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Rl'RAL ECO.\OUY.
COMPOSTS, MUD JFOK MANURE, AC.
Sir John Sinclair observes, that in making
composts it has been ascertained by a Dumber
of experiments, that two bushels of tinslacked
lime are sufficient to each cubic yard
of earth of a medium quality, and as eighty
cubic yards are sufficient to manure an
acre, one hundred and sixty bushels is the
quantity required. A less quantity, however,
will answer a valuable purpose, and no ,
precise rules are necessary: for a compost
is valuable for manure.
Dr. Dcane observed that a " layer of
mud will be no bad ingredient in a heap of (
compost. But it should be contiguous to a ,
stratum of lime, if that can be obtained.
But where this is wanting, new horse dung
is the best substitute to c.xeitc a strong fero
i
mentation."
The Albany Cultivator asserts, that
"composts in which no fermentation takes (
place, can be of little advantage. There
is no volatile matter given off; and no ten- ,
dency exists to render soluble ligneous or
woody matter. Lime operates more pow- j
erfully than dung in inducing fermentation ,
in vegetable matter, though it is not pru- ,
dent to use it in combination with stable j
dung; I have found by experience that it ,
causes too violent action, and dissipates ,
nearly all the putrifving properties. Com. J
j>osts are particularly adapted to all the (
family of small grains, and for top dressing
grounds ; where this latter practice is tole- .
rated, mere earthy matters add nothing to t
the compost pile ; they merely prevent the J
waste of o'.hcr materials which compose it. j
In making composts, therefore, for field j
use, earth should be preferred which abounds (
in vegetable matter, and the litter, vegeta- j
hlc refuse, urine, soap suds, ashes, &:e, t
should be added, which are ordinarily wast- j
ed, and which form annuallv a large aggrc- t
. _ c ? *
gate on a lunu.
The too common practice of spreading v
barn-yard manure over mowing or meadow v
land is very wasteful and extravagant. Most
people appear to think that they have no- s
thing more to do than to pile on barn-yard (
manure in great quantities on any soil, and j
for each and every sort of produce, and {
their crops and fortunes are made. Hut
the truth is that the application of unmixed
dung in tillage is sometimes not merely useless,
but absolutely injurious. We have
the assertion of an experienced cultivator, ^
that he actually nearly destroyed his grass
in a mowing lot, by spreading on his soil in
the spring a quantity of fresh dung taken f
from the pig-stv. '"The dung," he savs, j
i 1 iY.. I'
* was ot too not a nature, anu cuusuu unturf
to be so much scorched by the sun. ^
that the grass was burnt up." It is true, <
that fresh dung applied to ploughed land
does not often produce that effect. But
the manure in that case, by mixing with |
the soil forms a compost, and the dung is '
as it were diluted with earth. .Still we hear (
farmers complain in dry seasons, that the
dung which they apply to their so 1 does
more harm than good, by increasing the injurious
etlects of drought. But i< it were
well mixed before it was applied, with two ,
or three times its hulk of earth, it would pre- .
serve against drought instead of increasing ,
it. A plant will no better grow on a muck .
heap than on a sand heap; and in some
oases pure sand would be a better ap- j
plication to increase the fertility of a soil ,
than unmixed dung.
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IV. K. Farmer. 1
Buckwheat Straw.?A Correspondent. '
who signs himself " A young Farmer,"
asks us whether any use can he made of
his Buckwheat straw ? Our reply is. that
it is better for milch cows than the best timothy
hay?that his cows will eat it with equal
avidity,?that if it has not been exposed too
long to the vicissitudes of the weather it will
prove equally nutritious to them,?that so j
far as the secretion of milk is concerned it,
infinitely preferable to any hay or fodder
within our knowledge, and that when cut :
and boiled, or steamed, it makes a most ac-:
ceptable slop for the cows. We will say
further, that the "old plan'' of throwing this (
wholesome and nutritious provender upon I
the dung-heap, or in the barn-yard, to be j
trampled under feet, should he abandoned.
