therefore speak wfe'i confidence, as to the practicability of opening such com munication. Thejr. arc informed that little doubt exists, with those who arc w ell acquainthd with the intermediate country ; 'and sndesiryilcjn a nation al point ofview, is this communication, that your committee think noexpence commensurate with the revenue of the state should be spared to effect it. Independent of this general consider ation, the private interest of individu als inhabiting this section of the state, is deeply concerned. This communi cation would double the lumber trade of the state & greatly increase he trade in naval stores $ it would bring into actititya fund of wealth, which with out it, i destined to remain for ever inactive and ittelc-RS. Your committee ; di therefore; recommend .that com pa ' pes be-incorporated for improving the navigation bf the Yadkin, and openinc a enmrounicition between it and the j Cape Fear. , . As connected with this subject, your committee beg leate to draw the at tention of the legislature to theopen hi of a communication between the CafauJn and the navigable waters of ILcky River, which run into the Yad kin l1olhe falls. Tour committee are informed that it is probable such a communication may be opened, and t' cv recommend that survey bemade, and if such a Communication Ber'ound' practicaMe, that the route be marked ;Jt. I ne utility of connecting the . Catawba with the waters rtf the Yad A kin, rill depend upon connectin.; the Yadkin with the waters of Cape-Fear, and enlarge and sustftin (Fcbrnmerci ,ii town 4 upon that ItiveK , . If it should bi fount) impractirable to unite the Yadkin with the Ci De- I" ear, al the route oronoseif throaih tao Couaties of Hichmond 'anil Com- "l.lid. a communirjitiiiAmmV nroba- bl c opofi.J along anotner route, J1.C.1 r.ouM still bfino the Cape nipcner.t, the'-produce of Yaiil in. and drnn with it a c-mi 1 1 .. 1 t . . ij'" j ;;C 1 Yadkin discharges iWclf iQW Winya tia v. At a considerable distance - 1 I 1 ft -a W Kits -mouthi. the -Lirmber-Uiver .unites fwith itand.at -a trifling expence a I ft t I. -.- 4l-kA canaiiage mayiue xnaue uuiuu umber-River with the Wackama, and the 3Vckama with Elizabeth river, which" runs into the Cape-Fear at Sinithville, iathe county of Bruns wick. ' The ,towri of Smithville is healthy and Kai a good por Arfy vessel crossing the bar can reach the port without lightering.-, The objec- tinn ii iU'ta rillltp. 18. that to f?t to CM:U. :il krva mmt.ntll fKrftllfch 1 a part ofSouth-Caroliha. Tour cbm inittee hoVever recommena Jhatthls iS)ute be surveved and report rnade. j ' The ireneraf views of your comrait- iteo'are therefore divided4-into three r , . 4 1 ; i parts : tne nrscrespccis ine imuruc- iment of the Iloanoke, and forming anoutlet to the waters ot the Aioe marlc ; . the second, connecting the waters of the Yadkin and the Cataw- ba with'thosVof the Cape-Fear; and the third, thV improvement of the Tar land Neuse rivers, and the j inlet at LOcracock. ATIieie view9 divide the state in to three sections, and the plans of improvement which your committee, have recommended; have for their ob jects, first, the directing of the wjiole trade of riorth-Carouua into these i channels, eadh having an outlet in the j state, thereby. 'securing the growth ot our commercial towns ; and secondly, extending the convenience of inland navigation to every, part of the State, thereby 'increasing the value of the lands, and encouraging industry and enterprize among all classes in the community. n Having, submitted theiri views upon inland navigation of the different sec tions ql the state, your committee pro- ' I J- iL . ' I ceea xo.cousiaer me ways anu iuc.ua of effectirig those improvements. ShalJ fher be effected atthe public expense ? Shall thevjae effected at the expense of individuals ? ,Or shall th expense be joint, the state contnbutiHg iU pa tronage and part of the funds requir ed, whiisflnutvidaaU contribute their critciseahdthe residue of the! funds ? 'Experience5 hasproved, that in free states, the latter is the best plan which has yet been tried. . These improvements requirqthe operation of i a strong and 'anv uniform principle ol action. In an absolute monarchy, the glory of the sovereign, and in a free . ? 