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By Mr. Ellison, a resolution con cerning side-walks of tho city of Kalelgh. Senate resolution that all bills of Incorporation be. referred to tho Committee on Corporations, who shall examine and report if the acts sought cannot be attained under the General Incorporation Act, was laid on the table. On motion of Mr. Dudley the rules were suspended, and a bill to change the name of the Holden Hook and Ladder Company of New Bern, to the Mechanics Hook and Ladder Company, passed second and third readings. This Compa ny was not named after Governor Holden, and for this reason, Mr, Badgerwho voted in the negative, cnangeu ni3vote.j Senate bill to prevent the fellin of trees In Haw IUvc-r and its tribu taries, was read. A substitute offered by the Com rnittee on Propositions and Griev ances, was withdrawn. The bil passed second and third readings. SPECIAL ORDER. 'House bill to amend the school law, being special order, was taken up. Mr. Dula moved to postpone the dhi until to-morrow at 10 a. m. Lost. The bill was read and considered by soctioas. Pending its considera tion, the House adjourned. other societies mentioned were an embodiment of disloyalty and crime. He hoped the matter would be postponed for the present. On motion of Senator Merrimon, the bill was ordered to be printed and made a special order for Satur day, 12 m. MtsSAGE. in said county. Itefern Senator Price, a petiti ; SENATE. ' THIRTY-FIFTH DAY. i Thursday, Jan. 23, 1S73. Senate met at 11 o'clock. Lieut. Governor in the Chair. Journal of yesterday read and approved. PETITIONS. Senator Merrimon presented two petitions from the citizens of Bun combe county, both in regard to the sale of the Eastern Division of tho Western N. C. Railroad. Referred. Senator Ellis of Columbus, a pe tition, from the citizens tf Columbus -the saleTJf spIrttnouiliqnorTTrtthln two miles of Cherry Stone church, Referred. tion from the citizens of Davie and Davidson counties, praying for a public road across the North Yadkin River near Boon's Ford. Referred. . REPORTS OF COMMITTF.ES. Reports from standing commit tees were submitted by Senators . Cunningham, Allen, Murray, Sey mour, Love, Gudger, Troy and Price. On motion of Senator Merrimon, Senator Cowles was granted leave of absence from to-day until.Tues day next. On motion of Senator Allen .the bill relating to "amnesty and par don" was made special order for 12 m. to-day. On motion of Senator Love, the rules were suspended and the bill granting general relief to sheriffs nnd tax collectors being a substi- "ite for a bill In favor of Simon uxlwin, tax collector of Johnston ty, was taken up. 1 1,4 is bill grants to sheriffs and tax collectors a Hunted time to col lect artparagQ or taxes which they advance J Much debate was had on this bill, participate! tn nrn nnfl mn iiv, c-n ators LoVCt Dunham, Merrimon, HarnsJ ' :Norwood btilIy and The Sen to oflMj to etiikeuut the year-1809. and tho bill passed Its third reading by a vote of 38 to 7. ! SPECIAL ORDER. The bill entitled "amnesty and pardon," with a substitute for same, offered by the judiciary committee, was taken up. Senator Allen explained the sub stitute as a trimming down of the original bill, and said it was offered as a peace offering, for tho purpose of restoring peace and quiet to the troubled waters, and honed the sub stitute would be adopted. Senator Seymour said the bill was one of great importance, and fa vored the adoption of thesubstitute. The substitute was then adopted. IJ.IU3 om grams general pardon A message was received from the House transmitting several bills and resolutions, which were referred or otherwise disposed of. Senator Allen moved that the Senate recede from Its former ac tion in approving of the action o the Committee in relation to the Keeper of the Capitol. Senator Welch objected on the ground that the same motion was refused in regard to the printing committee. After much discussion, the whole matter was laid on the table on motion of Senator A vera. BILLS INTRODUCED. Senator Ellis of Columbus, a bil to change the county line between the counties of Bladen and Bruns wick. Referred. . Senator Powell, a bill to incor porate the North Carolina Street Rail Company. Referred. Senator Respess, a bill to repeal an act authorizing the Albemarle Swamp Company to build a Rail road, and enact an act amendatory thereto. Referred. senator I'rice, a bill concerning clerks of Superior Courts. Referred. Senator Respess, a bill to prevent the sale of intoxicating liquors within one mile of Goose Creek Is land Church, Beaufort county. Re ferred. Senator Respess, a bill to author ize and empower the county com missioners of Washington county. to convey land to the Trustees of the colored Methodist Church in the town of Washington. Referred. Senator Mabson, a bill to rt-gulate he sale of tar. Referred. Senator LI lis of Columbus, a bill rlrl o r nrr ft m(crlomr4nni in rmr. tfiiteijxju? under fatecr prom Iscr: Referred. Senator Troy, a bill to prevent the sale of liquor within three miles of Cumberland Union Church. Re ferred. On motion of Senator A vera, the Senate adjourned until 11 o'clock to-morrow. HOUSE? OF RKPKESENTATIVES. THIRTY-FIFTH DAY. Thursday, Jan. 23, 1873. Mr. Ilinnant was allowed to re cord his vote in the affirmative on the bill to repeal the Usury law. Leave of absence was granted Mr. Williamson for two days. Mr. Guyther was announced as being sick. to all the members