The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1852-12-08

Our Rgisigh Correspondence.
Raleigh. D~cemh~r 4th, 1851.
Yuu win see lhai-,he bill 10 increase
the capital sock in The Cape Fear and
Deep River Navigation COMPANY passed
lis serond reading ON Thursday by
vnie of 60 Ia ~. This bill rxrliss. and
jus Iy, g,eai deal of inl~rrs,. because
&c The immense resources The work is
calculated ID dpveiope. IL il shall prove
successful. Pretty much The only eppo-
siiion the bill had TO encounter. was thai
from gentlemen who desired to unite j,
with other schemes that IL might help
theirs along. Mr.. Turner speke in sup
port of the hill. He commended thai hav-
ing already expended s60.000 ON the
part Of the Stale and sis0 400 on The par,
81 individuals. il was iao late nos ~ bark
Out from IT,. He had always. he said.
d nb,ed is prarsirahiIly. Bur lhose
WIN were better qualified 20 judge Than
he was, said il wa< prsriirable. And IL
praclisahie. u should be completed. even
q, = much greater rost; and II not. il
would he ernnomy for the State in the
end, 10 hare il fully tested. His speech
ON this oil was listened to with attention.
as all his speeches have heen. lie speaks
hut seIdnn. and only when he has some
thing In say. Mr.. Phillips al.n address,
I'd the House ON this bill. I'hongll' hr
did not oppose il. Tor he said he desired
10 give il his snpporI. he YET presented
some matters rnnnsri~d with The Eugi.
nerr's report. whirh gave The particular
friends Of The hill some difficulty. The
objections which he urged. think. were
mel by an amendment To The bill.
The Atlantic anil v. e. Railroad bill
passed MS third reading in the House on
Thursday. by v"ie Of IS 10 So: and
am MOI so sure that ll. az well as he
one for the extension Of the N. &. Road
10 The Tennessee line. will not pass bo h
Houses this session.
The lion. WV. II. BATTLE was elect
ed a Judge ~ The Supreme Conri ye.-
ierday. hy very li.S'Isonc vnir. having
received 30 out If l(i3. n. r. Moore
esq. r. ceivr,l 81 and lion. ] II. Bry-
l an "a; scattering ~. This was the se-
cnnd ballot.
Major W. J. CLAax was reelected
Commpimller. lie had NO regular up
position. NJ. E. p. Miller. Of Caldwell,
received CO VOTES: Mr. CLARK 81.
| 4 vote ionk place fnr Senator ,o-day.
/ whirh resulted as follows: Mr.. Dohbln
IS; Mr.. Saunders IS; Nr. Rayner 30:
Mr. Shepard s.; Scattering l6-n" cleo
iion. Zen. Saunders. alter the vo,e. re-
aqnps,ed ur. Love m Withdraw his name.
~hirh | suppose he will do. aud this
will probably hasten an rlrrii.n.
I The Free Suffrage Bill was killed in
the Senate yeslcrday The vote s,nm
30 for. 5 against. an,l ur. Speaker Ed
wards DECLINING 10 vnie. the bill was lnS,.
An 'ihrr fr~ suffrage bill la. hern IN.
irodnred IN The House bv Mr.. Till &c
Cassrll, So as 10 give IL another starr for
rarr 81 Two. four or SIX years. as the
rase may be. T.. &
! DEATHs.-HoN. Jonx SARGEAxT, died
at his residence in Philadelphia, on
Tuesday night, the Esd, in his seventy
third year. He had been several times
a member Of Congressman as Vice
President on the ticket with Mr.. CLAY
in 1882. In l84l M. Tyler offered
him the mission to England, which he
declined. Since then he has not been
in public life.
Hon. WALTER Forward, Secretary If
the Treasury under Mr. Tyler. died at
his residence in -Pittsburs. Pa, on the
Esd.
LARGE YIELD OF PorAroEs.-The
Eastpnf Md.) Star states that Mr.. James
Harrison, Of Bay Hundred district, in
Talbot county, raised one hundred aud
ninty live bushels Of Irish potatoes this
season from two-and> half bushels Of
seed. Mf. Bernard Cummings, resid.
ing in the same district, raised this
season from less than e ght bushels Of
Lobster potatoes about three hundred
and fifty bushels, yer, fine and large,