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GREKJWSUUUOUGU, JV C SATURDAY JANUARY 13 1827.
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Legislature of N. C
HEN A I K.
Friday, Dec. m
The Speaker auimuuced the fol
lotvr.it; gentlemen, as composing tite
Doiutuittres ou the several subjects
embraced iu the resolutions, submit
ted it the Senate., by lr. Picket t:
On Education. Messrs vl'iCay,
Sneed, iliil of fcranklin, Leak uud
On Internal Improvements. Ut
, st.-Fuiuey, ."Moke, King, Wilson,
of fidgeconibe and uiiainc, of Mar
lin
On Lands acquired from the Clur
oke Indians. viessrs. Croom, Al
exander, Love, liaird, of Burke and
B.ddie.
On the Judiciary &c. Mess,
i. kyti, Mill, r, Inichrtsi Beard, of
Hntv un and i hll, of Strikes.
On the Mititta L.rJtvs. Messrs.
Spelful of Greene, Gray, teller,
V it nuns, ol Beaufort uud Ward.
On tlit emigration of Free Persons
of Colour into this Slate Mesrrn.
&e.uell, Speighl, ol Greene, Slakes,
Spaighl. of Graven and Gilchrist.
On the Patrol Lawn lesfrs.
Spaight nf Craven, B ickwell, I'y
on. M'Lwary and Uiddiek.
On the Proposal of Jonathan El
liott Msrs. Hill, ol Frauklm,
D.iVm, Smith, Hunter and tiolloinan.
A mesage was received lr..m the
oilier llnue, covering the Treasu
rer's An uui I ) urt, with a pmpn
gition to prim it for the u - of the
members, one cpv for each, and to
refer it to tie joint fHeet committee
on Finance whicli was agreed to
Mr. Vltttthewi presented the peti
tion of Mildred M'Milly, praying for
a divorce from her husband, accu o
panied vtith a motion that a eommit
tee of iJivorce and Alimony be Hp
pointed 10 whom that petition should
be refer- l. 1 be motion tvai car
ried, and Meiirt. Matthew-. Gray,
Montgomery, U vane and Parker,
yrcre subsequent ty Announced at eom
posuig thin ' committee. -
Saturday, Dec 30.
Mr. Speight of Greene, introduc
ed the following resolution:
Resolved, That no miich of the ms
gae of his Kxeellehey the Governor
a relatei to the amendment of the
C,,,, u'iOvii of tlir U. Staten: on the
snhjeet of the emancipation of slaven,
an' the several resolutions therein
alluded n, h referred t a ielect
jo i C'unmitt'a.
Mr. Forney remarked that, at the
Jast semion resolnMohs from the State
of II h i o, o f a s m i tar chafacrer to
those referred to in the above reno
vliitionf had been presented to the
oovmideration of the Senate, it would
Do'; he in order for him to pek
the wisdom manifested by the euitte.
in taking no notice-of r'se ubjvc .
H- thought that encroachment'
an) of onr rights should he reis .
Ty a terrijerate though manly itaadj
but it wan not nuHieieul that we im
giued our rights availed, we should
certain of it. t here was a grr t
leal ol ftencibil iiy excited whenever
i Mt subject was mentioned, and
po iUon was led to take umbru
when, p!tip- n offence wa i in end
ed He could see no good which,
would e It Irooi referring the sub
ject to a committee.
Jlr. Hill, of Franklin, said he had
uot intended to say a world on this
subject, nor would he have done so,
but lor the attempt which as he con
ceived, the gentlemen from Lincoln
(Mr. Foruoy) had made to throw im
pediments, in the way of the resolu
tiou. He hoped the resolution would
meet with the approbation of the Le-
g stature, and that it would do re
ferred. This was no new attempt of
the non-slav lioldiu State at en
croachmuut; lor some years .hey have
beej . o.lticjously. interint'ddjinilh
our domestic couceru aud we have
J ion. and no do .ht this is what Mr Davis
Wednesday Jan. 3.
pr Stuttu a uui pre
ks
er
t n I r u i m 1 1 it. until tiiir nilnfA has Iimmii i
collided .nto an assnit to Umr doc-: to vest the right of electing; Sberiffs
tritips. It was bin time to take no- in the free people of tins' Male, whirh
Hce of these nuHierou and unjusiih-jpttd it first reading was ordered,
able interferences aud to trive an ex- j be printed, and made the order of:
1 'J I m a m ft
the day lor iVlonuay.
