Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-11-21


ing considerations:
Some the circuits embrace an extended area of terri
tory with large amount of business. The seventh cir
cult comprises eighteen counties others than Twelve
and to some, two weeks allotted. According to exist
nineteen hundred and fifty dollars with the proviso iha
in all cases where circuit of the Superior Courts shall
coed twelve weeks the Judges holding said Courts at any
regular term shall be entitled 10 compensation of ninety
dollars for the Court of each county exceeding twelve held
by Them to be paid by the public treasurer on the first
days OF January and July in addition to their salary atore
said and each week in which Court shall be held shall
be considered term Special terms Of the Superior
Courts also hed and for this service compensation
of ninety dollars TO be paid by the county in which
The Court is held Upon examination il will be found that
coed the salary of single Judge.
The fourth section of the zd chapter of the Revised
Code provides that every judge shall produce certificate
of the Clerk of each county of his having held the Court
of the county according to law and for every such
tfcae omitted to be produced there shall be deduction
from his salary of hundred dollars" Portions of
tain circuits occupied by the enemy ard it is mposs
BILE for the Judges TO the required fcates 1t
may be necessary therefore, to modify this provision to
The Hon. Thomas Ruin Jr,, residing in the fourth u-
dicia circuit having resigned his place of the
judges the Superior Courts of law and equity my i'm
mediate predecessor, with the advice of the Council of
mission to the Hon. John Kerr, of Caswe which will
expire at the end OF present session. 1t your duty
TO fill this vacancy permanently.
The office OF Attorney General has been also vacated by
the former incumbent, Hon. W. A. Jenkins entering the
and accepting office under the Confederate States.
There also Solicitors to be elected for several Of the
circuits.
There confined in Salisbury by the Confederate
horities number Of citizens Of North Carolina arrested
for alleged political Offences. How long they to
main ncarceruted no say but those who apprC
hended them. What their guilt really consists in do
not know, but this much it becomes both you and To
know in view of the oaths take upon entering Of
fee that they were not arrested by lawful process and as
citizens Of North Carolina they entitled under the Con-
situOn to speedy trial by jury of their peers, and to
be confronted with their have laid their
before his EXceeucy the President of the Confederate
States and when his reply is received you will be informed
thereof Should there exist any grave State why
they denied trial is due at least that should be
informed OF them have BOT seen official copy OF The
act but learn from the newspapers that Congress has
rred upon the President the power suspend the writ
of kaJCdS corpus all arrests made BY Confederate
authority. II this be admitted, man is safe from
the power Of one individual lie could pleasure, seize
any citizen the State with or without excuse throw
him into prison and permit him sngush there without
reliefa power that am unwingO entrusted to any
living man. To submit to It's exercise would IN my
opinion be establishing precedent dangerous and perni'
cIUus in the exreme. Among people united and
faithful 10 their where dsoyalty the rare
and solitary exception to the general rule, but
little good, but tide of infuwing evil from these
ordinate stretches OF military which are fast dis
grazing equally with our Northern enemies free
Republic that must needs off its freedom in every
time of trouble will soon cast il OF forever. Freedom
not be embraced to-day and spurned Tomorrow stead
fast and constant worship alone her countless
blessings Her chosen nstrumentsthe Constitution and
the awswere made the of her everlasting
residence among us delight times of peace and
prosperity aud guide and shield in the day of trouble
and calamity. Now. If ever, is the time when should
abide Strictly by their stern DEGREES and walk uprghty
the path they have marked for footsteps
We should least of ALL Orsake the helm and the compass
when the vessel driven by the tempest and clouds and
darkness obscure the
Deeply impressed have been with the importance of
this subject have been anxious at the time to avoid
unnecessary conflict with the Confederate authorities
have, therefore, waited patiently for your assembling,
confident that would take proper steps to maintain the
laws and preserve the rights of our people.
1t becomes duty ALSO TO call your attention to the
subject q" differing troops in the hed-some conflict
Of opinion existing IN regard thereto.