of the Kuklux, White Brotherhood, Invisible Km- pires, union .Leagues, Ac Senator Seymour took the floor and led off in an able speech. He said he concurred in the preamble and believed in tho policy of mercy and forgiveness, and favored the principle the framers of the bill had in view. DUt lor sevpni m?irma ha PETITIONS. By Mr. Brown, of Mecklenburg, praying the repeal of the fence law. By Mr. Gudger, praying that the Legislature do not form a new county out of portions'of Hay wood and Madison. By Mr. McNeill, praying the passage of a law prohibiting the saleof liquor near Mt. Horeb church. By Mr. Grady, praying the levy of a spec ial tax. RESOLUTIONS. By Mr. Michael, a resolution re questing our Representatives and Senators in Congress to use their inlluence urainst the raj of tuu .Bankrupt Taw. By Mr. Anderson, of Clav. :i reso lution of instruction to the Judicia ry Committee relative to the sale of goods by suspicious persons. By Mr. Jones, of Orange, a reso lution to appoint a joint committee of five to carry up an appeal in the case oi me mortgage of the XV. X. C. Railroad. By Mr. Badger, a resolution that the joint select committee to inves tigate the management of the Pen- uentia'-y hold their sessions with open doors. RILLS. By Mr. Hughes, a bill to incor porate the Trustees of Oxford Edu cational Society, of Granville coun ty. By Mr. Jones, of Camden, a bill to provide for the more prompt execution of civil process in Jus tices' Courts. By Mr. Sharp, a bill to declare Chincapin and Wiccochon creeks a lawful fence. tax shall be levied on all property, credits and polls of the county, and in the assessment of the amount upon each, the commissioners shall observe the constitutional equation of taxation; lrovided, That the question of the levy and collection of said tax shall have first be-en sub mitted to the vote of the qualified voters of the county at an election to be held at the different election precints of the county, under rules and regulations to be fixed by the commissioners, and conforming as near as may be to the rules and reg ulations for conducting other elec tions, except that no new registra tion need be made, but the registra tion books of the next preceding general election m.iy be used. The penalties for illegal and fraudulent voting shall be thesame as provided in general elections. Mr. Blythe favored the recom mendation to insert. Mr. Badger moved to strike out the proviso of the section, and made an elaborate speech on the subject ol education, lie took the ground that the proviso of section 2-"), of the bill as reported by the Committee on Education, should be stricken out, and that it should be made mandatory on the county Commis sioners to levy a special tax in ad dition to that levied by the State, for the purpose of maintaining free public schools tor at -least four months in each year, and for twelve months, if necessary, to erive every child in the State a Jiberal Educa tion. I Mr. Badger said .that he had merged himself on every stump in Wake county to use every exertion to secure for the people free public schools for all the children of the State. He desired to make that ledge good by having the proviso trieken out, and compcll the Com missioners to levy a suilicient tax to maintain a school in every District, and thus place the means of Education within tho reach of every child. -iirntow n, w si fered the following substitute for section 2u, as recommended by the committee: , oev. j.nat mere snail be no levies of taxes made by the Board of Commissioners of the several counties for school purposes, beyond the amounts levied by the State ; except such as may be indispensable to keep the schools In operation for four months in each' school district. Mr. Bennett said there was now in the hands of the County Treasu rers $400 belonging, to the school fund; that this; department was the richest of the government; that in the face of this fact he should opiose, by every honorable means, the attempt to authorize the commissioners of counties to levy special taxes for educational pur poses. - , Mr. Bowman opposed insertion of section 2o. as recommended bv the Committee on Education, upon me ground mat the whole matter is covered by the provisions of the constitution. ucation to sell Pit ran is island in Albemarle Sound near Albemarle river, to Greenleaf Johnson of Baltimore. Resolution passed under a suspen sion of the rules. Senator Morehead of Guilford, a preamble and resolutions in regard . i n?t f . A si l . x A i io me nmingion, cnanoiie auu Rutherford Railroad Company. Adopted under the rules. Senator Harris, a resolution in favor of M. A. Bledsoe. Referred The rules were su-pended on mo tion of Senator A er , and the res olutions entitled amnesty and par- (ion, were re :ieti to me judiciary Committee, with instruction to re port on the &arne in time for the special order to-morrow. Under a suspension of the rule? the bill repealing the charter of the Cape Jrear Building Association passed its several readings by mo tion of Senator Mabsori. CALENDAR. Resolution in regard to the in ternal revenue was taken up, dis cussed at length and failed to pass by a vote ol 18 to 20. The resolutions in regard to the insane Asylum was taken from cal endar, and on motion of Senator Waring, recommitted to the com mittee. ( SPECIAL ORDER. An act to incorporate the " Mid land Xorth Carolina Railway Com pany." The bill being a lengthy one, it was considered by sections, on motion of Senator A vera. The bill was considered and amended as far as section sixth, when the bill was made a special order for to-morrow 12:15. On motion of Senator Dunham, the Senate adjourned until J 1 o'clock to-morrow. 