North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-02-08

nation assessed by said Board of Auditors. Why
this discrimination between purchasers!
In my judgment it is the true policy of the State
moi to Cypress any of her citizens. Estab-
fish, then, new Board OF Auditors, who shall assess
the fair cash valuation of the res ldue of the lands
and allow all purchasers to retain them at that Vaua
tionand be relieved of the excess.
By this course YOU will secure The speedy settle
of this protracted Indebtedness and long vexed
subject; grant relief an oppressed but Patrotic
people, and attach good citizens to The STATE "e
by the contrary eXacling process, ruin many ana
compel Others in order to something from the
general wreck, abandon their homes, to quiI the
State, and leave nothing at last for the SATISFACTION Oh
their Indebtedness but the Intrinsic Vaice OF '7 do
itself. .
commend this subject to the generous and eqult-
able consideration of the Legislature
Gov Reid has followed this Recommendation of his
predecessor by making similar lecolhchehuauon.
The amendments offered by the Senator from burke
which have been voted down, IT adopted would only
have defeated the relief bill, but the amendment now
offered by the Senator from Rutherford, If adopted,
will not only defeat the relief bill, but prevent the
construction of any portion of the Western Turnpike.
The amendment proposes the repeal of the act OF
last session which authorizes the construction OF that
road and transfers back the Treasury all the Cher
okee bonds and lands pledged for that use to pay
debts created for the purpose of constructing improve
ments in other portions of the State. and as an argu-
against the bill and in favor of his amendment,
he has informed the Senate " that the lands in Chero-
kee worth every collar they sold for and that the
Western Turnpike is a great humGug.'' AS proof
that the Senator is not very good Judge OF the val
ne of land, or mistaken in the value of lands in the
county of Cherokee, upwards of thirty tracts which
were valued by the Board of Commissioners for less
than half of what was due for them under the
sales of 1885, have been taken up, person be-
ing found willing to pay the price placed upon them
by the Commissioners. This proves that the former
Board of Commissioners valued the lands full high
enough, and that the price they sold for in 1885, was
more than double their real value.
Under these circumstances, if you reject the bill,
the State recover more than the lands are worth
The purchasers have fourteen years to make ymen
large portion of the original purchasers have paid
their debts to the State by removing to the far West
and settling in States where more liberal policy
prevails, and have conveyed their interests 10 others,
not bound to the State and if this bill be rejected
asers will follow their example, and the State will
then be compelled to sell the land after the improve
ments fall into decay and she sellit for more than
its present value contend that it is the interest
of the State pass the BILL for the following reasons
1st. 1t secures the value of the land
I'd. 1t secures payment in four instead of fourteen
years.
Sd. 1t will subject all the lands in Cherokee held
under certificates to the payment of taxes The land
tax of Cherokee county is only at present about 81
that county has for many years been tax on the
Treasury.
BY the passage of this bill and one granting pre-
emplion rights to settlers the public lands, the
Treasury will be re eyed from that tax and the Turn
pike road will be completed, and the profits of it,
which belongs the State will be paid into the Treas
ury ten years than it otherwise would be- At
the lowest calculation, the profits of the road would
not likely fall below S. 900 annually, which in the
ten years would be income to the Treasury of
$4,000
But the Senator from Rutherford has informed the
Senate that the Western Turnpike is great humbug.
The Senator's opinion of that road seems to have
dergone considerable change since last session.
Then he considered the location of the road through
Burke instead of Rutherford sufficient to in
duce him to aid in killing off Wing Governor; now
the road itself, he would have the Senate believe, is
humbug, and that the people residing in the country
through which is intended to pass, don't want it.
not able to state what is the desire of the people
this side of the Allegheny range of Mountains, but
fine other side l can assure the Senate they do
want it. My constituents are probably more deeply
interested in that improvement than any other portion
of the West They resideiWest of the Allegheny
range of Mountains, and look 10 the completion of
that road to enable them to get into the State, prnci
cipally this side of the Mountains, and 10 enable
them to obtain stage accommodation. n Notwithstanding
portion of the district represent has been settled
more than half century, there never has been a
road in the district suitable for stage 10 travel and
public stage has never made track in it. This, too,
a district settled by citizens who have paid more
money into the Treasury for their lands than all the
balance of the public lands of the State, put together
In conclusion, the amendment proposed by the Sena-
tor from Rutherford is the remarkable, because
II. comes from the WeSt-fTom one OF the members
DESTROYS to change the basis of representaton-to
increase the power of the West, obtain liberal leg
islation for works of internal improvements, and
more equal distribution of the school fund. If the
proposed amendment be fair specimen of the iber-
atty that is, when the West gets the power, to be
dealt out TO my constituents, am inclined 10 believe
that they much interested in changing the ba-
sis of representation to increase that power; and il
the amendments proposed by the Senators from Burke
and Rutherford are 10 he regarded coming from
friends of the bill, my constituents will have right
to exclaim, save US from such friends, and we will
take of our enemies.
AGRICULTURAL AND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NoR1 q
CAROLINA. A praiseworthy thing on the part of the
General Assembly at the late session the passage
of an Act providing for general Agricultural, Geo
logical, Neurological, and Botanical survey of the
State. The provisions of the law very liberal.
The Governor is empowered to appoint some scen-
ti6c man, whose duty it shall be, either by himself
or through assistants which he IS authorised to en-
poy, either more to visit every county in the
Stale, and examine every thing of interest value
in either of the above departments-to ascertain the
nature and character of its productsthe nature and
character of its SOIL well an account of its min
erals. The whole expenditures of the survey not
to exceed $4,000 per annum disbursements to be
made under the supervision of the Governor and Lit
erary Board, and the survey also be conducted IN
der their supervision. The gentleman appointed to
conduct the survey is to have liberty deliver lee.
lures in such places he may find it convenient for
the purpose of exciting attention to the subjects
nected with the survey. We look upon this action
of the Legislature highly important, providing
for systematic plan to develop to the view of
people and the world the yet unknown resources of
North Carolina. Years ago advocated the adop.
| uon OF measure like this. WILMINGTON Chron.
GOVERNOR REID. Governor Reid has deeper
hold upon the affections of the people of North Car
olIna at this time, than anv Governor ever had at