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STATE LEGISLATURE. -Tuesday, LNtoDer i - Thomas J. Person, the Senatof elect from North ampton, Charles McCleese, the Senator elect from Washington and Tyrrell, James P. Speight, the Senator dect from Lenoir and Greene, and George II. McMillan, Senator elect from Onslow, appeared, wore qualified, and took their seats. The Senate was informed by message of the or ganization of the lloiwo, and of its readiness to en ter on the public business. On motion of Mr. Bower, a message was sent to the House informing that body of the organi zation of the Senate, and of its readiness to pro ceed with business. . , On motion of Mr. Steele, seats Were assigned for Reporters to the Senate. On motion of Mr. Brogden, the , rules of order for the last session were adopted for the present session until otherwise ordered. A message was received from the Commons pro tein a joint select committee of two on the part of Ech IIoL, to wait on His Excellency the Gover nor inform him of the organization of the two Houses and of their readiness to receive any cm inuiiioation he may have to make. Agreed to, and Messrs. Joyner and Brogden appointed on the part of tl.o Senate. Mr. Joyner, from this Committee, soon after reported that they had waited on the Governor, and had received for answer that he would send in a message to-day at 12 o clock. The message of the Governor with accompany ing documents was received from the Commons with a proposition to print five copies of the same for each member- Agreed to. The Governors Message and accompanying documents will bo foundln another part of to-day's Standard. The Senate then proceeded to consider the mat ter of the contested seat from Currituck and Cam den. We present here, at length, the papers from the Sheriff of Camden and the returning ofheer of Currituck in relation to this matter : Certificate of Returning Officer of Currituck County. I, Edmund Simmons, Returning officer ot the County of Currituck, having received from the in spectors of thediflerent precincts in said County the returns of the Senatorial votes as given in at the elec tion for Senator for the District composed of the Counties of Camden and Currituck, held on the first Thursday of August, 1852, together with the list of voters and'having on the second Thursday of August met the Returning officer of the County of Camden at Dr.Marchant'sJSlore at Indian Town.Currituck Coun ty, for the purpose of comparing and examining the Senatorial polls, and being prevented on that day from concluding the examination and comparison, I did proceed on the next day to compare and examine said Senatorial polls with the Returning officer of the County of Camden, and on such comparison and ex amination I hereby certify that Henry M. Shaw had the largest number of votes for Senator for said Dis trict, and is therefore duly elected as such. EDMUND SIMMONS, Returning offirtr of Currituck Co. Certificate of Sheriff of Camden. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,) Camden Co., Aug. 16, 1852. J This ia to certify that I. E. P. Dailey, have given Henry M. Shaw a list of the Senate voters ia the County of Camden for the year 1852.. The poll books have two hundred and ninety-four votes, and the inspector's certificates two hundred and ninety three votes. Witness my hand and seal. E. P. DAILEY, Shff, seal. Two hundred and forty votes for John llama rd, and fifty-three votes for Henry M. Shaw. 3 E. P. DAILEY, SISff. Certificate of Coroner of Currituck Co. I, Edmund Simmons, Coroner of Currituck Coun ty, do certify that at the election held on the first Thursday in August. 1852, to elect a Senator to rep resent the 2d Senatorial District composed of the Counties of Camden and Currituck, according to the returns made to me by the different inspectors and poll-keepers of said County, that Henry M. Shaw received two hundred and eighty-five votes, and that John Barnard received ninety-seven votes. This the 30th August, 1852. E. SIMMONS, Coroner. Certificate of Sheriff vf Lamdrn Co. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, ) Camdex Couhtv. ) Be it remembered, that at the time and place ap pointed by law, to wit, Indian Town, in the County of Currituck, and on the second Tursday in August last, I, Enoch P. Dailey, Sheriff of the County of Camden, did meet the Returning officer of the Coun ty of Currituck, to wit, Edmund Simmons, for the purpose of comparing the polls of the Counties of Camden and Currituck, and ascertaining who was elected Senator tu te next Legislature to be held for the State ot North Carolina from the District com-' posed of said Counties, at an election which had theretofore been held at thediflerent precincts in said County, for that purpose, to wit, on the first Thurs day in August, 1852; that then and there, in the presence of Alfred Pearkes, Joseph M. Margen, and U. Giandy, three freeholders of the Counties of Cam den and Currituck, I did demand an exhibition of a correct statement of the number of votes given for each 'candidate and a list ol the names of the per sons voting, -signed by the inspectors, from the Returning officer of the County of Currituck, having exhibited the same from the County of Camden ; whereupon the Returning officer of the County of Currituck 'did refuse and neglect to exhibit a list of the names of the persons voting for Senator at said election in the County of Currituck, except from one precinct in said County; wherefore, upon such ex amination and comparison of the certificates of the inspectors of the said election, accompanied by cor rect lists of the names 6f llie- persons voting at the election aloresaid, and for' the office aforesaid, I, E. P. Dailey, Sheriff of the County of Camden, do de clare and certify that John Barnard is duly elected Senator for the District composed of the Counties of Camden and Currituck to the next General Assembly to be held for the State of