1 yeas 4 read. -nays .-,- 7 he report was HOUSE OF' REPRESENTATIVES. THIRTY -SIXTH DAY. January 21th, 1873. PETITIONS. r , f" i ' r!r?urA "tHttT-pmy- sonvuretrn- anotherctmty. If xif .-3uu iu "'at ne i was a citizen oljEdgecombe ; that he had ifo viSwe,K ft!?at cunty since lfebp. Yv her, absent from that countv it nad been only for temporary purposes. ju i ask r.f th. ir,.,." is a fair trial-simple justice; afnd if the members see lit to return me to ui-wusmuiw, i will cheerfu ueiermination of the ixiaiicx. JwiisiT caued the attention or memoers to an opinion nf ;T.i, Gaston, concerning the question of iwiunau, aim iook me positijon ac cording to the opinion of Uucle fi.litAn 111 . r, I juev. udi. oo. xne residence of a person required to qualify hirn for a seat in uie uenerai Assembly is not nis temporary actual residence but his donicil his home. Accor ding to Mabson's testimony, he never gave up nis clomieil in Edge combe, but it was his home contin uously irom to this date, and he always so considered it, and spoKe oi it, lie kept his room and sucn property as he possessed then except such as he needed' when off teaching school. He voted and registered in Beau fort county under a misapprehen sion of his right. This may make him liable to indictment under tho election law, but does not touch the question here the question wheth er he was domiciled in Edgecombe twelve months before the election. He swears he was, and that he is liable to indictment in Beaufort. Then we must seat him, as nothing appears here other than this to con flict with his oath. Mr. Norment opposed the adon- tion of the report of the Committee. The strongest evidence Sn this case is the testimony of thesitting mem ber himself. If we believe he -has told the truth, and his evidence has not been impeached, ithen. the weight, of Jhe testimony is in his favor. "Rnf if Its cairlthot nr.. tu I The following amendment offered by Mr. Craige, was adopted : Strike out ail the words from line o9 to the word "the" in line G3, and insert in lieu thereof, the ionowmg: "It the tax levied in this act for the support of the public schools shall be insufficient to maintain one or more schools in each town ship tor the period of four months ii ii . . . . men me county Commissioners shall levy annually a special tax to suppjy me dencieucy lor the sup port and maintenance of said school? for the said period of four months.' The substitute offered- on yester day by Mr. Bruwn, of Mecklenburg, for section 2T, as reported by the Committee, was not adopted. Mr. ALerrimon moved to reconsid er the vote whereby the House re fused to strike out the proviso of section i, as reported by the Com m u t Carried. Mr. Badger moved to strike out the proviso. The yeas and nays were called, and the motion was lest yeas 37 navs GO. The school bill was postponed and ALr. uoouwyn introduced a resolu tion informing the Governor of the vacancy existing in the House by the unseating of Mr. Mabson. Adopted. ur. jurown, oi 3lecKienburr. in troduced two bills as follows : To incorporate the town ol'Pine- ville, Mecklenburg county. Also, a bill to incorporate the St owe Falls Manufacturing Com pany. Adjourned. The motion to strike out the pro viso was lost yeas. 50 nays 03. On motion of Mr. Brvan. of Alle ghany, the House went into Com mittee of the Wiiole. Mr. Jones, of Caldwell, in the chair. Mr. Hughes moved to strike out the word "townships" in line 02, of section 2o, mid insert " school districts." AdoptCfl.v Mr. Badger moved in innrt in line Gf after tho word; "sheriff"" the words "in money," Tending a vote on the amend ment offered bv Mr. R.wl Committee of the Whole, on mo tion of Mr. Ileaton, rose and re ported progress, and asked leave to sit again. By Mr. Jones, of Caldwell, a bill to repeal chapter 190, laws lb71-'72, tltxl k IvSIt ....11. . At ' auuionze mecxmimis x)l vtiaiweii io lew a special tax. Adjourned. " ing me prohibition of the sale of liquor near Cypress Creek Church. By Mr. Shaw, praying a prohibi tory liquor iaw. By Mr. Grey, a petition relative to me iees oi pilotage. By Mr. Norment, a petition pray ing me prohibition of the sale of liquor within three miles of Ash pole Church. . By the. .Speaker, a petition from certain citizens of Halifax county, praying a law prohibiting the sale of liquor near Vine Hill Academy. The Committee on Privileges and Elections submitted a report con cerning the contested ejection case from Camden county, of Luke vs. Jones, t.'iat Jones, the present mem ber, is entitled to his seat. The Select Committee of the Gen eral Assembly, of which (i(nf Gorman is chairman, appointed to inquire into the feasibil tv of heat ing the capitol building with im proved apparatus, made an elabo- S EN ATE. TIIIKTY-SEVENTII DAY. Saturday, Jan. 25, 1873. Senate met at Jl o'clock. Lieui. Governor in the chair. Journal of yesterday read and au- proved. tetitioxs. Senator McCauley. a petition from 11 A . 1 x ' . r n m piTi7Pn or Tna regard to thesame; rate report in 1 tv lw. I I . . 