to colleges, academies, and classical schools. More than 120,000, therefore, appear to attend no school whatever. The Governor, in his last annual message, wishing to remedy this evil, recommends the adoption of a school system like that which exists in several of the northern States. XIII. NORTH CAROLINA. GOVERNMENT. WILLIAM A. GRAHAM, of Hillsborough, Governor, (term of office, from Jan. 1, 1847, to Jan. 1, 1849,) William Hill, Council of State.. of Raleigh, of Wake Co., of Raleigh, of Chatham Co., Salary. A furnished house & $2,000 Clerk of the Treas. Dep't, 1,500 500 1,000 William O. Britton, of Bertie Co.; James W. Howard, of Jones Co.; Dr. Willie Perry, of Franklin Co.; Nathaniel M. Roan, of Caswell Co.; James Lowry, of Buncombe Co.; Absalom Myres, of Anson Co.; and Josiah Cowles, of Surry Co. Pay, $3 per diem while in service, and $3 for every 30 miles' travelling. The Supreme Court holds two sessions in each year, in the City of Raleigh; to wit, on the second Monday in June and the last Monday in December; and continues to sit at each term until all the business on the docket is determined, or continued upon good cause shown. It has power to hear and determine all questions at law, brought before it by appeal from a Superior Court of Law, and to hear and determine all cases in equity, brought before it by appeal from a Court of Equity, or removed there by the parties thereto. It has original and exclusive jurisdiction in repealing letters patent, and also has power to issue writs of certiorari, scire facias, habeas corpus, mandamus, and all other writs which may be proper and necessary for the exercise of its jurisdiction. The judges of the Supreme and the Superior Courts are elected by joint ballot of both houses of the General Assembly, hold their offices during good behavior, and, under a provision in the amendments to the constitution of the State, their salaries cannot be diminished during their continuance in office. Spier Whitaker, of Halifax Co., Attorney General. Salary of a Solicitor-$20 for each Court which he attends, besides fees for conviction. The Attorney General receives, in addition, $100 for each term of the Supreme Court which he attends. The Superior Courts of law and the Courts of equity are holden in each and every county of the State, twice in each year, by the judges thereof. For this purpose, the State is divided into seven circuits, each of which comprises about ten counties; and the judges ride these circuits alternately, according to an arrangement agreed upon among themselves, the only restriction imposed upon them in making the arrangements being, that no judge shall ride the same circuit twice in succession. As judges of the Superior Courts of law, they have jurisdiction of all pleas, real, personal, and mixed; of all suits and demands relative to legacies, filial portions, and estates of intestates; and also, of all pleas of the State and criminal matters of what nature, degree, or denomination soever, whether brought before them by original or mesne process, or by certiorari, writs of error, appeal from any inferior Court, or by any other way or means whatsoever. As judges of the Courts of Equity, they have all the jurisdiction and powers appertaining to Courts of Chancery. of Charleston, Treasurer, Lower Division, 2,000 do. Upper Division, Surveyor General, 1,600 Fees. 1,100 and Fees. 1,500 of Charleston, Attorney General, of Summerville, Sup't of Public Works, of Charleston, Pres. Bank of the State of S. C., 3,000 of Grahamville, Clerk of the Senate. of Orangeburg, Clerk of the House, JUDICIARY. Chancellors in Equity. 1,000 Courts of appeals in Law and Equity for hearing and determining all appeals, and motions in arrest of judgment, and for a new trial, are held in Columbia, on the first Monday in May, and on the fourth Monday in November, in every year. A similar Court sits in Charleston, on the 1st Monday in January, for cases brought up from the Courts in the Districts of Georgetown, Horry, Beaufort, Colleton, and Charleston. The Courts for the Correction of Errors, consisting of all the chancellors, and judges of the Courts of Law, are held at such time during the sitting of the Courts of Appeal, as the chancellors and judges may appoint. Alexander Herbemont, Clerk of the Court of Appeals. FINANCES. Whole amount of State Debt, in year ending Sept. 30, 1845, $3,234,502 31 The property of the State is as follows: XV. GEORGIA. GOVERNMENT. Salary. GEORGE W. CRAWFORD, of Richmond Co., Governor, $3,000 Nathan C. Barnet, of Clark Co., Charles J. Jenkins, Director of the Central Bank. Commissioner of the Deaf and Dumb. 500 of Richmond Co.,Speaker of House of Rep., $5 a day. of Cass Co., Clerk of House of Rep., 500 The pay of the members of the Legislature is $4 a day. The sessions of the Legislature are now held biennially. The term of office for these judges is six years. The State is divided into eleven Circuits, with a judge for each. W. B. Fleming, R. L. Gamble, of Chatham Co., Judge of the Eastern Circuit, $1,800 do. of Clark Co., do. do. do. John Floyd, do. Inferior Court.-An Inferior Court is held in each county, composed of five justices, elected by the people every four years. These Courts possess the powers of Courts of Probate. The justices have no salary. By a census of the State of Georgia, taken in 1845, the population was found to be as follows: Macon and Western Railroad, from Macon to Atlanta, 192 miles. 170 do. 80 do. 442 do. 101 miles. Western and Atlantic R. R., from Dawsonville to Cross Plains, 22 do. The Macon and Western Railroad is virtually an extension of the Central Railroad. Atlanta is the common point at which the Georgia Railroad and the Macon and Western Railroad terminate. The Western and Atlantic Railroad is the extension of both to the westward; and when it reaches Cross Plains, the works of internal improvements in the State will be completed within fifteen miles of the southern boundary of the State of Tennessee. From Cross Plains to the seaboard, by railroad, is as follows: From Cross Plains to Savannah, 395 miles. From Cross Plains to Charleston, 408 do. From Cross Plains to Nashville, via. Chattanooga, is about 160 do. |