North Carolina. Given under my band and seal, this the 24th day of September, 1852. E P. DAILEY, Sh'f. Iseal. Mr. T. F. Jones offered the following Resolution, which wiis accepted by Mr. Woodfin in lieu of his amendment of yesterday, to wit : Whereas, The Sheriff of. Camden County hath certified to the Senate that John Barnard, on the 5th of August last-was duly elected a member of this house from the 2d Senatorial District composed of the Counties of Camden and Currituck ; whereas, the Sheriff of Currituck County, who was alive on the day the election was held, but died before the day fixed by law for comparing the polls, whereupon the Coroner of said Currituck County hath certified that H. M. Shaw is elected Senator in said District; Sphere as, the certificate of the said Coroner, if ad tiissable at all, can (a it is insisted) be jusiifiedonly by taking from said Barnard one tote received by him in Camden County, because, on the certified return from one precinct the voles counted out numbered one more ' than the voters at the same district listed by the Clerk, and by giving two votes to said Shaw in Currituck Coumy, because two votes were found in the Governors box at a precinct where, without counting said votes, the number of voters listed and the number of votes counted out were the same ; and whereas, neither applicant has on his behalf the ev idence required by law before taking a seat to repre nt the freemen of North Carolina in this bod v. and to enable the Senate to do justice to both, investijja-1 lion is necessary ; .,. That it be referred to a select committee of seven Whose duty it shall be to report the facts of this case, at the very earnest aay convenient. By conseut of the Senate a paper writing rela ting to this subject' was offered by Mr. T. F. Jones, . Mr. Jones then spoke at some length in favor of referring the whole matter w u, u Senate f and Mr; Caldwell, of Mecklenburg fol lowed in reply to Mr. Jones, maintaining ; that the - v.V. t. cat, nf Dr. Shaw's eleetion was complete, and that there was no necessity for re- ' ferring the matter, to a Committee. - Mr? Hoke followed in opposition to referring the matter to a Committee, and argued to show, from tha evidence before the Senate, that Dr. Shaw was entitled to his seaV-Mr- Jones spoke briefly m re ply, and was followed by Mr. Lillington in support of Mr. Jones' Resol ution. Mr. Hok replied brief ly to Mr. Jones ; after which the Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF. COMMONS Tuesday, Oct. 5, 1852. The Speaker took his seat at 1 0 o'clock, and called the House to order. The proceedings of yes terday were read, and approved. Mr. Jones, of Tyrrell, and Messrs. Bynum and Lock hart, of Northampton, appeared, produced their credentials, were qualified, and took their seats. ... The Speaker announced that the question before the House was the motion of Mr. Avery to lay up on the table the . resolution offered ; by Mr. D. F. Caldwell, instructing the Doorkeeper to have cur tains hung to the upper windows of the Commons Hall, - - j Mr. Avery withdrew his motion, and . Mr. Cherry, of Bertie, moved to amend the res olution by instructing the Doorkeeper to procure and put up baize curtains for temporary use. The amendment was accepted, and the resolution read a second and third times and adopted. Mr. Wheeler, of Lincoln, offered a resolution to adopt the rules of the last session for the temporary government of the House, and also providing for the appointment of a committee of five to report new rules, which was adopted; . Mr. Cherry, of Bertie, offered a resolution that a message be sent to the Senate informing that bodv of the organization of the House. Adopted. Mr. S. P. Hill, of Caswell, offered a resolution proposing to raise a joint select committee of two from eaoh House to take into consideration the fit ting up of the Senate and Commons chambers in a manner condusive to the comfort of the mem bers. Adopted. The Soeaker announced a message from the Sen ate informing the House of the organization of that body. . - Mr. Martin, of Franklin, offered a resolution that a message be sent to the Senate proposing to raise a joint select committee of two from each House to wait upon the (ioveruor ana inrorm nun mat Dom Houses were organised and ready to receive any communication from him. Adopted. A message was received from the Senate con taining a statement from the Secretary of State that Seaton Gales had contracted to do the public Print ing of both Houses. The Speaker announced tne toliowwg genuemen as constituting the committee to report rules of or der, viz : Messrs. Wheeler, Puryear, Cherry, Dob bin and Leach. A message was received from the Senate con curring in the- proposition to raise a joint select committee to wait on the Governor, and naming Messrs. Brogden and Joyner as the committee on the part of the Senate. The Speaker appointed Messrs. Martin and Phil lips on the part of the House. The committee reported that the Governor would send in his message at 12 o clock. Mr. Wheeler, of Lincoln, offered a resolution proposing to go into the election of Engrossing Clerk to-inorrow at 12 o'clock. Mr. Avery moved to lay the resolution on the table, which was negatived. Mr. Wilderj of "Wake, moved to amend the re solution by changing 12 to 11. Mr. Wheeler stated that he had offered the re solution as a peace-offering, and not as a fire-brand, and withdrew it. Mr. Miller, of Caldwell, offered a resolution to seud a message to the Senate proposing to go into the election of Engrossing Clerk immediately. Mr. Avery moved to lay' on the table, which was adopted by a vote of 47 to 43. The hour of 12 having arrived the Governor sent in his message by Mr. Jones, Private Secretary, which was read by the Assistant Clerk. Mr. Dobbin moved to send it to the Senate with a proposition to print five copies for each member ot the Ueneral Assembly, which was concurred in. .The House then adjourned until to-mpirow morning 10 o'clock. 