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in i 4 '' j ' Ff-M l rr.WlV",L:-J1! ..r.. . - - " : - : VOLUME LIV. (Continued from faurih'Fbtje.) Submitted the question totheCbair, Whether nint fHTins read the rule, which ia. in iub- the test vote as to the nassair nf th w. jtaucs, tfl ii uuu or reaoiatrona appropnat ing money, or of a public run, shtdl be read iirmt ttBM for fnfurutatiofi, and should not urv od sucli first reading, bo subject to amendment. reading. That is the requirement of theojij vu. u luugiwu wuuuum, , Durauvu. neu, now, Hero is a bill which re- , Wsli, sir. this rule applies to bills which are 1 !". thre-fifds of the Senate to pass it upon read a first time for information. But this bill i each of its several readme. Sn f. T V, i bow actuallj on its passage, and I am com- J oncarned, I am prepared to Tote. Other Sen ators, oowever, desire time CITT OF limmi ffJJDNESDlf HOMING, DECEMBER 15, 1852. helled to vote upon it. Mr. Caldwell. You could not show what the bill was, unless it were read. It is necessari ly read for information. -v-'- Mr. Lillington. That is true ; but with equal propriety may it be said, that bills .are read" a iseond and third time for information. Accor ding to this rule, howerer, in relation to the treatment of bills, they are upon their first rea ding, passed as a matter of course, because no rots by jeas and najs is required. Here the case is ainereni. a aeeisive Tote is required be fore the bill can be entertained. This is not such a bill as the rule contemplates. The Spea ker has alreadj deoided that this bill is an ex ception to the general rule, and being an excep tion in one respect, it certainly is in ail others. The yeas and nays, upon the appeal from the dtcision of the Chair, were taken, and resulted to Consider and tn prepare. I can have no possible objection to granting them the time they ask for. I consid er it is due to them that their request should be vompneu wiw, lor reasons that have transpired here to-day.' An amendment was offered and majority oi me senate decided that the bill F im Buujocs to amenoment at its present it lias is me rasu 1 7 lAn amn called on to vote upon the bill without having Mr. CaldwelL I would like to ask the Sena wr question, it the bill be now postponed until a particular day, will it, when it is taken up on mat day, be aubject to amendment Air. tvasbington. CerUmly jiot Senators will then be required to vote upon it, and hence I aav the srreater nin whir tharr .k.. l.i i o . r ' guuuw UBTQ - "-"jr w mis measure as the aemoefttts Also, a bill to im are whethar thaw m . r.. :.i i i . 1 cm ., ' . " ' 7. ." -"''"n? Pu quo, ooutn west branck;& VU"WUB. "My m unsio: ahd recomm.rt Hw.. . comes upon its second read- Mr. PaJm tntraA j . !7 ' Dy decision was J n opportunity to show cause why it should not . , t'JX ",f.,JU IW Present snape, it is peculiarly the Tbs quesbon again rtcurred potriie pas- IvUegaof the minority to give the reasons fox an of the bill on its first wading. their opposition toj the will of the majority I Mr. Woodfin. I suppose, sir, there is nothing tbmk the courtesy! asked for ought to be exten- eo very important about this bill as to require ed- I its instant passage, or to prevent its lying over M"- Gilmer. Fdo not mean to say how l for a single day. The Senate has refused to sha11 vote upon this question, whether the vote postpone it until Tuesday, and they have re- be taken now, or at the time indicated by the fused to postpone it until Monday. I want to motion of the gentleman. I suppose it will know whether the object is to force its passage mak hut little difference whether we vote now just st this moment. I propose to make it the or on future day. But I shall vote for the order of the day for Friday at 12 o'clock. postponement of the bill, because I think it is T.K ("et,on, uPon tfa motion to postpone right od I will assign my reason. The Sena- until Friday at 12 o'clock was negatived, yeas -tor from Wayne asked a similar courtesy on a Jr.?7' former occasion and he enlightened us with his The question again being upon the passage Tiews the subject, and now Senators are de- m u' m -a r rous of being heard in reply. The Senator air. iveiiy said. 1 am verv sorrv. sir. tn from Mecklenburg thono-ht the turn that the proceedings of this body have uPon the conduct of Senators who are opposed taken this morning. Could I have anticioatcd to the bill. 1 v Mr. Caldwell. If the gentleman will allow me, I will remind him that I was renlvinff to those who were complaining of the conduct of oonaiors on tnis side ot the House, who were in sisting upon a vote on this bill upon its first reading without a postponement. Mr. Gilmer. I am inclined to think that the spirit which actuates some gentlemen here is a km to that which prompts certain other gentle men who figure in the newspapers of the coun try to state thit this thing is going to be thrust very different from that which was pursued bv " In e.ther we are willing to them a few days a-o, when a bill of tKmP "wal,ow !t or n.ot- Jt wry evident that the nature was before the Senate lie Senator 7 PPS the actioQ some gentlemen from Wayne was thea dre oft JdS "S?