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4 . (f 4 -J y 1 (,tl 9 W t t - , i . . !. , 1 I t 1 t -,4' . - . ' . ! , , , . t I t - '. - I f C J t Vou a. THE . C. LEGISLATUiiE. iiur:: r ui:pi:i;i.nt.tivi.. tt.'t:STII i.v. Moxiiay, Nov. ', Ilotw nu t lit II oM'uk. K; ak-r In the Chair. Prayer by the IU-v. Dr. Prlh hard. The chair announced the follow Injj tandlng CommlttK. Oi Vf urfou M-r. Cralc, Ik-nnctt. Moore, - Lloyd, King. AVarlick, Wythe, Stowe, Watson, Dalian, and Buun. O.i EJucxtllon Messrs. Moore, Johnston, Jones of Orange, Johns 'Kllison, Paschall, Lindsay, 1kIi1 Shinn of Caliarrus. Anderson o Clay, Bryant of Halifax,and Mitch On llaitsoad. Pod. Hoads and TurnDikes Messrs. Wil v VbbotL ltrysa of Swain, And I53a of Da- vip. Hvrd. .liowe. l'ru-... xree- juin. ihivb- Wood Louse, Jlrooks, Ilullard. Badger, and Bennett. On Arrrlcidture. Mechanic and ' Mining Messrs. Jones of Orange, Luckey, Copeland, Bryant of Pitt, Bowman. JIom. Urant, 1'erry Shackelford, Good wyn, Wiley, Iteid or mecKienDurg', vauuiii, am, , Waoph. On Military Affairs Messrs. Gor man. Ilinnant, Ilaynes, Maxwell, Miller, Houston, Outlaw, William son, Brown of Davidson, and Gra d- Mr. Wheeler, Representative from i'orsytho, camts forward and, on moi oii of 3lr. waiurti. nreni til his criflentials, was qualified and tok his .seat. . Mr. Anderson, or Clay, rose to n M'lestion of privilege in ngard to na error ascribing to him the Intro- duc-tion of a resolution asking an extension of time for the Sherilf of CI iy to collect taxes, as the Sheriff f this county naci aireauy sciueu forlsTi . , Mr. Houston was excused from serving on the Committee, of Mili tary Affairs, he being on two other committies. Bv Mr. Houston, a joint resolu tion to provide fortho deficiencies in the amount of supplies ofstation arv. Calendar. Bv Mr. Settle, a resolution raising a joint select committee of five on constitutional amendments. Calen dar. By Mr. Ileaton, a resolution in structing the committee on privil eges and elections to enquire into and rejwrt upon the eligibility of Mr. Warlick of Burke, to a scat in this House. Calendar. . By Mr. Jones of Caldwell, a reso lution in favor of Louisa Heath. Referred. By Mr. McGehee, a resolution authorizing the joint welect com mittee charged with verifying the " Auira election. . and to mm d. for edaaud papers. Calendar. Bv Mr. Jones of Orange, a resolu fion referring the report of the board of directors of the Insane Asylum to the committee on the Insane and the committee be specially charged to give the matter of the deficiency in the laat appro- nriiitlon siKvial attention ana re port by the bill or otherwise. indar. Cal Mr. Brown from the committee on propositions and grievances, sub mkUMl an unfavorable report upon the bill limiting the hours of labor in this State to ten hours. The re port with the bill was placed on the Calendar. (In motion of Mr. Houston the rules were suspended and the joint nsolt)tion to provide for thedefi- ..;t.n..!rwi In th nnmifll sunnllPS of til llkivo . u - . . - r j sbitionarv for the year ending cember 31st, 1872, was taken ujjU passed its several reaumgs. Bv Mr. Jones of Orange, a reso lution Instructinsr the committee on Penal Institutions to inquire into and report upon certain persons re garding the government or tin iVnitentiary. Calendar. Bv Mr. Marler. a resolution in s rm-tiiiir the State Geologist to jilnhabetical list of the sketch of climate, hiiiI. mint' rals to be found in order that inducements may be opened to immigrants1 to come to IhisState. filpnd:ir. Bv3Ir. Anderson of Clay, a bill to prov ide for the erection of a jail in Hatncsville, Clay county. Jwe f erred.) Bv3Ir. Morrison, a bill to regu l:in thf salaries of the Governor sinri Pnhlie Treasurer. Referred. This bill fixes the Governor's salary at $3,000 and the Treasurer at $1 ,S0o. Bv Mr. Carter, a bill to repeal section 1 of the Act for the better protection of oysters and tarrapins in the waters of Jsorth Carolina. Referred. Bv Mr. Moss, a bill for the better production of mortgages oi personal property, lieierreu. By Mr. Dula, a bill to amend chapter 185 of laws of 1871T"72. Bv Mr. Gorman, a resolution in relation to the public printing. Re ferred to the appropriate commit tees. - : By Mr. Sneed, a bill to exempt Ministers of the Gospel and prac ticing physicians from working on the roads and serving on the juries. Referred. By . Mr. Bowe, a bill to amend chapter 185, laws of lS71-'72. By Mr. Hughes, a bill to create a mechanics and laborers lien law. Referred. By Mr. Whitmire, a bill to pre vent dams and other obstructions leing placed across the French Broad River. Referred. By Mr. Badger, a bill to amend Gl Revised Code. By Mr. Gidney, a bill to amend section 5 of the