The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-11-28


States, or Of the States, OF other safe stocks
Welding not less than five per centuns interest.
Owing to the Homestead law, which grants
limited quantities of the public lands to ac-
tual settlers, at a nominal price, our SCRIP.
if now put in the Market will bring little
more than fifty (50) cents per acre. II sold
at this price, the Endowment of the propo-i
sed college, would be very small, and IN the
present unsettled condition OF our country,
the selection of the stocks in which the IN
vestment should be made, is most embarras-
sing The low price OF our anti 6ett1na bonds
invites investment in them, if the State shall
be allowed to recuperete and keep faith with
her creditors which hope and believe will
be the case: but, in the painful uncertainty
which clouds the future, as no danger could
bee forseen from little delay, we have de-
clined the responsibility of markings sale and
I deciding in what stocks the proceeds should
be invested and we respectfully ask for more
specific instructions from your honorablebody
am sure the State will heartily cooperate
in adopting the most efficient means OF car
| rying out the designs of Congress. to wit:
| giving the aids of science to the chief eie-
ments of American strength and prosperity.
! The inquiry arises how can this OBJECT be
most efficiently carried out in this State 2
Our University, which our Constitution
requires us to sustain, has lost the bulk of
| its endowment, by the insolvency of the
Bank of the State of North Carolina. 1t
has buildings adapted to the accommoda-
ton of 400 students-On tract OF land con-
tanning many hundred acres of good agri-
cultural land, with only about 100 students;
with large libraries, very extensive geol-
ogical cabinet, and other facilities for i'm
parting scientific knowledge. 1t appears to
me, that the best mode of carrying out the
will of Congress, will be the ENGRAVING in
our University an agricultural and mechan-
ical department A like course has been
adopted, or is under consideration in several
of the Northern States. Our indefatigable
Public Treasurer has correspondent with the
Treasurers of many of those States on the
subject, and will take pleasure in giving to
any committee, to whom you may give this
matter in charge, the benefit to be derived
from the action of other States. The sub
ject deserves your special consideration.
INTERCHANGE OF REPoR Ts-sUPRREME
| COURT ETC., WITH THE OTHER STATES.
Our statistics and the decisions of our Su-
| preme Court since the reorganization OF the
State government, have been forwarded to
the several States and Territories; and we
have received and are continually receiving
large numbers of volumes in exchange. New
York sent US 115 volumes and many of the
other States in considerable numbers.
Massachusetts, and some other States,
through their proper officers, have asked us
to make their sets of our Supreme Court Re
| ports, complete by sending them the decis-
ions made by our Courts during the war;
We have been unable to reply with these re-
quests, because they were not printed in suf-
ticient numbers they have been lost Many
of them were unbound and poorly printed
on bad paper. l suggest the expediency of
republishing new editions of them.
| PUBLIC LIBRARY
Tfearn from the Librarian that he will
soon require more space for the reception of
| books. Besides the annual addition of liter
airy, historical and scientific works beng
made under the law appropriating five hun
dred dollars a year for the increase of the
Public Library, we are continually receiving
large accessions by our ihterchanges with the
States of the national government. Addi-
1 llOldi SpdSC oLOulu DC lOT Iueul.-
As to how this may be best effected l have
no specific recommendation to submit The
old Arsenal building, at an inconsiderable
expense, now entirely useless, might be
made available for public purposes.
GovERNoR's MANSION.
call your attention to the condition of
the buildings and grounds, provided by law
as the residence of the governor. They have
been occupied as the headquarters of the
military commandment of the state, since the
capture of this city by Gen. Sherman's army
in April, 1865. The fencing has been re-
moved, the garden, fruit trees and shrubbe.
~ are exposed to stock, some OF the orna
mental trees cut down, and the buildings
damaged and defaced. have not asked to
occupy these buildings. They require essen
tial repairs to make them suitable resi-
dence, and nearly all the furniture has been
lost or destroyed, and no appropriation has
been made to repair and returnish the prem
lses.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
On entering upon the discharge of my Of
fetal duties, found that the standards of
weights and measures, belonging to the
state, were missing. Many counties, which
had lost part or all of their standards of
weights and measures. heretofore supplied
by the state, were applying for new ones
an application to the secretary of the treas
ury, new supply was sent, and, in the
meantime, addressed circular to the chair
man of each county court in the state, to as.
certain what numbers it would be nv duty
to provide for them, under the provisions Of
chapter III, revised code. / could not con
tract, with discretion, for the manufacture o.
these measures, until knew the whole mum
Der tt. be supplied. Very many of the chair
men did not respond. l sent second cir
cular to the county court clerks, and hav,
now an answer from nearly all OF them.
respectfully submit that the details of til,
duty ought not to be imposed on the COVER
no r, ar that he should be authorized to EN-
ploy and pay suitable agent to attend to it
refer you to letter on this subject from
Prof. A. D. Bache, which accompanies thi
message.
MILITIA.
A well regulated militia Is essential to tn
administration of the state government, a
well as to the discharge of her duties as
member of the Union, At the beginning o
, my administration, total disorganizatio
of the militia existed Under the act of th
general assembly, passed the 18th day q
March last, appointed Jno. A. Gilmer a
Adjutant General, with instructions to car
ry out the provisions of said act. The dr
ties to be performed were twenty time
f greater than they were before the war. Neal
, ly five Thousand officers had to be elected
: commissioned and qualified, correspor
r dence to be conducted with every county