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-T I (jf ^,j,| ouiriit;.; lln li Clfilcs, lias bi'cn UUl- jN'-ovihidiis (jf tills I'ill. By the fornior 1 j\,rruly vcsud in the several Ccuiis ; in- •fv nt v ill btitiR an in- di'od, Ihe cu>itoin is cocval with civiliza- j- riimeiil wiiliin t'lc staiwtr : l)ul hy this | liop itself. II ii he a Inct, Ihiil our Jiul- 11 it is haired lbrcv«M\, after ten years; | are so unworthy ilic confKlcnce re 1 I .1 _ 1 .. W.. t.ioi_ ' ‘ I • *1 ^ u _ * altiiough tl.e muker may acinut its just- • ncss, lio action tun he hrouRht. In ma ny insianrcs, the holder of u nolo recci\es the interest of it anniiallv, aiul 'is satisfi ed it should run on, hut if this jiasses, at the expiration of ten years he will be tonipelled to brinp; liis action. With regard to inortgap^cs, it is well known that the niortt^ayor is prevented from brinfrinj; a hill to foreclose after twenty veai s; w hy should we compel the mort gagee to foreclose wl'iCn he is satisfied with the interest. He was opposed both to the principle and details yf the bill, anil f.opcd it w ould not pass. The qiicsiion on passitig the bill at its sccond re^.ding, was decided in the affir mative and was ordered to be read the third time lo-morrow. Friday, Jon. 26.—Mr. Klliotf, from the select committee, to whom was referred the petition of John Mac Hae, of Fayette ville, reported a resolution, directing the Public Treasurer to advance to him the sum of g5,000 on loan, without inten st, for five years, to assist him in publishing liis contemplated Map of the State— •which passed its first reading. under Its icrjul.Tmctas? No, sir^it will j onlycoirpil children to fuinithat « N " of her sisters; lijrjuion whiel, i i.tur:.l - ^ bird that beways Saturday, Jan. 27.—A message was receivt’d fiom the House ol Commons, informing that they have passed the fol lowing bills and resolution, in which thev ask the concurrence of the Senate : -A bill t«> incor|)orate the Franklin Lil>ra- ry Society of liufl'alo in Lincoln county ; a bill to restore to credit Willis Bradley of Rntherford; a bill to authorise the di rectors of the Literary Fund to raise g50,000 by way of Lottery and forothei puipnses, and a resolution in favor of Samuel M’Dowell Tate, Sheriff of Burke —which bills were read the first time. The resolution to lend John Mac Rae of Fayetteville, g5,000 for five years with out interest, to assist him in the publi cation of the Map of the State, having been read, a long debate arose on the pro priety of its passage which will hereafter app^^ar. Messrs. H':ll, of Franklin, and Sanders opposed the resolution; Messrs. fipaight of Greene, Fickett, Gilchrist, Seawelland M’Ray advocated it. The question on the passage of the resolution at its second reading was de termined ill the afl’irmative, after having been amended so as to reduce the peri od of loan to four years. On its third reading, Mr. Hill of Franklin, called for the Yeas and Nays, which were as fol lows :—Yeas 37—Nays 23. So the resolution passed and was or dered to be engrossed. Tuesday., Jan. 30.—The bill limiting the time within which Deeds of Trust and IVlortgages shall be registered, and to provide for giving additional publicity to the same, was read the third lime and passed, without debate. The bill to amend an act passed in 1819, to pi'event the fraudulent trading ■with slaves, was read the third time. Various amendments were submitted, among which, Mr. King moved to strike out that provision which declares that slaves shall only trade in the day time, which was negatived. Mr. Joyner moved for the indefinite "postponement cf the bill. Mr. Speight, of Greene, opposed the motion, and gave his reasons for doing so. The cjuestion was decided in the nega tive, b) Yeas atid Nays, us follows:— Yeas 26—Na>s 2Z. The question then recurred on the pas sage of the bill, at its third and last read ing in the Senate, which was decided in the afliirmative. The bill for the better protection of securities : the hill to amend the road laws, and the bill lurthcr to extend the time of payment to the purchasers of the Cherokee Lands, were read the third time and