11 state, pnvate interest, arc the princi ples Which create van d sustain public improvements. It (s real economy in a stateto aid, vith jts patronage and Its fundsthe enterprise of individuals, when directed to great internal im provements. The wealth fof the state is increased and theu pwhlic revenue rendered more productive,; Your committeejeioicc that the time has at length arrived when wjthout imposing additional, taxes, the state islejtu make lafge advances, of money tor'eP fecting those great objects 'which we all have so much at heart; and, they ! recommena tname state suouia sun scribe for such a portion of the capital stock of each navigation 4 company as' shall give to her. a .decided influence in all their proceedihs ; and to induce individuals to vest' their capital in such' stock, that favorable, charterV should, be granted, giving to the subscribers ample privileges, rights and authori ties'to effect the objects of their char ter," securing to them a permanency.of uiieresi, anu uie cyances 01 annual profit, upon their' capital stock suffi ciently great, to make them" resist the temptations of employing their capital otherwise. .-The capital expended in internal imprpvements operates as a direct bounty upon agriculture by en couraging industry, stimulating enter prise, increasing the value of lahds ahd the quantity of their produce. As tp the question whether charters' granted to nvigtion companies should be limited iri their duration, yourvcbra mittee answeri that if it be to the inr terest oftlie community .that our in land navigation , should beimproVeili by removing" fruitions and by; coHf struCting lockv'canaU and sluices,:it! is necessary-that" there atyould alwavs be. a coinpanji vhce unterestand whose duty it will be;to,remore' other ohstructio nsw h i ch acci deii " t r t he coimon cuurse of nature fclay prouiic,' aud to keep. ine pair Ihe locks, canals and Iuices,necessaryfor the naVij tion. Kxpcrif rcc-has provetl to us that t'jose worki. begin tw decay, the n-Oment they become the property of. the i rb!ic : It is-thc vigilance 2f pn- i vate interest alone, which will keep them in instant repair. f It will 5e essential to the succes of anv, general plan for public improve ments, that a board of commissioners b,e appointed to supernitend (ani):'ni na?e them on behalf of the state. : The frequent changes in tjie representation 1 in uie uenerai Assemoiy, renuerg u impossible to prosecute a systematic course, of improvements without the aid .4jfj5uch a board. The men w9 compihis board should be men-of ir l'ind application to busS- nevie-?re8Tivant. of the; board should be a director in each navigation company,rand annual reports, should be made to the Board byhe President $.nd Directors of each compariy'. Un dgr their direction, surveys should be made ; maps and char$ of the coast and of various other parts of the state should jbet collected by them;- they should make aunual reports tQ the Le gislature upon the state of inland na vigation, and recommena such mea sures as they might think needful for furthering the views of the Legisla ture upon this subject. Your com mittee .would gladly assign those du ties ta- the Judges of theiSupreme Court,, if .those gentlemen were npt already too much burtheneu. Your committee are of opinion that it is essential to the 'success of the plan proposed, that an engineer' be kept in the employment of the State fforeveralyears. He will be wanted not only for; tne purpose ot maKng surveys,; but of locating thes works ne cessary tbibe constructed. An error in locating -a single lock woultftcost more than the sum required to employ an engmeerior a year. jne active engineer coutd superintend all the public works carried on in the state at any one time: ana his services wouia save much expense to the State as well as to" individuals. Your committee have attendedkto the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, transmitted by his excellen cy the Governor of that States relative to the Dismal Swamp Canal.. The ad vantages of this canal both to this State and Virginia were experienced irrja remarkable manner during the late war. V Along this canal the trade of the Roanoke and the other rivers rurrning into the Albemirlei passes toNorfolk. When this canal snail be widened and 3eepenedas cpntemplated bjr the act of Virginia ttjwill afTord a much more commodious navigation, and your com mittee are of opinion that all the pro visions f this act, which, require the sanctionof thisx General Assembly should be passe&irito a1 Jaw. su- As to the memorial of John -Wins low, Escj. on bejialf of the Cape-Fear Navigation Company, your, committee find, U at by. some" neglect of the" Clerk wno. .engrossed the uill passed at the last sessioq?of the General Assembly relative to t's Company, one entire sectiunas, Omitted, and he omission