Act in regard to the procedure in special proceedings. Referred. By Mr. Ellison, a bill to declare certain larcenies petty misdemean ors. Referred. By Mr. Hughes, a bill to amend chapter 139 of the laws of 18G9-'70. Referred. i House adjourned till to-morrow at 10 o'clock. m:natil m. urn ni. Ti iiuv. Nov. j. i; The H it::o tut t At 1 1 M k, 'ur tu.mt to itd)Miriimriit. ! .'Ir. ln-tut MorrlM-ad In the ii nr. Journal of ytstirdjy ri mid approved. Prayer by the Jtev. Dr. Atkinson of the city. Mr. Morehcud of Rockingham, from (he committee on Internal In;trovetnentj, ivjiortwl. The Clialr wnnounced that Mr. IlfijK-ss would, bo relieved from Ki'rving on the committee on Inter nal Improvements and placed on the committee on Education and Mr. StIIley from Education to the committee on Internal Improve ments. Mr. Welch moved that the Judi ciary committee be increased from seven to thirteen. Laid over. INTRODUCTION" OP Mr. Waring, a bill in relation to taking depositions. Referred to the Judiciary. Mr. Hyman, a bill to incorporate Square Stone Lodge, Ancient York Mason. To Corporations. Mr. Eppes.a bill to repeal section 7, chapter 185, laws of l871-'72. To the Judiciary. Mr. Ellis, of Columbus, a resolu tion in favor of David Pigott, Tax Collector of New Hanover. Read first time, when On motion the rules were sus pended and the resolution was read second time. Mr. Troy offend an amendment to said resolution. Adopted. 3Ir. Love offered an amendment to the amendment. Adopted. The resolution as amended was then adopted. A message was recciveu from tne House inform in' the Senate that that Lxxly would go into election of U. S. Senator at 12 o'clock. Mr. Cowles moved that a message of concurrence be sent to the House. Adopted. Tne resolution lu favor or uavm Pigott, Tax Collector of New Han over was tnen rcau tturu time ana passed. ir. Welcn renewed Ins motion n relation to Increasing the Judi ciary. Committee. Adopted. A Yesolution in favor of the sheriff of lXire county wais taken up. Mr. Respess moved that he be allowed until February ffrst to col- ect the taxes. The hour of 12 having arrived before the question was put, the Senate proceeded to election of the united States senator. Mr. Waring placed in nomination 21 r. Z. B. Vance. Mr. Welch nominated Mr. A. S. Merriinon. Mr: Respess nominated Mr. John I MTV feei Pool. The Chair . appointed Messrs.. aJintr. xftl JbTimT'O ?.nd?x to a erlntendthff election. . . The ballot was announced as fol lows : Whole number of votes cast 50. Pool 18, Vance 25, Merriinon II. The resolution of Mr. Respess was then taken up, when it passed Its second reading. A message was received from the House proposing to raise a joint committee on constitutional amend meats. Concurred in. A message was received from the House notifying the Senate that that body had passed resolutions peasioning certain soldiers and ask ing its concurrence. A message was received from the House notifying the Senate of the passage of resolutions by that body in regard to election returns. Mr. Dunham moved that it be put upon its several readings. Adop ted. - A message was received from the Houso stating that that body had passed a bill in relation to changing the time of holding the Superior Courts of Wake county gives it four courts a year instead of two. Mr. Harris took the floor and urired the passage of the bill at some length. I Mr. Merrinion moved that the rples be suspended and the bill put upon its several readings. Cowles and ;.ove advocated the postponement of the bill for the present. After considerable discussion the bill was postponed until Friday. On motion the Senate adjourned until to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ' EIGHTH DAY. Tuesday, Nov. 2G, 1872. House was called to order at 10 o'clock. Sneaker in the Chair. Praver bv Rev. Joseph Green of Beaufort. The Chair announced the House Bianch Joint Committee on State Debt and Liabilities'. Messrs. Mc- Gehee,Reid of Mecklenburg.Badger, Bowman, Johnston, Standford, Moore. Settle and Guyther. N. B. Hampton, Representative from Polk county, qualitied and took his seat. A. H. Perry of Bladen, came for ward, qualified and took his seat. Mr. Brown of Mecklenburg, from the committee on Propositions and Grievances submitted, a report ask- . . . . i i l ; i : . K in?? tnai me Din promoiumr uic sale of liquor within one mile of any place oi religious wuraiuji y the State oe reierrea to ine juui- ciary uommittee. ,3Ir. Aloring irom ine coraiumw on Engrossed Bills, reported sever al bills as being correctly engrossed. By Mr. Gorman, a resoiuuon in favor of J. C. Brewster. Referred. By Mr. Badger, a bill to prevent fraud pon the Treasury and to prevent improper and corrupt leg islation. Referred. Rv Mr. Bean, a bill to repeal chapter 120 of the laws ofl871-'72. dogs to be taxed. Referred. By Mr. Carson, a bill to repeal chapter ISO, laws of 1871-'7l'. liy 3lr. Jiomson, a oiu 10 ameuu section 4, chapter 18G, laws of 1871- 72. Referred. hl.tr-!?! 