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fcsjapjbflasM Gov. GRAHAM'S I T fi ihntreble. tkt General , 'j. .j.; - .1' - . The periodisil mcotiiyr of the representatives of 6 ooople, animated with seal for the phblitf wel- ibe oeoide. animated with a U jbr th iW fMi l.rinsHni tA the Capitol a knowlcdire of (be icntira mtss wi&be And wantj ul tbeir eojiitUlitL aa wafj. of the most recent experience of the action of thaOovemment,' in erwy rejrion of tlm Stater and clothed with power move important, than have "war nrantI ny th of onr pnbHes;nty i hftbitnajly expected, aa an occurrence of interest by orVrv citizen. -Ta none does it como witb a mow Stfetfimo Mt&fnkion. than to that doiiartwent of our pancMiUi-s, ww n"' .....e . r 'u. i- .utLin of the LetrMlatiirp. - 1 ,r ltufiVn. nnvumtln? to vow conidertiou the mat. termt gtnerid eaneiirn ficmiiaaitig our joitat counicU and mulual rnioaiors, iur iu vv8 JStaUl, I deem it meet to remind yovt, of ,0ur ohli mtiona r i-ratitttde to the Huprone RuJer of t!n Vniveree, tr thn preservation f onjr lnstf tpiliow, rnd the counties blessing of his Ptevideiioe,'hi;b 1 Jiave b(cn continued to lhrou;;U9nothertwo.vara tf our political existence.1 Thyrsi ve have been -'ftfflictwl bV diseaseW a greatw and mora fatal -tent thanlas ufUnl!y fiillenib onr lof, have sufftflred from drought, and coirswvucnt failure f erop, and from cnsuMtiea Hj .flood and fir-, yet. have we abundant rcasoft to wjoice, in whi nna heert vouch safed to ns, rather Jrtlim to tepine,t what has been miffi-red or denieA ' , Tie flevi-Vufl and Pifttftces of tha State, always ' a subject of fiibjuent to tho pii lc, iM to the Legis lature will derive additional impoiuce at your pre- scrit Session frora e emmmnee.i wmcn dotv sur rvund ui "The Reports of tie l'nblic Treasuror, . ff.unWiiioe of Tublie Aeconiitfl, wit! mukcyou emiaintotl wiih the iwiwaoOOinr'il that HrpartnenK xsinoe the last djourtinwnt of lit Legislature, and the demand which will fail upon it, nolore me next bieunbjjneeiiojp iOur present polltiraj m.emei.tj Comprising fciennml Sissiona of the t .r-wlntore, ami 'even Judges of the Superior Courts, besides tho J n dirial andExecntho estnttishnjents furmevly exst ine, $a now eontinne.1 fwten years. During tin -reriod, the average expeixlUuro for the oniwary support eftheOovermnent (exchirfvo of Dislmrse- .ments for re-building tho Capitol, Hill the interest on a loan effected to py tbe Stella i Iwcrrption for St5lt in the present W6T If of the State, in former reai-s, nnd of pnyVien! ou aeoount of ituretysbm for RaiVRtwl ConumnWtf, more recently.) ma? hn even year ot tnj sen-? ottolyoccaHtoncf by iheSeaston of the Legirfature m erwh 'nlternnteyel In the aame timetbe io 000, fte wcw of AA, over and nhnvo the or. l.na rypttjilBUeen dede.l to ths account re rfuildin?: the Cspitol interest n tne -Stati-a kb . M before mot.tior!, until it w.stlifrgirf. and oi her liabilities for the Hi ii Rf wn', Wf ; "4be Rnil Rial liabifilift have so aeuumulated from ,b fJi-h.re of the Legmfcturn, t ( ahi.-v ,UUa two ilst SeaioiB, to.ke tinwly provision . tu uwet ; tarai, am incrensa-tift diB'.cult? of your taik. But, it is believe,, ht thin J My overcome by rorer und energetic aotmn now, without itojouij; Aamwm or nnjnet burthetw ufMO our cuiwtituenM For the WHminfiion ' naw.g..-.. - -- and helng npprixed thai the Company was Errab!e to discharge it, they oirtcTniee i , Vest $50 000 of its fundi; '.by purchasing the nonets, ' which consHtnted ihe evk'fiww of this debt. Iliese Hands are atilt held Prt of the fua.la of that Board. But; for the Instalment,' payable the 1st or jrannaw 184 t, provisio see mada in the evaatof its folhlig'on the State which contingency hap pening, it was taken up by the Treasurer, with the uWi mds. and lhat set of bonds is now held al I he ' Treasury. Bv,tbe Act.ef the IgishJtore, at the I art Session &W bouda i hy tho Stute jWere allowed to be' iotted'nlien onhosa becoming due . ' 1845 Sl 18 18, ewliicb credits urere extended to 1848 - AlfMO, later t wfiTeof his beeu kept dhwn by . tlHCeirir,' H Iwjeen also on those held by theUterar floard.iJUidttie I'nblio Treasurer. A - ewmortgag all ir property of the" Company, was taken to secure tke $tate nKainsl this new m darsement. 1 WI not thkrmed whether thw Com uany is prepared opa off the remam.iig instalment on the 1st of January, but their income is un doubtedly aiiijicift f the pajjuieut of all their ui- " terest on loans, and the gradual,. reduction of their principal dU. '.While this continue to be the ease, there caa be no objection to continuing the State a credit lo them, to thewxtent of her present liabilitiee. Itis not therefore amteipaled, that any demand oil the Treasrtry will, ia future, jaiiae front the affairs or the Company." " . ' By an act of the General Assembly in 1830 tne State became, in' like manner, surely to the Raleigh and Gaston Rail Road Company, for the awn -of f 500,000, of which the interest Waa to be paid semi annually as it accrued, end the principal to be re. deemed at the pleasure of the legislature, at any " time after the 1st of January I860. A bke surety ship for $300,000 waa undertaken for .tbie Compa- ny by an Act, passed in 1811, the interest whereof evaa to ba paid aa oo the former loan, and the one tenth of the principal to b repaidon the let of Jan uary, in each year from.1843 to 185 1 inclusive. Of this class of bonds, ' hi understood that $13,000 waa never used by the Company, and therefore, that the State, as an accommodation indorser, is not liable on . them. . Thi latter Company, having paid no part of its principal debt, and bot a single instalment of inte. rest, its whole habibly has, for the present, fallen on ii,. State. whitbhaa-lliU far, kept down Jhe into- ant oa.haik jeseri'ntiona ofboeds, and OajlMrged two iustalmenla of frineipai, being $30,0(r0eacbian( be-IM coming payable in the years its w ana ipo .respec tively. Toaeoomplbm lbl,-fioweer, some portion f the Literary Fund has been used and $50,000 has ' been borrowed from the Bank of Cape Fear, The ' State, ia; therefore, still bound for lb iulerest setni ' annually, on the whole snni remaining, vii:, 727, 000, until paid, aa'alsofor $30)00- ptr emium of ' principal, for the next eight, years, and liia residue of ' $500,000 at auch.time after the 1st of January I8G0, ' M thegislalure shall hereafter apppii4. For her ' hidemnity agaiust these respojiaibiiities, she haa 1st, the aroceeds of tba tale of the . Raleigh and Gas " ton Rad Road,J jtjjiall; be deemed expedient ,,to make a re sale, or ile. Ui'Bie, over and above expeo tea, it retained, "Snd, the obligations T)f individual "StocVholders, ander ...the 14tl "section of theAct of '1830, and of the Stoektielder and aubscribers who . gave bond nader the Act' of 1841. VV liethet theae resources cu bejrali, on, tp indemnify the State oU vtimtly, against her jsiboto liability for this Compa- tUfi admit ofuueitton; but that they will aliorjl the uean of indemnity U