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I r , i -1 4 -i. j"- -) DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURE LITEBATURE, MORA LtTY, idlJXCX NEWS, POLITIC S, AND , AafUSfeUfiXT. i - VOL. I V. SALEM, N. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY ' IS37 NOo3. S S "SA 5f MMmk . . -( - r 1 1 1) J TTH T 1 -.. 20 r - What a capital' thing it would be in these pom. plaining, hard times, to be blessed within wife gifted ke'the ladv mentioned in the folio wi'nj Jibes' :Tj - . Willi POWERS OF HUSIC.M :V : Touch, touch once mere' those keys of bone, t And let me hear those strains again ; : . ,-r Though. Rotes' of hand, "unlike my own, " They give more pleasure far than pam.' f "';'".: Now wit i those strings, 1 pray my dear) - ' Unite that silver voice of thine t 5. . " For silver sounds still please my ear Though L.cancall no sxlver mine. f ; - m , - V - Music, the poet tells us, can CJ iviase poii ure nmtv rocks with U I wish my creators, deaf Ann. f ? Vere-jiresent when you tuch the keys. 'Thy 'nota should liquidate each! b!ll,r K. ": SuChWer XVOid have ihv. n,P tti nrr trn"ln. Vat oi-'l,Lu - - ': el? y aHin.).- ;t by tour ca :rrvic bound, r Losdrt;d sbnld be my 6okZ$ of dcbt.V " V- And listjenintf t you r change of sound, v Duns) snoiiid tneir sounding cMitge -target.' '"L'fnle of bin, .aad tprifiPtinies of ivcrr. , ' we? pasted bu t;ie Ltf 11211 u re o daroiinixy ct tc session 6f lfi'S'o-7. PUBLIC ACTS.1 An act to roewve. the proportion ef 'the , sur f. plus reyenut to wluen the: btate ot ''ulin rTmi to which tliS' Statft of .'"North". fjarfilina 15 (nliii'aunilf rithf? act of ContTrdsa to rfThate ' . . .rr. li i 1 1 ii..t tl received tis tersna -pppa. 1- . 1 . . ' . . in the' ""StVf Coilgress, arid Gpositcd fo - .1 1 1. . . r 1. n cn safe keeping in tne present uuuks -yi iuu uwiu. -;" "s 2. 'Concerning -corporate bodies : - Provides that thirty years shall be t charters, hot specifically-designated in this State. ;e linuta of aU . Charters ; to foe torfeited, v;hen the . corporauaq o notTau themselves of the franchise m two year5. : 5. Allowing puh!iaofhccj5jbrtliqir deputies, to ; .aflinimsTer oair.s in certain uciNus. ' 4. To amenx! an act, , "to establish a department fjr adjusting and liquidating the public accounts' of this State, and for appointing a"CbjnptroHer, and ;""Ai? other purposes. Provides for the biennial e lection of (Comptroller, and ; continuing the-term of late CouiDtroller until! the' first Jan- : uary, 1837i '""." . -'"-'-'v"t"w"" p. - 1 - 1 -. to 1 direct their 5; To authorise courts ot equi clerks and masters to execute titieVjipr'aiy property ' under JgcQaJ'i .i.(P.?ur'4--j L4 " if1liico"rooratin2 the Eden ton and NorfoS k Rail aa VyQmpany. - 7. Establishing Davie county. . Lfects a new ountv out of a part of Rowan, to bb called Davie.. 8. incorporating ttse yencrai ,u mtigfauu hw.- facturin" Association. Luapltal! ,lcUU noJ'ars. 9. Fixing the tieie for perfecting; titles to land ieretofore entered land paid for. ; ; . ; lOl Concerning the.Sup,er:r Courts for jthe, coun theprovisiona of the acts of 1830 indll li lor three years. . : - ir ' .. 11. To amena an aci 01 no:, u itne. m.ore inii- r comnesci Yancv, Buncombe Rutherford and BurKe; thd sixth district to be composed of the couuji ies of Cabarrus, Mecklenburg," Lincoln, Iredell,1 Rowan ; 4 .' J Wilkes and Ashe.: Also, tixes tnc, salary of Supe- Lforoiiand'- convenient adciinistration! pfiutiee lb thls State. 1 Estabiisl!e8the-7th! udfoiat .-jdistrict, the counties of Macori. Haywood, 1 Srior GourtJsdges at 1,930, su uecti to a deduc rion of S100 ior every coun mcy to attend. "'V. ! 12. Concerning brokers. Imposes tus of : iwentV'five doilarson brokersi ; " '13.; Author isihg county courts i.!iinr?irv linra hptween counties. tc settle disputed ;( Explains itself.) - UJU J T - i I st KiYnnretin'? countv courts 0 CJiaMre nanies. 