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V-VX-L V- .4:- " VV'i- - : ... " v - ; - 3-. WMKL Y. 0, 0 N. S E EVA T IV E . WEEKLY CONSERVATIVE;: itmNBTVlEr rillNTEIl TO Til K STATED' v , i - g 4 A; , . - J fTire oNSEavATiv U published daily and Weekly, (Sundays 'excepted,) t rivs holla ns for one month.; fifteen pollaus for three moullis ; and TWBKTY-riv dollars : for elx motithV fur-thii a.ulyA; is nauis Tor three months ; tkit ixLt.iB for six wAntV to the wcokly, jn dvaucc; -c ;-.:;) aV" j. V The following rates will be charged lot u oferti semen aerted In the Daily knd Wjckklt CbssanyATiTK : , ( 4 ; y y oir Bqua or xiqut uhm, oa trs ; y - a 8 oo Doe wci. Two. weckf,' Ttirec weeks, n mOutb, Two montbe, - , -" f IS 00 . 80 00 iXi 144 00 Three tlays. Fonrdive. -y -'' - - It Pl?e Cars, - . - y - ,J5 OU , When scot by letter the money mnet accompany the drtt ttacment.. Obttuarien, rclistoas aodoUtcr notice charged as adrertleemeQU and mast be paid In advanro. . . tio snbscriplions to either Daily or . Weekly received for. looser umetuan eix nioutli 1 TTrrrrrh-' nri ri .V --r-r'J -r-rir-C Z-' '.'jett- jrK V-r-i'Ar. rv 1 r T-rr ,TTTi ' ,h-i ti11 "TT-TT TtTTVI U l n LJl 1 1 XT' L Zl .XL : - Ly "LL 1 v ykj JJLZj ILLLb AlLL U-L u. OJM r - ' ? :-V-r -'-r--- ? - '-' - ' - : x p " ;. - ir ' --4. .-i -.-.:-- -- v .yr- .-L . y.-" - ' Vol. 1.1 RALEIGH, ; N. 0., WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 21, . 1861. : -: : No. ;3G.; . WEDNESDAY, - Z T- D EC EM B E R 2 1 , X864: The ..ttUTpVDRixd xlf . the Gone'lerate upon our -iri6ndrtMr.;lhillip8 had beeno juonstant for. seve ral days "before - our article of;. Monday that" we thodghtit totght be becoming in us to trj and create a slight diversion" in his fa7iTt to use ; a military; expreessiohj biit wc have, really received iiiore.than we bargained for, arid we" find the w holer torrent turned upon oar devoted head. Ours yte regarded as only amall volley of tnvslcetry butvwe' receive Jn return a terrible camionade. We thought the weapon of attacU ire were using was only the ftuall instru nent;ol pomtless-steelused bythe. fencer but we jflpnarneihbofbjs mistalien itforaharp poinard, and h stead of merely: 'parjryinc: our thrust with a weapon like .to our own and giving us '"another; ;he almost' splinters. our helmet with vigorous blows from a broadsword. -.-"";."-v ; ''--"-'?'.; : v Now seriously, we thought our article of Monday was exactly in the style of-the tJonfederate attacks upon Mr. Phillips, partaking ot the .badinage for which that paper is so remarkable, and alter reftec tion upon it, with t)ie new light thrown over it by the Confederate we cannot Bee that: the language usrd of it is otherwise thn en'.irely uncalled f or . Is there? afythinj we hive said about Mr Phillips assailant tthat1 trfe style ailopted by him towards Mr ' P. does not jtfctifyv warrant, n iy, suggest f Is the po sition of public journalists less liable to criticism than thatf a oicuibcr of the Ilouee of Commons? The latter is res.pinsihle for hiscourfC to the House and 7,; c.r.n&tiiuth.ts he former is responsible fo tha ..;.; V. rjirmotj;ee that ic are " WKJ w ..... a intermeddling'' te riti whom WO dllier in -pouuc, nrcutwy uciuic w anDtheV,u?e)y.we have a right to defend him as J.i e j ;.',ct ennk n-AMvma i bi Lssailftnla a inenu wim ju.omu.nj'-'" use. We are not justified in using greater force than is nece?sar t protect him, nor hae we done so. IIo'w ca.i Mr Phillips health and strength be " germain " to the question oPhis right to take his seat in the Legislature, or to the nature of his reso lutions and speeches in the Legislature ? Our neigh bor i a better logician than we if he can see how. Nor can we see why the fact that Mr. Phillips is not serving "his country 44 among the soldiers and the bayonets,"- to use a'favorite phrase of our neighbor's, is anymore material to the questions of constitu tional law. Ac; than the fact that other people, ed itors of newspapers for example, arc serving their country elsewhere or otherwise. Every man in his dealings with-the world, should be willing to take the same kind of currer.cy (the word coin is absolute) he 'offers. W:e venture to Affirm that if the Confcd traU'i strictures on Mr. Phillips, those of last sum mer and the late ones, and his article of yesterday upon usare collated with ours, the prize for farthest transcending the bounds of "decorum" would not be awarded to v. . As for out offering to lecture the Confederate yes have