4 th it i IM luf it ttbutMir, i j ' At.l IU!. Th r-!ttlM. iiirlirf i I y Mr. lint r ti n lU-vt W. V. llJ Ml of lhdl-quaaiin.tl l.lfd by the iwtil court of !iiimrhmtut uai taken up and o r titotim ta wtNmed for two week fnrni to day, tnd nuide the xIal houf of II o clock A M. i Tho nwilutlon In relation to the jht diem of nlMcnt iiiciiiIht wa taken up1 and ikL-l it wcond nntding. :! 1 The resolution authorizing thn kcejierof the Capitol to purchase three stands of natloiml colors was taken ud. r I Mr. Anderson of Clay, moveil to amend by Inserting one stand of national colors in the place of three. The resolution as amended passed iUHeverareadinv:s. l- Mr. I Bowman, Representative from Mitchell, ranie rorward, qual ified and took his seat. The resolution to raisejoint select committee to examine Into the con dition, Ac, of the Penitentiary, was taken up and passed its second read injr. I ! The resolution came up on it third reading. The resolution in favor of A. S. Hill, Sheriff of Cherokee, was taken up and referred to the Judiciary Committee. 1 The I resolution instructing the comufittceon Penal Institutions to enquire into the government and condition of the Penitentiary, was taken up and adopted. The bill llmitinir the hours of lalor in this State to ten hours was taken up; and, On motion of Mr. Darden, it was laid on the table. The bill to repeal chapter GS of the laws of 1871-'72 was taken up, and oil motion of 31 r. Standford, was postponed for one week. The bill' to exempt the counties of Ashe, Alleghany and Watauga from the provisions of chapter 142 of the laws of 18CD-'70 was taken up and passed its second reading. The bill by consent came up for its third reading. ; Mr. Bryson of Jackson, moved to amend by inserting the counties of Jackson aud Swain. The amend ment was adopted and the bill pass ed its third reading. On motion of Mr. Settle a mes sage wa3 sent to the Senate with a proposition to go into the election of United States Senator at 12 o'clock.) ' S By Mr. Bennett, a joint resolution for printing the usual number of copies of the report of the Hon. W. H. Battle in reference to a codifica tion of the laws. ! Oa motion of Mr. Morrison, the rules were. suspended and Vthe reso lution was 5itoptd. - The bill-(or the relief oJSimon Good wyn, tax collector of Johnston county, was taken up. ! The substitute reported for the bill by thd committee on proposi tions and grievances makes the bill general and allows all Sheriffs fcc., to collect taxes and arrears of taxes for the years lSG0-'70-'-71-'72, with the general restrictions. The sub stitute was adopted. The bill passed its second reading. Under a suspension of the rules the bill passed its third reading. Mr. Johnson-moved to reconsider the vote its third by which the bill passed reading. Mr. Badger moved to postpone the consideration of the motion until to-morrow at 11 o'clock a. m. Carried. ! The bill to define the line between the State of; North Carolina and Tennessee i was taken up and on motion of Mr. McGehee the further consideration of the bill was post poned for. two weeks and made the special order for 11 o'clock a. m. This bill created quite a lengthy debate, j i A message was .-received from the Senate informing the. House that the Senate would go into the elec tion of a! TJnitod States Senator at 12 m. I ( f The chair announced that the hour of 12 having arrived. I The chair appointed Messrs. Jones of Caldwell, and Badger to super intend the election of .United States Senator.) j Mr. Houston nominated Hon. Z. B. Vance,' of Mecklenburg. Mr. Hanha! nominated Hon. A. S. Merriinon, of Wake. Mr. Badger nominated Hon. John Pool, of Pasquotank. The joint ballot resulted in no election and is as follows : Pool 55, Vance 53, Merrimon 11. Mr. Houston - moved that a mes sage be sent to the Senate inform ing that j body "of the result of the ballot in this House. Mr. Bennett said that this motion was not necessary ; that the two Houses could tpeet in joint session to-morrow at 12. m. and the journal of each touching the matter shall be read, i He thought that, under the Act of Congress governing such. elections, the ' motion was out of order. The speaker ruled the motion in order as it was h matter of courtesy and for which there was Precedent but would takq . the seuse of the House. Thei vote was taKen and the House decided to send tire message. A call for a division was made but it came latfe ; but the speaker said he would allow the division if insisted upon. The House adjourned