waVnot discovered until after he rise of the Assembly. This section direct ed the Treasurer to subscribe on behalf of the Statc one hundred and fifty shares ot the capital stock.of the com- pany which subscription was-tto be stricken pff, if an amotfhtiqual to the entire capital was subsenbed pjrandi viduals. This amount Was subscribed by individuals ; yet they being. anxi ous that the State should be interested in .their undertaking,, rjesolvetf ta in erease' their capital stock; for the pjfctr pose of inviting theState to subscribe for the riumberof shares first coiitem platedl , Your committee are of opinion that good jpoli cyfrequif es thatbe State should subscribe'fOrth'eVe shares. The company, willfind jttobe' its: interest to .ajdthe corapariies? whicVishall be formed for, tile Vadkirij andHhe com municatibntbetween ttlat river and ttiieY Cane-)Feri arid'itscapital should be sucliias to'epable jt'toender'iJiU aid; Your committee tyill forthwith eV port. bills apdesolutions to parry into effect t(je various measureswhichy'tney Cive Recommended to the'twp'Houses, ; (?! Respectfully- submitted,' ,;AyI. MtJRPHECh: r "PIIEubsciber having takqiA out- Lett er f Administration upon the' estate of JmT! it Bbook wat deci'at Nov.' Tenn, 18l&; cr JohOHon Coiiaty Cbfif t herrfy gves notice to pY-the creditors of ihe said deceased, tA'pre sent their' claims withinjthfttime prescribed bf law, or lheyu will be barred of recovery ' and al),hose"whb are indebted-to wake pay ment imroedUtefv.' r ';,"f, i ' ' SHRitMAN JOIINSONAdm; SmithiicW Nov. 90 3; DEBATE ON lilE PENITKNTIAEiY BjiX. -4 ' The' bill far amending jth0 Penal Laws, fjavirig teen cead, .,, Mr. plummer.sM this bill bad been several times before the Legislature, and its principles were no doubt wejl j understood. A hej did not believe the Legislature Was at presertt drspos ed to pkss ihe bill, he did not wish the time ofj the Senatefo&iUnpecessariljr consumed unon itlsf fhp.rftfnr mo- yedlthat4t be indefiniteippobed., Mr. Sanders wished the gentleman from Warren would consent to'wiuv-i j A: i m.- . ii. ih ' f ufftw uis inoiion, to aiiovv rnm to maKe( one that would bring thVfnatter to? is sue, pej-haps, as soori as hisVbyffaking; the sense of theTSenate at onceonT.the principle of the bill. What lie Wronos- ed was to strike but tlievWholeof the uni exupt wuac reiaies to vne uuiiuing,' of a Peiiitentiaryii . j i Mr. Plummer withdrew his motion. 'Mr Bower renewed H. " He believ- ! ed the sense pf he House on the prin j clple of the bill could be as weiras-: certained on the motion for an indefi- j nite postponement t as any other.4-- I & nose upposeu 10 rcne ereciion oi I Penitentiary would, of course, vote for the motion, and those friendly tothe establishment, against it. The yeas and rfhys being called forj and the call agreed to, i 'Mr. Murpheyjtoped the motion for a postponement would not prevail. The e were few things he had more at heart than to see a Penitentiary eree- tea in inis dtatejujine- time was ar- i rived yhe,n the ; State ougrt to act pn this subject, i f 'the, Legislatu re was desirous of maintaining a liberal and humane character. TeJPeniterftiary System had answered the etpetation of its friehds in . other Statbs and he had no doubt, it would doso in this Stat. j Miv.lidjnbl expect. f& throw any "nwkligbt i o--the jsubject and,T! from, hating been ; Iclbsly e n gag ed oni other1 business, :he' "fcad not been able to attend much to this. questiv :. Oue Penal Code.said he, was estab- ' lished at a period of time when things .vere in; a very, uiuerent state irom what they aral present. It was just aftef?'tHe close of; the Revolutionary war,in yhich the cjiiensof the country had beep used toVitness scenes bf blood and misery. This may account for its J sanguinary casu lnq sauie reasons for severity in punishments da'viot now exjjt. .. Offendersagainst the laws of a country ought not jo 'be punished more Sj'everelythan the public safety requires. They ought to be regarded as injstances of the wea.knell of human' nature and punished in a wav best calculated to produce their eforma tibn "Ihey ought j to.be orected ra th'erfthan cut off fron Society altoge theTj0tbe confined to labour, father than'taketttp rtha gallows He was opposed to. taking away the Jtfef a criminal except for the crimes'bf mdf der and treason. Heinjwish to enter irito the enquiry, how fof Qre.are authorisbd by the; laws' ofodb take away tiie, life bf our fellbw'pian.IJe.' an exampfe to others vapdto; reclaim -was not willing to take ltawar except fbrhefcrimes