Year: 1862

dollars given he paid by county the Cont
amounts thus paid for the additional and extra Courts
ceed Sdd the 5 salary Of sirgle Judge:


Code provides that every judge shall produce certi6
tours OF the couatV according to law and for such
certificate omitted to be produced there shall be deduc
tion from his salary of hundred dollars Portions of
CERTAIN circuits occupied the enemy and it is iDpo
sbe for the Judges to procure the required certificates


De necessary hrefore to modify this provision to
have effect only pending the


dn dhe hon homas Rutn Jr residing in the fourth ju
Of the nperior ourts of law and eq"iey, my immediate
with the advice OF the Coauci of state filed
Hon. Ohm Kerr Of Csswe which will expire at the end
OF your present session 1t duty to gil this vacancy
The office of Attorney General has been vacated by
the former Incumbent Hon W. A. Jenkins entering the
army AM accepting flee under the Confederate States
circuits.


hortes number of citizens of North Carolina arrested
for alleged political offences How long they remain
them What their guilt really in do not know,
but this much becomes both and to know
not arrested by lawful process citizens North
Carolina they emitted under the Constitution spec
their laid before his Excelen-
the President of the Confederate States his
there exist State why they denied
h it is due at least that should be them.
have not official copy of the ac but learn from
the newspapers that Congress conferred upon the Pres
dent the power to suspend the writ of habeas corpus all





| If this be once admitted. man if safe from the
power of one individua He could at pl+asue, ssize
prison and permit him to languish there without relief
to O se to m Living
tabhing precedent dangerous and pernoious in the
eme Among apeope united ard faithful to their
ours where dislOyaly the solitary excep-
on to the general Iue can see but little good bat vast
tide of inf wng evil from these nordinate stretches NIL
tary power which fast dsgracpg equally with cur
Northern enemies free Republic that needs
of it's freedom in every of oube will soon cast it off
embraced tO-d&
tomorrow steadast and constant worship alone
her countless blessings. Der chosen nsrument-the
Constitution and the lawswere made the
her everlasting esdence delight in time of
Of trouble calamity. ever the time when we
should abide strictly by their DEGREES, and walk up
in the narrow path they have marked out for
footsteps We should least of ALL forsake the helm the
compass when the vessel Is driven By the tempest and
| clouds and darkness obscure the way.


Deeply impr ssed as have been with the importance of
this subject have been anxious at the me to avoid
conflict with the Confederate authorities
have herefoce patiently for assembling
adent that would take proper steps the laws
and preserve the rights of our people.


It becomes my duty also to call your attention to the
of opinion existing in regard thereto.


The right of the State authorities to Innsson the Off
doubted 1t conceded by the of CONGRESS Of April
18TH 1852 known as the Consc p Law But the Coned-
ments of twelve months men, continued in servceby this
law, and also all regiments whatsoever raised since went
Commission and appoint all regmental staff officers, even
when they conceded to the Executive Of the State the a
| CtlcerS
ing and commissioning field ice1s the Secretary Of
has declined to appoint the company officers, Ioremedy
A possible this confusion and avoid conflict called in
to the President who promised take the pin
ion OF his Attorney General on the subject at length
have yet had the pleasure of seeing that pnon and
lay the matter before and you take
such steps as viii preserve the rights and honor OF the
whole troops does belong exclusively State
authority by strict reference to the Constitution they
ing 10 find entire brgades of North Carolina soldiers in the
field commanded by strangers and, in many
brave and Colonels ade to give place to
Coones distant States, who promoted to the
mand of North Carolina troops their heads
Brig deIshp some OF these promotions are charged to
North Carolina which enables the authorities to
have had many appointments, when in fact We have
fast breaking down the pride and patience Of officers
many of whom reported to their intention to
sed to This is right. and forms
just of complaint both in and with
low any General capable OF leading them but contend
that matter of sheer jas soldiers entitled
to receive their fair proportion OF the honers by their
| gallantry and endurance.


/ would also recommend that the existing prohibition
against the csiation of spirits from all kinds OF grain be
coptoued during the There grain spare for
purposes and all the med cal of the country
army be abun snt supplied by the liquors made from
the fruit CROP Should the supply the army fail,
doubted that it is much better for the soldier
go with spirits than that bis wife and child should be
| wit out bread.


also recommend that law be passed providing for
rigid punishment OF all persons who may be convicted OF
specializing in any of the necessare of fe under the aae
pretence OF being government agents





cond shey having since the of the
permitted get very bad repair recommend that
the Revised Code be amended that the to he reach
ed ente exemption from working on the roads,
shal be 6fty years Instead Of forty five,


The of the Hon George Davis Confederate States
Senator N. C will expire before the regular
sion of the General assembly, and will be your duty to
provide for fill ng the vacancy.


great pleasure in informing you that the educa-
interests of the county have not been overlooked
the great drain the Treasury ring the first year OF
the the Literary Board deemed it advisable to make
only half the usual semiannus distribution OF the
sch ol fund for the fall of 1851 and at all for the
spring of 1862. Feeling that this pressure had passed
the Board at its recent meeting ordered the
usual distribution to be made increased by ten thousand
add that each spring and ALL until the
whole shall have been appropriated There has been
Should there really exist serious design part
any do this, which hardly think probable, ear
could ciY Ds9d s1d '0S but little to % tbs vast amount
3 qnired to conduct the war, and its abstraction
STATE On the contrary, should be your duty
fully preserve and possible increase this fund.- make
your power to educate the rising youth country
While war desolatdg and the tide of revolu
State be still assembled their log houses and primitive
academies the mountains and the aims and let the
religious berty-of the patriotism Sacrifices of
people, and the glorious bravery of their fathers and broth
If very highest importance that the should
away everything useful and civilized in the land and csus
has been impressed with the importance of this mat
ter than able and worthy superintendent of common
schools who labored faithfully and diligently in beha
of his little charges suffered excitement
fortune to him from the Path of duty TO him, in
the people in the we'll doing Of the schools during
times ftroabe Our mehonored old University thong
patriotism of the boys who armies
still in full operaton the President and Faculty havn
SQUAD to muster The female the
9. orally as fourishing as IN times of peace d,