1... .1 rri in mc Jiuu.e 10-uay. ne com mittee favored the improvement in point of economy, as well as utility, although its first cost would be ten or twelve thousand dollars, and demonstrated by a comparative uioie, mai me state would save an- fix- private SENATE. - THIRTY-SIXTH DAY. Friday, Jan. 24, 1872. Senate met at 11 o'clock. Eieut. Governor in the Chair. Journal of yesterday read and appro veil. Senator Respess reported Senators Holomon and King as absent from their seats on account of sickness. ... m Nicrai reasons ne uy iir. winslow, a bill to amend he could not vote for the bill, and chapter 27, laws 1871-'72, and to re- enact sections s and 1G, chapter 123, Private laws of lSG0-'70. Bv Mr. Rntt a hill tr. cm motion of Senator Tt Navigation of White 0;ik mri lcae of absence was granted Sena- irent Jtive8. in Jones countv. lor Ppes until Monday next. oenaior w aring reported Se was not prepared to state what ki nd of bill he would support, as this bill came upon him and his friends by surprise; but thought if any members of the Red Strings, White Brotherhood, Jayhawkers, Kuklux Klans or any other secret societies had committed any crime, they should be punished by law. The Republican party did not fear these organizations, for thev. had crushed to rise no more. He fa vored postponement for the present. - Senator Morehead, of Guilford, followed Senator Seymour in an able and friendly speech, lie said he ras pleased with the remarks of hi brotner tn-natr, and said when thtj history of this General Assem bly was written, it would be pro nounced as the best one that had assembled in the Southern States since me lamentable war not that It contained more wisdom and in telligence, but for tho friendly man ner in which the two parties sat together a stranger could not tell whether there was one or two par ties' here. He said after all great revolutions, acts of oblivion and amnesty were passed, and cited ex amples of such, and thought to pass this bill would be the winding up of the war. He thought evorv committed against the law was rong, dui in the manner and ported Senator account of sick- Powell absent on ness. .A?e. c,uur appointed Senator lcnoison on part of the Senate as Committee in regard to Keeper of REPORTS. Reports from Standing Commit tees were submitted bv pnafn Love, Allen, Dunlam, Morehead of avocKingnam, Seymour. Murray. t W'i mnhtha (knivi r.1 1 1 I .11 . i . -"""'j ouu jmiuou hjj; laeir iiuuiocr by me By Mr. Grandv. a bill tn nnHmr. ize the Commi.ssioners of Harnett county to levy a special tax. Mr. Badger moved that tho mir be suspended and a resolution in troduced by 'him, to require the Committee to investigate alleged cruelties in the manaremnnt nf tho enltentiary.tosit with open doors, brandy, Baruhardt and Todd r1 f,".VF: . ;Ti"u i MESSAGE .ui. iauger s;uu u me report was not to be a whitewashing affair, that the resolution should be udop- The resolution was adopted and ordered to be transmitted to the Senate. House bill to amend the school law, ratified 12th February, 1872, being unfinished business ot yester day, was taken up. Ihe recommendation that section 25, which is as follows, be stricken out, was adopted : &ec. J-j. tor tho support of each ATnf r " ."i'riu?1-?: honors of Pasquotank countv. n. be ahowout of hn, M, lhe forfeiture of 1 the charter of fund the sum of two dollan for ink VItegpSd OVer Ptequo each scholar, counting their num- n, S' llfj?rreJ-i ; j ber by tho Average altPmlnnr ..?" motion of Senator Harris, the four months : and for th xnZt i "lwre suspended, and the reso- ofeach free School maintninrrA; iu"on JlHestIn the Joint Com- nually, by the improvenient, about $3000. The present manner of heat ing is very expensive, eostiic? nearly $3,000 annually. wni!e with uTi.t;!. ratus, the cost would be reduced to less than $2,000. By Mr. Perry of Bladen, a peti tion praying the prohibition of the sale of. liquor. RESOLUTION. m By Mr. Blythe, a resolution ing time ol considering bills. RILLS. By Mr. Scott, a bill making Trent n er a lawiui lence. ay Mr. isennett, a bill to repeal sec. 4 chapter 2, Revised Code. By Mr. Dula, a bill to authorize commissioners of Wilkes countv to issue bonds, &c. By Mr. Watson, a bill to incor porate the Chapel Hill Iron .Moun tain Railroad Company. By Mr. Bowman, a bill to change the line between Yancey and Mitchell. By Mr. Blackwell. n h;n late rates of toll. ' By ?Jr. I'errv of Rlri hlhlf fin I n C l; 1 . Javier oi iinnnr in iron,.i . . 1 r, . . A V i i V 1 l lownship, Bladen county. ly Mr. McLaurin.a bill tn nmrv sec 10, chapter 139, laws 1870-'71. By Mr. Grav. a hill Board of Commissioners for Ocra coke and Hatteras Inlet iiy Mr. MvLaurin, a bill to estab- eWn t.iis be so. the criminal htw nf tho State have been violated, and the violator is subject to indictment tnerelore. These are the facts that govern me in this case, and I shall so vote. i Mr. Jbletchtr made a j statement relative tocoirespondence had with xur. juabson ibr three years past. Mr. JNlonng urged the adoptionof me report, xi -ftiaoson voted con trary to law ia Beaufort countv. he snuum not vq anowea to take ad vantage ot his own wrong. Havin- voteu in Beaufort in 1871, he must nave oeen a citizen of that county. Mr. Ellison ODDosed the adontion of the report, and dwelt upon the lesumouy oi mr. JMabson as con ironing tne matter, and that he should vote against the adoption of uie report. Mr. Vv augh opposed the adontion r d. i . x oi uie report, i i ir. iieaton said there was a great ueai ot conhictug evidepce in this ease, ana mat Jlr. Mabson should nave the benefit of the doubt raised by such testimony. The facts elici ted by thecomiiiittee do hot warrant us in ueciuing that