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Robert M. Campbell, David Coleman,
Wm. S. Battle,
Wm. W. Harris,
Chas. P. Hartwell,
Wm. I. Hayes,
Peter J. Holmes, John F. Jack. '
Wm. F. Lewis,
Wm. F. Martin,
Wm. P. McBee,
Thos. P. Morrisy, .
Wm. S. Mullins,
Willis H. Saunders, Thos. D. Walker,
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Alexander B. Hawkins, James P. Herrin, Eugene J. Hinton, Owen D. Holmes,
Pleasant A. Holt, H. O. W. Hooker,
Virginius H. Ivey,
Frederick D. Lent,
James W. Hicks,
Langdon C. Manly,
Elias C. Hines,
Richard H. Mason,
Thomas C. McIlhenny,
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William T. Mebane,
John J. Kindred,
Alexander D. Moore,
Lucius H. Saunders, Reuben C. Shorter, Thomas T. Slade, Jesse P. Smith,
De Witt C. Stone,
George V. Strong,
Thomas I. Sumner,
Leonidas Taylor,
Samuel D. Wharton,
Thomas E. Whyte.
1846.
James S. Amis, ,
Turner W. Battle,
William K. Blake,
Alexander F. Brevard,
William S. Bryan,
William F. Carter, John N. Daniel,
William A. Daniel,
William P. Duke,
Solomon J. Faison,
William A. Faison,
John B. Bynum,
Richard A. Caldwell,
John W. Cameron,
John Xavier Campbell,
Belfield William Cave,
Oliver H. Dockery,
Seaton Gales, . Bryan Grimes, Jr.,
Benjamin S. Guion,
Thomas H. Holmes,
Erasmus A. Roscoe Hooker, James J. Iredell, William A. Jenkins,
Peter H. McEachin,
Willie P. Mangum, Jr.,
Oliver P. Meares,
James N. Montgomery,
1847.
Alfred Alston, Joel D. Battle, Joseph Benjamin, George W. Berry, Alexander J. Cansler,
Duncan L. Clinch,
John C. Coleman,
Thomas W. Dewey,
Samuel J. Erwin, John O. Guion,
Eli W. Hall, Thomas C. Hall,
David Hinton, William M. Howerton,
M. Langford, Lionel Lincoln Levy,
William Lucas,
William H. Manly, Benjamin F. Mebane, James L. Moseley,. John D. Myrick,
Edmond H. Norcom,
James J. Pettigrew, John Pool, Matthew W. Ransom,
Charles E. Shober,
Thomas E. Skinner,
Robert Hunter Tate, William S. Trigg,
Joseph J. W. Tucker,
Thomas Webb, John H. Whitaker,
Robert H. Winborne.
1848. Victor Clay Barringer, Geo. T. Baskerville,
Richard N. Forbes,
Edward H. Hicks, R. C. T. S. Hilliard, John L. Holmes,
David S. Johnston,
William B. Mears,
Thomas M. Newby, Stephen F. Pool, Sion H. Rogers, James S. Ruffin,
Frederic A. Shepherd, John Vicar Sherard, David T. Taylor, James R. Ward, Richard T. Weaver, Benjamin F. Whitaker, Owen H. Whitfield, Hillory M. Wilder.
Hardy Murfree, Hazell Norwood, Lorenzo Dow Pender, Thomas P. Person, Nathan A. Ramsey, John K. Strange, Rufus S. Tucker, George Washington, John Wilson,
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Robert W. Wilson.
1849.
Thomas M. Arrington,
John Troup Banks,
Kemp P. Battle,
Benjamin Yancey Beene,
Ephraim Joseph Brevard,
James Pettigrew Bryan,
John H. Corbett,
Alexander Cunningham, Johnson M. De Berniere,
William A. Dick,
William B. Dortch,
Henry M. Dusenbery, Fourney George, Thomas D. Haigh, Peter M. Hale,
William E. Hill,
Peter E. Hines,
Watkins Leigh Claiborne, Thos. Addis Emmett Evans,
Samuel T. Iredell,
James M. Johnson, John M. Johnson, William H. Jones,
Charles E. Lowther,
Nathaniel McClaire,
John C. McNair,
Malcom McNair, .