'SENATE. Wednesday, October G," 1852. A message was received from the House pro posing to raise a Joint select committee of two on the part of each House to take into consideration the furnishing each House in a manner suitable to the comfort and convenience of the members. Con curred in, and Messrs. Bunting and Lillington ap pointed on the part of the Senate. Also, propos ing a Joint committee to report rules for the gov ernment of the intercourse of the two Houses. Concurred in, and Messrs. Bower, Thompson, and Brogden appointed. Also, a. message proposing to raise a Joint select committee consist of nine on the part of the House, and five on the part of the Senate, on so much of the message of His Excellency the Governor as relates to th question of repealing for the session the ex isting law as to the period of the meeting of the General Assembly, and proceeding to act on the ordinary business of legislation. Concurred in, and the House tvris; informed that Messrs. Cald well, J. F. Jones, Hargrave, Drake, and Albritton form the Senate's branch of the Committee. Also, a message proposing to raise a Joint select committee to consist-of nine on the part of the House, and five on the part of the Senate, on so much of the Governor's message as relates to", the subject of prescribing the mode of electing Electors for President and Vice President, kc Concurred in, and Messrs. Hoke, Kelly, Thomas, Boyd, and Woodfin appointed on the part of the Senate. The Senate refused to concur in a proposition from the House to go immediately into! the election of an Engrossing Clerk. The Senate now resumed the consideration' of the unfinished business of yesterday, to wit, the con tested election from Camden and Currituck. Mr. T. F. Jones presented a paper in relation to the same, and asked that it be read. Mr. Hoke ob jected to the reading of the paper, as not being in order, but by permission ot the senate it was read and ordered to be laid ou the table. The Senate was addressed bv Mr. Bynum in fa vor of referring the matter to a Committee, and Mr. Caldwell followed in reply. We are prevent ed from giving the remarks of these gentlemen (already written out by a competent Reporter,) by the pressure of other matter on our columns to-day, which cannot be postponed, lhe remarks of Mr, Hoke, delivered on the same subject yesterday, shall also appear hereafter .J The Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Wednesday, Oct. 6th, 1852. The House met according to adjournment, and was called to order-by the Speaker. Yesterday's proceedings were read and approved. The Speaker announced that the business before the House was the proposition to raise a joint select committee of five on the; part -of the House and three on the part of the Senate; to report rules for the government of the intercourse between the two Houses, which was adopted and sent to the Senate. - ' . . . . Mrj Wheeler, from the committee to report rules for the government of the House, said that that duty had 'been" discharged, and begged leave to re Iort. - The report was read and unanimously a- Mr. Dobbin offered a resolution that a message be sent to the Senate proposing to raise a joint se lect committee of nine on the part of the House anflfive on the part of the Senate, to take into con sideration so much of the special Message of the Governor as relates to the adjournment of the Gen eral Assembly ; and also another committee, consti tuted in the same manner, to.. Jake into considera tion so much of the Message as relates to the re arranging of the Electoral Districts. Mr. Dobbin stated that there were other subjects embraced in the Message which it would probably be proper to refer to select committees ; but that he did not deem it necessary at- present. That when the question of adjournment was settled the Legis lature would be prepared to proceed in a proper spirit to the accomplishment of its work; the com mittee would take into consideration both the Con stitutional question and the expediency of adjourn ing, and report at an early day. He named the numbers of nine on the part of the House and five on the tart of the Senate, not only because it was a fair proportion, but that in the construction of the House part ot the committee one migni, uu taken frvni each Congressional District. The resolution was adopted unanimously. Mr. Miller moved to take up the resolution to send a message to the Senate proposing to go im mediately into the election of Engrossing Clerk. The House agreed to take up by a vote of 54 to 47. Mr. Wilder moved to amend by striking out "immediately " and inserting " 11 o'clock to-morrow morning." Not agreed to. The question occurring on the adoption of the resolution it prevailed. by a vote of 57 to 46. A message was received from the Senate inform ing the House that it had laid upon the table the resolution relating to the election of Engrossing Clerk. A message was received from the Senate con curring in the resolutions to raise joint select com mittees on different portions of the special message of the Governor, and on joint rules of order. The Speaker announced the following commit tees on the part of the House : On fitting up the Halls Messrs. . i. tiui ana Cherry. On that portion of the Governor's message rela ting to adjournment Messrs. Leach, Carmichael, Love, Black, Strange, Amis, Wilder, Albertson, and Stubbs. On re-arranging the Electoral Districts Messrs. Dobbin, Fagg, Dobson, Lander, Wiley, J. Turner, Cherry, Dortch and W. H. Sanders. On joint resolutions Messrs. Wheeler, Waters, Avery, Wynne and Adams. On motion of Mr. Martin, the House adjourned until 11 o'olock to-morrow morning. SENATE. Thursday, October 7, 1852. Mr. Bower, from the Committee, reported Joint rules of order for the two Houses, which were agreed rto. On motion of Mr. Clark, a Committee was ap pointed to report rules for the government of the Senate. The