Mf.! Mabson's uuiitivu was in lieauiort county, be i m c-r I 1 U n 4 I. a i . i mat jie voieu there under a lelt m a in the capaei as a iiMji teacher : he held possession of5 a room in TaThoro : naid rent, fnr , t . . it, ne produced tax receipts from union county, praying ior the ex tension of their town and for other relief. reports. Reports from Standing Commit tees were submitted bv Senators h's the sheriff of Ede-ecombe for 1S71 and 1872; these facts are conclusive tluit his residence was in Edge combo, and that ie intended to re turn to Edgecombe after he had finished teaching school in Beaufort county. I shall vote against the report ot the Committee. Mr. Bowman sa'd he should not vote on this question as a party man. The question is was Mr. Mabson a citizen of Edgecombe for tueive months before the election in August, 1872? Suppose gentlemen of this Houe wi re empanneled as jurors of Beau foit county, and Mr. Mabson was oa trial for illegal voting in that county, with this testimony before them, they would be compelled to find him cuilty. He. could not have voted illegally if he was a ciuzen oi that county, 'and there iore, ne was a citizen ofEikwnmhP county, the matter is so plain to my mind, that Mr. Mabson was a Love, Allen, Murray, I'rice, Ellis of Catawba, Avera, Welch and Gudger. BILLS. Senator Avera, a bill for the bet ter protection of the poor. Refer red. Senator Troy, a bill to aid plan ters, miners, manufacturers and others. Referred. On motion of Senator Ellis, of Catawba, the rules were suspended and the House resolution in favor of the Commissioners of Madison county was taken up. benator Merrimon explained the resolution as being a proposition to remunerate the Commissioners of Madison county for taking care of a Mr. bawyer, a lunatic, he having been refused admittance in the In sane Asylum lor want of room benator Murphy said he would not oppose the passage of this reso lution, but thought there ouirht to be a general law passed on this sub ject, as there were a large number of similar cases in this State. Ihis resolution was discussed at length by Senators Love, Gudger, Merrimon, Worth and Stilley. benator Lovemoved to strike out the preamble. Lost. The resolution then passed its several readings. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. A message was received from the House transmitting a number of bills and resolutions which had I that body, and asking the concurrence of the Senate in the same, which were referred or oth erwise disposed of. Oh motion of Senator Love, the rules were suspended and the House positions that could have been sub mitted to any body. He gave a history of the Ku Klux and Vv lute Brotherhood, &c, and spoke of the ri inp-5 thevi had commit Jed : said Senator Allen did. not mention the murder of Stephens' and Coigrove by the Ku Klux, and thought if any wre miiitv of the crime ol murder. nrui rnne '! pfi tllCV should be Diinished to the extent of j the law He would enter hi- protest again the passage of the bill. ' Senator 3Ierrimon ne'Xt spoke and said he never belonged to any secret societvL and did not believe there was such a thintr as Ku Klux until the impeachment of Gov Holden. He did not denounce either of the societies rind pro noun ced the Leairues a political so cietv. and to prove the fact pointed to the Republican onraris, their stumo speeches, the trial of Gov. Holden, .tc. lie had no sympathy for crime. He had never been con victed of lany crime, and! the biit could not (lo him or any of hs rela tions any good. He favored the passage of the bill on the j broad ground of justice. ! Senator Harris said personally he was prepared to vote for anything looking to peace and harmony,- but ne ooiecieu to tne oiu u;u-m;iis; mt- Union Leagues with the KuiKlux, &c. He was one of the first to join the Leagues in this State,! and said he could not point to any crime committed by them ; they were as d liferent as night and day, Senator. Murphy said that but for the Leagues there never would have een any Ku Klux fprce 1 begot force, light light,, and denied that the Leagues were always so holy, righteous, fce.i; that they hail been guilty of numerous outraged in al- nost a stone's throw of the place in which he lived, such as whipping, clubbing and shooting dov;n colored men for not taking an active part n their political' movements, &c. 1 ii. i'?ii.;i,,iUHW rrTrn, the further j j-- - 7Jai WEEKLY !Ki? THl'KS!).v, e N tK-k on ; : 1 oio the Battle to the ofh ppm Mm l:t r. cut u x wniic J li.-T rlH't t'lese sensible remap " Politics have " with tins matter " endeavors for pa " make the issue a will receive th " tion of every lover of The GoveriK.r !i i: U'l.lj. :iH he v.l. tv o v. I.O l'!!rty nwa.Miru seyen-ci.nd. his nil. a- tat ' in tilling the ,,,,. cttional Huiyau ofjXoith Carolina determin. ! to have no politics ii, it, and hence he selected a u ,,ti.. man who could con'miand thesiji. port and co-opt ration I of theoj i ,,. sition, and who, at: the same tin,.. was not obnoxious tolloonhii, ' Mr. Battle is not ai-parti.sui, r is the office a partizaii position, aihi the dtitics are far kniovrd jr, , politics. The SfniMrncr treats tl , matter with good sehse an in Kt)i (j taste, and pledges its support to tlie 1 J? -1 A euucaiionai interests in a non-part isau pa of t;h( trioticj spijit Ail liil'aiuous Prooositic consideration was postponed! and it was made a special order ! for 12 o'clock M. Monday. j The resolution in regard: to the bankrupt bill was then adopted by a vote ot 24 to lo. On motion the Senate adjourned until. 