The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1855-02-07
Raleigh correspondence.

correspondent, which we were compelled to
postpone last week. 1t contains valuable in
formation, which has not lost its interest in
consequence of the delay:
MEssRs. EDITORS: After discussion
Of four days, The Commons have passed
through. BY a vote Of 80 10 "a, The new
lax bill. Il nay undergo some amend
menlin Tie Senate, bu, ! presume The sub
stance viii be preserved. The tax upon
land has been raised four cents and a
quarter that on polls fourteen and three
quarters; so that the former will be- t,oeioe
cents and the latter forty cents, (includlng
in these amounts ihr Lunalic Asylum ,ax.
The taxes upon various other subjects
have been raised. To one who has fre-
quenily witnessed The comparative care>
lessness with which a County Court raj
ses taxes Ave cents on the land and ff-
teen upon The poll. the anxiety mani.
lesled IN the Commons rightly to appor.
lion amongst the varions classes ol socie-
" and the different sections of the State
the burdens imposed BY The Bill, was very
striking.
This reminds me Of the contents Of a
very interesting document prepared hy
the Ia Comptroller. from statistics col
lecled by order Of the last General Assem-.
bly. | refer 10 a statement of all tie
Taxes, County and State, paid in North
Carolina, in 1851. The paper is moi
quite complete. bul sufficiently so for
many useful purposes. The gross a.
mount Of State taxes paid during The last
year was S207 4l9 SO; The gross amount
Of County taxes for tie same period was
about SIO50O0; or would be. il al Tie
counties raised school tax. about $40,
900. That is, onr County taxes are twice
as great as lhuse imposed By The State.
portion Of these Is made up of the Poor
tax and the School tax embracing these
items. there remains raised for County
purposes an amount equal 10 the whole
State tax. The proportion Of County 10
Stale tax varies much in tie different
Counties. Orange paws 10 lie State
s40l0; iolhe County s9895-lhalis. her
County taxes are 1900 dollars ADORE the
general proportion Of the County taxes
TO The State taxes throughout Ninth Ca
rolina. The statement shows, as / have
SAID, that. take one county with another.
lie taxes for what are peculiarly County
purposes are equal 10 The whole State lax.
10 Orange, however. the Stale tax is s iOIO,
whIls; The County tax excluding The Poor
and Schonl tax Is 1850. In nllrr words.
Orange County expends upon Cnnny
purposes $1,000 above the general ave-
rage 81 The other cpuniifs. IN this re.
spect Orange j. unlsyorablv distinguished
from every counly adjoining. excepting
lier daughter Alamancr. which latter las
10 bear The taxation incilen. 10 bridging
The law. For instance, Ca.wfl county
pays g. The State SI525: Tor County pur.
poses ~ los: Person, State S250i. roun.
~ purpose. l7il; Granville. stare s557I:
county purposes $1,000; Wake. State
ss56s; county purposes 5000: Ciai-
ham. State Si0s9: county purposes S5la4
twi,li The expenses Of llaw and Deep II.
sefs both upon her;) Alamanrr, State.
s25O6 county purposes s5lS2. From
these figures one Is Iempied 10 think hs.
our cnuniy finance Is moi in Tie heallhi-
esiol rendnirns. u seems thai we n,Isl /
save nearly $4,000 year in county
charges. really have ,ery lille daubl
bur that by ! judleious rpiornsiien 10 our
eennis revenue. an amount might be sav.
ed equal 70 The Whale additional taxation
required b. lie system II Internal III.
prosemenis undertaken BY lie SAFE.
laok n the large. wealthy. pnpnIou. aud
proud county npon mr. Northeastern
border; 4 on' conn charges we're prD.
pofii0ned ioilio.en ~ Granville, tley would
be decreased by siIOO. Orange coniains
vi hin iis bounds some of the most In.
irlliarni aud public spirited gentlemen
" be found 10 Norih Carolina; lei me
propose % them lie problem 81 50 re,
gnlaiing tlirir domestic finance a. 10 en-.
able the sieam hor.e 10 pass from El.
lefbe 10 the Hsw ilhoul any sensible in.
crease Of the burdens ~ lhr COUNTY.
by !lie way. Ilseems proper 10 add that
The business doing upon lie Nunh Caro-.
Ina Rail Rnad !. murll larger Than one
could have anticipated. heard several
days -" that Tie receipt. Tor lie pornon
from Dnrl,sm's g. i;nld.boronsh were
ntei $500 day. DID not her any de.
iails sboni The western cnd. bnl was luId
that u was doing remarkably well.
The Senate refused. by vote 81 nearly
TAO to Que. 10 feprsl the sci establishing
Superintendent Oi Common Schools.
THIS sIioss llal this Office las losl no
strength 10 The Stale during tie past tao
years. Is lie BIZ passed lie Senate two
years go by vote or 81 10 IG.
To.naifow lie House II Common.
enters on tie discussion of tie we.ism
Extension. They have before them tie
following internal improvement bills tpa.s.
ed BY Tie Senaiel whirIl rrndrr The y ale
liable either IS endprser Or subscriber. 4.
The Western Extension, running from Vi.
ilsbufv II soup mint ~, tl,e E,snct, Ig...J