- chter ,Th says "this I uvue, iJciitruLiv ri'iTirn iphq at what mav be the opinions of a majority of the people of iortn Carolina or their representatives. Sup pose that when the amended constitution in 18 3o was about to be adopted, containing a provi sion that when a further amendment was pro v. .c-rt,l k :n fiL. i , ... ... yj, Hie ui oi me pcopie snouid be brst indi cated by a vote of three-fifths in the Legisla ture, and that it should then be submitted to the pcopie at the next election, and receive the candid and fair support of two thirds of the voters, before it should be made a part of our organic law, and that the non-fulfilment of these requirements should indicate the will of the people to be adverse to such proposed amend ment ; and suppose some outsider had said this is not right, because whenever the majority in the General Assembly is changed, there will be a different view entertained, and when it comes to be known that the proposed amend ment will be opposed, every member of the op position will be marked and denounced, and the majority will have their opinions promulga ted in the journals of the day, and the word "shall" employed to denote the determination of those who have the power to coerce the will of the people, what would have been said by those eminent and patriotic men who were en gaged in forming our fundamental law? Would wiy nave quietly acquiesced ? Why is there that such a course would be pursued, I certain ly would not haye made, the motion I did to i postpone me special order. My sole object was to extend courtesy to those Senators who were desirous of proceeding with the ordinary mor ning business. I certainly did not anticipate . wnu us i ins wouia De spruno- upon us, and that we should be required to pass upon Ansa i"lF rhd ma t m j. " . ...v ., luipiiam measures tor so it i is regaroo Dy us iricnds that can come before us, in this summary manner. Sir, the course rff y Sentlemen ?n the other sMe, is nity to discuss the bill. narks BrSden mada ,ome explanatory re- M f'eUj -The Sntor got up in his place, sir and made it known to the Senate, that he wished to explain his views ; and I understand that the speech he made on that occasion was intended for my benefit, to produce conviction m my mmd. Pity it is. that it so signally failed. But, sir, I am always desirous of ob tain.ng light and information from whatever source it may come, and am alwavs willing to extend courtesy to any Senator ; and now, be fore we vote upon this bill. I want to H,v .opportunity to define tha noaitinn t Wo reference to this ouestinn -i, fiSL w 1 lU C."ng Vfce gentleman from AVayne, that he s n th wr.f; j J it T I trust the Senator will courtesy to others that he experienced at the hands of Senators on this side. I move that 5ft ii ?'t?,aed and mada the 8Pal or- Vol'" ?ln TSirL fm no eneu,y of this till. None at all I shall rote for it whenever it e up. liut, it occurs tn fllfk that tA MA u-v wu oenate ought to exhibit that douht, tha rrurndi Kill :n sdiscuss the question with gentlemen on the oth- ue, as imiy as they may desire. But as I me outset, the objections which I have to discuss it now. are objections that h erned deliberative bodies from time immemori al, i nave no wish to violate old established ruies. lnsrefore, 1 do not wish to go into a dis cussion of this bill at this time. ... 'h question on the motion to postpone un til Fridaw a 11 1 v. i. r . ok a - i j . " was, oj yeas z nays 25, decided in the negative. Before any further question was taken, A message was received from the House of vomnions, stating that they had laid upon the me proposition ot the Senate, to go into ox a supermcendent or lomto Schools. Alan innnntiAln 41 i. ii. tt UUUW118 uic noue concur in p.ojwsiuon 01 tne senate to raise a joint .u.u.vtT 10 wan, on tne uovernor and inform him of his election. Also a message transmitting the resignation of Judge Battle of his office of Judge of theSu- pwior uourt. On motion, the Senate adjoarned. imon Jiy which every Senator has a right to I do hope that the Senate will permit : cour- expeet permit the bill And I shall not ces soever that may be. r:u,acea ln m7 action upon it by any Sen m-L7-3 "umDer ot feenator8. But, I do not w wnat i tn K .j 1 ' . o "j luoouu, m.0 some , uisposea to ao, that we shall in 1. . , J yciiuinue Dill - r r w " v ub iue ume hv k 1 1 , . - . nator from Moore. I - shall vote th J Z C ' Deat and liaste about thi8 ? Why J..lf. for I am always dispo ed to favor a pS f n0te Pfd "act1 as the .titu- position that is made i accommodate natS th-al 'T ? Why a" these on either side of this Chamber: So far as I S ? ? 1 ?e,8"?' ?'r' t0 be heard "Pon the idiidualiy concerned, I am ready and"illin FTa' "J i ewrto h proper fioe af- to vou upon the bill now PSl viTM ?re-,l2? tobe h?ai,d before tb V' wneuerer it does come np. ooderwhitrinJ lu-i ,unn Carolina in detence ot the vote I yv 1 1 1 1' 1 1 i fxTnr rr mvA i . L . i : 1 1 1 . . w "jiuu mio uui wnon ll does come up to be voted upon. And, Sir, in reference to all these threats, I want to know who it is that arg represented by gentlemen thus denounced. I want the people to know who are denounced in the Senate of N'orth Car olina, upon a question like this, and by whom they are denounced. I want to defend myself against these attempts, I will not say to bully but to influence Senators in the votes they are called upon to give. What is indicated by the uiu.rajema wnicn we oDserve in relation to this bill ? Why was it abandoned where it first o riginated, and why was it renewed here ? Does this movement confirm what gentlemen profess friindj of this Till 'ourse Puf8ued by the to believe, and feel a consciousness, that the peo 9 remarkable V 0t,let s,de' iir is ve" Ple of North Carolina are in favor of the propo Thev ak f,,'.i ' Blr ' what do they saJ ? 8ed change in the oaganic law? I ask, and I de6ire gentlemen to ask themselves, is this pro position thus hastily pressed upon us in accor- to read a short nr. J. T P , me' Bir' aance Wlt& tna Passions of gentlemen who . . r--K"Yt uib .tuanuai oi HOUSE OF COMMONS. The House resumed th of the morning session of yesterday, viz: the Ul" provide lor the union of the Greenville and Roanoke and Petersburg Rail Road Com- nji niAs M Wn...:u . i r.. ... f rj. . "P""" p"nu in opposition to the u.im u iTxessrs. o. ij. liynum and K. M. Saun ders in support of it : after which. th WAfl tnlfnn rt . .. 