no idea of doing any such thing. If he takes a harmless, 'friendly criticism of his rough manner of handling 44a friend" of ours in such a spirit as he does; we -dare, not brava his indignaton by an. at tempt on our part to lecture hun. As to the categorical question put by the Confed erate n"i to the writer of . our editorials wc have only ta tht znrh ennuiries are -inadmissible on the encore of courtesy and yet-we return an answer. J v.;c nnn and its articles, whether by birth H rmj - t. ' m, or" adaption it makes no difference to the public-are also ours. " The Campaign. , From the indications before, up, the campaign is not closed. Up to.il.U m ever, the operations by the armies of the United StMes have been failures, and we feee no reson.to apprehend a different result. f At the opening of Spring. Grant, proud of his char acter as a straight-forward and successful fighter, inv'ested with power such as no other General on thia eminent had ever before enjoyed, brought into compact and powerful masses the scattered troops of the Eiet and ths West Ilia Rret a.m m the E st was to force btr.k the armies of Lee ami. capture Richmond ; in the West to cut off Mississippi west CeSgiand Alabama from remaining bUtcs eat of the Mississippi river. In Virginia he start ed across the Rappahannock with" a magnificent ;mv vain-glorious in the hope of accomplishing a RnTedV victory over his adversary, whose in fen or forW were Pasted on the heights of the V' A great conflict endued at the Wilderness , " which the tjonieoeraie i "v :y t,,,lfi slaughter. Federal n - . nn , , lStt w;iv und skilful opponent was found in his front at Spott "SrS a Court House. Again was the experiment rJ... wn.l successful repulse repeated. ine if it u'tt j ." anc mnvrmfDt only to meet lhZni it. ondnthpr noints the same disastrous d eto n finaTly the Federal leader havjng, a.te dcteac, uni i j !.,. the Doint whicl r hich he m;ht have attained whu no b-muw ' ties down in front of Richmond to besiege ,t-to be liee a place at the distance of many miles with its Norhern and Western sidas in entire communkatmn with th est of theConfederacy-wi.h ldf wnii . . , . i u . fir ord nur forces liic v - r . . r r i:r. oof. by mean-j ot wnicn losupyiv tu :- iiU 11 il. Intra npfuTfnl. And grand old General Lee, calm and collected, victories, neace.' al- with the confidence inspiroa oy jiu.Ur. patung 1.1. - l-.W-.Wrl defitneeto the nr t ira T I ways great, anu iiuM..s --;t-- - utmost power oi t.m T r mns7 no wer of the united Diaics, . Ka amnt succeeded or failed in his campaign ? nun " a lodgment on mo lliilroad Is-tht an he eonttmpWed when is what he aimed alter, anu w - - " iled. tt. cv,rmm been ablerto carry out the grand pun wnicn n " b.Serie8 of strategic op.no. not. It h Hli.pd. he forced or en- tictfd Johnston s .rrnyAwy "j",,, he It is true n-f" outwitted hisyoulhf 5 .Vmydntact niOkveinenw, - - , Aflnta. i f nrl th Fionoimt,, v-m n his coveted posi HVnntssee or make and strong was aoie Tennessee' or make r,d forced him to retreat to lenne r. brins? back Hood I nMivf-inent in the hope tucky. Butsoiar nis fro.u his marcn mwmi il" " neoDle as the 1 1 v " . r greatest in the amnu. ' ltli Augusta butejen if the 1-ttcr b fhB (.csidueof Georgta, b,by -B.njtPV-" ,e 8.1W at the gat of white 1100a s viuw.--- , Nashville. . v Object to be obtained by th Th truth is.-the reii.oiyeuv v mn- United Sfates in t 114 wr i n" . .-. . tion and disarming rnilltary lorce. -cv '""fa . . .1 . aa ith bread we be tWogrci V "----,..,., will we: eno .l o n rl stand. When uose a - -- and not till then am fugi ueauiegara u. '-b--7. . . nUlt yTba cap., will the work : bf subjugation be complete, l.ne lauY city-Kichmond, Savannah, At- in our defence of Mr. Phillips. We did nt bring him before the public, nor do we intend to bring aWccntiynan of the House of Uounnona or&enai ture of a city any city lanta will be slight loss to this icreat nation 41 hhss its armies are captured with them. -When-: Alexan . der, or Ca5aVor Napoleon essayed in csemquer, they did not rest content with picking up a. town t two, but boldly and rapidlyjnarched to attack the defend ing -array,, beat it,, then : pursued the fragments to their destruction. yj.When bur , adversaries, throwing aside their flanking skill, confident in. their strength an'dj courage,- shall adptT this; policy towards us then will,, come the time for; anxiety.--ahxieryCnot unmiogled. with hope and trust, lundtr the blessing' of pod in . the sk'ill o our Generals and the valor of .our troops ' ' t .