until to morrow at 10 o'iock a. m. SENATE. NINTH DAY. Wednesday, Nov. 23, 1872. Senate: met a 10 o'clock. Presi- dent Morehead n the Chair. Prayer, by Rdv. Mr. Mangum, of the city. Journal of nxsterday read and approveti. KErORTS, OF STANDING CXMMIT- - j: XEES : 1 Mr. Flemming, from the Judi m m gt tt d ciary reported. J - tti ifilf ! r. Mr. .Jlufuv. fr wii ,' '- ? ' in i :r ia i.t iT niimn : !r. Live froin th : litin frip'i"MIiwmd trri''Vit" - , A io-i wnt rum Ivel froni II Etivll. n -v, thf ti.rrMr, tr.it. milting ilit r.'pfirt ( U W -ler, Svrtiary of too II tin! tf Tr: of th I nlvfr-lt'. Mr, C-.u mvel that It n i.t to th IIouk uith n jirtjrIlJ'n l i print. Adotited. Mr. Cunningham uld lie wa thorlziti Iry Dr. Jlawklnthe Pres ident of the Raleigh & Augusta Air Line llailmad, to extend fin irivil tion to the Senators to accoun:iP--. him (n an excursion to IheCiiaiJr. Coalfields that something would Ixs provided for the inner-man. INTRODUCTION' OK MIAJ. Mr. McCuulcy, a bill to be enti tled an act in relation to the county commissioners. Referred. Mr. Ellis of Columbus, a bill In favor of Dan'l. J. Clark, late sheriff-! of Bladen county. Referred. 1r fnrnhtf u Mil In rnl.iHnn in, th wiiminrtnn Insumncn (Vim. pany. Referrtd. !Vfr. Wnrino-. n I, ill in r...tlrn in vemtc. Referred. MOTIONS AND HIvSOLUTIONS. ir. cowies, a resolution in rei' tion to pensioning soldiers of the. war of 1812. Lies over. v Mr. Norwood, a resolution in re gard to the Eovejoy Academy. Eie over. The hour of 1U having arrived. the resolution in relation to sending special messenger to the counties of Gates, Jones, Macon and Rowan for election returns was taken up. Mr. Seymour moved to strike out Rowan as the returns were in. dopted. The resolution then passed its second reading and on motion of Mr. Seymour, the rules were sus pended and it passed its third read ing. Mr. Seymour moved that . the rules be suspended and the resolu tion bo engrossed and sent to the House. The roll was then called and the motion prevailed. Air. l'owell, a resolution in rela tion to the Principal Clerk of the Senate. Referred. The Chair announced as Senate Committee on State debt and lia bilities Messrs. Norwood, Waring, Worth, Welch, Davis and Hill. And Committee on Constitutional Amendments, Messrs. Merrimon Humphrey and Seymour. Mr. Horton moved that the bill In relation to the jn. c iuepicai reading. ; - j V Mr. Welch moved that the senata proceed to the House 5 minutes be fore 12 in order that the vote for U. S. Senator might be taken precisely at 12 according to law. Adopted. Mr. Murphy made a report from the committee on Insurance. At 5 minutes to 12 the Senate proceeded in order to the House to take the vote lor u. s. senator. At a quarter to 1 o'clock the Sen ate returned to their chamber. BILLS ON THIRD READING. A bill in relation to the N. C, Medical Company was taKen up and read its third time and passed. The bill in relation to changing the time for holding the Superior Courts in Wake county was read third time, with an amendment of fered by the Judiciary Committee and adopted. Mr. Allen moved that the bill be engrossed and sent to the Senate. Adopted. Mr. Worth rose to a question of privilege, and stated that the Daily lira had reported him as not paying over to the people ot Moore county the excess of last session's per diem over $3.00 according to promise, and said, in the first place, that he did not represent Moore county and could not possibly pay over to her any money. He said the Era was right in only one respect calling him an honest quaker the balance he repudiated and said was man ufactured out of whole cloth. Mr. Troy also rose to a question of privilege, and said that the Era had placed him in a false position in regard to the Penitentiary affairs, and desired to be placed right in the matter. . Mr. Cowles moved that the Prin cipal Clerk furnish the Public Prin ter with a copy of the report of the Superintendent of Public Instruc tion. Adopted. Mr. Worth moved that all thepub Kc documents except the report of Judge Battle, accompanying the Governor's message be printed. Adopted. Mr. Murphey moved that the Constitution be printed and bound with the joint rules of order. Messrs. Love, Troy and Worth opposed the motion, and after some discussion, Mr. 3Iurphy withdrew tne motion. Mr. Mabson asked and obtained leave of absence for a few days. On motion of Mr. A vera, the Sen ate adjourned until 11:45 A. M. to morrow. house op representatives, ninth day. Wednesday, No 27. House met at 10 o'clock. Speaker Robinson in the Chair. , Prayer by Rev. A. W. Mangrum. Mr Bennett from the judiciary committee, and Mr Brown of Mecklenburg, from the committee on propositions and grievances submitted reports. By Mr. Houston, a jount resolu tion concerning the sale of the Wes tern North Carolina Railroad. Cal endar., .By Mr. BIythe, a bill to charter the Old Fort and Broad River Turn pike Company. Referred. By Mr Michael, a bill to limit the powers of oversears of public roads. Referred. t l 5 I i - t f i ,it - :;r. i. -1 . 