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in it. --- The President's house is well finish=
=ed. It will be 100 yards distant from the
nearest building of the [university. ~

I went to the city of Raleigh two or
three days ago, and had an opportunity
of seeing the legislature. In numbers it
appeared respectable. There were about
120 members in the house of commons &
more than 60 in the senate. Evan Alexan-
der was one of the members. General Davie
stands foremost and an almost unrivalled
leader in every capital enterprise.
After having spent some time in
conversation for the greater part of the two eve=
nings, and from every information, he ap=
pears to be a man of good abilities, and
ever active in every measure for
promoting the honor and interest of the
state. In the Legislature he seems like a parent
struggling for the welfare and hap-
=piness of his children. No doubt however
he frequently finds them refactory. The state
appears to be swarming with lawyers. It is
almost the only profession for which parents
educate their children. Religion is so little in
vogue, and ^ in ^ such a state of depression that it
affords no prospects sufficient to tempt peo=
=ple here to undertake its cause. In New=
Jersey it has the public respect and support.
But in N. Carolina and particularly in that
part of the state which lies east of us, every
one believes that the first step which he aught