11 "ii u35airo on iu ssonnn roitim. and was decided in the affirmative yeas 69 nays 28. ' Mr. Miller moved that a mnuair. v Wl tne senate proDOsinc to rra forthwith k eicouon or a senator. Mr. Marshall moved that the motion V. laM upon the table; but afterwards withdrew it at iue request oi Mr. McDugald, who urged upon .... uuuwj me importance ot going into the elec tinn It ha A Yin,., : I .1 . , I . . ""-- ween oiiiu, uu me omer side, on otner occasions, that this election interfered nn me Dusiness ot the .Legislature. He de sired gentlemen to remember this, and hoped fill llnmA.i.i -l - i. I 1 i i pariy woura aid mm in the ef fort tCi 1,1-1 r ,r rn U n 1 .. ! TT ,1-" . . vU dcuiion. xie Deneved an election could be made to-day; and the VVhirs were prepared to go into this election as well as u me omers wnich are to take place this ses ou. xxe aesired to see them all disposed of as soon as possible. xf ,V 7, ' 0 Ua8welI commenced a reply to Mr. McDugald, and stated that the reason for urging a delay was because of the absence of several gentlemen, some of whom minV rri couia not attend. Before Mr. H. concluded, The Speaker announced that the hour had arrived lor taking up the special order, viz: iub oin io lay on and establish a new county by the name of Blue Ridge. The question pending mo iiiuuua io reconsider the vote by which the amendment of Mr. Cook was adopted, which was to strike out the part of Wilkes in cluded in the bill. Petitions, very numerously signed, making several yards in length, both for and againsl the bill, were read to the House. . Mr. Cook addressed the House at length in opposition to the bill, and Mr. Gwynn took the floor, and spoke for some time in reply to Mr. Cook and in support of the bill, but before he had concluded, the further consideration of tha uui was suspended. The Speaker then announced that th knur had arrived for taking. up the next special order navigation of th iver, in the sounty Mr. Palmer intraiir.i Tr vir i ir . . 'ixnBuvu in tavur of VJarrel Kirk, late Sheriff f Stanly county read and referred to the rommitte on proposi tions and grievances, v Mr. McQleeee introduced a bill to repeal an act concerning the fisheries en the Suppernone " 6 ?aiita f Tyrrell and Washington, Mr. Clark introduced a bill eoncerninl the nnCofSdgecombeeonnty. , Tt- -" introduced a resolution in favor "'"o "JJell whch was read a first time. i Senate resumed the consideration of the The bill to Amend the constitution of North Carolina the Fr Suffr.o-. Kill The Question h,in a- bill on ita first Jeadins t it wan hv rn.ri fent, passed a firit reading, with a view to make mo opeciai eraer tor Vridnv tl9 in1sw.V J each day thereafter, until disposed of, which, on u aiaweil, was so ordered. On motion of Mr. Rvmim l. ; UlA fAanluliAn. . ri - r . " wuvernuigtne supremt and Su T4tlftSY Pm.. .jiL n. . Mr. Bynum addressed the Senate on the pro position embraced in the resolutions. Mr. Woddfin also addressed the Senate in fa vor of the nronositaori. Twh!. J 1 . r -r as, m uiiulo The report of the above mentioned remarks will appear hereafter. On motion of Mr. Broeden the niwl v.,11 to confirm a errant heretofore Stanmire was taken up and read a second time. Mr.- Thomas moved its nndhnAtiam.nt ...-til T- . , . . ST -t""iuuivm uuux r riday evening at 4 o clock. lhe motion was not agreed to. Mr. Thomas proceeded to address th SntA in opposition to the bill, and, before concluding the hour for a special order having orrii if yielded the floor ; and, b ' The Senate, in obedience to a previous order, took up the bill to incornoratfl a Knnt . Ply mouth, in the county of Washington. On motion of Mr. Bvnum. thin lull - poned, and made the special order for Monday, half-past 3 o'clock. J Cabtarrn8. Holeman Johnson, Joneg, Lowry,! -viiM gangers, OT jonnstoojyisinjmpocx, I . ."iu, omim, opruiu, styles, Teagua, Thorn- w 6Ui itJP.P' frner. ot Iredell, Wattera, r "nitenurst, Wiley. 31 Mr. Waugh moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was rejected, and Mr. D. Reid moved to lay this motion on the table ; the me- full. 1 iL . . 11 ... .. "u w on me taoie did not prevail yew 10. nun 99 v r J . Mr- Avery then moved that the further con sideration of the suhiet h Twwt.nnniul tn 19 n'. v-iuc. on rriday next, t'pon this motion Mr. Smith called for the yeas and nays, and it was decided in the affirmative yeas 57, nays 50. ll TBI RALEIGH REGISTER. PUBLISHED BY SBATON GALES, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, AT $2,50 IN ADVANCE ; OR $3 AT THE END OF THE TEAR. "Outs' art the plans of fair, delightful peace ; Umoarped by party rage, to live like brothers." SATURDAY MORNING, DEC. 11, 1852. THE LEGISLATURE. The proceedings in the Senate since our last issue furnish but few items of special interest. A proposition was made on Tuesday to go into the election of a General Superintendent of Common Schools, but it was laid upon the ta ble in the House. The bill introduced bv Mr T .... " Jjynum, to authorize the business of Banking under certain restrictions, upon the bonds of the State and of the United States, has been fa- vorauiy reported on by the committee. It Th ,;ii r Ul" to amena tue aLuivuiiaLtiiy in oiir v in mil s i nr. ... nal Imnrov nJh7. s" r". 1 1 OI tnis Btate. 