- v--A;.-y -Z. " i-'- For the Conservative. - , v , r impressment. y Ldesire to call the attention of your , readers to some consideratfons connected with the, subject of impressments; because here is : so much real igno ranee of the lawonrthe part-of the people 'and total -and probable disregard or the law, by the oflBcers of tho government charged with its execu tion. I am tire more anxious to bring " tnis matter to the public'attcntion now, .because impressments are, unfortunately, becoming general, and I.maj sy of daily occurrence. Xmpressments of horses, cattle, bacon; flour, and, in fact, almost everything, and yet I'venture to assert that in not a suigle instance has the requirements of the law been obsei ved. .Iri'deed it is owing to th fact that impressments have be come so extremely -odious. Q'he provisions of the impressment laws are firm and just and such as no one that I have met with. objects to' but the illegal irregular, arbitrary conduct of the impressing agents, is doing a vast deal of mischief. The law directs that in all cases where-supplies of any kind are wanted by the goVf rnrnent, that, the impressing agent .shall t-ffer a price for the same which, if refused by the own er, the officer and the owner are each to select -from' the neighborhood two appraisers who are to fix tho price if they agree, and it hot, to call in a third, and the decision to either ense is final from which there is no appeal Except in those cases wlrere the article has been purchased, is held for speculation. Thfc is' the law the practice ia. entirely different. The Government 3gonts offer only the schedule price' of the com missaiics which is upon an average about one fourth the maiket price. This is of course as a general thing refused and the property is impressed and often without paying anything except in a pro mise to pay. It was the intention of Congress that a fair raar ket price should be paid, and indeed Congress has no authority under the constitution to impress prop erty for less than Che market' price. This is clear. In the case fif W. B. Isaacs vs. Clairborne, tried be f .re Judge Lyons, in Richmond o"n the 23rd March, 18G3, tint eminent Judge delivered an" elabo rate and ableopinion on the subject of impresss ments and with reference to the price the Govern ment was under iho constitution bound to pay used this language, "according to numerous decis ions, "just compensation" means an equivalent, a recompense in vattie for the property taken, what the article would sell for in the.market and not the price which the owner might demand or which one person for cspecM reason might bo willing to give, and for this he quotes several authoiiiies." Sec RichmoDd Examiner, March 24, I8fi3. While. Congi ess therefore under the constitution can impress or take private property fcr the public use, it can only do so upon paying "just compensa tion" in the language of the constitution and this meins according to Judge Lyons the " market val ue." This decision was made before the impress ment law was passed and -indeed. -while the subject was before that. body and the decision too was made at their very doof,while the subject was befpre their eyes, and with such an expression of the constifu tion before thtm declaring that Congress could pass no law to take private propctty, except upon the condition of paying a fine to-'wir, the market price, themipressment law was passed which wisely pro vided for the payment . of the just compensation and which principle has never been departed from in any subsequent amendment that J have seen. These facts I think conclusively show what was the inten tion of Congress ; indeed so manifestly was it the purpose of Congress, thattto property should be im inressrd without a full (or market) price being paid, that upon the passage of the 4aw or some amend Mr Vnnt exclaimed ."now the Government. can get what supplies it needs," because it was gos iinto pay the market price; and it would have got ten and can still get what it needs if it will pay the market price. It never will without. Yet the language of the able Judge in the case re ferred to is so verv sttking that I must quote a pas sage more. "Can the Government" says he, "by faffing to procure supplies for the array at the prop- r time or by refusing. to buy them at the pi ire paid by all citizen's because it considers those prices too high, create "a case, of necessity and then appeal to that