'l, n i v.t .-- - i . 4 i in it i,t r ( ; . , ;ra it Hint too t '"i I r, .. v It J' k. j Hi, ft u tit, ttiud i. : -r.iu.n9tt tin llou f j t i, r t t thit tliai.k,'uli.;f d.ivi liohyd Hobday tmd that If ('id ltd Hlal- K nttor uu- i Jio-.ii t-t-dav tb law of t Tgrt n-,uin A UlUt n rvity ruoifMivHday f.sundayn nd legal lioiidayn i xn j.Hd, Ac. Mr. Brow ii, of M kUnbtirg,iiMv id to lay tli inotkn f Mr. Hood nyn on the ta!e. 'J he yea and : , " - were cal Iwl and the tuoliou to i i if "j J:-.'I ftvvidlei!, - Sin HHiuou of Air. JJois!- the um ofthoHa41 was u I lowed lie v. . Ward for the evening, iln motion of Mr. Houston, the rule' were 8us.endcd and the reso- lutlon concerning the sale of the Western X. C It. R. was taken up. fthe resolution provides for the raising of a Joint Committee of nve, two on the part of the Senate IMTM tlirCC Otl tllO Part Ot IUC liOUSO. to examine into the indebtedness of paid road, and ee if anything con- Lsistent with the honor of the State jean be done to prevent tne saieoi n. ii iiieroau. .. Mr llniKtitn took" 1 !i floftr in fx- planation of his resolution. i t . . r Mr. Badger was in ravor or any- thing hx)king towards sustaining the States interest in this great work, therefore he hoped the reso lution would be adopted. ' Mr. Luckey also favored the res olution. The resolution was put to a vote and adopted. Mr. -Moring from the committee on engrossed bills, reported several bills as being correctly engrossed. The Chair announced the SPECIAL, ORDER. The resolution authorizing the Judiciary Committee to employ a clerk during the revisal of the re port of Hon. W. II. Battle, in ref erence to the codification of the laws was taken up. Mr. McNeil! offered a substitute constituting the Judiciary Commit tee of the Senate and the Judiciary Committee of the House, a Joint Select Committee during the revisal of the Battle report. After some debate between Messrs. Badger, McGehee and Mc Neill in the matter, Mr. Brown of Mecklenburg, moved to amend the substitute by allowing the proposed Joint Select Committe to employ a clerk. Sir. Waugh opposed the amend ment. m ynvi it .-pnid m imn -Tvnen the committee got fully un- der work. Messrs. Badger and McGehee fa " j !i mi i a. vored it. The amendment was adopted, and the substitute as amended was also adopted, f The resolution was adopted and ordered to bo sent to the Senate. By Mr. Bryant of Wilkes, a bill to pay certain teachers of common schools in Wilkes county. Referred. On motion of Mr. Jonts of Cald well, the rules were suspended and the bill to repeal chapter 08, laws of 1871-'72 was taken up. The law to prevent the reckless destruction of deer. Mr. Norment hoped the bill would pass. It has given great dissatis faction to the people of his section. Owing to the enforcement of this law, there had been great injury and annoyance to many, of the farmers in various parts of his county, -&e. Mr. Jones of Caldwell, said that there were in his county a number of indictments lor alleged infringe ments of this law, which were of the most malicious character, arid besides, theseaniinals had destroyed a large amount of wheat. The Representatives of Transyl nia, Ciay, Haywood, Stokes, Jack son, Wake, Randolph, New Hano ver, Nash and Granville had their counties exempted from the provi sions of this bill. . The bill as amended passed its second reading. On motion of Mr. Jones, of Cald well, the rules were suspended aud the bill came up on its second reading-Mr. Dula offered an amendment that citizens of the exempted coun ties shall not hunt Deer in other counties. Adopted. Mr Ileaton moved to lay the mo tion on the table. Dost. Mr. Robinson (Mr Johnson in the chair) said his people were some what divided as to this law and as he wished to act in accordance with their wishes and to act intelligently he moved to postpone and make the bill the special order for next Friday week at 11 o'clock a. m. The motion to postpone was put to a vote and adopted. On motion of Air Norment the rules were suspended and the Sen ate resolution in favor of David Pigott tax collector of New Hano ver county was taken up and passed its second reading. Under a suspen-. sion of the rules the bill passed its third reading. On motion of Mr Luckey the rules were suspended and the Sen ate bill for the relief of the surities of W. A. Walton deceased, late Sheriff of Rowan, was taken up and passed its second reading. rhe rules were suspended and the bill came up on its third reading, when on motion of Mr. Luckey the bill was postponed and made the special order for Friday next at 11 o'clock a. m.