h n without the limit of the
V vont coute nplated in her resolu- scribiuu the mun er in wt'ich Ui
tions. of the uuerir C urts shall her .2
The question on the adoption of be appointed; which paed n last
the amendment having been decided reading. .,
in tl e artirmative, the question recur- Mr. Crooni' from the' couimitfeo
red the passage of the reso ution of Privileges aud Llcc,ions, lowb m
which was also decided in the nflir- was refered the cotnuuu.cai u i onj
native. , ' ' Cornelius Dowd, sUtiug that Ji..aU
Mr Beard of Rowan, presented I'von, the Senator frou. Mooie eoun
the fallowing tiesolution, which was ty, is not legally entitled to aseui io
ag ied to. tl.e Senate, reported iu iavoi tf tha
Resolved, That the Committee sitting member,
on tle Judiciary be instructed to On mo. ion ol Mr. Davis, the ub-
quire whether ,&pj? and if any, jeet was referred to a conjouitite of
w at smendmnt is necessary to the the vvboltu House. ... ,
law respecting Administrators j(f the The 8enate then, on nionon of
estates of deceased personal the more Speight, of Ureeoe, resolved itself
effectually to prevent Ions to such in,0 a committee or the whole, Mr,
states by the mismanagement or ftiokes iu the t hairs and, after one
failure . of adaiiuistratorSj aiid Jike-. tim) aelii.v..in4h.v4Bij4dei.AUo-u.......f'..,
wise to protect the securities of ad- ihe Hep -rt, the comuiiiUe rLs7"e
mVs. and that they have leave tfo re- nuncj progress, and obtained leave
port by bill or otherwise. i0 sit hgaju to morrow
.Mr. Montgomery preente a Dili
presion, an nltgnant expression, ol
ou feeling on ihe subject. tiiere
was an actual confederation nit toot,
to sap the foundation of tbe lave
holding State, in a point which wa
considered vulnerable, atiall Me.
aaid Mr. If ill, still fold our arms u
icy sleep? No, let us kIiow them, i
they will not act in accordance with
the AUggestiou euniant d m the bsi
annual viessag" ol our (iovenior.
that it i uettt ltr every one to iuiiij
fiis"t)wu bnnne" let n h tem,
mat w w :t attend ti our btt u.d
dearest interests, and. tiat NTth
Carolina vv 1 1 1 stand forth in their
defence, at she early determined to
do in the great contest, lor I bt-1
Mr. h'mg thought it of great im
poriance that eveiy subject houtd b
well weighed before it a refeired
to a committee to be reported on.
He did not see any rengott for Legis
lating on the subject ut prenenl. So
doubt, all entertained the opinion
that slavery was a great evil. It was
a delicate subject, and for himsc!f,
he thought the kg said on the sub
ject the better. "Believiug that the
neveral resolutions proposed to be re
ferred, involved other topics beside
thoje contained in the resolution of
the gentleman from Greene, he moved
that it lie on the table, and if any
tbiiig should arise during the session,
which seemed to demand its consider
ation, it could then be called up.
Mr Speight hoped the niolion to
lay the resolution on th table would
not be agreed to. He conceded, it
was a delicate topic, and one which
required to be judiciously handled;
bu however delieaie, he intended to
assert his right. As a North Caro
linian, he felt that he was imposed
upon, and that there was an improper
atteinp; to dictate to Ihe southern
State
govern their own property, and be-j
Mr. Croom presented a bill to a
mend an act passed in IS19. to pre
vent the fraudulent trading with
saves. Head 1st. time.
Monday, Jan. 1.
Mr. Hilly of Franklm. .remarked,
tint it was within the knowledge of
evert member - present, that in con
' ((! nee of the resignation of Judge
AVs7i, there win a vR-etfuey on the
Superior Court Bench, to be filled
titling lb present Se of the
legislature. I lie Klecunvr 'Hid
Cna.icil hn tcaarornrily - fi-l (I the
odtee, by tke appointment o- W I t
Mait'uhi. it would devolve on
them o supply the vacancy perma
nently ;te mowd, therefore, that a
mesugc ItecQl to the Housofcoai
m ins, proposing to ballot on V ed
nesday next for u Judtre, and he I k
lint opportunity of nommatiug Mr.
Mangum for the situation.
The million w carried.
flic next sutijoc' in order, was the
HOUSLOF IHMMONS.
Thursday, Dc 28.
Mr Potter movdto recoiiH?der
the resolution yesterday presented ly
Mr G eene, oropoiing to relei SO
Much of the Governo.'s ' Mennagi as
relates to the subject of slavery nj
tbe eonununication troai Veinioiu io
a select joint cotuiniltee. i b q s
tiou tor reeonside having b en
deeidt d in the athrniiitiv , on th no
tiou of Mr. P. lei, i was ordeied to
lie on the table.
