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.X: f, LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS. SENATE. Tuesday, December 24, 18o0 1 1; MlimirnmAnt. Th Senate met accoratng -"J:: Mr. Con nd Grieva V.b n .r ;m ri,e committee on Corporations reported a number of bill, which will be noticed on hir third reading. ' tneir Mm" n..irTins.ic. m. Thomas, a bill to extend me iur nu ,.rrn mtered. Read, rule . . 1 In l,,.fV,ro Ulr."'ry: .1.1 Ime and ordered to be suspendeu, - f " ., "Tmeron, a bill "amend the X School r,w Referred to comn.iu- fcdocauon. -H.: 1 bill for electing Jdff of the Courts sndeu, anu ica ..11. :... u .ha npnnie. Rei of Pleas and Uuarter tiona ppropna- ca tion to op read a third time a nH ordered to be engrossed IT," nnfin abed buaine. of yesterday, beinff a bill Hie '""'8"v ,Kls.hi. ,h. Bunk of the State, poIon moiion Of Mr. Bower, until Toes- day next. hu.Vs nil THIRD RBADIHO. bill to incorporate Oriental Lod2e the bill to The 1 . .... t :.i. ir.j Academy me oui i" M. ! of the 10;2d chapter Revi.ed Statutes .u.d the bill to encourage the inreatment of capital for minina and u.anulacturinir purposes, wen Severally read the third time and ordered to be "The8 Senate .hen adjourned to Thursday, the 26th. HOUSE Dl'' COMMONS. On motion of M, Steele, Measrs Thornton and Itnn were srantert leave 01 j- f m rt inn til Mr. Sandera of Johnston, Mr. Leach -" " . 1 r r 1 l Inn ... ' -r r. .-! 9 mpssacre was sent to wna wranieu ieae ui nu.c.v... UB m"on . ' ,h t wh(fn the two Houses ad- ourrvXurn t'o Ttmrsday next. - T notion of Mr. Waugh a message was sent to the Senate proposing to reseino me he MSointmentlof Justice, of the Peace the special order'of this evening at 3 o clock. Mr: Sanders of Johnson, presented the res.gnat.oa f Mr Ilavei. a Justice of the Peace of that t.ounty. Acnted. T ie Speaker laid before the House, the fesignaUon of Mr. Heman of Granville. Accepted. PETITIONS inu iiiamYt..-."" r, n-.rrran nresented a memorial troin citizens 01 .... ... ,tEr .iTenmmittee on Propositions them, and are proud in having 1 in tneir power 10 say s, from the cnmmutee on , publish beyond all question the highly impor- . .a I nMMTIKE.li I rs ... . ...... . nces, rjpon " " " ' id the table, tant fact that American Independence was nrst pro- l V V 1 nilVIUIII .... " . . . - f . T 1 1 .1 IknnnH . T frrid to JUtUCiary COini.ui.it-'-; . ,er.n.. c... ,hn took no Mr. Joyner'a Resolu .... C:.n.rl r;,.vernnient for an a " . ii j HiA Roen nlions we en inmE " , the County of Union, asking the passage of a law to urPr be authorized to pay the same, minis!, insolvent persons for tresspassing on the lands On motion of Mr. Saunders of Wake, the rules f others referred to Uie committee on the Judiciary. , were suspended, and the foregoing resolutions were Mr Marshall, a memorial Irom citizens of Forsyth, j rtd the second and third limes and passed, and or relatin to a division of the Regiment of Militia, in dered to be engrossed. .,mv referred to the committee on Internal Mr. Wilson, from the joint select committee to in thai couni , mci.cu n-; re-in of hia dnwm. Improvements. REaottJTiojit. j Mr Brosden a bill to authorize aoiieuors 01 inn ( be read y to take me oam 01 omce, reponea unii ne County and Superior Courts to administer-oaths in ; would appear.before the two Houses at 12 o'clock on certain cases, which was referred to the committee on Wednesday the first day of January next, and take Judiciary. the oath of office. Mr McLean a bill supplementary to the act passed On motion of Mr. Wilson, a message as sent to by the present session to lay off and establish the t,e Senate, proposing to appoint a joint select com connty of Yadkin, which was read the first time. mitlee to make all suitable and necessary arrange- Mr Saunders, of Wake, a bill to authorize the in- j merits for the inauguration of Hon.. David S. Reid, vestment of trust fund in bonds or certificates of the Governor of North Carolina. State, which was rei:d the first time. : j Pbtitioms and Memorials. Mr Poole a bill to incorporate Pasquamaux Lodge, j jfr. Kalluin presented a memorial from citizens of Anient York Masons, No. 103, Elizabeth City ; re-j Rockingham County praying the emancipation of Jo, ferred U the couin.itte on Private Bills. I a slave, the property of the late Jarat Boulding ; re- On motion of Mr. Stubbs the committee on the Ju- j ferred to the committee on Private Bills, dietary were inslrucled to inquire into the expediency ) Mr. Swanner, a memorial from citizens of Wash of so ainiwidino- the act of 184S-'49 to (-provide for the j ington county, against the incorporation ef Sons of settleinent of estates in the hands of executors and Temperance Societies; referred to committee on Pri adn.inistmtcrs and for the relief of the same, so as : Yate Bills. to allow exreutors and administrators to file their pe- 1 Dills and Resolutions. titions fur settleinent although two years may not have Mr. Avery, a bill to appoint Commissioners to lay eiansed Irom the time of their qualification. I off a road from Marion to the top of Iron Mountain On motion of Mr. Erwiii, the committee on the Jn- : jn Yancey county ; referred to the committee on In-, uichtry were instructed to inquire whether the act , ternal Improvements. a.i'.hcriiing the Justices of the Peace of the respec- Mr. ("aid well of Guilford, a bill to incorporate live con ntres of this Slate to levy a lax lor school j Florence Division, S. of T. No. 13, in the county of r.iirposes. is not inconsistent with the Constitution of Guilford ; referred to the committee on Private Bills. North Carolina. .1 On motion of Mr. Avery the bill to incorporate Ce- Mr. Barnes of Northampton, a bill to emancipate ; dar HiU Division, S. of T., waa taken up from James Langford, a slave. Read first time. the table. Mr. Pope withdrew an amendment, he had Mr. McDowell, a bill concerning the pay of wit- : proposed to the bill, and it passed its second reading, nesses in Bladen; referred to the committee on the Mr. Avery offered a resolution in favor of John N. Judiciary. .. .