8,mr to the , , HVUV. o iiirti Kjk uur, was Mllf . l a ocvuim lime. Mr. Steele offered an amendment, to annrn- pnate a certain sum for the improvement of the Pedee River and the Lumber River. rending the consideration of this amend. ment, On motion, the Senate Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Wednisdat, Dec. 8, 1852. Mr. Dargan, from the committee on the Judi ciary, to which was referred the bill to secure a Homestead Freehold to citizens of this State, reported the same back to the House and rec ommended its passage. On motion of Mr. Spruill, the bill was laid upon the table rind made the special order for Fridav next at 1 dock. " r The unfinished business of the morning ses sion of yesterday was resumed, vir- the Wlltn lay off and establish a pew county by the name of Blue Pvidge. The question pending was on tne motion to reconsider the vote by which the amendment offered bv Mr. Cook was adnntJrl Messrs. Puryear, Dobson, Gwynn, and CcLk auuressea tne House, the latter gentleman1 in opposition to the hill. - w vvuicr au OUUHUlb ot it- fCarmichael commenced addressing tne Clause in suDDort of the hfll when The Speaker ann'onncMnhat ttift r.ftni hart armed tor taking up the first special order, viz: the bill in relation tn tha Snn..;n. f 1 viz : the bill to incorporate the North Carolina Courts ; which, on motion of Mr. Carmichael -..v. xmuruitu vompany ine ques- postponed and made the order of tho day v -"o "" vu omcuumeui oaerea oj I V1 cuuesuaj next at LZ o clock, Mr Avery. The next special order, viz : tha hill to . mend the Constitution of the State, on mot inn Stnators seem mto this question now, RirhmaST 'nst0n; Like the Senator from Richmond. I am a fr .n,l r,r v.:n j . .. VOU fnr it 1 l"10 Uiu Ila snu Bui it J, Wlle.n1ever 14 comes to be voted upon. of tha h,. 1 b; , eu on we 0Ujer side question, and I am n far r.f oii.: t,m. theyf sk for As a friend rfA. m willing .to extend thia cr.. rtav Mr Caldweli. end this courteav. The course nursned liv tha hev a.lr f. "i i ' wnai t" they say? SH.Vik.f.r7IelJr '? a matter of courtisy to- ard themselves, bill For what ? Is not I nurnnan ' i-. . r I i ypuu iis arst reading ? Allow me. sir. WrpSfe10 sW cbge they at the same UlissW"? uPon Viators on this side- tors of consti H that a b 11 Tonld T" herd tn,??d from Wa4ne the qution, when he was h hich it i. TJi, n,... manner Ulking about the! power of the majority, do you R:n . proposed to tr. th; k;h ti.. ki.i i uV- i- ' .. JX X lul" is now nn,.r. ;, say they are the time constitutK iiends of the people, and who retuse to trust them in mat- nal amendment. I put to my r . . . jir. Uarmichal moved that the special order be laid upon the table, that the House mirht proceed with the bill to lay off and establish the county of Blue Ridge ; but the motion did not prevail. Mr. Avery then addressed the House at some length in support afjthe.bill and in explanation of the amendment jjjand was replied to by Mr. Cotton, who opposed the bill. Mr. Holeinan ifioved to amend the amend ment by striking out the two last sections, which uuuiorize tne counties interested to subscribe, after a majority of the voters in each have de cided in favor of it, and raise the amount by taxation. Mr. Holcman made some remarks in favor of his amendment, to which Mr. Avery replied ; after which Mr. Fagg took the floor, and stated that it was his wish to make some remarks in support of the bill his determination in refer ence to it, and his motto, being " victory or death." To enable him to do so, he moved that the further consideration of the1 subject be post poned until to-morrow at 12 o'clock ; which mo tion prevailed. The Speaker presented a communication from the Hon. William H. Battle accepting the place on the bench of the Supreme Court, to which he had been elected, and resigning his seat on the Superior Court bench. On motion the commu nication was sent to the Senate. The consideration of the bill to establish tho county of Blue Ridge was again resumed, and Mr. Gwynn concluded his remarks in support ot ll, kk. Tu" "8 nrst r- aain2 befo The reading: ; it must nass n U . I . . Ptcn Ke .IT',' "rn reacn 8taSe at which L!t. mended. A pronosition ftm-r. ! clearW VleT:5d fProPtion to postpone Mr. CaM-i J parliamentary Jaw. ' Ptrliamen rea? a P"8 from the Manual .ptrhamenury law, having reference to thi. first re,7' here ho continued, is a bill upon of th l -g,-tand gentlemen are complain W Lt J? fJOnty-in ,his a0. hecauso they ItStTJh Whypotpone it? FoJr: 'nly nogrnnnVi P8tPned ? It is nece "ntiWuture ' W'thouta motion to postpone, t will da' for 860011(1 "ading. Then U b. r,TQ f01S di8Cussion and amendment. nnJ r ! Pn?d t0 a day C6rtai precisely Joui3Kp.M" made now. What, then, ll Bef. V-1" P08tPonement ? Nothing at "elide, thia mnrlo ne a: : P-.. tbe practlce of aI1 dehberative "nurv u yr usaSe contrary to parlia viU allow T hop.e' ercfore, the Senate )iU- I shouM uTl0a to, b0 token WPoatbe ,fourte. t k" th6 Ve la8t to "fuse an act I0 Senators on that side of the House Jifclt S ?KC0Vert means of accomplishing Mr wWuPclled to oppose the postponement. nk?.afh,nSt0"J The parliamentary law W I fn T1 V the &nator from Meck-ThisaPart-nnd' n0t aPPJ this wen the nraotmA i j a mi a vt-mu HI LflllH 'oposinir befor. .I: e."0" amendments T A bill vote of two-th;;. friend of the till, hold that when the people of North Carolina have expressed their will upon the question of . " o uuTtfuur, or any otner question, the minority are not bound to acquiesce in, and carry out their decision? I asked him if he believed a majority were in favor of Free Suf frage. He said no. His opinion was that a majority was in favor of the present provisions of the constitution. Well, Sir, notwithstand ing that, he refuses to let this bill lie over for a single day that gentlemen may make up their mind upon it. Why if it had been offered here under the decision of the chair that it was in