very comUlcrable exteiit. ia not doubted. ,'hse means, however, will pot be ire 'liand, iri seaon to meet the mare immediate calls-on i the Trestury. as before, stated, and the scrupulous tdelily and honor, wilh which Jiotih Carolina, has . tet mainlaiued her public enrBgements, reqirethat , ample mean shall be provided in dvncett Me the , public faith j any contingency. While,, therefore, ; your enone win a ";ii w,. at making thi irdemnity eifectnal, U at indispeosaUe that measure ii' !l be adopted for an jpcreas of lh Revenue. How this can be realized with the lear4 j hardslw, to the people, has employed my anxion re flections, and the reeelt is offered with the deference' . , due to the superior wrtdom of the Legislature. -' ' " Our income, al prescnf, rie lifcrive'd Cni'erTj' from 'levirrfen lands and persona Thee should notbeaftg- i tnented, until ether aonreea' of Revenue hav been j -tried ; tmt the rate now laid should be faithfully paid, end punctually and full exacted. And,iul?rendent- i f ef the preening wunts. pt the- Treasury, I should, base reeemmended'e new assessment of Lands, with t at v to greater aedenicy in the fixation of tatne oa ' each traci. and some prerisioa for i more eUriR-. . ifttrtient of PoIIj, t a ineacor of jattice to tilt iHtate 1 nd cf enSlramg-efRet among er cHituWi'-Onr l.niid tax for S.Vrs pat, has been- tW swodrnta hrle ef six tents ptf antrum oa the oat hmdrvj- del- state with "Hinioientapcuriwy v f p- annoli 100,000 for the Vfixtad.!? .00 for t! oanv th Slate bcaioo surety tiy the act oi IS4U, i-t0 have b-en collected on llt,-lb-l persons. 1 hat it tot the nm of $300,000,. payable Id' a annual in- has heeit "negligently aftended to, is manifest from atalments of $r0l0Q,,).eaU beginning on the A of , variances cf from font to five hundred dollars per January 1842, and ending the! Ut of January JS47, annum, some.tiinea on one side and sometime! on the Th first of tbeae instalments, was paid by the Coin- other of the account, in the amounts collected dariug ail' Xh. rcond falling due the lt of January ,e asl- fisnr years. It is, "therefore, an imperative ihn Cencrnl Assrniiny was in sshswii, i dtilv ot the leni lauire, as wen, in iiisiice 10 mose - ? . . -. ..... - . , -rvit?..--....... Uiwvalue. The h;bttnarnfg!.jene, which Wprt whd ik retaruhig funds fur taxation, ud ascfrtain in their vetoed will bertnauifest from -few fucl 1n lit hiory of th Retinue. In th twr 1815, th t i nli rill In ii f ill ii Ml H ii aumnrrd i " taction undee Hte Lav. of Cengres. w Jg3, i 521513. ''Bui, in 4t yeer JtWMbewhof T""'' of ima itsi.a rot taxMioa w4 raiweo rmrjr ga, 130,IU8,T coro lUucriuiiualdoimqufncy iu u Uliiieiit and luHtiori, lha Act of 1836 directed a new amassment of Isanti bA itaproTementa, by t of which, tba tame" auhject of taxation -in the oext year waaraUed !aJuo to $51,Ui17 riSfiW more waa added to the Reveuur. Tliia valuation, however, in obviomiy defective, tinea it fall two and a hxlf million! of dollars below that o.' I813,althpugh nwee than a uliioa and a half ef acraa badbeefa taatfd in the mean time. ' It is reasonably ealimated, M that with au area of 50,000 aqaara mile wilbin onr bonnuaries, tliwa ara- 45,W aqoare miles, or near tweuty-niaa millions f acres of territory Ibhabited. -Making the utmost allowance for laudu not yet gran ted, H can hardly be postpible tbat Iom titan iweniy five million of aoreaars chargeable wilh taxes. But from a statement apperided to Hie Report of the Comptroller, i seems that 83,267,473 acres eemprise all, of Hhich any retnrna have been received, and that of thijjf the average value for taxatiou is but Jg-J.art per; acre, against a like average of 2 69 in 1815. The act of 1836 contains no direction for a rlew assessment at any subsequent time, and the val uation under it, loosely made ten years ago, i the criterion of our Land Revenue at present. Resides, very considerable quantities, since entered and pa tented, ten years have greatly enhanced the price of much of the Land 'in the State, in consequence of iitiproreinents und'diwoveries mode within that pe riod.' The erection of Maiiufacluniij rlstablisbmcHts, the Discovery of mines, the construction of 350 miles of Rail Road, the improvements on Real Rrtate iu many of onr Towns, and the rise in value of Forest lands? yielding Turpentine,. will aLonca occur as il lustrstiens of thni truth, to say nothing of those devo ted to ordinary culture.''" There may ba OCcasiOBal instances of a decline in valne, bnt with lh data be fore us, it Can hardly admit of qtiestion, that upon a gnte value tiffl exceed siaty millions of dollars j and I fair assessment of Land and improvements, the agjre- lit .tiilw mctin the oresent rate of Land tax, tba State is annually derived of seven or eight thousand dollarn, at the least cntciilatien. Siir prisiug as this may ni'fpar. the re st-erns to be a deficit of nearly an eqtwl amount, in the payment of the Poll 1st. The lahifhir .SUteinent of the Comptroller, before referred I", exhibits for taxation the next year 62,7!)5 black, and 5l,3i6 white Tolls, inoludin? all nf whom tlfre i.s any Hcc6unt, both listed and unlist ed. The Hlnve population or the State, fceordidj to the Census of IrtiO, numbered 215,817. All of these, between the ac?e ol 12od 50, are subject to taxation ; and by estimates from reliable sources, this regulation 'renders taxable rather more than one-half on ee.eb Plantation.' A full enumeration, therefore, of taxslde Iiliielts, Plight to-embraco aSput 123,000. Of Whiles, nil mnles are taxable between the ages of 21 and d.i years. There are found on oof Muster Rolls, Ihe names of 76,5ti8 men, comprehending those between tfio agea of 18 and 45 generally, but "not including numerous exempts under variias Stat utes. Making liberal deductions m those between IS and 21, end adding exempts from military duly, who are liahls to taxation, and there must still re main more than 70,1100 taxable white Polls, and con scqiipntly a total of 195,000 taxable Foils in the State. Our Poll tax has been gradually increaing for the last few years, and, for the past year, appears That cii7.as whose Lands and Polls are fairly assessed and rnlili'd, and who aia contributing aecordingly into th Public Treasury, Rs fo the State ilsolf, to require f-nw arssnrient of Laiuts anil improvements, -lo be jnatly made,-on inspection of the ' premise if necessary, and to provide-for an accurate" and full Censiispf all taxable persons. No valiitftion of Lands can continue to be a jjist criterion of worth for any eonriderabla 'period, and a re-assessment should be provided for, once at lean h fivo yeajp ifit be net nanuaj. Ry adopting these' measures of fairness and mliee, to collect what is now imposed, without any mcrraee of laxeS. it may be reasonably expected that the Public Revenue from present sonrres, now equal lo about 6,000, msy.be rni.d to 100,000, per ansMm, These regulations should b! made to take eftecthiimediately, that the "Treasury may" expri enr. their