- Curtis, late Sheriff of McDowell county, authorizing Mr. Wiggins, a resolution in favor of Dr. William I him to collect arrears of. taxes ; referred to the coin Hicks, of Granville county ; referred to the committee ,'mittee on Propositions and Grievances, on Claims. ... ! Mr. McKoy, a resolution in favor of Christiana Mr. Bond, a bill to incorporate Rising Sun Divis- ' Lipe ; referred to the committee on the Judiciary, ion, No. 114, S. of T., Edenton, which was referred j Bills and Resolctions on Third Rkadi.no. to the committee on Private Bills. j The following Bills and Resolutions were read the A message was received from the Senate agreeing ' third time and passed : a bill to incorporate the town to the proposition of the House to adjourn until, of Murphy in the county of Cherokee a bill to in Thursday, and also to rescind the joint order to ar- corporate Robeson Institute in the county of Robe point Justices of the Peace this evening, json a hill to incorporate Buena Vista Lodge. No. A message was received from the Senate transmit- ; 21. I. O. O. F.. Greensboro' a bill concsrnincr th ling the following engrosseu mils, wnicu were reno in the House the first time : A bill to incorporate the Tennessee River Railroad Company, in the county of Macon; a bill to provide for a Geological and Ag ricultuwl survey of the State; a bill to enlarge the : powers of the Commissioners ot the town 01 w u- t ., in Kichntond county a bill to incorporate Fall mington ; a bill to restore jury trials to the County 1 Ug Creek Lodge, No. 29, I. 6. O. F., in the town Courts ol Rutherford, Henderson, and Cleaveland; a - of Rockingham, Richmond county a hill to incor bill to incorporate Esperanza Lodge, No. 38, 1. O. O. j porate the Grand, Division, S. of T. a bill to incor F.; a bill to incorporate Conohe Lodge, No. 131, in porate the Raleigh and Siimmerville Plank Road the town of Hamilton; a bill to incorporate the Ring- j Company a bill giving a name to the county seat gold Guards; a bill to incorporate Maraltock Divis- I 0f Forsyth a bill giving a name to the county seat ion. No. 8S, S. of T.; a bill to incorporate Hanks 0f Stokes a bill concerning Depositions a bill to Lodge, No. 128, Ancient Yurk Masonsf-a bill 16 in- i repeal the 1st and 2d sections ol the act of 1848-'9 corporate Theophiliis Division, No. 57, S. of T-; a concerning the President and Directors of the Liter- bill to incorporate Tuscarora Lodge, No. 22, 1. O. O. r.; a bin to incorporate lnuepenueiu mvision, no. 31, S. of 1.; a bill to incorporate Hamilton remaie Academy, Martin county; a bill in relation to the ex ecution of criminal process; a bill concerning Corpo rations; a resolution in favor of Jason Sherrill, and a resolution in favor of Susannah Fox. On motion, the bill to incorporate the Tennessee River Railroad Company in the county of Macon, and the bill concerning Corporations, were referred . to the committee on Internal Improvements. Special Order. The bill to establish a new County (y the name of Jaekson, out of portions of M aeon and Haywood, was tnkwn up and put on its second reading. Messrs. I liiyes of Cherokee, Dargan, Erwin, Avery, and Fii-mming advocatednhe bill, and Messrs. Steels and Winston opposed .it. The. question was taken and the bill passed its second reading ayes 59, noes 29. " The bill to provide relief for purchasers of Chero kee lands was taken up, and made the urdnr of the day for Friday next. An amei dment proposad by the Senate to the bill to restore jury trials to the County of Buncombe, was considered and adopted. The House then adjourned to Thursday. SENATE. Thursday, December 26, 1850. ' The Senate met according to adjournment. Mr. Bower, from the committee appointed for that purpose, reported that they had waited on the Hon. David S. Reid, the Governor elect, and informed him of his eleetion ; and that he would be ready to take the oaths of office and enter on his duties on the 1st dy of January next. Bills on third Rbadino. Sse. The bill to incorporate the Mechanic's Saving So ciety ef Weldon the bill concerning the right of ap peal in certain eases the bill to amend the 88th chap ter Revisd Statutes the resolution in favor of John Roddick the bill for the belter regulation of the village of Chapel Hill, were severally read the third time and ordered to be engrossed ; and the bill more adequately to compensate Constables, was postponed inefinitely. . :'' ' A number of bills and resolutions were read a se cond time and passed. They will be noticed on their third reading. ..... . On motion of Mr- Hoke, the bill to repeal a por tion of an act to eject a toll-ondge over the Catawba river, between the Counties of Caldwell and Cleave land, was taken up, and together with the accom panying memorial re-coin milted to ihe committee on -Internal Improveiiiertf. , M-. Bynt IQ presented a memorial praying the re pevl of an act to incorporate the town of Shelby, and also a counter petition on the sameubject. Referred to committee on Propositi and Grievances. The Senate then adjdurned, ' HOUSE OF COMMONS. Reports foM Select Committees. Mr. ISaouden f Wake, from tbe joint select com- miittee to whom was reerred so ranch ef trie mes sage of his Excellency, the Governor, at relates to the block of Marble intended tor tbe Washingtoa.Monu ment, presented die following Report Thtt commhtee have examined with care the very :nMatinr documents which have been laid before I i hi ivu." .... one time it may have been a subject of controversy, !.. nnhi;aiinn nf the evidence in relation yet, since 1 , it l.v inn (.nvprnor. u nder direction of the General Assembly of 1830. other evidence has been obtained - . . it . 1. Tl which places tlie tact Deyona ail aouui. hukwu- ! niittee are gratified in s-.iyinj the discovery of Doctor' (Joseph Johnson, of Charleston, S. C.'.'in 1847, of ! "The South Carolinn Gazette and Country Journal .'of the-13th Jane; J 775, -nt"nlie discovery by ; the ' i Hon. Georye Bancroft of a duplicate number ot tne n,cn,nM in the State naner office in London, con taining the extraordinary resolutions by the people in Charlotte town, Mecklenburg county, aaeommunica- 3 ted to the President of the United Slates in 1848, and by him presented to the Governor of the State, leave no longer any reason for doubt on the subject. These facts will hereafter find their way into the history of the country, which shall attempt to trace the origin of the American Kevolution, and the com mittee cannot withhold the expression of the grateful sense thay entertain of the liberality which prompted the efforts of these gentlemen, citizens of other Stites, to search out and communicate the evidence which has been spread before the public on the subject. The committee do not hesitate to recommend that the in scription in commemoration of this great event shall be placpd on the block of Marble which has been for warded to tlii8ci:y by the patriotic citizens of Lincoln county, for the purpose of being sent to Washington, in order to form a part of the Monument now in the progress of erection to the memory of the Father of his country ; and with this view, they propose for adoption the res lution herewith reported : 1. lief lived, That his Excellency, the Governor, cause to be transmitted the block of Marble present- e, by the patriotic citizens of Lincoln coonty for the Washington Monument, and that he cause to be made on it the following inscription together with coattf , - North r.arol lina. Declaration of Independence, Mecklenburg, .Alay, 1775. 