order, and with the full knowledge that it would be supported by so many, that those friendly to the bill, and those opposed to it, would let it pass, nemine contradicente ; but is that the course they adopt?" A friend of the bill gets up and says the vote upon tbe first reading shall be a test question. Gentlemen are not consistent, they ask for a test vqte with out debate. Why not allow some little time to prepare ? Mr. Caldwell. It is no part of my business to vindicate those who choose to vote for Free Suffrage ; nor do I propose to vindicate Editors, or those who write for newspapers ; they can take care of themselves. They are responsible for what they say, and, indeed, I do not sup pose that any thing newspaper-writers may say can influence the vote of a single member of ei ther branch of the Legislature of North Caroli na. I know the Senator from Guilford has no idea it can. What they may choose to say, in reference to those Senators who oppose this measure, is a matter of but little moment. And so far as the discussion of this question is con cerned, whether the democratic party are more friendly to Free Suffrage, than our Whig friends axe -J know there are a great many who are SENATE. Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1852. M r. Boyd introduced a bill, accompanied bv a statistical table respecting the same, to appor tion uib ineuiuers oi tne nouse ot Commons. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Gilmer introduced the following resolu tions, viz : Whbrias, the Charter of the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Company, passed at the last session of the General Aseembly, has been ac cepted, and the suits heretofore ordered to be brought against the stockholders of tha old com pany have been dismissed by the Governor in pursuance of said act, and the costs pf the same remain unprovided for, and whereas Counsel was employed by the State, to aid in the pros ecution of said suits, whose compensation has never been fixed or paid : Therefore, Resolved, That it is referred to the committee on the judiciary, to enquire, and report what is a just compensation to counsel, and also a resolution to pay the same, together with all costs for which the State may be justly liable. The resolution was read and adopted. Mr. Caldwell introduced a bill to incorporate the Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio Railroad com- any read and referred to the committee on aternal Improvements. Mr. Bower introduced a bill to extend the time for perfecting titles to lands heretofore en tered read and referted to the committee on the judiciary. i Air. Lane introduced a bill to incorporate the Ashboro' and Salisbury Plank Road Company. Mr. Bynum introduced a bill to. incorporate the Rutherford and Cloaveland Plank Road com pany; Mr. Thomas, from the'eommittee on Internal Improvements, reported a resolution in favor of J. It. Anderson, which wasread a first time. Also, a bill to incorporate tha New River Ca nal company, of Mr. S. P. Hill, was postponed to one o'clock wuay. Mr. Carmichael thea resumed and nnrlnded nis remarks in favor of the bill to establish the county of Bine Ridge, to which Mr. Cook, by The motion to reconsider prevailed, and the amendment was rejected. The question then recurring on the passage of the bill, Mr. Mathews offered an amendment proposing to strike out that part of the bill which provides for attaching a portion of Stokes to the county of Surry. Upon this amendment a discussion again ensued, in which Messrs. Cherry, McNeill and Carmichael participated. Mr. Dortch then moved ihi.the bill be indef initely postponed ; which motion prevailed yeas 54, nays 47. On motion of Mr. Leach, the resolution offer ed by him in relation to the Public Lands, which passed the House some time since, was sent to the Senate with a request that they con cur therein. . Mr. S. P. Hill, frota the committee on the Ju diciary, reported the engrossed bill to incorpo rate the Bank of Charlotte, and recommended its passage. Mr. Iloleman offered an amendment to strike out that portion of the bill which requires the holders offhe notes to take an oath before they are paid "j .which amendment was adopted. Mr. Adams moved that the bill be indefinite ly postponed : whereupon Messrs. S. P. Hill. Black and R. M. Saunders addressed the house in support of the bill. Mr. Adams then with drew his motion, which was renewed by Mr, -uarsnau, and was decided in the negati yeas 28, nays 76. The bill then passed its second reading. Mr. Phillips, from the committee on Internal improvements, reported the bill to incorporate the Locksville and Hillsborough Plank Road isompany, and recommended iu passage. Laid on the table. j Thb Frek Suftrace Bill. The bill to amend the constitution of North Carolina was taken up on its first reading. Mr. Hill moved that the bill be postponed to Wednesday next at 12 o'clock. After some remarks from Messrs. Cherry and Collins, in support of the motion, and from Mr. S. P. Hill in opposition to it, the question was decided in the negative yeas 47, nays 62. The question than recurring on the nassaa of the bill, the vote stood yeas 64, nays 33. The bill, not having received the constitu tional majority of three fifths of the wholeHouse, did not pass. Those who voted in the affirmative were Messrs. Allen, Avery, Barco, Barrett, Black, .Blow, Jiryant tfynum, of Chatham, Cynum, of Northampton, Byrd, Chesnut, Christmas, Cor bett, Dobbin, Dobson. Dortch. Dunn. Durham. Ellis, Foreman, Gaither, George, Gwynn, Haw kins, Herring, Hill, of Caswell. Hill, of Dunlin. Jarvia, Lander, Long, of Caswell, Love, J. F. Liyon, W . tx. Lyon, Martin, Marshall, Matthews, Mills, Mooring, McDugald, McNeill, Norfleet, Pegram, Phelps, - Phillips, Puryear, Reid, of Duplin, Reid, of Rockingham, Rives, Russell, oaunaera, ot Wake, Sauls Scales, Shemll, Strange Stubbs. Sutton. Tolson Walton. Ward. Wheeler, Williams, of Greene, Williams, of War ren, Wilder, Wood. 4. Those who voted in the negative were Messrs. Albertson, Alford, Amis, Brook, Cald welL of Guilford, Carmichael, Cherry, Collins, firwin, juurvxurr, uouwin, narnt, ot will constitution Free Suffrage bill which had been rejected in that body, was also introduced by Mr. Berry. The bill was made the order of the day for Friday, (to-day.) On Wednesday, the resolutions of Mr. Bynum to abolish the present Supreme Court, to make ten judicial circuits, and to establish a Court of Conference in place of the Supreme Court, after some discussion, was rejected. The most interesting items in the House pro ceedings of Tuesday and Wednesday, are the re jection of the Free Suffrage bill on its first rea ding, the indefinite postponement of the bill to establish a new county by the name of Blue Ridge, and the discussion of the bill to incor porate the North Carolina and Tennessee Rail Road Company. In regard to the first of these the Free Suffrage bill it stands, at the time of writing this, in a singular position in the TT . nouse. Mr. augh, who voted against the passage of the bill, for the pwpose of moving a reconsideration, moved t6 reconsider the vote by which it was rejected, and Mr. Ileid, of Du plin, moved to lay the motion to reconsider up the table ; which the House refused to do by a vote of 92 to 10. And then, upon motion of Mr. Avery, the further consideration of the sub ject was postponed to Friday at 12 o'clock, by a vote of 57 to 50. In this state of the case, can the House, under the rules of order, recon sider on Friday ? We do not believe, indeed, that Mr. Waugh's motion to reconsider can be cmuwiucu ui au. aui, li entertained, accor ding to the decision of the Chair, (Col. Paine temporarily occupying it,) in 1848, and of Mr. Speaker Dobbin in 1S50, it will require three fifths to reconsider? The present Senate, were so fully convinced of this fact, under the pre vious decisions, that, at the beginning of this session, a different rule was adopted. None such has been adopted by the House. The discussion upon the bill to establish the County of Blue Ridge was quite animated" Messrs. Gwynn, Puryear, Carmichael, and Dob son a3vocating it, and Messrs. Cook and McNeill opposing it. The action of the House upon this bill, as well as the action of the Senate, shows that there is little disposition on the part of the Le gislature to make new counties. Mr. McNeill, of Robeson, in the debate to which we have re ferred, expressed a desire that the House should act with the same boldness and decision that the Senate had, in refusing to make new counties said that the number was now eighty-one, and at eighty-one it should be kept. Mr. Carmich ael, in reply, said that his people would not cease asking a new county that the Legisla ture would get no rest until their just demands were complied with. Messrs. Avery and Cotton are the only gen tlemen who have yet addressed the House upon the bill for the extension of the North Carolina Road to the Tennessee line the former in sup port ot the Dill, and the latter in opposition to it. Its further consideration was postponed to Monday next at 12 o'clock, when Mr. Fagg baa the floor. It will be seen that the locofocos are not disposed to take another vote for Senator, since their fright on Monday and this, too, notwithstanding they were so zealous in urging a few days ago the importance of disposing of this election at once. Truly "circumstances al ter cases." P. S. Thursday's' Proceedings are omitted. In the Senate, the bill introduced by Mr. Wood- fin, in the early part of the session, making a general appropriation for purposes of Internal Improvement, was debated by himself at consid erable length, and with much ability. The same bill comes up to-day, (Friday,) when Mr. Gilmer is entitled to the floor. In the House, a bill, relating to the call of a Convention, was debated by Messrs. Leach, of Davidson, CaldwelL of Guilford, and Hill, of Duplin. "FREE SUFFRAGE." The defeat of teK&tZSl&i KH haaWrwi. the Editor of the " Standard" into a spasmodic 4 or wrath and indignation, Th High Priests ot the Farty, and especially His Excellency de jure, appear to be m deep distress I AH hope of vouooiauon nas fled, and a heavy cloud of des pondency has settled upon tho futare plans and prospects of the "unterrified." And this brourfit about, too, by one of their own household ! "Bt tu Brute!" drops in deep, gattaral tones from tne ups of every one, who, confidine in the now cr.B.mi inianiuility of the "Standard," had, but a week or two since, proclaimed with an arro gant air of triumph, "Free Suffrage SHALL pass !" It is well knnwn tt.. thm C.