The right Of the State authorities commission the oi
of the regiments originally raised for the is not
doubted. II is conceded BY the Act uf Congress of April
16th 1862, Known the Conscript Law. But the Coned
crate authorities claim the right To commission the rng
ments Of twelve months continued IN service by thus
law and also all regiments whatsoever raised since
inn operation And in both they have claimed TO
commission and appoint all regmental staff officers. even
when they conceded the Executive 81 the State the ap
poinment ofthe officers of the line. Again. while appon
ing aud commissioning field officers, the Secretary of War
has declined o appoint the company officers To remedy,
possible. this confusion and To avoid conflict called in
person To the President who promised To take the
opinion Of the Attorney General the subject at length
have not yet had the pleasure of seeing that opinion and
now lay the matter before you and recommend you to take
such scTs will preserve the rights and honor of the
Statc-lt may well be doubted if the differing Of the
whole OF troops does not belong exclusively To State
authority by strict reference 10 the Constitution they
may be iound tn be point of law, militia Ii IS mnrty
n 10 nd entire brgadcs of North Carolina soldiers in the
field commanded by strangers and, cases
brave and warworn Colonies made to give place to
Colonies from distant States, who promoted 10 the
mand nf North Carolina troops their heads
BrigaderShpS Some of these promotions charged TO
North Carolina, which enables the authorities to say that
VIC have bad many appointments when in fact we have
not the appnnecS being citizens If State. This
fast breaking down the pride and patience Of our officers
many OF whom repairing their intention
sign, alleging that the road TO honorable promotion is al
closed our citizens This not rig ht and forms
just q" complaint both in army and with peo
pie at home. We willing that soldiers should fol-
low any General capable of leading them but we contend
that matter of sheer justice soldiers entitled TO
receive their fair proportion Of the honVrs won by their
gallIntry and endurance.
would also recommend that the existing prohibition
against the dStatiun Of spirits from all kinds of
be continued during the There is grain to spare
thnP
and he abundanty supplied by the liquors made
from the fruit crop Should the supply for the army
fall cannot be doubted that it is much better for the
soldier To without spirits than that his vile and child
should be without bread
also recommend that law be passed providing for
rigid punishment of all persons who may be convicted of
specuIatng in any of the necessaries of life under the
false pretence of being government agents.
In order to keep the highways of the country in better
condition. they having since the commencement of the
that the Revised Code be amended that the to be
reached to cutitlc man TO exemption from working"on
the roads shall be fifty years instead OF as
The term of the Hon. George Davis Confederate States
Senator from N c. will expire before the next regular
of the General Assembly and it will be your duty
To provide for filling the vacancy.
take great pleasure in informing you that the educa-
ona interests of the country have not been overlooked
since the commencement of my administration. Owing
the great drain upon the Treasury during the first year
of the war, the Literary Board deemed it advisable
make only usual scmanuual distribution of the
school fund for the fall of 1861 and at all
for the spring of 1862 Feeling that this pressure had
passed away and that the matter was one of great i'm
portauce to people, the Board at its meeting,
ordered the usual distribution be made increased by
ten thousand dollars from the due for the back dis
trbutiun and resolved to add that each Spring
and FALL until the whole shall have been appropriated.
There has been disposition manifested tn take this
fund for purposes. Should there really exist
design the part "f any to do this, which l
hardly think probable, earnestly hope you will promptly
defeat it. This small could add but little the
amount required to conduct the and its abstraction
would be absolute robbery of the poor children of the
State On the contrary, it should be your duty Ia
fully preserve and if possible increase this fund make pro-
vision for its regular distribution, and do everything
YOUR power to educate the rising youth of the country.
While deSOang coast and the tide of reyOlu
is flowing all around us let the young children of the
State be still assembled in their log houses and primitive
academies the mountains and the plains and let their
first lesson he to read Of great Struggle for civil aud
religious 6cry-Of the patriotism and sacrifices of
people, and the glorious bravery of their fathers and BROTH
es upon the bncd stained fields of tho South II is of the