11 o'clock Alonday. resolution asking our Representa tives in Congress to use their influ ence to prevent the repeal of the uanKrupt act, was taken up benator Avera moved to lay the resolution on the table. Lost. On motion of Senator Norwood the vote was reconsidered. benator Merrimon moved to in definitely postpone. benator Love called the previous question. Before the main Question was nut. the Chair announced the special or- IIOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. thirty-seventh day. January 25, 1873. petitions. j Mr. Badger rose to a question of privilege, concerning an editorial article and a communication' in the Sentinel oi to-day, 'relative tba bill introduced by him to exeharifi-e the stocks of the State for bonds with which such stocks were obtained. The impression was intended to be made by the Sentinel writers that the bill was in the interest jof the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad, and that that corporation would obtajin con trol of tlve Western or Fayetteville Railroad: The biil does hot apply to the Fayetteville or Western road. Mr. liadgersaid, that except as a member of the Committee on btatedebt, that he was not interest ed m any bill of the kind. I Tha the Committee had been lecturet for their slowness in the matter Xl A A f It 1 aiiu max mey -mm oeen aoin"; yieit utmost to frame a bill that j would save something to the State from the general wreck. The bill intro duced by myself has no reference to tho Fayetteville or Western -.Rail road. I u UNFINISHED BUSINESS. ' i House bill to amend the 'school The most damnable and infamou.. .reposition that has ever U.M wrought before any legislative body n a christhm or even semi-barl.ar- ous country is now pendinir bolur.. the General Assembly of this Stat-. Hie member who introduced the to Sliy One word in its favor, much less vet.. the brazen eflrontery its favor, much for it, ought forever hereafter hang his head in shame, and will deserve the execration and' denunciation of every man, woman, and child, on the American continent. He vij receive the curses long and 'loud, of an outraged community, lie may also bid farewell, an evcrtaetii g farewell, t6 every public position or office of honor in North Carolina. The infamous proposition is to grant an absolute and unqualified pardon to all the members of that dev ilish organization indiscriiuinal' i y known, as Ku Km Invisible Luc 'tie, n iin-ti iivinrrnHji, i.oit't.n- tional Union U Karri . Ac. rad ium them loose uion the con nni- uty with the blood of liie tfm.l Steidiens and Outlaw, and h others whom they also with tho blooi ?nd a menage was recei ved from the Ane ruIes were suspended and jxwusu uauMinuing a number of resolution asking the North lish a House of Refuge and Correc tion for New Ha By Mr. Lutterloh, a bill to cha time of holdinsr Sunerinr rnrta..e , , " W k 1 IO J1 umueriana county. Mr. Hanner was announced being sick. Leave of absence Reid of Mecklen burir. as oins and resolutions which had passeu tnat body, vvbich were re- ierreti or otherwise disposed of. Under a suspension nf tho mioc by Mr. Seymour, the bill allowing mc iiuiuui Jiootvanu4-iadder com pany of Newbern to change its name iu me Jiecnamcs' Hook and Ladder Comp.any, passed its several readings. rETiTioics. Senator Grandy presented a peti- Jiuiii me jjoara Ol nmm s. i; -r- . . O v,aiuiiuu J.tepresentatives in Cnn gross to use their influence nrinCf the repeal of the Bank riUt. Lour was taken up and adopted. ' House bill to ch holding the Courts in thp iihk t... dicial District, was taken up and passed second and third readings House resolution in favor m?-11.0 suxeues 01 jesse aumner. bheriil .i uueomoe countv. for tho 1r-.,r 1 v 1 vll The resolution time and amended so as to make the resolution take efftw fr, after the payment of the State and county taxes, by the sureties : and passed third reading. The unfinished hnsi Ktll , u-u.S U1C win iu uuieuu nip present school were ever right, It was right in this case an me organizations were ta ken in this bill. It was true the organizations were entirely broken up and to pass this act it would take away a good deal of the rancor ana Ditterness or the parties, and hoped that every Senator would oie ior u witnout regard to party. Senator Harris next spoke in a forcible manner, and said his posi tion was well known as a general amnesty man. He thought if any one should be In the prison walls it ought to be the . organizers of these military societies. He paid a com pll ment to Mr. Morehead and members of the Assembly, and regretted that tho bill was introduced in its pres ent shape. He thought the Union leagues were an embodiment of average attendance for two months ; and no iruiu saia iuna for any school not maintained for at least two months. The question then recurred upon the recommendation of the Com mittee on Education that the fol lowing section be inserted as sec tion 25 : Sec. 25. The county commission ers of each county shall levy an nually a special tax for school nur- poses, which, together with the tax 1 levied in this act, shall be sullicient j to maintain one or more schools in ! each township for the period of four -! months. The said tax shall lected by the sheriff, and he sh iiil be subject to the Mine liahlliiifv, f(l- the collection and accounting rr - r v saia tax, as ne is or may be by law mittee to investigate th Ia.u. postponed, and the rennrh cruelties in the Penitentiary, to sit n O"1'"'16 on Privileges and anrn nrrn rtfir. -it - . Ll1 r"W""W"'"nwtw-tham-Kyii Vhnoosri 1 1 . 