WILLIAM A. GRAHAM, of Hillsborough, Governor, (term of office, from Jan. 1, 1845, to Jan. 1, 1847,) William Hill, of Raleigh, John H. Wheeler, William F. Collins, Salary. $2,000 Secretary of State, $800 and fees. of Lincoln Co., Treasurer, of Chatham Co., Comptroller, 1,500 1,000 Council of State.-Henry Fitts, of Warren Co.; Gabriel Holmes, of New Hanover Co.; Thomas N. Cameron, of Fayetteville; Henry W. Conner, of Lincoln Co.; Alexander W. Mebane, of Bertie Co.; James Watt, of Rockingham Co.; and David Watson, of Chatham Co, Pay, $3 per diem while in service, and $3 for every 30 miles' travelling. JUDICIARY. Supreme Court. Thomas Ruffin, of Orange Co. Chief Justice, Frederick Nash, of Hillsborough, Associate Justice, Joseph J. Daniel, of Halifax, do. Salary. $2,500 2,500 2,500 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. Judges. Thomas Settle, John M. Dick, D. F. Caldwell, R. M. Pearson, John L. Bailey, M. E. Manly, Wm. H. Battle, Superior or Circuit Courts. Salary, $1,950 each. | Solicitors. of Rockingham. David Outlaw, of Bertie Co. 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. The receipts of the Internal Improvement Fund, during the year, amounted to $28,833.97; the disbursements to $1,784.03; leaving a balance on hand, Nov. 1, 1843, of $27,049.60 WILMINGTON AND RALEIGH RAILROAD. The receipts on the Railroad, during the year 1843, for the conveyance of passengers, freight, and mail, amounted to And by Steamboats, Total, The expenses during the same period were, On the Railroad, In the Steamboats, Profits of Railroad and Steamboats, $122,108.72 104,066.27 $226,172.99 $70,176.09 77,990.08 $148,166.17 $78,006.82 The current expenses of the year, compared with those of the preceding year, were reduced $49,170. The receipts on the Railroad in 1841 amounted to $162,628; in 1842, $128,850; and in 1843, $122,108. On the Steamboat line, in 1841, $131,385; in 1842, $101,960; in 1843, $104,066. XIV. SOUTH CAROLINA. GOVERNMENT. Salary. JAMES H. HAMMOND, Governor, (term expires Dec. 1844,) $3,500 William Laval, B. R. Carroll, Thomas Frean, H. Bailey, John A. Leland, F. H. Elmore, of Columbia, do. Upper Division, Attorney General, 1,100 and Fees. Comptroller General, 2,000 Treasurer, Lower Division, 2,000 1,600 Fees. of Charleston, Pres. Bank of the State of S. C. 3,000 A. Patterson, President of the Senate. W. F. Colcock, Speaker of the House of Representatives. W. E. Martin, Clerk of the Senate, Thomas W. Glover, of Orangeburg, Clerk of the House of Rep's. Job Johnston, William Harper, David Johnson, Benj. Faneuil Dunkin, By a law passed at the last session of the Legislature, judges can hold office only up to the age of sixty-five years. 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. $1,051,422.00 Amount of Surplus Revenue deposited with the State. 2,000,000.00 Amount of Loan to the L. C. & C. Railroad, guarantied by the State. “It is highly probable," says Governor Hammond, "the State will never be called on to refund the Surplus Revenue, though her liability for it should never be forgotten, in an estimate of her debt. It is to be hoped that her guaranty of the Railroad bonds is only nominal, and that in due season they will be discharged by the Railroad Company. I therefore deduct these items, in stating the Public Debt, for which certain and early provision must be made, at three millions and a half." The receipts into the State Treasury in 1843 were $299,196.16, and the expenditures $277,833.77. The balance in the treasury, including an unexpended balance of previous appropriations, was about $57,000. COMMON SCHOOLS. A Free School Fund exists in this State, but it has done little good, and Governor Hammond recommends, that it should be applied to the support of Academies in the several districts; he remarks, "The Free School system has failed. This fact has been announced by several of my predecessors, and there is scarcely an intelligent person in the State, who doubts that its benefits are perfectly insignificant, in comparison with the expenditure. Its failure is owing to the fact, that it does not suit our people or our government, and it can never be remedied. The |