The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-10-22

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he ereln e he ss.ls. rh.i Ibis uiI le elezEsd
up. LEI - hzss al he f.clz We si<h 10 kss~
The eziens q HE r.reh.
But ~hssesrf blsms may he cast upon tLe
Governor fsr his seiisn. 90 ralher want o sc;son.
IN reference 10 The hlsck a marble snd the Geo
logical Surveys. be Is deseminss 10 ssess rI<sf q
csnsune. II possible. in he matter u appointing
q superintendent Soc The impssssm<at Of Tar
River. The Standard ssys:
= Az this appointment il Of ssrsi inpodznce
10 that seciion u the STATE moe Immediately ss-
terss,ed ia this wofk. We brIiese the Governor
viii rndcasor 10 consult the inserrsss and wishes
ofEhe people on the lime of me Improvement. Il
Is, therefore. hoped lhzt these Interested will. nj
an esry day, unite in recommending soase gen
demsp for The appointment, who III Errform lhe
duties faithfully and satisfactorily"
10 may he very prudent in the Governor thus
10 eeasuii The : wishes Of The people" in The sp-
Posniment ofihis officer. siler the iale ablow up
q Fsyeiiesiils in consequence Of the action Of
his proxy" in the meeting % The stockholders
Of The Fayetteville and Western Plank Road
eomPsny. Bot il strikes US that lie Governor is
ing The IsinepIe 10 an exircme in Il i case.
The Iaw has made il hs duty 10 select the com
missioner; bat, rs IL afraid 10 take The response
billy, he proposes 10 submit the secciion, not To
the people, Cor they viii have no opportunity Of
acting, but 10 individuals on the line. We are
not sure but - The people on the line" would
make The better seIeriion hot nevertheless il
aPpeais IA us that the Governors position gives
him supedar opportunities Of SECURING The ne
ee-sry information, and that il would be no more
than becoming 10 assume the responsibility which
the law has imposed upon him.
III. following Is the article fromihs Whining.
tn n. raid. 10 which we have reicrrcd:
THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
In another column will be found the
action Of Governor Reid, with regard
to the Geological Survey Of this State,
The business to be performed was mosi
important to her interest, and Of course
il should have been entrusted to al. en-
tirely competent hand. We have eve,
nv reason to conclude that the appoin,
tee, Mr.. Emmons, is well qualified foI
the various duties of the responsible Of.
fee he has received, and it is not Out
intention or desire to intimate doub
to the contrary. He will doubtless dis
charge the service to the States ant
his own advantage. But what we dis
like about the business is the fact tina
we are to be indebted to an outside
for survey of our own State, tina
North Carolina through her broad do
main could not produce one man VIII
had sense enough and leisure enough I,
perform the work. Is not this humi
Iiating confession, and are we to be for
ever dependant upon other States 70
the development Of our resources, an
the performance Of every odd JOHN tn
gift of our people. Must we send a
broad constantly for teachers for on
schools, engineers for our Roads, opera
tives to work our mines, mechanics I
build our houses, scientific men to sur
vey our rich possessions? We suppos
Gov. Reid acted for the general wei
fare of the State, and made judiciou
selection he was bound to do so. w
observe in the Standards article tina
the delay in the appointmentwas causes
by the Governors anxious desire to con
fer it upon some citizen of the State
but the services Of suitable persol
could not be obtained. May we inquir
to whom was the appointment rendered
to one or more, and their namesf i
may be that too much was taken 70
granted, and that full search was no
made. Perhaps a competent persol
might have been found. We observe,
in the Standard recently, notice wit
\ regard to the Lincoln block Of marble
in which the Editor stated that tn
Governor would have sent ON the blocI
to the Washington Monument Ion,
since, but delayed doing so in the hop
that he would be able to find som
North Carolina artist who would Gu
the States arms and inscription upon il
but that he could find no competen
person for this task, and the bloc
was accordingly sent on to Washing
ton to be prepared there. Well, al
this while there was citizen in Wi.
mington, true not native Of the State
but he had made it his home, who wa
skilful enough to perform the servic
required, who had had large experienc
in the marble yards Of Philadelphia
and was expert at this trade, and h
would doubtless have been pleased I
execute the work. At all events h
was capable, as the specimens Of his Il
Dor show, and he is now engaged ]
. the preparation Of block with artist
!. designs for the ITALIAN Association I
: this place.. and destined for the sam
locality. We only mention this b
! way Of illustration, and not in a spir
i of cantiousness ar fault-tinding. III II