Ægidius Leitch,
Edward Mallet,
William G. Pool,
Thomas J. Robinson,
Isaac B. Sanders,
James P. Scales, .
Charles R. Thomas,
Daniel T. Towles,
Bryan W. Whitfield,
John A. Whitfield,
Needham B. Whitfield,
George V. Young.
1850 .~
Joel C. Blake, .
James F. Cane, .
Julius N. Caldwell,
Alfred H. Carrigan, Edward C. Chambers,
Julius L. Gorrel,
Robert A. Hairston,
Henry Hardie,
Madison Hawkins,
Frederick Armand Toomer, Lowndes Treadwell, John Waddill, Jr., James Augustus Washington, George Washington Watson, John Thomas Wheat, Jr., Wilson Cary Whitaker, Edmund Webb Wilkins, John Lewis Wooster.
ORDER OF EXERCISES AT THE COMMENCEMENT, JUNE, 1851.
1. Salutatory Oration in Latin.
CLAUDIUS B. SANDERS, Johnston.
2. Oration. " Early History of North Carolina." BARTHOLOMEW FULLER, Fayetteville.
3. Oration. " Party Spirit."
THOS. ADDIS EMMETT EVANS, Cumberland.
John Hill, Richard Hines,
Benjamin R. Huske,. William H. Johnston, Washington C. Kerr, John Manning, .
James R. Mendenhall, Robert H., Langford, Thomas Settle, Jr., Joseph .W. Small, Robert L. Smith, Samuel E. Whitfield,
Richard H. Whitfield, Wm. J. White.
1851. Charles E. Bellamy, Joseph Bonner Bryan, David Miller Carter,
Bartholomew Fuller, Thos. Miles Garrett, Richard Swepson Grant, Julius Guion, Benj. Sherwood Hedrick, Samuel Ashe Holmes,
Jesse Harper Lindsay, Malcome McDuffie, Neill Mckay, Jr., Thos. T. Norcom, Rufus Lenoir Patterson, Jas. Alfred Patton, Wm. Marshall Richardson,
Etheldred Ruffin,
Claudius Brock Sanders, Joseph James Seawell, Francis E. Shober, Peter Evans Smith, Charles Cornelius Terry,
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4. Oration. "The Infirmities of Men of Genius."
JULIUS GUION,
Raleigh.
5. Oration. " A Graduate's Aspirations."
1 WILLIAM MARSHALL RICHARDSON,
Anson.
6. Oration. "Virtue alone makes Men Free." THOS. MILES GARRETT,
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2 Colerain.
7, Oration. "Religious Tests of Office, unjust and impolitic in a Repub- lic." DAVID MILLER CARTER, Hyde.
8. Oration. "Excelsior."
9. Oration. " Socialism."
LOWNDES TREADWELL,
. Lamar, Miss.
JESSE HARPER LINDSAY,
Greensborough.
AFTERNOON.
1. Oration.
" Influence of Public Opinion."
1.
LEIGH CLAIBORNE,
Tipton, Tenn.
2. Oration. "The late Crisis in our National Affairs." FREDERICK ARMAND TOOMER,
3. Oration. "The noblest motive is the Public Good." CHARLES CORNELIUS TERRY, Richmond.
Pittsborough.
4. Oration. " Flora Macdonald."
MALCOLM JAMES MCDUFFIE,
Cumberland.
5. Annual Report.
6. A Valedictory Oration. 1
JAMES ALFRED PATTON, Asheville.
DAVIDSON COLLEGE is located in Mecklenburg County, and so called in honor of General William Davidson, who fell in the battles of his country, on the banks of the Catawba, on the 1st of Feb- ruary, 1781. It was opened in March, 1837, Rev. R. H. Mor- rison, D. D., as President, and P. S. Sparrow, as Professor of, Languages. It first operated as a Manual Labor Institution, but after four years' trial this system was abandoned.
In 1838 it was chartered by the Legislature.
