• _. the edenton gazette c al assembly of northt arc lin a hojjsfofci'mmons monday nor 17 thil members prefeat too.vs their aatbs and^eats and fun.lry ojaces v/crc -.»;»-. pcintcd as mentioned iq our i a it in ,. : few <>! oer papers a mi,ftake occurred wic rciv : • i : fo the election ot a spnk'r o the ien.ite viz iiaitead of laying t ivlr carney vvas the candidate opp.'iv to mr reddick it was tlatejj that mr pni fer who propofed mr carney as fpeakerj was the candidate i'uefday nov 18 committees of finances propofi;ions an vrii s of claims and oc ore i!e.7c3 and elections were appoint-<4 ordered that engroftmg clerks fliould be for * a committee of the houfe was appoint e^l to wait upon the governor to inforin hiin both houfes were ready to receive fuch cqmr;iunications as he might have to lay before them mr seawell prefented the memorial of john tulle of lenoir county comp'r.in ing that the late ele fion fo far as refpe;ts ilr william eafterling was conducle ia an illegal manner and praying an en quiry thereon referred to the commit t tee of elections lj^ir henry cotton from northamp ■ ton l-j-ared and took his feat wf^a mr at'arn ga(kins from hyde coun , ty and mr d gliffon from dupiin k appeared and took their feats r a joint committee was appointed to enquire if any alterations are fucehary in the act paffed aft fcffioa to perfeel the tides of the oificers and foldiers of the continental line of this ft ate and of the claimants under entries in the office of john annitrong to report by bill or 0 therwife mr bryan from the joint balloting for three engrofling clerks reported that thomas rogers wm hill and kenan love were elected the committee of elections imported in favour of mr eafteriing keeping kis feat which was concurred in mr tatom reported a bill to amend th penal laws of this flare ; referred to joint committee aifo a bill directing the method of keeping the public accounts cqileckkig taxes paying officers faiarieg and fees and the manner of rendering judgments on fuits brought for the reco very of money •, read firlt time a bill wjs received from the v?nnte and read to authorize chrittaa jcnnett the g&ardian of infants of that name of th county of currituck to fell aad convey to the united stales four acres of land at the head land of cape harterafs aifo a bill to alter the namz of tob^a sumner to that of jofeph john sum 11 er mr b:nton from the committee ap pointed to prepare and report rules e order for the government of the houfc made a report which was concurred in an.l ordered to be printed the following nseflaggi was receiver from his excellency the g ivernor ; «* t the hauourabie the general affemhl ej the state of nort/i'(*arolina < { gentlemen " pttrfaant to the-meffage which i had refterdia'y the honour to receive iro-n the le^iflatiite it becomes my duty ■&) aii ca you theftate of th iius i ■.* o i nitrcd to my fuoerinti n - ice r 9 1 ■ general ait.-nby in oi this ' - lrd n :■: : crj ■- in v • i • i"e igpfal rnittc^s occurred to which i h«i ; afk your attention wty i'u.ju alfb n i-ce it i point to tp^fpafs afr lit e -■. lit ei ■ r en your ti q <* n *( '■- \ i ■'■ « agreeably to i-se wi h expelled y the uft . ; , i vfc.rj thr si c-e <• • srdtviortlieunuedst.it.es ■ the tion'h of januaif and < ! -,-•-• i • ruhltf our and i mi dr is n i : idtts v ami t lie nice ilitv of an im^eosu • ex t f-.v ' - .■'■■■ ' " : r • ■■- • '- iary between r.se m rabi • ■ ■, of this ii.-.ue and the ii ii.tus s hereumsfcm commenced iv g-ncral perkins i.:dcr ijhc authority of t'ria government o the united states v eft unfinished bv aim i iincioled anrt fotwai a to r i.f s •: ■ t.iry ; the petition ot x\\t tn'tabitanta f ipiv combe courr-y in this refpett ash th proceedings df the afie-tafaly on tfa'tt pe tition «• and the better o iniore an iir c ate attention to 1 the bufinefs i rote i&fcwife ta major ff3oklin o cmngrefs iifor^ing him of the a^a x es faketi o trw a;7:m'>y of s irth r-ipi in hat regard 3 rut a.sk:u .;■ war of the buii:ufs \ " l na ;. .,:..: . ug inn ins power a will be fesn b hio lat r of the 12 h of may laft i am forry i 5 )- evier to add ttiat hitherto i have itemed no iiifonnatiort fro:n the officers l?j v general government in this behalf ae v lve an y afl*i.rances from them that che wiihes of our itate relative this mat ter ihali be fjon ultimately vatted on the changes which hive taken place in the courfe of rhe year in the departments of rate and war may palfibly have oc cafioned this filcace : it would h'j^ever have