necessity to justify . the forcible seizure of them ? If it has the' right to sc?zs flour for, instance at an arbitrary valuation, "why has it not the same right to fix any price which it my choose tosayds ieaffohable, and make those persons who happen to own supplies bear the chief expense of the armies and of the war. Does not the same principle which would justify the impressment also justify any measures which may be necessary to overcome pr punish any opposition to it? If this doctrine be. maintained what does the Governmen become but an unmitigated despotism one to be administered by force according to the will of its officers and nov according to the laws of the land?" : K "fK- Vmctilnlion 01 ine vumwi; . ci.,ua n-oc mfido. fnr time of war as well as of peace. It was passed and adopted by the yo n.h.n if rna p.vident we should soon several be ens gaged in a bio )dy and cruel war, &c, . rt i,i-i if BoinA remedv is not applied to this ten ible evil, the industry of the. country will be paralysed; people say they hwflw inducement to labor when the fruits of . their toil are Uken from theb without just. compensation. I have beard men. declare that they would not fatten more hogs than was absolutely necesar for their own families, because their surplus of bacon or pork ,s impressed at prices that will not . compensate them forthe ex pense of doing so. This is a. false view of the mats ter, because every thing should be done by all means to iIi'a cnnnW of nrovisions for our ; armies. . tt-u..t nrUtiKi-io rPAnn and act; and J esneciauv, uui Biui " ' 111 lV. industry of the. country. Tr miv be said.' as - it has those the h?ar ty actionVbo-operatiori and trarmony o r the 'neoi5?ecijbrd topay high prices f r al) our ?.!!Li?:e bt we cannot afford to discourage our citi- H -W imnress them-with the beliel that tncy are S'beXa yFcwSs cruel and oppreiye . goye ment But the petple 'are not , without remedy Thank God we atfe which wilUhield and, protect her W citizens If. any agent of the Con fed ate govern ment violates the impressment law Jet .the party I wUl.baYe to give Donam .ovw.v.: to labor, apart from patriotism, few wiirexert theai selves. Better.-far better would it be for the gov ernment to pay, in, every instance, the full market pnr ir il utz cvd- t-t ? a u f tn.nn in iiiyrourairc ujv 1 . . .1 .1 nnimmAn4 cannot anord to py high'pric " Tub is a great miktake, the eosf of ur I rrJN. rv,r mdencridence is nothing com pa red. with 1 rticle unlawfully impressedTortbedelivery of jttoihe aowner ' at the dcterminaiiun oi the" suit;nt -it-shall appear that he has violated the law in the sefzure of it i This will effectually put a. stop to: alt uniawful; seizures of property;: - In addition to this, ?the Gen- Leral Assembly, on the 12th of December 1863, passs tq a . law wnieu luarnes uie uniawiut seizue-OiBn y provisions,' stock, or, other private. Droyerty .of 'any liind, by any person claiming authority toJmpress,"H a high misdemeanor, and- upon : conviction shall be. fined ahd imprisoned at the discretion otthe Court. It also is made the duty I any Justice of the Peace upon complaint on', oath of "the party,; to ifwue; bis warrant r for the arrest of-the pj ties charged with s uch ' unla wful proceedings, And upon - satisfactory evidence, shall. bind: hyn over to the next Superior Court of the county nV which the offence waa . com mitted. . : : : : ;oLDr Nohth state.; C 4 I . NORTH CAROLINA CONFEjteNCE Wi r -This- body closed r. a most. Jiarmoriious session at j Mocksville on Monday, night lastThVtowirigi are the .'appbiritments- for" theefisaihg'jeanV "y H ; IlALEir.n DisVhict,NF. Reid, pw K -yy HyJ Raleigh city, Braxton Craven.'; -:: - . . Raleigh city Mission,-to be supplied. " Raleigh city African Nission, W E Pell, and A R Raven, .- . y.- ' l "'-;y Z- v- - " .---. Wake circuit, Jas B.'Bobbttt . y : Tiriltiver Circuit Jos II W heel-r. Wm Ilarrfs Person Circuit, J. C-arraway, J P Moore V ' Orapge C i ncui OVrn M Jordan ;! T W'Mobre :y ; L)uishurg. RobtS Mo ran , y :. Chupel Hill, W'm C Wilson. ..: , ;, v"; Hillsboro', to be supplied - ' -. - " . : .- Wm E Pell, Editor of NortVCarolina Christian. Ad- VOOatO " ; - . . ; , ; ' ; CnxpLArss an Missionaries. " v Barringers Brigade, J fJ Robbins, Miss ' LcwiVBrigade; J J Hines, Miss ; ; , 10th Georgia cavalry John D'Buivchap.y - 22d N ORegt, Wm H Moore, chap V 30th N C, Re gt, A- H Batts, chap . . " ' . -44th N C Rcgt, R S Webb; chap 48th N C R-gt, 0 Plyler. chap 5 1st N C Regt, J B A 1 ford, chap C7th NXJ Regt, E A Wilson, chap ' I -t- Tro4ps south of Wilmington, C M Pepper Missionary T.