By its constitution, no' one is eligible as trustee, professor, or teacher, but members of the Presbyterian church.
Dr. Morrison, from ill health, was compelled to resign his trust, and was succeeded by Rev. Samuel Williamson. He is now pastor of Unity and Machpelah churches, in Lincoln County. As a man, and as a divine, he has few equals, but no superiors. 9
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Mr. Sparrow was for a period afterwards President of Hampden Sidney College, in Virginia, and now resides in Alabama, and is distinguished for his learning, piety, and eloquence.
Its present faculty are,
REV. SAMUEL WILLIAMSON, D. D., President, and Professor of Chemistry, Mental and Moral Philosophy, and Rhetoric.
REV. SAMUEL B. O. WILSON, Professor of Languages.
MORTIMER M. JOHNSON, A. M., Professor of Mathematics, and Natural Philosophy.
REV. E. F. ROCKWELL, Professor of Philosophy.
THE SOCIETIES, LIBRARIES, ETC.
The Literary Societies of the students are known to be under good regulations and highly favorable to the promotion of intellect- ual improvement.
The Libraries number over a thousand volumes each, and receive additions every session, which, in connection with the College Li- brary, afford to the Students an opportunity of extensive reading.
ALUMNI.
GRADUATED IN 1840.
A. M. Bogle,
James R. Baird,
Wilkes T. Caston,
Wm. S. M. Davidson,
R. F. Johnston,
E. C. Davidson,
Thos. F. King,
R. N. Davis,
Thos. M. Kirkpatrick,
Wm. Flinn,
M. L. McCorkle,
Thos. D. Houston,
John M. Sample,
Wm. H. Johnston,
Wm. T. Savage,
James Knox,
J. Robinson Shive,
H. H. Kimmons,
R. O. P. Stewart,
O. D. McNeely,
W. L. Torrence.
Arch'd Neely.
GRADUATED IN 1844.
GRADUATED IN 1841.
W. L. Anderson,
Sam'l L. Adams,
J. M. Baker,
Cyrus K. Caldwell,
A. L. Crawford,
W. P. Caldwell,
S. C. Caldwell,
T. E. Davis,
J. M. Doby,
R. W. Martin,
W. A. Moore,
W.m. H. Moore,
J. L. Porter,
James S. C. Moore,
R. B. Price,
M. C. McNair,
J. P. Rosseau,
Samuel C. Pharr,
J. A. Stewart,
James G. Ramsey,
J. H. Stewart.
R. E. Sherrill, Daniel B. Wood.
GRADUATED IN 1845.
J. J. Bossard,
GRADUATED IN 1842 .*
A. E. Chandler,
H. C. Alexander,
J. M. Davidson,
H. W. Black,
J. G. A. Dick,
Wm. P. Bynum,
J. A. Fox,
T. C. Crawford, W. L. Davidson,
J. H. Houston,
H. B. Johnson,
S. N. Hutchison,
T. A. Krider,
H. R. McLean.
J. B. McCallum,
J. N. McNeely,
H. McNeil,
GRADUATED IN 1843. J. F. Allison,
J. M. Gill,
E. N. Hutchison, M. Lingle,
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W. M. Peacock, J. H. White.
J. M. Walker, A. White, H. H. Wilson.
GRADUATED IN 1846.
E. C. Alexander,
GRADUATED,IN 1848.
S. C. Alexander,
J. L. Gaither,
R. R. Barr,
W. B. Henderson,
S. W. Davis,
A. I. McKnight,
J. R. Gillespie,
Wm. McNeill,
J. M. Henderson,
J. W. McRae,
J. Fu Houston,
P. T. Penick,
A. A. James,
W. H. Singletary,
J. L. Miller,
S. Z. Williamson.
G. D: Parks,
B. C. Powell,
GRADUATED IN 1847.
A. M. Watson.
J. S. Barr,
GRADUATED IN 1849.