2. FesnlveJ. That the Governor draw his warrant on the Treasurer of the Slate for such sum as may cover the expenses for the freight and for carrying ' 1.! J.L ..L. Int0 eHect the toregoing resolution, ana mat me iteav or of North Carolina, and to inquire when he would official bonds of Sheriffs, Coroners and Constable a bill to incorporate Greesboro' Division, S. of T., in the town of Greensboro a bill to incorporate Moun tain Lodge, No. 19, I. O. 0. F., Lincolnlon a bill to incorporate Rockingham Division, No. 32, S. of jary Board a bill to tmend an act making real estate assets a out to amend the act ot 18189 atHhoriz- mg me apjjuiimueiii. ui inspectors or rrovisrons a resolution in favor of the Clerk of the County Court of Caldwell a resolution in favor of the Clerk of the County Court of Chowan a resolution in favor of Aaron II. Saunders a bill to appoint Commis sioners for the town of Wentworth a bill to amend the Charter of the Yancey and McDowell Turnpike Company a bill to incorporate the Garysburg and Oconeeche Plank Road Company a bill to incorpor ate Muchuena Lodge, No. 20, I. 0. O. F., Warren- : ton a bill to incorporate Logan Lodge, No. 121, An- cienl York Masons, Jamestown,' Guilford county a bill to incorporate La Fayette Division, S. of T., No. 2, Fayetteville a bill to incorporate. Ocean Wave Division, No. 60, S. of T., Washington a bill to incorporate the Salisbury arid Taylorsville Plank Road a bill to preven more effectually the corruption of . the slave population a bill to regulate the pay of jurors and witnesses in the county of Craven and a bill to repeal an act of 1848-'9 to amend an act in corporating the Hickory Nut Turnpike Company. The bill 10 incorporate Lumberton Division, No. 44, S. of T. was taken up, read, and, on motion, laid on the table. Mr. Pigot moved to take up the bill to repeal the act of 1846-'7 attachinga portion of Carteret to Hyde; motion not agreed to. The bill abolishing jury trials in the Coonty Court of Haywood was read a third time. On motion of M r. Love, the bill was amended so as to include the coun ty of Macon. The bill then passed its third reading. .The resolution authorizing the Literary Board to loan to Mount Pleasant Academy in Cherokee coun ty, 92,000, was taken op. On motion of Mr. Rayner, it was amended so as to authorize the Literary Board to make the loan only if there is that sum in their hands uninvested. The bill then passed its third reading. The resolntion authorizing Ihe Literary Boaid to loan $3,000 to the Chowan Female Institute, passed its third reading. The bill to incorporate the Greenville Plank Road Company was taken up. .Mr. Wiley moved to strike out the clause limiting the dividends on the road, to " twenty-five per crnt, which motion did not prevail. The bill passed its third reading. The bill to lay off and estabhsh a new County by the name of Jaekson, out of portions of Macon and Haywood, was taken up and put on its passage. Mr-Barnes, of Northampton, opposed the bill. He did not believe there was population sufficient in the -two counties to entitle them to three members of the Commons. He showod ..from the Census returns that the two couuties had only an excess of 671 in federal population more than sufficient to give them two Commoners, and this bill propored to give this small excess a representative on this floor. He moved to lay the bill on the table. Mr. Avery and Mr. Fleming hoped the motion would not prevail. Mr. Rayner desired it to be laid on the table. The House rofosed'to lay the bill on the table, and also refused to adjourn. Mr. Raj4er VliiinOil in ine CODnlV OI ,HfCKiBnuur2,nuu uvf..K.. ... . . ; - rj. 1 . fc - I ..' .. "... moved lo postpone its consideration until to-morrow. which- was als-Tjecteo.. 1 ne uui uuuj i""" third reading ybs 43. noes 26. I - ., in House, then adjourned. W, SENATE. Friday, December 27, 1850. The Senate met according to adjournment. , . Billsand..Jimobials. . Xfr.'Barnnirar nresented a memorial from citizens of Cabarrus, asking for certain volunteer companies in that county the privilege of electing Constables within their bounds. Keterred to tne oomunoo Propositions and Grievances. - ' Mr. McMillan, a bill to incorporate Richland Aca demy, in-the, county of Onslow. Referred.' . Mr. .Fender, a bill to re vent the destruction of fish at inlets on the sea-coast. Referred. Mrr fiarringer, a biM to Incorporate tne Concord and Taylorsville Plank Road Company. Referred. Mr. Pender, a bill to repeal a portion of the reve nue act of the last session. Referred. ' ' ' '. Mr. Richardson, a bill prohibiting the sale of spi rituous liquors within a certain distance nf Carolina Female College. Referred. Mr. Willey, a bill to amend an act passed in 18-46-'7, incorporating the Orapeake Canal and Turn pike Company. Referred. . . " Mr. Thomas, from the committee on Internal Im provements, reported the bill to improve the State road from Wilkesborough to the Tennessee line, and recommended its passage. Laid on the table. Bills on third Readino. The bill tolncorporate the Weldon Manufacturing Companythe bill to amend the act of 1846-'7, for the better regulation of the town of Nashville the resolution in favor of Enoch Reese and James Mann the bill to establish . the Rock Spring Camp Ground and to incorporate the same the bill to in corporate the Fayeuevilla and Northern Plank Road Company the bill to amend the act of last session, entitled an act more effectually to prevent the selling or giving away spirituous liquors at or near places of public worship and the bill to prevent the giving or selling spirituous liquors to negroes and Indians, were severally read the third lime, passed, and order ed to be engrossed. The encrrossed h'.ll from the House, extending the powers of the Commissioners of the town of Frank iinton, was read the third time and ordered to be en rolled. A number of bills were read a second time and passed. They wil. be