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General Stssemblp Abstract of such of the proceedings of the Legisla ture as we consider interesting to our readers. SENATE. Thursday, Dec. 20. The 43enatc, after transacting some private business, took up the bill making an appropriation and appointing commis sioners for the rebuilding the Capitol, in the city of Raleigh, -which passed its sec ond reading and was ordered to be en rolled, 35 to 28. (Mr. Wilson iu the af firmative.) Friday, 2st. Mr. Askew presented a resolution, that the Legislature adjourn on the 5th day of January, sine die; which was read and laid on the table. Mr. Moore presented a resolution au thorizing tlje Governor to procure a suf ficient number of copies of the Map of this State,. as executed by John McRae, and transmit one copy of the same to the District of Columbia and to each of the States and Territories of the U. States. Head the first time. next ly which time, says the resolution, it is confidently hoped from every indica tion, that the existing Tariff will be redu ced to a revenue point. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Thursday, Dec. 20. Mr, Mangum presented a bill amenda tory of an act passed in 1784, to regulate the descent of real estate, to do away en tails, to make provision for widows, and to prevent frauds in tle execution of last wills and testaments. Passed its first reading. The engrossed bill to repeal an act passed in 1830, compelling Quakers, &c. to bear arms, was taken up and amended so as to require of Quakers and others claiming exemption, to make oath that they are conscientiously scrupulous on the subject of bearing arms. Thus a mended, the bill passed its second read ing, G4 to GO. (Messrs. Little and Potts in the negative.) Friday, 2sl. Mr. Blow presented a petition from sundry inhabitants of Pitt, praying the passage of a law to regulate the fishing on Tar river. Read and referred. The bill for the erection of a newcoun Mr. Dishongh presented a bill to re duce the salary of the Supreme Court Judges of North Carolina. Read the ty out of parts of Burke and Buncombe, first time, . passed its third reading, 63 to 60. (Messrs. Mr. Moye, of Pitt, presented a bill fix ing a uniform time of holding the elec tions in the third Congressional district of North Carolina. Read three times and ordered to be engrossed. On motion of Mr. Latham, it was re solved, that as the practice of issuing ca. sa's in the first instance, or even while debtors have a sufficiency of visible pro perty, is often done to harass? and de grade the debtor and distress his family, that the committee on the judiciary be instructed to enquire whether a remedy for this evil cannot be devised. Mr. Ilinton presented a resolution, which was adopted, instructing the com mittee on the judiciary to enquire into the expediency of requiring the holders of large entries in swamps and poeosins to accurately survey said entries, and mark the boundaries thereof, so that the people as well as the State may ascertain the true extent of said claims, and know where and how much of said lands re main to the State. Considerable time was taken up in the consideration of the Bank bill, which af ter being discussed at great length and amended in various particulars, was pass ed, 33 to 27. (Mr. Wilson in the nega tive.) Saturday, 22d. After tho transaction of some private business, the Senate entered upon the or ders of the day, and spent considerable time in the consideration of the bill to a mend and print for distribution the Mili tia Laws of North Carolina. Sundry a mendmcnts were proposed and adopted, and the bill passed its second reading. Monday, 2kth. The bill to erect out of a portion of the counties of Burke and Buncombe a separate and distinct county, by the name of Yancey, was read the first t ime and re jectedayes 27, noes 33. (Mr. Wilson in the negative.) Mr. Toomer, from the joint select committee to whom were referred the Ordinance and accompanying documents from South Carolina, submitted a report and resolutions thereon, which were read, ordered to be printed, and made the or der of the day for Thursday. Several motions were made to adjourn over Christmas, but all of them failed, and the Senate adjourned until to-mor-xow 10 o'clock. The Senate met, but after the reading ofthe journal, adjourned until to-morrow. Wednesday, 26th. Mr. Leak presented a resolution to au thorise the commissioners for the rebuil ding of the Capitol to sell such part of the rubbish of the former building as may be unnecessary to be used in the new building; which was read three times, passed and ordered to be engrossed. Mr. Spaight presented a preamble and resolution, the object of which is respect fully to ask of South Carolina, that she dl postpone the execution of her Ordi nance until the first day of September Little and Foils in the negative.) The engrossed bill to exempt Quakers from the performance of militia duty, ex cept in cases of invasion, was read the third time and ordered to be enrolled. Saturday, 22d. The House resolved itself into a com mittee of