J. T. K. Belk,
J. N. Dinkins,
W. Black,
James Douglass,
T. F. Chambers,
A. M. Erwin,
A. Enloe,
T. W. Erwin,
R. R. King,
R. H. Johnston,
P. B. McLaurin,
S. M. McDowell,
E. R. Mills,
W. S. Moore,
S. K. Pharr,
S. R. Spann.
E. C. Stewart,
Its location is salubrious, removed from the allurements of vice, and amid a population imbued with the tenets of the church under whose auspices it is established, and in a fertile region, its useful- ness and influence will doubtless be most happy in our State.
WAKE FOREST COLLEGE.
MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY.
REV. JOHN B. WHITE, President, and Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy.
WILLIAM H. OWEN, A. M., Professor of Greek, Latin, and French. -
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REV. WILLIAM T. BROOKES, A. M., Adjunct Professor of Lan- guages, and Teacher in the Academical Department.
WILLIAM T. WALTERS, A. B., Tutor in Mathematics.
BENJAMIN W. JUSTICE, A. B., Tutor in Natural Science.
REV. JAMES S. PURIFY, Secretary of the Board of Trustees, and General Agent.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Rev. Samuel Wait, D. D., Presi- G. C. Moore, M. D. dent of the Board. Samuel J. Wheeler, M. D.
George W. Thompson, Esq.
Hon. Alfred Dockery. Rev. John Purify. William M. Crenshaw, M. D.
Charles W. Skinner, Esq.
Hon. Thomas Settle.
Rev. David S. Williams. Nathaniel J. Palmer, Esq.
Rev. George W. Purify.
Rev. George M. Thompson. David Justice, Esq.
George W. Jones, Esq.
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W. C. Barr,
B. F. Little,
J. A. Williamson,
W. J. Cooper,
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John Kerr, Esq.
R. W. Lawson, Esq.
Rev. J. J. James.
Sidney S. Lea, Esq.
Rev. James McDaniel.
H. Hester, Esq.
Hon. Calvin Graves.
Hon. William A. Graham.
Rev. William Jones.
Rhodes N. Herndon, Esq.
George R. French, Esq.
Henry F. Bond, Esq.
J. J. Biggs, Esq.
Council Wooten, Esq.
Rev. James S. Purify.
John Berry, Esq.
Samuel S. Biddle, Esq.
Rev. Elias Dodson.
Rev. William Hooper, LL. D. William Russell, Esq.
A. Armstrong, Esq.
We have been furnished with but little information respecting this institution. It was founded by the Baptist denomination in 1834, as an Institute or Classical Seminary, and such was its pros- perity that it was deemed expedient to obtain a college charter in 1838. The number of students have varied annually from 75 to 150. It has had a most happy influence upon the denomination that founded it, and has also contributed much to diffuse a lively interest in the cause of education throughout the State.
The father and founder of this institution is undoubtedly the Rev. SAMUEL WAIT, D.D., who was its first President, and continued so up to June, 1846. The Rev. William Hooper, LL. D., was his successor, and resigned in 1848, at which time the Rev. John B. White, A. M., who had for twelve years occupied the Professorship of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, was elected President. The institution has gradually been gaining in public favor, is free from debt, and has the prospect of a speedy endowment.
There are two literary societies connected with the institution, with beautiful halls and excellent libraries. There is also a choice cabinet of minerals, and apparatus for illustrating the natural sciences.
The location is a very fortunate one. It is in Wake County, sixteen miles north of Raleigh, and immediately upon the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad. . Its distance from the distracting influence of towns and villages, the healthiness of the surrounding country, the beauty of the scenery, and the elevated character of the in- habitants for intelligence and morality, make it a fortunate location for a great literary institution.
There are many other institutions in the State devoted to education. The Edgeworth Institute, and Methodist Female Institute at Greens- boro'; the Female School at Salem, under the Moravians; Saint Mary's School, at Raleigh, under the care of Rev. A. Smedes; the Chowan Collegiate Institute at Murfreesboro', in Hertford County, under charge of Rev. M. R. Forey (Doctor Godwin C. Moore is Chairman of the Board of Trustees); and two schools at Warren- ton, one under care of Honorable Daniel Turner, and the other under Rev. Mr. Graves, are for the education of females and have done great service to the country.