heuelit in the conrsa of the next year. Further to a'hgment the Reveling, it is propored that a tax .be Imposed on Pleasure Carriage, and Cold Watcbeikejtt for use, and, if deemed cxpetlieut ou any other artitea '.of Igxnryj to go into operation at once, and continue irf force until tie expiration of the next Session of the General Assembly. It is submitted to your inquiry, in connection with Ihe Revenne, whetlinrthe Bank of Capo Fear has paid lo the Stale, and the Literary Fund, th full amount semi-annually dua for Dividends their cus tom, beiug to pay the tax on tho Shares of Stock owned by individuals, out of the whole profits of tba Bank, instead of the Dividends of profit allotted to individuals. This course is supposed by them, to be sanctioned by a decision of the Supreme Court, on the taxing clause of their old Charter i but the re newed Charter of ,1833 is in different language, and it could hardly have been the design of the' Legisla ture to exact a less lax on th Stock ef individuals in this Rank, than on that in similar jfiilituliou iu the Slate. . ' - '. To'aiiHhe Treasury, until other means con be re alized, t sugg'st that the Bonds, Nots aud Judg ments, held by the Literary Hoard, onsitiii)j chiefly of the unexpended balance appropriated, to drain Swamp Lands, be turned over to the Public Treasu rer, to be collected and applied according to our ne cessities ; but, the,t the Statu be charged with the amount thereof, as a loan, the interest of which shall be faithfully paid as an annual part of the distribution for the support of Commop School, The effectual security of the Principal, and tha paneluai payment t:te.idJ. .Li terary Fund. The proposed disposition of this part of It, while it supplies the present wants of the Stale, wdl rclieve the School Fund from the expense inci dent to the present Loan Office In the Literary Board ; and the increased Revenue, in' the mode al ready set forth,' will afford ample means for the pay ment of the Interest,"-It will eimplify the Pablic Ac counts, to direct the Bonds of Hie Wilmington and Raleigh Rail Road Company, igw lying in the Trea sury, and amounting to 150, 000 as before staled, to be transferred 19 the Literary Fund, and a s,n equi valent, that the Tavern and Auction Taxes be here after paid into the. PuUie Treasury. . . ! . , , . To liquidate the Stale's responsibility for tin Ra leigh and Caslofl Rud Road Company, as early a praolicable,,! reqprwmead the rea,lkia of a sinking fundi to be applied in buying and iu cancelling iwili kinds of Bonds, when they can be purchased at, or Klnnr nttv la ennHiui. 1 al. nf nnv Hrnlna uliii.1, nl n t be in the Treasliryrafter defraying cuatomary expen- f srt ,na specifip npprnpqatiou. 2ud, A-uy income derived from eaid Rail Road if retained or iia proceed; if sold. 3rd. Any recoveries effected ajja'mitt ihe Stockholders in sail) Compaiiy under tim 14th sec tion of the Act nf 1839, or against the Stockhoklrrs and Subscriber nnder the Act of 1841.' Suits are new pending against sundry obligors on Jhe Bonds, fiveu for the State's indemaity nnder the Act of" 1841; who failed to renew their bonds bienntallv. aa required by Law, and t regret that, no deeisrnn has, a yet, been rendered in the premise. " It tar oonleni ded on behalf elf the State, thai a .failure' to- renew. 4 ia a breach ef the condition "of the Bond, 4ndneltr w4 r. r . I i t i. - ... . . i ,viiv,,io oi ina wiim pwiaiiy.s oiue in lerecio-. sure of.lh Mortgages, and the insnffioieoejr of the real and peraoaat estate ef the Compa nyf u indem- nily the Mate tat ttereedarilyshipr it Jha become an interesting question to what extent nan abe claim to be indemnified by the individual-Stockholder end Boudsmen, and at what time ie her right tlveroto to, be asserted f tsy tne lh section of tue,Actf 1839, in the ease which has happened, to wit, " of the in- snfficieoey ef. tUe nropwty of the Company, to pay orTand aatisfy (the full ainaunt ef Bonds, then direct ed 10 be iudorird, inqjilding he principal fni inter est TjT'i',.acti'andJevery Stockholder, wa to o bound, to pay towardi making npsucb deficieBey.an amount eorxspsui!ing with his Stock hrld therein, at the time whdo ucb rteficiejirv sjinijlLa aacer- uaitauiMJiii was Wla gjfj; lesiene d" from. .It tit van1 tiud.V The Act of 1841, feined from ,ita nuei furytaf teaawsro Ihe Stata against as well. as t (rant further aidte tM tTempaafi provided amongst mhar thinirs. for ths execution and delivery of Bonds, ,in the aggregate penal sunt U $jWfi00, try tjUnik. holders aud utfcniers, coTsnaining io wunwiaij the Bltle- egainsr etijr iaa or aamagj na qoence f her urtjli iri ll)-remisea, ud In. suiliciency ef the ra4 and personal aslata and pro perty of said Company to discharge the same." It .woM seem, therefore, e bars been the aoteelioa of lha Ael of I8.1!l. to bold the Stockholders individ- tMlly eespaaeible fer any loe 1ef-h 5 a) ItaH payment or principal or interest, aifer appiy" mortgagea prdpertyi to en eqeal lliiioout fith tfteif subscriptions if ltoc'k Nothing that 1 percaive, Iff k. ai r isji nL.nrrM ttiHtiuij!utiiia.o The Uouda directed to be taken, appear to have been pbrpoeedJ at the least, aa camalative security jor me loruier liubility, and to provide a more easy remedy in case of nou-compliauc Whether tfio Bonds actually taken ruufvrm to this construction ef the Statute, iar whether it may be eecesVaTJ 'te resort to i Coart of Equiiy to assert the Stale a remedy ui lis luiLaxieui, ou the ground of mistake or inadvertence in framing Ihe Hoiids, is a matterTor your mature deliberation. That the Act of 1839, section 14,ebliged the Stock holders to save the State harmless, both as to princi pal and interest, edlinot be doubted. Nor, will it be readily admitted, that I he Act of : 1841, in pari ma trria, was designed to abriiiga or! surrender any se curity. Those Stockholders, who dill not give Bonds, seem to be responsible to the amount of their slots, under the Act of 1839, for both interest and principal. And it would be au anomaly in lio subsequent pro ceeding, if they are under heavier obligations than their Hspnciales, who entered 'into bonds, besides being Stockholders. ' ... ' ? ; ' But whatcverWy.be the extent of tho liability of these Stockholders and ftonJeiuen, or whatever may be the forum to enforce it, I apm-i-hetul ttytt tiij' i(ej,t has luipjiened on which it: may bo at.'oneo.saseiited. An fljiinion has pi-cvjujcaTtliiU tbd'blateilllioTlgU obligeil to pay interest in the mean time, and S-500-uoo of principal in IsfiO, or tbei ottfter, oould hnve no redress on these obligations until utter tliu dis? taut jii'i'iu.1. Ihe law, it nc, remters tho ucot irrede.nuible until that tii.w. to gUe the capitiilist nssnr.iiK-e ot a lonjj loiut ana tiireoy to eiitiunce rue value of the stoct Bill nflur exhuujiting the reme dy by ninrtgnge. find it boinz dnionstratively ccr- taii.i. tht itJ;ii-yo b ilanoo evi-n of principal, innst be1 paid hy.he State, I see notjnug whicli reinur,es de lay in exacting any part of the iudeiiinityrjitipuliitcd. Should the-ie S'i;';jestijnsincct yiur concurrence, you will of course give tho corresponding directions to thu Law officer of tho State. How rnuch may be realized, villseii fin in the iuoonic or re-sn'io the Rail Roinl. or rrnin lbj liubilitiej just rcAirrcil to, U us yet snicei-taiu... Iu ml vising, Ihercfuve, b"t a tiui pomry pruvisiuii for extra t:xntiori, I amfctinenctHl by tho coTwidiTiitiou, th:t possibly it may not longer hi- !