ordered to be engrossed. posed in them, that we cannot trust them to apjioint their own officers : if tliey, to whom we confide our lives, our lil)erties, and our future hopes, are ca])able of ex ercising it, for unhallowed purpoi^cs, let us sweep 'iitm from the b( tich, and ap point others, for we have the power to annihilate them at a single blast. lUit he hoped the bill w’ould not pass, atid the present.order.x)f things in this respect 'vould continue so long as we remained a political people, for he was confident no change could be made for the bettei-. The question on the passage of the hill was decided in the. negative—so the bill was lost. The bill to amend an act passed in 1818, concerning the Supreme Court, was read the 3d time and ordered to be engrossed. The bill limiting the time, within which actions shall be brought on bonds, ju gments and other sealed instruments an 1 on the equity of redemption on mort gages, was taken up. A variety of a- m‘ndments w» re ptoposed, which exci ted a protracted discussion on the details of the bill. The (ju^'Stion on the passage of the hill was decided in the negative, as follows :—Yeas 27—Nays 30. So the bill was rejected. Ijioinpt llicni to perform. 'I'he bill uris a j)ropcr opc niid he hoped it would pass. The hill j)nsscd its second and third rea(Iir.jz;s, and was ordered to be cn- [rrossed. IIOUSK or COMMONF TvPsdny .Jau 23.— 1 he (iovernor trans- miitfd to the Lei.nslaturr, the annual He- port .f the Hoard for Internal Improve ments; which being read, was reierred to the committee f>n biternal Improve- iis own nest.’ This remark called up Mr. Potter who saiil, that he considered North-Caro.ina a degraded State, and so far from being proud of beir.g one of her citizens, he was ashamed of it, and proceeded to make other severe remarks which Mr. Fisher consideied as renec.ting on him, and called Mr. P. to order, and demand ed whether the Gentleman from Halifax nteant to ai>p!y what he had said to him. Mr. P. replied he meant them to apply to Other words .iients, and sent to the Senate with an or-1 those whom they fitted der that the Report and Documents be passed, when Mr. A. M(iore called both printed. (ventlemen to order. '1 he committee I - ^ . ■ I *11 f\n Thursday, Fd>. 1.— Mr. Love, fi om the Comn itiee of Claims, reporti-d a resolu tion in favor of the Securities of James ISlenns, late SherilT of Cabari us, for &13 60. lor insolvent polLs. Mr. M’’Leary presented a resolution, directing the secretary of Slate to endea- vor to procure from Newhern,. (whne they are supposed to be) and file in regu lar order in his oflice, all such original platts andcertificatesf>fsurveys.on which patents were issued pievious to the Rev- olutionaiy Wi-r, i'or the benetii and C(m- \tnience ol persons ovMiing land under r uch patents, aiid allow ing him a re;\son- able c/mpensati(in lor the same, which \ ast its first reading. J'lif.'ai/, I'ib. 2. — Mr. Davis called up for cot side: alM P, the bill to vest in the Coenty Court ilie right of appointing Su|;erior Court Cler)xs. The bill having been read, Mr. '"•‘awell said he fell mortified that ^uch a bill had been iniro(luccl lo the consideiation of the Senate; for it would i.ot only be thought in tlie Slate, but ihrougiiuut the Lniied Slates, that our Supeiior Court Juilyts are su degradtd ill public esiitnation, tliat we aie ( ojii ’,ell d to »akt fiomtht nt the power of .ippoinling !' i ii subordii ate (jfiicers, atio i;\\c it lo another tribunal—The power Saturday, Feb. 3.—The resolution di recting the Secretary of Siute to procure from Newborn certain platls and certifi cates of surveys, issued previous to the revolution, and file them in his oftjce, and the bill to appoint commissioners to run and mark the dividing line between Du plin and Wayne, were read the third time, and ordered to be engrossed. The bill declaring runaway slaves who carry arms, outlaws, after considerable discussion on its details, was rejected by the casting vote of the Speaker. The bill to amend the Emancipation laws, which provides that the owner ot every manumitted slave, before libera ting him, shall give bond in SlOOO, that