1 .1 1 kwri rtir.iv. , T . . v " us "c w ur may ue OV law loyalty to thb country, while the I in regard to other county. ThesahJ passed. . .-i:fj,., , BILLS INTRODUCED. .'ii a tor Flem minir. n h!ll in amend an act to incorporate the town of Catawba Vale in McDowell county. Referred, j Senator Seymour: a bill tn hibit the sale of ardent spiiits to minors. Referred, j ; Senator Troy, a bill concerning the Justices of the Peace in Cross Creek township in j Cumberland county. Referred. ! cH.aiur iiarns, a bill to re-enact section 5G8, chapter 7 'laws of 1SG3-' 01). Referred. I toenator Mabson, a ibill to incor ponite the Cape Fear Water Works Company. Referred. I RESOLUTIONS. Senator Cunninsrhrfm. tion authorizing the a resolu- Board ofEd- f. iViaoson. member nf tho. ir., of Representatives from Edgecombe county, was taken up. 3Ir. Abbott moved thnf i., sideration of the report be postpon ed and made special order for Mon day next at 11 a. m. ..v. vjuo lue niotion to postpone. Mr. Badger favored the motion to postpone. The minds of members are now trained for the consider V- law , that is a very important mat ter, and should have precedence to this or any other report. Mr. Moringand Brown, of Meck lenburg, oppasenl the motion tn was lost yeas 45 (itizen of Edgecombe county, that der wIlit-"h created considerable dis I cannot see how there can be twn cussion as to which took nrecedence opinions on this subject, and I shall anfI t,ie L'hair decided the special vote to reject the report of the Com- order, when Senator LoVe appealed mittee. irom the decision of the Chair. The Mr. Gorman said that he'did not nair being sustained the special luieuu 10 enter into this debate. oruer was uiKen up. rr Kl ffAllflAtvinn ... T W I I At Vi 1C1X1"" ,IUUJ -"AecKienourg special ordeu ijxi. J3iuwn,; nas said that there The bill to incorporate the Mid are but two horns to this dilemma, land N. C. Railway Com nan v. hav- ami we must take one of the t wo. ing been considered as far as section Aiix.-i.xs are two questions in this ens a one 01 iact and one of law. We are not nere to decide the question ui iaw , we are to decide the ques was a citizen twelve month? "cvl.lu" 111 AO'- Ane question of entitled, an act for amnesty uiciuuiuai urancn oi this oaruon. c-oncurred in. government, and not lor the Legis- Mr. Brown, of Davidson said thnf . - --, " neaiu not taKe a part in this dis cussion as a nartizan : fie cjiiiri the attention of the House to the iacts 01 the case as reDorted hv tho wiiHiiiucc, auu iook tne position mat iur. aiaDson was a eirizn nf law, ratified 12th of Februarj-, 1872, was taKen up. j Mr. Blythe moved that the un finished business be nostnoned five minutes, to take up a private bill. Mr. Ciorman moved that the un finished business be nostnoiied for thirty minutes. j j Ihe motions to postpone was Inct i I The school bill wa3 taken tip. The question being the recom mendation of the Committee to in sert new sectionsnumbered ,25, 2G, and 27, as amended. i ! Mr. Shaw ottered a proviso to sec tion 25. Lost. I i Mr. Shaw only voting in ithe af firmative. I ; as amended, was s.-ii:.'iiiai cl. '!' hundi(i.' whose la ? lid "1 .r IS of fact whether Mr. Mabson 01 jcagecombe for prior to the August 6, it was resumed. Some time bavins-been taken im. O 4,. A " . ... . ' ' oenaiur Avera movea mat the fur tnei consideration of the bill be postiwned and it be referred to the committee on Internal Imnrove- ments, in order to take un the bill and Section adopted. Mr. Waugh moved to amend sec tion 26 so as to leave the! employ ment and pay of teachers to the school Committees. Adopted. various other amendments were introduced, adopted and I voted down ;i and the bill passed second reading. Mr. Ellison offered an amendment to compell parents and other per sons havinsr control of ehildrpn. to send such children to school for four months: and I in case of failure, that the parents and other famy. persons, be guilty of a misde- to do meanor. Mr. Ellison advocated the adon tion of the amendment, i ther liiiu'i viclii 1 - was torn by t Tie cruel h red upon their hanjd.4. But the sneaking purpose ol tl.(..-e who j)roiose lo ':iss this urdioly law is attempted to be coverul uj, and the cloven foot of the devil. in carnate to be hid, tinder the pretext that this bill is offered in a spirit f peace and christian charity ami forgiveness, by embracing witliiii i:.i provisions a proposition to j.ariit'ii members of the Union Leu, j.-, Heroes of America, Red String, &c, &e. Out upon I such hypo r;.-. DOWN WITH THE "DAMNKli"' PHARISAICAL PROPOSITION. No Union Leagiier, or Hero of America or Red String asks for tin? passage of any sucii law. Theyd i not want any such law enaefd., They have done nothing to ask r don from this Legislature for. 