15. Ck)ncernTng. the public println Abolishes the otlice, of public printer, and pro vides that the Secretary tf Stata shl let lout the printing, the Acts for the Session, j ajnd th Jour nals, each' separately, to tho lowes.t bidder ; and "fehall, when printed, employ a prsoti to distribute the acts and juurnals. - . V . , "tJ 'Vri lijr tho limp rf r II tiA 1 nr tAfi Inn in In frrtimties of Halifax, Northampton and Nash. f Provides that the election .shall b held oa the ft (: , 2meidv, in each county; viz : the ;t1rst Friday, iu August 17. To amend the charter of Capo iTear. Yadkin . ini Pcdee Rail Road Company, CijaDgei the ti ill - i ' 1 : -bi I:;-: A - sJ . '. it . j ' : , " " tie td that of Fayetteville and Western, -Rail Road Company ; makes the capital $2,000,000, and au tiicrtses the -construction of a road Irom Fav'Tttcville above the farrows of the Yadkin, with two branch es from the;iC3, onr to AVitkesborouh, and:tiie o ther to intersect the Cincinnati and Charleston road.-. -' ' f .. '18. To aiiiend an act, .entitled ' an. act authorising the enjlerihg: of 'the'- uiUurv'ycd buds ucquirtd h r treaty froqi.4ths Cherokees, in - the years: 1617 .nd 1619, iu the cotnitio of IIavwoor and Macon. Prolnbits the entry of hv . alhitteil'tti Iiijlian? It). To'jjrriend au act to incorporate the'Frankliu. Turnpike Company. 5 Providca for the further ex tensiofi ef the'roal. : ! ' . 20. To- lay ofTand construct a t oad from the, town of Franklin, in Macon county, across the Nantahala Mountain, to Valley River,! and thenco to the Geor gia line.VAppropriates riiineUhousa'njd dollars' lor the work ; ; and Governor to appoint a cammiiaiouer to locate and lay off the roaiJ, who shall have'' $3 per a.y- -. v! :,i ' : 'Srr:t'--': . . 21. To amend the several acta of the General As sembly, prescribing the timb to pay for entries of land in this Sfate. Extends the' time, of payment .011 moneys titie Dec. 151627; for entries for 1633; 1834 'and l$b, to'Dec. 15, 1838. S2. Dcclariiii: that the shares of stock in incor- f orate ed companies, shall beT deemed and taken . as personal estate. " '--'."; C r ' 1 23. To arcstid the charter of the Portsmouth and Roauoko Rail Road Company. , ' To ainsnd th j chartet of tha Louisyille, Cin cinnati and Charleston Ruil jRoad'Coiiipany. '20r A ;i II, granting hanking privileges to the stockholders' 1 'the Lnui-ville, Cincinnati and Char leston Rail Mo id Coiiip.my, with a capital, of $1,- o)0,oo-k- . ' i-. ,..; .'':V, v : ! 2t. Empowering the '.Halifax and Weldon Rail Road Company, to siba-cribe their stock to the Wi!inifigl'n -and Raleigh Rail Road Company. (27. I'rwviding fr the draining of :Mattai.us!:cot Lake. Appropriates I 8 tlmusind doljars for that purpose. . x- r ' 2.' A bill, making an apjroprialioa for carrying on and completing the capit ! of.the State. . .. - 29, An act to increase the; capital -stock tf the ilalifaxeand Weldoi Rail Reid ipompany. . . 30. Ar act to o;eni fruids on ihe Cherokee liiciians resujing in tnrs btatf2. 1 lh An act for the redemption of script. -. i- 22. An act to aid the -.Infernal Improvement C this Stat.?. Provides, that besides the'fuhds here tofore; sot apart' for Internal Improvement, there sbajil be added and appropriated for that purpose,all the snrpius revenue receiveci bv'this State from the Treasury. f the United States, ubderhe late act of Congress. to 'regulate the depositee of the public money, after deducting the sum. -of three hundred thousand'dollar3, wiiich is to be. devoted - to the re detfiivtiou of the public rieljfs of the State ; the sum of three hundred thousand .1 ollars, which is to ' be paid for stock suhscrib'Al !m the Bunk of Cape I tar, and the portio which is to be' added to the Liter ary. Fund, and lo be a;vp!todjto draining the swasiip lands, according to tiu; proviisiefns of- sundry acts jot tiie pres mt Coiicral ; Assembly ; 'and provices tor .1. .1 . 