said slave shall leave the State within six months, never more to reside therein, was taken upon its third reading. Mr. Hill of Franklin moved to amend it, by striking out the whole of the bill but the enactiog clause, and insert, “that from and after the passing of this act, it shall not be lawful to emancipate slaves in this State,,on any pretence whatever.” On the question of adopting the a- mendment, a loitg discussion arose. The amendment was supported by Messrs. Hill, Seawell, Speight of (iivene, and Sanders, and opposed- by Messrs. Joyner and Pickett. Mr. Joyner moved or the indefinite postponement of the bill and amendment, which was negatived. The question then recurred on the adoj)tion ot the a- mendment, which was negatived. The bill was then put on its passage, and re jected. The Senate took up the order of the day, viz. tiie bift to com|cl children of sufficient ability to support their poor parents. The bill having bnen rea{l, Mr. INI’Kay remarked, that it was very strange that no j)rovision of this kind had ever been incorporated into our laws. In England, a hiw was pass ed during the reign of Klizabeth, which not only declared * that children who possessed the power should maintain their indigent parents, but it even em braced their grandfathers and grainirno- thcrs. Virginia, New-Jersey, South- Carolina, and perhaps other States, have passed laws similar to the bill under con sideration. The only (juestion which jiresents itself to the Senate as to the propriety ofpassitig this bill, is whether it is better that children who have pro bably derived lorlunes fiom their pa rents, should suj)port them when age and intirinity jtress on them, or that they sliould become a public charge.— He had knt>wn an instance in his own county, 'where a poor woman was plac- C(f in tiie Poor House, wliilst her son, who was in gootl clreuinstanr.cs, repre sented that et)ui',ty in the House oi ('omnions. Ho understood, that in Caswell, and ollicr counties, intances ol Parents who had wcaltliy children, be ing thrown un t!ie Parish were coin The Governor also sent to the House, the Re[)Ot tof the Pn'siilenl and Direc tors of tl.e Literary I’-und in com, liance with an act of last session, w hich being read, was referred to tlie committee on Fducaiion, s«-nt to the Senate, anti pro posed to be printed. lly Mr. Hardy, a bill limiting the time within which suits shall be brought a- gainst Guardians, Kxecutorsand Admin istrators. All the above bills i)asspd their first reading The last was reierred to the Judiciary committee. A bill from the Senate, to unite the Office of Clerk and Master in Etpiiiy with that of the Clerk of the Superior Court, passed its first reading. On motion of Mr. Tooiin-r, a resolu- lion in favor of Sherwood l ort, was call ed u[) for a 2nd reading. The report of the committee of Pro- 1,ositions and Grievances and the resolu tion were both read. It appeared that the petitioner had been ahovved SSO by the lastCieneral Assembly ; but not hav ing been placed on the pension list, the allowance was at an end. 1 ins resolu tion proposed to make to this old soldier an annual allowance of §60. Mr. R. II. Jones opposed this claim on the same principle that he objected to a similar claim a few days ago, atul warn ed memliers against ojiening a door that would admit claims without number. Mr. Toomer and Mr. Moore both ad vocated this claint. The petitioner, they slated, had not only served in the Mili- lia, bul as a continental Soldier; but had failed to obtain a certificate of honorable discharge from the service, so that he could not obtain a pension from the U. States. Mr. T. said that he knew the man, and that from the good character he bore, he fully believed the statements he made of the case, and had no doubt of his being entitled to the relief which he asked for, of which, in his old age, he stood in great need. The 2nd reading of this resolution passed by yeas and nays, 109 voles to 11. mon. INIr. Hill, of Fi-ai'.klin, sal*!, it was a common remark, th.'tt laws wei'e not made for honest men. 