noticed on their third reading. The Senate adjourned. . t HOUSE OF COMMONS. Petitions and Memorials. -Mr. Swanner, a memorial from citizen of Wash ington, against the incorporation of Moral Refor.D societies, which was referred to the committee on Private Bills. Mr. Fleming a memorial relating to jury trials in the County Courts of Yancey Mr. Sloan a memo rial relating to the same in lite county of Henderson, which were referred to the committee on the Juut ciary. Mr. Avery presented a memorial from citizens of Rutherford and Cleaveland, asking for the erection of a new county out of portion of the same, and Mr. Webb, a counter memorial from citizens of Ruth erford, which were referred to the committee on Pro position and Grievances. The bill from the Senate to restore jury trials to the County Courts of Henderson, Cleaveland and Rutherford, was taken up and referred to the com mittee on the Judiciary. Bills and Resolutions. Mr. Barnes of Northampton, presented a bill to smend the Revised Statutes concerning Courts, Coun ty and Superior, making a reference necessary when Executors or Administrators plead no assets when suits are brought against them; referred to the com mittee on the Judiciary. Mr. Pope, a bill to amend the law concerning bas tard children; referred to the same committee. Mr. Poole, a resolution instructing the committee on the Judiciary to inquire into the expediency of ex cusing Justices of the Peace from serving as jurors in the superior courts ; adopted. Mr. Saunderson, a resolution of instruction to the same committee, to inquire into the expediency of allowing the County Courts of HyJe 10 sit for Che three first days ol the week, and the Superior Courts the three last of the same week. Mr. Wilson, a bill to incorporate the Albemarle and Currituck lanal Company, to connect North river with Currituck Sound by a Canal; ordered to be printed. Reports trom Committees. Mr. Person of Moore, from the committee on Fi nance, reported against the passage of the bill to ap point tax collectors tor the Stale. On motion the bill was laid on the table. Also, asked that the committee be discharged from the further consideration ol t ie resolution concerning an alteration ot the time for listing property. Report concurred, in. Also, in favor of the rejection of the bill to amend the License laws ; the bill was rejected. Also, asked that the committee be discharged from the further consideration jf a memorial praying the appointment of a tax collector for Burke county. Re port concurred in. Also, in favor of the passage of the bill to facili tate the collection of the public revenue and lo econ omise the mode thereof. Mr. Person stated thai the committee had instruc ted him to-report favorably on the bill, but he was op posed to it. If the bill worked well it would save about 91,300 to the State. As it was a bill of some importance, he moved to lay it on the table, and be printed, which motion prevailed. Mr. Wilson, from the committee on Private Bills, reported in favor of the passage of the following bills, all ot waich passed their second reading:' a bill to incorporate Raleigh Chapter, Royal Arch Masons a bill to incorporate the town of Madison, Rockingham county a bill to incorporate Rising Sun Division, No. 144, S. of T.', Edenton a bill to incorporate Pasquamaux Lodge, No. 103, Ancient York Masons, Elizabeth City a bill to incorporate Pasquotank Di vision No. 21, S. of T., Elizabeth City a bill to in corporate Talulah encampment, No. 8, I. O. O. F., uii.aiGii 1 ij a 11 iuuuriuni ie viruiia.i. insti tute- a bill 10 extend the limits of the town of Ken- ansville, and a bill to incorporate Albemarle Fire En gine Company, Edenton. Mr. Johnston, Irom the same committee, reported the following bills, which passed their second read ing : a bill to incorporate Cold Stream Division, No. 30, S. of T Warren county, and a bill to incor porate the town of Graham in the county of Alamance. Mr.Maultsby, from the same committee, a bill to incorporate Samaritan Lodge, I. O. O. F., and a bill to incorporate Silico Division, No. 31, S. of T., which passed a second reading. Mr. Scott, from the same committee, a bill to in corporate the town of Concord, which passed its sec- ona reading. A message was received from his Excellency, the Governor, transmitting the report of the Trustees of the University, announcing that two vacancies were to be filled by the present Legislature. On motion it was sent to the Senate with a proposition to print. . The Speaker laid before the House the following communication from the Treasurer of the State : Treasury Office. Dec. 27, 1850. T the Honorable, the General Jlctemblv of the Slate of xr..ji. u - In obedience to a resolution of the nresent General Assembly, directing the Public Treasurer to corres pond with the Clerks of the several Count Cnnria in the State, for the purpose of ascertaining the amount or uoia ana Oliver plate, and the number of pleasure Carriages, Gold and Silver Watches, Harps, Piano Fortes, Retailers of Spirituous Liquors, Billiard Ta- oie, mining Alleys, an 1 racks of P avimr CarH. the undersigned has the honor to reDort that h ha. received returns fr. m fifty Counties, which show the toiiowing results, tn-wii: - . Gold and Silver Plate value, $41,788 tax 1 1,670 Pleasure Carriages number, 663 Silver Watches, S,130 " 662 313 " 613 -48 Uold it 2,523 r 24 718 Harps, Piano Fortes, 718 Retailers of Sp. Liquors, " Billiard Tables, Bowling Allies, , " Packs of Playing Cards, " 314 ad. "$61,884 8 . 1,600 25 1,120 625 112 , . L $8,245 Taking the above as an average, the whole eighty Counties will produce a tax of $13,192. " " ' Very Respectfully, Your obedient servant, ' ' ' ' 'C. L. H IN TON, Pub. Trtn. On motion the communication, was,' sent to the Mta with n nrdnosition to print. . A message was received from the Senate, agreeing W the .proposition of theouse to appoint a select committee of four from each House to make 1 suitable arrangements for the inauguration of Honv David Keld, as uovernor or mo oui.c. ...... ---- . Steele, Scott," and Gordon, were appointed House branch of said committee.