Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-03-03
REMARKS OF MIR. BOYD,
OF ROCKINGHAM,

| OF ROCKINGHAM,
In tie Senate Of North Carolina en- the bill to eS-
| tolish tie Comfy Of -flleghdny.
| Mr. SPEAKER Next to the Senator from AShe,
claim the right speak on behalf of the citizens OF
that County feel that should be rccrcant IN dI-
ty if | was to give silent vote 1t has peeh my
good fortune to have made the acquaintance OF many
citizens of that County and to have Travelled over
much of their territory and to know something OF
their Inconvenience and grievances, and the great
hardsliips which they have to encounter he Coun-
ty Of Ashe, AS will be seen by looking the map, is
long strip Of territory lying along the Virginia line
Jefferson, the County site, WAS originally near the
centre, and the two extreme ends OF the oGnty
were similarly situated, but the people OF the wes
tern end which forms the County of Watauga
have had their grievances removed and YOU will find
on examination that the eastern end of Ashe Coun-
ty which is proposed by the bill under consideration
to be formed into the County of Alle9 hany, has
equal claims Your favorable consideration, and by
detaching Allegheny from Ashe both Counties will
remain in good shape and size. The Senate is we'll
that County increases in wealth and pros
perity, the intercourse and commercial relations OF
its citizens become extended business habits enlar-
ged and a necessity created to attend their Courts,
jurors Witnesses suItorS, and others as adj
miniStratorS guardians and various other business
engagements, and to do this they have to travel
great distance Court the worst sort of roads,
and have to remain for days at Court, at great
rce of time and expense, to perform their business
engagements; and why should those people be sub
jccted to many hardships? hat injury can arise
from the establishment of Allegheny County? The
people of Ashe County do not object whilst those
to be embraced in the County extremely
anxious for it. Then why not grant their request?
The only answer have heard is that they have not
the required population. That, Mr. Speaker,
tany cannot be valid objection, when you recolect
that it is fine healthy country, fast increasing in
population and wealth, and it will be eighteen years
before another apportionmcnt can be made, and be-
fore that time arrives, doubt that the
population will be vastly than the ratio. They
ask nothing in the way of gift donation, they ask
you to make sacrifices on their account, to part
with privilege-all they ask is the establishment
of Allegheny County.
Now, Mr. Speaker, is there anything unreason-
able in the request: They attached to their
tive County and nothing could induce them to leave
it but the hardships of trave g great distance
over rough mountainous roads. If the Senate re-
fuse their petition now, it will only prolOng the
of getting their rights; they and will appeal
to YOU again and again, until you grant them relief.
For these reasons and many others that might be
offered, I do hope the Senate will pass the bill.
THE HAND OF COP IN THE DESERT. Bayard Tay-
lor in his journal to Central Africa. thus speaks Of
the natural beauties of the great Nubian Desert:
81 soon fell into a regular routine Of travel which,
during all my later experiences OF the desert, never
became monotonous. | rose at dawn every morn
ing bathed nv eyes with handful Of the precious
water. and drank cup of coffee. After the tent
had been struck, and the camels laden, walked
ahead for two hours, often far in advance that
lost sight and hearing of the caravan. l found an
unspeakable fascination in the sublime solitude of
the desert. I beheld the rise, when within the
wide ring of the horizon there no other living
creature to be seen. He up like god in
awful glory, and it would have been natural act
had cast myself upon the sand and worshipped him.
The sudden change in he coloring of the landscape
on his appearance-the lighting up of the dull
sand into a warm. golden hue, and the tntngs of
purple and violet on the distant porphyry hills
was morning miracle, which never beheld with
out awe. The richness of this coorng made the
desert beautifully it too brilliant for description,
The scenery, far from depressing, inspired and
me. l never felt the sensation of ply
steal health and strength in such perfection and
ready to shout from morning till night, from the
overflow of happy spirits. The air is an elixir of
fe as sweet and pure and refreshing that which
he first breathed, the morning of creation.
You inhae the unadulterated elements of the atmos
ohere for there exhalations from moist earth
vegetable matter, the smokes and steam which |
rise from the abodes of men, to stain its purity.
This air. even than its solitude, is the secret
If ones attachment to the desert 1t is beautiful
Illustration OF the compensating of that Prov- |
ience which leaves of the waste places of the |
Earth without atoning glory. Where all the !
pleasant aspects of nature are wanng-Where there |
green thing, fount for the thirsty lip
Y the shadow of rock to shield the wanderer in
he blazing noon-God has breathed upon the will
lerness his sweetest and tenderest breath, giving
earness to the eye, strength to the frame, and the
most joyous exhilaration to the spirits"
REDUCTION TARIFF. We congratulate the
country on the prospect of material reduction of