'i'he :ifi'(!Ction oi a dutiful cliild retjuiies no law to muke the maintenance of hi.s poor j.'iirents ob ligatory on him. Ihit when it is recol lected \hat in all conm.unities thero is a certain portion, whom laws /nl" can coerce into a conipiianco with their du ly, it will be seen that the elli ct ol the bill will only operate on that part. It had fallen to his lot, to he in several counties of the Slate, at the time when paupers arc hired out, and he had seen a son, who was living on the pati imony derived from his parents, wailing inun- feeliiig anxiety for his mother to be knoeked olf to his bicK Sir, suf h wreleiies tieserve coercion. W hat would 1)1 Ilie eflert of this hill, if j-assed ifrtt) a l.'w ? Will North-Carolina sustain a- ny injury iVoin what would take j['!acc Wednesday, Jan. 21.—IMr. Shipp pre sented iht‘ petiiioti ol John Hoke and o- thers, of Lincolnton, owners of a Cotton Manufactory, praying that the hands em ployed therein may be exempted from working on roads and doing military duty ; and, Mr. Alexander the petition of II. For bes of Mecklenburg, praying to be plac ed on the pension list. '1 he lormer peti tion was referred ’o the committee of Propositions and Grievances, and the latter to the committee of Claims. On motion of Mr. Allison, the Judicia ry committe were instructed to enquiie into the expediency of making some pro vision more ell’ectually to suppress fraud in the execution of deeds of trust. Mr.. Spruill, from the committee of Claims, reported against the claim ol Christian Bottles, ol Burke; and also a- gainst the petition of Felix Walkei', both of w hich reports were concurred with. A message iiom the Senate, iniormed the L'ouse ihey had passed the lollowing bills: Fiiriht?r to amend an act making the Ijrotestofa Notary Public evidence in certain cases ; to rei)eal part of the 3d section of an act to extend the jurisdic- ii(,n of a Justice of the Peace passed in 1820: ..nd a Resolution permitting A. 1). Murphey ioha\f the use of the hookx in the public Literary—all which passed their first reading, and the resolution re- {|uiring bul one reading, was ordered to he enrolled. The Senate also informed the House, that they had i)ass« d the bill appointing commissioners to erect a builditig in the town of Linc»)lnton ior the use ol the Ju rors, anci rejrcied that for lay ing olV a road in Lincoln county. The bill authorising the President and Directors of the Literary Fund kj raise money bv way ol Lottery, passed its sec- jtid reailing. The House went into a committee of the whole (Mr. Su.tt in the chair) on the i)ill for makitig a digest of our Statutes, Stc. Mr. Swain sjxjke at considerable length in sujjpoi t the measure, and .Mr. Fisher against it. In the coiirse of Ml. Swaiti’s remarks, he said, iti reply to some otjjections which had been made *o the expence which wouhl be iticurred by passing the hill, “poor degraded Norih-Carolina, is she not able /mir ilif. e.r/H'iicc of a niore perfect digi st of her laws than she has at prcsen'.” On which Mr. Fisher lenuirked, that it had become f«shional>le of late to speak ol N. C'atoli- na as acU'graded Stale, ai.d as uneq evtty K'ipccl lo her sisUr Sialts, did ijot like lo hear his native Slate thus rose, and the bill was ordered lo lie on ihe table. _ Tiie bill for altering the time of meet ing of the General Assembly was taken up, when a motion was made to stiike uul the 2nd Monday in December, which succeeding, it was moved to fill the with the ibt Monday in November. This motion was negatived; as was also ihe 1st Monday and the last Monday in Decem ber. It was at length Idled with the 3d Monday in November, the former period of meeting. Thursday, Jan. 25.—Mr. Alexander presetiu d "the petitnm of Robert Hobin- son,J*-sbe Clark, Benjamin Lindsay, Hen- l y Houston utul John Connelly, praying lo i)c placed on the pension list. 