-- - -r - . - - Mr. Rayner from the committee on Internal Im provements, reported the bill to. incorporate the Ashe villeand Greenville Plank Road Company, and re-, commended its passage. Mr. Rayner made a state ment of the precise objects 01 me 0111, ana peu its second reading.. v- . f-.t- . - . ,i l i J- j BPECUL USHER '; I "-'- ' : 'rh.' annual order for the'day was then taken op. being the bill to afford relief to purchasers of Chero- kee lands. ... ... Mr. Hayes of Cherokee said it was nis 101 10 rep resent a constituency, wnose conaiuon in uiuere.ii from the constituencies of any other gentleman on this fluor, and he regretted that they had no abler advocate than himself. He could not complain, however, of the acts of the Legislature since he hail been a mem ber of this House. He went into a brief history of the Cherokee lands. They were acquired by treaty in 1835 and surveyed in 1836, when the Legislature ap pointed commissioners to-superintend the sale. The amount sold in 1838 was 190,000 acrees. For this land the State had paid $86,031,45, and sold it for up wards of $332,000. Of this sum, $16,000 had been paid down, and $92,000 more unto 1841 making an aggregate of upwards of $139,000. In 1844 the Legislature appointed a' lioard of Commissioners to make a new valuation, since which time $10,000 had been paid. At the second sale, the land had been valued so high, that 47 tracts still remained unsold. He asked now that those who are trying to pay their debts should be granted the same relief already given to the insolvent debtors. The lands had been pur chased in times of great speculation, and it was sup posed that gold mines existed in abundance. On the action of this Legislature depends the prospects of Ch-rokee county. If the grievances of ihose people were now redressed, nothing more would be heard of Cherokee. He acknowledged that the people of that county were poor, and believed that they were totally unable to pay their debts to the State. A bill similar to this had parsed through the Senate fwo years go, and had been lost in the House on the last day of the session. He hoped this bill would pass. Mr. Saunders, of Wake, said that lie had been one of Ihe Commissioners to settle with the Indians in Ma eon county. He paid the Indians one haj f of what the white people paid for the lands, and tie thought that about double their real value. Mr. Winston thought this a bill of considerable importance. The contracts had been made between the State and private individuals, in which the latter had got the worst of the bargain. The individuals asked to be excused from the performance of their part of the contract. The Legislature ought to be extremely cautious in this matter. If it was estab lished as a principle, it would lead lo perpetual legis lation. Purchasers of swamp lands may have made bad bargains, and they would also ask for relief. If individuals had got an advantage of the State, they enuld not have been required to pay anything more. The House was too thin to act on so important a measure at this time. Yesterday he thought a kind of a snap judgment was taken in the case of the county of Jackson. . He hoped ihe friends of the bill would see the propriety of hesitating. If it was pressed to a rote now, he should be compelled to' vote against it. He moved to postpone its further consideration for one week. Mr. Hayps said lie was risking as much in taking the vote now as the State did. A number of the friends of the hill were absent, and he desired also to have a full House, but he feared if the bill was de layed, it would be .difficult to get it up, when other more important business should come before the House. Hesaid that although decidedly friendly to the Jackson county bill, he had not pressed it yesterday,' and had voted to lay the bill on the table. Mr. Siler slated a few facts that he knew. Geor gia had divided her Indian lands into sections and giv en them away. Tennessee had put a nominal price on hers.. North Carolina had sold her lands at an ex travagantly high price. It generally costan emigrant as mnch to improve hi 1 land, as the land and improve ments would sell for afterwards. The Cherokee peo ple rrnw were totally unable to discharge their obliga tions to the State. An indisposition being manifested on the part of the House to taking the vote to-day, on motion of Mr. Avery, the House adjourned. SENATE. Saturday, December 88, 1850. The Senate met according to adjournment. Bills, Memorials, &c. Mr. Caldwell of B., the memorial of sundry citi zens of Caldwell, in relation to the Horse Ford Bridge and Road. Referred. Mr. VVoodfin, the memorial of citizens of Watau ga, praying to be attached to Yancey. Referred. Mr. Joyner, a bill to prevent merchants and others from improper trading with minors. Referred. Mr. Thomas a bill to incorporate the Tnckasege and Nantahala Turnpike Company. Referred. Mr. Bond, a bill providing for the crsation ot an additional Judicial-Circuit. Referred. Mr. Wood fin, a bill to amend the act incorporating the town of Asheville. Referred. Mr. Bynum a bill to amend the act incorporating the town of Rutherford. Referred. ; Mr. Courts, from the Committee on Propositions and Grievances, reported the memorial of sundry citi zens of Fayetteville in relation to free negroes, back to the Senate, and asked to be discharged from its further consideration. Bills on third Reading. The bill prohibiting the sale of spiritous liquors within a certain distance of Carolina Female College the bill to amend the 64lh chapter Revised Statutes and the better to provide tor widows of intestates in . certain cases the bid to prevent the sale of spiritous liquors within a certain distancp of Antioch Acade my the bill to establish a road between Rutland's , (-reek and Maltainuskeet Lake the bill to amend the act incorporating the Jonathan's Creek and Ten nessee Turnpike Company and the bill to incorpo rate Oxford Female College, were severally read the third time, passed, and ordered to be engrossed, j The bill to authorize the f 'ommissioners of the town of Smiihfield to sell town commons the bill concerning the selling of spirituous: Liquors near New- . by's Bridge Academy the bill to incorpirate Pas- uimajix Lodge and the resolution to provide a safe epository of documents relating to public surveys, were .each read the third time, passed, and ordered to be enrolled, . iThe bill to lay off and establish a new County by e name of Hooper. Witherspoon was read the ird time and passed. This bill was so amended as tjo provide that ihe question of establishing the Coun ty shall be referred to the people of Richmond and Robeson ; and if a majority of the qualified voters shall he in favor of it, then the bill is to go into effect. Otherwise, the bill is to be void. I A number of bills, which will be noticed on their third reading, were read a second time. On motion