Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-02-21

Ai1jt)U hNMEN1 oE IIlI Li4ohCh>A NAeA1.
The General Assembly of North Carolina adjour-
4 sine die Oh Saturday morning last at half past
ike o'clock, after session of ninety days. The
;o, has been the longest, as it has doubtless been
most iaborous and important one ever held in the
.te We present to-day, the Captions of the Laws
! Resolutions, including the substantial features
those of most interest and Importance. We think
rohsble that some have been omitted and that
re,ber, the Assembly enacted not less than four
AnIred Laws and Resolutions, exclusive of the Re-
II Code which will cover some six hundred large
tayo pages.
The whole of the Revenue act is substantially
+csented 1t required some care to do this, having
cordcnse it as we did from the original bill as
+ ;nted hv the Commons compared with the amend
ents TO the bill made by that body. The Senate,
/, will be remember eli, made several amendments to
u bil as it came from the Commons, and, among
hers struck out the tax turpentine dstilleries
Ii marriage licenses, and reduced we believe, the
k on merchants; but that body, under the appre
Rlsion that the bill would fail if sent to the Com
cns for concurrence, at last voted down its own
A.nhucntS, and adopted the Commons bill word
N word \ supplemental bill was, however, pre-
rc, and passed by the Senate containing its amend
,,rs; bui the Commons did not act upon it.
The lya;ng measures Of the session as follows
The act amending The Constitution to permit
A native and naturaliZed citizens to vote for MEM
lrs Of the Senate This act, before it becomes 4
1T Of the Constitution, must receive the sanction
j txo-thiris of the next Assembly and the subse
pert approval of the people at the polls.
The Revenue act
The act for compile ing the North Carolina Rail-
a!
The act for extending the North Carolina Railroad
Stwarl from Gollsborough to Beaufort harbor.
The act for extending the North Carolina Railroad
eStwari from Salisbury to the French Broad river,
or Asheville.
The act providing for a Railroad from the Paint
Rbck on the French Broad, through the Counties of
Fl dison Buncombe, and Henderson to some point
d the South Carolina line.
The act providing for Railroad for some point
Rthcrfordton.
The act to aid the Cape Fear and Deep River Ma
gation Company in completing its improvements.
The act providing for ship canal so as to unite
t waters of Albemarlc, Currituck, and Albemarle
nds with the Chesapeake Bay.
he act providing for Railroad from the coal fields
] Chatham to the City OF RaielSh.
The act providing for the Improvement of the Yad-
r. river above the point where it is crossed by the
yrh Carolina Railroad.
The act to complete, and furnish, and lay off and
bprovc the grounds of the State Asylum for the
sane.
The act to aid in extending and completing the
fayetteville and Centre Plank Road.
+ The act providing for the improvement of New
liver, i'll Onslow County.
The act rc-chartci'ing the Bank of the State.
The act rc-chartcring the Bank of Cape Fear.
The act incorporating the Bank of Wilmington.
Tie act incorporating the Bank of Clarendon.
Tie act authorizing increase of the stock of the
commercial Bank, Wilmington.
The Revenue act it is believed, will raise ample
calls for paying the interest on the State debt; and
debt, it must be remembered, is not to be incur
at once, but from time to time, as individuals
all subscribe and make good their subscriptions
hder the various acts of incorporation.
As Mr.. Speaker Hill observed in his address on
ftlrday morning, this Legislature has indeed in
5uratcd new in our history" The people,
have no doubt. will generally approve the acts Of
cir representatives; and the State, at length fully
l9arked in the great work of developing her phys
h resources and educating her children, will go
Tard "prospering and to prosper. True, we
all have to pay for it but must recollect, as a
d fact in the history of States, that to attempt to
md still is to recede; and that no great noble
movement was performed without prvation,
PenSe and labor. That there will be murmurs and
uiflalnts we admit; but against these as well as
'nst those who may go further and denounce and
Oah Oh evil to come, appeal with all confidence
.ue results Of the next ten years. The end of that
'od-a short one, indeed, in the history of State
Will Vndicate most entirely the wisdom Of the pol
carried out by this Assembly; and North Caro-
d SO long and so far behind many of her sisters
'he race of improvement, will then stand out
Ong the most prosperous and powerful Of them
lhat is our opinion. We may be wrong; and
~ IL Will turn out to be an error both of the head
d the heart
We give below the impressive and eloquent adj
SSeS OF Mr. Speaker Winslow and Mr.. Speaker
On adJourning their respective Houses sine die.
usual Resolution of thanks having been adopted,
Nnsow said:
's~o'0rS The resolutions of the Senate APPROX
, n,y ohclal conduct very pleasant and ac-
%: ole 10 me, and excite within me the liveiiest
s SUNS tu!Iy satisfied as l am that have fallen
tI "o.S OF proper administration of the duties
kS Shar' listen with readiness to the whisper
III H. vanity which tells me, that at least |
M WIN VIII TO do, what lacked the ability to per-