-oops m the bounds of the N. C, Conference,! John S Long, Miss. ' y y: - Gkeensbouo' District Peter Doub, P E Greensboro' Joel W Tucker .: j y Guilford;,W Ii Richardson - Forsjthe, C C Dodson, C M Anderson Winston, Jehn. W Jenkins ' . , Stokes, 'S II llelsaback. , ' 4 Madison; J E Mann Went worth, M C Thomas : Yanceyyille, R ibort G Barrett ' - Leasburg, Jos'PSimpson V ' . ' Sauraton Miss, to be supplied- . ' Trinity College Dist. -Wm Barringcf P E Trinity College and. High Point,. J R Brooks Ashbofo', 7a Hush . . : . Franklinsville, C II Phillips; T Troy , ' Uwharrie, J F Kerans Davidson, WD Meachara ... 4 ' . 1 Thomai'villo and Lexington, D R Bruton . South (Juilford, N H D Wilson Alamance, W II Barnes, - ; 4 -y"- ! Salisbury. Disx. Ira T Wyche P E Salisbury, A W Mangum ' Rowan, J A Cunniggim, W W Albea East Rowan, John W Lewfs y . Mocksville, C Parker Tredell, John Tillett South Iredell, T L Triplett Alexander, M Y Sherill Jonest i!c, Jas S Smoot - . : Wiikes, W II Thompson ; Surry, to be supplied " Statcsville, L F Way, C P Jones S Milton Frost, President of Olin High School Washington Dist-. L L-lIerdren, P.E. Washington, -' y Washington Avent's Chapel, - Bath, y ; Mattamuskett. I II Hill. Neuse, " ; .. Columbia, - - Portsmouth, &ct , Plymouth, f Roarioikc. L Shell, N A H Goddin, supernumerary Warren, Theo B Kingsbury, T B Recks . . Wari"enton; W H Wheeler Henderson, T P Ricaud, Jas Reid - Greenville W G Cannon, Nashville, M J Hunt f ; Tarboro', W Closs Greenville, B F Long 4 Nkwbern DrsT. C F Deems, P E -' ,;' V Newbern Centenary- Ahdrew. Chapl- Craven,- Trenfe,- Boaufprt, Jno Jones " Purvis Chapel S trails, - Cipei Lookout, - " - - Morejiead Citv. f Snow Hill, J BMartin . -? Lenoir, N A Hooker (Kinston and troops in ficlnity, J 0 Thomas Wilson, Jas W Wheeler ,. Wilson Cir't, B B Culbfeth Goldsboro, J.B Williams, G W Deems Everettsville, Jno N-Andrews : gmithfield Jos Wheeler "-"... Jnhnston Miss' to bo subplied 1 i Nounta, CoPdMiss'to be supplied. Wilmington DiST.D. B. Nicholson P. E. Wilmington Front St. L S Burkbead . Fift St. S D Peeler Topsail and N. Ifanovec, T t Gattis Onslow. Wm Alex Smith - ; y , Duplin, D C Johnson " Magsolia, D Culbreth . . y Sampson, W M R by Bladen, J B Bailey Z. y Soiith Riyer Miss.'R P Rtbb , i v ; : Ebzabetbtown, E A Yates , y . . Smiihville, T W Guthrie : f y Brunswick, RTNStavenson ; ; y CpeFear Miss, to be supplied v; ; t WhitcVille, Jonathan Il Dally , r - ' .: - Fayeitevillk DisT-W HBobbitt P E Favetteyille. H T Hudson - - k Evari's yChtpel tojbe soipplted Cumherb-,', 0 W King " :y--.r' ' 'ZZ ' ' nioe FVI W Avent, G Farrarr , " Haw Rver, H II Gibbons, J W Tinnin, supy, -Pittsboro', O J. Brent- fVy Zir Z ; : . r Carthage, A R Willi, y yH 1 Rockingham, S D dam -:ZZ-:9 RobVsonW S Chafin,P MJcovill . . ,y : y . :M;ntgomery;.FirWoodj;:-,rV. ; .v Troyj G EWyche yy w ! ;' Mf Chatham;-. W F Cleg?r T C yZ . y Maioiiis L Wmnl, Missionary tpCbina - . , n..nf.,ence will be held" at Rockmhaf .IUCWCAW- - Richmond Co., N. 4 r Tb Wnhlication of tbeo Plant; been reumed;:al ClarksviUe, -Va, ':'- y : 6 E N-E Ii A L, " A S S E M B'L Y ; , - z ,V- t " SENATE. '--; ; ---fuESDAyDec. T3tb; 18C4. ' The" Senate wa opened, with prayer by Rev. Mr; Atkinson, of the Presbyterian Church. Xy 4 ' i Uls. to amend th iS anti-distillation j act (the pro posed' amendment extending iHe prohibition to the brewingr of beer or malt 'liquors, or the distillation of honey, and requiring J,he expo.cure of still houses, eteto: the in&p the pbstroctionS in - Bi Swamp, to VincoTporate : the Confederate -'Join t 'A Stock -Publishing, Co- to 'pay bounties to j he Jur. ipr Reserves, and .resolution s to procure the re'eise from active military service of certain Infirm citizens were severally read a second time;'; y The School Bill then birig before .he Senate, Mr.1 Dick proceeded ta;saythat':this-was; matter of great importance and, "next to-military affairs, of. interest to tbelStatf,' apd thr discussed seriatim, the chan ges confempla fed by 1 he bill in Uie Fchool. sjsteni of the State.y-The most important of these changes were5 those which Slter the name from 'the common1 to the public schoolsof "North Carolina, and. provide that the ages for pupils thall hereafter be, instead of from 6 to-21 years as heretofore, in all cases, ex tended to tweuty. -seven for all females desirous of qualifying themselves for' teething, and to thirty-six! for males, disatet in service," who- haye a Iike;wisbJ The ; bj ect of thesepha nges was, Mr. D. ; proceeded ; to sayr tplprovide a . s'u.fHeicn'cy of - teachers to -meet th e educational . req uiremen ts of the S tite. 1 1 was often difficult to procure teachers, and lh difficu Ity might-be greatly lessened bj permitting, tho many females whom the exigencies of the wr; ha? forced to their own support .to qualify; themselves to teach." ."