;uid that hencefor h it should be permitted
to assume its rank among the choicest ha\
for neat cattle.?Furmrr 4* Gardner.
CORPORATE ASSOCIATION'S.
We have observed no-ices of intended j
applications to the New Jersey legislaUtre,1
and we presume the like will happen in New- :
York and other States, for charters for cultivating
the led. and manufacturing sugar,
with banking and trust power for plant ins*
tn idler ri/ trees and fabricating silk, and in.
deed for almost everv purpose that come-:
within 'he seme of our 'mou-nrv.
At no period of our history, and we be-1
lieve at no period of the world, lias the mania j
for slock companies been so riI* and we
may add so alarming, as at the present day. ;
Hardly a new branch of industry can be !
mentioned, however adapted to individual j
means and enterprizo, which is not iinmo- |
diatcly monopolized by mammotli charter- j
od associations. We say monopolized? j
for when these associations come in competition
with individual effort, the weaker J
party must either be crushed, or become
humiliatingly subservient to the stronger
power. Nor does the disparity exist alone
in the amount of wealth, and the weight of
influence,?the stronger party has a further
advantage in its chartered privileges, which
are not only withheld from the individual,
but which absolutely abstract from bis natural
rinrhtc ??ns for instance, the individual t
is amenable to the laws for his honest debts,
to the extent of his entire means ; while the
chartered associations arc not amenable for
company debts beyond their actual investments,
although its members may be wortli
millions. It is a question worthy ol high
public consideration, whether^ axharle r
should be granted for any object, which an
individual, or common partnership, are
competent and willing to undertake?and
whether they should be granted in any case |
where the public good does not indisputably \
demand them. Mankind are disposed to ;
live rather by their wits than by their labor, |
and when government proffers ready facili-1
ties for speculation in stocks, without a j
manifest counterbalancing public benefit, it
feeds some of the worst human passions,
and impairs that equality of rights which
ever ought to be preserved among the citi-1
zens of a free State.
But the multiplication of chartered com- 1
panics, for trivial or doubtful objects, has an
irresistible tendency to unsettle and derange
the good order of society?to bring honest
industry into discredit, and to foster a spirit i
of deceptive, desperate speculation, which
proves the ruin of thousands. Our situation,
for the last twenty years, has enabled
us to observe the movements, and to scan
the motives, which have led to the rapid
multiplication of chartered' associations
imong us ; and we honestly avow it as our 1
belief, that the motives have been generally
linen nl* ?nnen!.*itinn_ vvifli lilfle or no re. <
or tendency to the public good ; and ! i
hat the means resorted to, to obtain char- <
ers. have generally been disingenious.of en <
iishoncst, and sometimes infamous. We
idmit that the public interests have been <
greatly promoted by charters lor objects of i
nagnitude, requiring great cupitul. But
because some arc beneficia', it does not fol- i
o'A' that all are so. Because it requires a i
concentration of capital, and corporate priv
leges to dig a canal, or construct a rail road, |
wither of which come in competition with ]
ndividual enterprise, it does not follow, that '
he like capital and privileges are required '
o plant the mulberry, or cultivate the beet, |
vhich every farmer and gardener can do 1
vithout corporate powers. 1
Tlie subject addresses itself to the good
iense, and dispassionate consideration of ;
very friend to good order and wholesome : ?
aws.?The evil can only be arres'ed by!
!.e mandate of the public will.?Cttllivalor, ' i
From ihc Pennsylvania Sentinel. j i
IIOMF. AFFAIRS. !'