Speaker appointed Messrs. Clark, Joyner, Bower, Person, and Gilmer the Com mittee. The Senate resumed the consideration of the con tested case from' Currituck and Camden. Mr. Kel ly spoke at some length in favor of Mr. Jones' Resolution, and was replied to bj Mr. Bower. On the motion to substitute the Resolution of Mr. Jones providing for a Committee,for the Resolution of Mr. Hoke declaring Dr. Shaw entitled to the seat, Mr. Bower called for a division of the question ; and the vote was first taken on striking out as follows : Yeat Messrs Albright, Albritton, Arendell, By num, Cowper, Gilmer, Joyner, T.' F. Jones, Kelly, Lane, Lillington, Mitchell, McCleese, Murry, Parks, Palmer, Richardson, Steele, Thompson, Willy and Woodfin 21. Nays Messrs. Bower, Berry, Brogden, Bunting, Boyd, Barrow, Clark, Canady, Caldwell, Collins, Cunningham, Drake, Hoke, Hargrave, Herring, W. Jones, Kerr, McMillan, McDowell, Murcbison, Person, Speight, Ward, Watson and Withers 25. So the Senate refused to strike out. Mr. Lillington moved to strike out after the word Resolved, and insert : " That as, in the contested election from the 2d Senatorial District composed of the Counties of Cam den and Currituck, it does not satisfactorily appear from the evidence produced by .John Barnard and Henry M. Shaw, that either is entitled to the seat, that said election be referred to the people of said District for their decision ; and that a writ of election issue." The Senate refused, by the same vote, to strike out. The Resolution of Mr. Hoke, declaring Dr. II. M. Shaw entitled to the seat, was then adopted, yea3 25, nays 21 the Democrats voting in the athrmauve, and the NY nigs in tne negative. Dr. Shaw then went forward to the Clerk s desk, was qualified, and took his seat as the Senator from Camden and Currituck. The Senate then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Thursday, Oct. 7th, 1852. The Speaker took his Chair at 11 o'clock and called the House to order. The proceedings of yesterday were read and approved. Mr. JNorlieet, one ot tne memoers eiect ironi Edgecombe, presented his credentials, was qualified, and took his seat. Mr. Dobbin, from the joint select committee on re-arrangmg the Electoral uistncis, reported a Bill, which was read the first time and ordered to be printed. The Bill provides for repeahng the present law in regard to the Electoral Districts, and declares that an election "shall be held on the first Tuesday in November next to elect ten Electors for President and Vice. President, one from the State at large, and one fronr each of the nine Congressional Dis tricts as at present arranged. The Act to go into effect from' and after its ratification. Mr. Wiley, of Guilford, offered a preamble and resolutions providing for the adjournment of the present session on the 11th instant, and the re-assembling of the Assembly on the first Monday in December n3xt, which was committed to the com mittee on adjournment. On motion of Mr. Leach, of Davidson, the House adjourned until 11 o'clock to-morrow morning. Fables for Grown People. We commend to our readers the following little parable told by Dr. Reynolds, of Oswego, N. Y., to a gathering of farm ers in that vicinity : " As you are all farmers, I'll tell you a story of a young farmer. He thought of getting married, as every man ought, (a laugh,) but had two sweethearts, which every man ought not, (more laughter). One was a tall, fine girl, vain, showy, famous at a ball, but not good at house work. She was so famous for silk and plumes, and always in such a hurry, that she got the name of Fuss and Feathers. (Loud laughter.) ' The other, was mild, intelligent and clever, able to show off at a ball, but more fond of being happy and making others happy at home ; she was fit for any work neat, without b6inggaudygeneious, with out beincrextravasrant. And though Fuss and Feath ers was a great belle, the young farmer reflected that if he married her, his farm wouia go to ruin, his in dependence would be lost, and he himself bound to the painful slavery of being in debt ; when if he mar ried the other, he would have a pleasing, intelligent companion, who would keep him respectable by keeping him out of debt, maintain his independence, and secure his happiness. He married her, and re jected Fuss and Feathers. . (Loud laughter.)" " Richmond Enquirer. SPECIAL MESSAGE. To the Honorable the General Assembly nj the Stale of North Carolina. ' The meeting of the Legislature affords a fit occa sion for the expression of deep-felt gratitude to an all wise Providence for the many blessings bestowed upon us as a Republic, as a State, and as a People. With the advice ot the Council of State, ;it was deemed absolutely necessary to call a meeting of the General Assembly, at an earlier day than was provi ded tor the regular meeting thereof, for the purpose of having legislative action in relation to the election of Electors of President and Vice President of the United States. This necessity arose in consequence of the action of Congress apportioning the Members of the House of Representatives amoDg the several States, according to the Census of 1850, by which the State of North Carolina will be entitled to only ten Electoral votes, while the present Act of Assem blv provides for the election of eleven Electors. The communication of the Executive to the Council of Stale, and the proceedings of that bodv thereon, and the Official Certificate of the Secretary of the Interior in relation to the apportionment under the Seventh Census, are herewith transmitted. Laying off the State in districts would impose the necessity on the people of making new nominations of candidates lor Electors; which, for want of sum cienl intervening time, would operate very inconve niently at the ensuing election. It is therefore re commended that an Act be passed, providing for the election, on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November next, of