We regret that our limits do not allow a minute account or ex- tended statement of their establishment or their value.
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The great substratum of our education in North Carolina, is the COMMON SCHOOLS.
Judge Reeves, in his work on Domestic Relations (published 1816), states that during an extensive practice of the law in Con- necticut for twenty years, he had met only two persons who could not read and write.
Can any lawyer of our State say the same ?
The table here given presents an answer.
EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES .- The following table, col- lated by the Richmond Compiler, presents in a distinct form, a very interesting feature of the various information, obtained by means of the late census of the United States. It exhibits a comparative view of the number of white persons over twenty years of age, in the different States, who cannot read or write.
Connecticut,
1
in
568
Mississippi,
1 in 20
Vermont,
1
473
Delaware,
1
18
New Hampshire,
1
66
310
Indiana,
1
18
Massachusetts,
1
166
South Carolina,
1
17
Maine,
1
108
Illinois,
1
66
17
Michigan,
1
97
Missouri,
1
16
Rhode Island,
1
67
Alabama, .
1
15
New Jersey,
1
58
Kentucky,
1
133
New York,
1
56
Georgia,
1
66
13
Pennsylvania,
1
66
50
Virginia,
1
66
12}
Ohio,
1
43
Arkansas,
1
66
11}
Louisiana,
1
38%
Tennessee,
1
11
Maryland,
1
66
27
North Carolina,
1
66.
7
The humiliating fact is here presented, that in point of education our State is behind all the Union, and one in every seven white persons over twenty years of age, cannot read or write !
This fact is not recorded with any satisfaction. "More in sor- row than in anger," is it alluded to. Like the filial piety of the sons of Noah, would we rather cover the mantle of oblivion over her degraded position. It should rouse our statesmen and our peo- ple to remove the opprobrium, and stand in education, science, and literature, as prominent as her early history is bright and glorious. With this laudable motive, the attention of the citizens of the State is called to this subject.
It is not to be denied that the plan, as it now exists, can hardly be worthy of the name of a system-without a head, and without uni- formity of action, it fails to produce the effects beneficial to the rising generation.
In January, 1839, the General Assembly passed an act dividing each county into districts not more than six miles square, for the purpose of establishing common schools.
At the next session, the net annual income of the literary fund (exclusive of moneys arising from the swamp lands) was appropriated to be distributed according to federal population. The literary fund of the State consists of-1. The dividends from the bank stock ;
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2. Cape Fear Navigation Company ; 3. The Roanoke Navigation Company ; 4. The tax on retailers of spiritous liquors, tavern tax, and auctioneers ; 5. Vacant lands ; 6. All sales of swamp lands. The county courts appoint ten superintendents for each county, who select for each district the school committee men, who contract for a teacher, visit the schools, and "perform all such duties as may be necessary to the successful operation of said schools." The teachers of said schools to be exempt from working roads, military duties, or serving on juries while engaged in said schools.
By act of 1849, the board of superintendents appoint the three school committee men ; and the court authorized to appoint on re- commendation of the board of superintendents " some suitable and competent person to visit once a year each and every school district, to examine the condition of the schools and report the same.
About one hundred thousand dollars a year is appropriated by the Literary Board, which is distributed to each county, to the Chair- man of the Board, and by him paid to each teacher.
That this plan contains the germ of immense usefulness, is true. The defects to be remedied, and the system perfected, have engaged the attention of the General Assembly. The patriotic efforts of the Hon. Wm. B. Shepard; Mr. Wiley, of Guilford; Samuel J. Person, of Moore; Mr. Barnes, of Northampton; and others in the last legislature, will, we trust, be appreciated and crowned with success.
Present Literary Board-WESLEY JONES, Wake County; W. W. HOLDEN, Raleigh ; H. G. SPRUILL, Washington County.
CHAPTER IX.
Banks of North Carolina-Railroads-Canals-Turnpike and plank roads- Institution for Deaf and Dumb-State Hospital for Insane.