Scarcity of provisions.?Much has
jeen t-ai'.l in the newspapers, in the course
>f the last six months, about the scarcity of '
>rovisions throughout our country, and, to
iccount for it, many ingenious hypotheses
lave been offered. To judge from theva- 1
ions publications upon the subject in which
hose six months have been so fertile, we
should infer that our land was upon the eve
:>f a famine, and that at least one half of our
population would die of starvation. Some '
iscribe this scarcity to a failure of crops,
v.hers to the diversion of agricultural labor
from the production of provisions to that of
:o*.ton, others again to the influx of foreign- J
?rs, others to the rage for speculating in
Western lands, and others again to all these
causes jointly. Each of these imputed causes
has its partisans, wno contend for it with
is much pertinacity as ingenuity; perhaps
villi more. They remind us of the disputes
among the French philosophers upon the
juestion proposed by Dr. Franklin, why a
tisli, placed in a tub of water, did not increase
lie volume of the fluid/ After each had
given his very ingenious reasons, they were
nil thrown into perplexity by the Doctor's
tsldng them itthev had ascertained thejact.
They found tliat vrhal they hnd expended so
much argument to prove teas not a fact.
So, we believe, it would appear to those
who would endeavor to ascertain if there
was any scarcity of provisions in thccountry,
instead of taking it for granted, and then endeavoring
to show the reasons for it. We
do no- believe that the cultivation of food |
for man or beast has declined within the
United States within the last five years, either
absolutely or relatively. On the contrary,
we believe that more land is now tinder i
cultivation for such purposes, than ever has
been before: and we believe that the proportion
between production and consumption ,
is as great now as ever. We will examine j
the different causes assigned for this alleged 1
scarcity, and endeavor to show their fu iiiIV.
One cause assigned is a failure of crops.
The crops used in the I nited States in provisions
or in producing provisions, in other
words as food lor man or beast, are those j
of Indian corn, potatoes, and grass: and j
thesj are produced almost exclusively i:i j
the Northern, Middle, and Western States,}
and iu Maryland and Virginia. The prin-!
cipal crops ofXew England are Indian corn, \
potatoes, and grass; w heat and rye being;
secondare, and especially the former. The i
ngrh chare of N aw England luis great V mi- !
-t v\ : t*ve or six \ ears. I??vh.
in the cultivation of new lands, and in the improved
cultivation of old. Only in New
I lninpshireand Vermont arc new lands to be
found, yet, as the population of these States
increases annually, more of these new lands
are annually brought into cultivation. The
principal cause of tin's great stimulus to agriculture
is the increase of the manufacturing
population. Here, it may be said, is
one cause of scarcity, the consuming population
advancing upon the producing. But
as the consuming population affords a ready
market for agricultural produce, this market
gives a general impulse to the agriculture
of the whole section, and not only brings
into cultivation more land, but increases the
produce of what was previously tilled. At
the same time, the agricultural population
increases. Thus has an addition to the number
of consumers augmented the number
and the efforts of the producers, and led to
the result which invariably follows from such
stimulus?an increase of sunnlv in a greater
1 1 ^ 0
proportion than the increase of consumption.
We believe that more land was under cultivation
in New England during the last,
than in any preceding year, and that dl}Q
produce of that section bore as great a proportion
to the demand as it overbad borne.
We would next ask if there has been any
failure of crops in that section? In the
northern parts of New Hampshire and Vermont,
Indian corn has suffered; but still,
throughout the six States, an average crop
has been afforded. The crops of potatoes
and grass were never greater, and those of
wheat and rye uncommonly good, as they
always are in cool summers. So much for
New England.
The crops of the middle States are wheat,
rye, Indian corn, potatoes, and grass. The
agriculture of this section has increased astonishingly
within the last five years. We
know not the addition to the lands under
?!? ?* wami/x.] l\nf hnmr if
CUJliVUllUll ** 1 LI 1 aII liitiL j;vnuu^ uui K
to be very great, especially in the western
regions of New York and Pennsylvania,
the two great wheat States. But while additions
have been made to the lands under
cultivation, we do not believe that production
has declined in a single acre of old
lands. Much science is employed in agriculture
in these two States. Most of their
farmers are rich, agriculture is a very profitable
emplovmen', and the two great flour
markets of New York and Philadelphia arc
accessible by great channels of communication.