been particularly pleafant to ms to ha^e been enabled at the opening r the feflion to ihfqrmyou that meafurcs were taken for the e'xtenfion ofthis line gres dbiy to the hopes and expectations ot the lall affembly " the refignation of judge moofc which was foritidliy n>aue known to me in the month of january lad next neccf drily claimed the attention of the chief magiitrate the council were convened in the month of february and advifed he appointing samuel johnfon of mar tin county to nil t^e vacancy on the ; j nc'i occufiosed by the refignation of mr moore this gentleman i comntiif ion?d accordingly hj accepted the ap pointmenti and has discharged the ijti'es f it in a manner i doubt not honour ible to himfclf and beneficial to the country on the nth of january laft i offered ro l.<j ir purviance the appointment of pab tic ag<ent for the purpofe cf coliecling tef timony to be ufed again fl the pcribns - har ed by the late commifrioners with har mg committed frauds in the land officj see he accepted the appointment n the 14th of the fame iroatli and conti jaed to axil in icr i until the iprhof when he-refigned on the refig uatijnoi i%lr i }^ riaace the appointment of agent was given to mr white the se cretary of the state : he held it for a few ays only and ti*en he iik;-wifc refined che reafons auigned by theftr grnheiaea for fuch their resignations appear in their letters on that fabje£t r.^corjed in my l;t ut book which will le laid before you in the courfe of the fcition ; which book will iikdwife ihew the correfpoadence which tooic place in confeau:nce of che law for ; he t^alaf^he perfons charged as afere >, between the executive and the law . officers of the fl'ate the cfemiriehec v.-nt of the court hi judges of which fed cofistnicoaad under the authority jf he act of the tegiflafure in that c^fe pro vij*d to try the percjjns charged isabpve ntr'tirj-ie-i being a the ti-te of mr h-[s r.-fig r-.m'v wvli nij^'i nt hanri,ic va not on that iw|o'untj thought advi tabk to maits any other and further ap , intinent of public agent about the lofe of this court the urifihifhed u«fi , s in wnich the ilate vi concerned vvas p tlfponed and ordered to the fcvcraj ir j courts in which the parties aectt fe*i rcfide as the calhrig of a court of oyer oth<r th'aii the one then p ,\ 1 , iid not apear co me warrr»:ved by the law nor was it perhaps n^eitary ■ from the meafdrfis aiopf and rhc appoiniments made bv he legplaturc and my predeeefiors ia offi.je i held it my uty to prefs the hringjind ejrfendingthe boundary line between f-rtn and s->ut!i carolina ; anp acc.ordit?giy on the 25th januairjr i wtotf mi g'tivfivg the g>uer itor of south carolina tnatconamiflion ers on che part of this hate would meet on the 8th d/iy of msrch then nest en foing for the purpofe above-mentioned on the wachaw crc and at the place where the forn-^r gommiflloners ended their work and fttbmittlng to him ths propriety of appointing comrniitioners oa the part of that itate to attend and fee that the obfervations were accurately ta ken aiid the lines properly rua and mar ked my letter to the governor of south carelina led to a cosrefpondehce on this fubjedt which will be found recorded & wliich i dm forry to be i l ider the neceiri ty of obferving docs not evidence a in gle trait of accommodating difpofitionon the part of the executive of that itate ; on the contrary fo very much is the re verfej that our commiflioncrs have been forbidden to crofs the reputed boundary or enter theftate on the buiinefs afore faid at their peril and at the risk of be ing perfonally maltreated by the military power such being the c;de it appear ed to me advifable to p > pane the meet ing of the cofmnifiv»ners and yet longer tot'eftr this interefting and keceffary bu iinefs rather than commit tlie dignity of the itate and risk the becoming involved vith a fi;ter itate in a quarrel fo unfeem ly and fo unbecoming under this im preflion i couuteruanded the orders gi ven to ths commiffi^nera and wrote to the governor of souih-carolina as will be fcen in our correfpondeace on that head it remains therefore for this ge nera aftembly to take fuch order and to make fuch provifions in this regard as to them fliall feem bdt to comport with the rights peace and dignity of the ftate if however i were to risk an opinion after hiving witnetfed thatwhich appeared to me the very backward and uncommon vol i num 13 ed li n ton published ey j os j b e a 5 li - __ r • thursday drc_mser_.fi is_o 2 1-2 doll a rs ppr amum ]