mfntiobtli "3S : Whit skid he, ' isHheprbf.pjei; of punishment ? . It is twp-fold toiet dubtewhefterample mg hadfso good an effectvastbe wre. Bheppai-anhck5rr;wniiams certain, but'milder wnishmeptupflict- V ifviSBellw B4ckeiv BraCaldweti; :i'A teuin apenitentiarj?r :mm ClHns Daridson w ititHAi UAnitanriAitfl a -etc ram tiimiiiii r other arguments tbMubt: It, cipje Pfadsticetheymight bevrn j fro the experience ojf our sistej-tates j who'had adopted this sytemjn(t wh ! ire exderiencing its beneficial" effects. ; tvirnicn, oi. me oi!ait3.jM4ii.cMw-vvu.. in thrLhumane systerf? Iras expressed a wiilihsmess to give jttap 'njtehtiaries-of PennsylvayrafK. York and Virginia are, at the'safce. time ihat policy ot this 'amciioratea sy punisnmcnt cannot longer be dbbW One' fact is wbrlhi great 'tteal of- x ed sonngi and cann ou juugmeaiSr they are rasons, iodine --puqisauwn of offenders againstthe1 llvvs,' Bchools fbrfh.eiifilfpr; Thes,e.eni plea ought to-Kave weigh? wituVrffae 'policy I df4hisvxaclio'rite8Vsfe-nTlof ktm W operate on 1 Wtfindn withd blf t?- other mode of punishment We .can- pot, as in 'Englabdiraftspbrheiar f d a dfstantfiwirAOahd?k I we couldi! . bef would be for- adbpting that' cburse, wiu leave n io rroviaence io - reiorju r theW there; butv .situated as we:are . he?was"n favour of a jjysiem;tf labbui: k and solitary cqnfiiiemeri rather thay ' deathy Tor all erime' Short of treason viThe WUforeStteleW .objects iniew- Code, and oao;jtirrsub6 a Wayas'to put tie' State Jtbnq expencel . :tp For, it willbe oberyed, that thpai these establishments aVecostl viit the beginningvlthey after wanisJbeconla' believe it better to .eppfine crimin,al Ifwe iigive adt 4twisT be on the score ofexnencer And as to this theref i is not a citizen in the state that will F eyeraeeHt.' ' The estimate of the Cbmi missioliervwho have examined mti thisnbiectiswihat'the whoJetisTpEi' the Buifdipg. will be 00,000, which, they propose shall be appropriated id 9 - -I - euayippTbns in fiveears., Arg we not aMetto do this ? AJesJ theTTrea- Stfry of N Carolina could pay it oa demand, if we determine to keep the Revenues as atpresent. The consider atioriff expdnce ; vanishes into no-1 thihg,.when wp look into the sources of the Revenue waidv ive no w; havei and areIijcely to njoy. We could add this .iteta to the burthens uf the Treasury, "and it ould be, able -to) meet it. If the project now before thesLegislature, for slling,the unsub scribed stock of the State Bnk be passed into a law, the State 'ili de riveas much profif Trpm this s'ourcfe as. will defray aeafly one fourth part of the; whole expence.; , , Bu;said Mrlr without thisevarev able tb fzfeet the expence. f ile did not mean1 to go into a view of thastate of ?asurun:oWer to biiity toettect this wject ; oecause,a ny manhctrilVbpleb his eyesto; the subject fnust not jonly be convtncedi of this, but that! we cart be3ideappropti- ate6&&00 yfs 4o;bbjects" pfc ln terlpal' impiveraeTiti: The eTtablishnieni of a Pnitenuai said ilrrMtwiU he Ih -conferkmitVvitM that character rvhum&rtywh -trusted N. Carolina would waylexii ijiou as conspicuousdy as any ;oi nex, sister .iiaies.,. ncrwas not one of tlfose, who thought it right tr:get into ;a " passion ;wfth a; man wheb? hfc,T?a4 cojnraittbtl a crime ) and at onci take hisjife.evbuld father tiWjiim aa ratioftar bTng, bjvdoirecting ' him, with feni.anausingme to re-f fbraf hito .y.afteibi ...a dopts A' coursfelpf this kibd M icotoiesv dear, tar? its citizens ; it acquires! strength frgnl thei r esteem ad Jov. . 1If, taid Mr. Ml in concnasion j I did , n)tpeiievefr mat; tne estaDinmeniivvi the Penitentiary 4 Sj? stem would haye the desirable feects which vebeeni statedi;f jould notfc ve.gVitm8W, portiid if afiaif, trfrende&fe XjOV refbttned by thisljBbuTse, we'shalf have: the satisfaction of having done our du- e naenniie pi; I i iiinivrii-i. j jiili i(v ..a lino., vjix il iiiiwwi KHu i c.'Perkins, Pearson, RobertsjRiuV .ornetSparkma4P SteeW;.;'Smithf, B.' Smith, WiUianw VVvnnt Worlfi Wrihr. 41. tl'he byi'wasthen readM VUrNer. movelTSfbvltr: the whole ofthe bill, exeptj bill,? an(I insert' 1 Tirinfitur' thfknm! bf ,..- -llt ereQtrag a.Jb'enitenuary m wik to:be.locatei In the city of Rate Mr. MKbJ thought it wpuldrbi retain 'fhbdi the bill, which relate tq ccrerec of thepPenitentiary; ,wheh crea OL Decani : 5The qf ion On th i r, . v n: ..Aint-iTtnn r nowerj ra.uLTUvT ,- i r i i cjl - u ft -im i m in mm w ri mm m m m-m wm ft. t r.. t v V .4 i" .v.- V : (I . 4.' !T : j.
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