-L'.'iii-eil. rather than "by the fear of any aversion f our cov'titnc'titis tj conlribut e. whatever way bo needed to rude cut the jidblio uhliationj, bowov.er in-eimtiou.-iTy or unfortuiiatcly eutcml iila , The odi ous dK.-trih'e1!iat a State tnny rej'usc 04: postpone tho' fiilM.ueiit of uintracls gu:irtinfced y -her jmblic faith and soverelOT boiuu-, hid uo rcsliujj place ,ii all our boi-ders, unjl 1 am yet to hear of s, aifiile oicep tion to the unanimity of our peopW upon this subject. Legnl proeoeditigs wereinstitttte fujhe foreclo sure of tho Murtgagcs, on all (he property of thoRa u.'ijjh and Oasfon Rail RoaJ "Compaiiy, at Spring term, lh i ', of the t'oui-t of Equity ol'Wako County, as (lh-eel'.-.l by tho Act "f the last Session. But ow ing to the resistance made by the Company and tho tli.-ci.-dou of the Siierir Court in h'oir favor, tin ap. ,.. ,.) m-.w ri-TIV-ri) neees'iarv to the Supreme Court, anH-tliiT'tK-rce of t'oreelos-arp 'wfi pattponed until the Aut-.imn term of that venr. A s;ile ucdei- this decree wa? made on the aoth of December followifigt and tin-Hail Iload, uiurall. othar property of the Comptiny, was piuehusoil by tlie, 8tute, on the bill of the Governor, at tho enun ot' &.'JU3,000,'tho nmnunt autiioi izci by the act art'oresuid. Posaessiett ira ta ken on tlte first 0 January, 1816, by tho- Uuitra. of Commissioners conatitnted by the Act lnttie otent of such a piU-ihao,and bflicer unfJttunU were ap-. puintetl to mat-Agaand, eoiidnttliiciDer,tnaon'tbo road, m the pr-iperty of the StaMf jf.epwrt of their action thuifar, will bo laid bt'furo JrowbylJie'iBoanl in ix few days, e!i;braojn tbe.iatasemerBts of the President and the Treasurer -end the jonr n:.l of the C'oinnilsioncrs( as well MalLthwYoncbers up books of account of thoso ofTioers will be at any time opOtftd your inspectbm. Upon tho conatrnc tion given to the Lnw by the Executive, no part of tho former earnings of tho Rail It wad scenred to tba State, by a decree of seqneatratiott againstitbe Com pany, could go into the hands of the Commissioners: and tha sum of $-2,000 -accruing from that sxmrc6 has. been therefore paid into the Public treasury. It will thus be perceived; that to support theopemtions of the Road in all its departments, there waa to bo mi other reliance than on its cifu receipts, from mid after the iirst of January last T he experiment to this time, removes sit doubt of the ability of the Road to sustain itself- if well conducted, so that its advantages will still be contin ued to the people of tho fctnte, and encourages the belief, that after all necessary outlays for repairs ami cxjK-iises, even at the present rate of income, it will afford some returns to the Treasury art profits on its cost. The current year has not been regarded as quite so favorable tc the business of the road, aa may be expected in general, by reason' of diminished IVeiuhts, from the shortness of the crop of Tebaceo, less accommodation in Stnge travelling incanajciion with the Rail Koail, and other causes. Notwith Btnuding these disadvantages, however, the amount of earnings ofbe estalilishniCLt for ten months, has bora near $51178 00, and the disbursements- in thw'' same time, for expenses, including the purchase in October, of an additional Locomotive, about $38,000. The Officers of the Roud have been instructed, that while Uiey observed all prudence ands economy in cipeinfiture, no needful repairs wci-e to be neglect ed ; an i its condition is believed to be now equal to, if not better than, at the time of sale. On the 1st oj Jnly last, the sum of S7f200 waa paid out of ita pro fits info tho Public Treasury, to defray the interest onli'40,000 nf Hail Roads liond thfcu falling duo, for which the State wus bound, aj alu-iuly siiown; and on the 3 1 st of October, there luid accumulated a babince of about $8,300 morft . it The importnnce of this public work to the Agri culture nnd Merchandize of the country, will bo ap parent from the cxhiliit of 23,500 00 dollara of the abtve earnings, for freight on transportation of prop, erty. What disposition ahnll now be made of tho Rail Road, is an enquiry of much eonsequenoei 1 was not thought expedient to off or it foreale, under the powers ooafurred onine by the Act of Assembly and no tenders lavs been made f4r purchase. L re connnond that it be placed under the control of Jhe Board of Internal lniprovemeut, r other CouwuVl sioncrs specially .appointed for, tbat purpose, it!i ample powers to inokesulc hi whole e-r in party and to ugreo in their discretion upon t(nw3 and price lim ited nly by the amount at which it wa purchased by thebtate aa a minimum, liut, ,in the meantime, tbat ivCommittee of your body shad make athorengU cxfunin.ition of the entire eoncorn, receive any offers of purchase that may Ie made, and give'iiistnictions to such Commissioners in bo fur as may bo deemed iidvtsable. .Such works ore morelikely to be advan tageously carried oh under the kxu eye of individ ual interest, tnan With tba supervision or public s- gentfl tmly. Aa l it ia therefore desirable, tliat at Feast half ef the propearty in this Road be eold, that it may-yam undo, the toiitrol of a directory having an Interest in tho adventure. Tliis eenrsax is blao made acceptable from the consideration, that any sums fulling into the Treasury, from the sale of the Road, eontrootcd on Us. aceottnt; , .. r, . . "in, o ho uiui.n, 1 viiwi v I ttyiu uq uivuiveiaenw The voiirlv RfiinftWrtmmtrloT, on.1 It l.!nV Rail Rea1 fjompany has not yet been roceined, Jput wilbbc sobiuftted to you Wong1 rith th( R opori of the Bonrd,pf Sterna! Improvement,- "In November, kat theyJexVihited a lucti principal of Uicii; debt, besiih-s lie payment of iidii' est on all'piafcy.in the preceding f,woJye monthsf and it Is' suppoe4 hat tlie present ha V$' j ear of stiil greater prosrrityjto'twtRaUllqaxL, j,. . r j ,Tbe Act tf your last SfB-irin, foi the re-orgsaiza-iton, of the Porlmith and Roanoke Rad Road Com pany, y a kafef Us property, nader the antbority of both Slates, wss not aoeedexi tto by' Ihe ,igi.lmre of Virginia, 4"hajl body, however, lias made a sepa rate euaetment lyatri the same subject nijtle, so uovel. uioiue 6f it prSvision as to eall for a moment's no ' '."-' . SV - liee. It ilrecla a t$l of all the property antTfranehiae efth Company in both States, by the Board ef public week ef Virginia: btrt providest ha t if at th aale, of at sny ttine, thereafter the State of North Carolina or any J CwnmMty luoarrnoratee) bv hertee tmreroee ef iiit mil Jirprovenient, should In tit .ty''becffne the. 