'I'he Ciovernor enclosed to the I.egis- lature, a claim of Jonas R. Clark lor the value tf a horse w hich he lost in the ser vice of the State at the reception of Gen.' Lafayette. Both the above claims were referred to the Committee of Claims, Mr. R. li. Jones, from the Judiciary Commiitee, to whom was reierred a res olution instructing them to inquire into the expediency of Testameniary C^uar- dians givin;: security where it shall ap pear lo the County Court that they are insolvent, and are likely to waste and squander the property of their wards, reported that it was inexpedient to vary the existing law as proposed; I)ut recom mended that the bill accompanying this report, entitled a bill concerning Testa mentary Ciuardians, be passed into a law. It passed its first reading. The engrossed bill l^o alter the time of the Ltgisiature was taken up: when Mr. Alexander moved to strike out//ip Zd Monday in Novetnher, for the purpose of reinstating the second Monday in Decem ber, as ihe bill came fron» the Senate, but the motion was negatived, 70 voles to 5K The hill was then ordered to be sent to the Senate for their concurrence in this amendment to their bii:. If ihe two Houses do not agree the bill will be lost, and the next Legislature will of course meet on ’he 2nd Monday in January, as fixed by the act ol last session. lion of the bill, wliich gate tills right o challenge, was struckout. -The remaiti. ing section of the bill, which authorises the council of a defendant on a criminal suit to aid his client in selecting his jury, was retained, and the bill passed its third reading, the title being altered to read as follows; “a bill relating to the exercisc of the right of challenge in certain cases.” Friday, Feb. 2.—Mr. Settle, from*the committee of Propositions and (Jrievan- ces, to whom was referred the petitions of John Hoke and others of Lincoln, and William Dowling of Surry, praying for gates to be erected on roads, reported unfavorably, recommending the rejection of the prayer of the petitioners, which was concurred with. Mr. R. H. Jones, from the Judiciary Committee, to whom was referred the bill to alter an act passed in 1741, for res training the taking of excessive usury, rei)orted, lhat if there ever has been a pe- riod of time when the Legislature could, with safety to the public, alter or repeal the provisions of the act of 1741, coiti. monly called the Statute of Usury, i|)(. present is not that period. The c'e|)rcs. sed state of Agriculture and of Com merce, the extensive control and influence possessed by certain monied instituiiotis, and the facility with which that control and innucnce could be exercised over ihc engagements and transactions of the peo ple, notwithstanding the 4th Section ol* the bill, must, while they exist, and the Legislature is true and faithful to the public interest, prevent the bill under consideration from becoming a law. The commitiet. therefore recommended ihe rejection of the bill, 'ihe report was concurred with, and the bill inderinucly post})oncvl. Saturday, Feb. 3.—The following Li!!? passed their third reading : Concerning F.xecutors, Administratftr's and Guardians; making an api)roj)riatioi! to improve the navigalion of Cape-l'car river below Wilmington ; limiting Uie time within which certain ofiicers shall be prosecuted and prescribing the duties of (irand Jurors relative thereto ; ccu- cerning testamentary Guardians ; to re peal part of the 3d section of an act, to extend the jurisdiction of Justices of th(» Peace, passed in 1820 ; making compen sation lo Coroners in certain cases; fur ther to amend an act making the proU'st of a Notary Public evidence in certain cases, passed in 1812; and the bill to prevent frauds and perjuries. The resolution proposing lo loan ?5000 to John McRae, to assist him in publish ing his Map of the State, passed itsihiid and hisi i . .id'ng. Saturday, Jan. 27.—Mr. R. H. Jones, from the judiciary Committee, to whom was referred the resolution instructing them to inquirs into the expediency of so amending the law s relative to Constables, as to allow a certain per cent, on all exe cutions collected and accounted for by thetn, reported it to be the opinion of the commitlte that no alteration in the laws in this respcct is nccessary. Re port concurred, with. Tuesday, Jan. 30.