In the general impulse given to business
pf all kinds within the last five or siv year*
more especially in the two great empire
States of New York and Pennsylvania, the
richest and most improving of all, it would,
indeed, be remarkable if their agriculture
should have declined, either in extent or
productiveness. Within that period the
population of these two States has augmented
by not less than six hundred thousand,
and of this not loss than two-thirds nro n?jricultural.
They arc not, properly speaking,
manufacturing States; for though manufactures
are extensive in their two great
cities and some of their large interior towns,
vet their proportion of manufacturing to agcultural
population is far less than that of
New England. Besides, their agriculture
is employed mostly in raising provisions for
man. Many sheep arc produced in the
eastern counties of New York, and the production
of wool is increasing in Pennsylvania;
hut most of the American wool crop is
the growth of New England, and the wool
districts of N. Y. and Pennsylvania bear no
nrnnnrfiVm tr* fhr?ir rrrnin ilis'ricfs. Has there
r*V1.v...w.. B
been any general failure of any crop in the
middle States in the present year? We believe
not. A few districts have suffered; but
when we consider the great extent of land
under cultivation, we are safe in saying
that the aggregate crops of the four middle
States of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
and Delaware, have been greater in
the present than in any preceding year.
In Maryland and Virginia, the cultivation
of bread stuffs has not increased in the same
proportion as in other States. Still they
are exporting States, and we doubt if their
exports of Hour and Indian corn have at all
diminished. Formerly, we heard much of
Baltimore and Alexandria as Hour markets.
But then they were the principal or only
Hour markets. Since then, Philadelphia
and New York, more especially the la'tcr,
have become great depots for this staple,
and therefore less attention is excited
by the other two. At the same time, we
do not believe that thev export one barrel
1: J * Wn.
less man nicy uiu ieu vwn smu .
muct ?.lso consider that what would have
been considered a great export then, will
excite no wonder now, the whole produce
of the country having so much augmented,
and other markets having grown up. An
export of a hundred thousand barrels from
Baltimore in a given period would attract
attention, if no other port exported half of
the quantity. Hut if this quantity should be
doubled in Baltimore, while New York had
become a Hour port and exported live hundred
thousand, Baltimore would appear to
have declined in comparison with New
^ ork, though it had actually doubled.
on ij:i:oino young ciuldken.
From " Combe on Digestion ami Dietetics
The milk of the parent ought, in every
instance, to constitute the food of the infant,
unless some very urgent reason prevents
the mother from suckling, or renders
her milk improper for the child. There is
always a relation between the condition and
constitution of the mother, and the age and
constitution of the infant, which renders this
proper, and which cannot exist between the
child and any other nurse, but which exercises
an important influence on its nutrition.
It is well known, for example, that
during the lirst lew weeks, the milk isll'iini
nvr an i more watery than i* afterward be!
coir.' ^ f'? ernt'v-ouT.ilv. a iy wlv.horn :n
lant be provided with a nurse in the third <
or fourth month, the natural relation he- i
tween its stomach and the quality of the I
milk is destroyed, and the infant suffers from
the oppression of food, being too heavy for
its powers. If, again, an infant of five or
six months old be transferred to a nurse
recently delivered, the aliment which it receives
is too watery for its support, and its
health in consequence gives way.
In like manner, if the parent he of mature i
age, her own milk, or that of a healthy
nurse of a nearly similar age, will he more j
suitable to the infant than the milk of a much ;
younger woman ; because the constitution !