of Mr. Wood fin, the bill providing for calling n Convention, was made the order of the day for Friday next. On motion of Mr. Bower, Resolved, That the Public Treasurer be requested to furnish to the Senate a statement showing the sum paid out of the public Treasury in defraying the ex penses of the ConyenUon that amended the constitu tion of this State in 1835. Agreed to. Mr. Kelly moved to take up the bill to provide for the more speedy administration of justice and make ' it the order of the day for Saturday next. Agreed to. Mr Speight moved to reconsider the bill to estab- " lish a new county by the name of Hooper, and on " motion of Mr. Hoke, laid 'on the table and made the order of the day for Tuesday next. . The Senate then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. A message was received from the Senate, transmit: ting an engrossed Dill to extend the time for perfect ing titles to . lands heretofore entered, which, the rules being suspended on motion of Mr. Love, was . read a second and third time and passed ; and a reso lotion relating to Nag's Head, which passed its first reading. . . . .. . -. ' . .. . .. Petitions and Memorials. Mr. Sheek presented a petition from citizens of Surry county, praying the .Legislature not to estab lish thecounty of Williams. , Mr. Foster, of Wilk. five petitions praying -the establishment of a now counjy ;' and Mr. Kelly a memorial from citizens of Duplin county,' praying the. passage of an act for re-. moving the free negroes from the State, which, were referred lo the committee oil Propositions and Griev ances. fk-'Z Mr. Fleming.a petition relating to the Courts, wkich was referred to the committee on the Judiciary. gj Mr. Leach, of Davidson, a memorial from citizens of that county, asking that a portion of Davidson be attached to Forsythe; and Mr. Caldwell, of Rowan, a petition from the trustees of the Salisbury Female Academy, aeking-a change in tne cnaner, wnicnwere laid on the table. . . Bills and Resolutions. i Mr. Barnes, of Northampton, presented a bill to extend .the time for registering grants of land, mesne conveyances, deeds of gift, powers of attorney, and billsiof sale. Passed first reading. Mr. Swanner, a resolution instructing the commit tee oh ihe Judiciary' to enquire into the expediency of consolidating and revising the Revenue laws of the blale. Adopted. . , ' Mr. D. A. Montgomery, a Resolution providing for holding afternoon sessions from and aftet to-day. . Mr. Russell moved to amend by inserting W ed nesday next; and Mr. J. M. Leach, by inserting Wednesday week. Mr. Wilson was in favor of the principle in the Resoluion, but it would not do toadopt it yet. There was a great amount of business oefore the Commit tees, and they would not be able to bring it before the House, unless they had the afternoons. He there fore moved to lay the Resolution on the table, and the motion prevailed. On motion of, Mr. Webb, a message was sent to the Senate, proposing 10 set apart Saturday next, for appointing Justices of the Peace. Mr. ciharpe a resolution instructing the committee on the Judiciary to inquire into the expediency of ex tending the jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace in certain cases. Adopted. . Mr. Rayner, a bill more effectually to provide against the circulation of seditious publications, and attempts to excite a spirit of insurrection among the slave population in this State.' Passed first reading. Mr. Love, a bill to amend an act passed at the ses sion of 1840-'41, entitled an act to distribute the pro ceeds of the Literary Fund among the several coun ties of the State; which passed its first reading, and referred to the Committee on Education. Provides for distributing the School Fund on the white basis. Mr. Rayner, a bill more effectually to provide a gaiiist trading with slaves. Passed first reading. Reports from Committees. -Mr. McDowell, from the committee on Private Bills, reported the bill to incorporate Oxford Divis ion No. 41, S. ot T.. Granville county, and recom mended its passage; read a second lime. Mr. Wiley, from the Library committee, made a report with respect to printing certain Documents in the State Department, with a resolution appropriat ing ninety dollars to defray .he expenses of the same ; the resolution passed its first reading, and, with the report, was ordered to be printed. Mr. Wiley also presented a hill entitled a bill to vest in the Treasurer of the State, for ihe benefit of the Literary- fund, the copyright of certain books; read a first time. Mr. Steele moved to reconsider the vote taken yes terday by which the bill relating to the License Laws was rejected. 1 he motion did not prevail. Unfinished Business. On motion of Mr. Avery, the unfinished business of yesterday, being the bill to grant relief to purchas ers of Cherokee lands, was taken op. Mr. Hayes, of Cherokee, said lie had given way three times already, and although be had no disposi tion to force the bill on the House at this time, be was anxious that it should be disposed of. Ihe question was then taken on the motion to postpone, and lost. Mr. Kelly moved to postpone until Monday, which was also lost. Mr. Hill of Caswell; said he regretted that be felt himself bound to oppose this bill. It was certainly an extraordinary one. It was establishing the prin ciple that when individuals had made a bad contract with the State, they might come forward and ask for relief. It was a species of repudiation on the part of individuals. II it had been a probtanie speculation on the part of individuals, no application for a change of contract would have been made to this House. When it turned out that the State had obtained tin advantage, the contractors came forward and asked that the contract should be rescinded. Mr. Avery said that his constituents wool I like to have the amount collected from these Cherokee bonds as large as possible. As the bonds are now, they can never be collected. The. residents in Cherokee cannot sell their lands because the Stale, has a lien on them. The hour of 10 having arrived, the special order was then taken up. being the bill to give the election of Clerks and Masters in Equity to the people. On motion of M r. Love, it was laid on the table. Mr. Flemmiug offered an amendment providing that the benefi ts of this act shall extend to those per sons who have paid their bonds.. Mr. Walton offer ed a similar amendment, and read a speech in favor of the. bill and the amendment. Both these amendments were