'owner of aid Rail Jtoad. '' th Ueaeral Asiiihl of Virginia Teeeirerihe fight tolfeoke ttBthiSTtowera, prinlega aud iuiruuuities oonvayed by such sale. aixl lo declare the same null and void." Now alt liiis so lat'ei, tefates te;NprtU tyli th", kftjotVn, purposes of any of her citizens, is the mere effusion ef w jeosrm4btileptrBi nmwi&vtmmfyrith rrleW'ttrfurthet'Wlriit b th tnh8ett1- Ing. ' Shehad nit,lierrmauifested nor tentertaiiied kntf 'wfcft U becoma thsf DrifielDr of this Rail Road. ltt Board of Internal Improvement, it is true, lood in the f UmiUga ef a credilafcof lbe ouiaany (at o. , nie lent.btit were amply se'eursd by a Mortgage, on a part ef the Rail' Road property, prior iu lien to any other. Tb,er.4s Jh9ff provisiou in flm abi'efmare atiCMkK'j4eelare iu ef'etibseqiitnt keefion, " that itt case-tlieauthoritie af the -State) ef North' Carolina, shall at any lime, by legal process oroth erwise, deprive the Petersburg Rail Road Company of any of the privileges and advantages ofitschartejr, obtained from tbat Wtate, fer any act dene, er omit ted tp be done, by the said Campany, or by auy ms,na whatsoever, prevent the, s aid , Company from conducting their operations, on so much of their Rail Roadasltc within the State of North Cirollna. oi1 sny part thereof, by reason of iy -net heretofore" doao,, or omitted todie doue by said Company, Uien ail tho rights Conferred by that act, on the purcliasers j of the Portsmouth and Roanvk,'Rail Rbadaball cease anil be detefnimed, until' the Stat bf'Norlh Carolina i shall fntate jtji Petatvbiirg Rdff Road Company iu j all the 'prfvilegs grontefTthenr, Jii the several acts passed; for their benefit by the said Stale, or nu'il the Legislature of Virgiula shall otherwise direct."' To apprehend the fuD meanhig of this clause. It must not be. overlooked, that toth, the Petersburg and jt'orls rrioutk Rail Reads (S partlyin Nortlj Carolina) and tHtdr rppctlB Coinpanlprxerehia and enjoy all theif rfglus and privileges oft this side of the line, un der charters from her Legislature that theUjtst nam ed Company were sued by a creditor.ln an .action at Law, and after judgment, an Execution Was levied en that seetioi of it Road, running through the doun, ty of Norlbampton, sale and purchase took place by" virtue thereof, and the! Supreme Court affirmed the same, to the extent of conferring On the purcha ser thelega.1 title in the land andTjxluresuf the road, but not the franchise of transporting thereon. In this condilion, the acquisition was of so little value or u tllily, that the advautagts of the, ioad would, in all prohability have beou coiitiiiued to the public bylhe re-union of the estate and franchise, but for the ac tion of th I'etarsbnrg Company. , Tlntt Company entered into a covenant with the purchaser of the el tatei to payiii instalments flGQ.OOO, for preventing transportation;' over the secfioii, of.wbicb tlio title was in him, with a stipulation that ths later pay ment jliauld cease, whenever that part of tho Road should again be brought into use. Ill other words, the Petersburg Company, in effect, bought from him the dlsnse ef the Portsmouth Road, and paid htm a' consideration for withholding from the public lb con veniences for which the Legislature had authorized its construction. The right of the individual party to llvflf agreenient, thus to. dispose, of his interest, uuder decisiou of the Court, is not denied ; and had the oth er contracting party been a natural person, it would never have been questioned, however great might be the inconvenience of the loss of the Road. But, in my view, a corporation, the hiere creature of the Law, must look to its charter, for privileges not for restrictions: what, is lot authorized to it, is denied : and by cotfseqrtCnce, Ihe Petersburg Uailltoad Com pany, permitted by its charter only, to construct a Koad I'rqm that Town, to its Southern terminus, aud to transport bn thettiftne, had uo right either to parti oipale in Jjis pjpflts ftf transportatibii on the Porta fliouth Road, of 10 suppress transportation there on. ReadTtlg this contract , as designed fbr tlie deslrtffition ' of the Portsmouth Road, to the end tliat the other might. have a monopoly of the bu siness don by "both, and a such a public injury and transgression Of its own corporate rights by the Pe tersburg Company, anef'peceiving tlilit lhal Compa ny had made ae reports to the Legislature of this State.of its operations wilbin our limits,as was express ly required to be periodically done, by the Act of'ils creation, 1 directed the-Attorney Ceuerul to fib; ap Information against them ill the Supreme Court, and require them to show cause why their charter should not be declared forfeited. At the last Term of that Court, judgment was rendered in this case for, the defendant. The opinion announcing thj's decision ia accessible lo you, and to it, you are referred, to de termine whether any new process shall he instituted in the premises, or whether any new Legislation be noeded.to prevent n,rfscldefs in like bases for the future, It was while this Information waa pending, that the General Assembly o(. Virginia, made their '( en actment,',' in wbich it is pluuly intimated that -if a contrary Ue-cision from that arrived at by tlie Court should be made, and this corporation Should be. de Drived ef any of its privileges, now enjoyed under our I. law- bv reason pf any neglect cf duty, or by any f transgression whatever, it. should be retaliated with the loss ot tne 1 orisinouiu i,oau also, mis state had made herself no party -in the rivalries of these Companies, but authorized the consJructioR of both Roads, to procure tha advantage of two highways for market and travel, expecting to her people,, of course, the fruits pf a fair'emulatiou between them. But in the dispensation ofher justice, .whether among corporations ot individuals, and in tha exaction of the homage due .to her laws, lu her own Territory, no in fluence from abroad can be permitted to interfere. Not to remark ou the departure from comity, implied in gratuitously assuming, that Nei th Carolina desired to poaseas one of their Roads, and proclaiming by public advertisement, that she should be excluded from the biddings, though pari of it was in her limits and existed by her leave, while the same Statute ap points agents fo attend and bid for Virginia ; an5 e the denunciation, tliat if, for, violator)-: ' out iaw, ascertained and adjudged by oar'higheoi Judicial Tribune, ia a proceeding then-before it, tin Cempa ay owning the other Road should be deprived of any of the privileges and advantages granted to k by this State, then the use of both should be tost : This Act irf ffie tneTafAjilM sumption on her part, of dependence by u,jipen her, for markets and the means ot reaching them, which reqniree ea-wamiualiert ef the relations between oa In that point oOviw, it call for a minute revieien of lb charters heietofotaV so liberally granted for the promotion of trade to her own town front thi State, an investigation of the fulfilment of them by the to whom they . have been granted, and, if necessary, tin provision of new guard kA the aeenrity of the ad varttagea to us, wfiich they were designed to procure. It, also suggests the neessslty of Impravaments of our ewnj which ehall break any sUcWepeadeno, (where it may exist,) as far aa possible, end place the State in a posturft, at"l times, to viudicate the public justice,! (as must need be don at any eacmice.j wittiruit any apprehehiiou ef lose or inoooveuieoce from privileges granted, beiag withdrawn by a tieighborihg Stale.) JVtH Raid from IUleigJ to Fayetteville would be aa important work in. ueh f System of Improvo awmkirR vfiuld at once vender availably tho exut--ln .87 iniles of road in oenceutnKing . the.