of the offspring always hears a relation to r
that of the mother, and is adapted to the t
quality of the fluid which nature has provi- 1
ded fur it. I speak, of course, only of the '
healthy state; for in cases of disease, the j1
mother mav he, and of en is, the most unfit;
nurse that can be found for her own child. <
But as, in such instances, the parents are i
always guided in their conduct by medical j
advice, and this is not the place to discuss j
the treatment of disease, I need not now en
ilargo upon it. ^ [
The leading error in the reining of the j
young, I must again repeat, is over-feeding j (
?an error serious in itself, but which may ; c
easily be avoided by the parent yielding | i
only to the indications of appetite, and ad- t
ministering food slowly and in small quan- 1
titics at a time. By no other means can 1
the colics and bowel-complaints, and irrita- i
bilitv of the nervous system, so common in c
infancy, be effectually prevented, & strength j
and healthy nutrition be secured. Nature (t
never meant the infant stomach to be con- 1
verted into a receptacle for laxatives, car- : t
urinatives, antacids, spicy stimulants, and ' v
astringents; and when these become ne- e
cessary, we may rest assured that there is j 1
something faulty in our management, bow- s
ever perfect it may seem to ourselves. The : i:
only exception is where the child is defec- c
tivclv constituted, and then, of course, it ; v
may fail to thrive under the best measures ; ti
which can be devised for its relief. c
Another cause of infantile indigestion, ' n
and which is too much overlooKed through | L
ignorance of its importance, is vitiation of i
the quality of the milk, caused by imprudence, v
neglect, or anxiety on the part of the moth- ! a
cr. The extent to which this cause ope- p
rates in inducing irritation and suffering in I n
the child, is not generally understood : and ; ti
accordingly, it is not unusual for mothers ! v
! to display as much indifference to health, i tl
regimen, and tranquility of mind during u
nursing, as if the milkv secretion, and all o
other bodily functions, were independent of t
pvpiv rvternal and corporeal influence, d
Hcaiihy, nourishing, and digestible milk can n
proceed only from a healthy and well con- 1 I
stitutcd parent; and it is against nature to j li
expect that, if the mother impairs her health : r
and digestion by improper diet, neglect of h
exercise, impure air, or unruly passion, she i<
can nevertheless provide a wholesome and h
uncontaminatcd fluid, as if she were cxem- ti
piary in her observance of all the laws of c
health. ; t<
It is no new or uncertain doctrine that a
the quality of the mother's milk is affected ti
by her own health and conduct, and that, in i e
its turn, it directly affects the health of the c
nursling. Even medicines given to the pa- v
rent act upon the child through the medium ; o
ofthe milk; and n sudden fit of anger, or n
other violent mcmai emotion nus nui uu- . >
frequently been observed to change the 1 c
quality of the fluid, so much as to produce'
purging and gripes in the child. Care and j
anxiety, in like manner, exert a most per- '
nicious influence, and not only diminish the ?
quantity, but vitiate the quality of the milk. ^ 2
As soon, then, may we expect to sec a . P
bad tree bringing forth good fruit, as bad j s
management good results : and low must j I
that parent be ranked in the scale of moral i s
beings, who, knowing the relation we have ! v
pointed out, can still deliberately sacrifice , c
the welfare of her offspring by the improper
indulgence of her appetites and passions, tl
and by culpably neglecting the duties and j
restrictions demanded by her own lieahh. , f
It is a common mistake to suppose that, ^
because a woman is nursing, she ought j
therefore to live very fully, and to add an ! 3
allowance of wine, porter, or other formen- 1 e
ted liquor, to her usual diet.* The only j
result of this plan is to cause an unnatural i J
degree of fullness in the system, which pla- r
ccs the nurse on the brink of disease, and
which of itself frequently puts a stop to, in- i li
stead of increasing, the secretion of the { I
milk. The hcaldi and usefulness of coun- j
try nurses are often utterly ruined by their , J
transplantation into the families of iici? unJ : S
luxurious employers. Accustomed at home ,
to constant bodilv exertion, exposure to the j I
air, ami a moderate supply of the plainest [ c
food, they live in the enjoyment of the best!
health, and constitute excellent nurses. But ?
the moment they arc transplanted from their c
proper sphere, their habits and mode of life
undergo an unfavorable change. Having <
no longer any laborious duty to perform, or s
any daily exposure to encounter, they be- r
conic plethoric and indolent; and as they 1
arc at the same lime too well fed, the digestive
functions become impaired, the sys- t
tern speedily participates in the disorder, j I
and the milk, which was at first bland,!