1 .:' . d I . . C . U lucr tor -uoss--riiJiuii uvu-muis oii mc stk of the -; . . . . 1 . iV'e-Se ville and .Western Road, and tke. VViiraington nod Ral-rfeh Road. A bill, to amend an fict, entitled an act con- ccrniiig the eltction of Governor and" tuembers ;of the Genera! .Assembly." V - ; XL A bill to drain the ewnp lands of this State-," and tq'creatd.'a fund for. c.ornuion schools. Appro priates two hundred thous- uid do1a?s. 'V ' I J I- 35. A bi'i.io provide lor toe lederrmtion'i ot the scrn L-sued l)v te otate. u M. i- jlic ft ri the ucjj)- era! i '. r.i h "s'sil-in th vtaj- 183r; aiid eiiti- t!. dUu 'inenls l td pro xri'for th pay fi! ut of the i;.tal- n thd .!uir. s reserved 4o tne.;State iu the capital fctocl of the Bank of the State of Nortl: Car- 36. A bi" to amend an tmt. erititled an set to aid imeuian Ira; movements in t us relate, passcu : ai me present ion. rProvid-B ibaf 100.000 dollars friin the '''mi set r.part' t ifife raicTact to aid lu- errid I.BVJvf einents, s?.a!l be tviropriated for de fiiyir.g , th civil f.Uvl coutjngent expenses, of tlie Government j ' i - , j i t '1371V A hili to alter theitiine of hold nf P!;e nrtit 0iM rtrr S'-irosi nf tbf r-"filirl V ( L'm. well. 35. A,bi! concerning nrir.tiiig of the Re vis copies led Code. Authorizes the nrn:tni!i ot ovMJB conie tof the first v blume-and 1C0U of the second volume. I TRIVATE acts.: 1. Making compensation! to the jarors of. Ashe county. 2.i$upptemental to an act of the present session , to lav on thd county f Davie. 3. Incorporating ihe Mtltpn Manufacturing Com pany.; - 'i -V ; ' ) : k' j - - -''.j . ' 4. Emancipating Henry, Fanny and Joany the slavcs and children of Miles Howard. ; 5. Restricting the term of Cumberland Court to one week. If , Superior 6To emancipate Isaac, a shve. "0f ' .' t1 ..7. Incorporating the Salem Manufacturing Cora R. For thcreiiefof John TimsonVa native Cher okee Indian, and faimhr. .. Grants tliei them the. privi- ifges of citizenship. . I 9. Tj authorize E. Pfittigrevr to build a bridge across Scuppefncvi Riter. ; ?' '. I ?;'.,-- 10. j o rcjnjjotfe the coimtv courts orAsheV i 1 1. incorporating the Rpck Fish MantfacturiiTg Company. , "1 4. ' '' '' -;-:? 2. fiCoqior3 ting the town of GrensboroughJ 13. -. ( J6vN.-; n rf-the courii ..tf Dala " V;X-- 1 4. Ti ii,:? ar act of I6'3m, foi (ha betterad. ministrai6n of jubtice in ihe county of Hayvvood.. j 13. 1 o cliauge the site of the coiirt house and j,ul of Hyde. : L t 16. To incorporate the town ol Rolesville. 17. A- bill to incorporate the Caldwell ilnstitute, in. the fawn of pttensborough. ' .' - J kJS. A bih lojtuthfrise' W. L. Blount and otMrs tio erect' a 'bridge, across Great Contectnev, near V ashiantoi s l crrv on said creek. 19. A'-bill lor the 'better regulation of the town of Fayeltevi:!. r " ; RESOLUTIONS 1. Tn f.ivor ef Larkin Cox and Tihnan-Vstal. o o. 4.- In faTor cf Simon Smithwick. . .'; Directiur tiie buniiig of treasury notes, la favor of Turner &-Ifughes. j. -In favr of Win. JD Alexander. ! ; - 0. Authorising the Governor to draw fer the pay- '.nent of expenses of Cherokee land sul.es, in favor Jam . 1 1 arte. ' :. 7. Authorising the Public Treasurer to receive theVirciiase montjy of the late sales , of the ,Chero- kro lauds. -' I 3. In-fivor of Samuel S. Gedney . ! tX In favor of James Hart. 10. In fivor of Mary Sloan. 11. In f.tvor ef John IL Hill. 2. -In lavor iif Roanoke Navigation Company. 13. l.i favor ot Jwlm Miller. I ! 14. Dirt'cting"the Public Treasurer t' receive in ffvtnent for Ciierokcc lands, certain netes of tbe banks of Viriiinin, Georgia and South Carolina.' 