- : . ' -j i' '. ; Z' ,v- . -' After some furthef dissultory discussions tHebilJ passed its second reading. . ; y ' v ; J' . y r Mr. Wiggins, of Halifax, moved that the bill pas, sed on yesterday ieghlating the mileage : a fid per diem'of members he reconsidered. . ' The Spedker decided the Inolion, ' un3ef the lGth rule, out of order. r; y: - ; ZZ'y, ' ' y ;Mr.' Long, of Caswell; appealed from the deci s ion of the chair, bu t. oil a call j.f the Senate the decis ion was sustained by yeas 46, nays 2. , y The bill to amend the Militia and Home Guard acts was taken up "but on-motion: laid on the table and the Senate, by a vote of 17 to 12 adjourned.. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Gn leave of the House, Messrs. McAden, CUpp, Cunningham, Patterson and Baxter were allowed to record their votes on th; passage on the habeas cor pus resolutions, alrsaWMr. JTaxter voting in the amrmative. - . .. The bill, to make the forcible entry or robbery of a dwelling house in the daystime, a capital offence,, and resolutrens protecting against the -or throw of State Sovereignty and civil liberty,' were severally reported with rccojnmendations , that they do not' paSS. " ' - Mr.' Shepherd introduced -resolutions of thanks to Col. Jos. B. Starr, and.his commaml, for their suc cessful repulse of the public enemy atih'ston, which was adopted. . . " ; Mr. Smith, of Johnston, 'introduced resolutions calling for the punishment of certain parties calling themselves agents of they Con federate Government", for illegai'mpreS8nenfs and in advocacy of their adop tion, stated that in his county - orders had beeivre reived forbkidinir the retention of more than nnehilf . - -j of the usual amount of provisions-heretofore- kept for a support. This would' hot "be borne, and if some remedy were not otherwise provided his con stituents would right themselves; irrespective of all government,. by the strong arm. Mr. Caldwell deprecated hasty action on a matter of such importance, n4 y" Mr. McGehee stated General Holmes had tele graphed to Richmond to learn if there wer authoii ty for the issual of these-orders, and thought it best not to proceed to further nction. in h the premisses till further information could bo obtained. The res olutions were then informally passed over, vMr. Waugh rnfroduced a resolution in reference to the suspVnsiori of the writ of habeas corpus j( calling on the Governor to procure 1 he discharge front cus tody of any one who is not allowed a trial at his liat; bility to miljtarj'- service) wl icti was referred to the committee on Confederate relations. The resolutions relative to the sessions of the House was taken up and, after being amended so as to provide for a morning session at 10. and evening 7 o'ciock, passed! - ; The special orderthe Revenue;-bill was then.ta ken up und variously, amended so as to make all coupons' pst due, save those of the State issued' prior to Feb. 23d, 1861, taxable money f so' as to allow a soldier or sailor one year after bis discharge to redeem his land sold for taxes and so as to tax slave, dealers five per cent, on "total amount of sales Pending its consideration the House adjourned. :-. Z, senate. .'' - , Wepnesday, Dec.-14, 1864. Senate was opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Pritchard. b . ; .- Mr. Warren, from the Judiciary Committee re ported a lull Zlo authorize Uis Excllency- the Governor, to afpoiut Courtst Oyer and Terminer, which under a suspension of the rules, passed its Sarious, readings - . - .- - . ; 1 Mr. Odam, from the Salary and fees Commit tee, reported a bill on those subjects. (This bill provides that Ilia Dxcellelicy, the Govenor, -..shall receive $10 bOOper annum,- Treasurer $5,000, Comptroller $2,5"00- Councillors cf State $40 per day when en gaged on public business; end thirty cents per mile When 'o travaling etc., and doubles fees if office)., - Mr. Berry introduced a bill to repeal an net es tablishing the milage, and per dkm ($50) of mem bers.; . : ' .