nourishing and plentiful, now becomes hen-1 f
ting and insufficient, and sometimes even , s
stops altogether. The motive which indu- *
ces the mother to take the nurse out of her t
proper e!<ma ir is extremely amiable?she t
is desirous to see thai her infant h properly i
attended to: hut the method which she takes
to gratify that desire is not on that account i
the less short-sighted and erroneous. Il <
the nurse cannot he trusted with the child
at her own home, care ought to he taken at ! 1
least that her diet and mode of life be charged
as little as possible from those which ex- ;
perience has proved to he most conducive
! to h"t health : and the system of fro ling.
confinement, and indolence usually resorted
to, ought to be strictly prohibited, asfraught
with evil to both nurse and child.
*Some mothers have a notion that, because
hey nurse, they must eat more than usual,
whether their appetite calls for it or not. A
liost pernicious error. No rule is more invariable
than that when the body needs nourshnient,
and the digestive organs are in a
itale to prepare it from the food taken in >
lie stomach there is always an appetite for
t. More food taken into the stomach than
he appetite calls for invariably creates irriation,
and more or less disturbs the digesive
process, and of course impairs the quality
)f tiie milk secreted. When the health is
rood there is commonly an appetite for more
bod in time of nursing than at other times.
When this is the case food ought to be taken
iccording to the appetite, provided it is digesed
without oppression to the stomach.?Ed.
fii. Gazette.
REPORT.
The Committee on Federal Relations leg
leave to Report on so much of the Governor's
Message referred to than as relates
to Texas.
The Committee fully agree with his Excellency
on the propriety and sound policy
>f the Government of the United States
naiiitaining a strict neutrality with all foreign
nations, and specially with Mexico in
icr contest with Texas, and that we are the
asr. people who should set an example of
mper.inent interference with the internal
toncerns of other States. Xo people can
ong be safe from foreign combinations if
hey, themselves, are the first to violate the
aws of nations, to gratify on the part of
heir citizens a rapacity for gain, in a case
vherc they suppose their superior strength
nables them to take advantage of the feebleness
of others. If that justice which
hould always be maintained between civilzed
S:afes is once abandoned, and the rule
>f cxpeJiency established in its place, the
veakcrS a'es of the world cannot hope long
0 sustain their liberibs; but must sooner
>r later fall a prey to the predatory spirit of
1 foreign people, or to the ambition of neighlouring
tyrants.
Your Committee cannot but look upon a
rar, at this time, between the I'nited States
nd Mexico as a calamity greatly fo bedcirecated
for more reasons than it is now
iccessary to announce; and solemnly proest
against any violation of that neutrality
rhich our government professes towards
lint State. South Carolina cannot consent,
inder a supposed idea of self in'ercst, to viilate
the sancti.y of the law of nations, or
iat neutrality which should always beguarled
by the United S.ates towards a foreign
lation engaged in an internal struggle.?
o ~ ^ no
Inder the present circumstances, to actnowlcdgc
the independence of Texhs and
eceive her into this Union could be no
. sstlmn a declaration of war against Mux:o,
and of doubtful policy to the older slaveoiling
States, it is not for this Legislate
to determine at what crisis it may be
- .1 . ?T_:.~.j c"
om-j proper on me pan 01 cne uimt-u ouues
d acknowledge the independence of Texas,
nd should it ever arrive, your Committee
ust the counsels of the nation will be gov.
rued by strict justice and the soundest poliy,
and that she will pursue that course
.'hich she has heretofore observed towards
ther nations, and no other, 6z that she will
ot be seduced from the exercise of her
ound judgment, through sympathy forothrs,
though justly deserved.
'i\ i i.t./-?/>n r\ r?i :
if. J. mcuuxiu, v^uuijiiiuu.
Legislature of North Carolina.?
Senate.?A resolution was introduced, Nov.