lost. Mr. Rayner offered an amendment in the shape of two additional sections. The first to provide that said act shall not extend to any land, sold to the original purchasers. Mr. Hares opposed the amendment. and said it would destroy the benefits to be derived from the hill. A further discussion ensued between Messrs. Barnes, of Northampton, Rayner, Person, of Moore, Siler and Avery, when, without final action, on motion of Mr. Webb, the House adjourned to Monday. For the North Carolina Standard To the l,egislatue of Nortb Carolina. Gentlemen : Caswell County addresses you ! Turn not a deaf ear to her voice. In the course of a few days you will be waited on by Delegates ap pointed for that purpose, and asked to charter a Rail Road from the town pf Milton, N.C., to connect with the Central Road at the town of Graham, N. C. or some other convenient point. This appeal, gentle men, for a branch road comes not from a few individ uals or a particular neighborhood it it the appeal of Caswell Ctntnty, whose gallant son at a moment when the honor and destiny of the Old North State trembled m the balances nobly cast a vote that call ed the Central Rail Road into existence. Caswell County, then, appeals, to you as hieh-minded and honorable men asjutl as you are high-minded and honorable to grant her a branch road tannin? the Central route at some convenient point. Without such a road the Central route' will not benefit Cas well the value of a dime, although, if we mistake not. she pays more revenue into ihe Treasury, and is tax ed higher, than any other County in the State. With such a branch road, gentlemen, the town of Wilmington, N. C-, would flourish as she never flourished before. The fertile valley of the Dan would pour its rich products into her market, and buy of her urocenes, etc., 01 every qua my and in anv quantity. In addition, such a branch road would give the Cen tral line thousands and thousands of dollars, (from freight and travel,) that it in nsl other wise lose. Ex perience teaches the fact that. the oftener you tap a Rail Road the better it is for it. Will you not. then. give us a connecting road V . Have you the heart, the face and the' nerve to deny us T You have legislated for the benefit of every section.of the State except the Northern section. You have, as yet, done' hoihinir for tM nothing calculated to-promote and advance the welfare and interest of the people' of' Caswell. You may remind us that the Central. road will pass within some 20 miles, or less, of the Caswell line. But this avails us no good, and we would as soon it did not come within a hundred miles of us. We need not adduce arguments to convince intel. ligent gentlemen that a Rail Road running from, Mil ton, in connexion with the central route, would re dound to the great . interest of the Central Road. Suffice it to say, gentlemen, the Cam upon the Cen tral route would groan under tne weight of our To bacco, Flour, &o., all seeking So.sth.ern markets. As it is, and as it will continue to be, if yon refuse us a oharter, when we wish to send our products iq Charleston, Mobile, apd New Orleans, we are pre vented, by being compelled to " travel all around the elhow to get to the thumb..' The cost is enormous, and we can seldom afford it, ' Running, then, as the Central Road does, a direc tion that deprives us of the enjoyment of its advantages and benefits and paying as we do a very heavy ta,x to ouna it, we appeal to your sense ot justice lo true us a branch road, or cede u lo ' Fireim'a . We ask you not only to give us the charter, put we demand, as an act of justice, some aid from the State to beild the road. But if you deem us unworthy the State's-) assistance not entitled to her fostering- care and aid we will thank yon for a oharter without the help of . the Slate. We Jfcall upon . rou- at Statesmen. to heat the 'ppice and grant the request of -. : CASWELL. C for the Nortb Carolina Standard. To lh Legislature of North Carolina. Gentlemen: In our last, in speaking of the means which you might employ, we classed them as follows:. Means retaliatory and contingent, and means unquali fied and absolute. Now first, as to these separately and jointly considered. While free lo declare as our opinion that-had -we even resorted tti the first class ten years 'ago. our condition would not have been half so pregnant of evil ; yet we are frank in saying that ' stringent legislation alone will not do to rely on, in the present posture of affairs. It may answer as a plaster to cover the wound, but is too lardy in its op erations, and imparts its virtues too slowly in the pre sent highly inflamed and diseased condition of the body politic. It may do as an auxiliary, and thus as sociated, make its appeai to ihe tender sensibilities of the " breeches pocket," but will never do to rely on without some powerful ally, who stands ready, come what may, to maintain the guarantied rights of our domestic institutions, or perish in the attempt. - To this conclusion have we arrived from several considerations, a few only of which can be given in the necessarily restricted columns of a newspaper. In the first place, we seriously fear that such legislation will fail in carryiug with it that required degree of public sentiment which alone can enforce it. By this we mean that the propriety of its enactment will be so much doubted 'no matter from what source the opposition emanates, whether from the more passive or the more ultra,) as will deprive it in no small de gree of its obligatory claim upon the citizens of North Carolina. Without this moral influence all legisla tion is nothing more than sounding brass or tink ling cymbal." Look at the non-intercourse and embargo laws re- sorted to, in order to avoid the war of 1812.' ' Those preliminary measurses were entered into among other things as retaliatory, for the injuries being done " sail- , ors' rights," and those sailors, nineteen-twentieth, were Northern men; and yet strange to say Northern influence and opposition was its overthrow. They were aimed at British commerce, and how ever impolitic they may have been, their impolicy arose, and their influence was destroyed, from the di visions Ihey engendered. Let it not be said that there is more unanimity of sentiment with us, and that, as we feel more keenly the aggressions complained of, that we will unite more heartily in carrying out the law. This is undoubtedly so; but is it entirely sot On the contrary, is there not some slight sprinkling of division in our