The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-03-07

~ AMAAAAA ~ o~s - sEHNAAAAS ~ - N-Na
representatives.. IN part. IN she last Gene
ri Assembly. Il noa heeumrs our dniy. /
and we esleeR IL prisi'ege. - render -
ron an account ri nuF sizes ardship We
are sorry that Inc limits Of cirrnlsr all /
mt allow ~ ~ nrnlioa onis the moss
impatient measures. aml,tlng every thing
ii private or local character.
There were isiTiy-sighi public arts and
fliy-tw0 private acts passed. and thirty
sesen resniulians. Daniel w. Courts was
elected Treasures; wili,am It'll. Seers-
iary 81 State; and Wllllrm r. cnlllns.
| comptroller. The caunssllors OF State
are III 81 the federal party.
THE message nf his Exeelleaey the
Governor was delivered 10 she General
Assembly snan after u nei, lie recon-
mensls bank 10 be established. with =
capital ri ten mIllloas. and all carts 81 ex-
.rsvaganrr. II The Legislature had un-
derlskrn n carry 0Hl all his reenmmen-
dslinns. before they were completed The
state H,usI have GRATED drbl 81 mare
than IGeniy mIliians of dallars; bat be IL
said 10 the credit 81 his own party. they
would not GO IL. lie seems tn have fur
got what he said whea first elected. thai
/ he was tie Governor Of the state. and not
Of q parry: whereas yau have seen his
last message 10 tillei with abuse Of the
parry opposed IN him IN polilies, aud GER
tzinly one OF the mast exrayagAnI and
high-Ioaed federal documents ever delI-
sered 10 any state in free government.
II would have better graced Hartford
/ Convention. than a legislative assembly
in a republican slate. We hope every
man in the state will take pans To see il
and read it lur themselves. Ills Excel.
lenc,'s inaugural address may with pro.
prieiy be styled display Of federal swsg'
gering folly. and abuse nf the republican
party, and surely il is unworthy the Chic
/ Magistrate cf any free state. .s
We regret to be compelled. in the FRS
place. t. sia'e. that but lille has beer
dane calculated to beneiil the people &C.
nerally. except the law respecting Com
mon Schools. whirh is certainly a sub
jert of the greatest importance, AMI de
: serving the most careful and serIous con
: siIersIian If all Who have al heart ih,
; good Of society or the prosperity Of on
beloved country. THIS subject was re
ferrrd 10 the committee IN education a
an early day 81 the session, hut was nn
repaired upon until near the close al tn
1 session. owing. as the c0mmiIire stated
Ia the great difficulties Of the subject ant
want ri the necessary mlarmatInn. W.
= had begun To fear that the subject Tou!'
be given the ga by. and had artuaIly pre-
e pared bill on the su'jecl ourselves; bu
A before 1t vas Iu:r daced The commute
j. reported bill. which passed the Senate
hut VA. amended IN the Go hmons b.
. striking nut all al,et The rnscung clause
II aud inserting in lieu thereof bill prrpar
n ell hy gentlemen ol that hnuse. which. a
/. lhnugh not entirely free from objection
we believed was preferable To both III
commiuee's bill aud the one finally pas,
II ell. The Senate. however, would NJ
e agree l., the amendment. Ii was just ;
" the close ol the sessiun. and \ cnnirrenc
r. comnItee III both houses produced IN
bull which became a law. We all sur
ported il as the best we cnuifNdo.
e was tha, or none Although we did NJ
approve &c iis details, We knew begir
Mug must be made, and We were unwi
,e ling tn separate without doing sone,hin
10 toward the accomplishment "i so desir;
1 bile IN object as that nf common school.
/. II will be- a subject Tor the delIberaton I
nf| the next Legislature. when there will b
n. more time aud more light on the subjec
and the sense Of the people will BE- be
Ter understood.
II The Literary Fand at present consis
Fl Of l. 020. 200 dallars IN stack Of the Ban
!. al the State and oi The Bank nf Cape Fea
m 1000 dollars in the Roanoke Navy
n. inu Company; 32.5o0 dollars in the Cay
p, Fear Navigation Company: 100000 d"
\. lars in the Wilmington and RaleIgh IA
ID Road Company; and 81 800 dollars cas-
in the Treasury; making the SUN OF ]
= 732.4 dollars. The bank stock
worth the amour, subscribed, and yIelt
y a good profit; the Roanoke and Cas
al Fear Navigation s,nrks are not worth la
Il the amount subscribed. aud conseqaea;l
ID yields not mare Than iva or three p'
a, cent. his ditii,nitta esiim ltn the val,
ls Of the Rail Road stock nll The road
lie completed. To these may be addt
10 $500 dollars. the tax on retailers of 50
i ri,uaus liquors; 900 dollars. the tax q
:" auc,ioneers; and abou, 5000 dollars r."
at entries Of vacant lands. There are soT
re other sources which may yield an 'ne"n
1t to this fund. but they are not TO be relit
N upon. II is estimated that the annual u
- come of this fund is now about 1900
dollars, aud that in two years from th
time il will be about $1,000 dollars.
the state was laid or IN schnol dIstr;c
,e six miles square. the fund would furn''
AZ fran 100 To l25 dollars TO each dIs,ri
To bv the wear 1910, without taking az