- inula f tho.country between Raleigh and ;tbe, BobiioJum!J tna navigonio watsi-s 01 bapa sri-i very an equal ly good market shonld be found there, and, rendea us .1 . , 1 1 1:1,.., , : ..: , . 1 UUsyvui4Uliy o tuaa tuns 4iuciiu ir, w, jnmujr vu the pnrt of Virginia, which pervades the Statute on which I have, been commenting. It is tbcrefore r eoiiimoxided that this Boasl be encouraged, by tho grunt of liberal charter, and by any other aid that the lur)aJrwilMw4f-pe4iMi fCKH , i There has been much disuussiun Kccntly in gftrd to an extension of both ef' tha existing Rail Roads of this StAte-, to a JunetioB witJv those of .South Carolina,, I would greatly prefer a Road from Fay ettevUba to Salisbury or Charlotte; and thence pene trating South Carolina towardi) Camden, to either of the connexions proposed. ButsHM-.c the state is not in possession of means for ti viWi.i.-iiiiion of snch a Work, and the individual who may be disposed to patronize-it prefer the more direct lines, so as rather .to compete lir travel, than to afford facilities for conimoroe and. agriculture, I perceive ne objection to gr.uMJig.chrtera to' the patrons ot the prmeotcj work,. tatA -fom -"vViltniBcton and f 'ayqtteviUe to Soutb Ci-lina, leaving to individual enterprise- to determine theauocess of either or of both. . JN'eitber weujd e,xtiud far, enough, throngh out; territury. to: afford any greatly jncj-oaaeil facility to oujKiitiaens in going to market, or add tftuch to b buMiusa f & . i -j W JPWUU-iJI -t . i . . I ... ... ' J - - ' 1. 1 n..... wmu a,, oubl ioiitribu&e gfetterl to leant from thd (IcKrtps'in-tttatTlod-that the projooi bad, suffer! ptudieef row tba fewtjr port iu regard to it, by smne member of the Engineer Qonnxii tl Vnlrxl Gtatesui ThMreuort has not . j . . . . - ... i been seen by me,, but will claim your examination, 1 In conformity to the Resolution of the iastSession. the Mortgages held by the State, on the Clubfoot and Harlow's Creek Canal, connecting Neusc River with Beaufort jHiirbo .iiejtipsjan being decrecdj the Public Treasurer, at my request, attended arid bid in the Cnnal ff thebjtatev It will for a reasonable expenditure; it miry be mada passsv ble for se;-going yessels, . sufficient in size for the coasting trails.,, fi!ting,ius,4t does the. best Harbor, on he Aiucrican coast, between the Capes of Vir- finia idii'l tliose Of 'Ploridri with oni-Mcridr waters, deem it prefertsblo ' that it slutll be kejit nnd hr proved by tjiotata..,. Ji ,if no nppropriiiiioa be made for it improvement,, let it be disjKieil of to a Companyj or indlviduar. witli 'sonic' stipulation on tlie'part-of the'ptislact,' "to keep It In order for Navigation, and to allow it use to the public for fair bumpensatiott ,'r s'HirSH .i:l ; ; " Ji Canal t'roin Lumbej; River, to Capo Foar River, has I0113 been in contemplation by the people. ii that quarter, and its obvirms adTOhlTigf"9, from an inspec tion of the map, ought to onstu-a for it nt -least a liberal Aet of lueurporiitinni m iu , - . !',.,,- f.JMem than thirty jfeitesjgo, "Qoptpanics wcro in corporated for the Improvement of the Navigation of nrlthe larger Rivers of the State, 'and an Engineer' was employxttk, fbr-a consideiabloi- time,-tn 4mkin Surveys, praiutory to agmx-rai systiu.ol' Internal Imprevwiicntv , Owing 0 cutisea not riccesKU-y to bq now reviewed, scarcely any of the" works then con templated were-Coniplcted, and all - thvse- chartered Companies, except in the instances of Roanoke nnd Cape Fear, bVe lst their privilr-gas. by non-user. i Of latej- a disposition has ijeen manifested by the ple of those sections, to ro-:ittempt the Navigation of N(1tuc find Y.ldlnn Rivers.' I., entertain no doubt, tbat by merely removing'the timbers which are im bedded dn th. channel of Nouso River, and the branches of trees wbich overhang it, tliat it may be rendered navigiddu for iStiKunljoats of the - lighter kjnd, as high as Wayiicsborougk, for twokinis of tha year, and tbat by tkcaildilion of leeks arid ianxs, this Navigation may be extended to a point within a dozoiv hiilcAf Raleigh. A good Navigation has becomU'eoteiby this uiciuusiutlieKentuekyJUver, and othei- streiuus diaehargiiig a less volume of wa ter, and nuu-o, subject to the annual .influence of .drought, ttiftii the Nense. Were this rteoomplished in OonnMlort with the passage of coasting' vessels from Beaufort to Newbern, by eubii-giug tie Cojuil before,, l-elei-rod to, it could, not fail tw iuld much to flic accomhiodatinn of. the people, 'and td tho wealth and commercial' importance of the, State-, i It U well ascertained, that thero is no great impediment to the Navigation of tho Yadkin Riv'or. within .our, UuiiUj, above the narrows. , The opening of that. River, therefore,' from WiHrcsborough to Us intersection with the proposetl Tnvttpllie ti-omRaleigli ail Fay otteville, westward, ami the completion of said Rood, are works of great public iit$uiUijce, in which, if the State will not embark, on her own account solely, sbe should not hestttrfc to'kccdttd the patriotio cflorts of the citizen. The survey of the routes fortliis Turn pike Road, according to; the. diroctlou of. tho last y eneral Assembly, bus beev cqwpletciLand the report of the Engineer may lie, expected lit an early day. Tim bad condition of our Public Roads, lias long been the subject of general, and I apprehend, just re proach to the State.