the whole, on the bill fixing an uniform mode of assessment of real es tate with the improvements thereon. This bill gave rise to a very animated and proiracted discussion. After the com mittee rose, the bill was reported to the House and laid upon the table. (This bill provides for the appointment of a board of assessors in every county, who are to place a fnh cush valuation on pro perty of this description.) Monday,2th. Mr. Barririgcr presented a bill to esta blish the State Bank of North Carolina. Mr. Polk, a bill to establish a Bank at Salisbury, by the name of the Planter's Bank of North Carolina. Mr. Eccles, a bill to authorise the Commissioners of Fayelteville to borrow $200,000 to be in vested in stock of the Cape Fear and Yadkiu Rail Road Company, and for oili er purposes. These bills were read the first time. The bill to establish the Bank of N. Carolina, was received from the Senate and read. Mr. Long moved that it be rejected, which was negatived 85 to 32, and the bill passed its first reading. Mr. M annum, from the committee on internal improvements, to whom was re ferred the petition of the President and Directors of the Portsmouth and Roa noke Rail Road, reported a bill to enact with sundry alterations and additions an act incorporating the Portsmouth and Roanoke Rail Road Company and for other purposes, passed by the Legisla ture of Virginia, on the 8th day of March, 1332. Read the first time. Mr. Sawyer, of Edeuton, introduced a series of resolutions, which though we obtained a copy for publication, (saysthe Register,) we are compelled to omit, for want of room, until next week. They assert the right of a State to resist un constitutional acts of Congress. They deny the right of the General Govern ment to apply force in cases of collision between the State authorities and the Fe deral head; and declare that this State Mr TWtWnd. from the committee on propositions and grievances, to whom was referred the petition of sundry citizens of Pitt county, in relation to fishing on Tar and Pamlico river, reported unfavorably thereon. Concurred in. The bill to establish the Merchants' Bank iu Newborn was read the second time, amended and passed, 63 to 60. We learn from the Greenville Patriot exfr that a numerous meeting of the citizens of the county of Pm, wa$ held at the Court House in Greenville, on the 22c ult. Marshall Dicken son, Esq. was called to the chair, and Jesse Ran. dolph, Jr. and William A. rerren, ,sqs. were appointed secretaries. The meeting was addres sed by l'r. nenry uocKery, ana ur. John c. Gorham, when a preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted. The preamble avows a decided opposition to the violent course pursued by South Carolina, and states that they receive with joy and thanksgiving, tlie timely proclarra. tion of the President of the United States. The principal resolution is in the following words: "Resolved, That we highly approve of the matter -.id spirit of the Proclamation of the President, in relation to the threat ened rebellijn in South Carolina, and that we will 'cordially support him, in nil his efforts O preserve the integrity of the Union." ' TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1833. FOR THE FREE TRESS. REPUBLICAN MEETING. A meeting of the citizens of Edgecombe coun ty, is most earnestly invited at the Court House in Tarborough, on Monday the 7th inst. to take into consideration and express an opinion rela tive to the existing difficulties between the State authorities and the General Government. MANY CITIZENS. General Assembly. We regret that we are compelled to postpone until next week, the Re port of the Joint Select Committee, to whom were referred the Ordinance and accompany do cuments from South Carolina. The committee consisted of Messrs. Toomer, Seawell, Leake, Williams and Hailey, of the Senate; and Messrs. Iiragg, Pearson, Eccles, Potts and Sawyer, of the Commons. The Report was made through Judge Toomer, and is said to he from his pen. We subjoin, however, the resolutions attached to the Report, which embody the substance of it, with the exception of the following passage: "The people of this State are ardently attache) to the Constitution, and sin cerely devoted to the Union. The spirit of '76 glows in their bosoms with its pri mitive ardor; they recognize the right of the oppressed to hrcak asunder the lies which connect them with the oppressor; but it is a right which should not be exer cised for "light or transient causes." The dissolution of the Union will be accompa nied by deeds of violence and scenes of blood, at the sight of which valor may stand appalled." We wish that the Committee had been rather more energetic and explicit on this point that South Carolina and the General Government might both distinctly understand the course this Slate would pursue, in case of a collision between their respective authorities. The following are the resolutions attached to the Report: Resolved, That the General Assembly ofthe State of North Carolina, doth en tertain and doth uuequivocalfy express a warm attachment to the Constitution