ten Electors of President and Vice President; that the existing laws prescribing the qualification of voters, the manner of holding the election and making returns, as well as the penalty imposed for illegal voting-, be continued in force. The Constitution requires the Sena toral districts to be laid on by the General Assembly "at us nrst ses sion after the year one thousand eight hundred and fifiy-one," and that the apportionment of the House of Commons shall be made by the General Assembly at the respective periods when the districts for the Senate are directed to be laid off. In regard to amendments to the Constitution by legislative enactment, it is provided in the Uonstitu tion, that, " If, after such publication, the alteration proposed by the preceding General Assembly shall be agreed to, in the first session thereafter, by two- thirds of the whole representation in each House of the General Assembly, after the same shall have been read three times on three several days in each House, then the said General Assembly shall prescribe a mode by which the amendment or amendments may be submitted to the qualified voters of the House of Uommons throughout the State." It is respectfully submitted whether public conve nience will not be promoted by repealing, for the seS' sion, the law requiring the meeting of the General Assembly on the third Monday in November, and proceeding to act on the ordinary business of legis lation, thereby having but one instead of two aes sions. Should the General Assembly decide to adopt this course, when informed of that fact, my regular Message will be communicated accordingly. DAVID S. REID. Executive Department, Raleigh, October 4, 1852. A. Communication to Council and Proceedings. Executive Office, Raleigh, May 20, 1852. Gentlemen: The construction placed on the second clause of the first section of the third article of the Constitution of the United States, requires the vote for President and Vice President in 1852, to be according to the Census of 1850. This construction has been generally acquiesced in, and will, I presume, be adopted by all the States. Although I have not been officially informed of the tact, yet it is well un derstood that North Carolina, according to the late apportionment, will only be entitled to ten Electoral votes in the next election. The act of the General Assembly of this State, at the session of 1842-'3, divided the State into eleven Electoral Districts. Therefore, the act of Assembly provides for the elec tion of eleven Electors, while the State, under the late apportionment, will only be entitled to ten Electoral votes. The next election for President and Vice President will take place before the regular period appointed bylaw for the meeting of the General As sembly. It is provided by law, that " the Governor may, with the advice of the Council of State, call a meeting of the General Assembly, if the same shall be ahsolutely necessary, at a sooner day than the same may be adjourned to or appointed'to meet." I submit to your consideration, whether, under the circum stances, it does not -become necessary to convene the General Assembly at an earlier day than is provided by law for its regular meeting, to have further legis lation to avoid illegality in the election for President and Vice President. If your body should advise the General Assembly to be convened for the purpose I have mentioned, the question then arises as to the most appropriate time tor the meeting. It occurs to me that it should not be called together tilt after the next August election. The Constitution provides that " the Senate of this State shall consist of fifty representatives, biennially chosen by ballot, and-to be elected by districts which districts shall be laid off by the General As sembly, at its first session after the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, and afterwards at its first session after the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one." It is also provided that the apportion ment of the members of the House of Commons " shall be made by the General Assembly at the re spective times and periods when the districts for the Senate are hereinbefore directed to be laid off." If the General Assembly should be called together be fore the regular period, it would of course be a ses sion, and the first session after the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. The language of the Constitution is not the first regular or biennial ses sion, but " at its firl session." It would, therefore, seem, thai if the Legislature is convened, the Con stitution requires the Senatorial districts to be laid off, and the members of the House of Comoqons to be apportioned. If it is convened before the next August election, it will be composed of members chosen in 1850, who, I presume, were not elected with a view to laying off the Senatorial districts and apportioning the members of the House of Com mons. I therefore submit, whether a regard for public interest, and a respect for public opinion, do hot require that the time for convening the General Assembly should be postponed till the first Monday in October next. The Legislature, then called to gether, would be fresh from the people, and fully prepared to reflect their will on these subjects and all others. The next session of the General Assembly will in all probability be one of more than ordinary length. Laying off the Congressional and Senatorial districts, apportioning the members of the House of Commons, and acting upon the report of the Commissioners appointed to revise the Statutes, added to the ordin ary business of legislation, will protract the session. The people might go on, and in their primary meet ings, nominate their candidates tor Electors, and the General Assembly, when convened, might pass the necessary act in time far the Presidential election. The Legislature could then proceed to lay off the Senatorial districts and