-t- t nr.. ... u . uiV UVUAHfl iruul TT or- ren, (Mr. Edwards,) was elected on the ground of his opposition to this measure. He and his friends, no doubt as true "Democrats" as any in the State, made that the main issue in the campaign. TEis was known to the Prty, when the Legislature convened, and with such knowl edge they voted for him for the Soeakershin of the Senate On Friday but, the vote was taken he FwSnffrgT BiU, Sbd stood 33 r and 15 against it. The vote of Speaker Edwards for tne measure would have given the constitution al majority. But true to the principles hs pro fessed before his constituents, and shrinking from no just responsibility, his vote was with held, and Free Suffrage was defaated ! By this act, dono in accordance with the will and wishes of Jiis constituentsMr T,i,-.i Ajunaiuii kliWS brought himself under the heavy and callino- fire of his own Party battery. The "Standard" pours ....v, uim mui a most terrinc ven geance : "The Speaker (Edwards) in declining to vote DELIBKRATEI.T DEFEATED THE BILL! If ht had voted in the affirmative the bill would have passed." Afjain : "This is no time to argue the question. A g.uai principle ot tree government has been out ragea iramjjiea down, spurned from the Senate vuanioer, Dy tne arroga.nt and sxlf sufficient J.nea how stands the matter ? If the Speak er s yote could nave secured the passage of the bill anfl Via 1 nl !ii l.ij . wimuem mat vote, was not the bill defeated by the Speaker t Of course this is the very conclusion to which the "Stan, dard" has come. There is, however, another sequence resulting from this admitted fact which the "Standard" and his Party cannot evade, viz : llmt ih hill vti a J I... . r. . .... . ... w .wycuci uy a uemocrai rnis very Democrat the Party voted to place in tha Speaker's Chair, endorsing the genuineness of his Democracy, and giving weight to his opin T .11 i . ions on an suDjects, whether connected with State or National politics, by clothing him with the honor and power of a high office ! How can rlio 1.... ;n .. C ... .1 . . .uao m wo dtuaw snnnic.irom the re sponsibility of this endorsement ? They knew his opinions, he made no concealment of them, no is above such concealment, but in the face of such facts, they gave him high station, en dorsed his sotradneM as a Democrat, and yet whilst it is admitted that he defeated Free Suf frage, the Organ of the Party, good at all the tricks and chicanery of partizan warfare, would fain make the impression that Whigs and Whigs only should be held accountable for this result 1 But the "Standard" cannot now retrace his ateps. He baa himself fixed the responsibility. "Let every tub stand on its own bottom." But what will honorable men in the State, be they Democrats or Whigs, think of the appeal which is made bv the "Standard" to the basest passions and prejudices of the human heart ? More than one third of the Senate are denounced as the "arrogant and self-sufficient few," be cause, under their responsibility to their constit uents and the sacred obligations of their oaths v. r. . a . i . . ' "ucj iciuoo w fjne iiiuir asseni to a measure which their judgments da:-not approve, or which, whether their judgments1 approve or not, they believe to be against the wishes of those thev represent! wno are those "arrogant and self- sufficient tew 7" Do they not hold their seats in the Senate by virtue of their election bv their constituents, and the provisions of the Constitu tion wnicn are still in torce ? As such, have they not rights, and is not one of them, the rilit to vote as their judgments may direct? Are they bound to substitute the conscience and judgment of the "Standard" and iu demagogi cal "pets" for their owa ? Shall they, (could they, being honest men,) surrender the rights of their own constituency, whenever the storm of popular excitement may be raised by the dema gogues of the State ? Where will all this end ? Will it not Bespit in ruin to our peace and pros- neritv ? WSin trill darn Kfsni? in tho !.. a. WflAX.2ta!t.,-t -The Ponstitntion, providing n&s4 cf its amendment by Legislative aaetM&V In quires that a proposition to amsnd ib3L -liv passed, at one session, br a vote Amx of the members of each Hons ; and that after the question shall nave been before tK. i! two years, it must als. bo passed by tweSrf. of th succeeding Legislature. - Th. o-ostion of Free Suffrage, by thi, Ugi Udive Ho)dment9 has been fairly tried, and V ,M;wr to be dsnet If Frs iuflrags had prevailed this time, the Coostit. tion further requires that it should have bee submitted to tho people for their sanction an h. ratification. Now that it is defeated, under thia mode, does not the question remain with th people to say, in the election of members te tha " next Legislature, whether they wish U ra the mode? Whst regard hevs they for tho opudoni aal ' rights of the people, who, in tbe present state of things, turn around and declare to the eon- -titutional majority, that they vill tk. peopls of th Stat, agaia. into th i- decided, -without waiting their instruction a another election? How much regard hT. fi ir ldnri.lalivA . J l .. . , - "'cnuuieui, according to the Con- titution? The truth is, those who thus tempt, byforee of circumstances to dragoon members out of the course thus prescribed bj the Constitution, indicate their contempt forth will of a majority cf tho psopls. They will to fuse, w. will warrant, to let tbe poopie be con- nay more, what shall be thought of those who abuse hottest men for discharging what they be. lieve to be their duty to their constituents and the PEOPut at large, and arrogantly xcle5i that all who differ with them " SllALL" b exterminated? Sampson, in th rcise of his strength, destroyed himselk What has happened once may happen again? Have not the impracticability, delav nnrl pense of Legislative amendment of the Consti uuuu neon muy demonstrated 7 " We pause," &c. perityT Who will dare stand in the breach when the day of trial comes in reference to the maintenance of other great principles and rights, if these men, thus acting, are to be made the victims of popular prejudice? "The arrogant ftw J" It has ever been, the cry of the leveller and agrarian. It is a mirror in which the heart of the Editor of the "Standard" can be plainly seen ! "The self-sufficientyeir" So will every man be regarded in future, who may stand in the breach against the innovations of reckless partisans who, to carry out their schemes of self-aggrandizement, would trample under foot the