-. ' : .On motion of Mr. Lindsay a message was sent to the House, proposing to set apart Saturday, the 17th;.for the appointment of msgistrates.x" A m ssace was received fiom the House propos- tn into trie eiCCUOn 01 ue wusiew t)i.u U niversi ty of JNortn uarpuna on xuur&ua y uh; i 15th, in which the Senate concurreu. . y , v Th5 hour, of 12 having arrived, toe special order therefor the resolutions to initiate negotiations for an honorable peacewere taken up. ; . . V - Mr. " Speight moved they be Uf J on the table, and the Senate so ordered by. ytas 24, nays 20, the. vote beingas follows i ..; - - f i- ' y' Yeas, i Aycock, Berry, Bryson, Courts; Crumps Ellis; Grier, Halt, Kirby. Lindsay, Long, McCrkley McEachei n, Miller,l-itchford, Powell, Smith, Spright, Taylor,- Ward, W.hitford, Wiggins, Wright Wynne -24. .. ' -yV Z-7:Z "Nays. Adams, ArefidelV-Bagley, Bfount, Bogle, Dick, Jlorton, Jones, Lassiter.sM.snn, : March, Odom, Patterson, Patton, Poo', Saundera, SneadStraugh Warreri;VW;in8tcad-20-;;;;;i: VZZi-ZZ-Z'Z Bei ry moved to fe consider this vote,;. . ,. Mr. Limisay moved to lay this motion onT the ta. ble, whichi ytherev being a' tie; 22 :ta 22;Was cot ugreed to, by the Spea-ker casting vcU : : , y . ;y The question then beiDg on Mr. Berry's motion to rc consider it was not agreed to by yeas 22 nay3 23. So the resolution was tabled y . -1 . y The Public School bill was then taken ujt passed its second reading and its consideration postponed till ( to-morrow V - ; - y; ,; r ; . v - ; . . The'Senafe thenadj -V- : 4"v5-hodse"of '. ; : The House took up at eleven o'clock, the Revenue : 1'- v roui:EDAT, Dic.15th1804. y ,; " Resolutions of enquiry as . to tho Icgal necessily of the pcesence General Assembly, were reported to-'" the Senfle with a statement declaring it npt to be impera'iva, and setting forthj that uch was the opin- k of the Judges erf the Su prune Court. ;. , x ; Jy A substitute for the tax in Kind bill for.tho relief . of soldier's families,' was introduced and read.-. Bills to "incorporate the "Cranberry Iron Works, Jo grant bounty to 8oidierp,' andto allow the Junior, . Reserves the . regular military bounty, - severally ' 1 passed their,thifd readings, -y :? " lZj ... y . ' ' ' - f The joinx select committee, to whicli was referred - the subject of adjournment, reported n favor of ad V journing on the 23d inst , at 7 a. m.; to meet on the . first Monday in Marcn, 1004, r , : . . y. . Leave of absence till the end of the session was granted Mr. Matthews of Forsyth. - : .'. . ; The hour' for the Joint special Qrder having arriv ed, the Senate proceeded to vol e. for Councillors ef '.. State:; Messrs. Charles E. Shjober, Mur dock McRao . and John Shsckieford being put in nomination. The Senatethan proceededlo vote for Trustees for the University. Messrs. John Poo!, Ii. P. Dick, J S. ' Amis, J; S. Canr.on,: S. F. Phillips, and Doctors John Jordan and Peter E.-Dines being put in nom- V. ination. V ; Z-'y -' i . 'y '; Pending any declaration of the results of the elec- ; Hon, Jhe bill, amendatory of the act regulating the , militia; was taken up, and after isouio little d'.scusV, " sion, passed over, and the Senate adjourned. ; . -v - .- ' --,:'. ' ,;' y - ' - '" . HOUSE OF COMMONS. ' ,, Messrs. Leve, McCormick,-and Grier-were per-, mitted to record their votes (in .the affirmative) on " the final '''passage of the' Revenue Bill last night. ; Messrs. Benbury, Alford, Bond, of Bertie, Bond of tiates, Uaiiqway, ueroert, nenry, jhouick, uusseu and Rogers also recorded their votes in- the uega- tive.".: . -'y'- . -.'.; r " ..- ' - - . , Mr. Careen, of Rutherford, moved.a reconsideration of the vote by which i the bid passed. , Not agreed to. " . ', ' "V-. - : ; ',;-- , .--' ' Mesrsv' Lowe, Johnston, Phillips and Whoeler -recorded their votes in the affirmative, and Messrs , Alstbh and McLean in the negative-cn the habeas cor.resolutionsL . . , " . : "v Mr, Carter reported from the Judiciary Committee " a resolution farnririg the exemption of artisans en-' g'aged in , the. manufacture of woollen and. cotton . . fabrics for the State. . . - . . : VBills to amend" Sccj.0 1, Re'viscd cde, to make J,he robbery of dwelling houses a capital offence, to' ; reclaim swamp lands, and resolutions in reference to . a State ilotel in Raleigh for the (5eneral Assembly, in -relation to certain election frauds in Lenoir,' in reJerence to alien" oneuiies and disloyal "citi zens, raspectinj; the Homo Guards of. Clay county, -and to ullow whiskey distillation tor