- On motion of Mr Houston the rules were suspended and the Senate resolution raising a joint committee to investigate the condition of the Penitentiary, with power to send for persons and papers was taken up. On motion of Mr Houston the further consideration of the resolu tion was postponed until Friday next at 11:30 o'clock. A message was received from the Senate informing the House that A i I if i ? -! l -f . I . t- - - t t, ,f ( i i i I j tf t J I I I I'M '4 r ! t r k I r- t IW i r u i ti u- ' t V ' i! I U tk f j r.v . Ui f u vaI Hi t N n imp 1 1 IV !! to ,n r. Mr. Prrkitit MrrfrH! f !! tttie d"trKl n a nuriin f I tb two IIntftut l tMltyt . I;l rertivI ani tj . Ilv tf tlw -i4v nt ; that It mtt titnl rto trnid ton ttailot fir L. is. Kttaior. i MtiMr Waring mid Welrli of thnj HiiiMle, ntid Mir. Jtmin of Chid well. Badger and Hantia on the part of ti? !!on, wtm ntf!tited to hupcrUii nd the avifvii. S'tator Waring pominatid lion. Z. II. Vance, of Meckleburg. Senator Welch nominattM Hon. A. 8. Merrimon. of Wake. Senator G randy nominated Hon. John l'ooi, of l'asquotank. i he nrst vote was announced as follows: Whole number of votes cast 170. For Mr. Pool 72; for Mr. Vance 78; for Mr. Merrimon 20. On motion of Mr. Gorman, the Joint Session adjourned until 12 M. morrow. An invitation was extended by Mr. McGehee, on the part of W. J. Hawkins, President of the Raleigh and Augusta Air Line Railroad Company, to the members, to par take in the excursion to-morrow to the Coal Fields. The House adjourned 'til to-morrow at 11 o'clock. SENATE. TENTH DAY. , Thursday, Nov. 28, 1872. Senate met at 11:45 o'clock. Mr. President Morehead in the Chair. Journal of yesterday read and ap proved. . The Senate then proceeded to join the House in joint session for the purpose of ballotting for U. S. Sen ator. At 12J the Senators returned to their chamber, when Mr. Troy moved that Mr. Worth be allowed leave of absence until Monday on account of sickness in his family. Granted. Mr. Love introduced a resolution in regard to the compilation of the public laws. On motion the rules were sus pended and the resolution was adopted, engrossed and ordered to be sent to the House. oLuvu until to-morrow morning, 1 1 ocloc k. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. TENTH DAY. Thursday, Nov. 28th, 1872. House met at 11 o'clock, A. M. Speaker Robinson in the Chair. On motion of Mr. Marler the read ing of the Journal of yesterday was dispensed with. On motion of Mr. Gorman the House took a recess until 5 minutes before 12, M. At 5 minutes to 12 M. the House met. On motion of JVIr. McGehee the call of the morning hour was dis pensed with. At 12 M. the Principal Door Keeper announced the approach of the Senate; and the Senators were received with the usual ceremonies. The Clerk of the House read the journal of the Joint Session. The President announced the election of a United States Senator to be in order. Senator Waring nominated Hon. Z. B. Vance, of Mecklenburg. Mr. Hanner nominated Hon. A. S. Merrimon of Wake. Senator Grandy nominated Hon. John Pool of Pasquotank. The ballot was announced as fol lows: Whole number of votes cast 1GG. For Mr. Vance 7G. For Mr. Pool 70.- -For Mr. Merrimon 20. The Joint Assembly adjourned to meet to-morrow at 12 M. The House was called to order and on motion of Mr. Ileaton. the House adjourned til Friday at 10 o'clock, A. M. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ELEVKSTH DAY. Friday, Nov. 2J, 1872. The lipase was called to order" at 10 o'clock. Speaker Robinson in the Chair. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Warrick. Mr. Bennett! from the Judiciary Committee. Mr. Rhodes from the Committee on Finance. Mr. Standford from the Finance Committe. Mr. Gidney from the Committee on Finance. i Mr. Jones, of Orange, from the j Committee on Finance.' j Mr. Moring from the Committee j on Engrossed Bills submitted re- j ports. i I By Mr. Bean, a bill to repeal sec-1 tion 47, chapter 189 of the laws of 187l-'72. Referred. By Mr. Brown, of Mecklenburg, a bill to appoint a Public Guardian. By Mr. Anderson, of Davie, a bill makingHuntingCreek, Davie coun ty lines. Referred. By Mr. Trivett, a bill to amend section 8, chapter 139 of the laws of 1870-'71. Referred. By Mr. Houston, a bill to amend the act concerning the government of counties. Referred. Mr. Gudger offered a memorial from the .citizens of Madison county asking a change of township lines. The memorial was referred to the appropriate committee. !- it -: e i it.