'Noiw of them have fled from the State, -r are lying outin the woodier lurking 11 hiding places tolescaj)e the penal ties of any law. None of them deny leir connection with those organi zations'. Arrestthem if you dare, (r them if you choose,' convict them if you can. They have no fears, nor nothing to fear. No, this bill is not for their relief; never would it have been introduced or even thought of, had it not been that many coward ly Ku Klux were to be rescued from tho avenging " hand of un outraged law. There are .no fears that any Republican will I cast his vote for this blear-eyed in- No Republican will dare- any such reckless act. llitf honesty, his patriotism, his brin- j ciples, his religion and self-respect, all forbid it. Then let them show .CAigecomoe county. Taking it for granted that Mr. Mabson i did vote in Beaufort county in 1871, we are not nere to try a case of a criminal nature. That is not our -nrnvinro The committee offered an amend out of section words, "or who niav mitted. any crime aerainst Carolina." Senator Allen, from the commit tee, explained the amendment having been inadvertently inserted. rPV .A ... . 1 A. T . . j.nc iiiiitimium, was auoDiea. Senator Hy man offered an amend ment to section 1, which was lost. benator feeymour offered an amendment to section 1. to ex-cent have committed the The amendment was los The bill passed second reading: their nnnrecintinn nf tiu'a iinih.u-. hcoSt SSSoSS nS'at" jl and hypocritjeal inst ; North A- M: i tion by moving and to strike iruiu ine aiojxsTiiOHiTY ail that pari Adjourned. those who IT- J . . . . X - V . . -. I 1 k 1 ( Tn n f t t . . . a . . . . I I . 1. . . . c ivuctiuc mereiy upon the crime ot murder, arson, rape and question of fact whether Mr. Mab- burglary." v son was a citizen of Edgecombe for Mr. Allen spoke on the bill and twelve months before the election against the amendment. He could r . and "'ot-whether not agree with Mr. Seymour that MT. jMabSOn Violated the electirm tlmmpmbNnf tlm TTn!;,nT j postpone. Ihe motion nays 53. f Mr. Badger moved to postpone until to-morrow at 12 m. Last- of the report and defended the re port of the Committee. The report was adopted veas 50 nays 4'J. UNFINISHED BUSINESS. House bill to amend the school law ratified 12th February,! 1872, being unfinished business of yester day, was taken up. The question being on the motion of Mr. Badger to insert the words "in money' "in line G4, after the word "Sheriri'.,, 3Ir. Anderson of Clay, moved the House go into Committee of the Farm-Yard Scrans. A Here's your rat proof corn crib f Make your sills souare. sav 10 ins-hau. c-ir - . - r 1 lnto and block out from these ko that the joist will be even, or face iwith the top ; the floor then rests on these sills'so that there is no place for the rat to stand, to cut his way through the floor. And a-s a further preventive have your post, upon which the house i to iW, three leet long; hink them into the ground G inches, this will leave thecrlbjsoYiKlies anove irrounu. af tho ,-in, ,,r ,-.t i of go into Committee of the whole on the school bill. Lost- yeas 40 nays 50. . . 1 ! .ur. Jones of Caldwell, reported the amendment made by the Com mittee of the whole on yesterday which was adopted, and the amend ment offered by Mr. Badger was adopted. the Foscue family and other outra ges known to have been committed by members of the Union League, but could not say they were com mitted by orders of the Leagues. He insisted that the bill had been introduced for the purpose of re storing peace to the country, and would vote against the amendment. Senator Morehead, of Gudford, thought the bill should be passed as it stood, the amendment would strike out all the advantages of the bill. Senator Flemming spoken in a spirited manner against the amend ment and insisted that it was the duty of this Legislature to restore goodfeeling and peace to the coun try. Senator Ilespess said he had read the bill carefully and thought it - - ,p vA tin, u Ui o the tin bein hard and smooth' the chievous little rascals can not! of it which professes to grant am nesty and pardon to those organi zations which were gotten ,up by members of the Republican party; and let them stand united and like a wall of fire against the passage the bill in any shape or form lot them enter into no unholy compro mise on this subject, no matter Uu .v much it may be sugar-coated nu sweetened up by the Ku Klux d r- tors, who are manipulating it. L-t ,t h q n tun q 0 f , evcryjiicm h cr m!s-'limi) animal owned! in tho York, Texas, over it, arid are completely b:ulk.-,u The nuiril.er of the horses' jln this country has more than doubloj Mnce and is estimated to have Lon 8,999,0. 0 in February last. They are estimated to have been worth $f 707 - average puce of each ueirig S,3 37. They are largest numbers in Xew Ok;. t 31 1... . i .i.iuiana, Illinois. Jowa. and Pft.M. sylvania-the great agricultural States of tho country. There are also in tho United States 2,270,300 mules, valued ai S3.342.229. The gross value of the hoises and mules of the whole country is vS0,,35,G32, compaired with 321,552 603 in oxen and other cattle.: ?320,408L'JS3 in milch o.nixa Sub t-ti tr.-7 I was one of the most monstrous pro- i 3133,733,828 in ho-s. ' f a" word in its favor 'W!-supporW it hy his vote, be published in d.ub.'- -leaded capitals arrl kept staridii)' In every Republican newspaper hi the State until the next election, .- that all may know what member-of this General Assembly are or ha been membersof this Ku Kluv Khui. No other than a Ku Klux can or will j support any such inspiration .of the 'Devil. If however it does becom'' j.aiaw by the votes ,of Democrat i-- probability it members, as in all will, then let Ihe Republican mem bers enter tbtir solemn protested the journals against jit and hold a caucus forthwith, and write in a petition to the Congress of the United States to pass- no further
The Era (Raleigh, N.C.)
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