dispatch of this date, relieving me of my duty as l*rovisional Governor of North Carolina, has been received. It gives me pleasure to be relieved of the responsibilities and labors of the office. I will at once transfer the great seal, the papers and property of the State now in 881 possession, to the Hon.* Jonathan Worth; the Governor elect. He pleased to the President my sincere acknowledgments for the honor he has dove roe, and the confidence