- , -j -f . iii t ' f ,. J i . . . . I ' . . ' f -A 1 ' , i - 4 hi t - ! It ,J!i',f l-r i; Jr t at MUr. i a iit I mi f Mr. H. tt, f tul wvrp Mtt imiii uti tut tail to r tnit llr r mnty f iKklnhaiii Irotu I1k r i of t tup! r 'J if thtawof s7l-7i wa Miktn t:t and Mr. MitctM ll tumid to nmcnd ty lfst2ig Ihr twy iJ Htokys. Carruxl.1 t t- The bill then tttsstd It ccond reading. On motion of Mr Johnston, the rules wern Kuspchdcd and the bill In favor of Simeon Good wyn, tax collector of Johnston , county was taken up and the substitutes sub mitted by the committee on Prop ositions and Grievances makes the bill a general one and giving all Sheriffs power to collect arrears for taxes for the years 1869-'70-'71 and 72 was read. j Mr. Brown moved to strike out "18G9." Adopted. The bill then' passed its third readings. Mr. Settle offered a substitute for the bill to amend Chap. 89, of the laws of 1871-'72, repealing the law. The substitute was adopted and the bill passed its third reading. On motion of Mr. Bowman, the rules were suspended and the Senate Resolution authorizing the Secre tary of State, to send a messenger after the delayed election returns, was taken up and passed its second reading and pending the debate the special order was announced. On motion of ; Mr. Badger, the rules were suspended and the bill to change the time of holding the terms of Wake Superior Court was taken up. After some debate the hour of 12 having arrived the Principal Door Keeper announced the approach of the Senate and the joint session assembled. ; i The clerk of the House then read the proceedings of the joint assem bly of yesterday, s -The President announced that nominations of United States Sena tor were in order.! Mr. Senator Waring put in nom ination Hon! Z. B. Vance, of Meck lenburg. ! j Mr. Moring put in nomination Hon. A. S. Merrimon, of Wake. ...ran iiim wniiMj , i)u'.iH'tuHmiK tion Hon. John . Pool, of Pasquo tank. The whole number of votes cast on the first ballot is 1G7. For Mr. Vance 74. For Mr. Pool 71. " For Mr. Merrimon 22. The following isi the ballot : Senator Harris moved to adjourn til to-morrow at 12 M. The yeas and nays were called and the motion to, adjourn was car ried, i . j - The House; was called to order. Leave of absence were granted Messrs. Jones of Orange and Cox of Pitt. t j The Chair announced that the un finished business would be taken up. The discussion of the bill in rela tion to the Superior Courts of Wake was resumed. i On motion of Mr. Badger, the vote by whicli the House refused to con cur in Mr. Johnston's amendment to the Senate amendment was re-considered and the amendment was adopted, and the Senate amendment as amended was then aiopted, and the Senate ordered to be notified. On motion of Mr. Marler, the Sen ate resolution raising a Joint Com mittee of 8 3 ouj the part of the Senate and five on the part of the House to confer With the Hon. W. H. Battle in reference to' the codi fication of the j la Ws was taken up and aiopted. ! j By Mr. Badger, a bill to amend the act concerning the act in refer ence to the powers and duties of Slate officers, j Referred. ' By Mr. Morrison, a bill to construe section 4, chapter 93 of the laws of lS(iS-'09. j. j - ' ' On motioir "of Mr. Johnston the rules were suspended and the l i!l to cure certain defects in the Registra tion of deeds in the county of Bun combe was taken up and passed its several readings, j The bill to repeal chapter 130 of the laws of 1872-?72 was taken up and on motion of Mr. Marler was indefinitely postponed. The bUl to repeal chapter 120 of the laws of 1871-72, was taken up and, on motion of Mr. Brown, of Davidson, was laid on the table. The bill to tax dogs was taken up and after a lenghty debate the bill was on motion iof Mr. Badger, referred to the jJudiciary Com mittee, i 1 The House adjourned until o'clock to-morrow. 10 CORRESPONDENCI:. Jjettcr from Tennessee. To tite Editor of The Era : Sir Though not knowing you personally, I haye seen enough through your paper to be convinced that you will not refuse ma, the pleasure ef letting the people of North Carolina know how; high their ex-meniber of the Legislature is in theopiuion of theTennesseeanr. On the night of the 18th Instant I went to Liberty Hall, this city, for the purpose iof hearing Mr. TV A. Sykes deliver an address on the abolition of slavery, and after won dering at the applause given him, sought an introduction to the above named gentleman for the purpose !, ' . , . i 1 1 v . f ,, r f , , - i . .'k f i;" " ! ,-,'., 1 4 '", ! 1 1 t . t r- i i .. fi" -. I th't I- i, a .1,, rr l If !.- j- r Im f ti !,!,- . 