1. BANK OF CAPE FEAR Was incorporated in 1804, with a capital of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The Mother Bank is located at Wil- mington. Charter was continued, and capital increased by various enact- ments to one million and a half. The act of 1850 further increased its capital five thousand shares. Charter expires Jan. 1, 1860. The State owns 5,322 shares of stock.
OFFICERS, BRANCHES, AND AGENCIES.
Principal Bank at Wilmington .- Thomas H. Wright, President ; Henry R. Savage, Cashier ; J. D. Gardner, Teller ; - McLaurin, Ass't Teller ; J. A. Bradley, Book-keeper ; T. H. Hardin, Clerk.
Branch at Washington .- John Myers, President; Benj. Runyon, Cashier ; T. H. Hardenbergh, Teller.
Branch at Salisbury .- D. A. Davis, Cashier.
Branch at Salem .- J. G. Lash, Cashier.
Branch at Fayetteville .- Charles T. Haigh, President; John W. Wright, Cashier ; W. J. Anderson, Teller ; Joshua Carman, Clerk; Alexander Mc- Lean, Clerk.
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Branch at Raleigh .- W. H. Jones, Cashier ; F. C. Hill, Clerk.
Branch at Asheville .- J. F. E. Hardy, Cashier.
Branch at Greensboro' .- Jesse H. Lindsay, Cashier.
2. BANK OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, incorporated in 1833. Raleigh. Capital, one million five hundred thousand dollars, of which the State owns five thousand shares. .
OFFICERS, BRANCHES, AND AGENCIES.
Principal Bank at Raleigh .- George W. Mordecai, President; C. Dewey, Cashier ; S. W. Whiting, Teller; D. Du Pre, Book-keeper; T. W. Dewey, Clerk.
Fayetteville Branch .- C. P. Mallett, President; I. Wetmore, Cashier ; W. Warden, Teller; W. Huske, Clerk.
Wilmington Branch .- E. P. Hall, President; W. E. Anderson, Cashier ; William Reston, Teller ; J. J. Lippitt, Clerk.
Newbern Branch .- George S. Attmore, President; J. M. Roberts, Cashier; H. C. Lucas, Teller.
Tarborough Branch .- James Weddell, President; P. P. Lawrence, Cashier; R. Chapman, Teller.
Elizabeth City Branch .- W. B. Shepard, President; J. C. Ehringhaus, Cashier; W. C. Butler, Teller.
Branch at Charlotte .- John Irvin, President ; W. A. Lucas, Cashier ; W. A. Williams, Clerk.
Morganton Branch .- Robert C. Pearson, President; Isaac T. Avery, Cashier. Milton Branch .- Samuel Watkins, President ; W. R. Hill, Cashier.
3. MERCHANTS' BANK OF NEWBERN, incorporated in 1834, with a capital of three hundred thousand dollars.
Charles Slover, President; W. W. Clark, Cashier; Joseph Fulford, Teller.
4. COMMERCIAL BANK AT WILMINGTON, incorporated in 1847, with a capital of three hundred thousand dollars. Increased in 1850, fifty thousand dollars.
O. G. Parsley, President; Timothy Savage, Jr., Cashier; John McRae, Teller. .
5. BANK OF FAYETTEVILLE, incorporated January, 1849, with a capital of eight hundred thousand dollars.
John D. Starr, President; W. J. Broadfoot, Cashier; Harvey Leite, Teller.
6. BANK OF WASHINGTON, Beaufort County, incorporated in 1850, with a capital of four hundred thousand dollars. Charter expires in 1877.
James E. Hoyt, President; Martin Stevenson, Cashier.
7. BANK OF WADESBORO', Anson County, incorporated in 1850, with a capi- tal of two hundred thousand dollars. Charter expires in 1880.
W. R. Leak, President; H. B. Hammond, Cashier.
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS OF NORTH CAROLINA.
In 1825, a Board of Internal Improvements was established, and the funds arising from the sales of Cherokee lands and dividends from stock owned by the State in the Bank of Cape Fear, set apart as the fund. (See Revised Statutes, p. 347.)