- In the schemes of Improvement which have been pnt.lbfth heretefovcj too little space has been alloUod to these daily haunts of trade, und tfavet- . A distingnbhwl aujhorityj' in speaking of oiir roads, recommends that they be chisstnl in three descriptions, via : 1st, thsprincipal and lending roads to-be denominated S'Ute roods, in tho eoiustruction of wbioli, the State will beaidne nioiaty of he ex Yense,"aud the CoUmties through wlieh they pass the other moiety ; 2d, County roads to be made and cpt up by the Counties, nnd 3d,-private roads by the individuals beitelUted by them, Without adopt-' ing this plan iu all its details, I aid thoroughly per suaded tliat no moderate amount of the public treas ure could bo more benefieiaBy expended, than in em ploying an Engineer for one,' or at most, two years, whoso duty it should ue to cxajninaroutes for the chiof market and mail roads, of the State, under the direction of the Board of internal Improvement, anil lay them off on the ntost favorable ground, with written estimates and directions for ths-ir construc tion and improvement. The County Courts- might be authorized to make levies, in aid of the Statute labor within their limits, and at the most difficult points, assistance might DC afforded from tha fund for Internal Improvement. ' Whatever other im provements we may in time procure, good roads fur ordinary transportation and travel can never cease to be useful to the great mass of the Cnumujiity, AVhothcr or not you shnU esteem it wise to adopt any of these recommendation, 1 trust no cohsidera trort will indnce a longer delay indirecting an Agri crtarakGeologicftl atitl Minoralogioul Survey of the Stata Throfgfbartk of our sister States have iiow in progress, jr Lave finis lied like examinations of their territory, 1 And in every instance, it is believed that they have not only added to the treasures of Science, but have been attended with important and useful discoveries. vGoJd, Silver, Iron, Copper, CouJ, Plumbago, Marble and. other Limestones, the finest, varieties of Stone for buihling, of Marl asid other ma terials for msjiarmg, fire already known to exist in viu ions sections of the State ; and a further exploita tion cuuwt fail to bring other resources to light, and greatly fisvor the pursuits of Mining and Jdanufuc-tur.ig-pursuits of infinite advantage to a peoplo having so few ' fiiciUtio,,ipf transportatiori as our ecWes. ; Whilrfa jrninuto examinatidn of onr Boils, byjKTSoni uniting science and practical skill iri Ag nciiltttro, ;TrUI':ftc iptuctiW'oTJiiiproTtimcsAlnhat useful branch of industry, andmuignify attdclc vate it iri the general esteem. ,; : ' ; . tS;, , ..,';" .' Agreeably to the Act of the' last Session,' entitled f An act more effectually to sectu-e the debts due for Cherokee lands, and to facilitate the collection of the same," ft Board of CSmmissioncrs was; nwrstituted tb makecnquiry as to the solvency of she obligors, wjio were principals, in the lxm.dfl held by 'the Ste-te, for purchases of Cherokee lands. The said Board, re gorted to me as the result of a long and Inborioufe In vestigation, separate lists of those found solvent and inieivent accordingly.--' And thoso principiiWebtor. who were reported insolvent, having surrendered the lands, jbr the purchase of which said, bonds were executed, into' tho possession of the jigcnt ofvtho State, and having severally executed and deliTeroJ to .riiO deed of surrender and release, disclaiming .all right. ujttderi'sueh Tmrchases, and to the re-ini-bursement of any monies paid on account thereof, by flrtue of the power Tested iri me by said act, I taade an rmlor on the Pnblio Trcflsnrer, dirceting the bomls in allek ejase, to be delivered up tojht gent of the State, t$sidicg in Macon Couny, for' cancellation. This rtferdated tb.e;34 of April last, embraces a list oSbonds amounting in the aggregate to ' the siirn of $1534312 38: fln CoiisiilvratUnt of which, the State became re-invested witk title, and possession of the binds surrendered as before, stated.- As a full rear was to elapse' between the timo when the State's agert wait put In possession f these, lands, ana tae rise 01 ine t,egisun.ure, w vwiuuu ercd iest for the public interest, aa well a fo 4he persons aurrendcrinB, that they ghoiild be restored to nossesskin' of the lands a. tenants of the Stat.-- Thagent4qf Cherokee Lands was, therefor, iri-v structed tb class the Beeeral tmcte ami their improve-, ments foi twelve moathl, taking oar to give a pref-'i erenee to ne tare owasrs, rejuiriug umy iuuu- tate amtmrrts Toe tlie rent, but wn a snpuiai wa ior returning tha premfsea,tt !3 good ropair tBey were In that time. .This waa atttenilcd to by rho,,- ',,. ftn.l lt,aw,nilii f rank arh fn Ills hands. It will be an important part of ybuif present iu- b UU-, lies, to nirecin lunncr uin.i. ,.,', whick hav. again tcome tb W-v thcrPXf micXl The bWlwrsbeiiig unable to pay off their, uiui'sauiaua . Rok with irhich it wwjot trvOdzrr inrcrwv ia bwii run ' Mtni err tvivnt m fbrt...t.i l..a a., -ji f j n . -From thetion of Con3ress at the last session, ! of tU land and reUnq.ushment of all cUim u bw! - wwu,.y..iirio.riH1niKa, 01 mo chase money theretofore paid on the one aide, , . rf-opnfnK t Jhf wH hecn;. Albeniarlo Sound cancellation of the bonds on tho other; iu nil " or! (Mill tlirt Atllin if ( hiitlt ,-ti!4 utien tAfifl I f t.... :i -t . . . .." X ' vnm now uayotve on jou. to give Uft-ections rortbenuur dispbstil ot it;"' Boa teof light ilriught yet pass thro ttgU it and althevgh the tockd a-re ideeayed, I 'presume. 'W'lWW'rSWlRl 'it -ir i,i',-.'jeis sssaawf 4;" 1 -r, n t 1 due, petloii4 lW Legulr. US' frttfsVArTrt. bonds ns j scertaineiL eould not discharge the debt hjnuself without ealliji2 90 bi SUl-eli.ji u rsi.jiUrl in a,.:.l M ' . . 4 e ft 1 et P1-11168 on our Pf"' as well as tlmt ' of the Federal Government, in'rclation to its lands, many years ago, it does dot. seem to be wise policy . r MoheiieNi itfecidrtrigentha i.urcnasers nt the rorwer suW. were requn-ed 21yK'1ln1c4h;oe.ejgbf4ip4rt of the prices then tid that fhey tare since ..iaJe pa.' ,mcns ;th).Trtsni7iswg4ae,hJjuuim their boiuls that they are settled on UteW lo,,,). nd Jiaye, asspeintei) withf tcn the etidenrronti if 1 " HT$y f ' t eip"se: tier$i art n uc- , .tion sftl6,'for cash. , I ftci-efore advisd that, si to all- 111c surrenderea bind, strme lnddejw tuloptett of affix ing ft fair jruluntfon en 4ch jrictjiy Ajraxins'o com- potencdand probityj'flnd thartbe siirrfrudcrers lio .permitted to take llienj; on paying such Valuation in cMb.,by gin; day tSereafUiri oiheinruflt tliat the! ianitsliall bttseltlntf jaibBcj1 side i U':h'.''j-ii i It may not bo remembered by yon, thr-t only such of these lands, as were estimated at aud cbevctwm. ty cents per acre in If436,weresurveycl-nulbi6ug1it into Mk:Tikjdwa.atVtl( tacenaiits'1 subject to the disposition of a future Legwiittnre, and . slmll not beHable tobe entered In the Entry Taker's) ,-r office, &c. Ten yeart have passed away, since the4 '' passage of that Act, and no further disposition hns ' been directed of these binds, except that, the bounty" ' , win ior uuiiuiiig iron, vv.orss, nas Decn exieniusi te that country,' and tW traota 'of tlrree thonscrid aerei each have bOett grunted under that Law. Jio reason is-perceived. fyr louger delay in the sale o. these unsurveyed lands, and it is therefore BitggcsL. ed, that they be either sold at auction for-wish," o"; subjeetod-to entry and grant at some fixed rate pee' acre. The Connty ofCbwrkenow parn lHhd tns of but fx fe w dollars, there being but a iniall quarfti ty of patented kiid.. exclusive, of tjuvlina Works, grunts within it. The increase, tlierefdrp, of the re venue, the necessity of having Tree holders for Ju