of the United States. Resolved, That the General Assembly doth solemnly declare a devoted attach ment to the Federal Union, believing that on its continuance depend the liberty, the peace and prosperity of these U. States. Resolved, That whereas diversity of i upiiuoii may prevail in trus fctate as to the constitutionality of the acts of Congress imposing duties on imports: yet it is be lieved, a large majority of 'the people think those acts unconstitutional; and they are all united in the sentiment that the existing Tariff is impolitic, unjust and oppressive; and they have urged, and will continue to urge its repeal. Resolved, That the doctrine of Nullifi cation avowed by the State of South Ca- ronna, ana lately promulgated in un Or inance. is rpunlnhnnn :.. i will not tamely submit to the exercise of subversive nf th n.:....- 'n .i .V r. rt i-i .. . uiiDiuuuuu oi ine u- ...... ,6u,..uuu1v,u, limu n iea states, and leads to a dissolution! by the General Government. In short, of t he Tlni oouiuuuij rtr,ne u'un Resolved, That our Senators in Con Tuesday, 25th. The House met, but adjourned imme diately not however, before Mr. F. A. Sawyer had introced a bill to establish the Bank of Elizabeth City, which pass ed its first reading. Wednesday, 26th. On motion of Mr. Clayton, it was re solved, that a message be sent to the Se nate, proposing that the Legislature ad journ sine die, on the 5th of January next ayes 97, does 18. ' Virgiiia and South Carolina. committed of 21 members, appointed by the Leglature of Virginia, to consider what miasures ought to be adopted by that body in reference to the alarming state ofthings in South Carolina, have made ai interesting Report on the sub ject, consisting of 13 resolutions, which ' . j ...:n i,.. i i the tw Houses. The 1st speaks of the crisis, and the duty of interposing to ar rest tbp apprehended civil war. The 2d urgesjhe vahe ofthe Union and the dan ger tint threatens it from opposite points. The id re-affirms the doctrines of Virgi nia it; their resolutions of '98, &c. The 4th protcstsngainst the protective princi ple of the Tariff laws. The 5th deter mines not ti acquiesce in the present sys tem of duli'ep, but to endeavor to obtain their, repeal by all constitutional means. Thi 6th, tli ct they will co-operate with the r brethrei of South Carolina and oth er ttates in tilting all proper means to re duce the dtties to the revenue point. The 7th dojlores the precipitate course adopted byjSouth Carolina. The 8th protests aganst certain principles avow ed and poyrs assumed for the Federal Gorernmen in the President's Procla mation, as'iolating the true spirit of the Constitulip, and contrary to the doc trines whfci the South has frequently as serted, asj'o the origin and character of the Confeeracy, the right of secession, treason, fee. The 9th deprecates the use of foje by either party, and entreats South Cflolinato suspend her Ordinance until the xpiration of the next session of Congreji; The 10th instructs their Se nators,, to endeavor to procure an immedjEe curtailment of the Tariff. The 11th prposes the chI! of a General Con vention if Congress does not abandon the proictivc system. The 12th propo ses tq end two Commissioners to South Carojin; and the 13th directs copies of these- lesolutions to be sent to the Pre sident and Governors of the several States Ral. Res. Soih Carolina. The Legislature of Souti Carolina adjourned on the 20th ult. $20,000 have been appropriated for the ontingent fund, and 200,000 for tln1)urchase of arms. Resolutions in fayc of a General Convention of the Stass were passed and the Governor reqested "forthwith to issue his Procla nfaion, warning the good people of this tie, against the attempt of the Presi de! ofthe United States to seduce them fan their allegiance; exhorting them to diregard his vain menaces, and to be pepared to sustain the dignity and pro tect the liberty of the State, against the nbitrary measures proposed by the Pre sdent." In obedience to the last named lesolution, on the 21st, Governor Hayne issued his Proclamation, in which he varns the citizens of that State against cress be i,,,pH a ZoL " ""iF!nat ".c ca 13 ",lle longerons and perm- ives ino.r j "epresenia-coua doctrines" promulgated in the Pro meani "in ,f I nl f .conmut,ODj .clamation of tho President, as calculated E lino !tLPpSe,r' Pr0UrC nnrf-,t0 mislead them, and "involve. hem in tho lie! n , 8 ato ni - 5 , nT'7 bJ Sui,t of rebellion." He reiterates the . . ol oout" a""na at (I doctrines of the Ordi nnnn.p. nnrt nlfidcrns 1. . . . 1 o nimseir to tne support of them, whatever may be the consequences. i nc uuiuii convention aajourneo on the General Government, and to product .uuciiiauon between the contend parties. P ResnlwJ .4t nM f ine umon Convention adjourned on mumcaled bv his excellnnnvil. oJt. "or of this State, to his excellencyL wwijui ui iuum caronna. March, after having unanimouslv adopt ed a Report, accompanied with a Protest and Remonstrance against the late Ordi nance of Nullification, which declare, in
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