J. McCuiry, were reparted on nfavorably and the reports weie--concuned in by the II bus. , ' . . Mr. Waugh, from the' j'int nelcr.t committee n the qnst:on of adjourning reportcd -itr favorer ad-1 - jourmng on Friday, the 23d, :t 7 a. m. to meet on the first Monday in March, 1805. Mr. Danes moved to sty Wednesday the 21st, , to which the House ageed, yeas 57, nays 43. The. eleci'ion (special order for to-dy) of Coun cillors of State v then gno into Messrs. Iknry E. Coiton, J R. : liargrave, J. F. -XVoolen, L , D. Pender, A. GFoster, W. J.Y.ttefl, N .L Williams, R. G. A. Love, P.JI. Winston, AVm. Eaton, Jr., W, J. Hill; E M. Wellboni, A. T. Davidson, C. B. Saundrrs, Charles Shober, Henry A. Gilliam, F. B. Satterthwaite, L. Eldiklge, W. 11. Harrfeoii, W. S. Harris, W. S Devane and W W. P.iife. V, , This election being over, the House proceeded to vote for five Trustees of the'University Rev.Chaf. F- Dooms; Hon. Z, B VanceCol. 1). M. drier. Col. D. A. Barnes, and Messrs.' T. J." Moiise-, W. B. .-' ,,-y Wricht. V. S. Battle. J.hn A. Young. Pordy. . Richardson, Henry R. Bryan.Tas. T. Speight, S. F. i'hiuips ana su.. Aieuee tieiiii; iu iiuiiiiihihih. ' Pending any announcement of -the resuitor cuiier election the-Houhe adjourned, to ureet at 7 p. m. to- , ( night. .' ';'" . '. " From the Army Correspondent of tho Conaervattva. ,' Lank's L?KiaADC, Ai: N, .V.l . -" , ; Decern herfith, 1 8tt4. J Mr. Elitor If your readers expect to hear eve- . ; ry -week of a ' big battle," and if nothing else frdm flie : array iaintero.ing, then I shall 'not bo able to ' gratify them. The armies bcfore Petersburg seem J to be resting but the wcathtr .is "very lino, and the : roads are so too. Gn. n may move at any time, . ho, So make a rait a few d iys a'gv on a Depot some wherein his 'rear..-, called 'Siooy Creek, I think, - nd then ho ntHually c-ptnred few hundred bush- ' . . . ! ' J .'I I! !... els or co.iriand burned si-tun r tsMOxi nuiiuin, mu bur efficit nl civalry, coming up. he retired witkhi.1 usual fioctiuss Lf'foot. We WilhTl a feW.of bis pto- pte. capturel more, and. -'with tlus . C idd, the 'great a 4on.to Stony -Ceek.7. Grants evideniTy Captured the place but did nut hold it. y Thtf is. reliable. We e.fj-ccl him to make another attack upon. Peters' "... burg btfjre firt-dly setiling down jnto winter quar teis. Being alwaj s", prepared for tiim, he wiirttot v surprise us, should his wisdom yihctate another , flank" movement or assiujt tir intlctd will we bo Iarticfib.fyeed should he. forego the pleasuie al-, together.' ' ' -'" ":-''-J. ' V-i We- hnve TeceWed the mcage of Gov. Yance. lLlkeall his State -papers, it evincesdecpnUrcat in the wtiure 01-. ir.e 8omir. .) - But ho sayj he sees noway of .supplying the soldiers ilh sbm-s. This we very mucn regret, as they will be needed. Gov. Vance is indtfutigable in , belialfof the" soldiers, and hi will allow us to hope that Ids usal gooI luck will atend.h's eflorta tasup-' J ply us with -that indispensable article, y' - . "" i. . J31UM. A. - -I - - ''"' ' 4 " y y , For ttt'e-Coawrvativ. XrA?ir r-r-Mi itary clory has been defined, .get ting maimed for IHe aud having 3 our name misspelled in the-papr ;'.-K :-- v - V ' ' .:y.' -f This definition suits the case of , Captain Thomas B. Beall.of the 14th N. C.yT. He was a volunteer , n the first fompany lhat left Davulson county and has been in moet'of the prinefpas battles in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. , - .'. :At the battle cf" Cedar Creek whilo' gallantly . ; leading they 2nd regiment ;N. C.. T.,' which; he has 5 been:co.nmsnd'riig oi timeas Colonel, a, minnie. . $all paesid through th-j upper parf of his right lung. arid sbattere1 his shoulder-blade. He Vf s Feppotved 4 -to be mortally wqund-.d and left in the hands of the y enemy,: but a month later escaped from thltn and la pow at home doing . tell in-Gcpeial Cuxa official .; V)0 t, published ii the; Cvjnierrathe of: last -week. 1 he ismentined.as Captain J&ll instead of Captain - Beallv-n:;,.'. "";, Zt V-rvf I -yv y"----;' i - Please make mention of the nmUkeand do justice to'a gallant soldier :'; who his , dearly Won- his lat&V . relAk'Py -"y. -.,y.''- " -: 't- -...' . , Bill and discussed " its provisions , till . ; nearly two o'clock at. which time it passed iU second eading and the llbuso'thcn adjournexl .till 7. p .ni. ; ; if V-; , " - y ti i : .v - 4 . -' 1 ..-- f y- - -
Weekly Conservative (Raleigh, N.C.)
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