—Mr. Bain presented a bill to require Defendants before they are put upon their trials, lo except to such matters in the indictment as might, afier cotiviciion, be assigned as reasons in arrest of judgment, which passed its first reading. The House resolved itself into a Com mittee of the Whole, (Mr. Lewisof Cas well in the chair) on the bill to prevent free persons of color from migrating in to this Slate, for the good governnfient of such persons resilient in the State and for other purposes. The bill underwent sundry amendments, and j>roduced con siderable discussion, both on the details and principle of the bill. 'I he bill pass ed ils 2nd leading 75 votes to 39. The orders of ihe day being gone through, .yy. IVhifthvrsl announced to the House the death of "Slw John J. Bonner, one of the Members of that House from Hyde county. On hearitig which, the House immedi ately adjourned to 4 o’clock. Thvr^dny^ Frh. 1.—'Fhc bill directing a continuance of ihe (ieological and Min- cralogical Survey of tiui Stale, and the liill for the support of sick seatnen of the United Slates, passed their third reading. The bill aj)i)ropriating for the LATKST FKOM FllANCi:. B.\i.TiMoiiE, JAN. 29.—By the Edward Bonatfe packet ship from Havre, the edi tors of the New-York American havt; files of Paris papers to the 15th ult. fhe impression which the course of England in the aflairs of Portugal might produce, could not at that lime be ascertained, as the intelligence of it had only just reach ed Paris; and in other respects the papers are barren of interest, excepting so far as the accounts from Madrid would seem to show, that the Spanish government was anxious to persuade the British Minisur, Mr. Lamb, lhat it was unconnected with and disapproved, the invasion by the re volted Portuguese regiments, of the tev.ri- lory of Portugal. The British govern ment, however, had decided that ques tion for itself, on the principle that what Spain could, and did not, prohibit, she permitted. It isstated in the Journal du Commrrce of Mth Dec. that the Mar(juis of Hastings betier known in this country as Lord Rawdon, and afterwards Lord Moirj. died in the harbor of Najiles, on board the ship which was conveyitig him to Ita ly for the benefit of his health. The followin.g extract from the A’dg- burg (Jazette, gives renewed force to ih'’ impression that the Chrisitan powers o'- Europe aiT about to interfere forCirciCC Najfoli di liomaf^na, \oth Oct—An h'lf' lish vessel arrived yesterday from Con stantinople brought to the Commitiei'o' the National Assembly a despatch Iron^ Mr. Stratford Canning, in which Hiii Minister says— “That he had received the instruction' which he expected from his govcrnnK'ii- conceriiing an arrangement between tl'f Turks anu the Greeks, and tliat theytoii' tained jjreci'^e directions to make to 11^ Turkish, government proposals Iouiukc upon the demands of Greece ; thati-^ negotiations between Russia and tu Porte would close on the 7th Oct., an. Metnhcrs ol jjurpose of improving the tiavigation ol j lhat he wouhl ajiprize the the Cape-Fear river l)c1ow Wilininglnn, i the C'oinmittec of their results; that i ' t)eing on its second reading, Mr. W. W. Jones stated at length, the causes which made this furlher appropriation neces sary, and the propriety of .granting it, in order to complete the object in view. He was followed by Mr. J. A. Hill, in sup- pori of ihe bill; and (jn the question being taken on its second leading, it passed, 82 voles to 36. The bill giving to the state a right ol challenge, was taken up. [The bill pro poses that the Slate shall, in all criminal cases, challenge four jurors without cause, and as many more for good cause as she may think ptroper. ] On moliun of Mr. Jonc®, the first see ase of an amicable adjustment ol thi’ J" ilculties Ix’tween the two empii'cSi i"_ Russian Ambassador would immediate} go from Ackerman lo Cotistanstinop to bring to a close as j^oon a? practiCiiJ'' the dilTicullies of Greece.” 'Ihc patch was signed, your friend and vanr, Stratford Canning. In some subsccjuent explanation Mr. S. Canning transmitted ^ ('ommodore Hamilton, it i» Mr. C. expressed his confidence in good inieniions of France respecti”S Greece, and UkiI he hoped much the stej)s he was aulhori/ctl to • (.'eiistunlino^ile#
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