51r. km i t mi I...O-, Hi I lfl ' M i. It 'lit llllM Mit o.ily t M-tilr httu-4 If, b:it tw fMH A ltd m, - tIitor,'au d n i?rnr di-ul toirurtKi k'thist flMt unfort unate raiv, tif ttJtnui mi tiMtiy f M fo'd.' i Oil led lit iimv;iU, i.n i'jiyst if. UMU to try tolmjuw ou the mind i of their party, t hut Uvauo a man. U o!tred, lie can have no brains. - V' In his address McSykes spoke very hojefully for the future of his race, and how entirely their hucccss depended upon the cultivation off friendship between the two races. and especially at the South, whero a large majority of them were : and ' that when the South would snow.' by such legislation and other, acts . as to convince the colored man of their sincerity in the political, civil and pecuniary interests of his race, ; then a new era would dawn upon the South, and it would be one of j the most prosperous sections 6f the i Union. He also spoke verv htehlv of his native State, (North Carolina) which goes to prove that, though once a slave, he has that natural pride that leads to those noble sentiments which are bound to render man successful. -, I think and hope that you take enough interest in politics not to let the worthiness of one of your citizens pass, unnoticed to his friends, especially when the com ments are from one who was con verted, or almost so, to Republican ism by his efforts. Had the address been delivered by a white man, I might have passed it unnoticed, or would have merelv said "ho is a good speaker but from a man of color, in whose race. I attached so little importance, it surely deserves great credit. That all colored citi zens will follow Mr. Sykes' advice, ; and strive to raise themselves to the standard of one who. like them. has not always been free, is the sin cere hope of " UN VlEL'X VOYAG EUR. Nashville, Nov 25, 1872. The State Pen. Sir I see from the legislative; proceedings we are to have ono more of those Penitentiary investi gations, and I hope it will not be such a partizan, farcical, humbug of an investigation as was gotten up last year ; and that whoever ia the Chairman of the Committee will render a fair and just judgment, and will not whitewash it over again for party purposes. I would respectfully call the at tention of the Committee to the ev idence, of Moses A. Bledsoe, last winter, in wh'ch he states: "I have seen barrels of remnants of bread thrown to our hogs. Our hogs are all fed without any other expense." And then ask the dis burser of the rotten fish, D. C, Mur- ray, what he did with the six largo! hogs he hauled out of the Peniten tiary with Moses A. Bledsoe's team, in his sheep pen on the wagon, the day before Moses gave in that evi-i dence. j ... - . ! Next! I hone the' Committee' will-! look into the Jaw for the better gov- , eminent of the Penitentiary, and sec if the - Board has complied with ' any of, its provisions Or require-; ments. I Where is tne -Warden the1 law calls fur,. and the skilled archi- tert ? All law. has been a dead let ter with 'the inmaculate Moses. ' I hope the ! Committee will In- . quire into the cause of so many new made graves, when this model Board took possession of that insti tution there were four graves. Now there are r I FT Y ! Are they filled with the victims of the bayonet,! gag and the bulh t ? Moses, in his last report, nek now -ledges the kill-. ingiif one of this convicts. I pre-! sume he alludes to the killing of Rudy Foster, hy the gagging -pro' cess. 1 hope if the Committee finds it a case of murder, they will say; so, and not whitewash it over, r.s; they did other conduct last winter, i I hope the Committeawill inquire, into the case of a convict named Wright, who went, into the Peni- tentiary with a suit of clothes on ! his back worth $75.00. He was re-! leased in a' few months, ' but his clothes were gone, and .so he; was turned out in an old round-about jacket, with a striped patch' on the elbows, and a pair of old pants, also patched on the knees. I hope the Coounittee will see executed the laws'of the Institution in regard to the returning of a pris oner Ids clothes.'and also that with reference to ; the officers and Direc tors keeping wldsky or apple bran dy in the Penitentiary. This same man Wright was nearly tortured to death with the gag, the shower bath, the ball and chain, for appropriating to his own use the whisker belong ing to Deputy Warden Hall and Steward Murray not the apple; brandy belonging to Director Cof-; field. ; ' , . A Committee will And other mat- j ters to claim their attention and I ! hop3 they will act as men with some i feeling, and stop this starvation and ! cruelty to this Iclass of men and worai'ii. No matter how bad they may be the law does not send them there to be either starved or tortur eJ to death. And by accepting the resignation of Moses, they willIve i s itisfactlon to thousands of men Of all parties, for he is too much tori any party to carry. " . o- . .jALOOKEROy,' X r : 4i r v 0 -:
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