laws and Constitution ! Has the conserva tive spirit of our free Institutions fled forever ? Are the Representatives of the People to have a "higher law" than the Constitution and tha will of their constituents, prescribed as their rule of action, viz : the edicts of an irresponsible Party Press, which assumes, by appeals to the worst prejudices, to dictate and control the action of all the branches of Government? We again ask, where is this to end ? What other compromise and check of the Constitution will not be assailed, ere long, in the same way? Will not those who shall be found standing up for the protection of the property of the slave owner be also denounced as "the arrogant and self-sufficient few ?" There is no "barrier over which Partizan infatuation and intolerance will not leap 1 The poor against the rich 1 The rich against the poor 1 The many against the few ! These are the outcries of the factionist and dis organizes They begin with professions of love for liberty they end in despotism ! A HORRID- MURDER. Letters were received here, last week, front Hyde, Tyrrell and Beaufort Counties, stating, that Washington Carrowan, a citizen of Hyde County, of some fifty years of age, and many years a Baptist Preacher, lately, on some frivol ous pretext, knocked his wife down with a chair and beat her with it until the chair broke to pieces, and then seized a large stick and con tinued to beat her, until a man named Lassiter who boarded in the house, interfered to prevent her being murdered. Whereupon, Carrowan took his gun to shoot Lassiter ; but he disarmed him and left the house. A few days afterwards, say on the 15th of last month, Lassiter chanced to go by the faoQS which stood near the Public road, when Carro wan, seeing him pass, took his gun and ran through his field to cut him off, and overtook him in the savannah and shot him dead then took up his victim, and carried him some half mile into the swamp, and threw him tVlm iiw into the mud, and stamped him below the sur face of the mud, and covered him over with brush, and then ran off. and maAm hm from the County and eluded pursuit When last seen, he was at Washington enquiring the war to the Wilmington Rail Road, and it is surmoss has pushed for the Soilth V I'M ll. forma. He had been a hard working man and accumulated some five or six thousand dollar worth of property. He had been married three times, and has children bv nah mLm.i . horrible to tell, circumstances ha now Lm. out, that strongly indicate, that both of hi. A a. ceased wives came to their deaths by his hands It Mr. Lassiter was an educated man, very much of a gentleman, and was emnlovod in tonkin., Geography upon some new principle ; and had noi ueen long in llyde County. It is to be hoped that the fleeing murderer will notsucceed in making his escape from justice. J5 Our advertising friends must bear with us. A large number of their favors are una- Voldably crowded out this week. ay- The Bank of the State has declared s Semi-annual dividend of 'five per cent. - gggges BANK OF THE STATE OF. NORTH CARO LINA. A Dividend of Fivi pxs cast, has this day been declared on the Capital Stock of this Bank for the last six months payable at the Principal Bank on the first Monday in January next, and at the Branches fifteen days thereafter. , . , C. DEWEF. - Raleigh, Dec. 10, 1862. td 101 ,'i Standard and Star till first Monday in Janua next. SOUTHERN BOOKS, f JEFFEKSON'S Memoirs and Correspondence, 4 vols, 8 vo. Lee's remarks on Jefferson's writings, 8 vo. Virginia Resolutions and Debates' of 17V8'-9, 8 vo. Proceedings and Debates of the Va. Convention, 1829-30, 8 vo. Plantation and' Farm Instruction, Regulation, Record, Inventory and Account Book, 4 To. Rev. J. D. Blair's 8er-' mons, Octavo. Constitution of Va, 1851, 8 Vo. For Sals At the N. a Book Store, By H, D.TURNER. Raleigh, December 1851. lot A Clerk Wanted. CLERK is wanted in the Post Office at Ral-. eigh, N. C. He must write a (rood business hanctv and to ona, who will give satisfaction, good -wages will be paid. Address the si ibscriber at Ral- : eigh. WM. WHITE, P. MV - , Dec. 9, 18o2. St 101 We are requested to state, that persons coming to the Temperance Convention, to be held in this city, on the 15th insL, will be pass ed over the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, com ing and returning, at half price. A similar arrangement has been mads with the Wilmington Road. CONGRESS THE MESSAGE. Congress has, of course, done nothing thus far, except to perfect its organization. , We publish the greater portion of the Presi dent's Message, in our issue of to-day only omit ting such portions as are not of general interest No one can rise from its perusal, without ad miration of its ability and of its conservative and patriotic sentiments, and without a full convic tion that the President has at heart the true glory of the Country, and knows, and feels and rejoices in, the fact, that she is the noblest empire upon the face of the Earth. - . JUST RECEIVED. , 15 Barrels Mercer Potatoes, 300 lbs. Codfish, ; Salmon, Mackerel, Herring, &c, &c. 5 dozen Beef Tongues. 50, Boxes Sperm,' Adamantine and Tallow Can- dles; 10 Barrels Family Flour. HE5RYKEIM. - Raleigh, Dec. 10th, 1852. 101-tf 'r-i 1 "W3 Notice. APPLICATION will be made at the present session of the Legislature of North Carolina j to incorporate a company, to be called the Rock Fish Plank Road Company. Dec. 10, 1852. lm lOf $500 Wanted. THE above sum of Five Hundred Dollars!. '; wanted for one year, from 1st Jan., for which? - the very -best security will be given. : ; ,v?; j s tJ " A note addressed to Office, will be attended to. Dec. 7, 1852. Loan' at Register. - . -i tit ' - -i -