15. la favor of James C. Turrentine. 1 ' Ifi. ConceruinMhe ofnee of Public Treasurer. wirtgGcn. Patterson in the office . until the .'3 session m mis ijeirisiotorc i To authorise tlie Secretary of Slate to deliver oyer fb persons entitled to them, old military land w-aYfdftts,, on which no grants! have been issued. 18. re. 39. 20. 21. do In favoi of the heirs at law of James M'ln- In favor of Tiliam Merry. In favor of Green Hi!!. In favrtr of Edward. Stanlv. Authorising the Governor to make provision for receiving the public revenue. . In favor ol George ilebver. ,. In favor cl Daniel Rayncr. In fuvor of Geo. Williamson. t In favor of William Tompson. :: ; In favor of heirs of Fijiiey M'Donald.. In favor of the legal iltepresentatives of the V. Idte.G ror2e . ivlontnoinery, U9, In faveof Sa:huel F. Pstterson. A rejoin Uoril'iii Airor of tne public treasurer. o L' A resul ut ion ifr favor of the door-keeper 3 o .-4 A resolution1! n favor of the late Governor. Co. A" resolution in favor of Leander Truitt. -9 34.rA resoltitiun i'i favor bi Juhn and Thomas v ehb. ! : . . 35. A resolution concerning -the postage of the soakers of the two Houses, j ' C . j! ' 35. A resolution, instruciing the r President and Oip.-ctiGTs of the Literary Fund, to digest a plan for eoninv-inVfihools, and report -the same to the next U e-Oerai A';sen.;d v. I U i V .'Villl'l I 1 j 7. A resoltitiuU concerning contingei Appropria; ing 650C0 i to the. rej nt expenses. repairs of the r ri me n t H ) use, and Jot . ; i ; Co A resolution relative to the Journals oft he Kention. i : The Tjeis-d Si u lutes', divided into 114 acts, em bracing the following subjects, were also passed du ring the session, with sundry amendments : j B.)ok debts, entries and grants, wrecks, militia, phbiic documents, cleetiohs of members of Congress, basUard children, divorce and alimdny, attormes at law, consiab' s, poor, bail in civil Cases', executors arid administrators, coroners; comptroller, quaran tine, religious societies, evidence" in certain cases, j abatement; inters, Secretary of Statef mad dogs, wills, and testaments, pensions, usury, electors of President and: Yice Presidk-ij-, replevin, hunting, curreiiey, draining of low lshds, notarifs corpora-j tious, internal imfnoverr.tnt, partition f real and pcrsouil e.taieSj pilots and cohii'ss;oners-of Naviga tion', 'Attorney 'general and Solicitors, strays! idiots and lu.ia;ics weights , and n.czsurcs, attachlments, rmnes, fencesjdescents, patrol, legacies,, iliial por tions &c.ycntte, horses and hogs, seamen, repeal of statutes, tawns, slander cf women, charities, Uni versity, vice arid immorality, official bonds, appren- ttces,, otths, Uevernor and L-ouncil, rivers and kg, lulls and millers, guvdiaa and ward, iaiol ' ' " It- tilt ' ".-.: ; ':, - ' - . it,- -v- " vent debtors, Supreme Courts, Qotirt of Equity, jqs . tsces of the peace, commissioners of affidavits, (air common law,siUrits andi feoJicer, burning jf wood, seat jf rovetninent' and .public buUJiDzs, k- suivty mm piiucipi, merary. iisaa , couuiy iruster, i iz "-a - ; r bills, bonds a.nd ! promisory no,Iaadsof deccaWi" r '! ' ebfeis, ;aucuptif d ?auctibiecrcUftsof lha 5 .V ; county and supeiior"couhs.deeds ani converancc?. I v i .'J. & i flic Hffsj Ji oUatioii, weste, gainingi contracts, -po-. . cessionmgf couaiy anu superior court register, tnc- ; iriyjn t lie; hands irf clesr'an') sheriiF, coah iot:sc, prisons and stock?, c'etMs End rnastrrj in equity, rjirriage, priscntfs, '..frauds and fraudulent c?wiyV inces, estate?, crirnca nd punishmearjVexot'0! and execution sales, appealaj Ac?., General Vm- bly , road, fences and bridges, slaves and frceperf ns of color,-fore i tie entry and detainer, quo war ranto and mandamus, b-nk notes, amendments, widow?, boats and