The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-12-02

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! 9TH ID
! Eight of the ID Counties in the 9TH cir
I Gait are mountain counties, West of the
/ Blue Ridge. covering large territory ira
/ yrr,rd bv many ranges of smaller mountains
/ with indifferent roads. rendering the travel
/ difficult and laLurious. In addition to this,
| it will be seen that, from the present ar
/ rangcmcnt at the Courts of this circuit, any
| Judge, riding il. will necessarily have to
! cross the Blue Ridge four times. With such
circuit and such lubors to perform, we
NAV we'll imacinc that Il judge, however
| diliecnt and luxurious, would be worn down.
| and in Il great DEGREE, u"t;ttcd for the per
| Torrance az his duties, towards the latter
| part of it.
This need of "a new circuit has arisen from
! the creation OF new counties in the 9th and
| 9TH circuits.
! Bat - the country is settled up, rspcci-
| ally in tl.. mountain par, ar the 9TH circuit,
| other counties will be required and made,
! and the evil will hc thus increased.
am aware that this matter Has brought
| Ia the notice of the last General Assembly,
and that i: failed to establish another cir
| cult but a. a matter Of fairness To our Su-
| prri"- i'nurt Judges, allowing them i'll adj
dition to ti!.ir regular salaries the sum of 500
! for each court held by them on Il circuit,
over ard above twelve.
But for the reasons stated, it seems to me
| that new circuit should be established
| 1t twill he seen that by reason of the act of
the last session there will be five extra courts
| t. be paid for in the 9Th and 9TH circuits.
making for each wear the sum Of @;90O-
nearly Lulf the salary IF 4 Judge. No ad-
! ditioIlal expense wnuid DC incurred for an
other Solicitor. ~ under the law Solicitors
receive - much for every court they attend.
! would, therefore. suggest that the :
counties beyond the Blue Ridge, now be-
lon@img to the 9TH circuit and one county
on this side of the mountains (NcDowcll,
| think would lie most conveniently shall
constitute the Sth circuit, and that out of
tie six remaining counties of the 9TH and the
] ! counties of the Uth circuit, two circuits,
the Gth AMI IN, shall br nude.
Accurate statistics of crime in State are
always Il deep matter of interest to many,
and furnish most useful information TO those
whose duty it l. to make our criminal laws,
or to lave them enforced. Since | have
been Governor of the State | nave been
called upon, repeatedly. from abroad, +"
furnish such information as to this State,
but ya< unable to do 80.
Il, IN ii a matter of sufficient ;mpOr-
taucr to bring it to your notice, and recon-
mend t,iat some means should be adopted
to hav" reported, at least, all trials for cap
ital felonieS. This may be done very rcadi
" hv requiring the Solicitors in each judi
ii Il eli cuit t. report all such cases to the
AtG.ucv General of the State, who should
he required t. report them, together with
the eases in his own circuit, to the Govern
OF of the State. to be laid before each
General Assembly.
Under Il resolution of the last General
Assembly | was required to appoint two
commissioners + suprrintcnd tine publish
" of the Revised Code. Is. /. Moore and
William l.. Rodman, Esquires, were ap-
pointed for That purpose. The work was
printed in Ho>t'r. and, owing to tie sevcri-
" of the last winter, could not be shipped
t. this State as carly as the first .Ianuary
last, when it took eff, CT as the statute law
Of the State. Some of the volumes were
damaged at ga by stress of weather.
Those directed to he distributed in this
State. and to the other States and Terrific
rics. were dispatched at as carly a day
practicable. of the residue, but Il small
portion, comparatively, has been sold
The greater part of those on hand is stored
in boxes in the Capitol. At an early time
| will submit Il more detailed statement re-
IdtHlg 10 Inc whole matter.
Under the resolution directing d!Stribu-
ton among the Justice of the Peace, copies
were only furnished to- those whose names
were returned by tie Clerks On their lists.
Many of those appointed by the last Gen
cral Assembly, qualified after the list of
Magistrates WAS sent up by the respective
Clerks. BY the terms of the resolution
was restricted to the list furnished. |
therefore recommend that all those MagiS-
tratcs appointed by the last General As
scmhly who qualified subsequently. shall
each be furnished with 4 copy of the Code.
There Is no provision now for sending
our laws. as published, 10 the different De
purtments of the q General Government. |
have been cpplird 10 tor them by one or
more Of the Departments. but was unable
to furnish them. therefore recommend
that provision be made for that purpose.
1t Is important To- know, at many times,
what our law is and moreover, it would be
hnt an inadequate return for many valua-
bile books sent to Us by the general gov
crnmrnt.
l communicates herewith copy of the
third Annual Report of Mr.. Wiley, State
Superintendent of Common Schools, being
his report for the year 1875. am inform
ed by him that his report for the present
seer will be made at an early day.
The one herewith sent will bc found to
contain much valuable information on the
subject Of education in the State. and eSpc- .
cially as to the condition and prospects of /
our Common Schools. and MANY valuable !
suggestions are made for the Improvement /.
Of the system. The statements made from .
page 3} to 81 of the report. inclusive, and |
the tables at the end of the report are c>pe- /.
ciallv interesting. Copies of this report /.
will be laid upon your desks.
by the census OF 1850 it appears that the !
number of white persons in the State be- |
tween the ages Of ) and II years, was 2I5,- /
lob. Mr.. Wiley reports the whole number I
of children ut the Common Schools in q .
counties in tn" State (trom returns to him) .
for the yesr 1855. to have been iI2.G32- F.
Estimating for the few remaining counties. .
he gives the whole number of children ut
these schools. III the State. at about 49, .
coo: and at other schools and colleges in /
the State, about 10000 making the whole .
number at school in this State about no. (
Il, 81