Present Internal Improvement Board-CALVIN GRAVES, of Cas- well ; THOMAS BRAGG, of Northampton.
1. The Dismal Swamp Canal, uniting the waters of Pasquotank and Elizabeth Rivers in Virginia, was incorporated in 1790.
2. Cape Fear Navigation Company, incorporated in 1796, to im- prove the navigation of the Cape Fear River, from Averysborough to the confluence of the Deep and Haw Rivers, the sum of $100,000,
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to be subscribed in shares of one hundred dollars each ; the State subscribed six hundred and fifty shares of stock.
3. Roanoake Navigation Company, incorporated in 1812, improv- ing the navigation from Halifax to the Virginia line. The State owns $50,000 in the stock of this Company.
4. The Clubfoot and Harlow Creek Canal was incorporated in 1826; in which the State holds thirty shares.
5. The Cape Fear and Deep River Navigation Company was in- corporated in 1849, in which the State subscribed $40,000.
6. Neuse River Navigation Company, incorporated in 1850. State subscribes $40,000.
1. The Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, from Raleigh to Gaston, on Roanoke River, was incorporated in 1835. This road was finished July 4th, 1839, at a cost of about $1,600,000., The State endorsed the bonds of this road in 1838, to the amount of $500,000; and in 1840, $300,000; for which she is liable, and has already in part paid ; the road being mortgaged to save the State harmless, has been sold under the mortgage, and has been purchased by the State.
George W. Mordecai, President.
2. The Raleigh and Wilmington Railroad, from the Roanoke River to Wilmington, was incorporated in 1833. The Company was organized in March, 1836. This work was commenced in Oct., 1836, and finished in March, 1840, at a cost of $1,500,000. Six hundred thousand were subscribed in the stock by the State; and by act of 1840, the State endorsed the bonds of this Company for $300,000, a part of which she has paid. The repairs of the road in 1850, increased the cost to another million. Gen. McRae, Pre- sident.
3. The North Carolina Railroad, from the Wilmington and Ra- leigh Railroad in Wayne County, to Charlotte, was incorporated in 1848, in which, on $1,000,000 being subscribed by individual sub- scribers, $2,000,000 is to be subscribed by the State. This road is now in progress. Hon. J. M. Morehead, President.
1. Buncombe Turnpike, from the Saluda Gap by way of Asheville to the Tennessee line, was incorporated in 1824; capital stock to be $30,000 in shares of fifty dollars each; the State owns one hun- dred shares. The Company was organized in 1826; the first toll- gate was erected in Oct., 1827.
2. The Fayetteville and Western Plank Road, from Fayetteville to Salisbury, was incorporated in 1848. Stock, $200,000, in shares of fifty dollars each. State subscribes one-fifth.
3. The Turnpike Road, from Salisbury west to the Georgia line, was incorporated in 1848, and the lands in the State, in Cherokee, Macon, and Haywood, as well as the Cherokee bonds, are pledged to make the same.
INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB was created, by act of 1847, in the City of Raleigh, and the sum of $30,000 was appropriated. It is a beautiful building, and under the care of William D. Cooke, as Principal, and a Board of Directors consisting of Perrin Busbee,
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Linn B. Sanders, John H. Bryan, Thomas J. Lemay, W. W. Holden, James F. Jordan, and Dr. Charles E. Johnson. It has twenty-seven pupils, who are employed in acquiring knowledge and the mechanic arts. They have a printing press, and publish weekly a newspaper, called the Deaf Mute. The annual expense of each pupil is about one hundred and eighty-three dollars. The Principal has a salary of twelve hundred dollars.
A Committee of the last Legislature reported (through its chair- man, J. H. Haughton) that " after a very strict and careful inves- tigation of the affairs of the institution, they are fully impressed with the belief, that it has been managed with economy, judgment, and fidelity, by the Board of Directors, and they have every reason to believe that under their administration, judging from the past, the institution will flourish, and will be the means of untold bless- ings to that unfortunate class of our population for whose benefit it was established; and they hope that the institution may long re- main as a monument of the wisdom and munificence of the Legis- lature of North Carolina."
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