canoes, public armpj, criminal pro- ccedings, habeas corpus, inspections, overseers, . jcoonty revenue and charges, Providing that the x inagistrate.to take the list Tof t3xab!e property in f bach capialin's d istrict,- sball have a ssociated "with.., Mm two 'freeholders,, who shall assess tho value of all lands given in, subject to aa appeal to a board ol commissioners created by, the county cotfrt. J F-j " ' ' 1 " " ' " '-J--' Uctcrred JKri icless ; CHEROKEES. j Gr.v. Wool has returned from Valley river, aW we understand will leave to llay for the Chtrokeo Agency, on his way to New EeXota. 1" lie informs us that the North Carolina Indians are untriimous ly opposed to the treaty and there is, at leat a pro bability that they will hivo to be, forced from tho country. One of their Chiefs appliedito the Gene ral to have their arms returned to the in, but bein Inf rmed thit their arms could only; be returned, upon their agreeing to. submit to thc treaty they re. fused to take them upon that condition." Th dis contented Indians in other parts of the nation aro moving into North Carolina, and it is doubtful who ther they will leave there -icaceabiy. They have always refused to receive rations from'he govern ment this, portion of them. There is, however rio present danger of hostilities, and perhaps no ac tual resistance to the treaty will be made, but never thelessit is, very probable the Indians of NorlbCar oliii Will hive tu bs fcrccJ c(Tl , Xcrmessch Journal. ' It is stated that Santa Anns, while in Luisvillo was;struck by a stone flung at him by a manVf tho name of Morrison, who has brother in Texas. v- - I y '- ''! . x " v The New York Board of Trade has adopted & memorial to Cengrcss in favor ofa new bank of tha United States. The total number of deaths in the citr of Nef York during the Vear 18'3G was S00&; of which 1514 were by Consumption. V .'.;' .' Spain. A late arrival from Spain Brings intelli gence of a signal triumph; of the queens arniy over that ot Uen. Gomez, which was, totally dispersed. - t -. " , " "-' f - A bold Experiment. We learn by.A the Colambus (Geo.) paper?, that the Insurance Rarfk of that town has sold out to the United Stales Bank chartered , by the Slate of Pennsylvania that the capital is in creased to $G00,OCO, and that branches are "U be es- . tablished at Macon, Augusta and Savannah. The. premitim paid to the stockholders is said to ber 100,000. T i V ; ' j Ji is stated, on the authority ef the Hempstoad. Inquirer, whose vicinity to the scene of the recent dreadful shipwrecks, peaces him in a position to know, that the actual number drowned on board tho Mexico has been underrated, and thst this shocking destruction of human: life probably amounted, ihcul- dmg children, to one hundred and forty souls ! A. i . Star. General Read o riori;?a, tbinkc 'a.bodof tha Semmoles have takj;! a refuge in Jlemoesassa. or the . fepper country soutt ot the Witblacoochee. Their smokes bae tn seen. . ; . Cochran, has mado another successful exhibition of his many-chamucred riCe, on Monday, before the m.enibeas of Congress, Scc. who were all highly grat ified. , - .;. ' '.'.' '''' ' "-t 4. '"'.'..'".'. ) The Supremo Conrt. of th Vnitpd States com menced its' session at Wa3hinJon, on Monday. Ali were present but Judge Aiayise who wu ex peeled in a few days. r v ' ' " .' '!' '' - ;' ' , . ' ' ., - Counterfeit ibexicaa Dollar a re made tbiir ap pearance in the District of CkIuinbia. ? Oae hundred gallons of soup aie daily given away at Alexandria, D. CJ to thepoor, suppljing about ; 400 persons. The United States shiotf the line. North Car- Una, fcas goae tt get lroai Korfjplki .far the FiciEcl art.- V t ft t S' 5. i - - 2 it .t ' : 4 , r . i i- " , W M - - i ! r 1 "' i".. ft
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