apportion the members of the House of Commons; repeal, for the session, the act fixing the time for the meeting of the General As sembly, and then act upon the Report of the Com mittee appointed to revise the Statutes, or upon any other business of legislation. In this way, it seems to me, the expense and inconvenience of an extra session might be avoided. This communication, you will observe, is predica ted upon the fact that the term of the members of the Legislature commences at the regular biennial elec tion in August. Upon this point I think there can be no doubt. It has been said that this construction would operate as an inconvenience ; for, if the office of Governor were to become vacant after the election in August, then there would be no Speaker of the Senate to succeed him. Even admitting this to he true, it argues nothing; for we all know that an in convenience experienced from a provision in the Constitution does not authorise us to change its con struction. ' The Constitution provides that members of the Assembly shall be biennially chosen. All seem to admit that they are elected for a term of two years. In 1835,. the Constitution was amended, and, instead of each county having a Senator and two members of the House of Commons, a different mode of representation was substituted. Although the amended Constitution was ratified in Noveraber,1835, an ordinance of the Convention postponed its opera tion until the 1st of January, 1836. The Constitu tion which went into effect on that day, abolished the I Assembly elected under the olJ Constitution, and, consequently the nrst Assemoiy cnosen nnuer me tions of 1836. The term of the members of that As sembly commenced from the election. If the term commenced at the election then,-it must be so now; for the Constitution has not been changed since that time. 1 most respectfully ask your advice in relation to convening the General Assembly. 1 am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, DAVID S. REID. To the Council or State. Whereupon it was Ordered, that the Council of Stale do advise the Governor to call a session of the General Assembly to be elected in August next, to meet in the City of Raleigh, on the first Monday in October next, as proposed in the preceding com munication. W. S. HILL, President of Council. No further business coming before the Council, that body adjourned. 1. Alexander H. H. Stuart, Secretary of the Interior, do hereby certify, that in the discharge of the duty devolved on me by the provisions of an Act or (Congress approved May 23d, 1850, entitled " An Act providing for the taking of the seventh and sub Sequent Censuses of the United States, and to. fix the number of the Members ot the House of Repre sentatives, and provide for their future apportionment among the several Slates," and in pursuance of the provisions of another Act of Congress, approved 30th July, 1852, entitled "An Act supplementary to ' An Act providing for the taking of the seventh and sub sequent censuses of the United States, and to fix the number of the Members of the House of Representa tives, and to provide for their future apportionment among the several States.' approved twenty-third May, eighteen hundred and fifty," 1 have appor tioned the Representatives among the several States, as provided for by said acts, in the manner directed by the 25th section of the act, approved 23d May, 1850, and the 1st section of the act approved 30th Ju ly, 1852. And I do hereby further certify, that the number of Representatives apportioned to the State of North Carolina, under the last seventh enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States, is Eight. (8) 0 In testimony whereof, I have hereun ?a,vlx'&. to subscribed my name, and caused the 5!!3iRjfc seal of the Department of the Interior to "5 beaffixed.at the City of Washington, this .WS second day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. ALEXANDER H. H. STUART. For the Standard. WHIG CONSISTENCY. Mk. Editor: Every reflecting Whig, who takes the least interest in the acts, or pride in the charac ter of the party, of which he professes. himself a member, must be deeply humiliated when hecalmnly views their conduct for several years past. If the bitter denunciations of the Mexican war, and the shameful abuse of Scott and T-hylor, by their leading men and journals in '46 and '7, are com oared with the fulsome adulation of the same parties in '48 jnA 'O it mnar elnl. mn-.n n :..J:J :.i astonishment at the audacious effrontery with which they appeal to the people for support. In '46 and '7 the American army in Mexico were desciibad as "a band of disciplined cut-throats," the national enemy were called on "to welcome them with bloody hands and hospitable graves," their gallant leaders were pointed out as men who deser ved, and would receive the "execrations of the world" for their wholesale butcheries of the much abused Mexicans. Every new victory was received with sullen disapprobation ; our honor as a nation and our character as a people were declared to be disgra ced forever. Such is the recorded lanruare of "the Whigs in 46 and '47. How changed the scene in '48 ! Taylor, the ex ecrated leader of the " cut throats, " was loudly proclaimed to be the best of men and the first of Generals. Scott was deliberately rejected as a man of" fuss and feathers, whose brains lay in his sword and epauletts, " and the consistent Whigs succeded, during a delirium of national gratitude in electing as President a mere soldier, whose imbecility of char acter and inexperience in civil affairs brought ridicule upon the high office, once filled by a Washington and a Jackson. What cared the Whigs for national honor or national fame ! the patronage of the gov ernment and the money of the people were in their grasp. The journals of the last Congress will tell . " b. iiBuai ouian cvcit uuu r. uuiceu man nil to posterity how the one was abused and the other