rors, and other set-vices under tho Government, tho policy of fixing the population,, and inducing then to improve-the country, all unite in favor of placing those remaining binds in the possession of citizens, who shall be prnprictwrin fee, ut a fair rate of puri chase. ,, .. - , . ... Such infornuitisrf fn rnspect to the Penitentiary system, as it was in my powor to procure, was pub-, lished id the Newspaper of the .State, previous to the. late election, in accordance' with the Acton thao snbjcct, of tho kst Legislature. As the decision of the popular vote is undei-atood to have Wen ngainst the cstablishiuent of such an- Institution' here, it .i deemed uiuieccssiu-y to lay before von, the plans .of4 buildings for sifc-h prisons, that have been obtained from other States. . - at The prjssent requireuient of Lav, that tho Au-. tmnn Terms of the Superior Co irto in the lower section of the State, shall be held at ft season, when sickness generally -prevails in that region, is agrlev anee wluch has been long acknowlrdgecLJaiit liitkeita no remedy has been provided. , It ia hoped, that your present session may number among other' acts 6f public beneficence, a charge so obviously Just and fteedful. Not only are the lives, health, and com fort of the Judges, deaply concerned in the measure, but the suitors, witnesses, and jurors, being also sub ject to the diseases of the climate and season, the nd ministmtirm of justice is hnpeilcd And dchiyedjfor want' of this falatary alteration. ' 1 : Ji f In conjunction with this, it Is oonvmcndeU t your enquiry whether all jurisdiction of Picas in tho County Courts may not be. with, advantage abolieh ed, and those Courts be' permitted to -remain1 on y for pjurposes of Probate and County Police, with, a session of lmt.n single day in ench Atoath. ' By snb Ktituting for the present system of , County snd Su perior Com-bywith six terms in tliayear, time terms only of tTup Superior Court held by JadgS lonrneir In tho law, an arrnngement would be invoduceil far less expensive to the public, and tile parties in legal controversies; while greater despatch "and correct ness would be attained in the administration of the law. Such a change would require some addition to the present number of udges, to whora eabu iis Biust needs bo paid, but this would ba incon jiderahle, com pared to the payments now made to Jurors and Jus tices attending four Courts a year in the various Counties, to say nothing of the time spared to all con cernod,and tho less accumulation of costs on tlie losing parties from greater expedition in the termination of causes. If all Law suits coaldr bo end oil in one, or at most, two yours from their commenricmcnt, instead of being, as they often arc, transmitted from father to son, loaded with costs fur exceeding tho valuoof the original subject of contest, it would bo a reform of the greatest importance. Tho snt.-i.il niuiuwr of causes on most of the dockets, makes the- preseut a favorable period" Or the introduction of this system, which has been adopted ami highly appnved iflirr trial, in other States of the Union. By a resolution of the Oenoral Asscmblv In lS If, all persons holding the iiEiec of Justice of the Peace at tho-close of that'Session. who had not been be fore supplied, were directed tube furnished with a copy of the 1st volume of tho Revised. Statutes. 1 regretted to learn, that by tho occurrence of an ex tensive tire in the town of Fcvettcville. in June 1845, eighty-one copies of that work, which hail been sen; there for salo as the property of tho State, were con sumed. - And no others remaining at the disposal uf the Executive;. I have been unable to furnish copies to sundry applicants under the Resolution. As tho only edition of this book that lias crer Seen pub lished, is now exhausted, and the County officers i:i several new Counties bave no-becn supplied, be sides the demand for Justices of the Peace, a new edition seems to be reqniKil There having now been added to this cislc the cnaetmeutt of ten more years, and defects having been discovered in the original, it is suggested that a: Geinfiiiasioner be ap pointed to arrango inc aatienua nnuer me appropri ate beads in the body of the workY'vir to re-cast Vtiir chapters to which uincndiitttit&havo boon made ; and propose-to the next LegUUture any correction of in accuracies or defects, to the'eud that our Statu'-; Law fnHy'bTTeTidere.d as brief, simple and intelliii ble as possible. ' '"""'' "" ''" i? The Commissioners of the Literary Fund will submit their report, ef operations for tlio lust two year It will ba peroeiveel that the, amount of monies on ham tft individuals.' undcf the control of this Board, haaioen s)Bicwhat reduced, In conse quence of collections of principal which) have beea lent to the Public Treasurer asdircoted bv the Gen eral Assembly. . A School for the education of p" persons, who may he Deaf arid Dumb, haS tieen es tablished bytbwBon.nl IrttkrKlity of Raleigh-- advantages of which are also open td pupils who amy be able td pay at reasonable charges, ..twgnty Staw beneiaries and two paying Scholars are now in struoteil in this institution. And will drmbtlria be an airreenble Dart of vour duty, to ettmine tin' progress made by -these childien of misfortune ;n I i.F- e.,,i A,l.,otli, ns -well ns iu sol.--'! of the nseful nrts,:A like schoul for the blind to- been In contemplation by the Hoard, and was at"" I time resolved upon, But for want of information . :.T I to the nuriilief. resadence and situation in life of tn. I - J. ,! . ntter- I Class or artlictca persons, ine lewneas ui "-- countered in, ". tauploying. a-teacher. having ft11 qualifications' needed' f0. begin sucli an entnr . and conduct M te a tmccessful Issue, have oceasionp a postponement of that work of. benevolence for present there has ruriuoeuiikii'iv v- , c- iL. n a-. Ar f run inn dcowa September 1st,-1' information has been reoet ved of the adoptien of I common iHuwi cj". - , . late' election in' thtf Counties of kdgecomb a.-1 . U. S.IMnrama krav VWMfiw OW tO ' I arolAn f,V till, TW,T,lll!ir VOtO ai lA I extended to every County in the Stata i, It w'i bo gratifying to uu? tij,be able to announce to yl that these advantages were now conimeusurate - the ttunrfiretlCrJ ' of the LegisTature, in 'provWI iBI9 lUIHIe tUM titiC fipwiatWUI " jw. 7 - ha raumr vsnaravtiqll. is apprehended however, that much loss g -ivmi & n c . I . . i i. l V. ,!... h,.u.l, lnsa (rood IS 1 I M. thi aetnnl oneration I Of tl 'ZXxltt yet, from tho gstw - oL. fotMy, Al . - w 11 envuiu id IK1VC1 LMiini. a,llHI LI 11 TUTrPnkeMkasi 9 en n; of hii it sti jCe TV1 Wi It th eh is tit Jn of be as ha Ri fi W Co fn on; ."r mc ,tna 'int J" tut to ' 1st loo th nit dip ClU; per riti adi: vo tryi as i ir. o - en Will in .u of -T3o for 'fe oft 4 ifi our de.1 givi the the ri 1 - e.v' ' ' : " - ': :4ii - --;&
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Nov. 20, 1846, edition 1
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