On luotioii of Mr.tLovf, a message
v us sent to the Senuie, pioposin to
ra:(a joint elect e inuniilee t . vt 1 . tn
shall be refer ed that part of th tiov
ernor's MeHae which relates to the
Ch rokie 1. ud.
U.t oiK n af Mr Morehead, a
mesttg was seut to ihe enat
p.igi.vg iu raise a oeiect joint c nun
tee i con-iii of two number mt me
l art of this 11 use, o be styled the
Com mittee l Public Building.
Mr. shepherd prcsenltd a bilK
iconcerniDt; the
a .
graiiiing Hceii-e, to
practice in ihe County C.uns ol this
1 . Stale. FPrnviile llmi uprtmu iu
bill Io utter the annual meeting ... . ttfa
the Lejulatiire hack again to tbe od
'ionday November.
Mr. Seaweli moved, thai tbe con
sideration of the bill be postponed
until to ntorrow, as it was not prob
able the enat w .uld remain long
in sess on on that day.
Mr. Slokes m vedthat it be made
the order of ill? day for Monday
next
Mr. 'Sanders thought it highly
proliiibb? t. ton M mday there would
not be (in full an ai tendance as on a
ny other day at least, this was usual
ly the case. Ho tibed the subject
to undergo a thorough investigation,
and to that end. moved that the bill
he made the order of the day for
Thursday week.
Mr. Hill, of Franklin, moved that
in what manner they should j it pisiponed until the Orsl day of
their own 'property, and be-j June next
fore he would tamelvaeuuiesee in hiivi A De spealter said the question
infrins ment of hi riplit n this par- would be put on the most distant day
particula he would d stoy the Con
titution. Law & everv thini most
dear to him.
The motion to lay the resolution
on the table wis neg tived
Mr G'lchrt&t bgs;e leave, before
the q etin'i on the adoption of the
resolution was put, 1 1 submit An a
mendment io it. He proposed to
7u"hsi'itu rp f'Vfth e wo rd e manf tpr
tiou of slaves,' the words usud ii the
Ver ont liesoluinn. viz. ' abolitiim
if slavery. ,v The definition uf .tbe
wo phrases, though similar wafi li
ferent. Kmancipation . mean the
liming loose amoegst ourselves a
certain spfciesof property. Aboli
tion 'implifV not onlv this, bul : tiiuch
more. It embraces tho idea of' cole-
obtain licence to practice iu the
Ciiunty Courts, previous to tin ir
having; attained to the age ol 21
years. J Head the first time.
he Speaker laid before the H .use,
the annual Report ofMohn Hnu... d,
Public l easurer, vhich being read,
on motion of Mr. Sw in it w s or
dered with the attendant dorumen's
to be releted to the join eommin r of
Finance, and to be sent to the Senate
with a propiisi'liou to print one copy
for each member.
Friday. Dec 29.
On motion of Mr S.m n, a li e's- .
sage was sent to the Senate, inform
ing tha John Carson. Iliehard A Mi
lison, Joitn coti Robert IJ. 1'i'ics,
Leonard Martin, William A. Bj.u .t,
Allied Moore ahd Uidiert Sim-ge,
form iheei-mmittee of Fmane on the
part of th s House
Mr. Clement introduced a bill to
establish Mookv lie Ac uleno id
ll wan and to incorpomi the ' rus
tees therrof Head the first, second
and third times and ordered io be
engrossed. i
Mr Wyche presented a bill fo
alter the time of holding le meet
ing of the tieneral A"seml'y Pro-
poses to al'er the time to thv 2d
of reference, and accordingly look ihe
sense of the House on Mr. II II mo
tion which resulted in its rejection.
The question wa then put aril cur
ried on Mr. Sauders prop .s ti n
Tuesday Jan. J
Mr. Gray presented a bill to con
firm tbe name audio legitimate Al
exander Murdoch oi'Uandnlph Coun- .Monday' in November 1
fy. Head the ft rt tunc,- and subse-j 1 M r Hatnpt'in presented a hill ron
nuenily the si cund and third tunes, cerutng certain otheem in DaruNna
an I ordered to he engi ued. Cotiuty . Provide tha1 whereus the
The paker laid, before the Se- term of olliee- of 1ie Jle-k of the
nate a communication ''from Corne- C -ii i y L i. "f the :liilr, Uh's
lios Dowd. nl VInore County, contest ter, &C, of Davidson County expires
ing t e rii;ht of th vittmg niemb'r. on th-vfoiii'th wek in "January and -Josiah
. ry.on,jio. !iis eat H('fer - d nex rotin do n lot r eeor until lb- 3d!
n tb Co.uniitfce on Privileges and tA -yjJ .Mioh, .i . the; ;.owt rs
Kleelions. V ; continued to them nniil said corirt.2