plundered, by men who still stand high in the ranks of the party. The wire-pnllera of the party are again at work ; the rejected of '48, the man without brains, is sud denly discovered to be "available," and of course possesses every necessary qualification for office, which qualification must have been acquired since '48, as in that year high Whig authority declared him totally unfit to be Chief Magistrate of the Republic. Thus again will this reckless party attempt the same game of thrusting on the people another "mere sol dier," the only difference being that the almost childish simplicity of Taylor will be replaced by the dangerous (because selfish) obstinacy of Scott. Such is an epitome of Whig politics since '48; it shows one unvarying object all through a determination to obtain and keep office by every means honorable or dishonorable; it matters not, " the end justifies the means. " Would any honorable man practice in pri vate life the means resorted to by the Whig party during the last six years 1 WouU he slander and misrepresent his absent neighbor, who was risking life and limb in the public service 1 Would he on that neighbor's return, (for some paltry private end) meanly swallow his own words, and unblushingly proclaim his own infamy by heaping honor on the man he had basely and cowardly injured How many hours would such a man be tolerated in any town or village in the United States 1 Yet every Whig who supported Taylor or means to support Scott, has acted thus. Such is Whig honor. Such is Whig consistency. No man worthy of exercising the privileges of an American citizen should debase himself by support ing a party, who in words and deeds proclaim that the chances of success are of more importance to them than purity of character, brilliancy of genius, or a long and honorable adherence to constitutional prin ciples. A LUUKtiH UN. There was a Mr. Kerr, or Carr, or a man with some such name, run by the Whig party of North Carolina, for the office of Governor. His name has been recalled to our memory by hearing of a speech he made in Oxford a few weeks ago. In this speech, we are told, he rehearsed a most tremendously, funny anecdote, making thereof a simile or some other sort of a likenness, and applying it to Gen. Pierce. The amouut, sum and substance of this button-bursting, anecdotical comparison was about this: a certain man bought a dog, (whether long or bob-tailed, he didn't say,) from a negro, who recommended him as an ex cellent hunter. He tried him for squirrels, but he wouldn't tree them : he tried him for 'possums, but he wouldn't bark at the tree : he then tried him for coons, but he couldn't run last enough ; so he begged the negro to take him back, for he could make noth ing of him. To this dog Mr- Kerr, (or whatever his name is,) likened Gen. Pierce. He said the people tried to make him a member of Congress but he wouldn't do there: they then tried to make him a member of the Senate, but he didn't answer for that : they then tried to make him a General, but he was not fit for that ; so that they would have to keep him at home as being unfit for any thing. We have no doubt that Mr. What's-his-name told the anecdote very prettily, and that many of his hearers put on a smile as broad as the draw-bars; and we have no doubt this smile widened considerably when the im agination of the wearers reverted back to a man who was once considerably wiitten and spoken -of, from the county of Caswell. The people took a notion to make him a representative, but they couldn't come it : they next tried to manufacture him into a mem ber of Congress, but hedid'nt fill the molds: next they thought to put him to the Governor's trade, but he was" found unfit for the place, and so. we suppose, he will have to rest contented under the decision made by the people that he is unfit for anything. Now, whether Mr. What-you-call-'im thought of the aptness of the comparison to the case of the speaker, we have no method of ascertaining, but that many of the hearers did, we have positive assurance, " Retsim rek saw taht yppup, eras." (We are not in the habit of quoting Latin, and hope the above line will not be looked upon as an of fence of that nature.) IVarrenton News. W R. KING AND THE BANKRUPT LAW number of the ' Lvnehhnrtr v i . r. ,"""""IB uuie editorial frnn . i it r ...1.1 . . o tain .u'Wrfrela!nt,v hear democratic orato"rs peak 0f it is well enough under such i.ir.,m.-" ure. the people know that Wm. R. Kin. th aZZ '? candidate for the Vice President in iqc ",uc!at'c that identical measure "nrlin..." :. : ' ?:ed 'or voted for the "United States Bank CWterV'80 whi ch, that party consider the strongest proof !r r 7 era 1 ism sustained." 6 y 1 r fed. Is thf BlntAinenf - J 1 - .... made, that Wilim R. King " voted for Z bill" and to It w. 11 ... ".: "WO!, bill," and to it we call attention ; 'teal Ayes Messrs. Birmw. Rtca n..: Clay of Ky. Clayton, Dixon, Evans, Hende,?'6' Honungton, Kerr Merrick, Miller,Morehe"d!Moe; n0,)' Phelps, Porter, Simmons, Smith of Indiana ,D' ard Tallmadge, Walker, White, WilS' bridge and Young 26. V1. Nats Messrs'. Allen, Archer, Bavard R . Buchanan, Calhoun, Clay of Ala., CuthbeM r" .,nraham' KING. Linn, McRoberts N'.' PIERCE, Prentis, Rives, Sevier, Smuh of hr0lson' Sturgeon, Tappan, Woodbury and Wriahi , onn WeCalluDon the Vircriniar. j .1. ..W'4'S- that copied the statement. tn .u "K Papers correct their mistatement of a public record "B ' fess to an attempt to injure a public servant ' face of facts too notorious to be perverted 'n u. iwo uemocrats voted tor (he odion u , ptlawof 1841 Walkman,! v G10?s. tank- er did so under instructions from theWh!I. t ,?r!n" ture of his State. Tha m,a, .u.VhlR Leesla- measure, and the Whigs will have to bear?.. r hi tortured and chafed as;they already re, Unde thS usements of ,,ublic indignationon acSm oofe The vote on Mr. Clay's Bank hill i , days after the passage of the Bankiupt GS! on the record, thus : ' 8lauas Roberts, Mouton, Nicholson, PIERCE Ri"es si vier, Smith of Connecticut, slurgeon, Tappan 'Wa ker, Wilham., Woodbury, Wright, Youni-03 By the way of a little more grape we srive the vot on the bill fo, bribing the State, into wfZery with onPBiiri?f lthA PUbUc ,and8' alias S D strTbi tion Bill, passed August 2Gih, 1841 Yeas Messrs. Archer, Borrow, Bates, Bayard. Berrien, Choate, Clay of Kentucky, Clayton, Dixon Evans, GRAHAM, Anderson, Hunting, Re?' Mangum, Merrick, Miller, Morehead, Porter, Phelps Prentiss, Rives, Simmons, Smith of Indiana, South! ard, Tallmadge, Woudbridge 36. Nays Messrs. Allen.Benton, Buchanan, Calhoun, Clay of Alabama, Culbert, Fulton, KING, Linn. McRoberts, Mouton, Nicholson, PIERCE, Preston Sevier, Smith of Connecticut, Sturgeon, Tappan Walker, Williams. Wondhnrv. Wright v 22 ' jt "o'" iouuj Lastly, to enmntpm tho r:nn : . . from General Scott s great circular letter of October 25th, 1S41 : " Leading Measures of the Late Extra Ses sion of Congress. If I had the honor of a vote on that occasion, it urnnM ka.n f..- r .1 Land Distribution Bill, the Bankrupt Bill, and ma secooa bill creating a l iscal Corporation." The conclusive-record. clearest, plainest and strongest reason why the peo- 1 - r: 1 1 1 jr. 1 . pio ui irgima, anu an goou rtepuiicans everywhere, who have any regard for the maintenance of the Con stitution, the welfare of the confederacy, and the pres ervation of public and private morals, should repudi ate Scott and Graham, and cordially rally to the sup port of Pierce and King. We thank the Scott organ for giving us an oppor tunity of demonstrating the" fi nality of our glorious candidates to the cherished po litical creed of Virginia, and, on the other hand, the unsoundness and unfitness of Scott and Graham to receive anv 8UnDOrt at the hands nf Viririnin mam other portion of the confederacy. Jiichmond Enquirer. For the Standard. At a Democratic Meeting, held in Mocksville, Da vie County, on the 28th September, in which the Counties of Wilkes, Ashe and Rowan were repre sented, Maj. Newberry F. Hall was called to the chair, and Dr. B. F. Hackett of Wilkes, was reques ted to act as Secretary. J. M. Clement, Esq., then arose and explained the object of the Meeting, and offered the following reso lutions, which were unanimousl y adopted : Resolved, that as Democratic measures are tacitly acquiesced in and approved by the present Whig administration, and have thus become the settled poli cy of the country, therefore those whoare to administer them should be sought among the friends and not among the foes of those measures; to do otherwise would be to commit the Iamb to the wolf. Resolved, That in Gen. Frank Pierce we recognize the citizen soldier, who wasn the field tusi Ion? enough to prove himself a gallant soldier, in the pub lic councils Ions enough to demonstrate that he is a statesman of the strong mind and honest heart, and that he " knows the South as well as the North, the East and the West, and therefore that our support of his nomination tor the Presidency is given, not only because " it is expected of us, but because it commands the approbation ot our judgment. Resolved, That in Hon. William R. King, for thirty years the Bayard of the Senate, " without fear as without reproach one wnom even wnigs naie honored themselves by aiding in elevating to his n resent nosition as President of the Senate, we are nrood to recosnize a native son of North Carolina, 9 fit assnniatn of the orallant Pierce. U'l" u " " O . , Resolved, That we hail the triumphant re-election ol the Hon. David S. Reid, as a tribute justly due 1 mprii. and also as an index that the party which op poses every extension of the right of suffrage 10 the people, is already condemned by the verdict of the neonle of North Carolina. Resolved, That we nominate and recommend Borton Ciaore, Esq. as Democratic Elector tor this LMsinu. On motion of N. N. Fleming, Esq. a committee r .1 ...,,0 .im,;.io,i i,. ihn llhnir ennsistinff el VI ,mri? w aa "I J11 "J " i . . N. N. Fleming, Esq., Jesse A. Ulement,. r-i Capt. Denton James to inform Mr. uraiga ui nAminalmn . On motion, it was resolved that the proceeding! of this meeting be published in the Worm 'u""' 1 Vf'.nl4Ff onf Iha sifhap llomnpratlf! DaDcr& vi On motion of J. M. Clement. Esq. the meetwj 1 adjourned sine die. N. F. HALL, tnrn. P. S.Mr. Craige' accepted the nomination, and , IE H' 1-1 a ntro-p-P plied to Mr. Hoyden, Whig Elector, on m 1 rr of the 28th, in a speech an hour in length, w was characterized by his own peculiar ability!8? and humor. For the Sunday At a meeting of a nortion of the citizens ol I combe, Nash, Wayne and Johnston, held aT ' Chair and Steven H. Woodard requested he Secretery. The Chairman explained the own iiicciiii iu a low opj'i vjii iu t 1 vi'11" Mootinff 2 Gen. Saunders, on his way fram the Mass , Greenville, was introduced and made one 01 ettorts ot two hours long. Me met roo heel) - c. .r ihat have oec". me arguments against rree omirdK" -.i-gju 01 attempted to be urged by some 01 v . gcc:: Edgecombe. His comparison of Pierce ana CiUueuuiuuc. Ilia wuipauovu w , ICIe as friends to the be the attention of all. as mends to tne ooutn was very aui, . the attention of all. He showed that Gen. r.;nr.A r ik. C.....U nn koanse he wal Was a lliciiu vi me kjuillil, iiv iww SCO1' be President, but from principle, and that "e"' be:n though a Southern man by.birth.had to the i i j. .- j -j j: ,l ,h. nstltUtK"1" people uemeu ana uiscouiueiiauutu -- hoWn dt der which he was brought up 4hat he had sn" his company and sympathy for Northern insw that he was no friend to the South. BCj. On motion, the thanks of the meeting wr. , aSi ered tothe Hon. R.M.Saunders for the aw eloquent speech with which the meeting na favored. J. BAKINra, S. H. Woodard, &e'y- : ... ,:-t1 Large Trains. 382 cars loaded wnn passea aown uci ; ntir), last, besides the regular frieght tntns, amonnu all to 34 cars.