midst, and may it ni t gain acces sion to its ranks t Will not the propriety of your en actments be assailed by some for its inadequacy; and the question of cut bono be asked by ihe ignorant and prejudiced portion of your people These are grave and serious considerations, and however small they may seem at first, are worthy of being seriously en tertained. In addition to all this, will not such legislation, to say the least of it, go far to unsettle (in some remote degree) a system, which has already become the set tled policy of the country 1 Is there not something in the very word "Tariff," which has become offen sive to a large portion of your population? It is not material to the consideration, whether the public sentiment hinted at is right or wrong. If we know ourselves, nothing of this kind has prompted its introduction, but we are dealing with things as they are, and not as they ought to be. Should we be right in supposing that an ad valorem tax upon mer chandize, by any or all those causes combined, should be shorn of its moral , power, and thus be come a dead letter upon your statute book, or that from its tardiness it may be ineffectual, the mischief does not stop here, for at this very point it assumes its most objectionable phase. ' The very want of public opinion to enforce such a law, among a people so situated, would be attributed to any .thing else than its true cause, for it will be regarded by your assailants as affording no little evi dence of schisms in our own ranks. Viewed then im this light, which is far from being either a distorted or an unnatural medium, may it not, if confided in atone, rather in its effects invite than ward off aggres sion ?--' If then, its non-enforcement were even remotely improbable, which is the roost that we can concede, and the effect of its failure (to invite a repetition or continuation of the injury) was probable, which is as little as can be asked of you--then we res pectfully submit, whether as statesmen yon are not risking too much, when you trust alone to the improbability of that which is conceded as pro bable, particularly when you must see ahead an its consequences, not an improbability, but a certainty that cither a repeal of the fugitive slave bill, or its es sential modification, ends in a dissolution of what was once and might be still the. very best government upon earth. Can you doubt this ? . Look at the present excited condition of the public mind, both North and South. Look into your own bosoms, at your own (as yet unwhispered) resolves. W bat mean all these, but the . murmurings in the not far distant cloud, that betoken the storm in that cloud which although but yester day was no larger than a man's hand, yet to-day it overshadows the Union itnelf, and unlike the cloud seen by the Prophet, it contains any thing else than, the fructifying shower What then is the measure recommended? Not secession per $e, for to this we confess ourselves en tirely opposed, until we are fairlj "convinced that wa rn ust resort to it in self-defence. We are, however, the advocates of an unqualified declaration on your part, that if the Fugitive Slave Law is not carried out in good faith, or if it should be so modified as to impiir its vitality, upon that con tingency North Carolina shall take immediate steps to secede from the Union and dissolve the bonds, so fur as she is concerned, that made us one people. This being done as admonitory Id the North, you should then look to something, if the occasion should require it, both permanent and effectual such as au thorizing the Governor to issue his Proclamation, summoning a Convention of the people's delegates, in whom alone rests all sove-eignty, and by whom alone all subsequent moves should be directed. ' There may be other measures, which may seem advi sable, but ihey will only be palliatives. Like a plaster applied to a dangerous wound, "tbey will but skin and film the ulcerous parts, while tank corruption, mining all within, infects unseen.' But it is said that such a declaration of what a State- would do, upon a given contingency, is "a threat" that threats are calculated . to irritate, rather than appease, and that upon this ac count, such a step would be impolitic and unwise This is denied, for it is any thing hu-ta threat, in the true signification of that word. What we ask, is. "a threat," but a denunciation of ill a declaration, that you will inflict punishment for a past injury 1 W hat is the course now recommended 1 Not indent-, nity, still-less. punishment for the past, but security- . for the future. It is an open proclamation of forgive ness for the past, upon the single condition that we are let alone in the future. It has not one siagte and essential characteristic-, of a threat, which is always made in anger; bub this is made with the eyes suffused with tears, and! -proceeding from hearts overwhelmed in sorrow. But it may, and has been asked, has a State the right lo secede from the federal compact, which she her self assisted in forming! To our mind, she has Uie right.. This proposition is so self-evident, from the very nature and avowed object of thai compact, as to, require little if any elucidation. Before we speak of the right of secession we will afin,e, as .we un-. derstand it, the ler,rn " alegatice, which, frequently enters, into discussions of lUis kind. PEDES. Another Fustivb Slave Case in Niw Yok, Mr. Parker, of Richmond, Virginia, as. agent of John. T. Smith, of Russel county, caused to be arrested at the Pacific hotel, a waiter named Henry Long, under charge of being a fugitive slave. After a tedious, examination of witnesses, the negro was taken from, the custody of the Commis.s.ioner by virtue of a writ of habeus corpus issued by a Court of New York ' 4 very 'summary" proceeding indeed is the recap- lure vf a fugitive slave !, ' ft ivyerj evident from, what occurred in the Commissioner's Court, that if returned at all, th.e negro will nof be reclaimed with out infinite trou,b.le and dplaj ' r Wad'lle Jenny LJnd and s,u,te arrived at Charleston (S. C,) last Monday night. The WUwngton boat, on which she was a passeiigf r, having been detained -by heavy winds, she is represented; to have suffered I somewhat from sea-sickness. Two concerts were ar-r ranged to, be given in ChatlestonT-ons for last night and - the other for Saturday night. The city was, thronged with visiters to. beat bet. , . , , IWe understand there are o? six new eases o, Small Pox" in ijenderaon county. Asheville tyuw, "