3, by Mr. Carson, to receive the State's
or.ion of the public revenue, for which a
ubstilute was moved the next day by Mr.
id wards to raise a joint committee to conider
the subject. On the 24th Mr. Edraids
offered resolutions expressing an
pinion in favor of reducing the Tariff.
The Speaker announced to the Senate,
lie following standing committees, viz :
Finance. Messrs. Polk, Marsteller,
luwkins, Williams, Mcbane, Dockerv,
Joodv.
Propositions and Grievances. Messrs.
donfgomery, Hussey, Gudger, Moye, Myrs,
Cooper of Martin, Bryan of Craven.
Internal Improvement. Messrs. Joyner,
ones, Albright, Dobson, Bryan of Car.eet,
Sanders, Ileinhardt.
Judiciary. Brvan of Carteret, Morelead,
Moselv, Carson, Edwards, Kelley,
I a rg rave.
Education and Li'erary fund. Messrs.
dosely, Moore, Taylor, Davidson, Kerr,
jpruill, Fo.V.
Pririleges and Elections. Messrs. Morelead,
Burnov. Hall, Reid, Burnett, Mel
:hor, Moulder.
Claims. Messrs. Kelloy,Baker, Reding,
McCormick, Whirakcr, Lindsay, Cowper
if Gates.
Nov. 25. The different parts of the
jovcrnor's Message were relcrred to the
ippropriate Committees. Nothing else of
my importance done.
Nov. 2G. Nothing worth reporting.
.Monday, Nov. 23. John M. Skinner,
lie Senator elected from Pasquotank and
Vrquinnons, was qualified.
On motion of Mr. Spruill, so much of the
intended Cons itution as relates to the pas.
;ago of general laws regulating divorce and
dimony ; so much as relates to the alteraion
of the names of persons; so much as
via1 os to the legitimating those not born j
n wedlock ; and so much as relates to re-1
storing to credit persons convicted of in fa-!
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mous crimes; bo referred to the committee ;
on the judiciary. j
On motion of Mr. Cooper of-Martin, the j
committee on the Judiciary were instructed
to inquire into the expediency ol so amending
the cxts ing c.^a lavs, as that no casa
shall issue unless the plaintiff or his agent
shall make o.uh before some justice of the
peace in the county win-re the defendant
| resides, that it is believed that {!?e defendant
| has so concealed his property us to defraud
the plaintiff out of his dues.
Messrs. Bryan of Carteret. Mosoly,More;
head, Jovncr, and Hawkins, were appoiurJ
ed on the part of the Senate,to compose the
joint select committee on the subject of ti.e
surplus revenue.
Mr. Reinhurdt presented a petition from
certain citizens of Lincoln county, relative
to the ereciion of a new coun'y, from part
of that and Rutherford county : referred to
the select c unmittec on the subject.
Nov. 30. Resolutions were passed, to
adjourn on Monday the 2nd of January,
and to allow two men from Tennessee $200
for apprehending n fugitive from justice.
Dec. 1. A motion passed to direct a
select committee to he appointed on the
subject, to inquire in'o the expediency of
increasing the banking capital of the State.
4 nrnnn?i innfrom the Commons to electa
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I. S. Senator to-morrow, was laid on tho
tal)!c : ayes 25, noes 24.
Dec. 2 & 3. Nothing worlh reporting.
Monday, Dec. 5. A bill authorizing the
Governor to receive the surplus revenue as.
signed to the State passed by unanimous
vote.
Dec. G. The committee on the subject
j reported that the two Houses meet in the
I Commons Mail on the 15th Dec. to count
the votes for Governor; that one Senator
and two Commoners be tellers ; the result
to be declared to the two Houses by the
Speaker of the Senate; the list of votes to
be entered on the journals of bo.li Houses.
Report adopted.
House of Commons. Nov. 20. Sianding
committees appointed. On motion of
D. Jordon it was resolved toappoint a joint
committee on the subject of the State's share
of the " surplus revenue."
Nov. 24. Messages were sent to the
Senate proposing joint committees on so
""'"i' '??? fttrwprnnr's Messaire as relates
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to the appointment of Milifia officers; the
administration of justice ; the surplus revenue;
abolition; and the Cherokee lands.
Nov. 25. Joint committees were proposed
by message to the Senate on Internal
improvement; alterations of the Commons
Hall; and rebuilding the Capitol.
Depositions were laid before the House
bv the Speaker, touching the qualifications
of Wm.S.Harris,a member from Cabarrus:
referred ; Sundry petitions were presented
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for the manumission 01 siaves.
Nov. 26. The Speaker announced the
appointment of the following Committees:
Judiciary. Ak'ssrs. Graham,Hoke,Williamson,
Hu chinson, Jordan, Moore, J. W.
Guinn and Caldwell.
On private Bills. Messrs. Speller, Parrow,
Watson, Fleming, Tomlinson, and
Miller of Rutherford.
A great part of the day was spent in discussing
some change# proposed in the rules
of order of the two Houses.
Monday. Nov. 28. The resignation of
John B. Muse, from Pasquotank, was received
; and a writ of election on Dec. 8th
was ordered to be issued.
Resolutions and bills were introduced on
the following subjects : to divide Orange
county; to construct a road in Macon;
and from Franklin in that county to the
Georgia line; to make a turnpike road of
the Hickory Gap road; to purchase th$
whole stock of the Ashville turnpike;
amending the law in relation to public print#
ing.
Nov. 29. Propositions came before the
House o divide Rowan county; to raise
the tax on strolling exhibitions ; and to in
corporate the Milton Manufacturing Companv.
Nov. 30. A bill was presented to divide
Buncombe County.
Dec. 1. The Judiciary Committee reported
against raising the tax on travelling
exhibitions. The resolution from the Senate
to adjourn on the 2d of January was laid en
the table.
Dec. 2. The resolution from the Senate
to reward two men for apprehending a fugitive
from justice, passed its several readings.
The following members were appointed
by the speaker, to compose, on the part
of this House, cerlain joint select committees,
viz:
Messrs. Marshall, Jarman, Hooker, Farrow
and Sattert'hwaite, were appointed, on
the part of this House, to compose the joint
select committee on the subject of altering
'i * -t'u?u;n? ,iin cimprinr and county
Hie tunc cji iiuiuiu- int. uu|...? ^
courts in the Newborn judicial district.
Messrs. Hutchinson, Williamson, and
Gotten, on the subject of contested elections
for Governor.
Messrs. Fisher, Kedar Whitley, and Haw.
kins, 0:1 the committee for comparing the
votes given in August for Governor.
Messrs. Graham, Gales, Gilliam, J. W.
Guinn, Hoskins, and Moore, on the subject
of the Revised Statutes.
Messrs. Bedford, W. J. T. Miller, Hoi.
j land and Ward, on the subject of dividing
the counties of Lincoln anil Ru:hcrfordton.
Messrs. Gilliam, Gales, Ratal, Hartley
and McCIenaiian on the subject of the Pub.
lie Buildings and rebuilding he Capitol.
The b:!! directing the puidic treasurer to
receive iu payment for Cherokee lands, the
i hank notes oi" Virginia, Tennessee, South
| Carolina and G -orgiu, was reported by Mr.
! Sa n-rthwaite Horn the committee, passed
I rs 3d reading, and was ordered to be engrossed.
Tlie !>iii to lay off from Orange, a new
county to be called Jefferson, was, after bo,
ing advocated by Mr. Giaham, tfnd opposI
ed by Mr. Moore, rejected on its second
i reading, by a vo e of 48 \e ?s to 65 noes.
The Coinnii tee of Finance on 'he par* oi
! tii;.*: f louse are Messrs. lit!), Rand, Bedford,
!1< IJingMvorrh, Smallwocd, Stalliugs, Kc*
! nan, and Boon
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